AWI Continental Infantry

A rather busy weekend with not very much being achieved on the paint station.  I've finished the Command, 15 men and 4 rifled musketeers of the Perry AWI Continental infantry set apart from varnishing and finishing off the bases.  Unfortunately it's absolutely tipping it down outside so far too humid for any spray varnishing.  This will have to wait a couple of weeks until I've got time to finish them off. 

 

I've got another 15 chaps to go but I have to say that again I've been rather impressed by the quality.  The detail is really good.  The poses aren't the greatest but they went together well enough.  I like the mix of 4 rifles and the standard infantry. 

Once the other fifteen chaps are done, all that will be left is a blockhouse from 4Ground and a ton of palisades from Warbases.  Then I might be able to make a start on my randomly purchased Terminator Hunter Killer..... unless that gets started first that is!

Space Hulk

What can I say?  GW decided to sell the "limited" edition Space Hulk again.  I wanted it.  I bought it.  I really enjoyed painting it.  I still haven't managed to play a game yet.......

Oh and in case any avid readers haven't already guessed, yes I am clearing through lots of photos of paint jobs I've done over the last year or so since I was last blogging regularly.

 

In Her Majesty's Name - Part 2

Back to part one.

 

A selection of the range from In Her Majesty's Name that I painted around a year ago and only just got round to sharing!

 

French Indian War morphs into the American War of Independance......

Many, many months ago (actually possibly years ago) my love of the film Last of the Mohicans combined with Warlord Games combining together with conquest games to lead me to starting yet another period.  I painted a few Indians but the project massively stagnated. 

Then a few weeks ago I caught wind of Wargames Factory releasing a plastic Woodland Indians set.  I was a little hesitant as some of their earlier sets had left a little to be desired, the faces on their early zombie set were simply awful.  However having completed the Warlord/Conquest Indians that I had bought much earlier I thought that I'd give them a punt.  Somehow, whilst trying to decide whether or not buy the new plastics I ended up buying some Perry AWI British Infantry and a set of their Continental Infantry.

There did seem to be quite a lot of comment that the Perry miniatures were hard to paint, I remember trying some of their Napoleonics a few years back and coming to the same conclusion but actually I was pleasantly surprised and rather enjoyed painting these guys, although at 38 miniatures in a pack it is quite a formidable task (although great value for money at £18-20 per box depending on vendor).

I was meant to have been heading up to Northumberland from Thursday until today but thanks to having to wait until Monday for Autoglass to have a third go at bringing the right windscreen we couldn't (safely/legally) drive up there so instead there was a little Memsahib spoiling and plenty of painting.  It seems that my fear or Perry Miniatures may well have been misplaced as for once I am actually really happy with a paint job.  Those who've been following this blog for a while (complete with massive gaps whenever life gets in the way) will know that I am very rarely actually happy with a paintjob!  I can almost forgive myself for forgetting to highlight the base texture before flocking......

 I've also assembled the Continental Infantry and have those ready to go.  I like the mix in the box of 34 normal infantry and 4 chaps with rifle muskets although I have to confess that I had a lot more fun with the 2 British casualties than I'll probably have with the rifle musket chaps.  It is interesting though to see the colours that the hunting jackets came in.  The information leaflets in the Perry Boxes are some of the best around IMHO.