I don't know if this direction is new news or old hat to my regular readers so here goes.
This box arrived in the post this morning.
Some insights into a crazy world of model soldiers, toys to some, a business to others, an amazing realm where there are no limits other than your imagination, tempered with a bit of research and history.
I don't know if this direction is new news or old hat to my regular readers so here goes.
This box arrived in the post this morning.
Things haven't been great.
Illness in self and family members don't half muck up your schedule.
However, the paint brushes haven't been completely idle.
Here's a few snippets ...
And a crowd of Khorne 'Yobboes'.
Hope to see some of you at Carronade this weekend.
Falkirk District Wargames Club
Wishing all my readers and contacts a Merry Christmas and all that which comes with it.
Here's a picture of me with my non-wargaming buddies in times gone bye. I wonder if you can spot me.
Take care
Jim
I finally found the time to peer inside the box holding group 3 of my barnyard find.
Lots of unpainted lead as you can see. Another abandoned army project.
Oh so busy as these pics will suggest.
I placed an order for some Peter Pig AK47 Militia and Regulars sometime on Monday 2nd September. Now it is Thursday 5th and they arrived this afternoon. Such good service.
I also placed an order at the same time to an eBay company for some tanks. Good price and they came this afternoon too!
These two groups will join the active painting queue this weekend.This box was as much a surprise as the first box.
The first dusty box revealed a few smaller boxes and some plastic bags filled with an assortment of figures both mounted and foot but no horses. I recognised them instantly.
They comprised the unfinished remains of a Swedish Napoleonic Army which I had acquired many years ago. In fact they had entered the blogosphere quite some ago and are posted on here.
Jim Duncan Wargamer: Napoleonic Swedes - 25 mm (jim-duncan.blogspot.com)
Prior to the time of their first rediscovery I had painted and based a few battalions and then moved onto other things as the period waned in my playing group. The completed units and the unfinished units were stashed away in one location (behind the living room TV) and the unused figures went into the bathroom ceiling void and forgotten about.
Fast forward to 2017 and the painted and unfinished units were rediscovered, finished off and sold to a chum from the Kingdom. The figures in the void remained undiscovered.
Jim Duncan Wargamer: Napoleonic Swedes - 25mm - Restoration (jim-duncan.blogspot.com)
Until this weekend that is.
The void has revealed its secrets: