wargaming

Some of my SCW Artillery and my scratch built paddle-steamer. The steamer is made from Bass-wood and plasticard with a few details stuck on. The gun is made of 2 widths of styrene tubing inside one another. I like the moustache on the LMG armed Legionnaire, make me think more of Mexico than Spain... Fascist Artillery in the shape of WW1 vintage German field guns. Republican Artillery in suitably motley dress, manning an (unless I'm very much mistaken) Ordinance Quick-firer 13 lb. What I like about the SCW is that whatever guns you've got lying around, if they're the right vintage, there's a very good chance they were used. Both Republicans and Nationalists had guns from France, Germany, Russia, Turkey, Great Britain and so on. Again all figures (and guns) here are Irregular.

Just to prove I hadn't given up the blog, or worse... I spent the morning photographing the troops I have painted since my last post (July). As I promised here are some of the figures I painted. Most of these were actually painted last summer but I haven't photographed them until now. Unfortunately while photographing these figures I noticed how few of them where in fact properly based. Jacklex colonial artillery with my Naval Brigade, actually Revell ACW Confederates. SHQ Royal Marines from their Boxer Rebellion range. I have painted them as Zulu war era Rifles. Strellets Indian Cavalry some new ones and some old re-based. Jacklex Egyptian Lancers. I think these are supposed to be in Khaki for the Omdurman Campaign but I have painted them in the old uniform so they can fight against my Brits for Tel el Kebir. Egyptian Infantry from Waterloo 1815. These are great figures but unfortunately you don't get enough to make a full S&TF platoon, but you do get a disproportionat...

Waterloo 1815 Egyptian Army Infantry with a Hat Anzac officer. A little larger than most 1/72 but nice figures. Strelets Cossack infantry and some Grenadiers. These figures are actually from their Crimean war range, so they're a little too early really but they look the part and are great figures. They'd also be good for any "Great Game" scenarios across central Asia or maybe a Russian invasion of India (Flashman and the charge scenario?).

Waterloo 1815 Dervish infantry, mix nicely with some of the figs from the old ESCI set, now renamed Arab Infantry from Italeri. A Ghazi cavalry rider from Jacklex. Hat Bedouin and Italeri Arab warrior with a French ww1 infantry rifle. Redbox Afghans and ESCI Muslim Warriors. Some more Redbox Afghans.

My Indian Army pics. Made up of very old Esci Indian figures with an Injured strellets British Infantryman painted up as an Indian soldier. The NCO is by Jacklex reproduced by Spencer Smith Miniatures. Strelets Bengal Lancers, come with too few actual lances for my liking but still very good figures full of character. My Naval (or American) artillery unit, armed with an Airfix RHA quickfirer. The figures are converted from an Atlantic Goldrush set.

The German Army of East Africa, as seen gracing western Libatia in our campaigns. The privates are HAT Anzacs and the officer is the esci British standard bearer minus flag.

Finally getting round to taking some pics of my colonial Armies. Heres a sample of some of my British. These are made up of old esci (now reissued by Italeri) Strellets and a Waterloo 1815 Egyptian army officer. This is a commander from the Anglo-Egyptian Army set from Waterloo 1815, painted up after I watched the Four Feathers (2003) starring an excellent Heath Ledger.

Just uploaded some pice from my phone so thought I'd better put them up here. The first is a Colonial heliograph team made fron strelets colonial british infantry and the heliograph is made from a ww2 german morter stand. The other is of the Italian CVT drafted in to help the nationalists in spain.