So, here we are, a few weeks have been and gone so I decided it was time to write another post. Since Salute, I have been mostly painting 6mm Achaemenid Persians, not I hasten to add, the ones from the aforementioned show, but some rather nice Rapier chaps. With my system of three 40x20mm bases to a unit, I have three units of Sparabara. Two are complete and the third is just waiting for its final colour before varnishing. I also have a couple of units of their medium infantry fellows undercoated and ready to go. Then I can start of the Salute chaps. (Pics will come later). I must admit I am looking forward to Broadside this year. It's a nice sized show that has something for most people of a wargaming bent. I usually stock up on paints and any other peripheral bits and pieces I can think of. I don't really buy many little chaps as I have quite a burgeoning 6mm lead pile as it is. Of course, the wargaming butterfly reared it's head the other day. From out of absol
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Wotcha all! After a slight hiatus of only three years I decided it was time to re-invigorate the old blog. But, it appeared that the bIog gods were very much against me. Try as I might, I could not access my old blog 'The Words of Subedai' so after 13 years of blogging would have to be shelved, although it is still available to look at, I just can't seem to add any new posts. So here we are with a brand new blog which hopefully, I will be posting more often. I would like to say that a lot has happened in the interim but that would be stretching the truth just a little. Covid has come and luckily nigh on gone, shows have been attended, even a multi player game has been played and painting has been done- not necessarily in huge proportions but some has been done. Several years ago I went to the first Salute at Excel and didn't enjoy it that much, possibly because I was comparing it to the the other venues previously used, so consequently, I told myself I wouldn'