Happy b-day Sgt. Crunch

[Ritual]

Yeah, what the title says... basically! :)

:fest06: :vb_cheers :elefant: :bdayparty :hippie: :eating: :jester: :240: :thrasher: :fest30: :birthday: :party: :dance:

[wiccanpony]

:dancing2: :dancing2: Happy Birthday!! Capt. :dancing2: :dancing2:

[Nathan Caroland]

Damnit, don't talk to the News Monkey, he might miss something!

:D

Happy Birthday!

[EricJ]

Happy b-day, good work around here too! :)

[cdukino]

Happy birthday fellow news monkey :)

[Jabberwocky]

May your google searches always be successful.

Happy birthday Sarge!

[Drake Farstrider]

Happy birthday!

[supervike]

Yay! Way to live through another year!! LOL

SGT. Crunch....would you mind telling us about yourself? Other than I know you are a news monkey, I don't know anything else....please share!

[Sergeant_Crunch]

Thanks all! Had to go back to work yesterday so haven't been checking the boards as often. Took vacation at the beginning of the month for the birth of our fourth son.


Damnit, don't talk to the News Monkey, he might miss something! That's what RSS readers are for :)

Let's see, my life story....It wasn't easy growing up a...no, wait, that's a movie. Long long ago in a galaxy far far away..., nope, another movie.

Umm let's see, well, as the birthday thingy at the bottom of the page says I'm 31. I really am a sergeant, been in the US Army 'bout 12.5 years. Originally from northwest Ohio, currently live in the middle of Texas. Married for 10 years to a woman who also enjoys gaming (though not obsessed as I am) and have 4 boys from 9 yrs old to 3 weeks.

Started out in my teenage years playing D&D and Battletech though I had no idea there were miniatures for either (I grew up in a small town). Joined the Army at 18 and kept playing and added Shadowrun to the gaming line up as well as a brief stint in CCGs. Stopped playing Battletech becuase I wanted to play big games, and they take to dang long in that game. Stopped playing RPGs because most of our sessions ended up turning into exercises in small unit tactics. So I decided about four or five years ago to start miniature wargaming. Starting with 40k like many people but have given up on that game. Too expensive and I hate having to buy so many revisions of the same books. Picked up CAV from Reaper and love that game. Just need to convince the folks around here to play it. Personal preference is sci-fi games and minis, but if theres a cool lookin' mini I'll pick it up and paint for joy of painting.

Went to my first convention this spring (ReaperCon, they're relatively close and I made friends on those boards), took a few classes and decided to try to improve my mini painting to beyond tabletop, so I entered my first contest (TTII, the pink gladiator). Now my poor wife can't have a conversation with me without it tying into miniatures or wargames in some way.

I'm planning on opening a game store (with online sales) when I retire from the Army or sometime thereafter.

That's pretty much me in a nutshell.

[Sergeant_Crunch]

Oh, I do really paint things on occasion. Unfortunately I discovered the other day that my camera is MIA, right after I set everything up to take some WIP shots of my latest.

[Nathan Caroland]

You know, I really need to get off my duff and setup a introduction area ... (writing down on list for tomorrows activities).

Thanks for the write up, but on a personal note, bless you for the military service. 15 year military brat myself (consequently, so tired of it I was damned if I was going into it, though my father pushed), and I'm always pleased to meet a military individual.

[supervike]

All right! Good to 'meet' you Sarge! Keep up the excellent work!!

[Wren]

Happy birthday!