Conrad Kinch
@aquestingvole.bsky.social
Husband, lapsed novelist, Anglican. Born with the gift of laughter and the sense the world was mad.
Author of “The Fox Wife’s Tail”. (http://amazon.com/Fox-Wifes-Tail-Conrad-Kinch-ebook/dp/B01KGP84WE)
Author of “The Fox Wife’s Tail”. (http://amazon.com/Fox-Wifes-Tail-Conrad-Kinch-ebook/dp/B01KGP84WE)
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
Twenty odd figures green-stuffed onto proper bases. I got some of them textured. 15 minute job. These are all for #stargrave.
#egandoctrine
December 2, 2023 at 12:11 AM
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
Twenty odd figures green-stuffed onto proper bases. I got some of them textured. 15 minute job. These are all for #stargrave.
#egandoctrine
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.
A second batch with some added stones, vegetation, etc are drying in the shed before they get their snow treatment.
October 22, 2023 at 8:22 AM
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.
A second batch with some added stones, vegetation, etc are drying in the shed before they get their snow treatment.
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!
More Sikhs!
October 21, 2023 at 6:31 PM
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!
More Sikhs!
I can confirm that Sir Harry is well.
October 21, 2023 at 6:30 PM
I can confirm that Sir Harry is well.
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.
October 18, 2023 at 10:55 AM
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.
Watching El CID with the Kinchlets.
The LadyBaby is very taken with Sophia Loren.
The LadyBaby is very taken with Sophia Loren.
October 14, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Watching El CID with the Kinchlets.
The LadyBaby is very taken with Sophia Loren.
The LadyBaby is very taken with Sophia Loren.
Writing without alcohol.
It can be done. But at what cost?
It can be done. But at what cost?
October 11, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Writing without alcohol.
It can be done. But at what cost?
It can be done. But at what cost?
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.
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.
October 10, 2023 at 5:09 PM
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.
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.
Pavia 1525 being a case in point. A critical battle of the Italian wars between the Hapsburgs and the French King, it involved trench warfare, armoured knights, Swiss mercenaries, Landerknechts and massed firearms.
What a mix of people.
What a mix of people.
October 9, 2023 at 8:08 AM
Pavia 1525 being a case in point. A critical battle of the Italian wars between the Hapsburgs and the French King, it involved trench warfare, armoured knights, Swiss mercenaries, Landerknechts and massed firearms.
What a mix of people.
What a mix of people.
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.
I think this is revenge for when I got him a complete Gibbon after he’d read the abridged.
October 9, 2023 at 8:07 AM
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.
I think this is revenge for when I got him a complete Gibbon after he’d read the abridged.
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
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
October 7, 2023 at 10:25 PM
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
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
A few of my 1/72 scale Egyptians on patrol.
A mix of Hinton Hunt, Strelets and converted Italeri figures.
A mix of Hinton Hunt, Strelets and converted Italeri figures.
October 5, 2023 at 11:13 AM
A few of my 1/72 scale Egyptians on patrol.
A mix of Hinton Hunt, Strelets and converted Italeri figures.
A mix of Hinton Hunt, Strelets and converted Italeri figures.
I would recommend Gemmell heavily. Alan Mallinson writes a very different sort of Napoleonic soldiering to Sharpe, but he’s excellent. Flashman is funny and brilliant. Harry Sidebottom writes rattling good Roman stories.
October 4, 2023 at 7:23 PM
I would recommend Gemmell heavily. Alan Mallinson writes a very different sort of Napoleonic soldiering to Sharpe, but he’s excellent. Flashman is funny and brilliant. Harry Sidebottom writes rattling good Roman stories.
It went rather well all told. Twelve players got stuck in and got two games each. We played each battle once, then switched and got a few pints in afterwards.
October 4, 2023 at 9:54 AM
It went rather well all told. Twelve players got stuck in and got two games each. We played each battle once, then switched and got a few pints in afterwards.
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.
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.
October 4, 2023 at 9:08 AM
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.
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.
Spot of history with the Kinchlets last night.
October 3, 2023 at 7:01 AM
Spot of history with the Kinchlets last night.
Well well well what do we have here?
#warhammer #oldhammer #heroquest #boardgames
#warhammer #oldhammer #heroquest #boardgames
October 2, 2023 at 2:40 PM
Well well well what do we have here?
#warhammer #oldhammer #heroquest #boardgames
#warhammer #oldhammer #heroquest #boardgames
I’m reasonably sure my son still thinks this is something I just made up.
September 27, 2023 at 6:55 AM
I’m reasonably sure my son still thinks this is something I just made up.
I want my dressing gown back!
September 25, 2023 at 9:39 AM
I want my dressing gown back!
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.
I play also Playmobil games with the Kinchlets.
September 25, 2023 at 6:24 AM
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.
I play also Playmobil games with the Kinchlets.
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.
September 25, 2023 at 6:11 AM
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.
September 24, 2023 at 8:54 PM