tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22006472420782862702024-03-09T18:45:46.825-08:00'Over the hills....'Oftimes dealing with the War of the Spanish SuccessionAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-26583506347197233612012-10-09T04:02:00.000-07:002012-10-09T04:02:50.389-07:00More Vikings....Finished the next two Vikings. Gripping Beast and Artizan.<br />
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The next pair are finished apart from bases and shield. Again Gripping Beast and Artizan.<br />
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<br />Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-63262260635854902722012-09-16T07:35:00.001-07:002012-09-16T07:35:18.013-07:00And my next project is....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A 10th Century Viking Raider. Pictures are awfull thanks to my lights recent demise and a camera that has its issues. More will follow, by which time I, hopefully, will have my photography equipment sorted.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-12372720775879613472012-07-29T01:52:00.001-07:002012-07-29T01:52:48.729-07:00GW Empire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another of my bits and pieces projects. Currently I'm amidst a 40k 'World Eaters' Chaos Marine while I consider my next 'proper' project.<br /><br />Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-91893688462143272942012-07-20T09:09:00.001-07:002012-07-20T09:09:56.450-07:00Space Marine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Years ago I was into W40K, wanted to do the White Scars but couldn't get it right. Not sure if he's right, but he is better. Wouldn't want to do many of these, it took a long time.<br /><br />Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-71797227867031619032012-07-20T04:15:00.001-07:002012-07-20T04:15:26.644-07:00Tomorrow's WarPRC Counter Insurgency Force.<br />
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Not a good picture. Pig Iron figs<br />Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-40000431164010759282012-04-05T06:39:00.000-07:002012-04-05T06:39:09.937-07:00SAGA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SfzZHo_8R_lTZ0qJpK74YYbrfdZ4RsYTY4Adf33UdY8n0Cx2kdDrcmK7i3O_rdgrmqFUq2gqc5FB2hrvQGxpludftCTEX2qhsVlqnpXQpnm0CIyt2AQCaUUFDrPzs9uANJFlUUKTwjTp/s1600/recent+figs+019+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SfzZHo_8R_lTZ0qJpK74YYbrfdZ4RsYTY4Adf33UdY8n0Cx2kdDrcmK7i3O_rdgrmqFUq2gqc5FB2hrvQGxpludftCTEX2qhsVlqnpXQpnm0CIyt2AQCaUUFDrPzs9uANJFlUUKTwjTp/s320/recent+figs+019+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-8563396438613816502011-07-16T23:24:00.000-07:002011-07-16T23:27:48.404-07:00Phalanx anyone?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiKCvSW4xeY8edO6mlVffXxUNMCbS7uU-TPMJ8cSePIqj5c4fNwoYw9-toJ9TT7NPP2qVof0u9m_idaGqGXaWoBc84Lwaznm_CFKBRHhKNw7aLL5X8x97KMdV7c08vhyphenhyphenNWwi9__gfbNMx/s1600/phyrus+018+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoiKCvSW4xeY8edO6mlVffXxUNMCbS7uU-TPMJ8cSePIqj5c4fNwoYw9-toJ9TT7NPP2qVof0u9m_idaGqGXaWoBc84Lwaznm_CFKBRHhKNw7aLL5X8x97KMdV7c08vhyphenhyphenNWwi9__gfbNMx/s200/phyrus+018+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> Off one of my other blogs, but I do like these Aventine figures so please allow my indulgence.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqVvse-9-9vQYdWjsBGQQhzrouYK_D1cQTCnpovcEDCBmZBpVrN4l2qb4PwZbC08J3xyHT6QzVYpjZU4S6_W_5PCbomBvfRSTsSWj64n1h9pSdBjV4aRaXoIJJCBk8LXi7QH3R4q7-gYb/s1600/phyrus+020+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuqVvse-9-9vQYdWjsBGQQhzrouYK_D1cQTCnpovcEDCBmZBpVrN4l2qb4PwZbC08J3xyHT6QzVYpjZU4S6_W_5PCbomBvfRSTsSWj64n1h9pSdBjV4aRaXoIJJCBk8LXi7QH3R4q7-gYb/s200/phyrus+020+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-86504441277555937682011-07-12T04:20:00.000-07:002011-07-12T04:20:42.634-07:00It's all Greek to me....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqXwO8lwxG2PvhenzdWeQT_PVgSG6J97eVouarrd4FSlSzPwEVbX3wBawIIwmh3AojmrXSNGWHASn38ta1JaaTDn2mW2uko5lI9hU5Lhqc4-Soe8z-It2bk2yzd-7LtQHBPjH37UvsAdr/s1600/phyrus+022+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqXwO8lwxG2PvhenzdWeQT_PVgSG6J97eVouarrd4FSlSzPwEVbX3wBawIIwmh3AojmrXSNGWHASn38ta1JaaTDn2mW2uko5lI9hU5Lhqc4-Soe8z-It2bk2yzd-7LtQHBPjH37UvsAdr/s320/phyrus+022+Standard+e-mail+view.jpg" width="317" /></a></div>A Greek hoplite, courtesy of 'First Corps'. Shield to do.....<br />
