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I don't normally do this but what follows is that staple of wargaming blogs: the "what I bought at the last show" post but with a twist or two.
Ten days ago I spent the day at the Phalanx show (St Helens, UK) helping Dave Lanchester run his bookstall. I didn't get a lot of time for shopping but I went prepared with a list to focus my efforts. The purchase of the day was a rather special dice tray:
Why is it the last units always seem to take ages? These took a while as I painted them as one group; which I don't normally do. Plus the horses required extra work (see below).
Anyway, I now have all the core units for a wide range of "Dark Age/Feudal" Arab armies so I'm pleased they are finished. It feels like I've finished a project and that is always good.
After a run of non-hobby posts, normal service is resumed. These figures came from two packs of light/medium cavalry. I bought two packs so I could have javelin armed light cavalry (which I forgot to photograph) and a mix of javelin and lance armed medium cavalry.
I recent years, blogging has become a somewhat solitary exercise. A few years ago blogging was a more communal activity. Then came social media. As a consequence, comments from readers have become increasingly rare whilst at the same time becoming all the more welcome.
I have my own reasons for writing this blog, and I'm not doing it for the glory, I just hope someone, somewhere gets pleasure from what I write. But occasionally I do wonder about the breadth of my readership.
A recent spate of page views from the USA, then from Singapore, set me to wondering once again about my readership. Since 2019 I've used the simple, in-built stats that come with Blogger but they don't help with anything other than bulk page views.
