A Cornucopia of Various Painted Items.

Well this weeks painting desk is a cornucopia of various items. Several years ago? my daughter bought me a 120 mm Napoleon figure from Tradition which I simply stored away. [ingrate] Anyway whilst searching through a couple of boxes I came across him and decided to paint the figure.

 I did enjoy putting the figure together although being a veteran model he is a little cruder than more modern figures, but I still like him. I'm no Shep Paine but I can manage to paint the figures to at least look presentable. Sadly I never mastered the art of blending wet paint shades etc and can only look on with awe at the wonderful effects that master painters can achieve. Still he is completed and stands proudly on my bookcase.

 John was able to collect my pre orders from Warbases at Battleground which has allowed me to complete my Garde contingent for the Great Game next year. Perry do make some lovely sculpts albeit with annoying and well hidden bits of metal hanging off them. The two limbers have come up pretty well, and to help towards the final figure total for next year I added a couple of extra figures to add interest.

While scratting through my boxes I 'found' a unit of unpainted Crusader ACW figures and decided to paint them as early Confederate militia. These are meant to be from South Carolina. I like them although they dont have the movement of other makes.

 I always loved the Salute figure that was a freebie several years ago of an ACW cavalryman.They are quite hard to come by now and are usually quite expensive. I was lucky enough to bag one on E Bay a couple of weeks ago for a more modest price and I painted him up immediately.

 Unusually for a Union commander I have given him an 8 rating. Must be Custer!

 Finally I painted up the horse holder for my dismounted union cavalry. I like the way they have turned out and look actually like a unit.

 Finally another couple of images of Napoleon, just to gratify my ego a bit. Thanks for the indulgence.