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For over thirty years I’ve been starting projects and failing to finish them, as a result I have cabinets full of groups, regiments and varied beginning armies, but nothing even remotely finished. When I started this blog I was full of enthusiasm for the late 17th and early 18th century. As per usual the project started well, slowed then petered out into sporadic figures of various periods. Not good, once again a project was going nowhere.<br /><br />However, direction and a renewed impetus were garnered from other blogs, where I saw the benefits of having a plan to follow. They followed a schedule, no matter how loose, which at the very least seemed that they had goals to be achieved with an ultimate end towards which they proceeded. Logical, yes, but I’ve never been too good at ‘logic’. It has taken a long time for the penny to drop, So here I am, one year later, with very little to show for my efforts, a couple of completed regiments, a handful of unrelated figures and so many ‘new’ projects that I’m fearing for my sanity.<br /><br />So, as I said, I’ve reorganised, prioritised and restructured, condensing my many projects down to two – Sherrifmuir 1715 and The English Civil war. The first of these will stay on this blog, and the second has a blog all of its own –War Without An Enemy.<br /><br />At the present work on the English Civil War project has taken centre stage, as can be seen from the blog. However, my Sherrifmuir project hasn’t been forgotten, and I shall be returning to that soon. Hopefully, I can focus on these two projects, without the distraction of other periods tempting me away. <div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462598012016416994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3uDrKBSPuQNdlfZjyxznLodZulmpsFXcLKXVDaovrKeTzpZPhnJuJtYA3mSJ5gkxh_qvV52Ksc7_hXSR801GLjJ-TQ3DgCoYMWCnI6UM5TuVaXKm2lQMYazMm3knTDaEDZp8_1K81I5o/s200/Derwentwaters+execution.jpg" border="0" />Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-64751751453529383812010-03-21T15:08:00.000-07:002010-03-21T15:13:18.035-07:002160ADBy 2020 the worlds various Governments had, almost, collapsed due to a global economic crisis. Nation after nation, from the richest to the poorest, had fallen to the economic despair that had seen, once strong, currencies descend to a state of financial chaos.<br />By the close of that year the United Nations, under advice from the World’s financial systems, which had come, since the early 21st century, to see itself more and more as Global rather than national, had merged into a single World Government believed more able to deal with economic pressures that dwarfed anything experienced before.<br /><br />Nations disappeared as entities, replaced by international states, as economic systems were merged to provide a secure base for a truly global economy. Welcomed by finance and industry, long devoid of any national sympathies, and grudgingly accepted by the populations of Countries across the planet, the New World Order, as it became known, quickly moved to occupy a position of authority, with the blessings of finance and business sectors, and the authority of a, now unified, military.<br /><br />Those who resisted this new ‘power’ were ruthlessly dealt with, individuals were removed, organisations destroyed and those nations, and there were a few, bombed into submission. It seemed that the NOW of the conspiracy theorists had come to fruition.