With the removalists arriving in five weeks, it was time to start packing up all the toys. Over the past 4 days, with the help of my daughter who's visiting, we've been carefully boxing up all my wargaming miniatures, terrain, painting supplies, and more. We ended up using over 100 metres of bubble wrap in an effort to safely secure everything as it gets boxed up.
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| The first layer of miniatures all wrapped up and packed on their side before a corrugated cardboard insert is added and the next layer of miniatures is added. |
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| Hopefully they all arrive in one piece. |
This now means no model making, painting, or wargaming on the tabletop until everything gets shipped from Australia to New Zealand and unpacked. In the meantime, with no tabletop games available, I will have to resort to drawing maps on an A3 sketch pad and using cardboard counters to satisfy my wargaming habit. My daughter is taking a Mech-Robot game back with her to New Zealand, which I’ve been preparing over the last few months, the Battletech models and terrain all conveniently fit into a shoebox (see here and here). So once we arrive, and before the rest of our house contents show up, I should be able to squeeze in a few miniature games, though most of my time will likely be spent preparing and painting the new house.
Good luck in the move. Hopefully, you will find some time a for a remote game or two during your downtime.
ReplyDeleteHopefully there will be some free time. At the moment there is a seeming endless list of things to do.
DeleteGood luck with the move and some form of gaming in the meantime.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I am hopeful of finding some time for a wargame with cardboard counters.
DeleteRather than sketch books try lining paper (if available in your location). This paper is used for smoothing out older walls before putting on normal wallpaper and is way way cheaper than sketch pads. We used rolls of it to keep the kids happy when younger but great for adults as well :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tip.
DeleteBest wishes
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteGood luck with the move Peter. Always stressful but harder again crossing countries.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have done the most possible to keep your figures safe.
The time will be useful for planning and thinking, and maybe making the odd purchase.
My son in law is a gamer. My daughter was not impressed when moving into their new home that just 30 minutes after the removalists left a courier arrived with a package for my son in law! She does laugh about it now. 😂😂
I am resisting getting any purchases in case they arrive late. Both my wife and I have a purchase curfew on our hobbies until we arrive in NZ.
DeleteGood luck with the move Peter. Fingers crossed that all your treasure makes it to the new home in the same condition as you packed them.
ReplyDeleteLast time we moved I was lucky and had no breakages or losses, but since then I have added a number of armies.
DeleteGood luck with the move Peter - at least you are going in the right direction! Our news media here is full of tales of woe about how all our best and brightest are heading the opposite direction in record numbers!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Having left our daughter and son in NZ almost a decade ago (I hasten to add they were adults). It was almost inevitable that we would end up moving back when we retired.
DeleteAll the best for the move (return home) Peter. Sad to lose you as one of the Aussie wargamers-bloggers, but our loss is NZ's gain. Presumably and hopefully you'll be back on the blog before long; and it's not that far for the messages to travel! :)
ReplyDeleteRegards, James
Thank you. There may be a bit of a pause with the blogging until I get setup.
DeleteGood luck for the safest and easiest of moves…never a simple task! (But all your planning will have helped 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼).
ReplyDeleteI am slowly getting through the lists. Thanks.
DeleteGood luck, my fingers are all crossed that your little men make it OK.
ReplyDeleteYes, fingers crossed. Hopefully the 100+ metres of bubble wrap does its job.
DeleteHope the move goes well, Peter.
ReplyDeleteRegards, Chris.
Hi Chris. Thank you.
DeleteWe’ll just ignore the Ancients that tried to escape packing 😝 at least we learned to always check the drawers are empty before trying to tip them!
ReplyDeleteGood job they were found just in time!
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