I’m actually a bit of a feminist, am I allowed?

Pledge
By end of play on the 31st July, I need to have my Pak 40s and 5 Panzer IV painted for the OTT/FOW Slow Grow League thing.  Also would like to get more of my tiny fighty men painted and based in between painting camo and sticking grass to bases.

1. Is this a question on double jeopardy or the way people behave?  No clue if it is the former, but for the latter, people have always had unpleasant traits, and behaved in ways I would not approve of, but I just think the internet means we hear about it more.  And unless you are hurting me or others, then do what you like – freedom has always come with responsibility – perhaps some people have forgotten the responsibility bit in the recent past.

2. The high point of this week was the potato salad I made for tea last night.  I currently lead a simple life but it was bloody good and I grew the herbs I put in it myself.  Certainly helped the other green stuff on my plate go down easier (and, no, not the modelling putty!)

3. Weird posing on models and shit chainmail.  I have ruined so many models for myself by thinking, that doesn’t look right.    This one from Gripping Beast I saw yesterday is just all wrong, but the chainmail is awesome. – https://www.beastsofwar.com/news/gripping-beast-next-viking-age-legendary-hero/  The latest Victrix Vikings have honeycomb for chainmail and people are getting major hard ons over them, I don’t get it, but each to their own.  I will point it out though – Victrix Vikings have terrible chainmail and only bees should appreciate the way it sculpted.

4. I couldn’t play a game or even paint models relating to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.  Too many school friends lost fathers in that and I couldn’t roll dice when I have seen what they went through.  Other conflicts don’t bother me in the same way.  It is the closeness of it all.  A childhood of soldiers on the streets and thinking it is normal for your parents to check underneath their car every morning is so weird when you think back to it.  Of course, if people want to play those games, go for it, I’m not going to get offended or try and stop you.  I’m very “laissez faire” when it comes to things, though laissez faire is perhaps not the correct term to use but I can’t think of a better way to describe how I think at the moment.

Also I hate aerosol sprays – so I rarely use them for undercoating or varnishing (can’t remember the last time I did).  The only spray can I ever use when hobbying is hairspray.  So that is also something I won’t do but it isn’t really related to the question but thought I would mention it.

Anyway, that was a bit deeper than I meant it to be for a Friday morning so some tunes to lift the mood.

All hail the Messiah Marcolin!