Update

 Morning all. I have been busy since my last post . Normal life gets in the way of hobby matters at times not to mention black dog battling. Anyway things are progressing well on the plastic mountain front-

The ACW figures are patiently waiting for their bases to arrive and they are on hold until then. I have been sorting out flags for the fifteenth century French as well as collecting together sprues. My command elements are moving forward. One represents the King surrounded by his armoured Scots Guard archers whist the other is made up of three heavily armoured knights.

I have based the knights along with their followers for colour and variety. They fight under dbm rules as Kn (S) . On the bottom right hand of the screen you can see the Old Glory militia archers kindly given to me by Ronnie . They will represent Franc Archers on the table. These archers were given tax exemption in exchange for training and service. They had the reputation of not being particularly good. Under dbm they are Bw (I) and it was said at the time they were only able to kill chickens! For this reason I will put a model chicken on some of the bases.

Finally something different l have been working on-

Rocks from the garden glued on to mdf bases, fish off eBay also glued onto mdf and the “big fish” in the background is a cut down soy sauce plastic fish from a sushi set. Cut in half he works not too badly. I will reveal what this is about soon.

Finally my painting has been accompanied by the Civil War Podcast which is excellent and has guided me through the political and social background leading up to the ACW. Just reached the episodes on Fort Sumter. On television l have been enjoying the Tour de France coverage greatly. It has given me a yen to visit the Alps in summer again. I went there in my youth with my folks once or twice. Enthusiastically looking up holidays they do seem very expensive…