<br /><br />For near 140 years this one world government, run from its head quarters in Washington, once the capital city of the now defunct USA, espoused a system based on free market capitalism. Financial, industrial and other corporate conglomerates, no doubt as a reward for backing the dreams of the one worlders, were given almost total freedom which allowed them to create almost pseudo nations in which everyone and everything was owned by the corporation. Nations, as had existed for many millennia, were disestablished, people were no longer American, Russian, Chinese etc, now they were merely Earthers, instead of ‘small being beautiful’, it had become a case of ‘the bigger, the better’.<br /><br />Oh yes, there had been benefits. Technology released from National and ethical boundaries had produced great advances at the expense of ecology and people. Mars, deemed the nearest and most suitable planet for colonisation, now housed two, strongly economical, colonies. While the asteroid belt of Saturn along with its moons provided much needed minerals to an ever expanding and fiercely aggressive space programme.<br /><br />However, alongside this expanding ‘utopia’, some had voiced opposition and raised ‘difficult’ questions, some even held ‘ethical’ concerns over this New World Order, or as it preferred ‘The Organisation of International States’.<br /><br />Following the ‘Food Riots’ of 2156, in what had previously been Europe, that had led to the deaths of four thousand ‘rioters’, the mounting tensions within the old Eastern Block had led to the first real cracks appearing in the strangle-hold of the world government. Inspired by old political ideas, espoused by new ‘leaders’, the old country of Russia, along with allies, had rebelled, declared independence and re-instated a National Government, based on pre 2020 lines. Mlitias, loyal to the corporations and therefore well armed and equipped, had gone over to the rebels in droves, now well trained and armed troops marched alongside the under-equipped rebels or ‘ferals’, as the loyalist dub them. These troops, bearing the arms and equipment of their former employers, now wear the colours of the various political and ideological groups that have unified as ‘The Committee for National Reconstruction’, the CNR. This organisation born from an amalgamation of previously disparate groups such as Anarchists, Communists, Nationalists and others, have managed to find a common cause in opposition to the OIS. Now red flags entwine with black often bearing multi-armed crosses festooned with deaths-heads, individual rebel soldiers wear red, black and purple stars, as well as combinations, on their hats and coloured rags tied around their arms. Slogans by Bakunin scream, proudly, alongside those of Marx, Lenin, Stalin and Hitler, exhorting their followers to victory or death.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-52288800589865141112010-03-01T11:28:00.000-08:002010-03-01T11:49:21.027-08:00To a bright, new future!Continuing my 'conversion' to a science fiction setting, I considered several options, Warhammer 40k, Urban War etc.<br /><div><div><div>However, I think I'm going to work on a setting in the near future on Earth, rather than an Outer Space one. </div><div>As a result I'm working on a background of turmoil and rebellion set in 2160AD. The idea being that at some stage in the 21st Century the world fell under the control of a One World Government. Nations were abolished to be replaced by a collection of 'states', as a result 150 years later, rebellions break out as Nations try to reassert themselves.</div><div>Anyway, background aside, I've started work on the rebel force. Pig Iron 'rebel' colonists, with some West Wind 'secrets of the third reich' Russian Survivor heads. A combination that allows a more 'futuristic Earth' look, to my mind, than the official heads.</div><div>But, see for yourself,</div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIH4RyBVvuNLDeh7wob8P4I8xz2fETm_649aOX0twXPohyphenhyphenY8cKAB9Ihkqw2yDBQS5AfDwWA-OG-aMx5ufqffuDwNtmx3sIjYw3dEoXX1ltyWv5HFZ6TtGcyvA447wQH8yIzIP6KlCYRCDR/s1600-h/2160figsc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443753770299404738" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIH4RyBVvuNLDeh7wob8P4I8xz2fETm_649aOX0twXPohyphenhyphenY8cKAB9Ihkqw2yDBQS5AfDwWA-OG-aMx5ufqffuDwNtmx3sIjYw3dEoXX1ltyWv5HFZ6TtGcyvA447wQH8yIzIP6KlCYRCDR/s320/2160figsc.