The second weekend in November brings with it Targe, Kirriemuir Wargames annual event. I've been a member of the club for 20 years and always look forward to the event. This year was no different. With over 200 people, loads of nice tables, traders and the Bring and Buy this year was no exception.
Being part of the club it was an early start...8am or if you sleep in 8:45am. Luckily everything had been set up the night before so being on site bang on 8 o'clock was not essential. I wandered around for the first 20 min seeing if anyone needed a hand then lent my services to Roddie from Scotia Grendel as he set up his stall. Scotia has been running for about 15years, you may know them for Urban War or Kryomek. I prefer their micro armor and 15 mm ranges which are a little less well known but their 15mm ancients range Xyston are lovely and if I was every to start that period again I'd defiantly get stuff from them. Roddie is a great guy and after 15 min of fighting with his stand he was ready to go. He kindly invited me to his castle, yes he really lives in a castle, for a few games of Warmachine before Christmas.
There wasn't much time left before the show opened so I had a quick run. I managed to pick up 2 second hand Stormblades I need for an incomplete unit from Gateshead Gaming, they are the same sculpt meaning I could well have 4 identical figures but I'm happy I have the unit complete. I'll get some practice with these guys before the Perth tournament in January.
Next door to that stall was Four A Miniature they have a range of goblins and evil cherubs that if I had a use for I'd defiantly add to my pile of unpainted lead. Have a look at their site, teh goblins are not on there yet but the casts I saw were samples and have not yet been released so keep your eyes pealed for new stuff from them. The figures would work well in Malifux and with a sculptor like Dave Andrews of GW fame you know they will be really nice.
Last trader to visit before the show opened was Fenris Games they do laser cut bases and movement trays mainly. I was picking some 3mm MDF circles to use as wreck markers and for bases I'll need when I'm doing a terrain project in the near future. They have an Ebay shop with most of their lines and also offer a Laser cutting service so if you have your own ideas they can help them come to life.
After that most of the traders were set up so I took my post at the painting competition not a huge amount of entries this year but the stuff that was there was of a high quality. Midas from our Dundee Warmachine group managed to pick up 3 prizes. Taking first in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy group. He's now got 3 trophey for painting on his shelves in his uni halls. My lonely Gobber Reinholdt didn't win anything. With hind sight I would say it wasn't the best choice for a competitions piece but with the level of the other entries I don't think model choice was the real issue.
I had a great day catching up with people I haven't seen since last year. The event raised over £300 for Combat Stress and I got to see the inside of my old school again. I'm looking forward to next year but now I'm home I need to paint 5 more models to field a paint army for next weekends Icy Grip. Only 1 List will be fully painted but I'm happy with the progress I've made over the last couple of weeks.
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