Yes me and the little chaps are getting acquainted again this evening.
Pikes back centre, shot on the left, swordsmen and pole arms on the right. Leonardo in the centre and a spare command/pole arm unit front right.
Cavalry and Artillery still to do.
Look at this, up with the larks and motoring.
I started on the rest of the miniatures this morning and it did take a good while. Sadly it wasn’t just the bases
It was a bit time consuming, I don’t mind the odd bit of clean up, but it was almost as if it was every other miniatures. Maybe I am now a proper old Grognard.
Yes I eventually got enough energy to actually sit down and start working on the Florentine army.
I didn’t get them all done, just the Pikes and gun crews… Yes crews. I was convinced I only ordered one.
Well I checked. I actually ordered two, but got a whole gun crew instead of just the Gun captain.
So yey me! Do I make it into a three gun force….mmmmm interesting conundrum. They were super wealthy and do have a certain Leonardo Da Vinci in the box with them. I am sure he might have some cunning ideas.
Huzzah toys have eventually arrived. The buggers must have put up a heck of a fight as the postman broke my post box lid getting them in.
Oooooh those little men are doing my head in. Still not here. By the time they arrive they will have marched their legs off (or drowned crossing the sea).
Oooooh Just had a thought, maybe Mike offered them more money. Ooh those conniving traitorous dogs!
That’s it, Florence is off my holiday destination list and the Florentines won’t be getting a Christmas card this year.
Well okay, I may be being a bit overdramatic.
I Scampered up the track on Saturday and today, I know it is Sunday, but you never know.
Guess what wasn’t there, that’s right my box of soldiers. Those Pesky Swiss will be winning this particular arms race.
On the AA Website it states:
That got me wondering… I wonder who will be next? Maybe Venetians or their ally (at times) x the Ottomans.
Well they are next to each other in the book.
Milan, Naples… Who knows? Might not be anything lol.
Well I got a little package from the lovely people at War bases today.
I ordered it on 20th and although they had to cut these specially out of black plastic they still had it on my door in 6 days… well done them.
I was wanting 20x40mm and 30x40mm in plastic and no-one could do both in standard packs. Warbases did clear plastic, but I am a fussy bugger and didn’t want to see miniature bases and superglue from underneath. They were happy to make them out of whatever colour I wanted. It did incur an 80 pence increase per pack, but I was pre-warned that the coloured plastic was more expensive. I felt it was worth it as I got what I wanted
I also ordered my army on the 13th February and it was posted today. What is odd is my mate ordered his troops from the same company on the 18th and his arrived yesterday… Booo Hiss.
So mine will possibly arrive Saturday if I am lucky. Next week if not.
I decided to be a bit artistic and did some art based on my favourite artist.
I haven’t used oil pastels in years, so not to disappointed.
In my younger days I used to go hither and thither with my trusty chum and our five man canvas tent.
Our favourite place to go was the Lakes. We would get the bus to Keswick from Newcastle and spend a few days over there before hauling the bloody thing back again.
One Easter, disaster struck and we were at an awesome camp site at Ashness Bridge. The temperature plummeted and we were stuck. Blizzards whirled around us and we decided to sit it out.
One morning after surviving a night on Kendal Mint Cake and Hypothermia we were awoken by a knock on the door.
A policeman stood there shivering. He told us to get out as we were loitering Within Tent.
Get it, Loitering within tent…. Okay I’ll get my coat.
Well after the dog ate my sprue the other day. Well yesterday she ate something a bit more irreplaceable 😔
I loved my Deer skull, she evidently thought it was her latest chew toy. It must have fallen or been knocked off the shelf.
All the beads have gone, they will probably appear in a poo bag in the fullness of time.
Luckily the actual Skull survived.
Yes, after really having to force a couple of the magnets in I decided on going for 3.5mm. I was really worried that I would end up snapping something off with the pressure I was having to use. I was probably compressing the tiny amount of air to about 50 psi 😂.
Not pretty but they are in. To be honest there is more superglue on my fingers than is on the bases.
And why am I doing this? So I can put them on an old saw to spray them. Lol. Honestly I sometimes wonder about myself.
Bogenwald 