Old School? Moi?

Shurely Shum Mishtake? Despite the best efforts of the brothers and sisters of Royal Mail, my Christmas present to myself has arrived safely from Caliver Books in Nottingham. It took a mere 12 days thanks to them! My patience, which unlike myself is famously thin, was tested to breaking point. 

I have bought the Wargamers'Annual every year since the first was published. At first there were two a year, but latterly only one published around the Christmas period. As a boy an annual or two was a fixture from Santa so I feel it's an appropriate tradition to continue as an old codger! At first glance the annuals can seem a trifle Old School but closer examination often reveals a more cutting edge in the articles. This year's for instance has a Star Wars piece by my friend Kevin oop north in Aberdeenshire. Each year Charles Grant, who collates the annual, appeals for pieces to include in the next and I resolve to submit something, only of course to forget until it's too late! This year's excuse was that I was busy painting 15mm Team Yankee Soviet Airborne troops and writing about their integration into our forces here in GHQ. That will not see the light of day until well into next year, given lead times for publication, so here's a taster in the meantime.

Obviously in our present circumstances games are on the back burner, though if Phil is safely home from the continent after the weekend we hope to stage the final game of the year here in GHQ. We shall see in due course I suppose. In the meantime my figure painting total for December stands at one figure! A Roman beggar from the civilian set I bought at Warlord last month. If any of you find my mojo hiding behind the sofa perhaps you might nudge it back in my direction?