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrzlL4moAZx9FvdD8mM0b6zA7Py2xSkh_-z8a8HG1c-c8bOv3PytlPlBIH3IuXhGHZ1D4GqDEIkvOOR4fAxbBLPKktSJN28FrBiyy6Nvy8wIMFXVFz2HcNSmx4LpurbnChLR_jTH-9YZJ/s1600-h/2160figsb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443753765326439874" style="WIDTH: 234px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrzlL4moAZx9FvdD8mM0b6zA7Py2xSkh_-z8a8HG1c-c8bOv3PytlPlBIH3IuXhGHZ1D4GqDEIkvOOR4fAxbBLPKktSJN28FrBiyy6Nvy8wIMFXVFz2HcNSmx4LpurbnChLR_jTH-9YZJ/s320/2160figsb.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7kiEr72-OgkQuTZfxtCxmrcnUMVnXJtIyQNE2AUkGOIydjsUtKU0sC8B4D3OrU1YIiEgWiZBJBn7hh7eZNP2br6pdjC72iS57BS2DYvaB5pfx6a9hzHTzZLgblJ-my1yNyfVLqB_z9gO/s1600-h/2160figsa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443753764656447314" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7kiEr72-OgkQuTZfxtCxmrcnUMVnXJtIyQNE2AUkGOIydjsUtKU0sC8B4D3OrU1YIiEgWiZBJBn7hh7eZNP2br6pdjC72iS57BS2DYvaB5pfx6a9hzHTzZLgblJ-my1yNyfVLqB_z9gO/s320/2160figsa.jpg" border="0" /></a></div></div></div>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-22723800499579564902010-02-14T06:42:00.000-08:002010-02-14T07:04:22.019-08:00Change of direction.It's been ages since I added to the blog. A combination of painters block, a sore arm and Christmas, with all its visiting responsibilities, meant that it has been a while since I picked up a paintbrush.<br /><div><div><div>Eventually I did, only to find that I'd lost interest in my Sherrifmuir and Marlburian projects, and try as I might they refused to rekindle.</div><div>So fiddling around a bit, with different periods, I have emerged with a new direction, SF. Suddenly I find myself enthused by Pig Irons range of SF figures, along with a re-awakening of 40k ideas that I had thought long dead and buried. So I thought I would post some photos of my ten year old 'World Eaters' Chaos Marines project, as well as my beginning Pig Iron Kolony Militia troops.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438113133654000514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 282px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFj5I2OQ4dcIDCZxWTe9Mn6drrdJXDAjXq7Bo73z6CJd0ISVU5u9g5GxGXCfPJmEJVKjVjwZin1bYarOfPykYJR7-16OY8JMeghJjMwvcT2HK6Jimyai6sQJXNph0m3z0RZKYfbmvVb2ry/s320/DSC02215.JPG" border="0" /></div></div></div><br /><p> 'World Eaters' Demon Prince</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438113142126381650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wz_gyACBS1uMwM3t0kyyf3C0V9I_lIQV9vw1H2Sco1Ejcbq2swwG0dZQRimOOqrFWkou_QLg970pZTfljIoLN2bjqLVL1sTrC8cUOqsRZ5I7MYDEIIDZgKi7c1zU6bZIjDz2KyRTaano/s320/DSC02220.JPG" border="0" /></p><p> 'World Eaters' command</p><p> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438113151606820738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ZNbGrJXrbiprVUkOb40CbAqJhWFVcyuTMU_z0As3w1wD_RrB1g1kQ52w8w2SjtWWaf7hGrFKEPhGg7BqqiTmI9PQdlF70B-xyIb5xYqwQxM7Xv_35paY-67404ge9sTrujNt4gRA4pnw/s320/DSC02226.JPG" border="0" /></p><p> Pig Irom Militia + Urban Mammoth sniper.</p>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-59854052426232472272009-11-04T11:24:00.000-08:002009-11-04T12:14:20.165-08:00If at first...The dreaded 'painters block' has been worse than I thought. I thought I had overcome it and settled back down to my Sherrifmuir project, wrong! No sooner had I made a start, than I found myself aimlessly staring into space. Motivation was proving impossible, at times I was forcing myself to my painting area. <div><br /><div>However, I'm hoping that I'm finally through it (fingers crossed). In my attempts to motivate myself, I've started painting, amongst other things, some Front Rank WSS, when finished they will probably be Marlborough's.</div><div> </div><div>Not sure about Front Rank, detail is excellent and they paint beautifully<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2Us1Vn2PScY7AMtXEv-hEvQrjsge2zGkO5cKRuUoEugFVQ8Rqx6A22_ioGVoUEvGkEPTWVDdNecLlfkrdBAYhtBngZ13sgHBkQcdd2RoSTSpV10kYiMu5I5MY0MONNDOHjdav3Yf0Lk3/s1600-h/WSSA.