I don't want to give the impression of a vast disorganized mess that I'm working through....rather its a compactly stored area of 15 years worth of various books, project materials, and miscellaneous "stuff" that a wargamer accumulates. Which wargamer's then forget they have, and when they come across it they think "I'll do that someday". Well, I've discovered from my half century on this planet, that "someday" never comes unless you make it so.
Hex terrain.....gone! Various paperback novels, read and unread ....gone! A couple of boxes of old wargame rules.....gone! I'm investigating CD/pdf versions of my Wargames Illustrated and other magazines to save space. I truly enjoy the feel of a magazine vs. reading on a monitor, but lets face it - its virtually impossible to find an old article, which then means that old magazines are little more than space taking objects.
I did find that I most likely have more ECW figures (Old Glory and Redoubt) than I could ever possibly use! That, and enough 1/60th WW2 armor to field multiple armored divisions in FoB:WW2!
The plan is to get all the unpainted lead neatly organized in plastic storage boxes under my game table (enclosed). Finished terrain pieces and terrain project materials will be moved to my storage closet. After that, time to work on adding more shelving in my figure cabinets, and time to build more figure storage trays. Time flies when you're having fun!
In the meantime, I'm up at 4 AM every day, using the first 50 minutes of my day for uninterrupted and dedicated painting. Since I started this around 100 days ago, my output has been startling - I LOVE knowing exactly when I'll be painting. Hit the painting table, turn on ESPN2 and listen to Mike and Mike go over the previous night's sports results while laying on some new color. Very cool, very relaxing, and for me - the perfect way to enjoy my hobby and make progress on my armies.
As part of the cleanup, I ran across some old Historicon and Cold Wars Photos, taken with my (now gone) trusty Sony Mavica - the height of digital camera technology at the time. I think the two photos below were from a game at Cold Wars in 2003. Recognize anyone?
I spy..one of Piquet Inc.'s owners!
Could that be Freddie? Jeff? Serf #1?
Though not putting in a bit myself, having read Lee's Lieutenants, I can recommend it very highly as a very readable historiography. Even better than D.S. Freeman's 4-volume Biography of the great man himself.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Ion
4AM! You're a mad, mad man...actually, I admire the plan of attack, if not the hour of the attack!
ReplyDeleteNot surprisingly. I can ID about 80% of the guys in the pics! :-)
ReplyDeleteWhen I'm in nmy painting grooove, I try to paint for an hour most days.