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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: Diablo Jon on June 14, 2021, 05:33:11 AM
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Wasn't sure where to post this so hopefully I have the right board but I thought I'd start a post on my efforts to give my wargames room a bit of a facelift
My grandly entitled wargames room is actually a garage. When my wife and I arrived at our current house, with a new-born and toddler in tow it was decided I could have the garage, at the bottom of the garden, to store my stuff as there just wasn’t room in a house dominated by small adorable children. The garage had some advantages it was a double length garage, brick construction and being away from the house it was a good place for a bit of one on one time, with my favourite Metal bands, without disturbing anyone else. On the downside it floods, as we discovered in the first couple of weeks of moving in, during extremely heavy rain, It doesn’t have much natural light ,just one small window and some glass panels on the back door, and it could get very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.
So I enlisted the add of my dad and we set about making the garage a wargames room, we dug a soak away in front of the back door to help deal with the water run off that caused the flooding. Inside we built a new floor with batons and chipboard and added a drain by the door so if the soakaway didn’t work the flood water would run underneath my wargames room and out through the dig door on the other side. The brick walls were board it out for insulation purposes and a false ceiling, with insulation, was put up. Two thirds of the way down we put up a stud wall so the end, with the large garage door, could store my motorbike and be a workshop. Once we added some new electrics and a lick of paint I ended up with a pretty respectable man cave.
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That was fifteen years ago in that time I’ve given the room one cosmetic make over with some new carpet tiles and a lick of paint. The furniture was upgraded with some display cabinets, from the old front room, that where replaced during a make over. After all that time the wargames room is now starting to feel its age. The chipboard false floor is starting to sag in places and has become rather uneven, the garage flat felt roof sprang a couple of small leaks which I only twigged when the ceiling stated getting brown water marks. I’ve fixed the flat roof leaks but its time to replace the floor and ceiling with new wood, and while I’m at, it re-jig the electric sockets, add new LED lighting, new flooring, re-organise my storage and build a new gaming table . This a major renovation project which I hope to do the bulk of in my week long August holiday break.
Talking it through with my wife it occurred to me that everything was going to need to come out of the wargames room to give me space to do the renovations. It was at the point I realised I had accumulate rather a lot of hobby stuff in fifteen years none of which was packed or stored in any way for transportation…
I’ve made a start on the easy stuff books are being packed away in temporary cardboard boxes (thanks to Amazon we have plenty). I’ve purchased more lidded plastic boxes to start packing scenery and the lead pile of shame into. I’ve also taken the decision to magnetize as much of my miniature collection as possible to aid with safe storage and transportation in the future (more of that in another post). I was pleasantly surprised to find I could get the lead pile of shame into three plastic storage boxes one each for fantasy, sci-fi and historical projects still plenty of packing to go though.
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Grand job you both did too, splendid man cave.
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Good luck with all the reorganisation.
People that know me will tell you I am always
'going' to completely reorganise. In reality I
only 'paper over the cracks', but one day...
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All your unpainted leadpile in only 3 storage tubs? That's pathetic man call yourself a wargamer? lol
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Grand job you both did too, splendid man cave.
Thanks sadly those photos are ten years old nnow its not looking quite so dandy now which is why its time for a renovation.
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Good luck with all the reorganisation.
People that know me will tell you I am always
'going' to completely reorganise. In reality I
only 'paper over the cracks', but one day...
yeah been there done that. I've had a few major tidy ups over the years which in reality was me hiding stuff in cupboards or just moving everything from one end of the wargames room to other for zero gain lol
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All your unpainted leadpile in only 3 storage tubs? That's pathetic man call yourself a wargamer? lol
A hang my head in shame :( in my defence those boxes don't include the painting shelf of shame..
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Magnets thousands of ’em...
...Well maybe not thousands but a lot of magnets. As I mentioned, in part 1, I need to move everything out of my wargames room to do my planned renovations. Most of my miniatures have been stored in cabinets which has worked well enough but has two disadvantages one the cabinets waste a lot of space as the shelfs have large gaps between them which aren’t required on little soldiers 30mm high. Secondly if I want to move any miniatures around they aren’t prepped for transportation.
Looking at what other gamers where doing, on line, I settled on plastic boxes and magnets as my future storage and transportation solution. I purchase a load of boxes and a bunch of self adhesive ferrous-rubber sheet and self adhesive magnetic sheets, both pre cut circular magnets in various sizes, and sheets you cut yourself. I slightly under estimated just how mind numbingly boring magnetizing several armies worth of miniatures would be. I think as something you do, on a few miniatures at a time, during an army build it would be fine and just become a process like basing or varnishing.
