In between cursing my internet connection for not coping with streaming the first Ashes test (a win, hurrah, but they do need to sort the third umpire stuff out), I cleared out our cellar. Now, we've only been in since the start of April and the first thing I did when we moved in was to lay some laminate flooring over the newly installed waterproof floor treatment... and then promptly filled it with boxes, a sawhorse and tins of paint. Upstairs is now officially done so it was time to tackle the pit. My reward was to claim a corner for my geeking :)
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| Um, it's our cellar, but part of it is ALL MINE!!!! |
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| Look - paints, partly painted miniatures, and not one but TWO lamps. The old coal shute that the window 'looks out' into will be getting a transparent lid at some point soon giving me more natural light - these photos were taken at about 11pm |
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| Polystyrene packaging repurposed as a display shelf |
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| My new lovely buildings from pmc games - don't fret, the staining on the wall is residue from the damproofing, not imminent destruction of my books and stuff from water coming in. I hope. |
When I was clearing up I found we've ended up with loads of boxfiles, so I was inspired to make something - a backdrop thing for taking photos of miniatures and scenery from a box file, some card and an offcut from a GW grass mat.
Stay tuned, fellow geekers,
Rab
An exemplary 'geek cave'! Looks like there's plenty of room for a decent-sized gaming table, too.
ReplyDeleteMy first casual mention of a table in the empty space I'd just created was not met with enthusiasm - I shall regroup and launch a new offensive with careful mention of the "temporary" or "fold-away" nature of the, as yet, hypothetical table. Baby steps, Gareth, baby steps!
DeleteI saw these on a random blog the other day:
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Four of those and couple of sheets of mdf and you're away! It has 'temporary' written all over it.
Genius! Good spot, Gareth.
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