Over a year ago I bought a cheap vortex mixer for my paints. I reviewed the product at the time but it wasn't clear if it would either be used much or keep going. Fifteen months later it is still going strong and performing the job I bought it for.
IMHO a bargain, but maybe I have just been lucky with this low-cost alternative. As usual, I would love to hear your experiences with vortex mixers - cheap or expensive - in the comments below.
I have finally started work on some models that I bought back at the start of the year. My 6mm Celts arrived in May and I did an unboxing video at the time but other projects meant I couldn't get started on these until now.
Now that I have started preparing them - cleaning them up and glueing them to sticks ready for painting - I have come to appreciate just how fiddly 6mm Chariots are! The irony is that I ought to know all this having assembled and painted a dozen ancient Indian chariots for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge a few years ago.
These Celtic chariots however are much smaller and my fingers are as big and clumsy as ever!
As you can see I also have a considerable body of heavy and light Celtic cavalry to get on with and I'm hoping to get paint on metal in the next day or so.
I recently bought these builder sheets of stonework/cobbles that will be very useful in all sorts of projects. These are probably well known by railway enthusiasts but are a relatively new discovery for me.
I'm sure I will be finding these useful one way or another for a long time. I'm really pleased with the quality of the sheets, especially when they work out between 70p-£1 per sheet depending on the set. Pretty good value in my book.
I'll certainly be keeping an eye out for more products like this in future.
Today's unboxing follows on from the video I did last week when I bought some self-adhesive cobbled road. I found this 3D textured card material from Model Railways Direct and decided I could make some pavement for my streets for mm wargaming. The textured sheets are suitable for N Gauge railways so are a good analogue for 15mm terrain setups.
Here are a few more pictures of the pavements I made and I will be making a load more now that I have tested the concept and am happy with the finished items.
So a new product discovered and put into service, with more of this to come now that I have found a good supplier.
As always, I hope you enjoyed the video and if you did please like, subscribe and share.
This self-adhesive foam road surface from Bush is another example of Railroad terrain products finding use on my wargaming table. I mounted it on a foam backing so it remains flexible and can be cut as desired for my terrain layouts.
This is a new product for me and has opened my eyes a bit to the diversity of Railway layout terrain products available, especially from European manufacturers. Now I need to find something to make pavements from so hopefully next week I can take this little project a step further.
Gamers to the core: My job here is done.
On a side note....
I had hoped to be getting in a few more solo games before Posties Rejects finally get back in the Shed-O-War in early July (once we've all had our vaccinations of course) but I have been a little sidetracked by a slightly more important project.
My daughter Sarah is getting married this weekend and we've all been just a little busy preparing. The final stage of lockdown easing was due to happen in England this week but has been delayed by four weeks. Weddings were the one exception, but with a caveat that has thrown us into last-minute frantic reorganization. The limit of 30 guests at weddings was lifted but with social distancing rules still in effect. This limits the capacity of the venue and means no dancing or buffet meal in the evening. We have therefore had to cancel the evening reception, move back the time of the wedding (otherwise we'd all be going home by 4pm!) and change the guestlist. Everything is ready (again!) and the only thing left to throw a spanner in the works is the great British weather.
|I have just posted an unboxing video on my YouTube Channel Miniature Adventures. This is a long awaiting and much-anticipated delivery of 6mm Celts from Baccus. These will turn some Celtic allies for my Carthaginians into an army in their own right and expand my options for gaming during and around the time of the 2nd Punic War.
I'm a big fan of the Baccus ranges and anyone that follows my blog will know they are my go-to 6mm manufacturer.
Today I have a short video showing off a couple of reproduction D-Day maps published by Godfrey Edition. These have all the D-Day Bigot planning annotations on the maps and will keep me engrossed in the detail for days to come.
I plan on using these to enhance my setting up of terrain and possibly for a campaign series of linked games sometime in the future.
I recently received some rather nice resin terrain from Ironclad Miniatures and shot a short Unboxing Video for my YouTube Channel, Miniature Adventures. The resin is very nice quality, with little cleaning required before painting, and is packed full of detail.
I'm really pleased with these and hope to have them painted up and in action very soon.
