Back again with Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers

After two weeks away after almost complete communication blackpot in the Scottish Highland I'm back. At least have finished the Austro-Hungarian Grenadiers.

As before the majority are Springwood hard plastic plus Newline officers

On the workbench - May 2025

Still slow progress (for me), and as I plan to spend quite a bit of May away, I need to focus on my plan. Some progress has been made, at least on rebasing the Austrians, and the WW1 aircraft that I had been putting off making have ben assembled. So in May I will mainly concentrate on finishing what I've started or planned to start.

• Napoleonic Austrian Infantry rebasing - I need to get them finished
• Painting the couple of biplanes from the Wargamers Forum Group Build
• British Dragoons and Light Dragoons for the Peninsula, the later will be for skirmish games. - I should get on with this now they are assembled
• Work on "El Cid" figures to modify my existing Crusader armies to Spain - not started, although I have found the figures
• Start up the FDM printer and create some hooches for Nam68 - not done, I need to get going on this
• Start assembling the 28mm "Gangs of Rome" figures - another one I have not yet started
• On a whim I did start on some bamboo thickets for Nam68 etc.

Last for April - more Napoleonic Austrians

Another batch of Napoleonic Austrians rebased

First battalions are distinguished by carrying the white Leibfahne

The mjority this time are Hungarian

Just in time - WW1 Aircraft

Just in time for the Wargamers Forum kit 30 day build

An Esci Sopwith Camel

and an Esci Fokker D VII

Apart from the missing propellor the biggest challenge was finding where to locate the supports after applying the decals, hence the damage

The painting will be tricky

Napoleonic Austrians now being rebased

Well after some delays I have got started on the next rebasing project, the Austrian Infantry. Here are the first five battalions I have rebased accompanied by a couple of units of Jaegers.

The majority are Springwood hard plastics but the officers and Jaegers are Newline metal figures

Wirral Warboot

A quick run up the Wirral to the Wirral Warboot being hald in New Ferry Village Hall. Loads of Science Fiction and Fantasy, but very little historical. I picked up a few bits.

The islands will be used for Cruel/Black Seas games and the Wild West Farmers for bystanders in What a Cowboy

28mm Woodland Indians

It took a while, but I've now completed Warlord's plastic Woodland Indians, I tried to keep the colour scheme relatively simple.

I'm not completely happy with the final wash as I used the end of a bottle of AP Strong Tone and it dried a bit blotchy in place, but not bad enough to require repainting, phew!

At some point I will probably buy or print some American Militia to boost the limited numbers that I have at the moment