Mutton Chop WW1 Test figures

[mikeland]

Got these to give this range a try, test colours etc.

[Cubs]

It's not a period that interests me, but anything by Paul Hicks turns my head. I've been reading a little about the BEF and the first few months of WW1 seem to be a rich vein of skirmish opportunities.

[westwaller]

They look great Mikeland! It is a period that interests me, but there are too many other things to paint at the moment to be able to dedicate the time to it...

Seeing your post here reminded me to check out your English Civil War blog- I see Hawksbys are still recruiting... Some great conversions there and the comic book is a joy too.

Keep up the good work and drop by LAF more often!

[Silent Invader]

Nicely done. 

I also painted some recently and they are lovely minis to work on

[Metternich]

These are very nice indeed.

[Rob Herrick]

Very very nice work there!

[Marine0846]

Excellent painting.
Yes, you have to love Paul Hicks' figures.
They are so good.

[grant]

It's not a period that interests me, but anything by Paul Hicks turns my head. I've been reading a little about the BEF and the first few months of WW1 seem to be a rich vein of skirmish opportunities.

I'm with you. Anything after the trenches, barring maybe the 100 Days at the end, isn't for me. The actions in the beginning, quite interesting.

Also, I like the eastern front quite a bit, mainly because no one games it. That in itself makes it interesting, plus my great-grandfather was a medic in the Russian army.

Fantastic work Mike, lovely painting on great sculpts!

[mikeland]

Thanks folks!

They are really superb sculpts, a joy to paint, I shall certainly be getting more, when funding allows.

[Cubs]

I'm with you. Anything after the trenches, barring maybe the 100 Days at the end, isn't for me. The actions in the beginning, quite interesting.

For a long long time I was seriously planning projects based in WW1 Middle East and also WW1 East Africa, but like so much else they fizzled out in the end when the next shiny thing caught my attention.

[Ballardian]

Nice work! Love these minis, so much so that despite WWI not being something I'd done any gaming in I had to get some (planning to shoehorn some into a friends 1920's London based Call of Cthulhu games)>

[mikeland]

For a long long time I was seriously planning projects based in WW1 Middle East and also WW1 East Africa, but like so much else they fizzled out in the end when the next shiny thing caught my attention.

I once played a great Space Hulk style skirmish game set in the trenches, but otherwise I've never wanted to game WW1 much.

These will most likely remain on the display shelf (unless they end up fighting daleks or scarecrows).

[archiduque]

Nice work!!

[David]

Very nice done figures
shame about the bases ? were they meant to be mud ?
In 1914 from what I remember, they were fighting in fields etc
in 1915 they dug in.

[mikeland]

Thanks chaps

@David
Thanks dude but I'm pretty sure they dug in from the end of September 1914 onwards. Plenty of mud around in 1914 ;-)