What have we got here...?!

I received sizeable package today. But it was too early for my post-Christmas miniature orders to have arrived. What could it be?

I excitedly busted open the package...

Hummm...

Aha! My Blackwater Gulch kickstarter! I mentioned it back in March, so it was one of those expected-at-some-point packages. Eight heroic 28mm miniatures and some bonus sheriff dice (doesn't every gamer love special dice?), it seemed like a reasonable shout to me and is the only kickstarter I've taken the plunge at so at. The sculpts look like they'll paint up well, they can go on the assembly pile and may feature as a Challenge entry.

Two quick questions

After a few days off I'm ploughing back into the painting to keep that Challenge momentum up. Expect more updates.

But in the meantime I was wondering if any of my readers has:

-any spare round plastic shields for Vikings. Wargames Factory ones would be great (anyone assemble theirs with double-handed axes or bows?) Gripping Beast plastics would probably also suit. I need just four or six if anyone has any sitting around in their bits box. I can trade other plastic bits if you need anything.

-an unwanted copy of Blitzkrieg Commander V2 they would like to sell to me? I fancy trying it out with 10mm WWII but am feeling a bit cheap to fork out £20 for a new copy just before Salute. Not helped that WWII probably won't get played often at the moment so I'd prefer not to lay out a lot on rules. I reckon someone has an unwanted copy gathering dust somewhere.


In other news, I dipped my toe into Kickstarter yesterday with a pledge to Blackwater Gulch. Seems like a great project and cowboys are cool, right? Kickstarter seems to be a developing into quite a thing for both the wargaming and board gaming communities. Hopefully it will continue the diversification of both, without putting too many poor products out there. We shall see! I don't intend to get too into Kickstarter though - it could end up using a lot of my hobby budget.