Michael Peterson
@madpadre
Anglican priest, retired Canadian Forces padre, nerd, dad and grandad. Owned by two Border Terriers. Likes coffee, theology, and playing with toy soldiers. Trying to be a decent chap.
What a tanker! (IFYYK) 😜 Newly painted 1/300 scale Skytrex resin and metal tanker for use in Torpedoes and Tides games. #navalwargaming
Incoming fire in the great postcard war. I suspect that @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social had something to do with this.
Late night brush spree got these fellows over the finish line and ready for the Basing Depot. 10 28mm Prussian Jaegers from the Foundry SYW range.
That was funny! I have tears in my eyes! Oh, maybe those are from the smoke. Signed, Choking in Collingwood.
Sky over Collingwood, Ontario is a dismal yellow and the air is acrid. Shelved the daily dog park trip and the gardening. It’s all rather terrifying. #wildfires
Brodie (L) and Beatrix (R) on their gotcha days two years apart. Brodie is now 4 and a half and Bea is now 2 and a half and we couldn’t imagine life without them. #BTPosse #TerrierTuesday #GotchaDay
Today’s Horticultural Op Dynamo lift. I feel like Walter Pidgeon in Mrs Minniver.
I love this gloriously messy and crowded garden. For our first year here I just wanted to see what the previous owners had left us and it is wonderfully chaotic. I just thinned out the lemon balm and planted some tomatoes and herbs. #gardenstuff
Finished two 1/300 scale Kriegsmarine vessels for Torpedoes and Tides. 3D printed Raumboote and a Skytrex M class minelayer/minesweeper. #navalwargaming
Brodie and Beatrix rounding up the big dogs at the off leash park. When they arrive, people say “the terrorists are here!” #BTPosse #TerrierTuesday
“No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.” So says Lt “Dusty” Miller who just ate some lead from a half painted Jerry raumboote. Playing “Torpedoes and Tides”. #navalwargaming
Calling this @warbases.bsky.social kit done. Used some plastic model railroad roof tiles to jazz it up a bit. Very happy with the finished result. / end
More progress on the @warbases.bsky.social Prussian merchant’s house. Happy with the wood grain on the upper floor, even if no one sees it.
1/300 scale BANGOR class minesweeper by Skytrex, for use with Toroedoes and Tides. I gave it the pennant number for HMCS Goderich, which is a nearby town. Might have overdone it with the rust effects. Nice model. #navalwargaming CC @rogerlitwiller.bsky.social
Finally a chance to play Torpedoes and Tides! Nighttime encounter between two MGB dog boats and two E boats helped me work out the spotting and shooting rules. Both sides blazed away inconclusively and then the Germans sped off. I missed a few details but had fun learning. #navalwargaming
Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers were asked to play Freedom 250 and said no way. However, Dr Emilio Lizardo and the Red Lectroids are still a yes.