Unlucky General

Lately it seems, there have been an increasing number of wargames miniatures traders who have folded due to the owner/operators retiring. Sometimes they are picked up by other businesses (best case scenario) but it always comes as a bit of a shock to me when these announcements roll out. On the weekend I learned that Elite Miniatures Australia is ceasing trading effective immediately. Nathan Vinson has been a stalwart of the Australian wargames scene since he and Scott started up the business in the 1990s - I have been buying from him since that time. I first met them when they started out at a CANCON. Nathan bought Scott out years back and has been at the vanguard especially of Napoleonic Wargaming (28mm) in Australia for three decades. Due to distance (bit of a deal in Australia) I've only ever had the joy of playing with Nathan once and that was in Singleton when he was still the Captain of the Australian Army Sniper School. He's moved on since then and too far North for me...