tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31530688999871193202024-03-18T06:55:46.293+00:00ScrivslandScrivs blog of the figures he paints and the games he plays.
Please don't post my stuff on TMP without asking.Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.comBlogger1144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-26689979884144558862024-03-17T13:55:00.000+00:002024-03-17T13:55:19.941+00:00A couple of dirty Panzers and some recon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gR6hbdJKz301MYG-xFi75CrXPT-B-NGG-2nPg5f1L7hptWXGUsdLt1duWjm7mY_QfSqPYuMcZwSOKe94ZiAOflQXHl_938P39mKSzxvbYKiknaOvyHSpwwu-OPeSxzGYgCRDXeyEs0j8btzgQPc3YakmvKmZ4UcFFE9AtAPdowW6CJVWIriGojITpX8/s1280/PXL_20240302_124812100.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="1280" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gR6hbdJKz301MYG-xFi75CrXPT-B-NGG-2nPg5f1L7hptWXGUsdLt1duWjm7mY_QfSqPYuMcZwSOKe94ZiAOflQXHl_938P39mKSzxvbYKiknaOvyHSpwwu-OPeSxzGYgCRDXeyEs0j8btzgQPc3YakmvKmZ4UcFFE9AtAPdowW6CJVWIriGojITpX8/w400-h194/PXL_20240302_124812100.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Just a small submission this time, I'm working towards a larger unit of 28mm figures that are due to be finished in time for next weeks post, but to maintain my cadence of at least one post a week I've added a few more vehicles to the 12mm-ish WWII collection for O Group.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1280" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKdp9PsqGwfbjANGF6vCj1zDJhL3HZUqHJHLK6s-gn4SJLGtX_xJhUnKa1zd9tqMUHhSjBP8nzOHMyNpJuZpYohcdAfy6nncy5vP7AIcnrgk0t5zmILUpE8JAq_1DlsFQtKOqJmLfSqo02oP4L8AJBU30yEUeGI5x8wXv3AukXhVrevSy51IYmyQRD9tY/w400-h205/PXL_20240301_124444040.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Todays post is a milestone, I have had a good search of the pile o'shame and this little lot wraps up entirely the last of my unpainted American Civil War figures!<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZ2wWoNob6UWNkuKEAHp1pSyXihDWtaqYFGS0SHOUtmuLs2tRFpg-hZIDIh18QqVgK0xWY1zJ5vbvoEjKZgtjYbt0LnWfzULq-1pDl_o6WQuse-r1PBcVzKRIIi3GXSq9SItcWMmi0hfSnbNsUyNIN7l7L8IKDTD-vztXPTfq3zeQTZEHrsJv3RWowwQ/s1280/PXL_20240301_124455018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1280" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZ2wWoNob6UWNkuKEAHp1pSyXihDWtaqYFGS0SHOUtmuLs2tRFpg-hZIDIh18QqVgK0xWY1zJ5vbvoEjKZgtjYbt0LnWfzULq-1pDl_o6WQuse-r1PBcVzKRIIi3GXSq9SItcWMmi0hfSnbNsUyNIN7l7L8IKDTD-vztXPTfq3zeQTZEHrsJv3RWowwQ/s320/PXL_20240301_124455018.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>The crew for the gun are from <a href="https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=1110" target="_blank">Crusader Miniatures</a>, while the gun itself is one off of the <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/acw-90-american-civil-war-artillery-1861-65/" target="_blank">Perry Miniatures plastic frame</a>. I'm pretty sure that there may be another pack of these gunners somewhere but I could not find them.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMAWNlKmQ9TVilWDSRCrzQk36JlSN0_Zd9aidROQwbZPO8nODAFvMH7fz1Wlvz29mGuzGoradRJKee91glIs82_WiFLgOworNeV_WN5eFhT_JYBGZB69uWohOEbAoeYLWllqayBvY-HUMGQnuQ4sxi_a50JDp5P4IbolkNlEO9Uk2Y0C4lA53HV-RuPw/s1280/PXL_20240301_124503982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="1280" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMAWNlKmQ9TVilWDSRCrzQk36JlSN0_Zd9aidROQwbZPO8nODAFvMH7fz1Wlvz29mGuzGoradRJKee91glIs82_WiFLgOworNeV_WN5eFhT_JYBGZB69uWohOEbAoeYLWllqayBvY-HUMGQnuQ4sxi_a50JDp5P4IbolkNlEO9Uk2Y0C4lA53HV-RuPw/s320/PXL_20240301_124503982.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Rooting through the boxes I also found a couple of frames of <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/acw-120-american-civil-war-union-infantry-in-sack-coats-skirmishing-1861-65/" target="_blank">Union Skirmishers</a> so these were quickly assembled, primed and painted.<p></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKFeVGS4s159CybBETDF9AMqNBpO4thHpzxv48Br1-tR3p7gK1zqYNwsAPCV6xNDiWPN0il3_O4xtXk4ZyKwAQ1Ibd4WYw60Bul5V_LiI8HE5rSld1emiqbqVqb5aT1IWA4inAD8Brlep2nuTDvj6PHYq75zqcLlBO-9U5HZGwHPp65kQufSaC2hXpWE/s1280/PXL_20240220_125844332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKFeVGS4s159CybBETDF9AMqNBpO4thHpzxv48Br1-tR3p7gK1zqYNwsAPCV6xNDiWPN0il3_O4xtXk4ZyKwAQ1Ibd4WYw60Bul5V_LiI8HE5rSld1emiqbqVqb5aT1IWA4inAD8Brlep2nuTDvj6PHYq75zqcLlBO-9U5HZGwHPp65kQufSaC2hXpWE/w400-h256/PXL_20240220_125844332.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />A diversion from the American Civil War painting this week and a foray back to the Napoleonics collection with a couple of French 6-pounder cannons added to the Hundred Days forces.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS5Udac7UTBGkCvg3C7MCAI0tuo22_Uly7NPitWgFaQmIF35umATry_2dVR2SJuHlKiNYtw-wJrjORG9PE2VhoOG4SR_46Q69Jkn9PibuN1SmyQ-tcH3gOCAclbFW9U_Q-MsPvoS_n6abJpGX8jFJJ1eGrojHBBAwtGwmxey4hgV7bOfdcTUQB_jJ96w/s1280/PXL_20240220_125901909.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="1280" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDS5Udac7UTBGkCvg3C7MCAI0tuo22_Uly7NPitWgFaQmIF35umATry_2dVR2SJuHlKiNYtw-wJrjORG9PE2VhoOG4SR_46Q69Jkn9PibuN1SmyQ-tcH3gOCAclbFW9U_Q-MsPvoS_n6abJpGX8jFJJ1eGrojHBBAwtGwmxey4hgV7bOfdcTUQB_jJ96w/s320/PXL_20240220_125901909.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The imminent release of General d'Armee 2 has got me wanting to paint Napoleonics. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBb4hDubjV1SVSu6iG9Ko1_PFgDFwwE99UePU93iZMARzJ-zZ1hsla2WG5CUwSO70AGKZkqAml2JEDUhUiBdi_uhCbS1dhi_nu2PqFsj9a0BVcw-rR8TEXpJlEr6d2fdNp4OVP4hLEai1LbSzbrAZqALypMja-ey4QJdYL-oeTO_cS2irXAmvWXqgnwM/s1280/PXL_20240220_125922939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1280" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBb4hDubjV1SVSu6iG9Ko1_PFgDFwwE99UePU93iZMARzJ-zZ1hsla2WG5CUwSO70AGKZkqAml2JEDUhUiBdi_uhCbS1dhi_nu2PqFsj9a0BVcw-rR8TEXpJlEr6d2fdNp4OVP4hLEai1LbSzbrAZqALypMja-ey4QJdYL-oeTO_cS2irXAmvWXqgnwM/s320/PXL_20240220_125922939.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I usually represent my batteries with three guns, but an audit of the collection last year showed I had a spare French gun painted, so these two were purchased to make up to battery strength.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDNB9dzcVmTwt-y0pVn3erNv4jF7LQP-sq04_q5Ehvw83r3UOkclQXsZ4_vsqJb3e1rUG78vhgOme9ygRfd8stS7wzUhCdDJiHz0mLXzSnZ4AyimnwVPxP0EBagLWtWRmNFj8PpTPJPrkcjB58q3Mhlwh2vbuUfjNXFuPW3EROflABhbS6atGI_5ta8Q/s1280/PXL_20240220_125937913.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1280" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDNB9dzcVmTwt-y0pVn3erNv4jF7LQP-sq04_q5Ehvw83r3UOkclQXsZ4_vsqJb3e1rUG78vhgOme9ygRfd8stS7wzUhCdDJiHz0mLXzSnZ4AyimnwVPxP0EBagLWtWRmNFj8PpTPJPrkcjB58q3Mhlwh2vbuUfjNXFuPW3EROflABhbS6atGI_5ta8Q/s320/PXL_20240220_125937913.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Both models are the <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/fn19-foot-artillery-priming-6-pounder-greatcoats/" target="_blank">Perry Miniatures Foot Artillery priming 6 pounder (greatcoats)</a> and are lovely characterful sculpts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1280" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDcN01ceaEFVrTigZ9I4ax5lUCWIZGTl0HI7QDU3PDKoh1AXs9dYS0J1Mm0-B2kCReiENy57-00MheDeE_mqjzCQOt9m3-x5n-hvdy2Jh59HWTE-Va1EmjAUiS5nP1WnUdCqVczPrsB9CVrL3stlcZ3WRPJa6elMb6_lOWjB2ZnF9zsNTrktNY0C5UB1U/s320/PXL_20240220_130024294.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I made bit off a boo-boo when sticking this one together and the right wheel is very pigeon-toed, fortunately not obvious in these camera angles.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQV9G5CCllYfvP-Hdr3tS_pbM0UouHA_SpTskaKyKiL5e9aoEidvTqM5eK1qkXmdyPasZ365UGioRu8juQVJj6U9RWy_ShxKumeyPt2MCzfEieErv_e0ryU1__5J_O1fOqQpCWDHJpZUDFHu5arljXnPxSVllo5Xl72GZWpx-GWsKHAc95ckvqHFAi1o/s1280/PXL_20240220_130037610.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1280" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdQV9G5CCllYfvP-Hdr3tS_pbM0UouHA_SpTskaKyKiL5e9aoEidvTqM5eK1qkXmdyPasZ365UGioRu8juQVJj6U9RWy_ShxKumeyPt2MCzfEieErv_e0ryU1__5J_O1fOqQpCWDHJpZUDFHu5arljXnPxSVllo5Xl72GZWpx-GWsKHAc95ckvqHFAi1o/s320/PXL_20240220_130037610.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRNfo1fWrsUcWa0t6s_TFEJI7Tc7IL_GEy6VhwxUv47u3QNdXvKQTTK4arM_wvGTLI7AW62mbuLdBGo91UV-xSykiFPaaN_nJhv6pVn1iWxNVfoP81LvOWjz3j8HvwN6mI0jE5B0g-uQmkaTQ3dF7c70diSEVxbjypYqfLvn0E4BpYv7cNTqCM7KBhqg/s1280/PXL_20240215_125723118.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1280" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRNfo1fWrsUcWa0t6s_TFEJI7Tc7IL_GEy6VhwxUv47u3QNdXvKQTTK4arM_wvGTLI7AW62mbuLdBGo91UV-xSykiFPaaN_nJhv6pVn1iWxNVfoP81LvOWjz3j8HvwN6mI0jE5B0g-uQmkaTQ3dF7c70diSEVxbjypYqfLvn0E4BpYv7cNTqCM7KBhqg/w400-h304/PXL_20240215_125723118.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I currently live in Wisconsin in the heart of the Midwest and one of the most notable Union formations of the American Civil War is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Brigade" target="_blank">Iron Brigade</a>. One of its founding units was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Wisconsin_Infantry_Regiment" target="_blank">2nd Regiment Wisconsin Volunteers</a> raised at Camp Randall, which is still there and although it's now the UW Badgers Football stadium, but there are plenty of Civil War era cannons on the grounds, so that is a bonus!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohO1yeG1tRhKODjlw0ciZOlvGeh5ZHuFXpN6f1QTh1vM34uBfUkcolV1GBbcrFFDVuXWloMSTfd9YaHFijuvX1oa7yLNqvWyn5ZYQdWq6_7lZUlSbDaoR-LQBYnTZCWe-vqRvtJaUVpD550Td8QFFhkFZbwkNKV9HBxdxLo0mZQM5O5xDaENevVx88G8/s1280/PXL_20240215_125612383.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="1280" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohO1yeG1tRhKODjlw0ciZOlvGeh5ZHuFXpN6f1QTh1vM34uBfUkcolV1GBbcrFFDVuXWloMSTfd9YaHFijuvX1oa7yLNqvWyn5ZYQdWq6_7lZUlSbDaoR-LQBYnTZCWe-vqRvtJaUVpD550Td8QFFhkFZbwkNKV9HBxdxLo0mZQM5O5xDaENevVx88G8/s320/PXL_20240215_125612383.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The regiment was heavily engaged with the Army of the Potomac and suffered more casualties as a proportion of its total enlistment than any other Union Army units.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYaiNDZntKhGJ2kYiLXqHG1aTKGtQu3F7WI4P5l8KBuO0yc7cQU-4a7FQBNrRaMSFe1Ko0n8XwPuvfnC_BTk2RMslubPkQDh5keGJ_L78FjtZYId5msMmMVUfpvAbVvWqfGQ5hN2E4qQEGd36EYk381RfGCxAGPgzisa4qci7Uq0FgTGZbAy8xnw3goY/s1280/PXL_20240215_125657955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1280" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYaiNDZntKhGJ2kYiLXqHG1aTKGtQu3F7WI4P5l8KBuO0yc7cQU-4a7FQBNrRaMSFe1Ko0n8XwPuvfnC_BTk2RMslubPkQDh5keGJ_L78FjtZYId5msMmMVUfpvAbVvWqfGQ5hN2E4qQEGd36EYk381RfGCxAGPgzisa4qci7Uq0FgTGZbAy8xnw3goY/s320/PXL_20240215_125657955.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The models are all from the <a href="https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/list.php?cat=13&sub=39&page=1" target="_blank">Crusader Miniatures range</a> are both characterful and a delight to paint. However, although the frock coats and 1858 Dress Hat are great, but they probably should have linen gaiters to represent the 2nd Wisconsin.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJI7aJUtU1tZE13gdcN0t_Cb104ZdJK4cXdBN3geAWiH4JG9Y_w5UsJEhLT0k9VRBPjYHmIWwE8G-zhvZg-PX6Ff2A95CRkDZ6G8L-T2Er0UjMX-f3JhP9AIacIMluLfGo6x5jVq9LL8P2NZljm0jFIo0qMTk5kngsRA_wvohEXZAWKxEkFdbbvqniPE/s1280/PXL_20240215_125740259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1280" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJI7aJUtU1tZE13gdcN0t_Cb104ZdJK4cXdBN3geAWiH4JG9Y_w5UsJEhLT0k9VRBPjYHmIWwE8G-zhvZg-PX6Ff2A95CRkDZ6G8L-T2Er0UjMX-f3JhP9AIacIMluLfGo6x5jVq9LL8P2NZljm0jFIo0qMTk5kngsRA_wvohEXZAWKxEkFdbbvqniPE/s320/PXL_20240215_125740259.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>To give a bit of variety I did some of the men in the older issue dark blue trousers and some in later light blues, I also mixed it up a bit with the water bottle and strap colours.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_trYsYD88Z_oiICI4evct7SBdFgG59bJVz9GNt0PhuAi1crBsn1r8eWN4XIpFGj8NgO9kH7jZUpNFEIzkopxkcxfti_i-_H3h0rkAojk7g-xn_gI-eJRsbwKmX1EyEfaqTzHp5n2ctyrO6tuUadL28zWbcy80DjySqyV4ZKgrQ7HU4QOy7_2jK9y58Y/s1280/PXL_20240215_125752485.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg_trYsYD88Z_oiICI4evct7SBdFgG59bJVz9GNt0PhuAi1crBsn1r8eWN4XIpFGj8NgO9kH7jZUpNFEIzkopxkcxfti_i-_H3h0rkAojk7g-xn_gI-eJRsbwKmX1EyEfaqTzHp5n2ctyrO6tuUadL28zWbcy80DjySqyV4ZKgrQ7HU4QOy7_2jK9y58Y/s320/PXL_20240215_125752485.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The flags are from <a href="https://gmbdesigns.com/product-category/28mm-range/28mm-range-american-civil-war/" target="_blank">GMB Designs</a>, and after previous efforts I managed not to get a chalky varnish effect on these ones, by the simple expedient of not sticking them on until after the matt coat!<br /><p><br /></p></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-18382395662202079422024-02-16T18:38:00.006+00:002024-02-16T18:38:59.671+00:00ACW Generals (3)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEOgX3Bp16EfVwpXaFmOT6hYc6imsj2yjfgsVbyqb4pjJwNLgbcwMDaSNGxMVVgrQnLq-DSTFPzakxaOlxrdebx_t0PbbELRuGy_NYOPGP7dofluXF8ty5TclXN1c9IYzIwtJiVYHMmtQd42KOEyi5Q38yCSmteXLIAsvHiZymKvx4s8ZH4L2kvngoTk/s1280/PXL_20240208_232032641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="1280" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEOgX3Bp16EfVwpXaFmOT6hYc6imsj2yjfgsVbyqb4pjJwNLgbcwMDaSNGxMVVgrQnLq-DSTFPzakxaOlxrdebx_t0PbbELRuGy_NYOPGP7dofluXF8ty5TclXN1c9IYzIwtJiVYHMmtQd42KOEyi5Q38yCSmteXLIAsvHiZymKvx4s8ZH4L2kvngoTk/w400-h198/PXL_20240208_232032641.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div>Following on from the recent Union command stands, this week the Confederates get some of their own.<br /><p></p><p>The first command stand features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" target="_blank">General Robert E. Lee</a> in conversation with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Heth" target="_blank">Major-General Henry Heth</a>.