Wargames Eyrie - Hallway painting area progress

The walls have come down in the hallway to reveal the space I am currently planning to use as a painting area. I've discovered the ceiling is a bit lower in this space than I was expecting hence the top of the wall still in place. 

Next job rubble removal  and then take out old wood supports.

From a building history point of view I was surprised that the 2 bathrooms were not 100% modern, but at one time they'd been a single bathroom. You can see the newer wood frame outlining where the original door used to be on the right. The rest of the wall facing the camera was lath and plaster which covered the house in dust as it came down.

Wargames Eyrie - Room 4 home of the big board

The fourth and final room of the planned Wargames Eyrie. I want a 12ft x 6ft board in here.

In the old house I based this on 8 kitchen cabinets which served as storage. The units were split in 2, with 6 cabinets a gap then the equivalent of 2 more cabinets. The 6 cabinet base was used for a 6x4 or 8x6 board before extending to 12 x 6. You probably guess I had 3 6x4 boards that at the smallest configuration were stacked on top of each other.  I had planned to do the same here but I am not sure.

I may try cabinets on wheels to give more flexibility. I am not planning to put any storage on the walls to maximise space for chairs. I like to use office chairs so when you're tired you can glide up and down the board with a push of your legs. This luxury started because in the old house the only space chairs I had were office chairs.

View from the right hand corner looking towards the front of the house. This room  has the lowest ceiling of them all.

View from the left hand corner towards the front. The door near the centre of the photo leads to an en-suite which will be knocked out and the door blocked up. 

From the front left hand corner looking back. All the walls and ceiling are textured so need stripping back.

 

The view

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2014 Review in detail

Happy New Year.

2014 was quite a wargaming year. I didn't expect to get much hobby time in as we started the year trying to move and start a business. Both took a lot longer and took a different form than originally envisioned.

Places Visited - lots
We took an early holiday knowing the year was going to be busy and I found the L'Iber Toy Soldier Museum in Valencia. Marvelous place. My favorite display being:
Carlist War displays

Games played - 10
My usual monthly game fixture, which with the normal rhythm of life was never added up to 12 games, was suspended. Sad but necessary but with the delays in the move etc we did get some games in.

We managed 5 games:

15mm Gruntz's game at the Hammerhead Show. First try at these rules and enjoyed them. Good preparation needed. I now have added a few GZG figures to my growing very small 15mm collection.

More pictures on the Hammerhead show link lower down in this post.

X Wing  - always great fun.
2 x Dead Mans Hand games - first play of these. I liked it so much I had Santa being me a copy. I still like Legends of the Old West for story telling but Dead Mans Hand is quick to set up and play.
15mm Bolt Action game - another first try out of rules. Need to play more to see if I like them. Easy to pick up though.

In light of me moving away we arranged to meet up at the Battle Group Ponyri Campaign. This was a first for Battle Group and a first for me attending an organised event where I played strangers with my own armies. What a blast and I hope to go to the 2015 event.

I played 3 games and lost them all and loved it:
Battle Group Ponyri Campaign Day 1
Battle Group Ponyri Campaign Day 2

Once moved I caught up with some old gaming chums who now run the Conwy Wargames Club and got a game in and was invited to play at the informal off shoot Muffin Club:
Dux Bellorum game at Conwy Wargames Club
Hail Caesar Rome vs Celts at the Muffin Club


Finished models
100% finished:
4 x 20mm Panzer IVH
1 x 20mm German Radio truck
1 x 20mm 251/16 half track
1 x 20mm HE129 plane
4 x 20mm German mine sweepers
1 x 20mm 2 man German sniper team

Finished but need basing
2 x 24 man 25mm Crimean War British Guards battalion

Shows visited - 6

Hammerhead Show
Cannon Show
Sheffield Triples
Partizan
Other Partizan
Derby World Wargames show

Blog posts - 98

Kickstarters backed - 1 Battle Systems scifi scenery

The Move
The great pack up

The future