Charity Begins At Orpington

WHENEVER I find myself with spare time in a place I have not visited for a while, I like to tour the charity shops.

I am mostly looking for unusual history and travel books, but at the Kent town of Orpington earlier this month I made two finds much more directly related to wargaming.

First up, and costing 50p each, were these 75ml tubes of acrylic paint - compare their size with the regular 18ml Citadel pot - from children's charity Demelza

The second find, costing £1.99 for the pair at Age Concern, was these approximately 10mm-scale boats

I very much hope the lefthand tube will make an acceptable flesh colour, while white is always useful, and I am sure I will find uses for the purple.

The boats may only play a decorative role, but will be none the worse for that.