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWdu7xgpWV_LOpUL10petoSx4Y6T0CpKGCOoJwJaUPqHmvp26vWvhBdbypzJ_DPKPn3o03C055Gb3Itfg3qWBxdT4uOv8MDV2NbL2JRP9hHHe7qCB6XOKD3bxInF68JVfFor6ijkNiwOH5RxD58CKgVylh0qmvDI4RLlmGCyKhMgAQNzyE2QjrgICPyM/s1280/PXL_20240208_224949283.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1280" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWdu7xgpWV_LOpUL10petoSx4Y6T0CpKGCOoJwJaUPqHmvp26vWvhBdbypzJ_DPKPn3o03C055Gb3Itfg3qWBxdT4uOv8MDV2NbL2JRP9hHHe7qCB6XOKD3bxInF68JVfFor6ijkNiwOH5RxD58CKgVylh0qmvDI4RLlmGCyKhMgAQNzyE2QjrgICPyM/s320/PXL_20240208_224949283.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General Robert E. Lee and Major-General Henry Heth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>I probably mounted Heth a little too far back on the base and Lee a little too far forwards. It looks like Heth is talking to Lee but avoiding eye contact, maybe some difficult questions about "Why sir, are we on this field at all?"<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1rD1m3ZzM62ErIRoYNxmW4bcAmEJiEH39dswmTqCUnlFOU6Fp4bnAhG7-EC9sFmgpMKYcP2S8fuay_UIrbLBduRljIrN1R-EYtQLwmosI3PhozRvxAMn7ycUxNyACWtr3wSkfzQVjTMM1zW_DdL3RVQYv2gW58aFLfawQuorGZHoQ6l37sr366PaYZU/s1280/PXL_20240208_225007621.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1rD1m3ZzM62ErIRoYNxmW4bcAmEJiEH39dswmTqCUnlFOU6Fp4bnAhG7-EC9sFmgpMKYcP2S8fuay_UIrbLBduRljIrN1R-EYtQLwmosI3PhozRvxAMn7ycUxNyACWtr3wSkfzQVjTMM1zW_DdL3RVQYv2gW58aFLfawQuorGZHoQ6l37sr366PaYZU/s320/PXL_20240208_225007621.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General Robert E. Lee and Major-General Henry Heth</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Lee's horse is my first attempt at a dappled grey, I think I need a bit more practice.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj59r6i9hqhMuIWDXdv1h8DPJ7OZLsu12VrSIlSjPeSDYu1bom8Hk1WdQ2G9Q514f8GNdiw-BtYTHvGIbTHbBCasjcDIMQnUA05T_0rHEelyXQ2fBMDTC1ArjB_GGk8r9SUqrq0Es7Tzo-k2zskwxGgKBY22GVOa3UD-pvWIovhThNkrnTI5nIgugKMI/s1280/PXL_20240208_225100506.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1280" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyj59r6i9hqhMuIWDXdv1h8DPJ7OZLsu12VrSIlSjPeSDYu1bom8Hk1WdQ2G9Q514f8GNdiw-BtYTHvGIbTHbBCasjcDIMQnUA05T_0rHEelyXQ2fBMDTC1ArjB_GGk8r9SUqrq0Es7Tzo-k2zskwxGgKBY22GVOa3UD-pvWIovhThNkrnTI5nIgugKMI/s320/PXL_20240208_225100506.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">General Robert E. Lee and Major-General Henry Heth</td></tr></tbody></table><br />The next base features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet" target="_blank">Lt.-General James Longstreet</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._E._B._Stuart" target="_blank">Major-General J.E.B. Stuart</a> already aware of Lee's ire at Heth, Stuart likely seeks out Longstreet.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaUwKIuWzFBRm4rbZ3QBSpa6aXHVGJERlsWmR7ixSSBVPcY2OxX8Tky67XsjPXsWz_4wi9GNITfK0Q9J7FCpWAenqdqtWXrjFoeqbotVWgYHutEYgrXEDKeZXngLRJWkie9O8p8frqHO5RmqKxqpXsd12IROwEa7rdtaQzfpprwAfL8WN1EH5vzOiIAQ/s1280/PXL_20240208_225125525.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1280" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaUwKIuWzFBRm4rbZ3QBSpa6aXHVGJERlsWmR7ixSSBVPcY2OxX8Tky67XsjPXsWz_4wi9GNITfK0Q9J7FCpWAenqdqtWXrjFoeqbotVWgYHutEYgrXEDKeZXngLRJWkie9O8p8frqHO5RmqKxqpXsd12IROwEa7rdtaQzfpprwAfL8WN1EH5vzOiIAQ/s320/PXL_20240208_225125525.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt.-General James Longstreet and Major-General J.E.B. Stuart </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>I got a bit confused and the Longstreet model is actually the Hood model from the pack, I think it's a good fit anyways.</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7Bwdt46j_62-KXBIm9YngoYZYTf-XidsgOXOPOoXc0Z0PanST7oQ6GnXQq2-jIxG1utzoTyaZiHxEs81REthf20nIRfTKohxkkfK_jsLHD3hE7uUk6fBReb7r40XHt5mnIaTND1xHe4P8MDiK8KUvyRJ7mMtwfQbcSLcqsiVX6-YPqTKLMHrfM3qZVI/s1280/PXL_20240208_225139850.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1280" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK7Bwdt46j_62-KXBIm9YngoYZYTf-XidsgOXOPOoXc0Z0PanST7oQ6GnXQq2-jIxG1utzoTyaZiHxEs81REthf20nIRfTKohxkkfK_jsLHD3hE7uUk6fBReb7r40XHt5mnIaTND1xHe4P8MDiK8KUvyRJ7mMtwfQbcSLcqsiVX6-YPqTKLMHrfM3qZVI/s320/PXL_20240208_225139850.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt.-General James Longstreet and Major-General J.E.B. Stuart </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>All the models of the generals in this post are from the two Perry Miniatures packs; <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/acw46-confederate-mounted-commanders-general-robert-e-lee-in-straw-hat-and-linen-duster-coat-lt-gen-james-longstreet-maj-gen-john-b-hood/" target="_blank">ACW46 Confederate mounted Commanders</a> and <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/acw47-confederate-mounted-commanders-maj-gen-j-e-b-stuart-maj-gen-henry-heth-maj-gen-george-e-pickett/" target="_blank">ACW47 Confederate mounted Commanders</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKRL0LuZaLDYVEbcLdQimGfrhseEV4hkwqNX3pA8FMwMnJwT0k7CqcG4s1nTf2GNFo5AF8-u5Uq4uBdpNeXVcOcrMVd_UdMLfXy7vFa1iExwG_2cWEsiyGYHuU1fkAxm_lSwXNOpWirTD7ktSnBmaICBtAOnUCOnzyrYuxCzS8SWbwpTBZNwvKvZZoj4/s1280/PXL_20240208_225226504.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="1280" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKRL0LuZaLDYVEbcLdQimGfrhseEV4hkwqNX3pA8FMwMnJwT0k7CqcG4s1nTf2GNFo5AF8-u5Uq4uBdpNeXVcOcrMVd_UdMLfXy7vFa1iExwG_2cWEsiyGYHuU1fkAxm_lSwXNOpWirTD7ktSnBmaICBtAOnUCOnzyrYuxCzS8SWbwpTBZNwvKvZZoj4/s320/PXL_20240208_225226504.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt.-General James Longstreet and Major-General J.E.B. Stuart</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXNH7NG6Mmz6v7t9GZ8bRfnv5HqwVFqoEEZNz5KNCPeLlBEwEQ136LmIWeIU8ZepT9AzpUdg5GsuMPL_NaRfODCYyefuE5JTfya9RKuiX42XxCn6teNscFy5D3aAg2KL4tDZMVy5ODJ4yHZrTe1YjMvXITl5kvOvK61j0Lkv_ECuna1HX7FhyNiN8LFU/s1280/PXL_20240208_225244397.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="1280" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJXNH7NG6Mmz6v7t9GZ8bRfnv5HqwVFqoEEZNz5KNCPeLlBEwEQ136LmIWeIU8ZepT9AzpUdg5GsuMPL_NaRfODCYyefuE5JTfya9RKuiX42XxCn6teNscFy5D3aAg2KL4tDZMVy5ODJ4yHZrTe1YjMvXITl5kvOvK61j0Lkv_ECuna1HX7FhyNiN8LFU/s320/PXL_20240208_225244397.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lt.-General James Longstreet and Major-General J.E.B. Stuart</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>The next command stand this time features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pickett" target="_blank">Major-General George E. Pickett</a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXjIw2FAY7zBsLisuGo3ZhAo6hJu6f8wDNZqK6kgcRS_NSvAt8ljzsQtLS5RJvQV9QQWPleNdvbqm1mYJfH4aHCh8kJBBWIaCELBH7mNatuz4OzK6Nr78r30YcrwRkd8aXxhSANW2tjy29xhWhGAn1aRlRCXDxJctblkOT3sfDqtn81iCkax39dtXaDk/s1280/PXL_20240208_225254457.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1280" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXjIw2FAY7zBsLisuGo3ZhAo6hJu6f8wDNZqK6kgcRS_NSvAt8ljzsQtLS5RJvQV9QQWPleNdvbqm1mYJfH4aHCh8kJBBWIaCELBH7mNatuz4OzK6Nr78r30YcrwRkd8aXxhSANW2tjy29xhWhGAn1aRlRCXDxJctblkOT3sfDqtn81iCkax39dtXaDk/s320/PXL_20240208_225254457.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General George E. Pickett</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>This stand and the next are finished off with a couple of infantrymen left over from the <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2024/01/firing-line-of-virginians.html" target="_blank">Virginia firing line</a> that I did a few weeks ago. The figures are from the <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/acw39-confederate-infantry-command-standing/" target="_blank">ACW39 Confederate Infantry command standing</a> pack.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmY1DLstqHAi2vc-6k6OmKT-uyeAPtGi2AUxC5NQRH414wuPNkFy-KA5PzogHze162gw-j439Lo0cHa-7nLjdGfsngwOTnCbrZqqz98Zahiusdk4wmVKP707eM8adhx2Po153B50NiHpxk6Rb6DQ0u5RCADubfLGG99N_1V1k6T0dxT8V55LDxjdy7fI/s1280/PXL_20240208_225328649.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1280" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmY1DLstqHAi2vc-6k6OmKT-uyeAPtGi2AUxC5NQRH414wuPNkFy-KA5PzogHze162gw-j439Lo0cHa-7nLjdGfsngwOTnCbrZqqz98Zahiusdk4wmVKP707eM8adhx2Po153B50NiHpxk6Rb6DQ0u5RCADubfLGG99N_1V1k6T0dxT8V55LDxjdy7fI/s320/PXL_20240208_225328649.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General George E. Pickett</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>The standard is from GMB Designs. I noticed when preparing the photos that it's gone a little chalky, so before putting the figures away for a future battle I've given it a coat of gloss varnish to hopefully sort that out. </div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDlUPNhYCGXNcegZDTPyrQSWrUMGYo4eizfchR_n7V2MQDCaQDR3plt56LroZSSVvbGaQ2oTdDSjs2OuSb91lliBMOAcmVEooW09B2zHuvl2xMv4mS0uVMJ58Mt5ZKDXIu-AxYBEQk8R4TYvJxjBtdFBFkh9uv3wQoJBlNT29v66VWAj13Bbca7KicuI/s1280/PXL_20240202_133541163.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1280" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDlUPNhYCGXNcegZDTPyrQSWrUMGYo4eizfchR_n7V2MQDCaQDR3plt56LroZSSVvbGaQ2oTdDSjs2OuSb91lliBMOAcmVEooW09B2zHuvl2xMv4mS0uVMJ58Mt5ZKDXIu-AxYBEQk8R4TYvJxjBtdFBFkh9uv3wQoJBlNT29v66VWAj13Bbca7KicuI/s320/PXL_20240202_133541163.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Major-General John B. Hood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div>More astute observers will notice that from the Perry website this model is actually supposed to represent General Longstreet, what can I say, I got a little confused, the real General Hood model will do duty as Longstreet.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rC3oukmQHTr0WIm8C8VqgQky142Doeyol80pll2g1Rg1IuSa0BJ0NaPE7VGPxY2ujGVcltSxSsmdk-tt10Q5l-6vnP5nn8zDbo50bdBX9Pmqg3elVyS4dQTl8o8vYUoDe_I-lTNkAR3oQ_3qLVFyz6lOpPNoEcyjlrJphXM04tES-owxyrF2y4EWDGg/s1280/PXL_20240202_133551022.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1280" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rC3oukmQHTr0WIm8C8VqgQky142Doeyol80pll2g1Rg1IuSa0BJ0NaPE7VGPxY2ujGVcltSxSsmdk-tt10Q5l-6vnP5nn8zDbo50bdBX9Pmqg3elVyS4dQTl8o8vYUoDe_I-lTNkAR3oQ_3qLVFyz6lOpPNoEcyjlrJphXM04tES-owxyrF2y4EWDGg/s320/PXL_20240202_133551022.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Major-General John B. Hood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ-boy59bOZkijFVaAxZoMyG85GhQRbCRH_FIHZcrEpgYBDmtMu5Vk_zgapTQRO9JGGj1VNBQtUU4iqRWltVOTN_1YXgJr6-3CAJrNP5ET3dlQ5PKQWURyqzK6PjJMyjSQP_wGqPs5eJB-v0sISMOFrzRWHWKh3muJLDXT0q-qcFSPhPAInscHpBzSxU/s1280/PXL_20240202_133624855.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1043" data-original-width="1280" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhJ-boy59bOZkijFVaAxZoMyG85GhQRbCRH_FIHZcrEpgYBDmtMu5Vk_zgapTQRO9JGGj1VNBQtUU4iqRWltVOTN_1YXgJr6-3CAJrNP5ET3dlQ5PKQWURyqzK6PjJMyjSQP_wGqPs5eJB-v0sISMOFrzRWHWKh3muJLDXT0q-qcFSPhPAInscHpBzSxU/s320/PXL_20240202_133624855.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Major-General John B. Hood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Ten command stands over the past few weeks is likely plenty, back to painting rank and file for the next few posts.<br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-59389509922565636842024-02-10T23:04:00.007+00:002024-02-13T17:31:20.175+00:00Confederate Bushwackers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_FELQFaZShvkMfeKmezOaprKVf3eIuHpNrXhfuIvTzYN4xJ6QnWT1ahlLDhj-ASH53IH_SrCUktFIiIh4_sz5HOmUDy6W-UfqwCc07O5mSf1Thzq-owHgTEIEArQc-tr1Fe3eO3OSjMNy9ayg8IRSaKrhyEScWNRteMYnXoejBpjb5ZogOv98eZHjwI/s1280/PXL_20240208_231918640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="1280" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik_FELQFaZShvkMfeKmezOaprKVf3eIuHpNrXhfuIvTzYN4xJ6QnWT1ahlLDhj-ASH53IH_SrCUktFIiIh4_sz5HOmUDy6W-UfqwCc07O5mSf1Thzq-owHgTEIEArQc-tr1Fe3eO3OSjMNy9ayg8IRSaKrhyEScWNRteMYnXoejBpjb5ZogOv98eZHjwI/w400-h195/PXL_20240208_231918640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Alongside all those hifalutin generals and such I also added a bunch of nerdowells to the collection with some bases of Confederate skirmishers/militia made up of troops from the <a href="https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/prod.php?prod=1103" target="_blank">Crusader Miniatures Bushwackers</a>. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoNYH_17x_1Oy6Xqd6PAC5TFLB53hwJKSkfj29rkTh_a6_b3-U1natdVk3SolO88dmfwaOpRgq6wPrGPzcQN2EiZqfsxfytQfnkjQTmt3SvjiDuUDBv3hBCWyjbKLWGM2fV_IA00902WUTv_pnz29DLOxPoFPL57R8SGHUifvuId1bLc06gLDyxRYhZ0/s1280/PXL_20240208_231934700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1280" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPoNYH_17x_1Oy6Xqd6PAC5TFLB53hwJKSkfj29rkTh_a6_b3-U1natdVk3SolO88dmfwaOpRgq6wPrGPzcQN2EiZqfsxfytQfnkjQTmt3SvjiDuUDBv3hBCWyjbKLWGM2fV_IA00902WUTv_pnz29DLOxPoFPL57R8SGHUifvuId1bLc06gLDyxRYhZ0/s320/PXL_20240208_231934700.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>These are a lovely set of characterful miscreants and scumbags.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsQaVngQmpjWnUfQZRNyR7rQ62NKiIX9SZabo6r0YGU2QC3eNZ0MolU9YjMZtU9o6wXAhRolJGI3JIOTGsuHgEsvMMC8k-CAxUhE3ueD1OyBIx-NyUI7AHuXW-Rmif6wA38pTwlEVjw20jWkKIygT8MrtoH4_Z8fRzKfsJ8tVP9-D6bduSydcuKLfmfM/s1280/PXL_20240208_231852925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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They appear to be out of stock now in my usual places, but I'll pick up more when they become available.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3gAdIDId5OnExaumhs59WKXpECPR0mg-IDuWdmUd3hmy670ViF4IkLlRG1iUdOA_VevSuv4orLqbhjcQtOVd9HKGGs-zt7GGbApxOCOseZmU_9Nd7qSqsaq5xOJyJq_u64u2TBTb1e4Eys5bVfbR4N3OAYGuzPQHmR155zBRfVFqMQHaWBmVVYGxbt8/s1280/PXL_20240202_133804720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1280" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3gAdIDId5OnExaumhs59WKXpECPR0mg-IDuWdmUd3hmy670ViF4IkLlRG1iUdOA_VevSuv4orLqbhjcQtOVd9HKGGs-zt7GGbApxOCOseZmU_9Nd7qSqsaq5xOJyJq_u64u2TBTb1e4Eys5bVfbR4N3OAYGuzPQHmR155zBRfVFqMQHaWBmVVYGxbt8/s320/PXL_20240202_133804720.