Other hobbies besides collecting militaria?,

[Thanatos]

I love test match cricket.
Well done to the proteas Tom and a great win in Perth for you blokes.
Top of the pile and deservingly so.Some talent in that team mate.
Again congrats on the 1-0 series win.
Dave

[StuG III]

On behalf of the Proteas, I thank you, Dave. Thanks mate.

Tom

[kirederf7]

I like to do some digital art!
Some of my work:





This one I did for an assignment for school:

[Alexander]

I have always enjoyed history and travelling.

My other main hobby is philately, I've collected stamps and postal history since I was a kid. I also have a small coin collection, including Roman coins.

However my two fun hobbies are reading about Roman history, especially the frontiers of Britannia and Germania (the history part) and collecting Native American Folk and tourist ware (the travelling part). Here are two photos showing some of my collections of ancient and Native American things I've picked up over the years. The Kachina figure is a Hopi 'Reed Kachina' I bought in Arizona. The red pots are Navajo pieces, the old geometric pot is from New Mexico and is possibly early / mid 20th century. I have a few arrow points as well. The picture in the frame is a Navajo 'sand painting'.

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I also used to be a 'rockhound', still occasionally collect fossils and rocks. Oh yes, I also enjoy star gazing with my old 1978 Astroscan 2001 4' telescope. All very Victorian & Edwardian interests, it seems.

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[Reynard]

I like to do some digital art!

The first and third ones are very Lucas-esque. They could have come out of a selection of Star Wars concept art.

[Andrew]

hi Folks, 2 of my latest projects. replaced plastic grips with flame maple on my son's .22 mag. and did some carving on another 2 Marlin .22 i have.
andrew

[colt45]

nice job, looks great

[Walkwolf]

Love the look of those flame maple grips.........!

[Reynard]

Me too... Simple yet elegant.

Got round to taking some photos of my artwork - most of it's too big to fit on the ol' flat bed scanner... Here's just a few examples of the sort of stuff I do:

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Portrait of John Part, 1994, 2003 & 2008 world darts champion. Oil on board.


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EAS Agamemnon (Babylon 5 Earth Alliance omega class destroyer). Acrylic on card.


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Ginger cat in window. Oil pastel on watercolour paper.


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Ready to race: Colin White @ Rockingham Motor Speedway. Coloured pencil on cartridge paper. Worked from one of my own photos, which incidentally was also published in Autosport.

[Adrian]

Some talent there Witty!