Normal service will be resumed on my return
28/05/2019
Gone to Valhalla
Sorry for the dearth of postings but I've headed North. Very near the Valhalla Brewery, but unfortunately it was closed - they must have known I was coming. I managed to get a bottle to try.
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Normal service will be resumed on my return
Normal service will be resumed on my return
11/05/2019
28mm Spanish Infantry for New Spain
A selection of Spanish units to defend their colonies against pirates. Figures are Warlord (ex Wargames Factory) and the detail is rather flat for 28mm. I organised the units (companies) in twelves so I could used Pikemans Lament or Rebels and Patriots. All of the metropolitan units did send odd companies out to defend the colonies. The Blue coated unit is Colonial regulars.
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I've spotted a few bits in the pictures that need touched up and I've still to add the flag
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I will be buying some movement trays at Phalanx and I've also got to finish off the mounted officers.
I've spotted a few bits in the pictures that need touched up and I've still to add the flag
I will be buying some movement trays at Phalanx and I've also got to finish off the mounted officers.
02/05/2019
On the workbench - May 2019
Well, I may be behind plan in April, but May with unexpected family commitments and holidays will be even worse, so I'll mainly concentrate on completing what I already planned for April. There's an update after the picture of my workbench
- Matelot drawn limbers! - started cutting up the figures - bottom right
- 28mm! Wargames Factory War of Spanish Succession figures to fight my Pirates using Rebels & Patriots - the majority of figures are now painted, it's just the finishing touches and basing to be completed - rear left and right trays
- Three SYW Hanoverian battalions - not even started
- Some WSS French Infantry - flash removed, pikes added and ready for painting - bottom left
- Various colonial odds & sods, oxen, etc a follow on from the Colonial wagons that didn't have enough oxen I'm reworking the old Atlantic oxen - on the left
- NEW - rebasing my AWI American Rebel Commanders - this also requires adding a lot of additional figures to improve their appearance
01/05/2019
Spanish Colonial Artillery
I had forgotten how much longer it takes to paint 28mm figures compared to 20mm, but I managed to complete the artillery before the month end. These are the Warlord ex Wargames Factory figures and the guns were assembled using the smaller barrels.
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The limber is a Blotz MDF version that I bought as an experiment for a heavy gun limber. It didn't work for that, but with some left-over Valiant horses it works well here.
The limber is a Blotz MDF version that I bought as an experiment for a heavy gun limber. It didn't work for that, but with some left-over Valiant horses it works well here.
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