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Post by Medicine Man » Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:39 am

More shit! Hooray!

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Less money! Boo!

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Post by The Jackal » Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:33 pm

I got a text from my mum last night: "The communists have sent you a parcel"
"...wut?"
"Communists PLC Newcastle it says."
I stick that into Google and get suggested a correction, so I reply to mum.
"Do you mean Communisis PLC? If so then it looks to be my online-banking pack."
"Oh yeah letters faded lol"
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Post by Stormbringer » Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:19 am

The postman brought me these yesterday:

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Rules for playing Warhammer in a historical setting. Ancient Battles are the core rules, covering all periods from the early Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. Chariot Wars is an expansion book, focussing on army lists for most of the civilisations of the Ancient Near East, including (to my delight) rules for Israelite tribesmen, Philistines and Midianites for Biblical battles.
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Post by Wrathbone » Wed Oct 09, 2019 10:13 am

The Jackal wrote:
Sat Oct 05, 2019 1:33 pm
I got a text from my mum last night: "The communists have sent you a parcel"
"...wut?"
"Communists PLC Newcastle it says."
I stick that into Google and get suggested a correction, so I reply to mum.
"Do you mean Communisis PLC? If so then it looks to be my online-banking pack."
"Oh yeah letters faded lol"
Is Communisis the communist faction of ISIS?

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Post by Tank » Sun Oct 20, 2019 11:08 pm

Gentlemen, it's been far too long.

Some new wares for the horde.

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This has been over the course of a year and change so there hasn't been a lottery win or anything.

Hope you're all keeping well.
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Post by Alan » Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:18 am

The forums a touch more complete now ;)
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Post by Medicine Man » Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:27 am

Yay tank!

Welcome back fella. \:D/

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Post by Tank » Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:45 pm

Forgot to add these last night...

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Post by Raid » Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:42 pm

That's the sort of thing I'd love to own. I can't say I'm a fan of Luke's helmet design, it's Poe Dameron's I'd go for given the choice, but I don't think I realised how vibrant the colours on it are.

Do you have many hand props Tank? I'm having aspirations of starting a collection one day, but it's things like firearms, swords, that sort of thing. I seem to recall you having a Lawgiver, anything else?

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Post by Mantis » Mon Nov 04, 2019 6:39 pm

Being a big fan of all three of those FF particular games I couldn't resist. I was actually only browsing at the time to buy the second item. I'm also a huge fan of the Metal Gear series and I've always been fascinated by Yoji Shinkawa's artwork.

The FF book is nice enough with some very cool design stuff in. The MGS collection is just a pure brilliant tome of a frankly ridiculous amount of content.

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Only problem is that I'm now feeling increasingly tempted to buy more video game art books.

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Post by Medicine Man » Mon Nov 04, 2019 7:38 pm

It's a slippery slope fella.

I don't even like MGS and I've hovered over that collection a few times myself.

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Post by Mantis » Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:11 pm

Even if you're not a fan I'd say it's probably worth it from a purely art book collector standpoint. Each book must come in at 300+ pages each, one is all black and white pencil sketches and character design with concept notes, the other is full of luscious fully formed inked art.

I've been considering trying my hand at drawing again and these pieces are incredibly inspiring.

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Post by Medicine Man » Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:53 pm

It's a tad on the expensive side for me to impulse buy just now, but it's on my list for sure.

A good wee site for art book reviews is...

https://www.parkablogs.com/content/vide ... books-list

He does movie stuff and all sorts too.

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Post by Mantis » Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:18 pm

Nice, that's a great little resource.

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Post by Stormbringer » Mon Nov 11, 2019 1:16 pm

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Can't wait to try out this game.
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