With the Pony Wars commission completed and fully back in Mark's hands I now have the start of the follow up commission for Mark, The Peninsular War using 18mm AB figures throughout. This is a large project of around 850 figures so will be painted on the usual rolling monthly batch basis as agreed. The sculpts and castings are of course wonderful quality and will be a joy to paint. As usual the project is well planned in advance and comes complete with a printed Orbat sheet, unit basing guide and flags etc. Work on tis will begin at start of March.
On a slightly less positive note a package sent to Noel in Ireland seems to have been lost in transit, the first time this has happened to me as far as I can recall. It was sent by usual International Tracked and Signed on 18th December and we assumed the delay was caused by the festive season build up but a month on and it has no further tracking updates beyond Royal Mail 'Handed to delivery partner' on 19th December. Noel has checked at his end and it would seem that it was not received by Ar Post and that any backlog is clear, RM can tell me nothing beyond whats available on the tracking site so nothing lese can be done! Given Noels continued support for my painting service over the past couple of years over a monthly basis I have of course offered a complete repaint of the Epic ACW strips which will be spread over February alongside his current large order and when it comes to shipping we will need to find the most reliable method of shipping. I have been told by PO counter staff where the package was posted from that post into Ireland is being reported as having frequent delays at Customs and returns so you never know I guess? I paid £16.00 for postage of a small cat food sized box but did not fully insure it as same service has been 100% reliable for the past two years, Live and Learn.