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's all well and good now having several feet of fencing, I didn't have any gates. A search of the bits box turned up some <a href="https://warbases.co.uk/product/5-bar-gate/" target="_blank">Warbases 5-bar gates</a>, I added gate posts from some balsa wood, and one of them links into the cross and rail fencing with a spare cross-piece.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO4gZDmHrdYs65KkY96ANMfMaxLhOJcB6I5DaByMNRwAl6WF_n-Hl38fTmLYQPdaWv_lLg8aUikhOZl_PXe3dctluFOPysmWyMJUlOyachYhX38IzuS_oJl_lZBYon7iJs8S7hU1iEe9FeqzH6V4pbDvfUGw1NAVTzp6AsxugoF3I_Di9Gi57JmHpG3A/s1280/PXL_20240202_133812925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1280" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO4gZDmHrdYs65KkY96ANMfMaxLhOJcB6I5DaByMNRwAl6WF_n-Hl38fTmLYQPdaWv_lLg8aUikhOZl_PXe3dctluFOPysmWyMJUlOyachYhX38IzuS_oJl_lZBYon7iJs8S7hU1iEe9FeqzH6V4pbDvfUGw1NAVTzp6AsxugoF3I_Di9Gi57JmHpG3A/s320/PXL_20240202_133812925.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCioQGByF_kOcjBEcWLTGEDzCPCny3nNqf206aTmFA49urGCO-p3XKMqxgGeXWev24-oafRjlkXVOJzVVGmp2SWmQCFzz5MEiDMg3rsBpzLgtSIN4QACGKfW1PbKiipdlMzwVA4p4GHf29H19j9kX2a4DjVwTYlGtVfqzuWtRt56oMYM1Ts-X4ebA4e4A/s1280/PXL_20240202_133829171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1280" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCioQGByF_kOcjBEcWLTGEDzCPCny3nNqf206aTmFA49urGCO-p3XKMqxgGeXWev24-oafRjlkXVOJzVVGmp2SWmQCFzz5MEiDMg3rsBpzLgtSIN4QACGKfW1PbKiipdlMzwVA4p4GHf29H19j9kX2a4DjVwTYlGtVfqzuWtRt56oMYM1Ts-X4ebA4e4A/s320/PXL_20240202_133829171.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finally played my first wargame of 2024, travelling down to Galena - where General Grants house is - to play a Peach Orchard scenario with the chaps. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lets just say my Union forces came second!</div><br /></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-47442420689917838762024-02-03T12:12:00.003+00:002024-02-03T12:16:16.333+00:00ACW Generals (2)<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7KJXsrLdEHNJjpW2g66UdXeda3kD4C15egCk2s7tqStjryZsKlR8hMyCIiH-fxCC9wVTrfWI-5Q0EWjSTzuZ52yBRyIPBCBhO4UJMI3ixolaibfH5ftwFZwMudKosh4PPSWVQGybW6UN3Dsr0zOf89UVKDGLmsZIrOUO4FQ56jcBtnWx12jpGPxEbQk/s1280/PXL_20240126_004250250.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="1280" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7KJXsrLdEHNJjpW2g66UdXeda3kD4C15egCk2s7tqStjryZsKlR8hMyCIiH-fxCC9wVTrfWI-5Q0EWjSTzuZ52yBRyIPBCBhO4UJMI3ixolaibfH5ftwFZwMudKosh4PPSWVQGybW6UN3Dsr0zOf89UVKDGLmsZIrOUO4FQ56jcBtnWx12jpGPxEbQk/w400-h208/PXL_20240126_004250250.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Following up from last weeks post, I've added the final three Union commanders for the American Civil War collection. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGZmr26JR0R3h7iDikc6FQQ_H4DVdFtxrHJMRwB1M8MhUOWPjrRCElMI5cPYgMFB42NxHHhAdpENSkP3BXsmJKYV6Sf-RGfH6jqynKwzrKLRtN1qvKTUvr3oj5jLXxepUOfEWH5zmIh-JGL9SX19bfukQADniHcWJgj2gYxSz3QlyWGtf5i1jZeK5TNE/s1280/PXL_20240126_004302080.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1280" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpGZmr26JR0R3h7iDikc6FQQ_H4DVdFtxrHJMRwB1M8MhUOWPjrRCElMI5cPYgMFB42NxHHhAdpENSkP3BXsmJKYV6Sf-RGfH6jqynKwzrKLRtN1qvKTUvr3oj5jLXxepUOfEWH5zmIh-JGL9SX19bfukQADniHcWJgj2gYxSz3QlyWGtf5i1jZeK5TNE/s320/PXL_20240126_004302080.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The first three were accompanied by colonels, this time they are accompanied by various infantrymen from the <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/acw-115-american-civil-war-union-infantry-1861-65/" target="_blank">American Civil War Union Infantry</a> command frame. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uzitMjItCCdPsGBHsEmmh725mPqZkcshv2X25yfzNVmqkbS58f_5Pihz31AVdeiLBf6T9Pbzh4CITe9myw0j3o4RIT34hsj0RJ5j1Kf6iRxjkuo7k4lplFVeHvX-f0of1qOqOGs3iUv1x9wZ77WiMWItduqk2QYv5WKeAbTP9hZxNKwlNjeKd5qEmro/s1280/PXL_20240126_004326876.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uzitMjItCCdPsGBHsEmmh725mPqZkcshv2X25yfzNVmqkbS58f_5Pihz31AVdeiLBf6T9Pbzh4CITe9myw0j3o4RIT34hsj0RJ5j1Kf6iRxjkuo7k4lplFVeHvX-f0of1qOqOGs3iUv1x9wZ77WiMWItduqk2QYv5WKeAbTP9hZxNKwlNjeKd5qEmro/s320/PXL_20240126_004326876.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>These represent Major-General George Sykes, Major-General Winfield S. Hancock and Major-General Oliver Otis Howard.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcGLrURW65ysF_lWkkS2e-h4Vu_ZMB1DW0VkGV-8BcB5KHtVNbOLqC_VMudGj2xa-cxHebOyjSCojVXOoAS9ruMET5-YRxpjRT_ZbH3DerSBQNFLVK0D7pTxGszH3nAv3u092e96R_KB-Z7wmj6n20G9GIFnalqPWSAnORQc12XLw4H-zLKdcGNUNV0g/s1280/PXL_20240126_004343473.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1123" data-original-width="1280" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLcGLrURW65ysF_lWkkS2e-h4Vu_ZMB1DW0VkGV-8BcB5KHtVNbOLqC_VMudGj2xa-cxHebOyjSCojVXOoAS9ruMET5-YRxpjRT_ZbH3DerSBQNFLVK0D7pTxGszH3nAv3u092e96R_KB-Z7wmj6n20G9GIFnalqPWSAnORQc12XLw4H-zLKdcGNUNV0g/s320/PXL_20240126_004343473.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General George Sykes</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sykes" target="_blank">George Sykes</a> commanded V Corps at Gettysburg, assuming command just a few days before the battle. I've added a officer and drummer to complete the vignette.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHbJlg7TOLvDQMdO3e-O1Zk8_iKlaqEoWsSTjJeKcRTwr-NUBs5lW2RwSDGmNzuJtnLRXLgucNiDtMS533kgrMryaXDNXXvsPhRu-Q3KvxuS3A8jND0-auKmIavJVX3IS8dZxdZJ7MKNwvNSnpLjyCa5zJy7BtohcIKzXQm2c-devwdL6dmKfJxbLHCQ/s1280/PXL_20240126_004349804.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1119" data-original-width="1280" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHbJlg7TOLvDQMdO3e-O1Zk8_iKlaqEoWsSTjJeKcRTwr-NUBs5lW2RwSDGmNzuJtnLRXLgucNiDtMS533kgrMryaXDNXXvsPhRu-Q3KvxuS3A8jND0-auKmIavJVX3IS8dZxdZJ7MKNwvNSnpLjyCa5zJy7BtohcIKzXQm2c-devwdL6dmKfJxbLHCQ/s320/PXL_20240126_004349804.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General George Sykes</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcSn3_j6j_ve2x0tWXWxtMisKc0ybWueIWCmxUr1lTnJmVYRXFYXwEd0F0U8BNlg5YScE1yxiPSVS8pPSCr-rvpsozgFLmW6WiH2wA8qeJV97uNJu0nYg-wCt26jI0HPyvwHYtj9rOOlYJOOI7itKO0ATAePIousg2H0-UtWbma_mXExqkCmJ9zK82SI/s1280/PXL_20240126_004407129.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1280" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcSn3_j6j_ve2x0tWXWxtMisKc0ybWueIWCmxUr1lTnJmVYRXFYXwEd0F0U8BNlg5YScE1yxiPSVS8pPSCr-rvpsozgFLmW6WiH2wA8qeJV97uNJu0nYg-wCt26jI0HPyvwHYtj9rOOlYJOOI7itKO0ATAePIousg2H0-UtWbma_mXExqkCmJ9zK82SI/s320/PXL_20240126_004407129.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General George Sykes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IKvjBciuXKbhc5H-DWsizDeqBR-txvHbdkgYiqPep-oFWsfYWPrni49x9v7qNy5xB7ztrGBQUCI53TdqBeM0WpHIhUOXk8Scoqtq_3cnltWR1mUmOV-hfWsy9Kxy0kgOTXWm2MpBs50XJSJ_qAm8E5mHOTmKN7jWm73W0L4t_l7aLUKeJBjicM1pE4c/s1280/PXL_20240126_004425812.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1280" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IKvjBciuXKbhc5H-DWsizDeqBR-txvHbdkgYiqPep-oFWsfYWPrni49x9v7qNy5xB7ztrGBQUCI53TdqBeM0WpHIhUOXk8Scoqtq_3cnltWR1mUmOV-hfWsy9Kxy0kgOTXWm2MpBs50XJSJ_qAm8E5mHOTmKN7jWm73W0L4t_l7aLUKeJBjicM1pE4c/s320/PXL_20240126_004425812.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General Winfield S. Hancock</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfield_Scott_Hancock" target="_blank">Winfield Scott Hancock</a> commanded the left wing of the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg and was in command of the Union troops facing Pickett's charge. I've accompanied him with a bugler from the Union infantry set.</p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jbSvECC3QiMUcr6TXbysowkFijgeOi_eRFswqVlJkgz4S2ojm22J31JHA7uplEbn0fE_OSh04lN3AqzkmT8rZ3355NuL9VRO7_pxcbIi-uMmnnvU5a8i12VOLt-QjgzMgewa43cjS5sBZW2jSFtXD053p5x6z5YBocf1y-UlzXGoVUTyTA6v4aRAf6s/s1280/PXL_20240126_004439020.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1280" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jbSvECC3QiMUcr6TXbysowkFijgeOi_eRFswqVlJkgz4S2ojm22J31JHA7uplEbn0fE_OSh04lN3AqzkmT8rZ3355NuL9VRO7_pxcbIi-uMmnnvU5a8i12VOLt-QjgzMgewa43cjS5sBZW2jSFtXD053p5x6z5YBocf1y-UlzXGoVUTyTA6v4aRAf6s/s320/PXL_20240126_004439020.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General Winfield S. Hancock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0l9eGxbIXa7ljeuDvXKHdQ_G2DcyONR5RU8XbWtUUm0R4sogIX4oovqHomeFeOaqk-aR6jY0eIu7FWdYTwR8smJjMZx1DwhlrzuY7l1IsBLkuU99jIVJt3-rVc37oC2oGTWzQx4WiEHMTZ8VNJYJDi7rPwAwCnMszWXMpK7BsLM_Bc_08ENW9Lkk6iM/s1280/PXL_20240126_004452742.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1280" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0l9eGxbIXa7ljeuDvXKHdQ_G2DcyONR5RU8XbWtUUm0R4sogIX4oovqHomeFeOaqk-aR6jY0eIu7FWdYTwR8smJjMZx1DwhlrzuY7l1IsBLkuU99jIVJt3-rVc37oC2oGTWzQx4WiEHMTZ8VNJYJDi7rPwAwCnMszWXMpK7BsLM_Bc_08ENW9Lkk6iM/s320/PXL_20240126_004452742.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General Winfield S. Hancock</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0TQK6ZSpeQKXJbog2leu0tWByhOMtx4DnthZD_C7o6xf2m7ukc0G3Fr2Ju3pAeaCZQIkGbqL-qQBhAg35whEPMMh2GjSht1XizZBg5kDnd51boma5UQ9Lv2u1etn1HUSi7boTamFAidYaEoWA53y6vWO8iEpM6FOdL_EYd_t4lYEmfoAx4xlrGgnpvs/s1280/PXL_20240126_004509901.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1280" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ0TQK6ZSpeQKXJbog2leu0tWByhOMtx4DnthZD_C7o6xf2m7ukc0G3Fr2Ju3pAeaCZQIkGbqL-qQBhAg35whEPMMh2GjSht1XizZBg5kDnd51boma5UQ9Lv2u1etn1HUSi7boTamFAidYaEoWA53y6vWO8iEpM6FOdL_EYd_t4lYEmfoAx4xlrGgnpvs/s320/PXL_20240126_004509901.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General Oliver Otis Howard</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Otis_Howard" target="_blank">Oliver Otis Howard</a> "Old Prayer Book" lost his right arm at the Battle of Seven Pines but continued to command through the war and commanded XI Corps at Gettysburg.</div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUTObMr3p_D_nVWuSK2bdf2kIEzCMqqlw7MyTTtYUxWslDFW7XrWzds0VV20OQZ-mQuARpshyphenhyphen86R7GJRKzANdNf9lllN7biAv0KtOwd-uobWgs6oAO5Sk0na9pQGsEKQwz-DeUYRCsJhHA8hafvebfCGKd1q87QEr9pNkCEinFvwSB1D2PiQlHEaoXKo/s1280/PXL_20240126_004518446.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1277" data-original-width="1280" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUTObMr3p_D_nVWuSK2bdf2kIEzCMqqlw7MyTTtYUxWslDFW7XrWzds0VV20OQZ-mQuARpshyphenhyphen86R7GJRKzANdNf9lllN7biAv0KtOwd-uobWgs6oAO5Sk0na9pQGsEKQwz-DeUYRCsJhHA8hafvebfCGKd1q87QEr9pNkCEinFvwSB1D2PiQlHEaoXKo/s320/PXL_20240126_004518446.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General Oliver Otis Howard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBSxA4w9vbiFz61elqrnEdGWL-MyI82wNxyoW_0bNyru74KNxcFfnSqxeBEJVAS9nBVrw0CWFo9QznmCnHGATNrjkdlVG9xzgWA85vHv82QHD8CAQQ8klaXyhZgHYq_YfQSyW-gUD1qoimtLzlun-xk1thuvipdq4VFolTq6DkyvNQcZ7hdSQbIL5QUM/s1280/PXL_20240126_004540060.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfBSxA4w9vbiFz61elqrnEdGWL-MyI82wNxyoW_0bNyru74KNxcFfnSqxeBEJVAS9nBVrw0CWFo9QznmCnHGATNrjkdlVG9xzgWA85vHv82QHD8CAQQ8klaXyhZgHYq_YfQSyW-gUD1qoimtLzlun-xk1thuvipdq4VFolTq6DkyvNQcZ7hdSQbIL5QUM/s320/PXL_20240126_004540060.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Major-General Oliver Otis Howard</td></tr></tbody></table><p>And today I'm off to play some Picketts Charge with chums, first game of the year!</p></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-2339396044974835202024-01-26T13:58:00.000+00:002024-01-26T13:58:10.436+00:00ACW Generals<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINjbSj8wOCQlfke76BvN-5vuTYf4vQRJfVmlJt3gIyWCQRNzPywk3FDRqP9vT2aOZkLe4-tDP6objDaIRTyVaxYZBZ0GNU8sp6d7XQU3zuarekmMnv835KQ0s0fxBYsVnc9x4wE2ISR48AP65gdxC-cg1b8luUdFT0dVN8Lp9hQEGTaq8l2eZKQ3PWzg/s1000/PXL_20240118_225434174.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="1000" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINjbSj8wOCQlfke76BvN-5vuTYf4vQRJfVmlJt3gIyWCQRNzPywk3FDRqP9vT2aOZkLe4-tDP6objDaIRTyVaxYZBZ0GNU8sp6d7XQU3zuarekmMnv835KQ0s0fxBYsVnc9x4wE2ISR48AP65gdxC-cg1b8luUdFT0dVN8Lp9hQEGTaq8l2eZKQ3PWzg/w400-h194/PXL_20240118_225434174.jpg" width="400" />
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My American Civil War collection has grown in size over the years from a Sharp Practice force in 2017 to being able to play some sizeable engagements with Longstreet and Picketts Charge of late, but my generals for both sides have remained rather bland single officer figures on 40mm round bases. <div><br /></div><div>I'd decided that this should change so when my parents asked what I wanted for my birthday last year I suggested some of the personality packs from <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product-category/metal-ranges/american-civil-war/" target="_blank">Perry Miniatures</a> and am giving the Union and Confederate forces some more impressive command stands this time around.</div><div><br /></div>
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<div><br /></div>The first three completed represent Major General George G. Meade, Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles and Major General Abner Doubleday.<div><br />
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<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meade" target="_blank">George G. Meade</a> is accompanied by a staff officer from the mounted Colonels set. </div><div><br /></div><div>After cleaning up they are a lovely set of characterful figures to paint.</div><div><br /></div>
