| October 7th, 2006 |
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Airfix, Grandpa, and me
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07:29 am
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In the past couple of months, two big parts of my early gaming life have passed on to that great ZOC in the sky
Recently found out that my last grandfather passed a few weeks back. I have fond memories of him, playing games of various kinds. He was a great player, I dont mean he won alot, but that he played just for pure enjoyment. I must of played 400 different card games with him and my grandma. All I can figure is they read Hoyle from cover to cover.
Also I heard that AIRFIX has gone out of business. This is also sad as most of my early day memories of playing with soldiers in the back yard are tied to AIRFIX soldiers.
When I was in my early teens we visited my grandparents for the summer. To keep my brother and I busy my grandfarther helped us build a hill/fortification on a 4foot x 4foot sheet of plywood. My grandfather made dentures for a living so we used dental plaster for the construction. Lets just say this thing weighed quite a bit when finished. But once complete made good place for my brother and I to play with AIRFIX (I think we had some revell stuff too).Current Mood:  thoughtful |
Normally I don't do much in the way of sitting down and planning out my next 10 or so projects. But thought I might share what I am currently working on.
In the Old West
First on my bench, another Wild West style building, that currently has no function. But I am sure it will by the time it is based and has doors and windows set.
Next is the General Store. My first inclination to name it "Olsen's" after the Little House on the Prairie store.But a lot of my inspiration comes from Boulder Colorado, both real and the one in my warped imagination. As I go over names in my head of stores I have visited, or people I knew who hung out in Boulder, I decide to leave it unnamed, for now.
Post-Apocalyptic
Ok, I admit it, I have a love hate relationship with Boulder Colorado, and in my post-apocalyptic games, it is mostly hate ;) I try and truly warp out and the one project I am working on is "The Boulder Theater". In real life the Boulder Theater offers a varied venue of entertainment, in my skewed vision, they offer only one now, porn movies. Here is a picture of the real Boulder Theater as it exists today.
Nope there isn't any pictures of a real project yet for this one, as it is still in the planning stages and is just a few scribbles in a notebook.Current Mood:  working Current Music: Pink Floyd - Welcome To The Machine |
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