Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Yak shaving & 280mm guns
For one reason and another I lost my wargaming mojo over the holiday season. I do enjoy reading other gamers' blogs, but a general feeling of "can't be arsed" and my general SAD dislike of the winter months overcame any inclination I had to clear my cluttered games table and put my own models into action.
Thankfully, I'm coming back into the scheme of things one small step at a time. Hence the 'yak shaving' title.
Yak shaving ~ Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a larger problem.
The yaks in question take the shape of four 1/2400 scale German Brandenburg class battleship models, which have languished half-built in my to-do pile for months. The 280mm guns are the teeth of these beasts, and they're the penultimate step to be completed before the lot gets undercoated and painted. It'll be a fiddly but necessary job to do, and hopefully should revive my interest. Small steps, small steps...
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Bring on the yaks! I know what you mean about getting going again after a break, but hopefully it won't be too long before you are back into the swing of things.
ReplyDeleteA lot of us suffer from the midwinter loss of enthusiasm for hobbies etc., and we all try to find ways to get through it. I find that watching films and reading helps me, but it probably wouldn’t work for other people.
ReplyDeleteI have two 1:1200th-scale models of the ships that passed into a Turkish service. The design was a bit quirky, and it was a major leap forward for German ship designers when they were laid down.
All the best,
Bob
Thanks for your comments, gentlemen. Yes, it's a bit of a bind dealing with a loss of enthusiasm. I really do need to clear my table for a game and just get on with it. At the moment I'm leaning more towards my idea for a 'what if' mini naval campaign set around the Morocco Incident, March 1905-May 1906, where diplomatic solutions fail and the fleets weigh anchor.
ReplyDeleteAll the best with your 2020 projects and Plans, a find a written plan helps me along with a good game with a mate, plus reading and watching films.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Matt
Thanks, Bluewillow, and a good suggestion.
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