Box 1 contains the Foundry/Casting Room Miniatures SYW figures I bought earlier in the year, along with a Cran Tara Ecossaise regiment to expand that game. Two new cavalry units, one French, one British; two new infantry regiments, Clare and the 23rd Foot{besides Ecossaise}; four new Command stands - three French and one British.
Box 2 contains my recent Foundry AWI purchase - 2nd Maryland, Loyalist Militia and Continental Dragoons; three Dixon Miniatures ACW regiments I bought last year; a Tsuba Miniatures band, Footsore medics for the VBCW and 1st Corps Vet and Farmer.
Box 3 contains the remnants of my FRW project: a regiment of Trent Miniatures British Light Dragoons and some Scots Greys, still waiting for a Command set!!!!! There's also a tent I picked up and a spare French cannon.
In all that's about six months worth of painting I'd guess, making a new project seem a bit superfluous at least for now. Perhaps I shall wait and see how the year runs out before I decide what to do? Thoughts are always welcome. In the meantime, some Italian Wars Command stands to finish off first.
Not much in the pimple then David. I do like the way you mount all the units waiting to be completed s it means, I guess, that it’s less likely to forget what you’ve got. I will pinch that idea methinks.
ReplyDeleteYou may borrow the idea with my blessing Colin, it works well for me in keeping track and organising my painting schedules. I guess your Pimple is significantly larger, so more boxes will be required!
DeleteThat's a very organised lead pile.
ReplyDeleteBeen like this since I were a boy! Can’t abide mess, chaos and disorganisation.
DeleteNice collection of figures to paint, I'm currently on a no more purchases phase, since last Salute,until at least the next salute, I've got a couple of years worth I guess! Do you base your figures on the mdf and paint them four to a base? I'm intrigued and always interested to see other people's techniques, never too late to learn!
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I mount them this way just for storage Iain, I mount individually for painting on whitetacked Humbrol lids for Foot figures and MDF off cts for Mounted, guns and equipment. I find knowing the layout helps me arrive at the look I want when I’m painting up units. It’s especially useful for Confrderates and for the Italian Wars I’ve found.
DeleteVery nice discipline that is what I need , although I am not as bad as some. Your pimple is in fact just a slight blemish. All nice figures of course🙂 are you sure you are not hiding other stuff it isn’t uncommon for wargamers to do this ! I find it quite a joy to uncover a packet of something I had forgotten I had 🤪
ReplyDeleteA blemish? That’s a tad hard on we poor pensioners Matt 😉 But I can say hand on heart there is nothing hidden from view, I have no need of such deception.
DeleteVery tidy David...
ReplyDeleteI also keep my slightly larger lead pimple in boxes...in my cellar.
I have an annual review and purge... if I haven’t looked at it in over a year there is a good chance it will go....Dave A received a large amount of Romans last year from this... which he has now painted.
All the best. Aly
A basement full of RUBs crammed with unpainted figures? I could not face that...
DeleteAlas your imagination far exceeds my abilities...
DeleteTis but one shelf filled with only moderately useful boxes ...
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You credit me with an amazing level of imagination then!
DeleteThat's a considerable hump of lead for you to have.
ReplyDeleteHump to you, Pimple to me, Blemish to Matt. We are nothing but odd we wargamers are we?
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