HMGS / Pacific Southwest

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I found this video and promised Harmon I would show where it is. It was put out by the HMGSHMGS promo video

It would be neat in the future to do one for our chapter.

Checked the website and you think “oh no new post, I’ve seen this already” “click” and your off to somewhere else. Hold on! think again, pages are being added, archived, or changed often and it’s worth a few moments to check the content around the site to make sure you’ve not missed anything. The post here are always moving down as people post new content, check the Archives area in the lower right sidebar area where it is categorized by month. Also the current months older post are found by clicking on “older post” at the bottom of the current post page. This is a powerful website that works best when you learn it and use it, just like a rule set!

I saw one comment on the gallery page that commented “where are they” have a feeling the poster missed the drop down menu pointing to the other galleries…

We also need you guys to take a couple of minutes to post stuff upload pictures, do a “how too”, we need to have more participation here. I see people announce games and game days but rarely see the after action report on how it went with a few pictures of the events or even video! we have the easy technology here to do this. You want people, show them what their missing!

Der Kaiser.

28mm "Tigermen" Painted by me for HMGS/PSW member Doug Kendrick.

Some people have mentioned that this page is a bit to “warlike” and in an attempt to soften it up for the gentler folks visiting us I have put up some puppies sired by my dog. No, they were not painted by me and I think they are available from “Old Glory” in 25mm (closer to 28mm if you ask me)

HMGS/PSW's convention manager Alex Webster and member Steve Reid enjoy a game at the HMGS/PSW Gateway convention.

Dear HMGS/PSW members,
It is not often that my association with miniatures brings me sadness but at this moment I feel a sadness and sense of loss hard to describe.. Most of you who have been around HMGS/PSW or the southern California miniature gaming scene for any amount of time have met, talked to, or been helped in some way by Alex Webster HMGS/PSW convention manager and member for as long as I can remember. On February 14th, 2011 Alex passed away from natural causes at his apartment in Lancaster California, a great loss to gaming and HMGS/PSW in particular.
As I sit here trying to formulate my thoughts about Alex I find it hard to find a place to start. To say that Alex was under appreciated, to say that there might not be an HMGS/PSW today if not for Alex, to say that Alex was the “Heart” of HMGS/PSW would be an understatement.
He was always ready to engage in conversation with old or new members upon any subject you might think of. He cared about HMGS/PSW in a way few of us care about anything, and he did it with out much praise. I can’t remember every seeing him with out a smile. Alex was not a saint, he had faults like us all but he was quick to recognize his failures and always resolved to do better next time. He was a great help to me when I became HMGS/PSW’s current president always there to bounce ideas off of or answer my questions about HMGS/PSW past and present. I have a tough time thinking about not having Alex there in the wings and how we will ever replace him. The fact is that we never will…. I wish I had taken more time to know him better.
Yes Alex was the Heart of HMGS/PSW, something you took for granted, hardly noticing, but sorely missed if he skipped a beat! He was always there maybe not always strong, but always steadily beating in the background. It was Alex who kept the doors of our conventions open for the last few years and closed them after we all left. I feel that we have all suffered a loss that we will only truly appreciate as time goes on.
Here’s to you Alex! And may you get a soft seat at the Great gaming table.
Respectfully,
Bill Witthans,
President HMGS/PSW

PS, I you have any thing you might like to share about Alex please leave a comment here or email me. I would like to assemble some thoughts on Alex to share at a future memorial service. I also have had many emails about Alex and I am going to paste the member messages here as a tribute to Alex. I hope the posters don’t mind.

Alex was happy playing in any game from ancients to Sci Fi!