I hit a few issues during this process. Firstly every army seems to have a few miniatures that are to tall for my chosen A4 boxes whether it’s because of a flag, pike or horse, which is frustrating when you’d like a whole army boxed together. You can of course used bigger boxes, and I did buy some large ones for some armies, but then you are back to the feeling your are wasting space and I’d like my renovated wargames room to be as storage space efficient as possible.
Another issue I hit were Games workshop style bases. Some of my armies are based on thin plastic or MDF bases which gave the magnets a nice flat surface to stick to but GW bases are hollow underneath and the thin edge didn’t make for a good connection with my magnet sheets. In the end I purchased some small 3mm earth magnets that fit in the hollows under the bases and could be glued in place.
I still have several armies to go but I’ve made a good start so here are a few pictures of what I have managed so far.
1st the A4 plastic stack boxes. Each one of these stacks is about the same size as one shelf in my Ikea display cabinet so this stack took about five shelves worth of miniatures from my display cabinet and fitted them into the space of one shelf that is a considerable space saving. The self adhesive ferrous rubber sheets I purchased are also A4 so this meant one sheet stuck in the bottom no measuring or cutting needed.
As you can see on the last photo the magnets work really well that box is on its side and not a single miniature has moved. I even (after a deep breath) turned the box upside down and again the miniatures didn’t move.
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I really like the A4 stacking boxes but they didn’t cut it for some of my armies. I found my 20mm ancient Phalanx’s pikes where to tall while my 28mm fantasy human army had to many mounted men with big lances. So I bought some other large boxes for these armies. The other (not) fun thing about these armies was having to cut magnetic sheets to fit the square and rectangle bases which just added more time to a rather monotonous job but hey at least it only need doing once.
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Still plenty more miniatures to magnetise before August including some 40K armies and a lot of random miniatures that don’t really have an army to join. I’ve decided the easiest way to store some of my bigger 40K models and awkward to store miniatures is to put them back in my Ikea glass display cabinet once the renovations are over rather than buying lots of odd sized boxes. Right back to wargames room are more magnets…
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Good progress.
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I love it when a plan sticks together...
Having recently (about 6 months ago now) finished my gaming room, and having transported all of my hobby stuff down two floors, I can wholeheartedly sympathise with your woes. But at least you have an up to date plan, and have started preparing well ahead of time.
I finished my gaming room according to the plans I had in my head for almost 14 years, but when it finally came to moving all my stuff in, I had not counted on the accumulation factor ::)
So, when it was finally all lugged downstairs, there was about 3 times the volume of stuff that I had accounted for, 14 years previous (including ample space to expand. Or so I thought). Turns out we're (almost) all hoarders when it comes to the hobby, and stuff just accumulates...
But luckily you have taken on the job with up-to-date plans, which certainly will help. Looking forward to seeing the end result; by the sound of it, it's going to be great :)
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I love it when a plan sticks together...
Having recently (about 6 months ago now) finished my gaming room, and having transported all of my hobby stuff down two floors, I can wholeheartedly sympathise with your woes. But at least you have an up to date plan, and have started preparing well ahead of time.
I finished my gaming room according to the plans I had in my head for almost 14 years, but when it finally came to moving all my stuff in, I had not counted on the accumulation factor ::)
So, when it was finally all lugged downstairs, there was about 3 times the volume of stuff that I had accounted for, 14 years previous (including ample space to expand. Or so I thought). Turns out we're (almost) all hoarders when it comes to the hobby, and stuff just accumulates...
But luckily you have taken on the job with up-to-date plans, which certainly will help. Looking forward to seeing the end result; by the sound of it, it's going to be great :)
I can't really take any credit for planning ahead that's the influence of my wonderful wife. I'm more of a jump right in and make it up as I'm going along type of guy (no wonder I suck at war gaming lol) my wife on the other hand likes to have a plan for just about everything somehow between us we make life work.
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I’m sure I’m not alone in this but I am a bit of butterfly when in comes to my hobby it doesn’t take much for me to get distracted or side-tracked when I see something new or interesting. Films, books, new miniatures, a rule set or seeing what someone else has done on the internet can frequently spark a wave of enthusiasm for a new project. Soon I’m researching, planning, buying new miniatures and looking at building new scenery and the painting table is unceremoniously cleared of whatever I was previously working on to make way for my newest obsession. “What happens to those half started previous projects Jon?” I hear you ask. Well in my wargames room they go to the painting shelf next to my painting desk where often as not, despite the lie I tell myself that I’ll finish them off soon, they sit there for a long time gathering a layer of dust.
