robert piepenbrink | 11 Jan 2017 5:12 a.m. PST |
I'm sure a number of you saw the picture of Carrie Fisher's ashes contained in a giant Prozac pill. Well, it's a day we all have coming. But am I the only one thinking of that humongous hollow D20 sold by ThinkGeek? And what else would be right as a wargamer's resting place? |
Rich Bliss | 11 Jan 2017 5:44 a.m. PST |
How about having your ashes mixed into a large jar of primer and used to paint the lead pile you leave behind? |
Extra Crispy | 11 Jan 2017 6:33 a.m. PST |
Nah, I won't be leaving much unpainted behind at all. Frankly just toss them in the ocean or park. Keeping them always strikes me as uber creepy. |
robert piepenbrink | 11 Jan 2017 7:17 a.m. PST |
No,no. Not the right texture for primer. But they could be mixed with a little sand and gravel for texturing urban bases, which would be a real step up for me. I always had trouble blending in. |
79thPA | 11 Jan 2017 7:18 a.m. PST |
Spread over a battlefield, national park, etc. |
skipper John | 11 Jan 2017 7:55 a.m. PST |
Gentlemen… all that remains is bone. Real little pieces of crushed bone. Stop thinking ashes, think BONE! Decent fertilizer but not much else. |
Ottoathome | 11 Jan 2017 8:42 a.m. PST |
A simple canister is fine for me, and my wife. We plan to have a small secret place on the 42 acres I am moving to in main to inter our combined ashes. I have already arranged this with my heirs and assigns. |
Jeff Ewing | 11 Jan 2017 8:58 a.m. PST |
Stop thinking ashes, think BONE! Decent fertilizer but not much else. 28mm terrian! |
vtsaogames | 11 Jan 2017 9:30 a.m. PST |
I'm old school. A giant D6 for me. Or just feed the fish in the East River. At least I don't have many PCBs. All the relatives and friends whose ashes I've taken care of have been spread in the ocean or rivers. |
robert piepenbrink | 11 Jan 2017 10:02 a.m. PST |
No one makes a big hollow D6 that I know of, but yeah. I keep seeing myself making a final appearance at the Host. (That landing between the registration desk and the Distlefink would be about right.) More people know me at a good convention than in my home town, and the dealers, at least, would mourn me sincerely. Then my son could deposit the ashes at Gettysburg on the way home. This could work. |
Roderick Robertson | 11 Jan 2017 10:47 a.m. PST |
Since I want a barrow burial, surrounded by all I thought goof in life, I won't be cremated… |
bsrlee | 11 Jan 2017 11:14 a.m. PST |
Roderick, based on historical precedent you CAN have a cremation and a barrow. They just don't get the headlines that inhumations do because they seem to have burnt all the grave goods along with the body, which tends to discourage looters as a benefit. As for ash scatterers, keep in mind those who use the area you are being scattered on – this has become a problem in Australia with players being injured by bone fragments in the grass from fans having friends scatter their ashes on their favourite sports field. |
etotheipi | 11 Jan 2017 1:08 p.m. PST |
I have no plans, myself. I'm fairly certain there will be no evidence left behind. |
WeeSparky | 11 Jan 2017 1:25 p.m. PST |
How about having ashes mixed into resin and having terrain pieces made. Maybe a cool little crypt or mausoleum suitable for both wargaming and as a Halloween decoration. |
GarrisonMiniatures | 11 Jan 2017 1:59 p.m. PST |
When I'm gone I'm gone… not really bothered after that. |
Narratio | 11 Jan 2017 8:02 p.m. PST |
@Weesparky – I like it! Children, put me down for this. After cremation, residue to mixed with resin and turned into a small Cthulhu statue for the next horror game. |
COL Scott ret | 11 Jan 2017 9:31 p.m. PST |
Dead is Dead, you will not be where your remains are. You do however have a choice as to where the non physical you goes. That choice can only be made by you and only while you are still alive. If that is not your belief system that is fine. I however choose to put my faith in what the bible says, if it is wrong then I will have lived a misguided life of: treating others as I would want to be treated, and seeking to help others (not as a method to earn a better spot- just because someone first helped me). |
Patrick R | 12 Jan 2017 3:08 a.m. PST |
I'll be glad they do a vague attempt to kick some leaves over the corpse and end up as the toilet of a badger family with diarrhoea … |