{"id":863,"date":"2011-12-30T14:33:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T14:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=863"},"modified":"2011-12-30T14:34:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T14:34:49","slug":"miscellaneous-christmas-gifts-and-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=863","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous Christmas Gifts and Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-864\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1403.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-864\" title=\"100_1403\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1403-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Iron Dwarves Starter Fleet\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1403-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1403-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iron Dwarves Starter Fleet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I received a few gaming-related gifts for Christmas. \u00a0These included a starter fleet for Uncharted Seas, in this case the Iron Dwarves. \u00a0In addition, I received a Captain America figures painted to match the recent movie.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-865\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1407.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-865\" title=\"100_1407\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1407-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Captain America\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1407-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1407-820x1024.jpg 820w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1407.jpg 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain America<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-866\" title=\"1824\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1824-300x145.jpg\" alt=\"Gatling Gun Elephant Train\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1824-300x145.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1824.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gatling Gun Elephant Train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-867\" style=\"width: 125px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/t01844.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-867\" title=\"t01844\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/t01844.jpg\" alt=\"Johan Ripponoff and Doom Ray\" width=\"125\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Johan Ripponoff and Doom Ray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have been wanting some of the old Call of Cthulu RAFM sets. \u00a0I received a couple for Christmas. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t painted them yet, but here are some pictures from the RAFM Web site.<\/p>\n<p>Some weeks ago, I acquired some British toy Centaurans from Dr. Who. \u00a0I finally finished painting them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-868\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-868\" title=\"100_1404\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1404-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Mob of Centaurans\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1404-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1404-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mob of Centaurans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The figures are a bit crude, but they&#8217;ll work for a Dr. Who game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-869\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1405.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-869\" title=\"100_1405\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1405-300x166.jpg\" alt=\"Closer view of Centaurans\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1405-300x166.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1405-1024x569.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Closer view of Centaurans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the Fall In convention I picked up a few figures from the flea market. \u00a0I finally got around to painting them up for some Pulp games.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1408.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-870\" title=\"100_1408\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1408-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Pulp figures from Fall In flea market\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1408-300x161.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1408-1024x551.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pulp figures from Fall In flea market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also finally had time to finish these Pulp Figures versions of the Bowery Boys.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-871\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-871\" title=\"100_1406\" src=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1406-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcy and the rest of the Bowery Boys\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1406-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1406-1024x754.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/100_1406.jpg 1794w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcy and the rest of the Bowery Boys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have a couple more days of vacation before heading back to work. \u00a0I&#8217;m in the process of priming 24 battalions of 10mm Prussians and hope to make a good dent in them before vacation ends.<\/p>\n<div class='shareinpost'><ul class=\"socialwrap row\"><li class=\"iconOnly\"><a  rel='nofollow'  target='_blank'  title='Share this post : Miscellaneous Christmas Gifts and Projects on Linkedin'  href='http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fbucksurdu.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D863&amp;title=Miscellaneous+Christmas+Gifts+and+Projects&amp;summary=%5Bcaption+id%3D%22attachment_864%22+align%3D%22aligncenter%22+width%3D%22300%22+caption%3D%22Iron+Dwarves+Starter+Fleet%22%5D%5B%2Fcaption%5D%0D%0A%0D%0AI+received+a+few+gaming-related+gifts+for+Christmas.+%C2%A0These+included+a+starter+fleet+for+Uncharted+Seas%2C+in+this+case+the+Iron+Dwarves.+%C2%A0In+addition%2C+I+received+a+Captain+America+figures+painted+to+match+th'  ><img  src='http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-and-follow\/images\/blank.gif'  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