The Happy Spender: SPIEL 2012

Gamergrrrl and I just got back from the Spiel '12 and it was great to walk these awesome halls of gaming again. :) We've met fellow gamers, some of whom we hadn't seen in quite a while and talked to a few game developers and miniature designers. It was really fun.:)
I took a lot of pictures of dioramas and miniatures and will post them in a few days. Today I will share my loot with you. :)
I actually didn't go all crazy (although there were lots of possibilities to let the buying-frenzy kick in) because I have my eyes on some Forgeworld stuff that I want to get this month. But this is nonetheless a fine loot for a day at the Spiel:

I bought a lot of the new round Chaos Waste Bases from Micro Art Studio. I really like the design and will most likely use them for my Chaos Dwarfs from Forge World. Even though Warhammer Fantasy uses square bases I prefer round bases. And since I don't play any Warhammer but instead use my minis for D&D round bases always work best for me. I also got a few Ruins Bases even though I think I will make these myself in the future.

Three unexpected treasures were these two packages of Laser Cut ornamental plants in flower pots from Noch which will work perfectly in 28mm-32mm and the Pike & Shotte Surgeon from Warlord Games.

That's what I like most about going to the Spiel. You can see (and buy) so many cool things you might not get otherwise. I, for example, had never seen these particular minis from Warlords games even though I knew the game.
Another cool thing: Right at the beginning when we arrived a beautiful young lady offered us a mead tasting. The mead was from a local brewery right around the corner of Gamergrrrl's home. Free mead? Hell yeah!  After somewhat around 12 shots of mead I was quite ready to get into the ""I must buy EVERYTHING - mode" but thankfully I could stop myself after buying a few terrain accessories from Ziterdes and Thomarillion:

And of course I bought a bottle of mead from this lady. :)

The Happy Spender: SPIEL 2011

The SPIEL Fair in Essen was great! I've met a lot of old friends, some of them I hadn't seen in years. I ate way to much junk food and brought home a lot of new goodies:

The miniatures on the left are the complete Jokers fraction from Taban-Miniatures (except the miniatures from starter box since I already got those):

The three walls with holo signs are from Micro Art Studio who traveled all the way from Poland to attend the SPIEL fair. I had a cool chat with these guys and got a sneak peek on coming products (they are developing a few absolutely awesome Steampunk buildings and accessories, really cool!) and bought the walls + holo signs and two catwalks from them. I actually bought 4 of their District-5 Apartment 1 buildings early this month as well as a Concrete Wall Set together with the Concrete Wall Gate:

As you can see I already assembled 2 buildings. They look really neat and I'm looking forward to paint them. Over the years I assembled a respectable dice collection and don't really feel the need for more dice in my life. But when I saw these bad boys I could not resist:

Steampunk dice from Q-Workshop! Absolutely beautiful! Right next to them is a limited edition miniature from Werner Klocke (the head of Freebooter Miniatures). Only 1000 of these beautiful dancing ladies were made and I got the second to last:

 Number 999 of 1000! That was close. ;)

To conclude with the beginning: The SPIEL was really great. My wallet was seriously hurt but when I woke up on Sunday and saw all the new goodies on my dining room table my reaction was like I expected earlier: