Seadude's Shenanigans: I dare to be different!

[NARSES2]

I hope the health issues resolve soon.

As do I

[Rick Lowe]

I hope the health issues resolve soon.

As do I

Dittoo...

[seadude]

Just a short FYI post to inform everyone that any and all model projects/ideas I have anywhere on these forums are currently on hiatus.
I am currently focusing all my attention on getting ready for the IPMS Nationals in Madison, Wisconsin on July 17-20.
Depending on what new models and accessories I find in the vendor area from that show, I hope to be back to work in late July or early August.

[kerick]

We'll be waiting. No problem

[seadude]

Just an FYI that there will be no modeling updates from me for the next several days.
Right now, I'm in the process of cataloging, organizing, sorting, etc. my very large collection of STAR WARS collectible card game cards so I can eventually sell off the entire collection for money as a few "incidents" have come up. I'm guessing I must have close to 15,000 cards.    Yeah, I was one of those "collectible card game nerds" during the 1990's and early 2000's when collectible card games were all the rage back then. I was into Magic The Gathering, STAR WARS, STAR TREK, and a few others. The MTG was sold off 20 years ago. STAR WARS will be sold soon I hope. I'll keep the STAR TREK.

[Rick Lowe]

Hope things work out fine for you, 'Dude...

[zenrat]

Good luck mate.
 

[NARSES2]

Yup, hope things get sorted 

[Old Wombat]

All the best, mate! Hope you get a good price!

[kerick]

I've never collected cards, baseball or otherwise, but I hope you get a good price. Could you get more if you break it up into groups of cards?

[seadude]

I've never collected cards, baseball or otherwise, but I hope you get a good price. Could you get more if you break it up into groups of cards?

I'm not sure yet how I'm going to break things up, if I do. Funny thing is, I've NEVER played this game in the entire 20+ years I've had it.    I only bought it for collectibility because I thought it was cool. In that entire time, it's just been sitting on 1-2 bookshelves in 4 large binders and one big box. The majority of cards are in very good condition for not having been played with at all.
But I'm starting to get disappointed as no comic/game store in my area seems to be interested in buying/trading/selling the STAR WARS collectible card game, either as a collection or as individual cards. All anybody seems to care about is either Magic The Gathering or Pokemon.
Right now, my main concern is:
Organizing, cataloging, and sorting all the cards.
Seperate the Rebel Light Side cards from the Imperial Dark Side cards.
Seperate all cards into their proper Expansion Sets.
Seperate the black border cards from the white border cards.
Alphabatise all cards.
Seperate all cards in all Expansion Sets into categories such as Characters, Droids, Vehicles, Weapons, Site Locations, etc., etc.
Buy a TON of plastic sleeves for protecting all the individual cards.
MAYBE remove most or all the Rare cards (Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Han Solo, etc., etc.) from the collection and sell those individually. Not sure yet.
And finally, buy some storage boxes and box everything up for storage and transport.

[Nick]

Best option is to look up some Star Wars fan sites and see if they know of potential buyers and good selling strategies. You might even get lucky and find a willing buyer straight away.

[kerick]

Best option is to look up some Star Wars fan sites and see if they know of potential buyers and good selling strategies. You might even get lucky and find a willing buyer straight away.

Sounds like a good idea to me. Looks like a lot of work either way.

[seadude]

As usual, not much going on lately. I've been on a bit of a break from modeling work. Haven't done very much, if anything, the last few weeks.
Maybe I'll get the mojo/motivation back when I finally or hopefully get the parts I need from 3D-Wild that I ordered for my future stealth aircraft carrier model project.
Until then, the modeling workbench has been quiet.
Other than that, I've been trying to sell some of my possessions to try and help my mother out who's had some bad luck with her car as well as a few health issues. But her car is the worse of the two.
Got a few model contests planned out to go to this Fall. I made sure I planned well in advance and got my flu and covid shots so I don't come down sick and miss any of those shows. Last year, I got sick after going to a show in mid October because someone didn't have any manners and coughed on me resulting in me coming down sick and missing two further contests I wanted to go to. 
That better not happen again this year! Planning to go to the following shows. But the Butch O'Hare show is uncertain.
https://www.military-miniature-society-of-illinois.com/about-the-show
http://www.butchoharemodelclub.com/Contests.html
https://statelineareamodelers.com/samcon-2022/

[seadude]

As mentioned in my previous post, there's a few model contests this Fall that I planned to go to.
I went to the MMSI Model Show on Oct. 18-20th. I took a PBJ B-25 "Food Fight" diorama and a 1/350 scale USS Santa Cruz aircraft carrier to the show. The Santa Cruz was a what if concept of an Iowa class battleship being converted into an aircraft carrier. It was a real proposal back in World War II.
Pictures are below.
Then I went to the SAMCON (Stateline Area Modelers) Contest yesterday in Durand, Illinois. Got two awards for my 16" Gun Turret diorama.
I'll probably go to the Butch O'Hare model show on Nov. 2nd, but I'm not sure yet what I'll be taking.