Greetings…
The Butterfly decided it wanted to see a nice Bordurian Armoured Car…
So here it is…
Greetings …
Another slow time with the paint brushes…I’m still putting books back on shelves and I have the disruption of builders returning in the next week or so…
So here are a unit of Hinchliffe 5th Westphalian Landwehr…
In reality they were an under strength unit so only having three stands is fairly accurate… But I will probably get another six figures and bring it up to a four stand unit… They never carried a Standard but I may add one to the extra stand anyway.
For a change I have painted these in a “Wellington Man” style…
https://thehintonspieler.blogspot.com/p/how-i-paint.htmlThe Hinton Spieler.: How I Paint 'Em
This is not the first time I have done this…
https://alystoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2024/11/shiny-napoleonics-wellington-way.htmlALYS TOY SOLDIERS: Shiny Napoleonics… The Wellington Way.
Although unlike Matthew I will be using acrylic paints rather than enamels…
As I have said these were painted in the “Wellington Man” style… So Base Coat, Wash, Dry Brush and Black lining out…
Here are the basic colours that I used…
Coat and Hat… Citadel… Kantor Blue with a Citadel Drakenhof Blue wash then given a Kantor Blue Dry Brush.
Trousers… Citadel… Pallid Wych Flesh with a Brown Liquid Wash then a Pallid Wych Flesh Dry Brush.
Facings… Citadel… Warboss Green.
Belts… Citadel… Corax White then pure White Highlights.
Napsack and Backpack… Foundry… Moss Light 29c with a Brown Liquid Wash and then Moss Light Highlights.
Black lining was added between the colours and some additional lighter Edge Highlights were added.
The different style made for a refreshing change to my normal process and was a lot of fun.
Although I don’t know how Matthew manages to paint whole armies… I definitely don’t have the patience 😁
All the best Aly
Greetings…
I’m posting this for two reasons…
One… To show you the test paint jobs I have done for my planned Tintin project and a little reworking on some STS figures.
Two… To see if Blogger will let me 🤔🙄.
These represent Syldavians…
I’ve gone for a rather Soviet look… With nice simple bases.
These are some of my Shiny Toy Soldiers Schleswig- Holstein figures…
As I was putting them out on the shelves I realised that this collection is all over the place… Mixed basing style and sizes, some quite yellowish varnish and more figures than I really need/want for a game
So I thought I would try a quick bit of tidying up on these as well…subtle shading with a bit of lining out…
Similar to what Greenwood and Ball used to do back in the day…
I’m in no mad rush to do more with the STS stuff at the moment…The butterfly is heading for Tintin 😁
All the best Aly
Greetings…
Well it’s taken longer than I thought to get this post written up…
I think it’s just been one of these years…
For me it started of with Flu… And a hospital visit.😳🙄
I’ve also had two Cataract operations… Which I must say has made a massive improvement to my life.
I have now got some decent prescription reading glasses for my close up work , but on a day to day basis I don’t need really need any glasses at all… ( I do however carry a pair of shop bought £3.99 readers in my pocket… just in case😁)
The house has been ( and still is) a bit of a building site… but the Cellar is now finished as is the work on my Wargames Room…
The only thing to do is get all my books and toys back on their shelves… This has been a slow process as I have had a rather bad Fibromyalgia flare up which has made moving me and objects rather painful.
Bit by bit I am getting there…
Most of these boxes are now empty and all my toy soldiers are where they should be…
Painting as a result of all this has been at a minimum… but I have assembled quite a few figures in preparation for my retirement…
Yup!
Retirement! Hurrah!… The plan is April.
So!
What are my hobby plans for the future?
I have planned out/ prepared/ front loaded for 6 - 8 projects/Collections.
In “All Plastic “…
Khazar Wars… Two forces for Lion Rampant…Khazars v’s Rus… Victrix Miniatures….8-10 units a side, all assembled while I was waiting for my eyes to heal…
The first thing I painted after the operations was a test unit for the Rus.
