“ When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go
Morning, I just wanted to say I am having problems leaving comments on other people’s blogs as well as replying to comments on mine. It is not that I am not interested in what you comment or blog but I am beset by yet another technical issue. Hopefully normal service will be resumed shortly…
Painted up yesterday the movement trays I had got on Tuesday in the Warbases shop. I gave them three coats of paint. They were bought to use with my Jacobites.
I have been binge watching The Last Kingdom recently. I didn’t really enjoy it much the first time round and never watched more than the first series. However now I am hooked and onto series four already. It has renewed my interest in the Anglo Saxons in particular. I have started rereading books in the Ducal library and adding to it in the shape of the Arman book. I’ve been going on the Regina Anglorum website and digging out the Ian Heath WRG old favourite. Imagine my delight when I saw some old school 25mm figures on EBay,just the thing for a small dark age set up. The figures arrived weaponless as expected , so I have sent off for some swords spears and axes. Not a rivet counter project ( none of mine are , thankfully) I sorted the figures out using the criteria mentioned in the photos ( click on them to enlarge) below-
Any comments on my sorting very welcome. I am always glad to hear the ideas of the readers of the blog.
Finally I looked at the splendid Bad Squiddo “ Lady of the Mercians” but felt she would tower over my old school 25mm. Some thinking later I have come up with a possible alternative, more anon …
Popped by the Warbases shop yesterday. Eric was in his element, as all visitors are. I needed some movement trays and Warbases were kind enough to make them there and then. Excellent service!
Had a grand day out yesterday with Eric and his wife Sandy ( VWC , Fife and Drum Forum etc etc) and Ronnie , who acted as driver . Prestonpans battlefield, Luca’s Musselburgh, Blackness Castle and Linlithgow. Great company, fascinating conversations and terrific fun. A day to remember and the sun shone too!
Eric even had remembered the book with the map, excellent staff officer or logistics work.
On the Fife and Drum forum there is a thread named the Grr Thread for things that are annoying. As I can’t post photos easily there , and because I thought others here would be interested , l post this example of signage from Blackness castle here-
Comments are most welcome…
I am intending to field a Swedish Army in Funny Little Wars. I was very taken by drawings l saw of designs for uniforms for the Swedish Army. I particularly liked the tricorn hats and the turn backs. Although never adopted I decided that this uniform would be a commission to have made for me, enter Ian Kay of Irregular Miniatures who made this happen for me. Also currently working on some Swedish home guard by adding tricorns to some AIP figures. Cavalry and artillery to be decided later…
Found these in the shed and decided to try them out. Matchsticks were found and the artillery was put through its paces.
A great deal of excitement and conversation has been generated here by the arrival of a copy of “ Funny Little Wars which was sent to me courtesy of the author. It arrived in the Duchy appropriately when I was gardening this morning. Handed to me by the postwoman it was a lovely addition to a sunny , seed sowing morning.
Had an enjoyable visit to Dundee today. Warm weather and sun. The highlight was the Unicorn-
Well actually card soldiers-
