Claymore Castings 28mm Scottish Knight -1388-Otterburn

Hello again and thank you to those that have looked at my Blog and those that have left comments, they are very welcome and appreciated.
This is a Scottish Knight from Claymore Castings and sculpted by Paul Hicks.
I painted this up rather quicker than usual, having used a black undercoat for a change, I tried to speed paint it and managed to do whole thing in about 3hours, start to finish, thats quick for me. He  has been painted to represent Sir John Lindsay of Dunord at the Battle of Otterburn in July 1388.  The shield is hand painted and I am not happy with it, but it looks okay. 
The shield is not permanently fitted to figure as I was unsure how he would have held it, when charging and holding his sword with both hands, so there are pictures with it in different positions, Blutack is a wonderful thing.

Thanks for looking and any comments or questions are most welcome.  Michael

Spanish General 28mm Brigade Games Salute Single figure-Paul Hicks-

Hello again to all that have looked at my blog and a thanks also to those who have taken time to leave a comment, they are much appreciated.
Here are some pictures of my entry into the Salute 2012 Single Wargames figure category, this one again got onto the finallists table but did not get a prize.  It came up against some larger 54mm models, they really should have a seperate category for larger scale models, a 15mm figure has not got much chance against a 54mm, in my opinion.  I dont know anyone that games in 54mm.
Anyhow thats my moan over for now, this is a 28mm Brigade Games Spanish General sculpted by Paul Hicks from the Peninsular War.  I just had to paint this as its a wonderful sculpt, as you can see.
The horse is from Warlord Games and was supposed to have The Earl of Essex seated on it, but not in my world.  Cannonballs are ball bearings, a resin barrel, a strip of plastic tape, for reigns and a printed map of Spain finish the other parts.
Photos taken by my phone, no new camera yet.
Any questions or comments are most welcome, thanks for looking Michael.

First Corps Carthaginian War Elephant 28mm Salute 2012 Entry

I managed to go to Carronade in Falkirk last week and spend no money or even have time to look around at stuff.  Reason being I took along some of my lead mountain, books etc to sell on a Flea market table, which I did, great idea this,  other conventions should use this idea.  It works out at £2 an hour for rental of a table and what you make is yours to keep.  I cleared out a big space ready for more stuff I dont really need!
Anyhow here is my entry into this years Salute 2012 painting competition.  It was entered into the Wargames other category, but did not place.
The figures are by First corps miniatures and are 28mm in scale, Elephant is resin and men are metal.  I just fancied painting something a little bit different and found this nicely sculpted Elephant.  All the shields are hand painted and turned out quite well, the bases on the foot soldiers were filed away to give a bit of realism and space inside the Howdah, not an easy task.

The bow string and arrow were added after finishing the model, both made by myself,  I let my son run his critical eye over it and he noticed the flaw, not an easy task this either. The shield on ground is a drawing pin. Photos taken with my phone.
Thanks for looking, any questions or comments are welcome.

Michael

Retreat from Moscow Old Glory 40mm 1812

This is my rendition of Napoleons retreat from Moscow in 1812.  These are all Old Glory 40mm figures apart from the crows who are from Reaper miniatures. The trees,  rocks etc are hand painted resin.
I entered this in the Salute painting competition but it did not place, it had to go into the miscelaneous category so was up against a lot of good Fantasy stuff.
Again I have taken photos with my Phone, it does the job, might have to invest in a proper camera sometime though.
As you can see it is a rather large piece, about 50cm by 23cm. and typically I have nowhere big enough to display it.  So it will be up for sale soon, anyone interested please ask away.

This was my first attempt at a snow scene so happy how it turned out.

Any comments are welcome and thanks for looking.

Michael

Artizan 28mm Lawrence of Arabia with Iregular Camel Cavalry

Hello again to readers of my blog.  I decided to take a break from painting to take pictures and update my blog.  Here we have Artizan miniatures Lawrence of Arabia and his Arab Irregular cavalry in 28mm.
These were painted a couple of years back but never got around to taking pictures of them.
Again my painting style has changed , hopefully for the better, since doing these, I hope you like them?  The figure wearing white is supposed to Lawrence.
I am still taking pictures with my phone and still reasonably happy with them.

It will be Salute 2012 soon and a trip to London will be made, my son and I are both looking forward to get away and to meet like minded people there.
Any comments welcome and thanks for looking.

Michael

Salute 2012 London booked

Hello again, I am now booked to go to Salute 2012 in London at the Excel Centre.
So the motivation needed to get painting is now here, as I intend to enter a couple of items into the Painting competition.  The picture is a hint to one of the pieces I am doing, its quite big and will be entered into the Wargames Other category.  There are no prizes for guessing the theme.
It is well under way and looking quite good in my opinion, I did intend to do a walkthrough W.I.P. type thing but would rather just get on with it.
I will be staying with my son at the Crowne Plaza Docklands from Friday night til Sunday afternoon, so anyone going who wants to have a chat about our hobby and or a couple of drinks, please let me know?  I am always keen on talking or listening about painting, figures etc.

Thanks for looking,  Michael

Wargames Foundry 40mm Confederates Reb Infantry Singles

Here we go again with the start of a new year, I hope you all had a good one and hope Santa was good to you all also?
I am not into the painting mood yet so decided to take some pictures of my older figures.
I have been asked by a couple of people for close ups of the 40mm Wargames Foundry Rebel Infantry, so thought I would do these and post them.  These again are painted with Foundry paint, but would say my style of painting has changed slightly since these were done, hopefully for the better.
Thanks for looking and any comments welcome.