Commission work - what's in the queue?

 It's been an odd period for me recently, I seem to have spent a lot of time thinking about Life in general, looking back and trying to look ahead. When one reaches the grand old age of 68 it's hard not to spend time reflecting and certainly with regards to this hobby of ours I have been doing a lot of that! Over half a Century since I painted my first Airfix soldier I'm still doing it although I no longer have aspirations to large wargame tables and big battles, in truth I have done all of that many times over, enjoyed it very much but it's done now for me. That said I'm still interested in small scale games such as many I see in the 2mm Facebook Group where there is great creativity which I enjoy following.

All of the above said I am still able to enjoy bringing metal or plastic soldiers to Life with my modest painting skills and grateful that I am able to top up my Pension a little each month in this way. I remain grateful to those few friends and customers who still enjoy what I do, so thank you.

So what's in the pipeline? Having just finished the recent batch for Old John including these nice  20mm castings from Art Minaturen in Germany (below) I'm about to embark on 24 Napoleonic Spanish Artillery figures plus 10 siege Engineers for Tony (Foy), again 20mm. Following these I have more Epic regiments for 1745 Culloden  for Marcus and then back to more WoR for Noel. I am indeed turning away commission requests, two in the past month, because I have to feel comfortable with my work load and my schedule. 

Anyway, onwards my friends and keep those brushes moving!

For Old John.

For Tony - ready to start work on.

Surrender Notification!

 As you may be aware I have been doing a lot of digging into my family ancestry recently and my Cousin sent me this fascinating little document which he found among his late Fathers papers who had been a signalman during WW2. 

Lady Godiva for Old John!

 Ready to inspire his troops in battle is this wonderful 20mm scale figure. My wife said I'm not allowed to paint any more naked women as it over stimulates me :)  There is also a Maid to go with her. Thanks John!

More photos from Marcus!

 Marcus  has sent me more photos of his recent 'Black Powder' Jacobite practice game for Culloden. I'm pleased to be able to contribute in some small way to his project, Marcus is an excellent painter himself as you can see here. The flags will be a nice finishing touch. I have more Govt. units heading my way next week to paint for the game.

Thank you Marcus.

I love this shot (Marcus' work).

Back to The Wars of The Roses!

 The two regiments of Foot featured previously made their way safely to Scotland to take part in the game of Black Powder thanks to Royal Mail Special Delivery! The photo below shows them on the table alongside those already painted by Marcus, and I think they match very well, (mine to the right and Marcus' to the left ). 

So I'm now back to WoR for Noel, starting Faction #4 with the men of the Household, lots of armour both mail and plate and a good smattering of Red/Yellow livery. 15mm Peter Pig Miniatures.

 This week its on to the Retained men then I have some nice 20mm Spanish siege gunners to paint for Tony ('Foy') and then some Warlord Epic Napoleonic cavalry for Tim which will run into June so keeping nice and busy. Also, another large box of figures has arrived for Old John this week!

Ready for the long march North!

The men of Barrells and Pulteneys Regiments of Foot start the long march from Kent up to Forfar today to be ready for battle tomorrow afternoon! They will join the 5 Government units already painted by Marcus to face off against hordes of hairy Scots in a practice game of Black Powder Wednesday afternoon. We are going with Royal Mail Special Delivery because it guarantees next day delivery unlike the usual Tracked 24 service which does not! I'll ask Marcus for some photos and if OK post them here next post. 

Thanks again to Old John for his help with flags, Marcus has now ordered from the two links below.

http://maverick-models.com/JAC%20FLAGS/JAC%20Scottish.html

https://www.wargamesdesigns.com/flags.html

Right then lads, off you go.....

Barrells 1745 completed.

 Given the scale (Warlord Epic 13.5mm) I don't think they look bad and Marcus is happy with them, they along with Pulteneys Regt will be making the long march North on Tuesday (via RM Special Delivery, guaranteed next day!) in time to join the rehearsal battle (Falkirk) on Wednesday Afternoon. More will follow later. For the upcoming Culloden game the rules will be Black Powder with every unit represented on the table.

We are still searching for flags! Old John has been very helpful and supplied lots of links that I'm working through - print or buy but has to be 15mm scale.

Barrells 1745 (from Warlord Epic AWI).