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!
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| For Old John. |
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| For Tony - ready to start work on. |