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsBt31WxAs8KLBHwNJ9GlbBDPK6zrxiuNGNtzDWUW_Odn4aBoDL95h-DHine8NC4V7uL5tOJatpX-UsZ9pfYZ4H6jGDV_NLoJIgdkPi040RHv7Snkbo15C2WZjcBWF9V4DQ12QBB9NNr53FKqzsEe-HF3Tol-YJc_fuhDfKadL5LmG_KEvSQL8qPm14E/s1280/PXL_20240111_181433063.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1280" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsBt31WxAs8KLBHwNJ9GlbBDPK6zrxiuNGNtzDWUW_Odn4aBoDL95h-DHine8NC4V7uL5tOJatpX-UsZ9pfYZ4H6jGDV_NLoJIgdkPi040RHv7Snkbo15C2WZjcBWF9V4DQ12QBB9NNr53FKqzsEe-HF3Tol-YJc_fuhDfKadL5LmG_KEvSQL8qPm14E/w400-h231/PXL_20240111_181433063.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>I've had a busy week, but decided to pull out the stops and add some more bits to the 12mm WWII collection that I started last year and <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2023/12/m16-mgmc-and-m20-scouts-for-o-group.html" target="_blank">recently added more US supports to</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I added four to my most recent order from <a href="https://www.pendraken.co.uk/10mm-world-war-ii-german-misc" target="_blank">Pendraken</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vN_8pgwMoSNL9R8MMUCm-7DkwIYSM2eFIZt7D5_cvQw_BvatOjUhdybovKC49tPSAyE8kLuR_bFsbBj_PgotuFVDWxg9zx1Edub-6s5MPuly2YkiL_NS__Dsq78atmRL6gaLBMolOAMbiTocpcW4ZZqMl9f_oOu1m8Ywxw_sVxsDsC7yVMCDMGGmE3o/s1280/PXL_20240111_181515982.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1280" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vN_8pgwMoSNL9R8MMUCm-7DkwIYSM2eFIZt7D5_cvQw_BvatOjUhdybovKC49tPSAyE8kLuR_bFsbBj_PgotuFVDWxg9zx1Edub-6s5MPuly2YkiL_NS__Dsq78atmRL6gaLBMolOAMbiTocpcW4ZZqMl9f_oOu1m8Ywxw_sVxsDsC7yVMCDMGGmE3o/s320/PXL_20240111_181515982.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpw_u6VlGkk6Dn4hW0KdvFzc1zN07vXJtqGH_EOK22m4nxzBGE_ZHPP2lhkAsZ1wihTgWwXIBc61Wb7JJeBrvrJAsCpF91awVL14p035mYFyYslvx8-6UzgeMwO09XOELyNbyhRxb1kLHujeaWpAa-ZjqLWvsMxuWFf9_HwCZq2tnA3TA_ra6FCxSgTk/s1280/PXL_20240111_181528243.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1280" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcpw_u6VlGkk6Dn4hW0KdvFzc1zN07vXJtqGH_EOK22m4nxzBGE_ZHPP2lhkAsZ1wihTgWwXIBc61Wb7JJeBrvrJAsCpF91awVL14p035mYFyYslvx8-6UzgeMwO09XOELyNbyhRxb1kLHujeaWpAa-ZjqLWvsMxuWFf9_HwCZq2tnA3TA_ra6FCxSgTk/s320/PXL_20240111_181528243.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The horses were painted with Citadel Contrast paints, I think they work well for horse flesh at this scale, while the limbers themselves and the crews were done in Vallejo Model Colour with an Army Painter wash.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjCr0_fUyXXy3HyI2Yoi4LeBgZq69KZGkZuNG6lokNn77NAMJHvni2wHPffmxve8rM-7AzkiIVOiu4WYjtmUzKJ2B11sj50YhUP4ZPxkaVwTTCG3A9Q9J9s3jbQ8ugiM1t79fqpLMaput1JEPyaXln16qRxpvnweR-H9lrMpXqDfedMyjiacgI1xPhb0/s1280/PXL_20240111_181536956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1280" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvjCr0_fUyXXy3HyI2Yoi4LeBgZq69KZGkZuNG6lokNn77NAMJHvni2wHPffmxve8rM-7AzkiIVOiu4WYjtmUzKJ2B11sj50YhUP4ZPxkaVwTTCG3A9Q9J9s3jbQ8ugiM1t79fqpLMaput1JEPyaXln16qRxpvnweR-H9lrMpXqDfedMyjiacgI1xPhb0/s320/PXL_20240111_181536956.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJuiJAK6IiGyW0xTcEja-0Q6PwF62VTQ044GEWr-fhgX5YsR8W7S2Sih2j1Kt_qRhbnmlWYFUWsT0yOKlk2D5PFdhFiPMd9UYE0VZX7U2Tp9lImT6lBBNPt4aa3fEExjfoa1qPeK0x93X3tDl_GCU1Oq06pMczTyLDdoBU1Oj-y1eOLWdoaKiVhyDVBc/s1280/PXL_20240111_181553772.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1280" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnJuiJAK6IiGyW0xTcEja-0Q6PwF62VTQ044GEWr-fhgX5YsR8W7S2Sih2j1Kt_qRhbnmlWYFUWsT0yOKlk2D5PFdhFiPMd9UYE0VZX7U2Tp9lImT6lBBNPt4aa3fEExjfoa1qPeK0x93X3tDl_GCU1Oq06pMczTyLDdoBU1Oj-y1eOLWdoaKiVhyDVBc/s320/PXL_20240111_181553772.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I also painted a pair of <a href="https://www.pendraken.co.uk/10mm-world-war-ii-german-artillery" target="_blank">2cm FlaK38</a> for close air defence of the forces. I wish that Pendraken did some additional crew packs, all these guns look rather sparse with only two crewmen.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4qVqawxJyp8CSg8iTw9C9bPQjZeAQxTbB-F3q36sXhhCND_FqOH8ZpAnugU0tJy55dK05fscdyiZSpZUKwI9TRSmZAhY6DA6rlj9N0el5Tg2-R5vpKYhAyXVQ6WvE56Anu3RF4AB8t1ygzRXNq9GW5WKmXxpMgxRZg3j1z38B1WUd6WMgYLojRlZDv0/s1280/PXL_20240111_181618046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="855" data-original-width="1280" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf4qVqawxJyp8CSg8iTw9C9bPQjZeAQxTbB-F3q36sXhhCND_FqOH8ZpAnugU0tJy55dK05fscdyiZSpZUKwI9TRSmZAhY6DA6rlj9N0el5Tg2-R5vpKYhAyXVQ6WvE56Anu3RF4AB8t1ygzRXNq9GW5WKmXxpMgxRZg3j1z38B1WUd6WMgYLojRlZDv0/s320/PXL_20240111_181618046.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVkysOvqnZR5jhYGqDmTeApierBQMjeaGHTgdcrsVq7-mf_eFX-66eRNS8ONwTNOJQL3tLQLsCXNWQRLm6UhVFz8hGh7r5h7W_Qn0M5Id31iMQvYYoUvwTV5XqfeIx1pYDGMQaJRKigORXq02EBpq1h8PVbCiephETyma421BMyMKo3tIfGdABrSkHc4/s1280/PXL_20240111_181632015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnVkysOvqnZR5jhYGqDmTeApierBQMjeaGHTgdcrsVq7-mf_eFX-66eRNS8ONwTNOJQL3tLQLsCXNWQRLm6UhVFz8hGh7r5h7W_Qn0M5Id31iMQvYYoUvwTV5XqfeIx1pYDGMQaJRKigORXq02EBpq1h8PVbCiephETyma421BMyMKo3tIfGdABrSkHc4/s320/PXL_20240111_181632015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I've only ever played one game of O Group, I really should try to get some more in!</p>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-51477327154311518212024-01-18T12:32:00.000+00:002024-01-18T12:32:12.547+00:00Adding to the ACW Scenery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBk1WcJIkEedIfC-PVdnyLObEvLwjFK80K2XH9HrGh-a6kFm9PEXqp-Gc4CN4nMaUfOJnnlrCgNsU4naQBxYrqeJXvOy1FidOOw-PVEAlV0mxbi4XEX0D1fWLjl4WmTSVSn_L4uKCYCKbw-iNCB4JiUXEhdnAZTxf9uUK1BlB-HVQDDTKtTIF5pb9aOQ/s1280/PXL_20240111_180542542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1280" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBk1WcJIkEedIfC-PVdnyLObEvLwjFK80K2XH9HrGh-a6kFm9PEXqp-Gc4CN4nMaUfOJnnlrCgNsU4naQBxYrqeJXvOy1FidOOw-PVEAlV0mxbi4XEX0D1fWLjl4WmTSVSn_L4uKCYCKbw-iNCB4JiUXEhdnAZTxf9uUK1BlB-HVQDDTKtTIF5pb9aOQ/s320/PXL_20240111_180542542.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>A couple of years ago I noticed that chum Richard was selling a Renedra ramshackle barn that had been sat in his pile of shame for a a few years so I purchased it from him, and as is the way with these things it just sat in my own pile of shame.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2le6ZaUl00xzhkzRQAd_rAv713ic4Mvy5vEuMW7xx4tcggkudJ-Q2HCP8Q4qLuCcncrAZc8Q4HO-PlN0JbqCYq4eqmKfiaVQ5iG7IJ8vbX2yGC7BlzpGMKye58zXAMKl08U5fwduQ5B8ypYb55_CwUlhll6_2O2xtIxPW1U6kF59Mi9MDsjF_4PvZhq0/s1280/PXL_20240111_180602657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1280" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2le6ZaUl00xzhkzRQAd_rAv713ic4Mvy5vEuMW7xx4tcggkudJ-Q2HCP8Q4qLuCcncrAZc8Q4HO-PlN0JbqCYq4eqmKfiaVQ5iG7IJ8vbX2yGC7BlzpGMKye58zXAMKl08U5fwduQ5B8ypYb55_CwUlhll6_2O2xtIxPW1U6kF59Mi9MDsjF_4PvZhq0/s320/PXL_20240111_180602657.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Over the break for the Holidays, enthused by the <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2024/01/firing-line-of-virginians.html" target="_blank">unit of Confederate infantry I was painting</a> I decided it was time to break the barn out of the pile and get it sorted.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRbOAo_Knf0TvmHb7baQIB6dWoDn8D2NNZbhCimcJnTgoCnIV5tWHcOZ7Al31prhs28Sz6PSdaueU0HMAzprRaKr0aTUUxQzjXf2SaRUe24oiALR4bxs8-fqpeU0RWyFpGUZIBwSKxuX-u9pHx6motghyriQbBe2_2YFESmZ98uCKXmlnL4seZxMaaXc/s1280/PXL_20240111_180607972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="959" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjRbOAo_Knf0TvmHb7baQIB6dWoDn8D2NNZbhCimcJnTgoCnIV5tWHcOZ7Al31prhs28Sz6PSdaueU0HMAzprRaKr0aTUUxQzjXf2SaRUe24oiALR4bxs8-fqpeU0RWyFpGUZIBwSKxuX-u9pHx6motghyriQbBe2_2YFESmZ98uCKXmlnL4seZxMaaXc/s320/PXL_20240111_180607972.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><p>It was a very quick build and was soon ready for a spray of primer, followed by a coat of Contrast Wyldwood on the walls and Black Templar on the roof, I also added a liberal splash of Militaruim Green for mouldy patches. Once dry I added some brown shades to the walls and grey shades to the roof. </p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabSef3FaFAbSZgK4B4yvvjXd2GXt1xN1_hCnNKXx4xd9rV5DV4sVj1B67f-ZFd-Bd0kCvj4v-DRgEDEsqv5m1z3eSHDMrv3zEYeb7TwmP88j5wfTTnFVaCqLXDI_Efs_AXot7LnUCzOBcuOPUPt0wYDGXp39SGjbvZKMgHhIocdnzw8dUzVfWT_zK1DE/s1280/PXL_20240111_180621720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1077" data-original-width="1280" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabSef3FaFAbSZgK4B4yvvjXd2GXt1xN1_hCnNKXx4xd9rV5DV4sVj1B67f-ZFd-Bd0kCvj4v-DRgEDEsqv5m1z3eSHDMrv3zEYeb7TwmP88j5wfTTnFVaCqLXDI_Efs_AXot7LnUCzOBcuOPUPt0wYDGXp39SGjbvZKMgHhIocdnzw8dUzVfWT_zK1DE/s320/PXL_20240111_180621720.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The kit comes with some nice extras like an abandoned wagon wheel, a pair of ladders and a pair of pitchforks. I also added a base and some plant growth up the barn using Woodland Scenic bushes.<div><br /><div>Suitably enthused for adding to the ACW terrain I ordered some fences from my local gaming store, which luckily for me is the gaming Megastore <a href="https://www.nobleknight.com/" target="_blank">Noble Knight Games</a>.<br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzL5_433dKeGrIidMSeYbapYLJYQA1pj7T2nNMQ3tzPZt3cZ9SlwiRX9FyP6CFsOEv9XfJT6wI_bm21kh5btbxryCBcno0Bzj1nL2DhZowqz59Prfa4GbCBF-5GrhT__sanFc8_-2XJe9PJINR-xVr9tNusa-wM09bfgsXviLukSV8lzDNEGTOK6DNdY/s1280/PXL_20240111_180716244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="1280" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzL5_433dKeGrIidMSeYbapYLJYQA1pj7T2nNMQ3tzPZt3cZ9SlwiRX9FyP6CFsOEv9XfJT6wI_bm21kh5btbxryCBcno0Bzj1nL2DhZowqz59Prfa4GbCBF-5GrhT__sanFc8_-2XJe9PJINR-xVr9tNusa-wM09bfgsXviLukSV8lzDNEGTOK6DNdY/s320/PXL_20240111_180716244.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>They had in stock one pack of the Renedra Cross & Rail Fencing which although are a pain to build they do take a relatively simple paint job well. A spray of dark brown primer then a couple of highlights.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9kBF9badtefofsCEGip3Bz4VZDbMg6z2EygYljFRxU6v41ldSvZkNG-Ru0-NnMMH3OwRG6-rgvJdx28yASOBBKHLVUUoTWmhWVT31Xil0P5OzovzGg4ZoVAvqlcmEW9bQIwd_RiBSG03SnkdEwnGixMYAKfwH0kNUB5N9rW88Cx4-R1pJrYQDkYzKPQ/s1280/PXL_20240111_180732464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="1280" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9kBF9badtefofsCEGip3Bz4VZDbMg6z2EygYljFRxU6v41ldSvZkNG-Ru0-NnMMH3OwRG6-rgvJdx28yASOBBKHLVUUoTWmhWVT31Xil0P5OzovzGg4ZoVAvqlcmEW9bQIwd_RiBSG03SnkdEwnGixMYAKfwH0kNUB5N9rW88Cx4-R1pJrYQDkYzKPQ/s320/PXL_20240111_180732464.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I also picked up their last three packs of the Renedra Worm Fencing. These are OK but have some horrendous mould lines and don't fit together that well. As I was building them I decided that they would benefit from adding some uprights in the angles and also making some of the ends taper off. <br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvELQeQiTnOT9HmIISHcduJh1b1SxXhoxBd6WfsQ-JizwD3UastdgzWvU1mSDPFmnLdUMklEibTRQYnMtkVoGt1gwO0S7MPqOI6T_zBdhvJ5vJ2mWJCD-AH6gvz1THXagM8wrv2IKG1-qvLSjZ4C9a1kDCb4yFrrhallAv0z0jQ8n0x5wA0zPStdDFUc/s1280/PXL_20240111_180847276.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="1280" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVvELQeQiTnOT9HmIISHcduJh1b1SxXhoxBd6WfsQ-JizwD3UastdgzWvU1mSDPFmnLdUMklEibTRQYnMtkVoGt1gwO0S7MPqOI6T_zBdhvJ5vJ2mWJCD-AH6gvz1THXagM8wrv2IKG1-qvLSjZ4C9a1kDCb4yFrrhallAv0z0jQ8n0x5wA0zPStdDFUc/s320/PXL_20240111_180847276.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZhNO-e5ctd3hMmQksY4cFj2DBq64aone_ELPvo88fp9fo_L0q0OVbptaWR4YBnhiZtKhmzYUARXsiDbc-skFfMvvDe2nhkjopmwInT1dN2BAZ8bqzhKBb_yFPzautsDaJ1UiOk16rZmIDfL2UAEImYxibW8ImrNLCOk1RJnSjQ0Sat3aercD3x6xze8/s1280/PXL_20240111_180800146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="1280" height="126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZhNO-e5ctd3hMmQksY4cFj2DBq64aone_ELPvo88fp9fo_L0q0OVbptaWR4YBnhiZtKhmzYUARXsiDbc-skFfMvvDe2nhkjopmwInT1dN2BAZ8bqzhKBb_yFPzautsDaJ1UiOk16rZmIDfL2UAEImYxibW8ImrNLCOk1RJnSjQ0Sat3aercD3x6xze8/s320/PXL_20240111_180800146.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>In the end, for the six pieces I did three "middle" sections, two sections that taper off at the left end and two sections that taper off at the right end.</div></div></div></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-91630049333678907452024-01-16T18:30:00.000+00:002024-01-16T18:30:05.410+00:00WWII Tirailleurs Sénégalais (4)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCd7ghEegtf8JrwQNU4EDtMQ8FbfLX5oBSLWT9hUT26GPFmvC_5ZIo4quW7E3RHsmtSqTW_6YEpxYe9xYfD9TMMpda0Y0-JhubxdboLDiiji24gAbYlrEhqRuN2_VIwxUT2KtpHXJhT72YrzPALgzUjAXLJyaKlw2woORs3C50YPaRnsHlCfuIhMGLV3o/s1280/PXL_20240111_181019479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCd7ghEegtf8JrwQNU4EDtMQ8FbfLX5oBSLWT9hUT26GPFmvC_5ZIo4quW7E3RHsmtSqTW_6YEpxYe9xYfD9TMMpda0Y0-JhubxdboLDiiji24gAbYlrEhqRuN2_VIwxUT2KtpHXJhT72YrzPALgzUjAXLJyaKlw2woORs3C50YPaRnsHlCfuIhMGLV3o/w400-h180/PXL_20240111_181019479.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>Back in 2019 <a href="https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/" target="_blank">Crusader Miniatures</a> released some Senegalese troops to their <a href="https://www.crusaderminiatures.com/list.php?cat=9&sub=23&page=1" target="_blank">WWII French range</a> and I placed a pre-order on <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/" target="_blank">Northstar</a> and picked up at Partizan during a trip to the UK. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1KjcGdTP_jPmK_n5BtGNnQca5AhOFgfnhwUTg-Jnre_NJS9GXLlLJCmnKEo4EemD39MyAnz-Ll_cLOshnWNV2J94SCpaD6SqjjvLSlcQTsUGW65SKiry4vG2-TaExm6s1NfIe86loRIrwT4zrNB3_c1cSQpn8HDuLOs1LjZiEU3K1AkSNYesQflsEsg/s1280/PXL_20240111_181052926.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1280" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1KjcGdTP_jPmK_n5BtGNnQca5AhOFgfnhwUTg-Jnre_NJS9GXLlLJCmnKEo4EemD39MyAnz-Ll_cLOshnWNV2J94SCpaD6SqjjvLSlcQTsUGW65SKiry4vG2-TaExm6s1NfIe86loRIrwT4zrNB3_c1cSQpn8HDuLOs1LjZiEU3K1AkSNYesQflsEsg/s320/PXL_20240111_181052926.