These are the last infantry figures for my Cohors I Syldaviorum Equitata auxiliary cohort project, apart from a couple of leaders who I am working on.
Hippolyta's Tiny Footsteps
Hippolyta was the Queen of the Amazons, a nation of warrior women. Her tiny footsteps refer to the feet of hundreds of tiny metal and plastic soldiers.
Wednesday 6 November 2024
Another (final) group of Roman auxiliary infantry.
Sunday 20 October 2024
An Outlaw band plus a Big Surprise (at the end of the post)
I've been working on these, on and off for the last couple of weeks. The figures are from the Oathmark Human Light Infantry box but I've used them to create a band of outlaws to use in Never Mind The Ruckus games.
First; two groups of bowmen;
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Finally! A few more completed figures.
This doesn't mean the arthritis has gone, just that I've had enough time to get these few done, a slow and infuriating 10-15 minutes of painting a day.
These are all Copplestone Back of Beyond British troops. Above is a Lewis gunner and an ammunition carrier, who make a nice two-man team and below are two more Lewis gunners, who really need a couple of ammunition carriers to make useful teams, but unfortunately North Star don't sell those guys separately.
I'll probably swap the gunner in the top photo with the one on the left in the lower one in actual games, so that they are both in shirtsleeves order.
I'm probably going to have to buy a couple more of the Riflemen packs to create a platoon of three sections of 10 men (7 riflemen, 2-man Lewis team and NCO) and then use existing figures for a platoon HQ (lieutenant and sergeant, plus a couple of runners). A source of spare Lewis magazines would be great to add to the webbing of two ordinary riflemen. I shall have to look online.
A complete platoon would be great for some 1920s and 30s Chain of Command in Central Asia, but would also be fine for other settings too.
Thursday 5 September 2024
OK, so I didn't post anything in August.......
..... and now it is September. I've not posted anything, because I still haven't managed to paint anything because of the damned arthritis. However, I did go to the Lardy Workshop at Britcon in Nottingham back in early August, and here are some pictures from the event.
Wednesday 31 July 2024
My last post (and only the second) in July - Longues-sur-Mer.
July hasn't been great for me, to be honest. My arthritic hand issues haven't gone away and it looks as though they are going to be a permanent part of my life from now on. This has limited my painting massively, I've only completed four figures and have another eight on the painting table.
So, I'll post something else about my holiday instead - a trip to the Atlantic Wall battery at Longues-sur-Mer.
Below is a shot from the bunker looking back to the guns.
The guns were capable of firing at the invasion fleet and were able to reach ships off of both Omaha Beach to the west and Gold Beach to the east. The photo below shows the cliff path down to the port of Arromanches, which was key to the landings as it would be the site of the Mulberry Harbour.
Tuesday 9 July 2024
Back from my holiday in Normandy.
I've been back from Normandy for just over a week now, so I thought I'd put something up here.
I've posted photos of this M4A1(76)W HVSS tank before, but this is the old warhorse with a nice shiny new paint job and a fair amount of remedial work. I have to say that it was long overdue, seeing as the first time I visited Utah Beach was back in 1989.
So, I've now got a hat trick of anniversary visits to Normandy, having visited in 2004, 2014 and 2024.
I've finally also got some decent photos of Omaha Beach, due to the sun being out this time. I know that there is a lot of foreground in the first photo, but it does show how the exit from the beach was a lot steeper than on the other beaches in 1944.
Wednesday 12 June 2024
The rest of my completed figures, six in total.
All rephotographed in better light. First, two Copplestone female archaeologists (yes, I know I already have these, but I wanted them in more tropical attire;