Operation Sealion… The Butter-Eagle-Fly has landed…

Greetings…

Yeah I know… I will get my coat 😂

This is the next batch of test figures for my Dad’s Army project… 

I am imagining Paratroopers landing on Wollaton Hall in Nottingham and river bound troops attacking Trent Bridge Cricket Ground…

So… here are the villains…

German Paratroopers… none of them disguised as nuns…yet.

These are of course from Wargames Foundry’s lovely WW2 range…

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/world-war-two-german

I’m certainly getting the posts in this month,I’ve got a few more flutters on the way... 

Okay when haven’t I.

And then I have got a substantial rebasing project in the works…we all know how much fun that is.

The Jumpsuits are.. Foundry… Storm Green 27B

The Trousers and Ammo Pouches are… Vallejo… Field Blue.

The Forage caps are… Foundry Storm Blue Light.

Nap sacks and knee pads are… Citadel Fenrisian Grey.

The Helmets are… Foundry… Storm Blue 39B.

The Water Bottles are… Foundry… Drab12B.

The Rifle Stocks are… Citadel… Skrag Brown.

The Leather… Citadel… Mournfang Brown.

Schmeisser Pouches are… Foundry… Drab Light 12C.

As alway everything was given a coat of Aly’s Brown Liquid and highlighted with the original colours.

The paints are Wargames Foundry,Vallejo and Citadel

https://www.wargamesfoundry.com/collections/paint

https://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Painting-Modelling

https://elementgames.co.uk/hobby-and-scenery/vallejo-paints

The bases are as always…

https://warbases.co.uk/

All the best.  Aly

Butterfly Moments... Shiny American Civil War.

Greetings...

Okay I am calling it a butterfly moment for now... but I think this one has potential.

One of the reasons that it has potential is the fact that David Andrews has given me a big bag of 20mm figures... so it would be rude not to try.

A while back I ordered some samples from Jacklex Miniatures...

http://www.jacklexminiatures.com/american-civil-war

I have to say that Mark Lodge the current owner is a fine fellow to deal with.

I have always liked Jacklex Miniatures, they have a character all of their own... 

I was however taken by surprise by the genuine old school packaging...

Definitely old school...

I seem to remember Minifigs being packed in the same way many many years ago...

It was quite fun digging the toys out...although I am not sure how I would cope with a really large order.

Jesting aside this certainly reduces the amount of plastic packaging and it is recyclable.

So I painted a few up....

I have to say I am very pleased with them... they certainly tick all the shiny boxes.

I will be taking this one slowly for the moment... It’s not like I don’t have anything else to do...

The next shiny Americans will come out of the box of toys David gave me...

All the best    Aly

Butterfly Moments... Henry VIII’s Wars.

 Greetings...

I thought that I would start doing the occasional post about my occasional fluttering...

So... Henry VIII’s Wars...

I was looking around for something that would have a similar size and scale as my Lion Rampant Roman project... its been so much fun and has definitely left me with a desire to play games and add more toys.

Now... I have always had a bit of a problem with Pike and Shot armies... I love the various period histories... I love the flags... I love the clothes... and I love the arms and armour... but when I start to paint the toys... I just grind to a halt and my enthusiasm evaporates.

Maybe it’s the long pointy sticks ( It is a thing... the fear of pointy objects... Aichmophobia) or maybe it’s the flashbacks to when I was in the Sealed Knot.

I had been reading about Henry’s 1544 invasion of France and I quite liked the look of the Assault Groups English Tudor range...

https://theassaultgroup.co.uk/product-category/renaissance/english-tudor/

Then I looked at the Landsknechts and French... I am afraid these are the kind of troops I like to see other people painting... The wars against Scotland looked a bit more doable...

Alas... No one appears to do any accurate mid 16th century Scots...(That I liked anyway).

I went ahead and bought a few samples with the idea that I might be able to modify some of the English to Scots... the miniatures are indeed very nice but the Bill/Pikemen are a bit to over armoured for what the Scottish troops would have worn at the likes of Pinkie Cleugh...

I decided to go ahead and paint up a couple of English and convert and paint a Scot based on the Uniformed Billman...

Here’s an Archer painted up as a man from Thomas Caverden’s contingent...

And here we have an English Billman in Tudor livery and the converted Scots Pikeman...

They have indeed come our rather well and I did enjoy painting them... but here is the rub... Quilted Jacks and possibly chains sewn onto the arms don’t make for a quick and easy project... I am not sure how many of these I could alter before I started looking at Landsknechts with kinder eyes...

I have decided to leave this one for a while (Hopefully The Assault Group will make some Tudor Scots) and flutter off to pastures new... 

I expect there will be more Butterfly Moments as I’ve been fluttering about quite a bit this month...

All the best...Flutter Flutter.   Aly