blah blah blah…and then I rolled a 1

Feeling pretty rotten today with a stomach bug, but enough energy this afternoon to do the second hill for the Plataia battlefield. This is one of the low 4 foot long ridges  for the centre of the battlefield. Also got the wirecutter running, but actually not as useful as I had thought it would be. Not a very long wire and a tendency to stretch and snap. Tried making my own longer one with only partial success.
Still, that means I have done two of the five hills, which is pretty good going.

You know how it is when you start on a simple job, but then realise that while you are ding that, you might as well do this, because you have now done the prep work and it will only take another 5 minutes.

So I decided to put up the under-cupboard light in the kitchen that I bought at Ikea last week. Then I thought that actually it would be neater if it connected to the junction box behind the cupboard, but that meant taking the cupboard off the wall. Having emptied the cupboard and taken it down, I realised how much more convenient that cupboard would be with 3 rather than 2 shelves. So i found a suitable piece of wood in the garage and cut it to size. So far only 30 minutes. Wiring everything up, drilling new holes for pegs for the shelf in the cupboard, getting the shelf to fit, getting the cupboard back on the wall and then refilling it – another 2 hours.

Still I have had time for some painting as well:

The battle has been chosen and its Plataea. Woo-hoo. A fairly simple battle, and two nice armies that I would love to have the figures for (but where I think we can borrow plenty so there is no pressure).

The Greeks from Xyston are very nice, even if they are technically a bit late for Plataea, but who makes good Persian Sparabara in 15mm? Answers on a postcard please…