Highlander

Just successfully disputed a partial credit card charge. An online hobby shop indicated product was in stock, accepted payment for a multi-item order, immediately notified me that three items were "backordered" and would be sent upon receipt, and did not respond to several emails asking for a refund for the items which were paid for but were not in stock. After nearly six weeks, I told the shop I was disputing the charge -- no response. So I did. And got my money back.

Really sorry to hear about your tribulations. Lights, cameras, sirens, and alarms can be deterrents. Our local police have basically stopped responding to burglary alarms. I know folks who've reported response (if at all) times of over five hours. More recently, the PD has announced that it will take burglary reports, but will not respond to most alarms -- which have to be registered and require a fee. Now I have two friends who have hired private, armed security services.

Before trying this, I'd check on local laws. There can be some serious legal issues with this approach.

Some nice armor hauls.

Don't know when the picture of the Russians was taken. But, if it was long enough ago, and they were Soviets, they probably earned most of them. The Soviets loved to hand out medals, but during the Great Patriotic War, the Russians who had only a few medals were often the ones who didn't make it.

Your flesh work is remarkable. Incredible blends.

Not my Charlie Brown, but an imaginative speculation. Caught my attention.

Thulsa Doom. Long time since I've been reminded of him ... and Conan, of course. Nice work.

Nice makeup on the face. Well done.

Great sculpt, great painting. The eyes really carry it off.

Lots of folds, handled well.

Lot of animation in the face. Good work.

Great sculpt!

Particularly like the paratrooper.

Impressive sheer fabric.

Great Quasimodo. Brings back memories.

Great little diorama.

Agree. OOB and GSB have been the bone that the IPMS dog has worried for years now. Looks like GSB is nowhere on the horizon, but the OOB issue is constant, fueled by manufacturers who, over the years, put more and more in the box.

One could make an argument for that. One could make a better argument if one dropped the adverb "VERY". One could make an excellent argument if one replaced "...in any form..." with " ... hardly at all...".

Get a photo of a paved, divided road and work toward duplicating it. For example:

The skin thru sheer fabric work is really nice.

The juxtaposition of snipe and beach really catches my attention. IMHO, this is a great example of a vignette telling a story.

The wall painting was impressive ... and realistic, if you've ever seen one.

That is a obviously good idea. Wish I had come up with it.

I think, but am not sure, that 2024 bids will be presented at the 2022 Nats.