Rediscovered Hobby
Rediscovered Hobby
When I was a lad, I spent a great deal of my time collecting and painting miniture soldiers. I had a Napoleonic and a Medieval army. Hours were invested in painting them. many more hours were spent engaged in “Little Wars”; battles in small scale using miniatures, dice, measuring tapes and a great deal of space in the basement. As I recall it was a great deal of fun.
This Christmas my Number One Son wanted to start his own collection. He and his friends are all hot for “War Hammer 40,000”; a battle game about battles with science fiction armies. The boy and I have been spending all week assembling and painting his force of “Necrons” (robots that look like skeletons). We are spending quality time, and I’m rediscovering an enjoyable boyhood hobby.
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Very nice! Thats what hobbies are really for!
That sounds like fun. Happy New Year.
I spent much of my teen years painting fantasy miniatures. It was great fun but kind of expensive sometimes. Citadel still makes some of the best looking miniatures. Warhammer 40,000 is a fun game!
When I started working here in Manila in 1994, that’s when I started getting interested in painting scale models and miniatures. I started out with Star Wars and did some mechs and a couple of knights. A few of them still survives and proudly displayed. I got into it because an officemate was too, and he even evolved into playing Warhammer as well. He did cavalries, and was so engrossed with it he is now involved with wargames as well. He still paints. At times I still wish I can. But with my workload, it might be too far off. I envy you, and you get to enjoy it with your son too!
Happy New Year, Ric!
Happy New Year all… It has been a very enjoyable time off. New year, new hobby, and now back to business… or not