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Thursday, September 4, 2014

155mm US Artillery (in 15mm Scale) and more Spider Fun!

 A bit of a change of pace as my current project is a 155mm US Artillery unit for Flames of War. I signed up for a tournament in early October and want to bring a US Glider Infantry force.  In the current rules version Artillery is very effective for the US so one doesn't leave home without it!

There's a pretty active debate in terms of if allied artillery is too effective in the game but dems da rules for now.

I also had a bit of spider fun today as I went to retrieve the empty trash can from the street and found this lovely family scene - a female Black Widow spider with her newly hatched brood of young (all the little brown dots).  It takes about 2-3 weeks for an egg sack to hatch so I've been trundling this trash can with it's veritable "cargo of death" (OK that was a little melodramatic) for a good bit.

Some of you may remember from earlier posts that I'm not the biggest fan of our eight legged arachnid friends (Shelob Lives!).  I admit it, I'm a spider wimp.

My first reaction to this fearsome arachnid incursion was typical of most Bolt Action players - when in doubt employ a vehicle flame thrower or my case douse the bin in gasoline and light it on fire - that's 3 D6 hits you, you nasty spiders!  I then realized that doing so would render my plastic trash bin unusable (except as a stark message to future spider invaders) and provide yet even more fodder for my wife to ridicule me.  With logic ruling out a flame attack, I was left with one choice - chemical agents.  A quick trip to the local hardware store and I returned with a few cans of spider killer (I think it's just normal bug killer sold at a premium 'cause there's a picture of a spider on the can).  Never-the-less, said agent was quickly dispersed over the can and where we keep the cans and the local problem nuetralized.  At least, I think so ........
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7 comments:

  1. IanSeptember 4, 2014 at 8:13 AM

    Just a tad worse than the last one then.

    Hope you delivered the coupe de grace to the lot :-)

    Ian

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  2. MauriceSeptember 4, 2014 at 10:24 AM

    Your spider narrative was excellent (and the Artillery looks good too).

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  3. PhyllionSeptember 4, 2014 at 4:14 PM

    Crikey, we have a lot of spiders around our bins but I sure hope I never come across a black widow!

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  4. Ray RousellSeptember 4, 2014 at 4:18 PM

    Poor spiders!!! I'd have gone for the bonfire I think!!

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  5. David SullivanSeptember 5, 2014 at 10:48 PM

    I have a live and let live philosophy about the few spiders that show up Chez Dave--but all bets are off if they're Black Widows. My reaction would be similar to yours, "Kill it! Kill it with fire!"

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  6. MiniMikeSeptember 10, 2014 at 5:23 AM

    Thank god I'm from Holland. The scariest creature here is a mouse. Have fun with the artillery

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  7. Stig of the DumpSeptember 20, 2014 at 9:55 AM

    Good drills.

    Any spider/bogging looking insect entering my property is effectively signing its own death warrant. Chemical weapons are normally employed, or a book or boot.....

    We get lots of brown widows here in Cyprus...

    Steve

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