from RayR - Millsy's Millpond - Old Figures (55 points)

Salute Wargames Show at Kensington & Chelsea Town Hall was where these and another 100+ Norman figures were purchased. Salute was my first ever wargames show back in 1991 when I was only 23 years old!! I was unlike some of you, quite a late starter, its all Posties fault really. We both bought houses next door to each other in 1990.

I invited Postie round for a Sensible Soccer marathon (its a very old computer game) Myself and an older version of the Rejects used to get together for a  computer games which turned into Risk, axis and Allies and Shogun. The next step we were all invited round Posties for a Wargame and the rest is history!

So Salute 91 was my first show, the main thing I can remember are the crowds of smelly backpack twats hogging what little room there was to shuffle down the aisles. I remember hiding my Salute bag at the train station because I didn't want to be associated with the stinky brigade just down the platform!

Anyway, Normans Saxons and Vikings were my first foray into 25mm, 100+ figures were bought from Wargames Foundry, individually, none of this blister pack crap!!! So i bought exactly what I wanted and didn't have stacks of figures left that I didn't actually want or need???

A few months later I bought a huge painted Norman army at a bring & buy, so some of my figures never got painted................until now of course.

"Paint one or more miniatures from prior to 2000, any genre, any scale. Bonus 10 points if the mini(s) are pre-1990 or bonus 20 points if pre-1980. Extra 10 points if you can provide a backstory on how and where you acquired the mini(s) e.g. I originally bought these to play original D&D back when I was a kid."

3 Normans should be 15 points plus the 30 for the bonus round plus any Millsy bonus points

 for their age?

Sensible Soccer was great, also played NHL 94 on the mega drive which was genius. Love these guys and cool backstory although blaming Postie is a bit weak. He just unleashed your inner geek. Now you would be walking upto the stinkies and starting a conversation of the joy of Donnybrook. Speaking of which....