All in a days work

On the Guild Forum they are running a Winter themed build with a deadline on 2 Jan.  When it was announced I thought it would be a good chance to do some of the Ardennes SS I have.  But the excitement of Christmas (and painting the para supply units and 21 Independent Coy) got the better of me and no more thought was given.

Until this morning when I noticed it again.  As a ribbon was up for grabs - I dug into the lead pile and found one of the wonderful Lamercraft Miniatures sets "Ambush at Poteau".  It is a set of 5 figures based around a famous set of photos, including the one below:

So at 12:35pm I gave three of them a shot of Citadel White and waited patiently for the recommended 2 hour drying time.  35 minutes later had a few base colours on:

It was my first go at doing SS camo so tried out an Oak Leaf pattern (Spring I know - but they would have worn anything they could get their hands on) with Italian camo pants.

Here is the result.

British Airborne Supply

Over the past year I have painted a British Airborne Airlanding Brigade (1st Airlanding Brigade actually). 

I am gradually painting out the remaining units of my British Airborne forces. First up are the beginnings of the supply units.



Wicker baskets and canisters - AB




Brittania canisters





Handcarts - AB and Battlefield



A return to my favourite period

When I was younger I exclusively collected and gamed with 6mm or 1/300th figures.  A work sojourn to the UK for a few years in the mid 1990's meant that I met up with Adler miniatures and I fell in love with them.  Initially I was only going to collect armies to do the various battles in the 100 Days campaign.  But over time this has grown to encompass may other armies.

While I have continued to slowly build these armies, since then I have wandered off into many other periods and scales.

With the coming of the 200th anniversary of the Napoleon's campaign into Russia, I decided it was time to move back to the unpainted lead pile and get the Russians done so I can game various battles in 2012. 

Here is the unpainted Russian stuff I have found this morning - I am sure there are a few more divisions in a box somewhere and I have no cavalry or artillery in this pile - they too are stored somewhere else.

I will chronicle the painting of these over the year.