A Trip to Cornwall

I've had a week off work this week so took the opportunity to pop down to Cornwall and visit Charlie Foxtrot Models.

Colin Farrant very kindly hosted for a very enjoyable couple of hours in his man cave cum workshop hidden away in the village of Trehunist.

It was a fascinating insight into his business and the whole process of design and production of 28mm MDF Buildings. Frankly now that I  have an appreciation of the effort that goes into the design of even the simplest buildings, let alone the complex brick faced ones, I'm in awe.

The current range of buildings is ideal for use with Bolt Action type WWII skirmish rules and as you can probably guess I'm a fan and convert.

I came away with another selection of buildings and a bag of Chinchilla dust!

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Colin for his hospitality and to wish him all the best in this new and exciting venture.

February Painting - Other than Buildings!

Indian Mutiny

Not much achieved this month other than a Command Elephant, from Mutineer Miniatures, for the mutineers.

28mm World War II Germans

Sd kfz 251/1

Warlord resin trailers 

15mm Scots Covenanters

Essex Miniatures on a Warbases sabot.

28mm Paddleboat

Sarissa Paddleboat

The above are are a selection of the month's painting. The totals were:

15mm 

2 Units of 12 Scots Covenanters. Essex Miniatures based for Peter Pigs Regiment of Foote rules.

28mm

1 x Elephant

1 x Field Gun

1 x SD kfz 251/1, Warlord Games Plastic

1 x SD kfz 251/10, Warlord Games Plastic & Metal

2 x WWII Trailers

52 x WWII Heer and Falschirmjager, Blacktree Design and Artizan.

All in all a busy month.

February Painting - Buildings

Following PAW I could not resist starting my Charlie Foxtrot (CF) buildings.

I thought I would start with the simple ones which went together really well and the results are :

Workshop

Walls coated  with sand then painted

Open Fronted Workshop

Walls coated with sand and painted. The roof was covered with Warbases laser cut tiles and painted.








The next building I tackled was the Tabac. Again it went together well and I was more than happy with the results:

The Tabac

Again the external walls were textured with sand prior to painting and roof tiles from Warbases were added.











That's three buildings down and six to go. So far a very impressive and inexpensive range that I would recommend unreservedly.

PAW 2015

I was pleasantly surprised to get to PAW, the Plymouth Wargames show, on Sunday 8 February. The fact that Theresa's dad lives in Plymouth, so she could drop me at the show and then spend a few hours with him certainly helped!!

It was the first time I have been to PAW in quite a few years and I was favourably impressed. There was a good balance of demo/participation games, traders and space for competitions.

My New Years Resolution, to spend less on wargaming until the size of the mountain/pile is reduced, was holding well until I came across the Charlie Foxtrot stand!  CF is a new company producing 28mm MDF buildings. I could not resist and ended up with 3 damaged buildings, a row of terraces and a couple of  shops!!

To top it all Nick Turner, a member of SSWG, won the award for Best Demo Game. Even though I'm biased it was a bloody impressive game!

An all round good day.