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>These were bought back to Wisconsin and I painted a platoon plus some supports for our Chain of Command games. The initial troops are posted over on <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2019/09/wwii-tirailleurs-senegalais1.html" target="_blank">Scrivsland</a> and <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2019/10/wwii-tirailleurs-senegalais2.html" target="_blank">here </a>and <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2019/10/wwii-tirailleurs-senegalais-3.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Fortunately the first blog post contained my recipe so I was off to a good start with the colours I used on these.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdZvxqttwv7FRL2yOwuU_sMvoA6TXGnFitktj0qmNDKSGn7SFyuE4_nrs2RQUcVLwO3nM2JdX9gLwzpwvVyU0xgIyMj_zK9hYAOVANgyaWKEoC6Jy7N9LdiV020m94YdC_6H3htOPPBRZCVBgv1yPE2T3yXFhyQM5xUVprOhap_MBa6U5sFQi81V-WQE/s1280/PXL_20240111_181125676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWdZvxqttwv7FRL2yOwuU_sMvoA6TXGnFitktj0qmNDKSGn7SFyuE4_nrs2RQUcVLwO3nM2JdX9gLwzpwvVyU0xgIyMj_zK9hYAOVANgyaWKEoC6Jy7N9LdiV020m94YdC_6H3htOPPBRZCVBgv1yPE2T3yXFhyQM5xUVprOhap_MBa6U5sFQi81V-WQE/s320/PXL_20240111_181125676.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I've played a few games with them, but although I painted enough infantry for the platoon, there never seemed to be quite enough infantry for flexibility in my forces, so, when Victoria asked if I had any ideas for Christmas presents, I let her know that <a href="https://badgergames.com/" target="_blank">Badger Games</a> were carrying the range and a couple more packs would be great.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="1280" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOU7N9LRXiSv8xfz9DlVPsvnbU_GxZ-yo5glQ9B48f_0dFc1IICZbAQsdJdm70vjIqKfX7XDaFRAJnMcjKTq00W7xWwsIWGjcQ3aEuHeVHF8U-cQ1kOx6cKHaESUQNz-TPmQ5XmPuKAQB2kLGu6ptBhToAcbVqx5MXL_fNIOPHrpIHORetQwnFAnqtEe4/w400-h184/PXL_20240102_123359989.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>My first figures done in 2024!</p><p>Over the Christmas and New Years break I managed to crank out a unit of Confederates between family time.</p><p>All the figures are from the <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product-category/metal-ranges/american-civil-war/" rel="nofollow">Perry Miniatures range</a> and are made up of a pack each of Confederate Infantry in ‘shell’ Jackets skirmishing, Confederate Infantry firing line and half a pack of Confederate Infantry command standing, more figures from that last pack in a future post.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFtnTPCM-qbAZbm2m14BdpfCy8HfiGqiKpcVCAIokfj1AI61CVylWj3XXgCJ63TBhWWVNm6nkbt7f9SC35l1Hef_E__nzhxIX-_-02Y920NZ7avzOfszpG7YcVVt1MnotMAPDAu2VDFnvHHJ14n4CZOKPzitV6KoI837pb0iB8GV5MnQs5vQVY2MREfA/s1280/PXL_20240102_123422221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="956" data-original-width="1280" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFtnTPCM-qbAZbm2m14BdpfCy8HfiGqiKpcVCAIokfj1AI61CVylWj3XXgCJ63TBhWWVNm6nkbt7f9SC35l1Hef_E__nzhxIX-_-02Y920NZ7avzOfszpG7YcVVt1MnotMAPDAu2VDFnvHHJ14n4CZOKPzitV6KoI837pb0iB8GV5MnQs5vQVY2MREfA/s320/PXL_20240102_123422221.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I painted these in batches of four using the same palette for each batch with a "guest colour" in each of the batches to add a touch of variety.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehkltHoFva7rkRvIDusL_cbnUIfg0RKTqGSiuvkh1lDP221onujQ7vqiDXPhbVE0ELnaVXJpOcO_f6vMd2lJoQUYgRm4M1deORgsHR5NsvtFwwg3aAVQ_Hh_6_uKVQI503Z9igrJCgJlNyy9vWNpDKg4WOpYgfpoCERiqQXj4-J_6PJD_zso8UgijPxQ/s1000/PXL_20231228_235601956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="1000" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehkltHoFva7rkRvIDusL_cbnUIfg0RKTqGSiuvkh1lDP221onujQ7vqiDXPhbVE0ELnaVXJpOcO_f6vMd2lJoQUYgRm4M1deORgsHR5NsvtFwwg3aAVQ_Hh_6_uKVQI503Z9igrJCgJlNyy9vWNpDKg4WOpYgfpoCERiqQXj4-J_6PJD_zso8UgijPxQ/w400-h209/PXL_20231228_235601956.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><p>A battery of Dutch-Belgian horse artillery has been added to the ever expanding 1815 Hundred Days collection.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxdXBndougmU9Y4QNqhg9Y7O-7D5Xq6shLv5aXAM3n_CxwIKqW3inQcipmTU0ySEHwYcCtCK5o68mI3sKzK3BSU6MM6mMzhW_IGji2nsFsx72WUViClRNfCp4Zte1lls_7h5xe797aKc_MBsgtEda_klK5_3PXcALD4RrxZBJ6UqDSbPoaSpbf3pSOuQ/s1000/PXL_20231228_235608994.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1000" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxdXBndougmU9Y4QNqhg9Y7O-7D5Xq6shLv5aXAM3n_CxwIKqW3inQcipmTU0ySEHwYcCtCK5o68mI3sKzK3BSU6MM6mMzhW_IGji2nsFsx72WUViClRNfCp4Zte1lls_7h5xe797aKc_MBsgtEda_klK5_3PXcALD4RrxZBJ6UqDSbPoaSpbf3pSOuQ/s320/PXL_20231228_235608994.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Capitaine Bijleveld's battery of Dutch-Belgian horse artillery was one of the first units of the Anglo-allied army in action at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Quatre_Bras" target="_blank">the Battle of Quatre-Bras</a> on the 16th June 1815 when they supported the Nassauers driving off the French cavalry advancing on Frasnes. Two days later they were again in action at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" target="_blank">Battle of Waterloo</a> in support of van Bylandts brigade. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmMAJJRmDuS7h7g5NGHUomuUnhMSms6Hujkdgd6BpfNhLrKGfdHdCkgeQQVpJ-c7lRqsdcO1XZfJKWrB80CX6UaIl0T7dT2CYFFL5pnWlQcFdUnHMktcmvoBzWXcVjWkHIw4s2k5E6YZxydOGdQJBKrqrdTWaWIG_648mzNc-HTZEllxgKZW32ftdDkk/s1000/PXL_20231228_235632094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1000" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmMAJJRmDuS7h7g5NGHUomuUnhMSms6Hujkdgd6BpfNhLrKGfdHdCkgeQQVpJ-c7lRqsdcO1XZfJKWrB80CX6UaIl0T7dT2CYFFL5pnWlQcFdUnHMktcmvoBzWXcVjWkHIw4s2k5E6YZxydOGdQJBKrqrdTWaWIG_648mzNc-HTZEllxgKZW32ftdDkk/s320/PXL_20231228_235632094.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The figures are from the <a href="https://www.perry-miniatures.com/product/db21-dutch-belgian-horse-artillery-firing-6-pounder-includes-gun/" target="_blank">Perry Miniatures</a> range and are very nice sculpts but do take a little cleaning up.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="1000" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6Iw0Ws73SIJRGv_jMnhuerzRg03azmobszSORpKkrcjrMl-HgFNGdJER9V5QuSrs71lK3krDWPicAj8whJfxYITTLLwDzKZY1fqILVuON29OjFOCYqsjyZH_KZFk6hoU7vIbdMevCyYYBC7fIo_L11Kk3ECCchK_E5YDxr6NVUTKI-s8GbMhOFrqp2A/s320/PXL_20231228_235555711.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Happy New Year to you all.<br /></p><div><br /></div><p></p></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-77895397170332996972023-12-31T19:09:00.001+00:002023-12-31T19:09:29.070+00:00M16 MGMC and M20 Scouts for O Group<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oT-KPEiBOV3RrWrXJ3C3VW0TERZ1xrqvh52Nz-k_ffsKxjKOIMRGq_9DCzM8y29QN1IWCB_R1JWqWYMX4HwWJ3JhRmZDNrjOwAUxtLtYz8fFoPte-hLygyVsMhcEf_4PdC-BUxl71_AGgyPGMLQLKUeCkDYc0HqMho8BtiThKYBbOqVOkbAI3X0RmBc/s1000/PXL_20231228_235240439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="1000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oT-KPEiBOV3RrWrXJ3C3VW0TERZ1xrqvh52Nz-k_ffsKxjKOIMRGq_9DCzM8y29QN1IWCB_R1JWqWYMX4HwWJ3JhRmZDNrjOwAUxtLtYz8fFoPte-hLygyVsMhcEf_4PdC-BUxl71_AGgyPGMLQLKUeCkDYc0HqMho8BtiThKYBbOqVOkbAI3X0RmBc/w400-h225/PXL_20231228_235240439.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>During the period when the blog went quiet I painted up US and German of forces for <a href="https://toofatlardies.co.uk/product-category/reisswitz-press/o-group/" target="_blank">O Group</a>. The infantry were from the <a href="https://www.victrixlimited.com/en-us/collections/12mm-1-144-infantry" target="_blank">Victrix range</a>, but the vehicles and guns were from <a href="https://www.pendraken.co.uk/10mm-world-war-ii" target="_blank">Pendraken</a>. </p><p>Last month, while back in the UK I placed another order on Pendraken to add more supports for both sides.</p><p>First a pair of M16 MGMC for close air defence. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1_5ywteVsj4n6Q4qyMUsnD2YrCc7M2UpDJ0Zt6Udw-hiw4hoLN12G0Fhly6PTzo-mW3Z4Z6GhNI-pgaYQWEVrvlmXftthaQgmY7FI4DBYaREgCSm7AeRWFwgdIwJ55Y1EAhq2RFPBG18oXtPzD5Jy9DH4zlJV3cEsszrKnBWpRD5nVFRej8IT3VaPss/s1000/PXL_20231228_235335743.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="1000" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1_5ywteVsj4n6Q4qyMUsnD2YrCc7M2UpDJ0Zt6Udw-hiw4hoLN12G0Fhly6PTzo-mW3Z4Z6GhNI-pgaYQWEVrvlmXftthaQgmY7FI4DBYaREgCSm7AeRWFwgdIwJ55Y1EAhq2RFPBG18oXtPzD5Jy9DH4zlJV3cEsszrKnBWpRD5nVFRej8IT3VaPss/s320/PXL_20231228_235335743.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1000" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyBr7i2Y83rqbMLM6-L17SMQmciGoIPeO0kivWGVD0uEUInC4NgUm_X6qv3BkZhFKMSTMCmYzXYnIiUubon8BtR_OmTSWOXr_Ori2EO333u4tSfVLCcZZYBYgUvwqXKLJY9tzKfjSS2Tw5eY5YmbUUIBQB7buZFW8KJzm6rrCQxfXS5oBF3kwuEXWLDQ/s320/PXL_20231228_235325364.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Happy New Year to my readers.</p>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-78780865836934630782023-12-27T13:54:00.005+00:002023-12-27T13:59:46.032+00:00Cold War T-62 company<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOWbzvUXcWhXU8ZMJ5h44QKajjiUQr0oC0RqbSFy9LNW94IG4Tu0hi5RaKs7uSNSESOTGxwGnn9Xp5F5Y4IeE-E8s0l2Lh3ZPdA1mLjJ-27Oj4s9nM57xYPln_wvUp-foij4G0mKaR1qIzS2-HpS3Rb6TEEHdD0zJoPHlMtPHUHmkpWoR-puuUkYhj2E/s1280/PXL_20231222_013536429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="1280" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPOWbzvUXcWhXU8ZMJ5h44QKajjiUQr0oC0RqbSFy9LNW94IG4Tu0hi5RaKs7uSNSESOTGxwGnn9Xp5F5Y4IeE-E8s0l2Lh3ZPdA1mLjJ-27Oj4s9nM57xYPln_wvUp-foij4G0mKaR1qIzS2-HpS3Rb6TEEHdD0zJoPHlMtPHUHmkpWoR-puuUkYhj2E/w400-h164/PXL_20231222_013536429.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>My <a href="https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/12/from-paulss-cold-war-t-62-company-60pts.html" target="_blank">first entry for this years Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge </a>was completed on day one.</p><p>I set the alarm for 0530 in the morning and bleary eyed, with a cup of coffee in hand I slapped a coat of Russian Green on these chaps and bases with some dull brown emulsion before starting work for the day - I'd booked a half-day off.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nNvS-JlJC6pq_O_lbBm-31wBlQikRgexr7QANKN_rGgUbAE_CA9XjRLv3IXlkJUnhON6uK9G-VusGnwXGV-QrPlp5tOPqscsRVwJXnqpTC7RxNE3k518M3MOSQmp1qbxNXu-QSIWR89EP0iD3uOf493Ctu4WEIjN3dYwBJRD32WgW4xjzLgHKHO2ZD8/s1280/PXL_20231222_013609441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1280" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7nNvS-JlJC6pq_O_lbBm-31wBlQikRgexr7QANKN_rGgUbAE_CA9XjRLv3IXlkJUnhON6uK9G-VusGnwXGV-QrPlp5tOPqscsRVwJXnqpTC7RxNE3k518M3MOSQmp1qbxNXu-QSIWR89EP0iD3uOf493Ctu4WEIjN3dYwBJRD32WgW4xjzLgHKHO2ZD8/s320/PXL_20231222_013609441.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>After lunch I was able to complete the basecoats mudding with Flat Earth and then followed by an Iraqi Sand dry-brush and once dry slap on some Military Shade and returned once that had dried to complete the bases. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSyqZIlhlBp1dbZmX_BBKal1Q5DjBoUibvVtuCKxzwJgR-AyeTlW64QE-E4OipiXOt5qUOFNkjyViOOjrhmyjcbHR5N8VOkVDfljJqFvbKPfV0RfIZBl80i5pvay2UAnnpJ5e6k9DA3mKBAMC43aNFhRgd8ENsuc9Do7D9AOSnwuGFCXAfMw5dlZQcFk/s1280/PXL_20231222_013628384.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="1280" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSyqZIlhlBp1dbZmX_BBKal1Q5DjBoUibvVtuCKxzwJgR-AyeTlW64QE-E4OipiXOt5qUOFNkjyViOOjrhmyjcbHR5N8VOkVDfljJqFvbKPfV0RfIZBl80i5pvay2UAnnpJ5e6k9DA3mKBAMC43aNFhRgd8ENsuc9Do7D9AOSnwuGFCXAfMw5dlZQcFk/s320/PXL_20231222_013628384.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeSjZOpSXURvDTEbT-FmWOhyphenhyphenbkqAgpQj2Z_LDKA3tBsBnyTnQg1Y7VYqtH7ATbcrQxJtuktDIk2mgr1aoOd0z1oysMCtlKQ2cBjnVWQ5pgzoS5X7MWbdQbPl4abnQGXcLgau4JneAr5XUy-IKD0b4N-ZdYdFNFOrJG5GZxK5jTuECv8O5fxeDPzCqYNg/s1280/PXL_20231222_013659258.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="1280" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYeSjZOpSXURvDTEbT-FmWOhyphenhyphenbkqAgpQj2Z_LDKA3tBsBnyTnQg1Y7VYqtH7ATbcrQxJtuktDIk2mgr1aoOd0z1oysMCtlKQ2cBjnVWQ5pgzoS5X7MWbdQbPl4abnQGXcLgau4JneAr5XUy-IKD0b4N-ZdYdFNFOrJG5GZxK5jTuECv8O5fxeDPzCqYNg/s320/PXL_20231222_013659258.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The tanks are 3D prints at approx. 12mm scale that chum Drew printed for me on his Elegoo Mars. These will add a whole new option of cheaper tanks to my Seven Days to the River Rhine Soviet force that currently fields the much more up to date and expensive T-64B.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG9Jhvaq5kJHT05UWJOji5nyWwzI2CYGPnpfm7EFf33cvaP2CyLitDAnYt-OONXnJCKpJ48uQidITNYqlUvT5bUYSv3fnKImyuvtndnqwdWLotuKuLRI87gvf5KdUay-5FZE281itmkSTTlknRyB5v-zzeePysjYFbm27Bqe2rULup8BGYn59_YhYvLc/s1280/PXL_20231222_013712096.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="923" data-original-width="1280" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG9Jhvaq5kJHT05UWJOji5nyWwzI2CYGPnpfm7EFf33cvaP2CyLitDAnYt-OONXnJCKpJ48uQidITNYqlUvT5bUYSv3fnKImyuvtndnqwdWLotuKuLRI87gvf5KdUay-5FZE281itmkSTTlknRyB5v-zzeePysjYFbm27Bqe2rULup8BGYn59_YhYvLc/s320/PXL_20231222_013712096.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbzfOPpb0gq5EqkDKk58eeelpyX7aU6-EPW8Q1hvE0Zfytg2GA38HzrjzTJsrLXTtc370fLUvOdkJ7lI719Xr56384nZVqNSpMHjzik5nfHhuDvsAH8wd1YY2LaBR65K2sI85ThwsJwEi1tRPwY4Ey3LRR1y91MCDr9kVXFXwj0Y15WRIY0JXqbLFoiM/s1280/PXL_20231222_013734908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="1280" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbzfOPpb0gq5EqkDKk58eeelpyX7aU6-EPW8Q1hvE0Zfytg2GA38HzrjzTJsrLXTtc370fLUvOdkJ7lI719Xr56384nZVqNSpMHjzik5nfHhuDvsAH8wd1YY2LaBR65K2sI85ThwsJwEi1tRPwY4Ey3LRR1y91MCDr9kVXFXwj0Y15WRIY0JXqbLFoiM/s320/PXL_20231222_013734908.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm looking forwards to getting these on the table.</p>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-5096084447030755382023-12-22T20:39:00.003+00:002023-12-22T20:39:22.212+00:00Anglo-allied Skirmishers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRf37LYDwJBLiyEjQ7VrkSLs6wDkU8dtydCZ7CucD7FlSw_reMNIQI1yNHKcwzzi30Is14M54a2Fc3G3UFRU29RgSsZozyJ-wvPvffoSFFPzCxigJsXlxhhQxlK81uw7euZji8JvXzZIw2DZ9AtrdnOMjh6MLl6n_nMlYbV6H050tf77G6a9nxDeCaqM/s1280/PXL_20231222_013833169.