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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog!  Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:39 pm |
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 1:58 pm |
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Actually, Warhammer Ancients home page is here:
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Wargames Foundry is very cool, though.
Bu the way, I always thought that the Dacian king in 106AD had a great name for a Noise Marine, and he will be the leader of my Slaanesh Marines! 
(Now, who will be the first to find it?)
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:43 pm |
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Who, Decabalus?  Thanks guys.
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:24 am |
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MY POSTGRAD TRANSFER
'nuff said.... but the Kaiju is progressing, and there's two conversions on the way too - including a - umm - convertible! Sort of. And no, it's not the GS Cult Limo - yet.
Pic of the week - well, I can't claim to have built this - but it would make a nice project! This is part of the Valletta bastions.
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:34 am |
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| Quote (vanvlak @ 12 2005 June,23:24) | | Pic of the week - well, I can't claim to have built this - but it would make a nice project! This is part of the Valletta bastions. |
Nice shot. Thanks for sharing it. 
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 7:53 am |
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OK, special treat - here's another - this is Fort Mosta, part of the Victoria Lines constructed by the British (well, lots of Maltese too!) over a century ago. This is 5 minutes from where I live. On foot...
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:43 am |
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:00 pm |
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Ah - thank you, they ARE similar, although the Maltese ones are earlier or later than the set you posted; the place is dotted with late Victorian fortifications here, which share some features with the Dover ones - except that Limestone is used here. My first image, though, is of an older set of fortifications, which were started in 1566. The city was built by the Knight Hospitallers as their (then) new capital. Ironically, Valletta was defended by the French against the Maltese - helped by the RN - when the French were driven out of Malta after themselves driving out the Knights. What a messy history we've got!
cheers and thanks - I'd love to visit that site!
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:17 pm |
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Its a surreal place- right up on the hillside. You walk through a long tunnel underneath the mound defence to get into it...
It isn't managed as a tourist site either (even though I believe English Heritage own it) - so it is completely deserted, silent and very forbidding.
Worth having a look at if you are in Dover, lots of graffiti and stuff all over the place which is a shame though.
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 1:53 pm |
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| Quote (CyberShadow @ 06 2005 June,13:58) | Actually, Warhammer Ancients home page is here:
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Wargames Foundry is very cool, though. |
True but then we get into a discussion of whether GW is a rules company that makes minatures.....
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:03 pm |
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Well I've entered a new era I guess, one which is no longer dominated by GW. I still love Epic and the rest, but I've started building kits, and dreaming of Kaiju, and buyong historicals, and coming up with Victorian plans. I am working on Kaiju no.1; no. 2 is a ready-painted model (something very strange for me, but I couldn't resist. And I'm also painting no. 3. And, in the meantime, whilst waiting for my Aeronefs and planning how to use my Dwarf Man O' War fleet in Aquanef, I've been inspired by the tentacles and seamen scenario on the Wessex Games site to collect 28mm Victorian sci fi stuff. At the core I already have a small army - none other than my WH40K Praetorians, led by Commissioner Blechley. WHre will they operate? well, their frist field of battle could be Montgomery's lair - a maze of labyrinthine corridors dug underground and inhabited by weird beast men..... if that sounds familiar, remember that I'm reading The Island of Dr. Moreau and have a copy of 1st ed. Space Hulk. As for the beast men, I'll use WH Beastmen and a couple of my new Chainmail models. In the pipeline - men of steel, bear-like bulks (heh heh) and miniature tripods.
But first I have to catalogue my useful models.
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2005 5:57 pm |
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Welcome to my very very simialr place V. A place inhabited by Godzilla and friends, Dinosaur hunters, Aerofleets (hopefully to be joined this year by Submerible fleets too!) and Some ww1 Biplane action.
I still love my Epic too, but I have shifted focus in what I play due to my opponets (<10 years!) and time to play & paint. I'll still collect and paint and where possible play, but Epic cannot be my sole and main focus anymore.
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:50 am |
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| Quote (Tas @ 16 2005 June,09:57) | | I'll still collect and paint and where possible play, but Epic cannot be my sole and main focus anymore. |
Change the Word Epic to Games and that is me.
I'll still collect and paint and where possible play, but games cannot be my sole or main focus anymore. 
Between work, family, and other issues in my life, games have to take a back seat for now.
I hope that wil change someday, but for now, it is what it is.
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 7:59 am |
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Post subject: Vanvlakian armies notablog! Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:08 am |
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Life has a way of doing that to you. 
I find I go in waves. I will have a period where I can not game at all, then a period where I get some games in. I have found I just take what I can get. 
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