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400331961721617938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl2Us1Vn2PScY7AMtXEv-hEvQrjsge2zGkO5cKRuUoEugFVQ8Rqx6A22_ioGVoUEvGkEPTWVDdNecLlfkrdBAYhtBngZ13sgHBkQcdd2RoSTSpV10kYiMu5I5MY0MONNDOHjdav3Yf0Lk3/s320/WSSA.jpg" border="0" /></a>, but the poses are a little bit too wooden having a lack of movement. Still the range is immense, providing some command alternatives and diorama basing ideas.</div><br /><br /><div>The Reiver Figures range has all the movement needed, yet the range is limited with a small number of poses. This, of course, makes creating units simpler, negating the usual 'now should this unit be, marching, firing, loading' etc?</div><br /><div>At the end of the day I think I prefer the Reiver figures, they just seem to scream 'paint me', and with them now doing a dedicated WSS range, the only problem is the dreaded postal strike.</div><br /><div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4OHoWA8aDfyHm8R0yijCoDmuHEU7OUFoSl3k3lElBzlnNYLZmGPd6qvkqFEhmu2tAiE17xcdBUoNx2g9OXbXP0dnC_rPLNPLO8HLzg_dxv771gYIUx0S5kQmEge9xfnXw6KQsSG3qZ4o/s1600-h/Shannon's+a.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4OHoWA8aDfyHm8R0yijCoDmuHEU7OUFoSl3k3lElBzlnNYLZmGPd6qvkqFEhmu2tAiE17xcdBUoNx2g9OXbXP0dnC_rPLNPLO8HLzg_dxv771gYIUx0S5kQmEge9xfnXw6KQsSG3qZ4o/s1600-h/Shannon's+a.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400342824819306162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4OHoWA8aDfyHm8R0yijCoDmuHEU7OUFoSl3k3lElBzlnNYLZmGPd6qvkqFEhmu2tAiE17xcdBUoNx2g9OXbXP0dnC_rPLNPLO8HLzg_dxv771gYIUx0S5kQmEge9xfnXw6KQsSG3qZ4o/s320/Shannon's+a.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>I've recently become a convert to the 'dip' finish, although it's more of a 'wash'. I use a wash followed by a Highlight method as used by some notable figure painters such as David Imrie (examples can be seen on his 'Saxon Dog' blog). It seems to be working a treat so far, but a good matt varnish is essential at the moment I'm using Winsor &Newton 'Galleria' matt varnish, I like it but I'm wondering if it's matt enough.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4OHoWA8aDfyHm8R0yijCoDmuHEU7OUFoSl3k3lElBzlnNYLZmGPd6qvkqFEhmu2tAiE17xcdBUoNx2g9OXbXP0dnC_rPLNPLO8HLzg_dxv771gYIUx0S5kQmEge9xfnXw6KQsSG3qZ4o/s1600-h/Shannon's+a.jpg"></a> </div></div>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-12077681101047902092009-09-25T11:04:00.001-07:002009-09-25T11:16:37.123-07:00I'm back...Its been a while since my last post, holidays, family weddings, home decorating, and, worst of all, the dreaded "painter's block". Over the past couple of months I've tried every trick in the book, different periods, different scales etc, nothing seemed to work.<br />However, perseverance pays in the end, and I'm back working on Shannon's brigade, I just need some more figs. Dutifully I perused the Reiver website and found this<br />"War of the Spanish Succession Range – due for release at Derby 3/4 October. New Armies – Austrian, British, French & Dutch – More details to follow"<br />Now I'm not going to Derby, but I look forward to the new range with a kind of trepidation.<br />In the mean time, back to 1715.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-17689247662654157972009-06-04T09:57:00.000-07:002009-06-04T10:43:28.810-07:00No new figures but...<div><br /><br /><div> ...here are a few 6mm Marlburian's courtesy of Baccus. Just one of my many attempts at this period, in various scales. <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiInCw68x9p6c52e90JMr0Fj3f0ini8m-52G0I8kLhypdc-iIoW7Fid09AW7WSXy-1XEg1GUd8dF7UK-uqTkujg1K9IAHSjVingGEN93iBPVBHFxGYthd-zhKKZAGuohBlmoo-nkJnfY9/s1600-h/wss6mm.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343527276930201938" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiInCw68x9p6c52e90JMr0Fj3f0ini8m-52G0I8kLhypdc-iIoW7Fid09AW7WSXy-1XEg1GUd8dF7UK-uqTkujg1K9IAHSjVingGEN93iBPVBHFxGYthd-zhKKZAGuohBlmoo-nkJnfY9/s200/wss6mm.