A bit of this and a bit of that.

Well its a right old mishmash of figures that I have been painting these last few days. These lovely Victrix Numidian cavalry have been sat for several months in my spares box. I bought them for my SPQR units but couldn't face putting them together at the time.
One of the very few advantages of the lock-down has been the willingness to take on jobs one would normally put off. This unit is one such job. There will eventually be 12 riders and Victrix should be applauded for selling such a great looking set of figures. I painted these up between painting my garden shed and power washing one of the patios, they were a welcome relief.
Im pleased they are nearly completed.

                                      

Naturally I have returned to the ECW and managed to scrape together enough Garrison, Hinchliffe and old Mini Figs to make up a Royalist regiment.I really wish I had more Garrison figures because they have a real charm, so anyway my final Royalist infantry regiment, well until I locate some more Garrison figures.They represent a conglomerate of two Royalist regiments that were too small to act as separate units, so really very appropriate.

Stuart of Colonel Bill's fame sold me some lovely ECW personalities that he had commissioned when the World was still open.These are top class figures with some real character. The design is quality. I must confess I have a lot of little dioramas, single figures etc for each period in my collection.I find they keep me sharp as regards painting and make a nice change from painting several uniformed chaps that can become a little boring sometimes.

     I especially like this poor woman with a scolds mask on, those were the days.

                    I really enjoyed painting this tinker figure selling his wares from a large tray.

Stu is selling some really interesting figures that are perfect to adorn solo, skirmish and large wargames. Definitely recommended.

Finally this ACW Limber. I must confess I purchased this from E Bay ready painted but in need of some love and attention. The wargamer who originally put this Hinchliffe piece together had gone to the trouble of creating paper reins etc for the limber. They needed refurbishing but again lock-down time has allowed me to take the trouble to do it justice. Its a lovely piece and a credit to Frank Hinchliffe and Peter Gilder.

So these are my latest offerings but unfortunately I need? to get back to painting my fence!