As I was sorting out my lead pile into boxes I knew I’d have to confront the painting shelf, now officially dubbed the painting shelf of shame, so I pulled everything out and put it on my painting desk. This collection contained a whole load of stuff ranging from just converted plastic/lead all the way up to just needing the bases done. The list includes
12 random individual fantasy miniatures for a solo dungeon crawl project that never really got off the ground.
18 Ngoni conversion from Warlord games Zulus to add to my Ngoni army
8 converted Portuguese Cacadores for 19th century Africa
4 converted Lomwe tribesmen for darkest Africa
5 primus marines for 40K
30 odd Deathguard for 40K
4 snow trolls for my ice queen fantasy army
17 renegade imperial guardsmen for 40K
and since that photo below was taken I’ve now found
A half finished Pict army for age of Arthur game 50 odd miniatures
30 odd early imperial Romans
18 random sci-fi miniatures with a half painted APC
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That’s quite a lot of abortive projects cluttering up my gaming room so I’ve decided to launch operation ” Finish up” I don’t plan to box up my painting stuff until the last possible moment, before the renovations on my wargames room begin in early August, between now and then I’m going to attempt to finish off as many of these half finished projects as possible (in between packing and sticking magnets on everything). I don’t know how good they’ll look, when they are finished, as I do my best painting when I’m really inspired by the miniatures I’m painting, but they will be finished so I can go into my new wargames room with a clean slate and painting shelf. I’ve already made a start and finished the four snow trolls pictures coming soon.
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I know all about the WIPs of Shame, as I too have a WIP display case, where minis tend to linger for years on end. I used to mix them with the finished ones (so they wouldn't stand out as much I guess), but I always knew...
Now I use my old (and woefully too small) display cabinet for just my WIP projects. Long term ones that is. Because I now have a HobbyZone setup on my desk, with a small WIP display case right on my desk too, but that's for the current ones.
And I can confidently report that this one is filled to the brim right now as well lol
Good luck with clearing out the WIP pile; that's a commendable goal. Here's to hoping you make it before your deadline... :)
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A good week-end & you'll have that all cleared. :D
Some years ago a friend wanted some figures. A unit
of them was sitting on my 'WIP pile of Shame'. They
had been waiting for that perfect Zen moment, when
all the stars align & the paint flows 'just so'. = I had
done nothing with them for years. Because they were
for him & not for me, they were painted over a week-end.
Not the perfect job I was going to do, but plenty good
enough for the table & he was delighted with them.
Now I pretend they are not for me, but for someone else.
Result is that stuff gets done faster. Problem is I keep
acquiring more things. :-I
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Loving your area - Only wish I could have something that size
Re your cabinet and the space between shelves I not long ago bought a similar looking cabinet (picture in https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=129868.msg1661329#msg1661329 ). when I bought the cabinet from https://www.displaysense.co.uk/ I was able to buy packs of extra shelves.
Shelves arrived late and had to dismantle cabinet to fix them but if the cabinets are the same you might be able to add more shelves while everything is out to store more- all I would say in my case is that I didn't always give myself enough space between shelves to get my hands in to pluck things out
As I said before - great are and hope to see some of the renovated pictures
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Thanks for the comments guys
Operation ” Finish up” has started by finishing off these Four snow trolls from the painting shelf of shame. I went for an early easy win with these guys as they where 90% finished and only really needed a few small details painted, basing and sealing to be done. They are Ral-parth trolls, sculpted by Bob Olley, and where meant to be part of my Winter Wytch army see here https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=107692.0 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=107692.0)
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One down quite a few more to go lol
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Looking good though.
Keep it up! 8)
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Looking good though.
Keep it up! 8)
Thanks mate I have finished up another batch of miniatures pictures soon.
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I’m slowly working my through wargames room re-organizing everything in preparation for moving it all out. I’ve run out of magnets, until I order some more online, so I’ve switched to sorting out bases, bits and dice in to storage boxes.
