Introducing My Hubby - The Geek

I 'fessed up to my own geeky, book-loving ways a little while ago (here), so I thought that it's only right that at least one of my blog posts should "out" the Hubby's geeky ways too.

Well, I suppose my blog name already hints that I think he is a little bit of a geek at heart, so it will come as no surprise that the geeky activities are in there somewhere.

And here they are...

(Sorry Hubs!!)

My Hubby is a huge Warhammer 40k fan and loves nothing more than spending hours - and I literally do mean hours - sitting, paintbrush in hand, painting his Chaos Space Marine miniature figures.

Now for anyone who hasn't the foggiest idea what Warhammer is, well, you're in good company to be honest.

I have no real idea either - all I do know is that there are various armies involved in the games; there are lots of rules and rule books - one specific to each army in fact, oh, and each figure can be moved determined by the throw of a dice.

The scenery part of the board-game can be made as elaborate or as simple as desired too, as it is down to players choice, but the things that can be whipped up with a bit of sand and some cardboard is pritty amazing with a bit of imagination.

And there's even a "geek club" (sorry- my nickname for it!) where, on a Friday night, off pops the Hubby, box of miniatures under one arm all ready to roll the dice and battle other enthusiasts, in a bid to be crowned "Winner!" for saving his marines from the rival army.

Like I said - lost on me - but he loves it.

And so do a lot of people to be honest.

My Uncle-In-Law was overjoyed to be given a £400 Thunderhawk Gunship (?!!?) for a recent birthday - yep - four hundred pounds - and whenever the Hubby, or my son visit our local Games Workshop they always come home with wish lists hundreds of pounds long.

Crazy!

I have to admit though, I do think the Hubby's painting skills are beyond fantastic.

The figures all start life as being very basic and plain and all require sticking together and building up.