Tuesday, 9 April 2019

On the Workbench: More Medieval buildings, 2mm Naps and new deliveries.

On my return from holiday I found some very welcome home parcels:

In the foreground my largest 6mm Baccus order to date. Zulu Wars and ECW mark the start of those projects plus more Spanish Napoleonics and some river sections. Top right is a Heroics & Ros order which almost completes all the figures and vehicles I need for the Landing on Rhodes. There is more stuff also for Op Market Garden.

The unopened packages are buildings and earthworks from Total Battle Miniatures for Grissburg (Nap campaign) and Gettysburg. A few paints, some D10's and flock completed the collection of goodies. 

Unfortunately real world matters restricted my wargaming since return but I did manage to complete these that had been started before my break:

A couple more medieval buildings and another 2mm Austrian brigade base. A slightly different configuration from my previous bases and again represents a 3,500 strong brigade.

These represent the last of the medieval buildings for now and I intend to concentrate on completing the terrain required for Grissburg. The 2mm will continue in slow time including various buildings. I have also prepped an ECW regiment of foot. Could not wait to get started on these being one of my all-time favourite periods that has had little attention over recent years. 
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17 comments:

  1. Norm9 April 2019 at 18:55

    Jon, one one hand it looks like Christmas, on the other ..... that is one serious lead pile :-)

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    1. Jon Bleasdale9 April 2019 at 20:51

      Ridiculous isn't it. As fast as I am clearing one lead pile I am creating another!

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  2. Peter Little9 April 2019 at 19:04

    Hi Jon

    That is a lovely parcel to receive on your return but those 2mm figures really frighten my painting senses.

    Regards

    Peter

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  3. Jim Jackaman9 April 2019 at 19:41

    Blimey! That's a lot of very tiddly lead!

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    1. Jon Bleasdale9 April 2019 at 20:56

      Somehow I don't think I will be doing too much skirmishing with this lot. Just got to live long enough to paint them all!

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  4. Jonathan Freitag9 April 2019 at 20:06

    Now that is a nice box of lead to find on one’s doorstep.

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    1. Jon Bleasdale9 April 2019 at 20:58

      Certainly a pleasant way to return from hols. Painting them all is another matter.

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  5. Gonsalvo9 April 2019 at 22:33

    A fine haul to be turned into lovely armies.
    The 2 mm guys, though... shudder! :-)

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  6. Peter Little10 April 2019 at 06:59

    Hi Jon

    Which flock are you using for 2mm and 6mm bases as I have a fair bit of basing to do to say the least.

    Regards

    Peter

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    1. Jon Bleasdale10 April 2019 at 08:45

      Hi Peter.
      For 6mm I use the summer flock supplied by Baccus which has shorter hairs. I toyed with the idea of using this for 2mm but felt it would overwhelm the figures so I am now using Woodland Scenics fine turf in 2 shades of green. I have just taken delivery of Javis Scenics light green course grass to provide further variation. Will give that a try out too and see how it fairs.

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  7. Peter Little10 April 2019 at 11:58

    Thanks for the information Jon really useful.

    Regards

    Peter

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  8. Steve J.10 April 2019 at 13:33

    Blimey, that is a lot of stuff! Look forward to seeing how these projects progress.

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    1. Jon Bleasdale10 April 2019 at 15:44

      It will certainly keep me busy for a while Steve. Looking forward to getting stuck into them.

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  9. Mike Vella10 April 2019 at 15:10

    Way to go Jon! Nice pile :)

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