Neither of us was looking out for anything in particular, just browsing to see if anything took our fancy, especially if it was a bargain.
We'd barely got through the door before we were both handing over our hard earned cash.
The thing is with the Partizan shows, is that they've taken to putting bring and buy stalls in a covered area outside of the main door, which means that we were immediately caught up in bargain city.
Matt grabbed some extra Gorkamorka Orks to beef up his mob and I scooped up some very reasonably priced movement trays for my Sharp Practice British.
Matt then pointed me in the direction of an old-style Ork Warbuggy and Warbike which proved impossible to resist given that the price was very reasonable.
I've wanted one of these Ork Warbuggies ever since they came out (they are part of the Gorkamorka range) as I really like the Noddy-car aesthetic (I'm wishing I'd done it in yellow and red now).
I was delighted to find that despite already being assembled, everything was present with the only slight issues being a bend in the flag pole (fixed with hot water) and part of the hinge on the gun being broken (but this turned out to be a benefit as I'll discuss later).
In terms of painting, I went for my usual Agrax Earthshade heavy approach followed by a bit of weathering via sponge.
The only part of any real interest is the bit of freehanding I did on the front. It's the same design I did on a shoulder pad a couple of weeks ago, but I think it came out well.
The biker was also complete and unassembled, with the rider still on sprue. Genuinely I think the seller could have got much more for it on eBay, but I'm grateful they didn't.
I still had a single Gorkamorka body and a second edition arm knocking about and decided to use these to add a little variation.
The bikes of this period all had the same rider and I figured that the next one I get my hands on (as I still need at least one more for a unit) might be already assembled and leave me no choice.
The only other detail of note about these two vehicles is that I've put them together in a way that allows the crew to be removed.
This was in part facilitated by the broken hinge on the buggy's gun, meaning that the connection point is not to tight to prevent easy removal.
What this means is that these two vehicles are now much better for use in Gorkamorka than my existing Wartrakk and Warbike where the crew are glued in place.
I now just st need to work out what I'm going to do about flags
The rest of Partizan didn't see us spending very much money, but we did get to have a good look around at the display games.
I'm often a bit envious of what people are able to put together but I try to keep in mind that these are clubs working together and clearly people with much more storage space than me.
It's also interesting to see periods, settings and scales which I've never played, and probably never will play.
However, all the excellent terrain on display does motivate me to get back to my Venice board for Carnevale.
Perhaps my favourite display was depicting the confrontation between Aslan's army and the forces of the White Witch in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
A whole range of fantastical beasts had been sourced from a variety of sources to field the two armies in what was clearly a labour of love.
Very much up my street.
Although Too Fat Lardies weren't actually in attendance at the show (they usually are) a demo game of Sharp Practice allowed me to bend Matt's ear about it enough that when we got back from the show he took advantage of the discount on their website (due to then not being at the show) and bought the rules.
I consider that a win.
All in all, it was a really successful day.
Acquired: 82
Painted: 178
Lead Mountain: 659
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