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1280" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRf37LYDwJBLiyEjQ7VrkSLs6wDkU8dtydCZ7CucD7FlSw_reMNIQI1yNHKcwzzi30Is14M54a2Fc3G3UFRU29RgSsZozyJ-wvPvffoSFFPzCxigJsXlxhhQxlK81uw7euZji8JvXzZIw2DZ9AtrdnOMjh6MLl6n_nMlYbV6H050tf77G6a9nxDeCaqM/w400-h219/PXL_20231222_013833169.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>More finishing clutter on the painting table with these few figures finished up and added to the Anglo-allied 1815 collection.</p><p>These have been laying around on the painting table for a long time, the only one that I had to add any paint to was the Dutch-Belgian officer. The others were all painted as part of earlier units and never used at the time. </p><p>Only five figures but three different manufacturers, The the KGL sergeant is a Perry plastic, one of the Hanoverians and both of the Dutch-Belgian militia are Front Rank, while the other Hanoverian is a Warlord Games plastic. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzjIWr7tbxE3y0oBsDAlxpa8k4TDYm10aIr0IfSDGftcgmOY1LIrmLvFYJWoJT6pFcCxij-NY22NKmvJorGenCDE9IAFktHtjFdoNW2idzOlxjQwFAxscrgY-55ttpNUo4OAPvE6CQqaReTrep1LN8MTU_wThpE7IsYHAW4uNZF2MaIae9RgPDPKpNvM/s1280/PXL_20231222_013842731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1280" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzjIWr7tbxE3y0oBsDAlxpa8k4TDYm10aIr0IfSDGftcgmOY1LIrmLvFYJWoJT6pFcCxij-NY22NKmvJorGenCDE9IAFktHtjFdoNW2idzOlxjQwFAxscrgY-55ttpNUo4OAPvE6CQqaReTrep1LN8MTU_wThpE7IsYHAW4uNZF2MaIae9RgPDPKpNvM/s320/PXL_20231222_013842731.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Preparing for the Painting Challenge has really helped to clear the decks this year.</p><p>The next few posts will be <a href="https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/search/label/PaulSS" target="_blank">my AHPC entries</a>.</p><p></p>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-69443267417614293232023-12-22T02:31:00.002+00:002023-12-22T02:31:04.081+00:00Gaslands: Highway Patrol Honda Civic<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4f7ixSx0RmWeF3TeDW3IOdloVIEzNluI-hlzRjzbkvSprs4jS7MEB6532X2R97bJUpCXwpJfgTGMOCyYNKiRNYIRwUBY0-62bXlLw3ZAe9IsAVCT9BXjyTVG87xf7FJYpLGYOT5LUpt-eOFxf0LoKfB1lotJWW7yU5d6mqBdJpt8T6j_zg-5mVeFUc0/s1280/PXL_20231222_013903347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1280" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4f7ixSx0RmWeF3TeDW3IOdloVIEzNluI-hlzRjzbkvSprs4jS7MEB6532X2R97bJUpCXwpJfgTGMOCyYNKiRNYIRwUBY0-62bXlLw3ZAe9IsAVCT9BXjyTVG87xf7FJYpLGYOT5LUpt-eOFxf0LoKfB1lotJWW7yU5d6mqBdJpt8T6j_zg-5mVeFUc0/w400-h259/PXL_20231222_013903347.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>More clearing the decks for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. This Hot wheels Honda Civic has been pushed to the corner of the paint desk since I moved back to Madison in April and the build was done a few months prior to that.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYy274WUtotd1oSAsMMllFnqxckwRwVZlRDtSU1xjxsdQGD5NbFO8Y3oKhxR5qe4CLWJekAMDTQDeeZ-9MVNvYyfKi4l7Zm25JTR44X1CCGEO3m__KQ-T4kPA3Ffj0tZbxag7YoZX07x0pcg1TtJoe-AcslADbk_dWLJeopmgsokyKxEgvSnEaN7QWGY/s1280/PXL_20231222_013912532.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1280" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYy274WUtotd1oSAsMMllFnqxckwRwVZlRDtSU1xjxsdQGD5NbFO8Y3oKhxR5qe4CLWJekAMDTQDeeZ-9MVNvYyfKi4l7Zm25JTR44X1CCGEO3m__KQ-T4kPA3Ffj0tZbxag7YoZX07x0pcg1TtJoe-AcslADbk_dWLJeopmgsokyKxEgvSnEaN7QWGY/s320/PXL_20231222_013912532.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It's a pretty simple build, the wheels from the basic model were replaced by ones from an <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Miniatures4uGB" target="_blank">Etsy seller</a>, fat tyres on the back with spiked hubcaps. The lighting array was from the same seller. I'd also added a front ram, but that was lost in the move.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6z3uA2Z8Az3Bhqmr7yVWelMRDsHCYSpkkcpUy-5inmvJMEyzgh1nl9wSHBN56eLV5S96azvv_NFV4bZZJUaUCpKSXtiT32kQvG_TW_kcPFfypPQtq8oIoeFsWctPlQR7mEXTUkpzMjteV4lSQJiRnSwNb6ttnUqAFgPxfYeSR3O0ouer1FtpJbyhylkM/s1280/PXL_20231222_013921743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="1280" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6z3uA2Z8Az3Bhqmr7yVWelMRDsHCYSpkkcpUy-5inmvJMEyzgh1nl9wSHBN56eLV5S96azvv_NFV4bZZJUaUCpKSXtiT32kQvG_TW_kcPFfypPQtq8oIoeFsWctPlQR7mEXTUkpzMjteV4lSQJiRnSwNb6ttnUqAFgPxfYeSR3O0ouer1FtpJbyhylkM/s320/PXL_20231222_013921743.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I've painted it to match the <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2021/11/gaslands-not-so-beat-up.html" target="_blank">truck I did a couple of years ago</a> so can now field a Highway Patrol team if the whim takes me.</p>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-62183963129395329042023-12-18T12:40:00.000+00:002023-12-18T12:40:54.584+00:006th Regiment of Dragoons - The Inniskillings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWdWMiaWd5tVUGbUbxNoTyOrSudv22in7ah0fII6V5AkQDp0TV0q-waqgf_6uqcbZuJylReMzmtjcoqhk50pjYfKkHN_IArhOviyU3Ngv_DV4cZ2s4S4lcgyspg022ZV_OuHLDzqyejGyCgePOLcr7T6mabDauQGJabo_H6c0EORct5ieHUmhL7sXKbI/s1280/PXL_20231217_155641589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1280" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWdWMiaWd5tVUGbUbxNoTyOrSudv22in7ah0fII6V5AkQDp0TV0q-waqgf_6uqcbZuJylReMzmtjcoqhk50pjYfKkHN_IArhOviyU3Ngv_DV4cZ2s4S4lcgyspg022ZV_OuHLDzqyejGyCgePOLcr7T6mabDauQGJabo_H6c0EORct5ieHUmhL7sXKbI/s320/PXL_20231217_155641589.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Like the <a href="https://scrivsland.blogspot.com/2023/12/brigade-games-exploring-officer.html" target="_blank">Exploring office</a>, I had to use Testors "not very" Dullcote, but I now have some leads on some W&N Professional Matt varnish.</p><p>Some individual shots of the Dragoon stands showing the detail on these lovely Hicksy sculpts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It may not show in the pictures, but I went for a scarlet jacket on the officer, while the rest of the troops got a darker, duller red.<p><br /></p>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-58275727420548156962023-12-17T16:49:00.004+00:002023-12-18T12:41:19.448+00:00Brigade Games exploring officer<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSQCMbbpyTbzW6nlc_HpJFsMcAHGoTzYqYpaC6jMKv3_dTBkChReB9Q9aJQe6VIN7KSeqQEHjlfzih6p6O_qOCce7TsZkTB8RLizEEB1JCNIRLjT5rdwNIFLQvMf51lWX9mhJy1kB-hqXxpBrxEd67cLfMoTKF1lZ8rXs2elUPZ10pK4D0ikkFed5bqk/s1280/PXL_20231217_155543074.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1280" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSQCMbbpyTbzW6nlc_HpJFsMcAHGoTzYqYpaC6jMKv3_dTBkChReB9Q9aJQe6VIN7KSeqQEHjlfzih6p6O_qOCce7TsZkTB8RLizEEB1JCNIRLjT5rdwNIFLQvMf51lWX9mhJy1kB-hqXxpBrxEd67cLfMoTKF1lZ8rXs2elUPZ10pK4D0ikkFed5bqk/w400-h288/PXL_20231217_155543074.jpg" width="400" /></a></p>I know, it's been over a year since my last post. In my defence I had been preparing for another transatlantic move, but I've now been in Wisconsin since April so that's a pretty weak excuse.<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XIV</a> is imminent so I thought I should get my finger out and clear the deck of work in progress.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoh9q7CUw5y5jAoU8-Ku0OmqespgVkjdah3SNKPbiiPmhsLtebqGeexQlrGLRegQ_r0vrQ4GsC1CWOP-6KtogL8SHXN2yJms4YQFl2Q2kKISUIJkmURAh15t-tXd8Epic6bpO9lS_8BjUwDhh-g-T6Jhyphenhyphen3KF7YIZqW_Y4N3iUTOQ9tHankMDFF_sZd5RI/s1280/PXL_20231217_155554320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="1280" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoh9q7CUw5y5jAoU8-Ku0OmqespgVkjdah3SNKPbiiPmhsLtebqGeexQlrGLRegQ_r0vrQ4GsC1CWOP-6KtogL8SHXN2yJms4YQFl2Q2kKISUIJkmURAh15t-tXd8Epic6bpO9lS_8BjUwDhh-g-T6Jhyphenhyphen3KF7YIZqW_Y4N3iUTOQ9tHankMDFF_sZd5RI/s320/PXL_20231217_155554320.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.brigadegames.com/BG-NBR210_British_Exploring_Officer_II" target="_blank">This Brigade Games Exploring Officer</a> has been part painted at least these past three years and was a matter of just finishing off the basecoats followed by a wash and highlights.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4YUjqRiIwajhgxKR0Inyt3AwhjNYrrRRD4gUWEH69iPG48R1D4g-sF-KcE3vF0GDBN_f5xYYuAv9zKuF8J7QXRkdca-NwyXJ8MNUwM_U1reK-8mVveproBRNSVn9uctO99ZqrTxwf0D8U6pZU4P1OMioL56Emngj2yXDQ3omNg2DnXoZehilYgLc9_o/s1280/PXL_20231217_155607479.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="1280" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4YUjqRiIwajhgxKR0Inyt3AwhjNYrrRRD4gUWEH69iPG48R1D4g-sF-KcE3vF0GDBN_f5xYYuAv9zKuF8J7QXRkdca-NwyXJ8MNUwM_U1reK-8mVveproBRNSVn9uctO99ZqrTxwf0D8U6pZU4P1OMioL56Emngj2yXDQ3omNg2DnXoZehilYgLc9_o/s320/PXL_20231217_155607479.jpg" width="320" /></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">I've ran out of Windsor and Newton Professional Matt Varnish, and it seems to be permanently unavailable here in the USA, so the slight sheen is a result of using Testors "not very" Dullcote. If I do ever get some W&N again, I'll likely give them a coat.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0000ee; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThgIyzGflrvUoxCAXoAET336f5nN1JVrkjeU5biV4VcLx-M8FBFkUBvXiFcwmSQ_F6-OtVZQlTFuZ2ZEwyIE-oNEvGqmx4OQtjgxhm1pP8fhq6XqV1NokScJSXME_KPmCtBPILjB9a_rSGawEsLVZhM3TTaPQbWX6I20uzNVeVgPBlan5suMHWJBmP3M/s1280/PXL_20231217_155616593.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1280" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThgIyzGflrvUoxCAXoAET336f5nN1JVrkjeU5biV4VcLx-M8FBFkUBvXiFcwmSQ_F6-OtVZQlTFuZ2ZEwyIE-oNEvGqmx4OQtjgxhm1pP8fhq6XqV1NokScJSXME_KPmCtBPILjB9a_rSGawEsLVZhM3TTaPQbWX6I20uzNVeVgPBlan5suMHWJBmP3M/s320/PXL_20231217_155616593.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0000ee; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This chap will serve as a character in our Sharp Practice games and as an ADC in our larger General D'Armee games.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0000ee; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8UMYv7SUp97uSm10Ojd787Jr7O5pPnOAwCYEXOmjgBT4OeAcupjUgu-OgHFIQAlyGE2jepVPU3MJ335QCr0uDt5501bMVkbfFMYxi9NZ9kIhBAyy4Dt0qPf08oPFl_049wuvl79B-mVhnPlGVruFj5DV0JOrMG-FLjs1S6R71T2rBpKXg8ZUJl6w6iY/s1280/PXL_20231217_155622642.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="860" data-original-width="1280" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK8UMYv7SUp97uSm10Ojd787Jr7O5pPnOAwCYEXOmjgBT4OeAcupjUgu-OgHFIQAlyGE2jepVPU3MJ335QCr0uDt5501bMVkbfFMYxi9NZ9kIhBAyy4Dt0qPf08oPFl_049wuvl79B-mVhnPlGVruFj5DV0JOrMG-FLjs1S6R71T2rBpKXg8ZUJl6w6iY/s320/PXL_20231217_155622642.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><<p></p></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-51579031890672080982022-10-31T09:51:00.005+00:002022-10-31T09:51:42.922+00:00Halloween Candle Jacks<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNJBeHzRjlJWr6XOKufyApvxmkHMuufdApbSPgF5KjYUZ5wNBD0SQLJqH1nq4WJ-6-b4qp1PevGkI5wfMSB6NVfJE20PP4IX__v6pCKiAmrOyEQM1XgkPFZvGxfhRcQie6eXjsVKnbnJEr61gaqQxEXKcfBRfHQ77PTAUpWciqo1f2YaHzVmWcBOh/s1280/DSCN5049.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1280" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNJBeHzRjlJWr6XOKufyApvxmkHMuufdApbSPgF5KjYUZ5wNBD0SQLJqH1nq4WJ-6-b4qp1PevGkI5wfMSB6NVfJE20PP4IX__v6pCKiAmrOyEQM1XgkPFZvGxfhRcQie6eXjsVKnbnJEr61gaqQxEXKcfBRfHQ77PTAUpWciqo1f2YaHzVmWcBOh/w400-h236/DSCN5049.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>It's been over two and a half month since I last posted anything and what with the house move and everything the painting mojo has been low and the time to work on getting it back up has been limited.</p><p>Last week I picked up a pair of <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/prod.php?prod=16766" target="_blank">Candle Jacks</a> from <a href="https://www.northstarfigures.com/" target="_blank">Northstar</a>. On Monday I got a "sorry we missed you" from the Post Office and rescheduled delivery for Friday, we would be cutting it fine to get them done in time for Halloween.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlGQeSJ6pTHvfM8oGkHntb9N2L9Ucmeh-re7umYw47TRRdJ3ivBe0n58b7-Jes5FpKyBZiuAVUV4Lv2pUVsyFbBQAJFuIDGLqKsJp7l9LijAE9RWBpJ_9ysYN91yA5XDlnczCpOet_qnK2AUibB0cS0S1FBnPaH7jEeDwp1IIXaAIIVpECFcUKwYD/s800/DSCN5060.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="711" data-original-width="800" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlGQeSJ6pTHvfM8oGkHntb9N2L9Ucmeh-re7umYw47TRRdJ3ivBe0n58b7-Jes5FpKyBZiuAVUV4Lv2pUVsyFbBQAJFuIDGLqKsJp7l9LijAE9RWBpJ_9ysYN91yA5XDlnczCpOet_qnK2AUibB0cS0S1FBnPaH7jEeDwp1IIXaAIIVpECFcUKwYD/s320/DSCN5060.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The parcel eventually arrived on Saturday, I would need to crack on to get them done today. </p><p>These are multi-part, but quite easy to put together with mitre-bond one of the one with sword and shield is a three part kit, the one with the axe a four part kit. The castings only took a little cleaning up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY-DwYR3vlZWnRjsiuG4Dwq8XRyeeRcOxFWmwKvtXlFWdkyrxRW6kj5SGejj_Sz29uaTNpkJXbc4taYMawc1zbh1LTBQYy-iEWn3ppDLES6HJl6gtPrkIeEvVQI8ihsHtOHwqGTNkAte-Jl-VUZfLJBOPkwITTZsKhyk_VUDxt4PZFF2LQaikk088/s800/DSCN5059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="800" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiY-DwYR3vlZWnRjsiuG4Dwq8XRyeeRcOxFWmwKvtXlFWdkyrxRW6kj5SGejj_Sz29uaTNpkJXbc4taYMawc1zbh1LTBQYy-iEWn3ppDLES6HJl6gtPrkIeEvVQI8ihsHtOHwqGTNkAte-Jl-VUZfLJBOPkwITTZsKhyk_VUDxt4PZFF2LQaikk088/s320/DSCN5059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After assembly and sticking on a 30mm Warbases base they were first painted with Vallejo Black Surface Primer and once that was dried given a heavy dry brush with Ivory.