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchm59muJ3PNcjLI70qNSvDKW0mOvBztzjSYXoCZ6lkl7GcCb0VGRoWnszFO11R5T0P48QiLoCTtDWdh8w0fGV8C7-bpO5jGDLKe3haaxuzEFi7LE_0AsCnnHlIX9QJMAblU8HGn5FL5Yp/s1600-h/wss6mm2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343527283491746946" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchm59muJ3PNcjLI70qNSvDKW0mOvBztzjSYXoCZ6lkl7GcCb0VGRoWnszFO11R5T0P48QiLoCTtDWdh8w0fGV8C7-bpO5jGDLKe3haaxuzEFi7LE_0AsCnnHlIX9QJMAblU8HGn5FL5Yp/s200/wss6mm2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bcWAlpwGO2SqaJB7fs7_Z4R8ETNNJHZhNFTL5g_Jpbt-jgw_3y8C63vdJykWOVhjFHuObt7C_0sN2Q4v0pKpa4u286o_5rDWjDjt64v8w03zebGsrA19UvFu620FQZWUUHdxyVq2OeBH/s1600-h/wss6mm3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343527283920897378" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 72px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2bcWAlpwGO2SqaJB7fs7_Z4R8ETNNJHZhNFTL5g_Jpbt-jgw_3y8C63vdJykWOVhjFHuObt7C_0sN2Q4v0pKpa4u286o_5rDWjDjt64v8w03zebGsrA19UvFu620FQZWUUHdxyVq2OeBH/s200/wss6mm3.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZVmJi3FpXeHZEawrxdtt8HO-CUHOpUIUzKu3D7JEomyiNiLTizRKFZAJxde34eMT5HenRNdwvvn65XuiJFvMpAyIZ26_tCYUjCRK5BW3UmdXMgx7rctrbSA2Z8LlMQvTM17i7qgElZbx/s1600-h/wss6mm4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343527291683214642" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZVmJi3FpXeHZEawrxdtt8HO-CUHOpUIUzKu3D7JEomyiNiLTizRKFZAJxde34eMT5HenRNdwvvn65XuiJFvMpAyIZ26_tCYUjCRK5BW3UmdXMgx7rctrbSA2Z8LlMQvTM17i7qgElZbx/s200/wss6mm4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I've also got a copy of Daniel Szechi's '1715 <em>The Great Jacobite Rebellion</em>', once I've had a chance to read it I'll share my thoughts.<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-51006464314158082232009-05-28T03:21:00.000-07:002009-05-28T04:04:57.386-07:00Sherrifmuir, 13th November 1715.On the 13th November 1715, two armies clashed at Sherrifmuir on the Ochils slopes near Dunblane in Perthshire, Scotland. One was led by John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, and bore the royal standard of James Stuart would be King of the British Isles. The other, the government and the new Hanoverian Kings army sent to stop a rebellion that aimed a restoration of the Stuart dynasty. <div><br /><div>Mar, with his largely Scots Jacobite army, had swiftly taken control of Perth and most of the northern Highlands. After several skirmishes with Argyll's troops, he, Mar, was persuaded to lead his army south on the 10th, a movement that was reported to Argyll who swiftly moved his army to counter.</div><br /><div>The scene was set, at Sherrifmuir the armies faced each other. Numbers were, depending on the source, some 8000 Jacobites versus Argylls 4000, giving Mar a two to one advantage.</div><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuVXQSdvdmsbARSkjEULKcKPl7ZtRH259M8RreMUQN8gafK9QQ0l4lkeIhe711eoQwy7zNTU0r2PFubFNqL1Olh37Jl4_Tp5OWOM2Dlcno80gnRvTuDEgzA14YenX9LvNvmsOmzGnIthe/s1600-h/sherrifmuirbattleorder.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340822228565669938" style="WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuVXQSdvdmsbARSkjEULKcKPl7ZtRH259M8RreMUQN8gafK9QQ0l4lkeIhe711eoQwy7zNTU0r2PFubFNqL1Olh37Jl4_Tp5OWOM2Dlcno80gnRvTuDEgzA14YenX9LvNvmsOmzGnIthe/s200/sherrifmuirbattleorder.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Argyll, assembled his army uphill, with General Witham commanding his left. In response the Jacobite right and centre is said to have attacked this wing with such ferocity that the Hanoverian left fled, Witham himself rushing off to Stirling carrying tales of Argylls defeat. Unknown to him however, Argyll's right had smashed the Jacobite left forcing it back two miles. Nightfall put an end to the fighting leaving little change the lefts of both armies had been beaten while the right wings had proved victorious. However, in reality both armies had suffered for no gain, Argyll withdrew to Dunblane, while Mar retreated to Perth. From those positions, both sides proclaimed victory, but neither had actually won.