Well its been a while.
Unfortunately I had to replace my old PC after an electrical storm finally blew its circuits. I then had to wait for my new PC to be delivered and then have the whole thing set up. I am a Luddite I'm afraid and useless with such things.Anyway apart from annoying issues like spell check, Windows 10 etc.
I am back.
Being of a certain age I have always appreciated the wargaming press and the magazines that have been produced over the years. My favourite remains Donald Featherstone's Wargamers Newsletter. Yes it is definitely dated nowadays and a lot of the small snippets have little use to modern wargamers but I have always cherished the enthusiasm that burst out of each badly produced page.
I always loved Don's forthright editorials. He never shirked from calling a spade a spade which given the current atmosphere is just so refreshing and amazingly no one died if they were called a fraud or a cheat!
Unfortunately when it was actually being published I wasn't aware of its existence and only discovered its delights after Don had stopped editing it and the magazine had folded.
Over the years I have attempted to obtain back issues and have had a certain amount of success but I am still shy of certain copies and several of the early years.
The nearest I got to completing my collection was several years ago when I was sat talking to the great Charlie Wesencraft who airily told me he had all the copies. I couldn't contain my excitement. There was a caveat and I needed to lie down as he told me how he was clearing things out and threw the lot on his garden bonfire!!
Anyway recently I thought I had finally sourced my missing copies but they were in the USA. I was however determined to buy the magazines and scraped together the required amount of cash only to be then stuck for the postage costs. The seller, a magazine dealer apparently wanted individual postage for each magazine? My dream was once again shattered as he sent me a bill for over $700 for 20 magazines over 40 years old!
Sadly they remain in somebodies cellar in the USA and all I can do is continue to dream.
Maybe one day.
Progress towards completing my ECW project has been sporadic given how I started a new 'little' extra project; Warlord Games SPQR.
I have managed to complete two additional Parliamentarian regiments that have turned out very nicely. The figures are Mini Figs and to be honest are really lovely sculpts.
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