So if we are lucky, we get a holiday once a year ( if you are even luckier, you might get two ?) .
A couple of years ago, I cottoned on that I could take a shoebox of figures and paints away with me, and as the wife and kids had a “lie-in” every morning, I could wake at the crack of dawn, and get some figures finished (if I was quiet of course).
Well the shoe box has got bigger and bigger every year, as I get more and more ambitious as to what I might be able to finish. This year that shoebox has become a fold down crate (gulp !)
As the wife and kids have slept, this is what I have churned out....
Ww1 East Africa - 28mm
I needed some boats, sailors and deck kit, for our East Africa games, so have been able to paint some sailors as Brits, and some as German.
British sailors
German sailors
Deck guns
I also decided I wanted a radio antenna for our games, so I built one that will do the job. It came from Warbases. Here you can see it with A new German landing party that has been finished.
The German landing party plus mg.
And finally for East Africa, I’ve completed the worlds hardest gun to make. It’s the Indian mountain gun from Empress Jazz range. It was a pig to build, but worth it in the end.
From this ....
To this .....
Ok, next topic....10mm Cold War.
These have been ongoing for a few years, and with Has.been on my back to finish them, I thought I would bring them away and try to sort them.
I’ve been able to base them all now, but still need to finish off some of the British tanks.
Soviet bmps
British armour.
Finally. We played a fun game of ww2 Fall of France in 20mm, using Rapid Fire rules a couple of weeks ago.
I decided after the game, that the German forces needed more recognisance units, so I ordered some 20mm plastic motorbike and sidecar figures. I went for plastic, as the metal option seemed quite expensive.
I ordered a box, but was then talking to JC from our group, that said he has another couple of boxes of the same figures, on the top of his wardrobe. Oh heck I thought, I’ll end up with loads of them...guess what...I did end up with loads of them. The black ones were built before I came away on holiday, and I have built the others whilst I’m away.
Looks like a big painting section for these when I get home .
Built and undercoated before I came away.
Now millions of them.
Happy holidays....I think I’ll need another one after getting up early every morning to do this.
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