Today I learned that someone who was instrumental in my start into the miniature wargaming hobby passed away. His name was Andrew Powter.
My Dad worked with Andrew before he retired. At the time Andrew was a miniature painter himself. He was not a wargamer, but enjoyed painting. As a kid, I was using the old testors paint on plastic model plane kits and Andrew recommended to my Dad to switch to Humbrol paints. When I was 13 I was invited to play a miniatures game with Andrews son who is a little younger than I am. The game was a Sword and the Flame rules Zulu game. We played the game twice each playing both sides. We played with 1:72 plastic figures. I was hooked. I can still remember the games. Soon after I had my own set of the rules and bought and painted up all sorts of Zulu war plastic figures. That day was my entry into the hobby.
I have Andrew to thank for helping with my painting and getting me started into the wargaming hobby. I am sad to hear of his loss to parkinson's disease at the age of 75. In life and our hobby, we lose people close to us. Andrew was someone who was instrumental in my miniature wargaming hobby aspect of my life. Thank you.
link to obituary:
http://ip51.icomos.org/~fleblanc/in-memoriam/powter-andrew/im_powter-andrew.html
