Getting too involve in WW II Games

[McQ59]

Originally Posted by dkwookie

I was adicted to collecting those 1/72 scale soldiers as a kid. Napoleonic were my favourites but I used to get everything from Romans up to ww2. Mainly airfix and esci ones. Looking at that plastic soldier sites reviews shows some sets I would have killed for as a kid. Particularly the samurai and mardhi revolt sets. There's one there with general Gordon and troops.
So I am now down about £120 as I found some sets of these and also a huge box set of Romans/Greeks/Persians. My mrs will kill me when they turn up!
I am going to see if I can get my son and neiphep off the xbox to help me paint them

I just can't go there again! I used to organise battles all over the floor in my bedroom. Drove my mother completely ballistic in periods. She couldn't possibly see the strategic, and the fine organasation of the epic battles of course. To her it was the complete CHAOS. My god I hated her when I had to fix my room and clean the floor! But then again... Mothers have allways been the perfect show-stoppers. (What is it with women?!)

[dkwookie]

Originally Posted by McQ59

I just can't go there again! I used to organise battles all over the floor in my bedroom. Drove my mother completely ballistic in periods. She couldn't possibly see the strategic, and the fine organasation of the epic battles of course. To her it was the complete CHAOS. My god I hated her when I had to fix my room and clean the floor! But then again... Mothers have allways been the perfect show-stoppers. (What is it with women?!)

Yeah my mum hated it when I set up my battles. My dad loved it though and that wound her up even more. In fact my dad encouraged me, I think he was reliving his youth. After the Airfix he went and bought a ton of Napoleonic solder moulds cheap. He then came home one day with a bag full of lead strips...I did ask where he got it but figured some church roof now had leaks. We melted this down and made a ton of metal figures that I painted up. I think they are still at my mums, will have to dig them out and see.