I’m sure I’m not the only one with a mountain of bits (especially if you have collected Games Workshop miniatures for a long time like I have) all those extra heads, arms and weapons that come of plastic kits are great for conversions and I always find them worth keeping. My old system was a large plastic box where I just chucked all my spare bits and sprues which was fine until I wanted to find specific bits which would then become a “needle in a haystack” experience. So I’ve sourced some workshop tray units the sort people use to nails and screws. These ones have quite large trays (and even then I had so many bits for some armies I had to use two trays) and I’ve labelled them up so that, for example all my Dwarf bits are in one tray and all my Beastman bits are in another. I’ve sorted out the first one which contains all my fantasy bits (picture below).
I have two more tray unit one for my sci-fi bits and another for historical bits (one of the nice side effects of historical manufacturers moving into hard plastic kits). These tray units can be joined together so I should end up with one unit of thirty trays when I’m finished.
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I’ve also taken the opportunity to box up my bases and movement trays so they are all in place rather than spread out in different boxes all over my painting area. I have one box for round/oval bases and one box for square/rectangle bases.
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Lastly I had a draw under my games table full of dice, templates and counters that draw unit is going during the renovations so I’ve used a really useful box with a tray insert to give them all a new home.
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Another batch of miniatures moved off the painting shelf of shame this time the start of a solo fantasy dungeon crawl game that never quite took off.
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I've posted more closeups on my fantasy thread on the fantasy board if anyone's interested https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=107692.30 (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=107692.30)
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Packing continues. Magnetising a whole wargames collection, in one go, is laborious to say the least. I have the timber for the room renovations arriving next Saturday in the meantime another unit is knocked off the painting shelf of shame this time Ngoni for my Darkest Africa project.
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Interesting to see this progress. If you are in need of more trayed boxes later, Screwfix usually have an offer on Stanley organisers that can work out cheaper than RUBs.
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Interesting to see this progress. If you are in need of more trayed boxes later, Screwfix usually have an offer on Stanley organisers that can work out cheaper than RUBs.
Cheers I'll have a look. I must admit finding the perfect storage box is becoming a bit of an obsession. I want boxes big enough to hold 28mm models but not so big there is lots of wasted space between the models and lid. I've found a few that work but then there is always that standard bearer, mounted officer or guy waving his spear above his head that doesn't flippin fit ::)
Then it's a toss up between getting a different sized box for the odd models from different armies that won't fit in the standard boxes or getting a bigger box so you can keep those, one or two odd models, with the rest of the army in one box together. I haven't really figured out what I prefer yet.
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I still use box-files for storage. Full-size for 28mm and the thinner ones for 20mm and smaller. I find they stack well, are pretty robust are easy to transport. My Company is currently clearing out lots of paper as we move to semi-home-working so I have managed to find and claim nearly 30 box files which would otherwise have been binned. Result!
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Another unit removed from the painting shelf of shame and into a nice magnetised plastic storage box, These guys are colonial Portuguese Cacadores for Darkest Africa gaming
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Almost all my miniatures are in storage now just a few left in my display cabinets to go and some scenery to box up.
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Moving at a brisk pace there! 8)
Looks like you really planned this through, and organizing stuff is always great. In fact, I actually find it soothing to sort bits, minis, dice, cards or magazines.
I'm nearly done sorting all of my collection now, and I'm almost jealous to see you're sorting away at leasure still lol
I used to have several (3) of those organizers on my desk (32 small drawers and 1 big one on each), completely filled with bits (obviously sorted), like these, but also with a full width bottom drawer:
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However; these had to make way for a full Hobbyzone setup.
So now I organize my bits in small and cheap organizer cases, which open from two sides. I've now got a dedicated one for just about each project, plus assorted other stuff, like one for plastic materials (think plasticard off cuts, non-polystyrene bits, etc), one for metal bits, one for stowage, one for vehicle parts; you get the idea.
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I've now got 16 of them, and even though 5 of them fit perfectly in one of the Ikea storage boxes I use, I am planning on creating a dedicated shelving solution in my storage cabinet, so I can label them on the short side, and pull one out whenever I need it (without having to lift down incredibly heavy Ikea boxes (5 of these cases filled with pewter do amount to quite a weight!) from the high shelf I put up all around the room, and then to, according to Murphy's Law, only find the required one in the very last box. Because, of course ::) )...
I find it interesting to see what ingenious storage methods other people come up with; there's usually something to nick learn there ;)
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Hi DJ
For those “tall” miniatures you could always attach them to the side of the storage box rather than it’s base? Magnets allow you that sort of flexibility ;)
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It’s been almost a month since my last post mostly because I’ve been in full DIY mode and the only painting I’ve been doing is walls and ceiling. Still with the help of number one son over a couple of weekends and with time off work this week my wargames room renovations are taking shape nicely.
