Apparently there’s this weird tradition of people celebrating the passage of time in relation to how long you’ve been alive. Now I’m not much for socialising or parties, especially if I’m the reason for the celebration however as I would be celebrating this rather significant birthday on the other side of the planet my relations decided to throw a bit of a going away / happy 40th party.
Now this was a month before the actual event and involved the usual cake, buffet food and gift giving which is all very nice and enjoyable. However then we had the adventure of getting to New Zealand, starting a new job and just generally restarting our lives so as you can probably appreciate I completely forgot about my impending 40th(ness).
However my wife being a kind and caring soul (unlike me!) arranged for a little birthday weekend for us all (all being the four of us), with a day out at the coast (Paraparaumu), cake, swimming and presents! Now she has known me for quite some time now so understands me better than I do myself most days, and accordingly got me two very nice presents, as shown below:
The WETA Collectibles Catalogue 2013.
No I don’t collect their range of statues/collectibles however there are some great pictures inside that are incredibly useful colour guides for painting models for LoTR/Hobbit SBG gaming. In fact I used their Boromir statues as a colour guide for painting Boromir from the Fellowship!
Also it isn’t solely restricted to WETA’s Lord of the Rings activity as they also show their range of Narnia (ugh), King Kong (average), Halo (interesting), District 9 (awesome!) and Dr. Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators (double awesome) collectibles.
Lord of the Rings Chainmail
Unfortunately our meagre budget couldn’t stretch to a full suit of chainmail however I am now the owner of a key ring holding several links of chainmail from the films. Obviously my key ring has chainmail cut directly from Aragorn’s armour during the Battle of Helms Deep and not some unknown extra who was on screen for 3 seconds at the Battle of Pelennor fields. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. Although that extra could have been one of the Perry’s, wouldn’t that be cool.
What a geek I am!
Now this was a month before the actual event and involved the usual cake, buffet food and gift giving which is all very nice and enjoyable. However then we had the adventure of getting to New Zealand, starting a new job and just generally restarting our lives so as you can probably appreciate I completely forgot about my impending 40th(ness).
However my wife being a kind and caring soul (unlike me!) arranged for a little birthday weekend for us all (all being the four of us), with a day out at the coast (Paraparaumu), cake, swimming and presents! Now she has known me for quite some time now so understands me better than I do myself most days, and accordingly got me two very nice presents, as shown below:
The WETA Collectibles Catalogue 2013.
No I don’t collect their range of statues/collectibles however there are some great pictures inside that are incredibly useful colour guides for painting models for LoTR/Hobbit SBG gaming. In fact I used their Boromir statues as a colour guide for painting Boromir from the Fellowship!
Also it isn’t solely restricted to WETA’s Lord of the Rings activity as they also show their range of Narnia (ugh), King Kong (average), Halo (interesting), District 9 (awesome!) and Dr. Grordborts Infallible Aether Oscillators (double awesome) collectibles.
Lord of the Rings Chainmail
Unfortunately our meagre budget couldn’t stretch to a full suit of chainmail however I am now the owner of a key ring holding several links of chainmail from the films. Obviously my key ring has chainmail cut directly from Aragorn’s armour during the Battle of Helms Deep and not some unknown extra who was on screen for 3 seconds at the Battle of Pelennor fields. At least that’s what I’m telling myself. Although that extra could have been one of the Perry’s, wouldn’t that be cool.
What a geek I am!
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