</div><br /><div>One has to wonder why Mar, still with a number advantage, did not continue the fight, many historians accuse him of losing interest. Whatever, Argyll won the propaganda war, with the Jacobites now proving so demoralised that even James Stuart's arrival in the December failed to arouse their spirits. The 1715 rebellion was over and he returned to France while his proud army disbanded.</div><br /><div>(<em>The map showing the OB, is from the 'Scot Wars' site.)</em></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340827364544600914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjax0iZ5YjspS_GBVjNVVweTznBJHRM3v2_lSWrqhcWJMyOiVAtOowhlwMuJHzSIo_cOKm-ZlndZfgYLF3R5C2gbtYnWbc0t5uAqOYpvPXDT1thepzyZO5UPa4IeWRClLrvso3BhueS40Y/s200/200px-Battle_of_Sheriffmuir.jpg" border="0" /></div></div>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-62282351328397828372009-05-27T08:09:00.000-07:002009-05-27T08:15:30.969-07:00Lord Derwentwater's FarewellSearching for information on the 1715 Jacobite uprising I found a folk music site on the web. One of the songs there tells the story of Lord Derwentwater, a Jacobite rebel who was executed after the surrender of Preston. The story goes that he wanted to fight his way out but was convinced that surrender was best, just goes to show that sometimes your first instinct is best. Anyway the song is just one of many on what is a interesting and absorbing site. <a href="http://www.contemplator.com/">www.contemplator.com</a>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-10406591977417041862009-05-26T12:45:00.000-07:002009-05-26T13:40:00.889-07:00Why the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion?The short answer is, I don't know why I suddenly developed a passion for this brief and disastrous series of events that have become known as the '15'. I've no connection to Scotland, and I'm not religious, so why does it appeal? Perhaps it's some kind of bizarre 'underdog' thing, maybe its.... I just don't know.<br />The route to it was arduous, first it was James II and Sedgemoor; then it developed into the 'Glorious Revolution'; then the wars of the 'League of Augsburg'; Marlborough and the WSS; until finally Sherrifmuir. A lot of it, I think, can be laid at the door of my having seen the Reiver figure range at 'Vapnatak' at York 2009. Having gone with the sole intention of seeing how their 1690's range had developed, I found myself transfixed by their '1715 Jacobite' range. The rest, as they say, is history.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQWK7-1ZkK4WIhb57dPh5tVtJFEC8Is-iaUsX23zzLppOJqoxTBtXbpj12pnyVUKLin1H_IfI__H5QeQDSGSgWYjUXOMi3QNcCf80x2-UQLxOK7lbmQuGTth1MbwTpv1TYm3bO1PprgCW/s1600-h/old+pretender.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340224925658568530" style="WIDTH: 148px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQWK7-1ZkK4WIhb57dPh5tVtJFEC8Is-iaUsX23zzLppOJqoxTBtXbpj12pnyVUKLin1H_IfI__H5QeQDSGSgWYjUXOMi3QNcCf80x2-UQLxOK7lbmQuGTth1MbwTpv1TYm3bO1PprgCW/s200/old+pretender.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The 1715 rebellion was an ill fated disaster. Queen Anne dies without issue, the protestant government, determined to continue a protestant succession, gives the crown to the Hanoverian George, who not only speaks no English but comes with a ready made following of family and hangers on. John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, considers himself ill served by the incoming monarch and changes his allegiance (<em>hence his nickname, Bobbin John</em>) and raises the Jacobite standard, declaring James Francis Edward Stuart (<em>the Old Pretender</em>) King of England, Scotland and Ireland in his absence. With an army believed to have numbered some 12000, he quickly took control of Perth and most of the northern Highlands.