Which is the best camera?

Hi Chaps,

I am thinking of blowing around #100 on a camera so that I can primarily take better photo's of my minis. For this price I have the choice of a few of the "Bridge" type cameras that have a super zoom and some decent features. Can the shutter time on these cameras be altered?

Any advice would be welcome as I really need to work on this to feed my blog with better pictures of my toys!

Hi Chaps,

I apologise for the poor photo quality but I rushed outside when it wasn't either raining or blowing a gale. It occurred to me that I now have three units of 10 men and a technical (plus 2 more Landrovers) and that I will hardly ever field all the figures at once. Despite this realisation I do intend to order some more figures next week, maybe Copplestone or TAG or even Old Glory 28mm modern! Its a good feeling trawling through online catalogues, in fact that is my Saturday night entertainment accompanied by several cans of beer.

I hope that you Chaps are enjoying the hobby as much as I am!

Britannia Miniatures order arrives! (Excellent Service).

Hi Chaps,

Happy start to the year, my order for some Britannia miniatures via Grubby Tanks arrived today. Not only was the order super quick but Mr Grubby included some extra figures "thrown in for good measure". This was a much appreciated gesture and Mr Grubby deserves thanks and recognition for his good service.

The figures themselves are just what I remember, well cast and with plenty of character, the fellows wearing sunglasses will really make a difference to my modern Africans, as will the amazing technical.

Pictures to be posted soon, I expect to finish the first few later this week.

Keep Blogging.

New year, new computer.

Hi All,

well my old computer bit the dust at the weekend. I finally tired of forever re installing XP so I went out and bought a reconditioned Dell with windows XP professional...well I cant be expected to adapt too quickly! If this machine lasts half as long as my last I will be happy, after I have completed this little entry I will scavenge  the RAM out of dead computer to plop into this-Star Wars style.

Good to catch up on what you lads have been up to over the last few days-I was climbing the walls without my blog fix.

Keep Blogging.

Blogger problem...ahh chrome

Hi Chaps,

Thanks for the intel! Reinstalled windows and then Chrome and now I can type freely with err two fingers. I have no idea what happened to Blogger earlier but I forgive her now.

I have to admit to being extremely lazy and distracted this year...real life has been crap actually since my wife and son died 6 years ago but I lostill love reading how people scratch build things. Its a strange tangent that this hobby has sent me on (I also like to see peoples painting stations), so here are a few pics that I saved from a blog. If the owner can let himself be known I will put a link up....this work really is (for me) what wargaming is all about.

This Chap is good! Sorry I don't remember his website but this is inspirational to me and I hope to some of you Chaps. 2014, I hope it is a good one for all of us.

Keep blogging.

A wierd problem with blogger

Hi Chaps,

I have a weird issue with blogger, I cannot write anything unless I hold down the left mouse button! Has this happened to anyone else? Is there a solution as I really enjoy this blogging? Should I start a new blog?

Thanks

Force on Force arrives!

Today Christmas arrived a little early (or late) as my latest wargaming purchase arrived. Force on Force is a hardback rulebook and is probably the best looking set of rules that I have ever seen.

Having only flipped through the book I can't say what the game will play like but for me it already seems unconventional. Throwing handfuls of dice that would be more at home in a game of D and D will take some getting used to as will the fluid turn sequence. This really is a new approach to a complicated subject...

To be on the safe side I will also track down "At Close Quarters" which if I remember correctly does much the same thing in a far more familiar way. To its credit this ruleset does force one to adhere to small scale organisation with the units operating as I recognise them.

Going to sign off now, take some Ibuprofen and dig out some more D8s....alternative wargaming is a cruel mistress so I may have a beer as well.

I would be very interested to hear what others think of this book...is it all just show or does it work?