Work and home are still very busy, and I haven't always been feeling great recently, but I have, in fits and starts, managed to get paint on at least a few figures.
First up, some more Baccus 6mm WSS figures. I just really love painting up these little gentlemen!
Firstly we have six bases of Bavarian Infantry. Very pretty, nice colours (although since I tend to use natural rathern than exaggerated colours, they tend to blend rather than pop in photos). The only thing somewhat disappointing about the Bavarian Army of the WSS is that it seems to have mainly consisted of actual Bavarians! This compares unfavourably to the rest of my Franco-Spanish, whose words of command could be just as well in English, Italian or German as French or Spanish...
Although having said that, this base of Horse consists of actual Spaniards - Queen's Regiment.
I have been doing rather more painting for the bairn than myself - a big batch of Romans.
First contingent is a bunch of Caesar's Legionaries - from Warlord.
Followed by a contingent of Early Imperials, accompanied by a Scorpion (right)
Happily, that finishes the backlog of 28mm Romans for the bairn!
So, still in the backlog for him are some English infantry for Agincourt (Perry), some Gallic Warriors (Warlord) and some WW2 US Marines (Warlord). I have made a start on the Gauls already, they are coming along really nicely. I have never even attempted plaid patterns in 28mm before, so that at least is a new challenge! Luckily the remainder of the models are quite simple, so I don't mind spending a little extra time on the trews...
For myself, my backlog has continued its inexorable growth, following the pattern of the last couple of years 😔. Anyhow, the plan is to try and get the bairn's stuff cracked by the end of the month, and then have three months really concentrating on my own collection. One thing I aim to do is to try and focus on the little outstanding batches to round out existing armies, rather than tackle whole unpainted armies - not that I have many of them, but they can go to the back of the queue at present.
On the plus side, I have managed to get back into actually playing a few games, so hopefully a few more battle reports coming soon.
The Romans look great. I agree with the line of thought of filling out existing armies, it seems to bring a much greater sense of moving things forward. I am concentrating on just one collection at the moment, even when others look at me with puppy eyes!
ReplyDeleteThanks Norm. They are really nice figures, Warlord do some characterful stuff. And most importantly, the bairn seems to really like them! Which is another job actually - there is quite a big repair box to get through. It is sometimes a little hard when it is a figure I took a while to paint, but that is the price of being played with by an under-10 boy. And OTOH, his figures get used a lot more than any other figures I have ever had personally!
DeleteThey are all looking good. These days I prefer doing the 'rounding out' bits, my last big new army projects were my 20mm Persians and 15mm WW2 desert British, German and Italians and I haven't got any plans at a for any big new stuff, just bits and pieces.
ReplyDeleteThanks Martin. I will have more of a think about whether I think there are any more entire armies I want to collect over Christmas and New Year. The only one I can definitely think of which is a definite is 6mm WW2 Italians, which have always been on the list...
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