Meanwhile, continuing to add to the 20mm pulp side, more from CP Models. |
Few other things of a non wargaming type... mainly alcoholic...
A place where Ancient Ancient armies can peacefully retire to... Possibly. Oh, and some pulp. A few things on 6mm SciFi tanks and stuff. And the toy soldiers. Especially the War of 1897... And now I seem to be starting on 20mm Napoleonics as well! email GarrisonMiniatures@gmail.com
Meanwhile, continuing to add to the 20mm pulp side, more from CP Models. |
Few other things of a non wargaming type... mainly alcoholic...
All that sorting out a while back wasn't just about finding metal to reuse, it also meant finding and putting together assorted figures from all over the place for further use. One thing that surprised me was the number of camels I had all over, including some that had already been 'recycled' by the Dettol.
So here I am with two more camel units.
I'm starting with another unit of the Funcken style camels, though this time on armoured camels. |
The howdahs started life as 15mm squares on a piece of card... |
So here are the 6 camels ready to be undercoated then sprayed sand/camel coloured. I'll probably glue a shield on 2 on the sides first. |
May not be able to paint at the moment, nothing stopping me prepping for the New Year...
For a start, I've assembled all the Rose horses I have. |
Plus put together a squadron of Confederate cavalry. |
I'll start on prepping the artillery later - no hurry! |
Two regiments done. Considering I hadn't expected to start these before the New Year, I'm quite happy with that. |
So I suppose my New Year priority is to complete the artillery and cavalry for them. |
Two Parrott Rifles, a 12 strong cavalry squadron and the general has been 'upgraded'! |
One shortcoming of the range is the limited number of artilleryman poses! The gun barrels are painted in German grey rather than black. |
The cavalry figure is supposed to have a slung carbine across his back... but this is missing on both the master and mould that I have! |
Finished cavalry and artillery, just not got photos yet. Have done the general though.
Seemed unnecessary to paint leatherwork on the horses' face on the cavalry, probably a mistake not painting them here! |
Should also give him a beard. |
Can't remember the last some Minifigs 1 piece 'S' Range cavalry came up on Ebay, but I'm always on the lookout for them.
The lot included some Assyrian cataphracts - my cataphract unit is full, but these will be able to fill in the spaces of the heavy cavalry giving me 2 12 figure units. |
Finally, the lot included these. Might find a use for the Hinchliffe Clibanarii some day. |
Thing about these is that they were listed as Byzantines and there was no mention of including Minifigs - so I'm quite pleased with myself for spotting them.
Must admit, I'm really beginning to hate how that blue appears in photos - much better in reality! |
As a whole they look quite effective and are a lot easier to paint quickly than Napoleonics! |
Currently I'm working on a cavalry squadron, 2 Parrott Rifles and a mounted general. Put together, it's enough for one side of a battle - hopefully I'll get the other side sorted in the New Year!
Part of the 'scratting around for interest in painting' effort.I've tried several times to get ACW armies going, coming across a couple of A4 boxes of Rose ACW figures made me think 'why not?'
Simplified as per my current norm. The uniform blue looks a lot darker on the figures than in the picture. |
I initially tried to get a full 6 x 6 quota of stars on the flag; best I could manage was 5 x 5. |
Because the black doesn't show up very well on the actual figures I didn't bother painting the peak of the kepis black. Honest, on the real thing you don't notice it! |
I'll see how it goes. Might get another unit done before Christmas then see about cavalry and artillery.
Still looks messy here, but it's mostly boxes that have been sorted. |
Couple of hours later looks a lot neater. |
Even tidied up the casting area! |
Lots of metal found for recycling - up to about 27kg now. Should last a couple of years. |
Painting still going slowly though - enthusiasm waning a bit on Assyrian cavalry. |
So quickly churned out a few more cultists. They look better on the table. Honest. |
Still not doing Assyrians. Sorted a mass of Rose 20mm though - had already (several years ago) made a start on some Confederates, so thought I'd start on a couple of units of Union soldiers. |
Going to have to get a move on though. Christmas approaches, and in a week or so my painting desk will have a Christmas tree in front of it!