The 13 year old chipboard floor has been pulled up and replaced as has the water damaged ceiling. I have new LED lights and I’ve upgrade the electrics and moved some sockets. The walls are and ceiling are now freshly painted. Next weekend should see the new flooring go down and then I can start and building a new gaming table and work bench (for painting and modelling).
Anyway a couple photos of the building site that will be shiny new wargames room soon.
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After several weeks of work my wargames room makeover is finally finished and it’s time to show it off.
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This is my new gaming table a rather modest 5×4 foot but I’ve added under table storage in the form of a book case for rule books and I modified some racking shelves to store scenery on. I added an edge to help keep my terrain tiles firmly in place. I have made two of the sides adjustable with bolts and sliding brackets because on my last table the measurements where slightly off and the tiles wouldn’t fit perfectly. Now I can place the tiles on the table and clamp them in place.
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I’ve also re-designed my painting modelling area to give my more space and to make it easier to find things my wife also added a new feature the sweetie box.
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Overall I’m very pleased with how it turned out. The lighting is much better, the floor is flat again, the new lay out gives me more space around the gaming table and I don’t think I’ve ever had my hobby so well organised. Now its time to start using my room again the first thing I want to do is finish off the other projects from the painting shelf of shame (who now live in a box of shame as the original painting shelf no long exists).
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All the planning and hard work has really paid off - it looks great 8)
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Looks really good - I like the blue wall behind the gaming table.
You must be pleased after all the hard work
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Nice, well done getting it all.. done.
Would love to have that permanent kind of space, for all my hobbies, maybe one day ::)
Get on and enjoy it!
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Thanks guys yes I'm very happy now I just need to find time to give it a good testing.
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My gosh! That is too tidy. It hurts my eyes. lol
Nah, looking fabulous. You'll do good stuff there.
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yes tidy is a new experience I'm having to adjust to lol
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yes tidy is a new experience I'm having to adjust to lol
Enjoy the moment, for it will not last, believe me. :D
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Wonderful result and well worth the slog! I'm sure many hours will be spent there, in comfort too, I might add. 8)
Your hobby room and mine are about the same size, it looks like, with mine potentially being a tad wider (I have a 6x4 table in there). Also, the layout is exactly the same (hobby desk in the corner next to the door, gaming table in the back, jutting against the left wall, shelving underneath, etc. Even the colour blue on your walls is close to the blue I picked!
Great minds, eh? (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=128446.msg1657752#msg1657752) ;)
Oh, and contrary to popular belief, tidy is the new messy, when it comes to being creative, so you're on the right track for sure! :D
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A great looking new wargames hobby room. The sweetie box is a nice touch.
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Wonderful result and well worth the slog! I'm sure many hours will be spent there, in comfort too, I might add. 8)
Your hobby room and mine are about the same size, it looks like, with mine potentially being a tad wider (I have a 6x4 table in there). Also, the layout is exactly the same (hobby desk in the corner next to the door, gaming table in the back, jutting against the left wall, shelving underneath, etc. Even the colour blue on your walls is close to the blue I picked!
Great minds, eh? (https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=128446.msg1657752#msg1657752) ;)
Oh, and contrary to popular belief, tidy is the new messy, when it comes to being creative, so you're on the right track for sure! :D
The lay out does look very similar you have what appears to a rather nice church pew in yours though.
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A great looking new wargames hobby room. The sweetie box is a nice touch.
Yes it was a good call from the wife still deciding which sweets go best with a painting session though. The Haribo are nice but a bit sticky, the Foxes glacier mints are old school but in a good way and the Werther's Originals aren't bad.
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... the Foxes glacier mints are old school but in a good way...
Surely, they should be beside a bowl of licorice all sorts?
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Surely, they should be beside a bowl of licorice all sorts?
My wife said, 'I left a whole bowl full of Liquorice All-sorts beside my
bed last night. This morning there is just one sweet. How do you
explain that!'
'Couldn't see that one in the dark' :D
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Well done that man, an excellent result all round!
I've just completed my new, New Emporium by the Seaside, everything's in one room and I'm very happy. Everything but the painting table, Herself's insisting that this stays downstairs. Her reasoning being that if it too was in the Emporium, I'd surface in the dawn's early light but never, ever make it downstairs!
:)