Facebook - An Addicts Nightmare

Whilst I had a spare half hour I was browsing a few of the Facebook Groups I belong to and saw that a chap was selling a 28mm Burgundian Army for sale at a knock down price.

It worked out to be around half lead price and was painted! Seemed too good to be true but I gave it a go and within the week I was the proud owner of a Burgundian Army.

It needed touching up, rebasing and the cavalry were missing their lances but apart from that was in very good nick.

One week later the results are:

8x3 Essex 

Close up

8x2 Essex

Close up

8x2 Essex

Close up of Mounted Archers

8x3 Essex Crossbowmen

Close up

14x3 Essex Longbowmen

Closeup

10x2 Essex Handgunners

Close up

All in all a very nice Army based for FoG and ready to take to the table.

I still have 40 Mounted Knights that need a repaint and enough leftovers to make up the necessary Command Bases.

Well chuffed with a virtually 'instant' Army for under £180.

Painting During January

I have surprised myself during January with the number of figures I have managed to finish.

The list is as follows:

28mm
40 x Perry plastic WotR Dismounted Men at Arms
3   x Perry WotR Command Figures
12 x Perry plastic WotR Billmen
8  x Perry plastic Mounted Men at Arms

18 x Foundry Indian Mutiny Loyal Madras foot.
5   x Mutineer Miniatures Indian Mutiny Medium Guns
20 x Mutineer Miniatures Indian Mutiny Mutineer Gun Crew

This totals 93 foot, 8 cavalry and 5 guns, probably more than I managed in the whole of 2014!!

15mm
24 x Essex ECW Scots Covenanter foot
9   x Essex ECW Gun Crew
4   x Essex Light Guns
Plus touching up and basing 64 foot and 28 cavalry

The really good news is that I can now say that my War of the Roses project is complete and that the surplus bits and pieces have been set aside for sale at the next Bring and Buy I get to.

The sudden desire to paint 15mm has been prompted by my 2 recent visits to the Weymouth Levellers who are currently in the early stages of playtesting Peter Pig's rewrite of the Regiment of Foote rules and the fact that I knew I had a 15mm Essex Miniatures Scots Covenanters Army part painted and unbased somewhere in the metal mountain.

All in all a bloody good month; all I need to do is keep this momentum going!!