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoNM4DK78BXkRNis_j_f4rrqMC6DnPetjz1wfEdrrT_mNHEiyXLHwOAJFTTfZoCrAC3e4heP5KugWqz4r2coBUhoaERhHKayqB9gH2Y4cx5Jr2jOU8HbUfrzjw3XrqfROtK6E3fxWsbWe2BA07FFCyRSNF1GEDuBRXz74cag5eoS5vemNdtAjbUSa/s800/DSCN5057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="800" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoNM4DK78BXkRNis_j_f4rrqMC6DnPetjz1wfEdrrT_mNHEiyXLHwOAJFTTfZoCrAC3e4heP5KugWqz4r2coBUhoaERhHKayqB9gH2Y4cx5Jr2jOU8HbUfrzjw3XrqfROtK6E3fxWsbWe2BA07FFCyRSNF1GEDuBRXz74cag5eoS5vemNdtAjbUSa/s320/DSCN5057.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The main body was done in a basecoat of Citadel Contrast Cygor Brown and then highlighted with VMC Beige Brown. The shaft of the axe and the back of the shield were done in Contrast Wyldwood, although strangely there is not much contrast between that and the Cygor Brown.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_8uQuS8Dh-cmez68V1JlZMiw7uiIq4t9XDsEIN20YO87BQgPwKOkJx_9A6IB8Cosds-hB1diGSPjohMJ_gTboNG-on77ErpXXBjd1NNJKsen0zQVdkfw5OeGanw0YmoXTMUZ4k_h8sC083KkK9zGVvnu-WYfyskIhL7P68T7p5MA5FrWGvuaQT2Q/s800/DSCN5055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="800" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_8uQuS8Dh-cmez68V1JlZMiw7uiIq4t9XDsEIN20YO87BQgPwKOkJx_9A6IB8Cosds-hB1diGSPjohMJ_gTboNG-on77ErpXXBjd1NNJKsen0zQVdkfw5OeGanw0YmoXTMUZ4k_h8sC083KkK9zGVvnu-WYfyskIhL7P68T7p5MA5FrWGvuaQT2Q/s320/DSCN5055.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The vines were done in Contrast Dark Angels Green and the shield in Contrast Leviadon Blue and Nazdreg Yellow.</div><div><br /></div><div>I then started on the heads, the Ivory was reapplied to give a clean base and then I painted the eyes and mouths with Contrast Iyanden Yellow, with the Ivory reapplied at the centre of the eyes. The Pumpkin skin part was done on Contrast Gryph-hound Orange with darker layers added in the recesses.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY8hQywc5LNgnWEuoD4c7kX8JcrOykmTjiKnHqpbEjEsvHAgSrHxFLnxeit3kB8jrdnVQalFaoDuk3_UkME85nxk69d2AyVY76wrfJxe9E2b32o1SiMWmWCE-vc2-Ny5-96fkYJv3f6VQcWN8iw7lzQr8ecvPQDqSloQmfLn-x1Ltfk_RMqJeBn9K/s800/DSCN5053.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="800" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY8hQywc5LNgnWEuoD4c7kX8JcrOykmTjiKnHqpbEjEsvHAgSrHxFLnxeit3kB8jrdnVQalFaoDuk3_UkME85nxk69d2AyVY76wrfJxe9E2b32o1SiMWmWCE-vc2-Ny5-96fkYJv3f6VQcWN8iw7lzQr8ecvPQDqSloQmfLn-x1Ltfk_RMqJeBn9K/s320/DSCN5053.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The weapons and shield rim and boss were picked out in Contrast Black Templar and then highlighted with a couple of layers of VMC Gunmetal Grey before being filthied up with Dirty Down Rust.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once dry the base was finished and the figure given a coat of VMC Matt Varnish.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39aJjBlVi4JRN7v1Fog5J5msqDjnMINX158GKvj2GIBmrb4llZ8WAAh_9ulNgwIdsbzrzuuvwwALE8IvCyc7OAeLfM6iBeOFmIl56xbzBmbZbObaxeKXHRfBOQ_3xRo0mCB4ZWmFXpF8dy2aTMS3vs19u386bzP4e203-aU9_uZtYsNmYBTkPAuJ6/s800/DSCN5051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="800" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39aJjBlVi4JRN7v1Fog5J5msqDjnMINX158GKvj2GIBmrb4llZ8WAAh_9ulNgwIdsbzrzuuvwwALE8IvCyc7OAeLfM6iBeOFmIl56xbzBmbZbObaxeKXHRfBOQ_3xRo0mCB4ZWmFXpF8dy2aTMS3vs19u386bzP4e203-aU9_uZtYsNmYBTkPAuJ6/s320/DSCN5051.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Happy Halloween</p>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-90245708821525265032022-08-10T05:48:00.000+00:002022-08-10T05:48:43.285+00:00T'au starter force<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgLEEVmZZTYmgz1lG8T4-aN5SZtM9ikGmr8ARrPiQG3NNAdCsUh184BPTF7yyokuOrXLrHs4e6JP9YUFVD5OKgb_qfedZySxlUN9jIC4s1psOy2amBiIMfGX-cGyOz1aifiioQMAD2pXXqlh7CSnfKFZwq4kXribT0GHWYJG_mqxLIB6asAKTo9an/s1280/DSCN4991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="1280" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQgLEEVmZZTYmgz1lG8T4-aN5SZtM9ikGmr8ARrPiQG3NNAdCsUh184BPTF7yyokuOrXLrHs4e6JP9YUFVD5OKgb_qfedZySxlUN9jIC4s1psOy2amBiIMfGX-cGyOz1aifiioQMAD2pXXqlh7CSnfKFZwq4kXribT0GHWYJG_mqxLIB6asAKTo9an/w400-h196/DSCN4991.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div>It's been over seven weeks since I last posted. In the meanwhile I have played many great games but have not had the time to record them.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've also been making some slow process on painting a force of T'au for Warhammer 40K</div><div><br /></div><div>Process has been very slow, initially I assembled all the force and then sprayed it all with Colour Forge Wight Bone paint and it was a fucking disaster. Everything went chalky and bobbly and over 200 pounds worth of figures almost went in the bin.</div><div><br /></div><div>It was perfect conditions for spraying, a dry summers day with temperatures in the low twenties, so I'm not buying any of that "poor conditions nonsense."</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll not be using that shit again, it's not like it's even a cheap alternative to the GW sprays.</div><div><br /></div><div>After a trip to the Dettol bath and some meditation exercises I'd calmed down enough to start painting them.</div><div><br /></div><div>Being a kid who grew up gaming thinking for myself I don't like being told what colour I need to paint Sci-fi figures so decided I wanted dark grey uniforms with black armour and then a bit of orange detailing.</div><div><br /></div><div>I've not decided on a Sept yet, but am leaning to Farsight Enclaves.<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnDJ9w1kbr05jQsC_RanFkeQ97JPz67jVBrTtvKuZornsKsVDCL9toqI19puS7BZD1PJ4oZXHOVLpB6pFOS1p5Tiz4mfFF3cFm0UV0lQg8oOu7WTH2gVl5XlbM4UjL3Eq7tMR8T5WCa4QZEJaa8dkkjGvJTGbbfFdFPqxUQUgyRvlUe1CiSQu4Zmc/s1280/DSCN4995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1190" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnDJ9w1kbr05jQsC_RanFkeQ97JPz67jVBrTtvKuZornsKsVDCL9toqI19puS7BZD1PJ4oZXHOVLpB6pFOS1p5Tiz4mfFF3cFm0UV0lQg8oOu7WTH2gVl5XlbM4UjL3Eq7tMR8T5WCa4QZEJaa8dkkjGvJTGbbfFdFPqxUQUgyRvlUe1CiSQu4Zmc/s320/DSCN4995.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The weapons are magnetised so I will be able to swap them out for other options</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH6aCT_u1RZjcK0pjqrUj5tKUzphopXonK1Xx4258qkfMBvlr_NVi3G2o1HTzlwgl8t2Y22ExXNFlBlGseEDWiFA1o4GYZRWg7J7WELKz_bCjpKteZoOAS3LwHZeUA5R4K8CHZKY8uFF0zxBWGU6Ok_aIVEMIhzzTkPZcRhy1sw-Wra9RYtFnQ597/s1280/DSCN5003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="1280" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSH6aCT_u1RZjcK0pjqrUj5tKUzphopXonK1Xx4258qkfMBvlr_NVi3G2o1HTzlwgl8t2Y22ExXNFlBlGseEDWiFA1o4GYZRWg7J7WELKz_bCjpKteZoOAS3LwHZeUA5R4K8CHZKY8uFF0zxBWGU6Ok_aIVEMIhzzTkPZcRhy1sw-Wra9RYtFnQ597/s320/DSCN5003.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Commander can be posed on a normal base or a flight stand</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0xftszZsABv4rjQoZOkWue6anitiniUuVLWppYHjqJ1zbBDwB7uhRz9KLFWE3v7aeft5rCoRzDMdel0tcg2Jy8y6Xc7ZCoQaM8R2Cgc5pTJkb9IFTt95x2KbjtVv0bINPv0oZINCLF-2zFTl79RHihuKsy_VBQijOuAxjHdmxz9rb8asc3zr1gVd/s1280/DSCN5004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1013" data-original-width="1280" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0xftszZsABv4rjQoZOkWue6anitiniUuVLWppYHjqJ1zbBDwB7uhRz9KLFWE3v7aeft5rCoRzDMdel0tcg2Jy8y6Xc7ZCoQaM8R2Cgc5pTJkb9IFTt95x2KbjtVv0bINPv0oZINCLF-2zFTl79RHihuKsy_VBQijOuAxjHdmxz9rb8asc3zr1gVd/s320/DSCN5004.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadre Fireblade with Fireblade Pulse rifle</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZUDHQo1E7t71PmGEMJItvCQ8Sg6OeCzmxX4y8-Ai_dEKuSaXz5pwc2L5I-lLjJAMM5wW5miCSCeVu-w_r_gHRyqRgBd-2upIjMSELe9O29M9k6YJ_VnbW9ktbsWdCrndeIMJDtxUvpbNARh6PUQTI7M7cgQdFVd1GDZzRiOc3WQpKmVYVb9sTVUYg/s1092/DSCN5007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUHwb9xEcfH_47Mve0nWhHUjb1gMAJOCreKnmVlTgrz_RAtR2dOAjaBE5zy9ybPR3fPiLe0BxOhen1OPfHDDzyc9RPwX0znlI5JELzUv2ELQ-4d6pTFw5lwcl1OqAmZbk5T4n2SeCpV04_lnGBbweXFWV3bRADjLrZf2nICu1gS9aQ-30l21ml0Nb/s1280/DSCN5011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="1280" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUHwb9xEcfH_47Mve0nWhHUjb1gMAJOCreKnmVlTgrz_RAtR2dOAjaBE5zy9ybPR3fPiLe0BxOhen1OPfHDDzyc9RPwX0znlI5JELzUv2ELQ-4d6pTFw5lwcl1OqAmZbk5T4n2SeCpV04_lnGBbweXFWV3bRADjLrZf2nICu1gS9aQ-30l21ml0Nb/s320/DSCN5011.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Missile pod also has magnetised weapon options </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_sjudBC85j97bx4qazfMooEUo7nOnAOUYT6CnIQaMW4r9bTADXVZbyFA7bupCiI9jVJhIbmWtu9a8uvA_C5K8E4PD18UiL0G2J8QTWEbYliFZqZvmUo_xv1B2nmI5BnaOlvmKK09WMnJB5Zl43CLHVQ_kX2IXoTNezTOYFrwBfvKH6lOGGY1SSfP/s1280/DSCN5017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1280" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX_sjudBC85j97bx4qazfMooEUo7nOnAOUYT6CnIQaMW4r9bTADXVZbyFA7bupCiI9jVJhIbmWtu9a8uvA_C5K8E4PD18UiL0G2J8QTWEbYliFZqZvmUo_xv1B2nmI5BnaOlvmKK09WMnJB5Zl43CLHVQ_kX2IXoTNezTOYFrwBfvKH6lOGGY1SSfP/s320/DSCN5017.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strike Team with Pulse carbines<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdOpRndCZ8PtwN1mpGpNHfjF2KROosXqALjVOxSCwTEOQnZLm9OEf0qA8K7Gcf_G_srbd0liGVwxuNE4Z-0OyDjX_71mqpNUgxmnzy0g9jTSSe55sDJSd4dSjH4spUwjS_zlxKe8snLRFJxi8WKTr3B-1Cc9VOBM4w_ai3RXYBGT8b2aMqU3VSgVX/s1280/DSCN5024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdOpRndCZ8PtwN1mpGpNHfjF2KROosXqALjVOxSCwTEOQnZLm9OEf0qA8K7Gcf_G_srbd0liGVwxuNE4Z-0OyDjX_71mqpNUgxmnzy0g9jTSSe55sDJSd4dSjH4spUwjS_zlxKe8snLRFJxi8WKTr3B-1Cc9VOBM4w_ai3RXYBGT8b2aMqU3VSgVX/s320/DSCN5024.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again the missile pod has magnetised weapons options</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCewfSqtr2zfkQFAf4WYJ1S8CaSsRKbzecy9FHaYoq4Q2oolWbFJnDYgXKPrnkFqSJ2cJDznLhzaL-Vl6tiPMOr9W5gxbGZyaabMzIHd14ih-Vwqdwnvrzp6XohHP6aNC9hAoKMst4xWF1nhA2fZBGTlOCp7Yn1V8HbkOlnwYrB2RNLIHQGEANdJ1/s1280/DSCN5018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1280" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCewfSqtr2zfkQFAf4WYJ1S8CaSsRKbzecy9FHaYoq4Q2oolWbFJnDYgXKPrnkFqSJ2cJDznLhzaL-Vl6tiPMOr9W5gxbGZyaabMzIHd14ih-Vwqdwnvrzp6XohHP6aNC9hAoKMst4xWF1nhA2fZBGTlOCp7Yn1V8HbkOlnwYrB2RNLIHQGEANdJ1/s320/DSCN5018.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">XV25 Stealth Battlesuits</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yWYeHNtN0oR4CZNThRZQSMtv7wwWC95fkz-by-bg-Svfm3ogJ9Nys681v8BOTgfzC6fbkdsqLYxhExdW1P-Z_7SRFkoyuHnq9jiujetRKu_LARR_lbVgjFxonqjQY3oO5VHX2GCUMfYq4fX07MN-WiPJGnfoF0QptWxf4XL93ALrhezF5Qekacxa/s1280/DSCN5021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1280" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6yWYeHNtN0oR4CZNThRZQSMtv7wwWC95fkz-by-bg-Svfm3ogJ9Nys681v8BOTgfzC6fbkdsqLYxhExdW1P-Z_7SRFkoyuHnq9jiujetRKu_LARR_lbVgjFxonqjQY3oO5VHX2GCUMfYq4fX07MN-WiPJGnfoF0QptWxf4XL93ALrhezF5Qekacxa/s320/DSCN5021.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Shas'vre has magnetised weapon options so can switch out for a Fusion blaster</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAC7U9xiHddMnU6E6M3fJ184Vh4wjtSS14Y_Dp9m6D4XLSqcP9fMSYvPyB9pSgPmOPuTfeEGqHx_4O7_di1HyrznfgdZJnQM-7eB6Ulj0msMFDYvNSvOpWTNTbpM6KSa5fEocOWD4BHMrGiBS0BV8BAUYdYmWHcw9oqgIJlukvkhzqFw_GooaB0ekz/s1280/DSCN5025.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1280" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAC7U9xiHddMnU6E6M3fJ184Vh4wjtSS14Y_Dp9m6D4XLSqcP9fMSYvPyB9pSgPmOPuTfeEGqHx_4O7_di1HyrznfgdZJnQM-7eB6Ulj0msMFDYvNSvOpWTNTbpM6KSa5fEocOWD4BHMrGiBS0BV8BAUYdYmWHcw9oqgIJlukvkhzqFw_GooaB0ekz/s320/DSCN5025.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another unit of XV25 Stealth Battlesuits<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="993" data-original-width="1280" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Pe6Ff1IMdmkV-cmzazC9hnNpvqGJokqvP4hNUdWb2HgIoT3vvb9QmEwi_ZUTiX7KlTVOvLpgEIi70awlC-cuf8QDP1D_U-KtPk3DxpixFh-3tPig5sTEFfCft5iMKwW8DQqxR8QcDFIORwmscJRvmSIe9NhsUAR7Zry3rqikVFTJe2Ot2Dr7akIz/s320/DSCN5039.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>This lot allows me to field a 750pt force with a choice of a few options. I've got a few more bits in teh backlog to paint to take me up to about 1500pts.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>First game tomorrow against Sams' Genestealer Cult.</div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-91549938639671662802022-06-21T18:58:00.001+00:002022-06-21T18:58:20.160+00:00Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSAPPL9y8A_0Gi21mOszM0gtcxGlzXQJE3hqpYyOiCeCl4CSAslEc38JId0leYsUzk0BeUK198ikDIrWUSCEPAv_46ad_zhY2S2jP4HGUB0M9YO0kft1sX2jZra8BnvcIMYPF88bBatRXIH-t-eyOKPrmVUm0QmyQZYGl6GWKxECRio8YxaCN8u5k/s1280/DSCN4979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="1280" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmSAPPL9y8A_0Gi21mOszM0gtcxGlzXQJE3hqpYyOiCeCl4CSAslEc38JId0leYsUzk0BeUK198ikDIrWUSCEPAv_46ad_zhY2S2jP4HGUB0M9YO0kft1sX2jZra8BnvcIMYPF88bBatRXIH-t-eyOKPrmVUm0QmyQZYGl6GWKxECRio8YxaCN8u5k/w400-h299/DSCN4979.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I've added some another Fast Attack choice to Waaagh Scrivs with a Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy joining the Mob.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1280" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQKWdDoKEM8ndtQLE9S32aQFKSTurK7esqOMLsqU6AbAsnfzjm6Mel-Lg6kXnTZzSsGL03TfU8CCs59uaHVg1NvOPj92OIh6W-n_umzVii3qk0ZBqw06HIc_0gvqrz9p_hOx4LCCZfQg_958Ndj8kwsc_SrCnCmdCvJTtSlo1cQRF3YyrXlXpfnlBa/s320/DSCN4975.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Orks have now broken through the 2000 points barrier so are way larger than originally planned, but at least I now have a load of options for our 1500 point games.