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InterestIng times!!! What's on the bench?
So I'm not going to ramble on about the current crisis and is it over reacting or not - bottom line is whatever the issue a lot of people are going to suffer.So now that Salute is cancelled and I...
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Action at Oberelsungen
I mentioned in my last post that I was due to meet John Dougan at Charles Grants last weekend to fight a couple of 'small actions' for his forthcoming publication.As we had already decided to cancel...
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Time well spent
in between clearing orders for Crann Tara I've seized the opportunity to catch up on a number of things that need finishing.I am hoping to bring my Culloden project to a close this year and put the...
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More progress
Continuing to seize the moment to finish all the bits and pieces that have been on the bench for too long as well as painting some new pieces.This week I managed to do the horses and base up the second...
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A game at last
After much last minute painting ( incl 24 figures in two and half hours) I managed to pull together enough 15mm figures to do the first scenario of my Gettysburg project!The game pits Archers and...
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Bits and pieces
last week my son and I played a couple of games of Command and Colours AWI, he enjoyed it and asked if we could do more but link it to something.Therefore starting this week I'm using Give Me Liberty...
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New figures to play with
Well whilst this post is about some new pieces for my Crann Tara range they are here as some will be hitting the paint bench immediately.Rogers Rangers are Richards latest sculpts for me and I'm...
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It's arrived
Charles Grants new book 'Refighting History Volume 8 - The Seven Years War Western Theatre, small actions' was released a couple of weeks ago and on Monday 18th Dave Ryan at Caliver books duly posted...
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A brief interlude
I needed a break from painting and doing Crann Tara orders, with a nice day forecast I arranged a game with my son - nothing too onerous as it was also a good opportunity to spend time outside.Anyway...
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Rearguard Action
During this crazy time my son and I have been trying to get a weekly game in. This week he asked if we could do 18th century - he admitted he's never looked too closely at my figure range and other...
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Off the bench and another scenario
Spent part of day finishing off a few figures, first up 12 more bases of highlanders, standards haven't been issued yet as I need to get the collection out and work out exactly where I am. In the...
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Another 'Scenario for all Ages'
Yesterday my son and I played another battle pulled from the excellent publication ( I'd really forgotten how good this book is)This time it was 'Flanking Force' and is loosely based on the Battle of...
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Back to some printing
I needed a break from the paint, many years ago the Teesside triumvirate as Duncan used to call us had plans to do an 18th century version of the raid on St.Nazaire, well I’ve dug the notes out and...
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Battery painted
Thought I’d make the most of the weather so in between gardening slapped some paint on the coastal battery, the doors are still to do and a little more weathering but it’s looking better.
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Just a short post to sound people out, I know we will all be moving to ‘new blogger soon’ but is anyone having problems with comments etc.I suddenly find I can’t reply to comments made on my blog in...
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Command and Colours chill day
My son popped round for a few hours today and he had asked if we could continue our Command and Colours AWI run through.Today we went for the Battle of Monmouth, again I just ran with the game scenario...
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Feeling a bit ‘flat’
There are only so many tartans you can paint before you need a break.Paul Robinson - Grimsby Mariner on his blog had gone back to his SYW project using flats and of course that got me thinking!I’ve had...
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A bit more C&C and a touch of nostalgia
Last week saw my son and I continue our AWI foray using the Command and Colours game.On this occasion we started with Grant’s attack at the Battle of Long Island. In effect the British were attacking...
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This week off the bench.
well I’ve finally finished the 30mm flats and made lots of notes on rules, figures etc.I’ve enjoyed doing these and look forward to doing more.Steve finished painting the new Mowhawk figures, I’ve...
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Off the bench this week - ( Reinforcements for the Mohawks and more flats!)
This is my third attempt to post, apologies in advance if my text suddenly gets underlined! I’m finding that once I post photos then all the text gets underlined and I can’t remove it!Anyway I finished...
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