Maasai

Finally some Maasai. I painted these a year ago for our Darkest Africa games, but I lost interest in them very quickly. I actually wanted to paint some colonial British, but was somehow talked into the Maasai. They are quite fine, but they are not on my list at the moment. Maybe one day. The photo was taken today.

WWII British

Here are some of my WWII British. These miniatures are all dipped and painted in the colours suggested by the Artizan painting guides. Miniatures are by Artizan and Crusader. Both offer a great looking range and they match up well together. These photos are old, but I thought I'll include them here as well.

Here is a size comparison between the two.From left to right... Crusader-Artizan-Crusader.

Spartans! Attack!

When I first started to get interested in historic wargaming some 5 years ago, I decided to collect a Greek/Spartan army. I managed to paint some hoplites before I had to give everything up to write my dissertation. Now, a year after liberating myself from this work, I painted some more. Last week we decided to try FOG out and for that we needed 10 Hoplites for the one side. I had six ready and finished, so I more or less speed painted another 4. They took a long evening and were great fun to paint. I have to be careful so I don't lose interest in my Naps. Well, here is a photo of the entire Spartan family till now. My interest is definitely awake again, so I am sure it will grow.

Don't ask why one of the bases is a double one. I don't remember. I think I was trying to create my first WAB multibase. The new ones are all bases on 20x20 bases, as I am not convinced by the FOG rules yet, so I want to remain flexible.

Here are the four new ones. There are inconsistencies in the skin colour between the old and new Spartans, but I prefer the new skintone a lot better. It looks all nice and sunburned. Spears are custom made.

My Napoleonic army is... growing?

For the past two weeks I have been either putting off or not having time to take a picture of my second Napoleonic British base. Finally I got to do that, as well as take some photos of other miniatures, old and new. The new base is the left one.

The canonball is an idea I borrowed from the wonderful AWI figures of Antipater of the Sweetwater forum (Or SirGodefroy on others IIRC). Check his amazing blog here.) (EDIT: Antipater has just pointed out, that he got the idea from another Sweetwater Forum member, Tellus. So, thanks to where thanks are due! Check the Displaced Miniatures for his brilliant work!)

The photo is not the best quality, but I took it at night, which always messes a bit with my light settings.

My very first Napoleonics

These are some Perry British miniatures for the Peninsular campaign. They are of the plastic persuasion and I simply love their quality and price. I've finally decided that I will field them as the 1st Royal Scots Foot Regiment and so I will need to add the number onto their packs at some point.

The older guy shouting, is carrying a French kit... Not sure if this is historically correct, but it is a Sharpe quote I couldn't resist for my first napoleonics ever.

The house is scratch built and influenced as well as inspired by the amazing Spanish town and table by the famous Lt. Hazel of the Sweetwater, Lead Adventure and Steve Dean Fora (Check out his blog here).

Do click on the pictures to have a better look.

Cheers!

Here we go

Hello there!

Some (very short) time ago I decided to start collecting Napoleonic miniatures, even though I had been shouting my defiance to those "button-counters" for many a year. Well, I am hooked now and I really enjoy painting for and wargaming the Peninsular conflicts.
I decided to start collecting British troops, as I feel quite a connection to Britain and I seriously enjoyed all the Sharpe movies.
Other than that I am also interested in WWII miniatures and ancient Greeks, so don't be surprised if you see any such interludes. I am sure though, that more wargame eras will be making an appearance on this blog as well.
I want to apologize in advance for the unavoidably slow progression of this blog. Sadly, I cannot find the time to paint as often as I'd like. And then there is laziness and silly inhibitions. Therefore... bear with me!

There you go. Enjoy your stay and do comment if you feel like it.

PS: A "thank you for pushing me over the edge" to Axebreaker of Bunker Hill... See? A blog!