Some six months have passed since I last posted, and I have been making use of a permanent painting table. I can’t say I have been very productive, but not having to set stuff up every time to undertake some painting makes a huge difference. I have also acquired some new items over the past few months. The first of these purchases was a box of HaT Industries 1/72 Late Roman Medium Cavalry to add to the pile of Late Romans and Goths I have stashed away. Then a trip to the local op-shop yielded “The Wars of the Roses: A Concise History” by Charles Ross. It is still a good overview of the wars despite being fairly old now.

A couple of searches on eBay proved quite fruitful. I was lucky to find a set of Klan Warriors from the long-defunct Havok game for a more than reasonable price. The miniatures were in great condition but missing their shield stickers. So I will make some form of replacement shield stickers for them in the future. It has become quite difficult to find Havok miniatures at good prices, but I still keep searching because you just never know.

My best eBay purchase was the outcome of a late-night trawl. I was mightily fortunate to find a complete set of the Wizard’s Room from the “Children of the Night” range produced by Ral Partha circa 1982. Both the miniatures and the box were in excellent condition and at a good price. I was most driven by nostalgia to buy the boxed set that I once owned. I still have the lectern with the spellbook on it that I painted decades ago, but unfortunately, the rest of the miniatures are long-lost. However, I now have the set I once owned and will be painting it all again sometime in the future.

So everything was pottering along as usual, and then inconveniently I had a heart attack, and that has somewhat taken the wind from my sails. I have recovered pretty well but run out of energy quite fast, so I haven’t really gone back to painting or other hobby-related stuff. It has, however, put me in a more contemplative mood about the future of my hobby stuff. So now I wonder what I should do with the various detritus and dead-end collections that have accumulated over the years. I doubt any of them are worth anything, as my hobby is quite insular, and I don’t follow gaming and miniature trends. What do I keep and what do I get rid of are considerations? Further, will I get anything into a truly usable state before I pop my clogs, baring in mind my glacial painting speed?