Archive for the ‘wargaming’ category

A couple of people asked to see some of OGs figures painted to my top standard “Museum” quality. I painted these four figures earlier today.

This is a preview of the ready painted 28mm AWI figures. I will have them available for sale from the 4th of July holiday. The figures are the excellent Old Glory 2nd edition. I have the whole range for sale. There are British line continental infantry and rebels in hunting shirts all in [...]

54mm British Paras updated

June 20th, 2010

Following comments on TMP, I darkened the trousers with a sepia wash. Here are the “before” and “after” for the wash

I have some more allies to slow the Axis onslaught. These are some 1/32nd 54mm Airfix Paratroopers.
I only have seven, which I bought second hand at Tripples.
I have been painting some Battle Front “Flames of War” (FOW) 15mm Paras at the same time.
It is quite handy to have a “big brother” to experiment on.

These are some more of the 54mm plastics which I bought at he Tripples wargames show in Sheffield. I bought lots of Japs, so these are a badly needed reinforcements for my troops.
The Japs still have the upper hand in this conflict. So I will shortly be reinforcing the chaps with US Paras, British Paras, [...]

DBN in 54mm

June 14th, 2010

54mm (1/32nd) Airfix plastic Highlanders based for DBN.

Airfix 1/32nd scale (54mm) plastic Napoleonic Highlanders. Painted by Reinforcements by Post in painting service in Bangladesh.

I bought these 1/32nd (54mm) plastic figures at the Salute show in London in May. Most of these figures are from Airfix and have been created from the original molds. I actually had many of these figures as a child.
It is nice to be able to paint the figures properly now. I am not sure [...]

You can never have too much Napoleonic artillery. Pictures of some of my Austrian, British, French and Prussian guns.

28mm Napoleonic miniatures in a skirmish screen. The figures look like a Napoleonic “Chorus line.”