Prometheus in Aspic

 For the last two days I've been working on rescuing figures from the Painted Spares boxes to assemble some of the 3-man infantry compa...

 Yesterday I picked up my brushes for the first time since May; very easy session, enjoyed it. I completed some more of the siege-bits pile ...

 I showed a glimpse of these chaps in the Refurb Box a week or so ago. I finished the painting a couple of nights back - they are now based ...

 ...and enjoying it enormously, to be honest! And, of course, I am laughing at myself as yet again I make the amazing discovery that a simpl...

 I've been doing some refurb work in odd spare evenings, encouraged by the cooler weather. I bought in some pre-owned cavalry, added a c...

 Time to tidy up my brushes and paint pots, and get my desk cleared ready to fettle some more figures for proper painting. The plan is to g...

 Extra figures painted, flags (by David of Not By Appointment ) added, bases magnetized, photo taken in garden.   Régiment de Langedoc - 20m...

 This week I was handed a dose of Real World which has effectively put a stop to much of what I had been hoping to do over the Summer. With ...

 Last night I did some more work on tidying up my small pool of WSS General Officers, so that I can manage to put on a decent-sized game whe...

 Been busy last couple of weeks - keeping my head down to avoid seeing the news. Five new battalions ready for duty. I'm pleased with th...

 These are (mostly) very old figures from Eric Knowles' collection, so this has been a return to my Refurb Factory desk. Eric used large...

 For a while I've been intending to take advantage of the strange world of Covid limitations and do some solo work on getting the hang o...

 "They will say what men say now, Sire: that you have extended the limits of refurbishment." Almost two years ago, I bought the 20...

    Webb's Foot. Yes, it is a very childish joke, but I've had good mileage out of this one; I've managed to exasperate most of ...

 Another new unit ready for the Duty Boxes. This one very nicely painted for me by Count Goya, the famous international polymath and part-ti...

 Four new units based and flagged yesterday. First of all, some lovely paintwork by Lee; I am very pleased to welcome these two units:   1st...

 After a few months off, to leave space for some heavy Real Life stuff and also to avoid some oppressive heat up there, I've got back to...

 I was sorting out The Cupboard the other day, to get the French soldiers into a logical order (which helps a lot with setting up and puttin...

 On the phone yesterday with Stryker, the topic of vintage Hinton Hunts came up, as it tends to. In particular, I was interested in the Hint...

 I have a number of refurb jobs on the go at the moment - quite a lot of them, in fact - and I find it satisfying when I complete one, but i...