wargaming

...not quite. You might have seen some of these bits before. This is just to prove I haven't given up on Rhodesia yet. Buildings from Frontline's 15mm range, civilians are from Irregular miniatures SCW line, but painted up as Africans. The small Baobab tree I made from a bastardised woodlands scenics armature and some polyfiller.  Liberation miniatures, Russian anti-air with African crew. RLI scouring the kraal. Figures from Liberation.

I was inspired by moif's blog , to get some Back of Beyond figures (British, Chinese, Russians or Turks). I bought some British and some Turks from Tumbling Dice at Colours 2011. The Turks are nearly all done, the British I have only just started.  Tumbling Dice British Infantry discussing directions with a Frontline Rolls Royce armoured car. The Rolls Royce I couldn't resist. It's probably a little late for the years Im going to be gaming, but it really captures the 'look' of the era. Tumbling Dice Turks guarding an Irregular miniatures Krupp Gun. The Krupp gun is from Irregular miniatures 'really useful guns' range, Gun Type Six D (£1.50) and is  available here.

You've seen a lot of what the Nationalists have. Now take a look at the support for the Republic. A Skytrex BT5 fast tank accompanied by a Frontline T26b.    I really like the T26 model, I have two more still to paint. I'm currently thinking one more the same and the third with Nationalist stripes on the turret. The T26 gives support to some internationals. Figures from Irregular.

It's been a while but here's some of the figures I've worked on 'recently'. First up some Guardia Assaltos for SCW. These guys are being lead by a commissar. All from Irregular miniatures. A Vickers Mk2 Medium tank from Frontline. Good for patrolling the Empire.  Some Indian infantry, these will be used from the 20's to the end of the war, with the help of a little imagination. From the Britannia WW2 line. The thin red line. These chaps will be patrolling the Yangtze, fighting up the Khyber, policing the Pacific and standing on the sidelines in Europe. Figures from Tumbling Dice.

Not long to go, anyone following my blog thinking of going?

Here's a small selection of what I have been working on recently. La Legion, Irregular miniatures with a Frontline CV 35. The bases still needed doing when I took this and the standard bearer needs a flag. Irregular miniatures Regulares artillerists. Irregular miniatures Nationalist infantry in gorillo cap. These are the same figures as I used for La Legion. However to differentiate, I omitted the detail from these guys caps. This is so that on the table, the Legion figures have a little something that separates them from the peninsular infantry.  Nationalist Panzer 1. This is a Britannia model I bought from Grubby tanks a few Salutes ago. Originally I made the terribly faux-pas of painting it grey, I repainted it this colour scheme las month and I'm much happier with it. The Panzer as I originally painted it. Also in this group is an old Hat FT-17 (they seen quite hard to come-by these days). I have cut off the tail, as I have seen pictures of FT...

Unfortunately, as you may have noticed, my new career in marketing leaves little time in the evenings (or none on a busy week) for frivolous things like making models and painting miniatures. However I have managed to get a few bits finished. The modern Africa bits are still going, I've got a Ferret and AML 90 half done, as are the moderns and SCW. I've also been repainting some of my GZG scifi miniatures, but lately, after re-watching Band of Brothers and seeing the new Airfix resin buildings, I have gotten back into WW2. I say back into, I did start collecting a few tanks and plastic miniatures a while back, but it didn't amount to much. I think the SCW overtook it. So anyway, I'm in the middle of building up a force for Too Fat Lardies TW&T (nice name). I've got most of a platoon of Brits done, and nearly as many Germans. The infantry figures are all from Platoon 20 and the tanks are mainly armourfast, but also there's a Raventhorpe Churchill tank, an Air...