This post started as something else but then just morphed into a slight retrospective ………. only slight mind you!!

Growing up in the sixties I first became interested in Pop music in 1966 with the Eastbeats “Come and See Her” , “Friday on my Mind”, “Wedding Ring”, “She’s so fine” (recorded live on Bandstand), and “Sorry” – all of which made the Top 40 for 1966. Other than ” da beats” and “Normie Rowe”, the only Australians to make the Top 40 were the Bee Gees and Johnny Young (yuk!). The rest were really dominated by English Pop groups , the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Herman’s Hermits and single artists like Crispian St. Peters.

Crispian St. Peters (born Robin Peter Smith, 5 April 1939 – 8 June 2010) was an English pop singer-songwriter, best known for his work in the 1960s, particularly hit songs including “The Pied Piper,” and “You Were on My Mind“.

… Hey, com on babe
Follow me, I’m the Pied Piper
Follow me, I’m the Pied Piper
And I’ll show you where it’s at

Well enough of that!!

I have become a bit of a Pied Piper myself. My son put me on to a 3D printing company in Melbourne called Miniporium. I bought a few things just to try out, but really wanted some rat swarms for a number of games systems and Dan Satija had these:

Photo taken from the Miniporium website.

I purchased a variety of 28mm figures including zombie dogs and various Post-apocalyptic survivors and was very pleased with the quality, delivery times (they are produced on order only), and after sales service. They have over 100 webpages of “stuff” for sale. I can thoroughly recommend Dan and the crew at Miniporium.

I intend to use the Rat Swarms in a variety of games including Zona Alpha, Last Days, and Silver Bullet.

I didn’t realise that more than one base came with the swarm and ended up with more than I needed. Mwahahahaha today the drains tomorrow………………………

Which rat is Elvis and is that Michael Myers? Shown for size comparison only (honest).

Now where did that cheese go?

OOPS!