</div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-83219128187383992462022-06-08T11:24:00.000+00:002022-06-08T11:24:03.439+00:00Waaagh Scrivs recruits some top boyz<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgQRqGZKG-l9_ryIvOZufvsU2GdwnRtJ96XcHOuOeLnL9lX4_-znAv-TJNeLBURf-lzp77Nl3TSH4_IwFNFdNZByfUGRWci9zKPRZovdKPsZn_k6UbNJlRt_eRE5eoVMH2FI2NlXIFkNQHjUSIH9__y766w9kuYA8cldDr_Hx66wAg5UkI54AOjPJ/s1280/DSCN4960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1168" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgQRqGZKG-l9_ryIvOZufvsU2GdwnRtJ96XcHOuOeLnL9lX4_-znAv-TJNeLBURf-lzp77Nl3TSH4_IwFNFdNZByfUGRWci9zKPRZovdKPsZn_k6UbNJlRt_eRE5eoVMH2FI2NlXIFkNQHjUSIH9__y766w9kuYA8cldDr_Hx66wAg5UkI54AOjPJ/w365-h400/DSCN4960.jpg" width="365" /></a></div><p>It's really been almost a month since the last posting, I've played a couple of games, but have hardly painted anything as the mojo has been lacking. </p><p>There are already more than enough choices for me to field some variance in our 1500pt games of Warhammer 40K, but I thought I'd like to add a few more options, so these have been on the slow-burn painting for a while now.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDkWU7futNjXhwYGTXI_6qqeHr_zxzxg4T6hxCJd0LCRcPba3Auzo4zFlsIG-duJNO4wE85Xy7tz3vqxYnJD8zNADc3TOcrEIIYMZTULsS2INnBAhgkeiH2wZa8fdvZmrOxqjZY_C-xmcQI89CDH9Lc6zAHcVX0Mh21jk-8NWhLBQZ3--4ufCKj11/s1280/DSCN4965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDkWU7futNjXhwYGTXI_6qqeHr_zxzxg4T6hxCJd0LCRcPba3Auzo4zFlsIG-duJNO4wE85Xy7tz3vqxYnJD8zNADc3TOcrEIIYMZTULsS2INnBAhgkeiH2wZa8fdvZmrOxqjZY_C-xmcQI89CDH9Lc6zAHcVX0Mh21jk-8NWhLBQZ3--4ufCKj11/s320/DSCN4965.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>First chap is a Nob with Waaagh! Banner. Seventeen quid I tell ya, I must be made of teef!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1_-lPhf9HcIY3jq9rff5HbIr5cYMbbHBU4f2blQcVGNaW7xZP65liAm8BxF_2ukhn4gRLqTnbrxkM2bafu5rUwVwhGossDZ7ounp5uhHrF9NgKndA5NYnBTIv4ovN3xjSe_p_dNpv4h0AFIHwH8YfNMCAxIYx6Vw4bJzs15gT_tm6jOmzk62MgU6/s1280/DSCN4964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="989" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1_-lPhf9HcIY3jq9rff5HbIr5cYMbbHBU4f2blQcVGNaW7xZP65liAm8BxF_2ukhn4gRLqTnbrxkM2bafu5rUwVwhGossDZ7ounp5uhHrF9NgKndA5NYnBTIv4ovN3xjSe_p_dNpv4h0AFIHwH8YfNMCAxIYx6Vw4bJzs15gT_tm6jOmzk62MgU6/s320/DSCN4964.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>As with all the resin Citadel miniatures it was a pain in the arse to clean up and while preparing to lay down the basecoat I snapped the banner just above the power fist and had to pin it. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprmc8dJfWvmqfp6r4NLrzXYdJ3LkkqfTDqfXeZUY_d5BJOt8mAipb9O_R5H_JBVhFzCT7NKDnlZmRJ0k9XtTnE5e_qcIjaWt2zPD1JMa8Rj9h5fGYFqzNHNllz4SAtG2K462qANuBMcf9heayIVdOm_wqwwwk8x7Ic5RXViG4Z_u2NWfha7LR-HOm/s1280/DSCN4962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjprmc8dJfWvmqfp6r4NLrzXYdJ3LkkqfTDqfXeZUY_d5BJOt8mAipb9O_R5H_JBVhFzCT7NKDnlZmRJ0k9XtTnE5e_qcIjaWt2zPD1JMa8Rj9h5fGYFqzNHNllz4SAtG2K462qANuBMcf9heayIVdOm_wqwwwk8x7Ic5RXViG4Z_u2NWfha7LR-HOm/s320/DSCN4962.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Overall I'm happy how it came out, but, it comes in at 70pts and does take an whole Elite slot up so I'm not sure how much use it will get.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFR2zYmR3hI_s0KDtkKsoIN1Ehj3pBKH1RVs-P1ImoD5CgBbtgHdzUp-gJSStZ1XIxWRwyAVPRluy0PEf53DM-tuaxKhwj7ZFZKLZw6ne0RVzQj5-gVzSeF2_Y8pplNENyKKZpth1nbq7Jz324KlNUGSm3A2RVWkhZ7qaxe2W69t9jGd0F4AnBooCK/s1280/DSCN4973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1151" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFR2zYmR3hI_s0KDtkKsoIN1Ehj3pBKH1RVs-P1ImoD5CgBbtgHdzUp-gJSStZ1XIxWRwyAVPRluy0PEf53DM-tuaxKhwj7ZFZKLZw6ne0RVzQj5-gVzSeF2_Y8pplNENyKKZpth1nbq7Jz324KlNUGSm3A2RVWkhZ7qaxe2W69t9jGd0F4AnBooCK/w360-h400/DSCN4973.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Next chap is a Mek, hardly a steal at coff! sixteen quid! coff! Had I realised that I could have paid about £28.00 online for this chap and the Mek Workshop I would have expanded the terrain collection.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTe0YYhyXSFCvNoCWBJtU6uTBSRn_lSOWbVIkphL3Xn4UPLAKTeQnf2EAUqIAUm3eNZpdemHJHRlUhwDXgPM8u8CPKBNwzYxMwVVaXxhzW_1Y8ja7TT0s5b7Rm6dT5wdU_tht_hkXQyxzj2pW1Cv0vsrJr4LEP80uxdsK1svPwDIDXPGNTOx35Idu/s1231/DSCN4967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="1231" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcTe0YYhyXSFCvNoCWBJtU6uTBSRn_lSOWbVIkphL3Xn4UPLAKTeQnf2EAUqIAUm3eNZpdemHJHRlUhwDXgPM8u8CPKBNwzYxMwVVaXxhzW_1Y8ja7TT0s5b7Rm6dT5wdU_tht_hkXQyxzj2pW1Cv0vsrJr4LEP80uxdsK1svPwDIDXPGNTOx35Idu/s320/DSCN4967.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>It is a nice enough model when made up and being plastic rather than crappy resin with will be a lot more resilient that the chap with the Waaagh banner.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpBORyj6sjZWDK6x4_1sLg_VqBAEw9odh4_G4ngOA7fCk91nc06eI-ibR2kczVy6lhNHC3vaN2xA6t6jx5GJ15GlxUlBmiJDrTlr71o7p7Gda5VRrXK6A8URNTz8y8xsQdy0yrFLyZMTMXDuu4OSSQp5vLeKwI3CTke-HuyhlP-p0Lj6457zs5Rpa/s1280/DSCN4971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1280" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIpBORyj6sjZWDK6x4_1sLg_VqBAEw9odh4_G4ngOA7fCk91nc06eI-ibR2kczVy6lhNHC3vaN2xA6t6jx5GJ15GlxUlBmiJDrTlr71o7p7Gda5VRrXK6A8URNTz8y8xsQdy0yrFLyZMTMXDuu4OSSQp5vLeKwI3CTke-HuyhlP-p0Lj6457zs5Rpa/s320/DSCN4971.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I chose the Killsaw and Kustom Mega-Slugga option, he's already had one game against the Harlequins and came in dead useful armed like this. That Kustom Mega-Slugga can be nasty, especially when he is in engagement range with this tasty pistol.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAs0ZvDGvUelgtksgUPuqI9O4ni791tDL-uIBHdfUikvlH0Hl7UactyEA7CxhDd9PtA5TSSMweX4AngcEuv4L3_JNj0jQI805dskBOuxZD-1g0xBeptCb7fwmaRM1ifKC_osGc4WqhBE3QBEJ34reuLELIbe62FykvScb5O17v8fUcFw2zTJtivd5/s1280/DSCN4969.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="1280" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAs0ZvDGvUelgtksgUPuqI9O4ni791tDL-uIBHdfUikvlH0Hl7UactyEA7CxhDd9PtA5TSSMweX4AngcEuv4L3_JNj0jQI805dskBOuxZD-1g0xBeptCb7fwmaRM1ifKC_osGc4WqhBE3QBEJ34reuLELIbe62FykvScb5O17v8fUcFw2zTJtivd5/s320/DSCN4969.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Although taking another Elite slot the Mek is only a base 25 points so probably a lot more useful than the Waaagh! Banner.</p></div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3153068899987119320.post-34880228617415871622022-05-19T07:15:00.005+00:002022-05-19T07:15:46.854+00:00Waaagh Scrivs and the Stinkies<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb56Aq6-0_LLQy7SEmr2LGyvo_KFyhgQ89jagCF_mPIoAFqilA-asxgNE_WsMEjmv8f-OkeGHVTJN6XSVu4FHwGkgQ7mBPXNBKW5Wh-qdTThUgEZJO94wJzUx_iFj4-rrasigRlb_WL6Omt2h1z9kTc_iIq8TSJvq90x026IpfMYsfmlhIMNvyQQaY/s4096/IMG_20220518_111454996.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb56Aq6-0_LLQy7SEmr2LGyvo_KFyhgQ89jagCF_mPIoAFqilA-asxgNE_WsMEjmv8f-OkeGHVTJN6XSVu4FHwGkgQ7mBPXNBKW5Wh-qdTThUgEZJO94wJzUx_iFj4-rrasigRlb_WL6Omt2h1z9kTc_iIq8TSJvq90x026IpfMYsfmlhIMNvyQQaY/w400-h300/IMG_20220518_111454996.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>Yesterday Peter and I met up at Warhammer World for another game of Warhammer 40K. I took the Orks as usual, Pete spun the roulette wheel of selecting from his many armies and used his great looking Death Guard.</p><p>Both of us had forgotten to pack our rule books, what a pair of supposedly mature chaps we are, so we decided to use Tempest of War for our game instead, which was great as I've been hoping to do that for a while.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZfRom3bWthRVRkGsnjkXwvewIe0x870Au_bQVWH07X-ACx--Ud9x5kVm6u50XMSayaq1_7lqSqTzqDWKtnhcLckG78TWsy8nX_mdlinaaMxq4uKT4A0qRGSjoaUU2589nbspzGTqM2TJ8-odd_AHXknscM0g1sN0UgSyHYK8tnRvMQ3cpFCEanva/s4096/IMG_20220518_104312926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZfRom3bWthRVRkGsnjkXwvewIe0x870Au_bQVWH07X-ACx--Ud9x5kVm6u50XMSayaq1_7lqSqTzqDWKtnhcLckG78TWsy8nX_mdlinaaMxq4uKT4A0qRGSjoaUU2589nbspzGTqM2TJ8-odd_AHXknscM0g1sN0UgSyHYK8tnRvMQ3cpFCEanva/s320/IMG_20220518_104312926.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We ended up with opposite quarter deployments and a capture/scan for the primary objectives. I cannot exactly recall what Peter used, some Warlord, a Psyker, another character, a unit of Terminators, two units of Marines, two huge units of Pox Walkers, a large vehicle with a mortar, two floaty flamer things and a buggy thing with plasma cannons.</p><p>I took Warlord, Weirdboy, two units of Boyz, two units of Beast Snaggas, one unit of Grots, a Mek, a unit of Nobs, two units of Deffkopters, two Deff Dredds and for the first time a unit of Killa Kans and the newly painted Trukk.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx1lZjxJqeynRUrh2zL5qLvQtCCCNZ3EeajzChEWmR6NE2hz0uqv44-vt4tsXNfEFMXu4CHw4pC5NBXoXbAQHISCG-vzkWxbMix-EfbBsTUgrxuhGulDaKyUVIQReZpywbN1cTO7Ft6mfvebEnKJTOEE9UVvPnyqNSC5u6uSzduFpRI0LL5K3eTpB/s4096/IMG_20220518_104315859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLx1lZjxJqeynRUrh2zL5qLvQtCCCNZ3EeajzChEWmR6NE2hz0uqv44-vt4tsXNfEFMXu4CHw4pC5NBXoXbAQHISCG-vzkWxbMix-EfbBsTUgrxuhGulDaKyUVIQReZpywbN1cTO7Ft6mfvebEnKJTOEE9UVvPnyqNSC5u6uSzduFpRI0LL5K3eTpB/s320/IMG_20220518_104315859.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Pete took first turn and had a great first psychic and shooting phase, pretty much wiping out one of the units of Boyz, a couple of Deffkopters and a Killa Kan, but was unable to get any points from secondary's. I "First turn Waaaghed" and was into him quickly, a unit of Nobs was Da Jumped into his rear and the Boyz let rip with the shootas into the Pox walkers and charged mob handed, the Nobs tore into the plague shooting mortar thing. By the end of the turn I had picked up 10 points of secondary's.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCPlrNc8hOEkTMePBRt10mo8At68_cVWFIqdcPYTzDuMiJokEz631Cwy5H5b3ldf8_8PirZdRqofI1d_U7h5AMY4E-AzZW9yLjdDBB7KYsb69bmrmgT0LXvcWiLCyDxiqF3CdsV8GBenOfCQTgqon62wIilpIXSs2QP5lWhr6Ieshq3t--bzDSMyD/s4096/IMG_20220518_104320011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCPlrNc8hOEkTMePBRt10mo8At68_cVWFIqdcPYTzDuMiJokEz631Cwy5H5b3ldf8_8PirZdRqofI1d_U7h5AMY4E-AzZW9yLjdDBB7KYsb69bmrmgT0LXvcWiLCyDxiqF3CdsV8GBenOfCQTgqon62wIilpIXSs2QP5lWhr6Ieshq3t--bzDSMyD/s320/IMG_20220518_104320011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Turn two and things got a bit messy, the terminators and unit of marines in reserve were bought on and the Trukk was badly shot up along with most of the Nobz, but remained in the game holding the objective. The damned pox walkers and some orb thrown at it put a ton of mortal wounds on my Warboss who expired, but the lads were generally still in the game. Peter was still unable though to score any of his secondary's and was rapidly burning through his CP.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kw0pKsOdLgItXvUilxnU9NSjqPOhqH6T6Q3zbaT3Rjq5Toei-7s2xPK2O1Ss35OEYfQQm0LhH7D5ebFwT9YSSV0pzsSqT2lo21gYwPYBf5NgZTOYXI2FcfTyKF4W5RoydvavzxgDwbE3PyulSzQKY1Waan8h711T1q59GPBnyhQ2WxarHHwRHNid/s4096/IMG_20220518_111447461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4kw0pKsOdLgItXvUilxnU9NSjqPOhqH6T6Q3zbaT3Rjq5Toei-7s2xPK2O1Ss35OEYfQQm0LhH7D5ebFwT9YSSV0pzsSqT2lo21gYwPYBf5NgZTOYXI2FcfTyKF4W5RoydvavzxgDwbE3PyulSzQKY1Waan8h711T1q59GPBnyhQ2WxarHHwRHNid/s320/IMG_20220518_111447461.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><div>In retaliation the remaining couple of Nobz mashed up the mortar thing some more and the Pox walkers were pretty much wiped out to a man, the Marines that charged my Trukk full of shooters took three wounds from opportunity fire, who says Orks cannot shoot, well me mostly!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58U2iAQC6eHC5hUEGlvkRAG1Dokf-X19tRu56aW4XHxAjvLwAbAmEJfyqiL_PNoDPy1DzUwNDF9BuKr_0IxZbtJsPAlpjOQztxjwCk61golQoYJ5tDg2dAa19Ly_ynTOzTqBLgBTeCQkERxrqfZ9yRo3Mi0NBDRhiqF7FDI34C27XA6FcQ87281po/s4096/IMG_20220518_111450929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58U2iAQC6eHC5hUEGlvkRAG1Dokf-X19tRu56aW4XHxAjvLwAbAmEJfyqiL_PNoDPy1DzUwNDF9BuKr_0IxZbtJsPAlpjOQztxjwCk61golQoYJ5tDg2dAa19Ly_ynTOzTqBLgBTeCQkERxrqfZ9yRo3Mi0NBDRhiqF7FDI34C27XA6FcQ87281po/s320/IMG_20220518_111450929.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Mission rules meant no Warlord, no CP for me so Deff Dredd and Kopters joined in the big mash up in the middle and put paid to a pair of the Deathguard characters while the other Deff Dredd joined in the Trukk fight and the Orks debussed into combat. Mush mashing up ensued.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Deathguard Psyker survived but double sixed is next psyker test putting six wounds on the Deff Dredd and three wounds on himself!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMFENgpPoQI30MICS6Pk0SU3qGQYFRSL-zz3AeFwsXLxLCSNh0aOaMQcMq-j3VMJx2HEdc5DVx14eiyiU8fC93XefewGxiUOKYCslWEcSuKwrgFh-hJHCWzwBzDr4oiurR9C18d2BCk9hy5gPAHi-412zX-C-dlcJQqZ1flUQEQ47vFehLJwSOZ7t/s4096/IMG_20220518_111507908.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMFENgpPoQI30MICS6Pk0SU3qGQYFRSL-zz3AeFwsXLxLCSNh0aOaMQcMq-j3VMJx2HEdc5DVx14eiyiU8fC93XefewGxiUOKYCslWEcSuKwrgFh-hJHCWzwBzDr4oiurR9C18d2BCk9hy5gPAHi-412zX-C-dlcJQqZ1flUQEQ47vFehLJwSOZ7t/s320/IMG_20220518_111507908.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We had to call at the end of turn four as I needed to get back to work, I'd been slowly racking up the primary points, but had really scored big on the secondary's giving the Orks a solid victory.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY9dH6cZY6Tw5IP6d0_9F-FVZnK7NZk6NdIcxXI6VJiC2WH4t3Sw4firU5mXs75q-xCtp5w6t71b_yMl9OgAIeKQUhhHNXl67_E0Ar1QX0NB5y6BmbpBpWAW1bIXHmXTxFuXNuJ7XdmdBYlui1d9T4ZJYIlCE_WW26bLQmrYyjgkhrVN6CARPCii9/s4096/IMG_20220518_111513300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4096" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicY9dH6cZY6Tw5IP6d0_9F-FVZnK7NZk6NdIcxXI6VJiC2WH4t3Sw4firU5mXs75q-xCtp5w6t71b_yMl9OgAIeKQUhhHNXl67_E0Ar1QX0NB5y6BmbpBpWAW1bIXHmXTxFuXNuJ7XdmdBYlui1d9T4ZJYIlCE_WW26bLQmrYyjgkhrVN6CARPCii9/s320/IMG_20220518_111513300.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Great game again, we usually play every other week, but Peter is away next time so it's likely to be late June or July before we get to battle again.</div>Paul Scrivens-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12949398840254289016noreply@blogger.com3