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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 02/12/2023

Things have been a little lively of late, but I did manage to do some hobbying this afternoon. Twenty odd figures green-stuffed onto proper bases. I got some of them textured. 15 minute job. These are all for #stargrave. #egandoctrine

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Spot of #egandoctrine last night. Finished off another four snow covered hills. Hoping to do a Stalingrad scenario next week, so these will see some use there. A second batch with some added stones, vegetation, etc are drying in the shed before they get their snow treatment.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Wrapped up in a good book (John French, British in India 1825-1859) by the fire while Mrs Kinch and the Kinchlets watch Strictly. More Sikhs!

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

The kids were given dire warnings not to wake Dad as I haven’t had a lie in in a while. 11am - Sir Harry wakes me by poking my face and miaowing for food. The hypocrisy of being given out to by a cat for sleeping late! Pictured: Sir Harry Flashman VC (total hypocrite)

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

This remains one of my favourite photos of the Kinchlets and also a stark reminder of the dangers of reading your children the LadyBird Book of William Tell.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Watching El CID with the Kinchlets. The LadyBaby is very taken with Sophia Loren.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Writing without alcohol. It can be done. But at what cost?

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

My daughter has discovered that you can actually wear veils without needing a wedding dress. She was very accusatory when asking me how long I’d known about this. I suspect I may have a teenage Goth on my hands.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

It appears that Young Cribb is part of a conspiracy to overload my bookshelves.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

I was best man for a pal earlier this year and received this as a very thoughtful gift. I need another period like I need a hole in the head, but there’s something fascinating about it. I think this is revenge for when I got him a complete Gibbon after he’d read the abridged.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

Reading with Bear today. He was particularly taken with the picture of his namesake at Waterloo. We also had a long conversation about Bonaparte and how someone who was undeniably great can also not be good. #ladybird #books #history

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 07/10/2023

I regret nothing. I realised last week that Memoir 44 was first produced in 2004 and will soon be having its 20th anniversary. I’ve played a lot of this game and almost always enjoyed it. It works very well multiplayer. I’ve played it with pensioners, young offenders, non gamers/

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

A few of my 1/72 scale Egyptians on patrol. A mix of Hinton Hunt, Strelets and converted Italeri figures.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Organised a games day on Saturday. Game was Overlord Memoir 44 - a multiplayer variant of Richard Borg’s board game. I replaced the game price with 1/72 figures and increased the size of the hexes from 2 inches to 5 inches. We played Sword Beach and Bastogne.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Spot of history with the Kinchlets last night.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

I’m reasonably sure my son still thinks this is something I just made up.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Introduce yourself with three books that you love. Kim - Rudyard Kipling The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Lewis Hon Mentions Puckoon - Spike Milligan A Close Run Thing - Alan Mallinson Cotton comes to Harlem - Chester Himes

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

I’m Conrad. I play and GM as many historical wargames as time will allow. I write a monthly column for Miniature Wargames magazine. I play Napoleonics, Second World War and Colonials (Sikh, Afghanistan, Zulu war, Sudan and Abyssinia) in 20mm. I play also Playmobil games with the Kinchlets.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Spot of terrain work. Doing some new hills for my Bastogne #memoir44 game next weekend. These are cut from upholstery foam and then covered with an initial coat of PVA, before paint and flock.

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Conrad Kinch @aquestingvole.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Well well well what have we got here then? Thank you @boondockactual.bsky.social

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