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Two new graduates in the family-

and their undergraduate sister on the right...

My daughters were most generous for Father's Day-

Including this utterly  splendid book-

which was new to me completely.

Northish Westish 1885ish

Last summer my eldest and I painted some 54mm old Britains figures. She added detail and faces on them for me. Of late I have fancied giving them an opponent in the form of Metis and Indians- a vague 1885 North West Rebellion vibe if you like. With this in mind I have undercoated some Armies in Plastic Boers as a first step.Can anyone suggestion plastic Indian figures to use alongside them?

If H G Wells had known breakfast biscuits, or a work in progress...

Currently working on these buildings here pictured with some 40mm Bavarians. Idea came to me whilst recycling and I hastily saved the packaging!  I will work more on them at the weekend.

The Ducal Weekend...

Yesterday was Anna's degree show in Gala. We travelled by train to go to it and spend time with her. Here is the proud ( and rightly so ) Textile Design student with her  final work-

Today I have been enjoying the garden-

and the pea or bean structures built today add height-

On the march- Mythical Earth Rampant

Wargs,giants and bats on the move to meet the forces of Good...

Elves

Some of  my newly based Mythical Earth Elves-

Also got round to painting white bases of the trees with green paint.

Carronade, Falkirk

A most enjoyable day at the show. I was tempted by the Warbases Roman buildings but resisted just.Met some folk and enjoyed seeing the games especially a division level acw game, a 28mm WW2 game set on an imaginary Greek island and a 42 mm SCW game with a slogan drenched train. However, for me the star of the show was the Westerhope chaps 40mm game complete  with visual effects-

Great game and friendly to talk to too ,what more could one ask!

Got the book below for a fiver and was delighted-