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Blue, White, Orange and Whoops!

I am a bit knackered today but decided to paint something.

As the civilians and guards were Undercoated then they seemed suitable.

Well off I set…

Did a few civilians in the blue then decided as the blue was out already went for Lady Merron’s guards as these are quartered blue and white. I did the female guard first, then did everyone else the other way around…. I did swear a bit!

Typical that these are the off white undercoat, but as it is just her (oh and part of one leg on another) I will just use white…

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Knights Done

I ran 7 hours of moving and handling training today so was a bit zonked. I did manage to get the knights finished off…

As you can see from the first pic, it is always a good idea to check both sides before deciding they are painted.

My Temu order arrived, cheapskate I know, but ..

Anyway I got a tiny mitre block that was 3D printed and sadly it is a bit warped…

It’s really hard to photograph a curve, to make it look like one so I grabbed the straightest thing I could find. I have shoved it under something heavy to try and flatten it out. It was dirt cheap so not stressing too much

I ordered some cheap stuff for my course which begins in a month!

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If Aliens Arrived

If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?

Well likelihood is I wouldn’t have a chance as some trigger happy idiot  would shoot them… But if somehow they weren’t mercilessly gunned down I would ask if they fancied a cuppa.

Not very original I know, but they have potentially had a long journey and it is good manners to offer them a drink.

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My Philosophy

What’s a personal mantra or philosophy you live by?

Come and sit at my feet and hear my wisdom….

I firmly believe in the saying:

“It’s nice to be important, but it’s more important to be nice;”

I honestly don’t care about your race, religion, creed or sexual orientation… All I care about is whether you are nice.

Sorry, you trudged all this way for that!

Other Guru’s and Wise Ones are available.

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Zulus… Thousands of them….

Well okay, about seventy six would be a closer estimate.

So my Wargames Illustrated came with a ‘free’ sprue of the new Warlord Games Range of Smaller scale Black Powder.

Do I like them… Yes.

Am I going to get any…sadly No.

At £250 for Isandlwana and £220 for Rorkes Drift then they are outside my pocket money range. A brigade box is about £31.00.

These will not fit into any other range of miniatures both size wise and stylistically.

So as much as I love the Zulu Wars I will have to give them a miss….

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Halt!

“Madam, Yes you with the Fish! Halt and explain yourself! My men are armed and ….I said HALT….Bugger! Unfortunately the last words of Guard Captain Fishwife. A poor name in the circumstances

The last civilian and five guards from the sprues. For some of the guards I mixed in bits from the sergeants sprue and also gave the female one flowing locks from the civilian set.

Now I think I still have more civilians and definitely have more guards to go. I will build them once this lot are painted.

I also have five sergeants and a knight left to build too.

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Battlefield Looters?

As I needed to have a bit of a snooze this afternoon I decided to stay up late and make some more civilians.

I started with the gentleman and thought about him being a bit of a tinker or something but then I saw the weapon roll and the looter was born. His wife followed suit with her ‘found’ sword and a bag of coins she just happened to find along a track.

Got one lady left to build and then onto the five guards.

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Even more Civilians

So left to right:

An enchantress?

Beggar, maybe, but definitely down on his luck.

A lady with a purposeful stride and an interesting sack of something.

A woodcutter? Body from Traitor’s Toll, arms and head from the militia/foot sergeant set.

Finally a youngish lady who seems to be carrying nothing.