Monday 21 May 2018

ECW units and a surprise package

Two more English Civil War units leave the painting table. I am now about a quarter of they way through the figures I have waiting to be painted.

A unit of Foot mostly of Hinchliffe figures, but some where along the way I picked up the odd Minifig figure which makes it way into the unit.
Dragoon unit
Over the weekend I played a couple of small SciFi games of Space Marines vs. Tyranids to try out some rule ideas.

A trial game in progress.
I was going to write up the rule mechanisms which did not get rejected over the weekend, but a surprise package arrived today (Monday) from Wargame Hermit: Solo Wargaming. This was amazingly generous gift containing WW1 and WW2 plastic figures from a range of manufacturers and a few more plastic Spencer Smith Seven Years War (SYW) figures.

Surprise package
The SYW figures will help add a few more units to my French Indian War forces. I have yet to work may way through the full contents, but a quick rummage through found some WW2 British and Germans to add to my WW2 forces. The remaining figures I plan to create a couple of hypothetical inter-war armies.


11 comments:

  1. Splendid units, well done!

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  2. Peter- good progress with your ECW Regiments - well done! Gifts of a box of assorted figures is certainly something that does not happen every day- very generous and thoughtful...you can add to your existing collections too. My Mate gave me some 'Marsh' terrain pieces long ago- they finally come into use recently with much thanks. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. Thank you, it is slow and steady progress, but I am keeping up with my goal of one unit per week. While I progress with my ECW I can ponder my next project with the contents of the wonderful gift.

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  3. Good progress on your ECW project and a very generous gift from your benefactor!

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    1. Thank you and it was a wonderful gift.

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  4. This is why I enjoy blogs so much, much more positive than some of the alternative place to visit.

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    1. The generosity of fellow wargame bloggers in thoughts, ideas and deeds.

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  5. Coming along very nicely, love the Hinchliffe figures. And what a generous gift!

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    1. Thank you. I am enjoying painting these figures. The detail on figures is sufficiently pronounced to make painting easier and less fiddly.

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