Today, I received a package in the mail containing some plastic Spencer Smith Hussars. They were a generous gift from Neil of the aufklarungsabteilung.blogspot, who reached out after I mentioned in a recent post needing to use some 28mm Hussar figures having run out of Spencer Smith Hussars (see here). He had some spare and kindly offered to send them my way, an offer I gladly accepted. These will be soon moving up the painting queue!
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| New recruits. |
At the moment, my painting table is occupied by a scratch-built two-dimensional ship and a couple of boats for my French and Indian War (FIW) games, where I’m adding an amphibious element. More on them in the next post.
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| A recent purchase to be used for some more carts, wagons, and limbers. |
Additionally, I bought some horse models to build more wagons and artillery limbers, continuing on from my recent scratch-building efforts to add carts to my FIW armies (see here).
Finally, some photos of an English Civil War game…
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| The tabletop all laid out ready for a game. |
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| A view of the infantry all lined up. |
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| The cavalry stand ready. |
A very nice gift there Peter - look forward to seeing them painted! The ECW game looks great, too!
ReplyDeleteA very useful gift indeed.
DeleteThose Hussars are very nice, what a great gift!
ReplyDeleteYes, a wonderful surprise.
DeleteWho's a lucky boy then? Interested to see what uniform you'll paint them in.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I will have to read up on some uniforms.
DeleteThe kindness of the folks in our little hobby never ceases to amaze me.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a wonderful thing.
DeletePeter,
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy them, and more importantly, make use of them.
Neil
I certainly will, the painting desk is getting cleared.
DeleteWell done, Neil!
DeleteA very generous gift to bolster the collection.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the game report. It certainly looks good.
The ECW game is a scenario from Grant’s book Wargame Tactics.
DeleteA lovely gift to get, look forward to seeing them painted up. Your ECW game looks grand, very nice indeed.
ReplyDeleteYes, I am looking forward to painting them up.
DeleteI await the report from the front! Is this an historical battle, an OHW scenario, or something else? How are you enjoying having a dedicated Wargames room?
ReplyDeleteThe game is the scenario Fiddler's Bottom from Wargame Tactics by Charles Grant, and yes enjoying my games room setup.
DeleteWhat a pleasant surprise:)! The ECW game looks great too.
ReplyDeleteYes, now to get them on the painting table.
DeleteNice people those bloggers. 😀
ReplyDeleteGood one on Neil. Well done sir.
Very much so.
DeleteLooking forward to the uniform
DeletePlease post soon
Perkin