<br />On the 13th November 1715, he faced a Loyalist (<em>sometimes called Hanoverian</em>) army commanded by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, at Sherrifmuir near Dunblane. Although outnumbered Argyll was able to hold and by nightfall both armies had suffered severe casualties, and although Mar still held a number advantage his refusal to risk his entire force allowed Argyll to withdraw. The ensuing chaos allowed both sides to claim victory, while in reality neither side had won. James Stuart landed at Peterhead on the 23rd of December, but by then the cause was, for the most part, lost. The army was disheartened and proved unresponsive to any attempts to rouse their earlier spirits.<br />Argyll, on the other hand, was fully charged up, his army had been reinforced and advanced north as the Jacobites withdrew first to Montrose, where James Stuart took a ship back to France, then Ruthven where it eventualy dispersed. As usual in these afairs the final 'bill' was paid by the ordinary men and women who had followed the Stuart star, something that the Scots (for the Jacobites were mostly Scots) would be fated to continue doing.<br /><br />This has been a very potted overview (for which I apologise), I will endeavour to add further detail as I find it.Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-42399417477849553592009-05-26T07:35:00.000-07:002009-05-26T08:27:33.574-07:00And the next one is...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMbm29EoptfPIflnQ95abhVRaOJLqLcC9ykcdoJzFJyYKrDL1V-w-fATuKEgtdnULxwnwCmRtuj4b2Pi0FCIi0yBKoUb57M3zfp1Wxvrqgg3sqV7AtuPPT0Zihiv72Yy7uE4AGwpsMDFp/s1600-h/bavariantest3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340154089975889954" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMbm29EoptfPIflnQ95abhVRaOJLqLcC9ykcdoJzFJyYKrDL1V-w-fATuKEgtdnULxwnwCmRtuj4b2Pi0FCIi0yBKoUb57M3zfp1Wxvrqgg3sqV7AtuPPT0Zihiv72Yy7uE4AGwpsMDFp/s200/bavariantest3.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_J52HC5auMNUhKdyP6nWbvaHR4_CLNRAdGM9ICGetKzkZuq6of3srFERuV-V1pxNKRP8oKIpTEw2nJpl3eygE9Ud_pzYT1HxywJuL8HzNYKEBFRCAER9IpkSST2TePs_77cti76EMbkGc/s1600-h/bavariantest2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340154082045477570" style="WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_J52HC5auMNUhKdyP6nWbvaHR4_CLNRAdGM9ICGetKzkZuq6of3srFERuV-V1pxNKRP8oKIpTEw2nJpl3eygE9Ud_pzYT1HxywJuL8HzNYKEBFRCAER9IpkSST2TePs_77cti76EMbkGc/s200/bavariantest2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbHj_nWGC-cvWltCcYMVHkcJMKgUzo7TaR9J3zU3isAJ41o-c8kQL2t3vMVJFSg1d9hrBfPx1cpBa00pOoe-o88V1JkGd-fwPp3ml1Nhwdt9Wwa2BN3xRZUL1yBh8Fb-IQXAyNGL4_7KD/s1600-h/Bavariantest1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340154079288360962" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbHj_nWGC-cvWltCcYMVHkcJMKgUzo7TaR9J3zU3isAJ41o-c8kQL2t3vMVJFSg1d9hrBfPx1cpBa00pOoe-o88V1JkGd-fwPp3ml1Nhwdt9Wwa2BN3xRZUL1yBh8Fb-IQXAyNGL4_7KD/s200/Bavariantest1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /><br /><div>I've been a little off track, but only a little. These are some of the Reiver 'Hanoverian' British in Bavarian guise. I know they are doing Bavarian figures, but I just wanted to see if I could try some spare Hanoverian British instead. I don't know if I'm convinced, but what the hey.</div></div>Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200647242078286270.post-57776880914910108692009-05-20T12:03:00.000-07:002009-05-20T12:07:20.729-07:00'Over the hills, and far away'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vFQZUoXeELf8rAIlnd6d4ERcssKe4MKExlQinImpmVfRMsas2bLqG8M6IFNsR5vEMNJRYEjiY-fl8QrgxWM5nSVBuuZ1ht1S-cCxpmUxmLUrZTEk1dmB5pipUl9CKIgY75onpAKzovfK/s1600-h/overthehills.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337983889966922754" style="WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0vFQZUoXeELf8rAIlnd6d4ERcssKe4MKExlQinImpmVfRMsas2bLqG8M6IFNsR5vEMNJRYEjiY-fl8QrgxWM5nSVBuuZ1ht1S-cCxpmUxmLUrZTEk1dmB5pipUl9CKIgY75onpAKzovfK/s320/overthehills.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I saw this on the excellent 'Wars of Louis Quatorze' blog, and just had to put it here. It's not the rewritten version used in the 'Sharpe' seriesAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11981995926058982943noreply@blogger.com0