The Good The Bad and the Ugly (again?)

Well I may have used the title before but not on the three subjects I am posting on now. For a change though I will swap round the topics.

The Bad.
Latest News. Shop is open and trading today so quite possible business is still going.

This is unconfirmed but it looks very much like Maelstrom Games have gone under. A friend ordered from them last week and has received his order minus one can of spray paint. He looked on his account and it was listed as back order. Later he went on again to see what else they had left and the above banner was in place with a message stating the site was down for maintenance. I very much doubt this is the case though it could be that it is down ready for a re-launch of the site. If that was the case I would expect a different message. Anyone who is waiting for items to be delivered who bought on a credit card, now would be a good time to contact them and try and get a reversal on the transaction. The phone number for Maelstrom Games is 01623 238919 which still rings. I will do a update later when the store should be open and may get someone to swing by the store if I can't make contact. I am however expecting the worst.

 

The Ugly.

I was given a load of old Games Workshop castings to look through a few months ago which in honesty have just sat gathering dust. I did have a look through when first given and as it was not clear if these were a you can have them if you want or you can buy them if you want I offered £20 for them given the amount of damaged metals and plastics that it included. Neither the person selling nor the go between had any interest in them and seems they were just off loading junk so happy to have £20 to give their son who had been given this lead pile from old gamers.

So yesterday was the first time  had really paid attention to them. What a mess, the painting standard of the figures painted is between shite and very poor. All will need the paint removing before I can do anything with them. I intend to sell all the none realistic fantasy stuff. Most of the figures are from the period when the slotta bases were first introduced so are very old. A couple of items such as the Skavenblight Scramblers Blood Bowl Team are complete and still in the box with the transfers! Another complete set is the Necromunda Ratskin Renegades (in fact both these sets have extra figures included in the boxes that have been bought and added. I even have Thrud and a Hobbit Hotpot set (or part of) in the mix  so I know I will make my money back on the deal now. If I make a reasonable profit I will send some more money the guys way, after all I was buying blind as I could not be bothered to check and have no intention to rip the bloke off. Still I have a lot of scrubbing to do before then.

 

The Good.

Always finish on a positive note. Lee and a couple of mates are going the the Wargames Holiday Centre next weekend. Seems they have earned four places and as a great act of kindness they have decided to give me the spare place. As Lee said "It's an ideal place to learn the rules we use" Having just off loaded some figures I am in a position to go as all I need is the cash for evening meals and drinks with breakfast and midday meal provided between the hotel and WHC. The room is one of those that costs the same for two as it does for one and breakfast is included. It's also on a special offer so we don't have much to pay for it. I can't remember the battle that Lee said we will be playing but it's 28mm Napoleonic set in the Peninsular and is one of the smaller battles. This really sparks my interest and I am really looking forward to the weekend. I can't say how grateful I am to the guys so another plus is you don't have to put up with my ramblings next weekend but you can look forward to some eye candy shots of the game.