So far this week I have painted 16 Peter Pig ECW horse for Graham and these 7 lovely 20mm's for John. They are 'Miquelets' by Spanish maker Minairons Miniatures and sculpted with wonderful character and detail. John wanted a mix of yellow and red cuffs to the coats as they represent militia types. I like how some have the coats slung over the shoulder.
On the subject of John and his figures here are a few photos of his wargame table in action. For those who don't know John he has been an avid collector of 20mm/1/72 soldiers since he bought his first box of Airfix Guardsmen and his collection now consists of many thousands of figures covering many periods. Like the ex Eric Knowles Ottomans featured in the previous post many are vintage castings and I have had the pleasure of painting for him for the last decade. The table is 10' long x 5' wide.
John has not updated his blog for several years but it's well worth a look: 20mm Nostalgic Revival.
Those Minairons are wonderful sculpts made even better by your painting.
ReplyDeleteAs for Old John's table, well it's like a picture from the inside of my head 50 years ago: the table I would one day have.....
Thanks for your comments Ross. A table like that was the dream of many of us back then :)
DeleteThat is indeed a proper wargame table! Great painting too - love the slung jackets.
ReplyDeleteThe slung coats are a detail not often depicted, a nice touch.
DeleteHe gods that’s some table. It’s bigger than my lounge!
ReplyDeleteI love the file boxes piled up everywhere, a lifetime of collecting wargame figures :)
Deletepics 1 & 7 of my table GNW Russians versus Swedes, pic 2 shows some of my WSS armies, pics 3,4,5, 6 ECW game some years back
ReplyDeletehave been lucky to have a large room for table and collections
cheers Old John
Cheers for that John, I must share more of the ex Eric Knowles Ottomans, especially the unit labelled Constantinople FC in their Wolves colours:)
DeleteSplendid militia and cavalry and an awesome looking table!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain