Tuesday 26 September 2017

Perry Miniatures Early War Fallschirmjagers

Early War Fallschirmjagers, ready for Eben Emael, or even Operation Sealion. Perry Miniatures 28mm metal figures. Previously I had painted the Wargames Foundry range of 28mm Early War Fallschirmjager. The Perry sculpts are somewhat slimmer than those.















Cheers,
John.

Monday 18 September 2017

AB 20mm Germans

AB 20mm Germans from Eureka Miniatures, I still have two packs of SS to finish for this project:












Cheers,
John.

Monday 11 September 2017

Village People

Here's my Dark Age village setup with some of the civilians I've painted up over the last couple of years, plus a few critters. 
The miniatures are from Gripping Beast, Blacktree Designs, & Warbases  mostly.


























Friday 8 September 2017

The Navy Lark

Old farts like me might recognise the title as an allusion to the old BBC Radio comedy, which starred such luminaries as Ronnie Barker & Jon Pertwee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Navy_Lark
However it's just a play on the theme, as these wee chaps are from a much earlier time of the Royal Navy's history.
The other part of the commission that included those Perry Marines, was this assortment of Napoleonic era Royal Navy characters from Brigade Games in the US. They were a delight to paint, Paul Hicks has done a cracking job with the sculpting.





















Old Guard & a Note of Caution

 Hi Everyone! Here are some pictures of recently completed French Old Guard from North Star Military Figures Retreat From Moscow range. Plus...