The Words of Subedai

 

Well here we are, another day, another post.

The painting total is still on low side with only 8 battalions painted since my last post -4 Prussian and 4 Austrian- so I can’t really say that the project is barrelling along, more like rolling a boulder uphill –very slow. Moving forward, I now have the last five regiments from the last order of Prussian cavalry nearly finished consisting of four Kuirassier and the half regiment (5 squadrons) of Hussars that were present at Lobositz. Just awaiting for the latest order to turn up and I reckon I will be able to call it done…maybe.

 

But, outside of wargaming, there were two totally unrelated events that have taken place this month. On the 1^st, Sittingbourne FC were playing Southend FC (my home town with fond memories of watching the Shrimpers play in the early 70’s), in the last 16 of the Isuzu FA Vase Trophy. It was a no-brainer, I had to go…as a Sittingbourne fan of course. Now bearing in mind that Southend are three tiers in the footballing pyramid above Sittingbourne, the Brickies weren’t intimidated at all. However when the ref called for 7 minutes of added time all the fans were baffled as to where they had come from. But in the 96^th minute, the visitors end erupted with shouts and exclamations of joy when the Brickies only went and scored!. The crowd went wild as the saying goes. It must have taken the officials and stewards several minutes to get the players back onto the pitch. There is a video of the goal but I don’t know how to link it I’m afraid. So now, they have a home fixture in the quarter final against Aldershot Town. Thinking best case scenario, Sittingbourne are only two games away from a fixture at WEMBLEY!

The other event was a trip to the theatre in Chatham to see John Barrowman. Wife’s idea, she has liked him for donkeys so I treated her. I actually quite enjoyed it. The man has a great voice and is the epitome of a showman.

Don’t let your brushes go stiff!