A Proliferation of Green Uniforms.

 Well today's latest offerings are green. The first are some lovely figures from Crann Tara Miniatures of the Chasseurs de Fischer. I think I may have made a couple of mistakes with the painting of the actual uniforms but green and red are so complementary that if they are incorrect I would argue that a  certain Colonel Fischer would have liked his troops dressed accordingly.

 Because I have other French light troops for the WAS and SYW I only wanted a half regiment of these chaps.They are very fine sculptures and now that Ive become used to painting older and dare I say it cruder figures I found them a chore to paint. But I do like them now they are finished.

My second offering of green is this regiment of the London Trained Bands. The regiment is a composite unit of Mini Figs, Hinchliffe and in the main Garrison pikemen. Finding Garrison ECW figures has been hard and they rarely seem to surface on E Bay. Although it wasn't their biggest range it was one of their best, well in my eyes it was. Ive managed to find a few badly painted chaps and have used them for this regiment and part of a Royalist one.Like my ACW armies I think this will be the last Parliamentarian regiment for my ECW armies.

 I must admit as the crisis continues I am finding it increasingly difficult to pick up a brush and slap a bit paint on a figure. Im not certain why especially as I still have a lot of figures that need painting. Thinking about it, I think its because wargaming is more than painting in isolation. There is the research aspect which is good if one is researching some new period or regiment.But social interaction for me is key. Throwing crap dice can be addictive and one does miss watching your lovingly painted regiments legging it off the end of the table. Anyway on a happier note, I am expecting a delivery of some new troops for a new little project that will hopefully give me a kick up the proverbial. So stay safe and keep on wargaming.