Unboxing John's latest arrivals.

I actually did this several days ago but as I'm almost ready to get started I thought I would share some of the goodies within! 

I have another couple of ECW foot regiments to paint for Graham to complete the current batch which will be four in total, each of 27 figures, latest is this blue regiment. For the week ahead I'm going to alternate between the two Peter Pig units and some of John's plastic WSS figures which will be painted in batches of 8 foot at a time. I must say looking at these Strelets figures that plastic soldiers have come a long way since our Airfix days in terms of moulding, detail and anatomy and I'm looking forward to painting them.

Of course beside the plastics ( 2 x 24 figure infantry regiments and 12 Hanoverian cavalry) there is a ton of metal in assorted boxes! John always provides a detailed list of what's what and printed colour references for everything that really helps and saves me a lot of research time so I can just focus on the painting, which is the bit I enjoy. The old Minifigs box brought back memories and a peep inside revealed some lovely old Minifigs Turkish archers.

So, all in all lots to keep me busy going forward. I'm still in the process of putting together a page featuring John's Ottomans, many of them from the collection of the late Eric Knowles.