Category: Blogging

An Update – Tornadoes and Neglected Blogs

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It’s been 18 years since I moved to the Island and I consider myself well and truly a local now. It still hit home when my old city of Ottawa was hit by a big storm. The tornado hit outside the town and went along the river right by the capital and into the city of Gatineau on the other side of the river. This hasn’t made much of the international news, but CBC has a story that’s worth a look. Luckily, there are few injuries and no deaths reported. All of my friends and family are safe.

A tornado. Every area has its risks, but tornadoes aren’t something I associate with my nation’s capital. Frostbite and heat-stroke are.  That city has a 100 degree Celsius temperature range from the summer to the mid-winter. It gets so cold that when I was in high school our school caught fire and the students, after evacuating, were put back into the gym as we’d freeze before we burned. Ah -40.

In any event, as for the blogs, I have a list that I routinely check and it’s out of date. I regularly go to a favourite site, check the sidebar and then peruse what’s being looked at (by the way, Anton’s Wargame Blog even has SPQVI on his blog list, thanks Anton)!

I noticed that there are wargaming sites that I do end up visiting several times but are missing on my list. So, while this list is still incomplete, please take another look at the side/bottom. Of note, The Tactical Painter, A Terrible loss of Lead and Wealth, Jay’s Wargaming Madness, Lair of the Uber Geek. I’ll be adding more in the coming weeks and maybe even organizing the list so it’s easier to navigate. Sadly, WordPress isn’t like Blogger, and doesn’t show which blogs I visit when I’m signed in with my account. Hopefully this will make up for that. If any of the multitudes that read this blog have your own blog and want me to add it, please let me know in the comments.

 

 

A Slow Weekend

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This past weekend was a slow gaming weekend. Family and household tasks got finished, which is nice, but no wargaming or RPG occurred.

I did manage to get the first bit of camouflage paint on my FJ support. I need to work on tracks/wheels and do a wash, but these at least are coming along. I found it interesting that the Wehrmacht did not have a standard camo scheme, and after looking at pictures of AFVs in museums or in historical texts and online, it really seemed like some were sprayed, some were painted and as long as there were three colours I’d be good. I also noticed that quite often vehicles were not photographed with designations or squadron/battalion numbers. I will be ordering some decals nonetheless, as I like the look of them. All that to say that I am happy to note that I’m not breaking the mould as there is none so on I paint!

The AFVs are moving towards completion

An additional gaming related event happened today: the arrival of a medieval tower I purchased last week from the Wargames Alchemist. The price was very reasonable, the process was quick and painless, and the product was as ordered and very well packaged. It arrived quickly and I’ve now taken to looking at the ‘Alchemist’s site routinely. It is a mix of 15, 20 and 28mm so far spanning Ancients to WW2 so I suggest that you check it out!

The tower – a great centre piece!

The Joys of Blogging

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Well, that’s done.

Some of you may have noticed some certificate errors when trying to read the site. I’ve updated the SSLs with help from Bluehost. Sadly, their security side is as bad as the Bluehost support is good. I was going to post screen-caps of the conversation I had with SiteLink, but I’d rather let sleeping dogs lie and be the better person. In any event, there were no posts for a bit.

But I’m back up and posting!

First off, here’s a glimpse at a major project that we are working on for next year:

There, behind the primed resin vehicles…

That’s right. Aircraft. But which ones?

The Armstrong Whitworth Albermarle

That’s right. A very obscure aircraft, though it shouldn’t be. It was the primary air drop and glider tug aircraft in the Med and on D-Day for the 6th Airborne Division. There weren’t any models of these on the market anymore, so I worked with a designer at Shapeways at the recommendation of Fitz (from Shouting into the Void in NZ). Some discussions and a few weeks later and the design was ready. Then I had it printed and shipped. It was pretty neat to hold the first 1/100 scale Albermarle in existence (or at least since the Second World War). They are printed in black nylon with good detail. Sadly, some of the turret guns were damaged in transit, but Lucius has fixed them up and primed them already.

Primed with wire for the upper guns. And yes. Taping for invasion stripes

So what are we doing with them? I’ll update you in a bit, but Operation Tonga is a part of it.

In other news,

Some of the resin vehicles are taking shape!

I apologize for the poor picture. My camera is hors de combat right now.

A bit clearer, here’s the M4

I’m quite happy with the Sherman. The Pz II Luchs gun broke off just as I set up the shot above. The barrel is considerably thinner than the same 20mm on the 222, but c’est la vie. As Fall approaches I hope to have these sorted soon. My Tiger II and Humber are partly primed, but as I ran out of primer, I haven’t coated them in their primary colour yet. My FJs are also (slowly) coming together, but they won’t show their mugs on here until they’re done.

Anyway, it’s nice to be up and blogging again. I really enjoy the act of blogging, and the forcing function to move things along is also useful.

More later!

Blog Update

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Please note that I am likely going to make some small changes to the blog this coming weekend. I’m thinking of moving to slightly different theme that will make it easier to see the posts that you are interested in. I’m intending to add some sharing buttons and I will also be updating the logo as my primitive attempts have had some people ask me if it is SPQV1 vice SPVQI. So please don’t be concerned if you check the blog and it looks a little different.

For those lucky few who follow by email, note that when I embed a file, you can’t see it in the post unless you actually come to the site itself. Sadly, the emailed version of the page isn’t as functional as the site itself.

Thank you to the small but loyal band of readers who have read this so far. This blog has been fun and useful, not just as a forcing function to get me to finish projects, but in and of itself.