The Hundred Days…
Two moderate sized forces…All plastic… Made up of units that I think are pretty, based up in a way that will hopefully allow me to use a number of different rules systems.
I have already treated myself to a painted unit by my chum Mark Hargreaves at Over Open Sights.
http://over-open-sights.blogspot.com/2025/09/vive-l-empereur.htmlOver Open Sights: Vive L' Empereur!
In “ Metal “…
Pyrrhic Wars…
This is probably one of the bigger planned projects…
Four factions… Each 8 - 10 units strong…
Pyrrhic, Hellenistic Greek, Republican Roman and Carthaginian…
I have all the castings I need ( well probably more than I need 🤔)
Vandal Wars…
Vandals v’s Byzantines… Two forces for Lion Rampant 8 - 10 units a side with options for expansion.
I also have all the castings I need…Maybe 😆
Of course let’s not forget the Late Romans that I have just acquired from my friend David Bickley…
I have some rebasing to do… But I do have all I need…. Yeah!… Maybe 🤔🤣
Tintin…
A small project using Mark Copplestone’s beautiful “Marks Little Soldiers “
https://www.copplestonecastings.co.uk/list.php?cat=23&page=1Mark's Little Soldiers - Copplestone Castings
Not sure where this will go… But I’m thinking Rebels and Patriots or Men Who Would be Kings…
Syldavia v’s Borduria… What’s not to like.
Oh!…
And there is The Lord of the Rings…
A bit of an outrider here…
I’ve been collecting various bits and pieces… Thinking “Dragon Rampant “…
We will see where this goes as I always found it difficult painting Fantasy/Sci-Fi as it reminds me too much of Work… But as I won’t be working things might be different.
Also…
The Youngsters are planning something WW2… Set around operation Knights Move… I’m thinking a little force of Paratroopers… Maybe a Stug or two 😁
There also maybe a visit to “Pillage” later… I’m thinking Normans.
This is all on top of adding a few new units to my existing collections…
Well…
That’s the plan… Sort of…
I certainly won’t be bored…
But we all know what happens to plans….
All the best Aly.
Greetings…
So…I have finally got around to writing this post up… My apologies for the delay 😁
Due to not being able to use the big “New” table… It is still covered in boxes and books… We opted to use my little dining room table.
Which is big enough to take The Christmas village, Some woods and all the protagonists.
Force Blue… In two groups moving up from the South.
Force Red… In two groups moving down from the North.
And..
The Snow defending the Village and most importantly the Yule Goat.
https://www.visitgavle.se/en/gavle-goatGävlebocken | Visit Gävle
The Snow…
We decided we would tweak our rules for the Snow People… And have given them a chance to regenerate.
This added an interesting dimension to the game… It turns out they were quite good at regeneration.
The Yule Goat sits in the middle of the village and will catch fire if a Toy Town Soldier remains in contact with it and rolls high…
Greetings…
A question by Glen in my previous post prompted me to consider what were my “Go To” books for French Napoleonic uniforms…. And whether I had actually posted images of them.
It would appear I have not shown them all together on one post..
So here we go…
Greetings…
Here is the latest unit for my Shiny Napoleonics collection…
The 3rd French Infantry…
They took a little bit longer than I thought they would… but I am trying not to put too much strain on the new eyes.
They are certainly working a lot better 😁
Here we go…
The figures are Minifigs Intermediate Range…
And were as always a joy to paint…
The Tunics are… Citadel… Kantor Blue.
The White bits are… Citadel… Pallid Wytch Flesh.
The Red bits are… Citadel… Evil Sunz Scarlet.
The Green bits are… Citadel… Warboss Green.
The Yellow bits are… Citadel… Averland Sunset.
The Light Blue bits are… Citadel… Hoeth Blue.
The Belts are… Citadel… Corax White.
The Backpacks and Muskets are… Citadel… Mournfang Brown.
Everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid and highlighted with the original colours. The Belts were also highlighted up to a pure White.
https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling
The bases are as always...
https://warbases.co.uk/product-category/bases/round-cornered-bases/
