Hello all,
Here is the group picture of ArmoramA members in attendance at the 2005 IPMS Nationals in Atlanta. I know that this isn't all of the members that made it to the show as I met at least one other there. But I had some difficulty getting the word out to everyone. My apologies to anyone that didn't get to join us.



Left to right:
Andrew. He's a lurker on our site. We worked him over pretty good to convince him to sign on :-) .
CmdrCody (Don)
GeneralZod (Chad)
Mongo Mel (Craig) (that's me)
Tsunami (John) John was one of my van and room mates for the trip.

It was great to meet you others at the show. Thanks for stopping by.
Craig

Now there's a scarey group.

It's good to see you, guys. Did everyone clean up in the vender's room?
Any awards in the group?

Thanks for posting the picture Mel.

Chuck

Where/When were you ?? I it the T-Factory booth at 100 Sat & didn't see any of those suspects in the area & split. Even had my Armorama Tee on .... Oh, well ...

John

Hi John,
Every time I went by the T Factory booth it was empty. By Friday Morning I decided to post the signs i made on my club table. It was in the model room, against the right hand wall as you entered. It was the only one with a black tablecloth. I'm really sorry we missed you at the show.
Chuck,
I picked up a couple of OOP busts (score ) plus a broken 120mm figure of Oddball for $5 (double score )
As for awards, I don't think Chad had anything entered. John had a small dinosaur figure but didn't get anything for it. Can't speak for the others.
I surprised myself by bringing home three 2nd place trophies
I never figured I do anything so I went home very happy.
Craig

I have a question, is Mongo Mel the same Mongo Mel on planet figure?

Hey EasyOff,
Yeah..I'm the same guy
Craig

Jon,

I think generally we all use the same callsigns on the various forums... we'll i know I do...

Yeeeeee Gaddddsssssss what a Motley crew........ :-) :-) :-)

Jon.... yep.... most of us use basicly the same callsign..... most other sites will be someform of grumpyoldman for me. Although I rarely post at other sites, usually more like a drive by reading. :-) :-) :-)

Motley?!?!?
I thought we looked rather dapper.
You notice the unofficial cargo shorts that 3 of us were wearing... tres chic :-)

Indeed, but you all look happy to be there .. well most of yis anyway :-)
Its great that Armorama, has members from all over the world, but its a bummer that its not possible for us all to meet at shows like these. Im jealous!

I also use this callsign for any modelling related activity. I fact, if I'm working on a model, I require my family to call me "cfbush2000".

Mel, congratulations on the wins and the great buys. I plan on being in KC nect year (my 1st convention). I may spend all my time in the vender room.

Chuck

Same here. I did see Craig across the table from me at one point, but as I got around to try to catch up to hime; he was gone. I hate that I did not get to meet one member. Oh well, there will be other shows.

Patrick

Delta 42 and I were there, but we were trying our best to avoid the police dragnet we were sure was going to sweep down on such a "motley looking crew". :-) :-) :-)

Hey Patrick,
Sorry we missed each other.
Tom, they were very polite when they arrested and escorted us out :-)

I would have fitted right in, I have a pair of those cargo shorts, I look striking in them with my surgical support hose, and I've been sort by the police in the past...... :-) :-) :-)

With so many members missing each other, might I suggest official Armorama ballons for the next event........ :-) :-) :-) Could easily be tied to one of the loops on those great looking shorts, still leaving both hands free to shop....... :-) :-) :-)

I hear ya about using the same call sign on differant forums. I do too for the most part. However, I did change my call sign for the Adult Figure Modeling forum, I thought EasyOff was kinda weird for there and I just went with John. :-) :-)

I've seen some of you guys around. This I know

Good to put a picture with a name, thanks guys!

Chuck
You don't wanna spend too much time in the vendor room I am glad I don't have a SWMBO :-)

As you can tell I am the handsome one in the middle I had fun there I hope to make it the the Nats in KC next year

Craig:
Well, half my fault for not spotting your sign every time I passed that way .... maybe next time ....

Guess we could start on the KC roster -- I'm going.

John

Hey guys, I just found the group pic. That's me, second from the left. The cargo shorts were pretty much standard issue for the vendors room. More pockets equals more goodies. I dropped a LOT of greenbacks in the vendors room. Mostly detail accessories for projects under way or future builds.I also picked up the Dragon late Tiger I and the Trump Sturer Emil and the Dragon Jagd Panzer IV L/70 special. I was very glad to meet the guys from Armorama, Craig's busts are amazing fine work. I didn't enter any thing this year, but I certainly going to at KC. Yep, already making plans to drive to KC and participate in the festivities. I hope we can all meet up again along with others from the site. The Nats were GREAT! Over 4000 models to look at , I was really impressed at the variety and workmanship put into the models. If anyone out there has a chance to go to KC, by all means GO!! You will not be disapointed. I was fotunate to be there for all four days and never got tired of being there. Whether scouring the vendors for another good deal, checking out the models or just talking to others thay enjoy our hobby, it was all great. Well ,off to to the work bench, I've got models to build. Later, Don.