Yet Another New Book...

 Greetings...

This lovely new book arrived in the post yesterday...

Painting 28mm Wargame Figures 4... The Western Front 1914-1918.

By Mark Hargreaves...

This is a splendid book... Mark is up to his usual high standard... we have all of Marks techniques on show...

It is well laid out and filled with helpful and useful information... German bayonet knot colours anyone...?

I always enjoy reading and seeing how others paint toy soldiers... so this was always going to be a must for me...

Mark asked if he could use some of my photos for background shots... I was of course delighted to say yes... I was even more delighted to see that one of my photos is on the front cover...wow!

If you are at all interested in painting khaki and Field Grey... rush out and get this.. You (and Mark)will be all the richer for you doing so...

https://www.caliverbooks.com/bookview.php?ec9sjqomqvme5di28n58rfhmj5&id=28382&subcatcode=C&subcatno=56

All the best   Aly

 

Hamburg Tactica 2018... Great War Miniatures.

For the last year I have been suffering the miniature designers equivalent of writers block...


I have started a number of projects and all of then have come to nought... some of them not even getting past the armature stage...


I am not sure why this has happened... possibly its because with my day job being a miniature designer I am simply a bit sculpted out when I get home...


Or maybe its because I am old and forgetful and can't remember what I was going to make ten seconds after I mix the putty....


Where was I ?....


Oh! yes...


For the last year I have been suffering the miniature designers equivalent of writers block...


So when my friends were over from Germany last year I suggested that Great War Miniatures might make a Hamburg Tactica exclusive miniature for this years show...


Yes Yes Yes was the response.... No getting out of this one...


It worked...


I decided to make a what some might call a rather sentimental couple of miniatures...


A British Officer and a German Officer meeting in an informal manner after the armistice and exchanging a hand shake.

The Masters...

Painted castings


I have put a reasonable amount of kit on them but tried to give the a none combinative look...


What is more important is that I am pleased with them and feel a lot more like sculpting more toys...


I shall endeavour to take many photo's of the show and put them in my next post...




All the best Aly