Greetings from East Coast, USA
Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:57 am
Greetings, all!
My screen name “Whiterook” owes to Vic Morrow’s, Sgt. Saunders, of the TV show, COMBAT! I chose it back in 2007 when I joined a history forum, and my first forum ever. It was rather a good sign and portents kinda thing at that forum, where there was a modeling section included and where I rejoined the hobby as a happy coincidence. Before that, I’d built model kits as a kid in the 1960-70’s, but it wasn’t until 2007 that I’d come to see that what I slapped together as a youngster, is now every bit works of art by modelers, today. I was amazed, to be frank. I was urged to join a Group Build and was hooked. A side thread to this was, I’d gone to college for an Art degree, only to end up working outside of the arts; but I’d then come to use the model building hobby as a vehicle to get back in touch with my love of creating and painting.
I mostly build WWII armor and vehicles, but also love Naval, air and space/scifi....and well, it’s all fair game, really! 1/35 is my usual preference. Modeling is where I also learned to airbrush. As a model builder/painter, I’m not a beginner, but I’m not advanced, either....I’m somewhere in-between.
I stopped building several years ago (between 3-5?), when work became totally overbearing, including some life challenges. But I’d had the pilot light burning continuously, and now, the furnace has re-started! I finished reclaiming my old workbench (finished just this weekend!) and everything is set to go for launch. As part of where I stand, here at the precipice of putting a kit on the bench, I needed a community to find inspiration and support from. All the ones I’d been part of in the past had dried up and I was feeling cast adrift. I’d been a moderator at a couple of those, and enjoyed my time there. Those that survived had changed quite a bit...a lot of the old guard, gone. And so, I went in search today for a new home, and found ISM today. I’m very excited to be here!
As an incidental, I own a small wargaming forum myself, with a very small modeling section too. I am mostly a board wargamer, but I am a miniatures gamer as well, and find many similarities to model kit building in this very-much larger size (the minis are anywhere from 6 to 15, and even 28mm). In many ways, I think these are allied hobbies.
So anyway, that’s me! I look forward to learning from you all, making new friends, and contributing as much as I can. Thanks for taking me aboard!
My real name is Emery, but my friends (that now includes you all!) call me, Em.
My screen name “Whiterook” owes to Vic Morrow’s, Sgt. Saunders, of the TV show, COMBAT! I chose it back in 2007 when I joined a history forum, and my first forum ever. It was rather a good sign and portents kinda thing at that forum, where there was a modeling section included and where I rejoined the hobby as a happy coincidence. Before that, I’d built model kits as a kid in the 1960-70’s, but it wasn’t until 2007 that I’d come to see that what I slapped together as a youngster, is now every bit works of art by modelers, today. I was amazed, to be frank. I was urged to join a Group Build and was hooked. A side thread to this was, I’d gone to college for an Art degree, only to end up working outside of the arts; but I’d then come to use the model building hobby as a vehicle to get back in touch with my love of creating and painting.
I mostly build WWII armor and vehicles, but also love Naval, air and space/scifi....and well, it’s all fair game, really! 1/35 is my usual preference. Modeling is where I also learned to airbrush. As a model builder/painter, I’m not a beginner, but I’m not advanced, either....I’m somewhere in-between.
I stopped building several years ago (between 3-5?), when work became totally overbearing, including some life challenges. But I’d had the pilot light burning continuously, and now, the furnace has re-started! I finished reclaiming my old workbench (finished just this weekend!) and everything is set to go for launch. As part of where I stand, here at the precipice of putting a kit on the bench, I needed a community to find inspiration and support from. All the ones I’d been part of in the past had dried up and I was feeling cast adrift. I’d been a moderator at a couple of those, and enjoyed my time there. Those that survived had changed quite a bit...a lot of the old guard, gone. And so, I went in search today for a new home, and found ISM today. I’m very excited to be here!
As an incidental, I own a small wargaming forum myself, with a very small modeling section too. I am mostly a board wargamer, but I am a miniatures gamer as well, and find many similarities to model kit building in this very-much larger size (the minis are anywhere from 6 to 15, and even 28mm). In many ways, I think these are allied hobbies.
So anyway, that’s me! I look forward to learning from you all, making new friends, and contributing as much as I can. Thanks for taking me aboard!
My real name is Emery, but my friends (that now includes you all!) call me, Em.
aboard Em
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