David Bickley's Wargames Blog

The occasional ramblings of an average gamer, journeyman painter, indifferent modeller, games designer, sometime writer for Wargames Illustrated and host of games in GHQ.



Friday 24 December 2021

There is a Bit of a Buzz...

 ...about Christmas here in GHQ! 

First up, using the set of four hives from Midlam Miniatures and a spare bench from the Redoubt Enterprises' Confederate seated generals vignette, a little bit of scenic whimsy that I'd use in any period on the tabletop. Sadly though I've  not located any 28mm scale bees, yet...


Next, a Command base for my Austrian Light Cavalry Brigade in our Wars of the French Revolution games. These three figures are from Eureka Miniatures, via their UK stockist, whose service was exemplary in my opinion. After painting all those Casting Room Miniatures' SYW French figures of late I found these quite a challenge to both hand and eye, the sculpting style being far more delicate, and making frequent touching up in the next session almost inevitable. But, they are finished and will do for me! Of course you are free to differ, so without more ado, here they are ~

After the pleasant distraction of the Christmas period has run its course the next unit to emerge into the light of the painting desk will be from Dixon Miniatures' ACW range in the shape of the Sussex Light Dragoons. Back to a style of sculpting I know and love in the best range of figures for the period by a country mile, and then some!


16 comments:

  1. Splendid stuff David…
    I love the bee hives…
    Bees at that scale just don’t cast very well…😁

    All the best. Aly

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    1. Thank you Aly! Happy Christmas to you and yours!

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  2. Splendid additions, those Austrians are the bee's knees.

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    1. I see what you did there! Happy Christmas to the Robbos!

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  3. Excellent additions David…..if you gets some bees good luck with the painting them. Hope you have a lovely Christmas , hopefully with family I’m hoping to sneak down to the dungeon to get some quite painting later on 🙂

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    1. Thanks Matt! Happy Christmas to the Crumps!

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  4. Lovely work, the Austrians will look superb on the table.

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    1. Very kind George, thank you. Happy Christmas to the Andersons!

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  5. Merry Christmas.
    What a colourful command base.
    Glad to here about the Sussex Light Dragoons. I first came across them in the Journal of the Confederate Historical Society back in the 1960s. I painted a unit of them using Minifigs ACW in capes but these got repurposed years later as Poles in 1812!

    Stephen

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    1. Thank you Stephen and Happy Christmas to you and yours.

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  6. Happy Christmas, your brush has been splendidly busy these past months.

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    1. In former teacher mode I think of my efforts I'd have said, "Could do better!" Happy Christmas Norm!

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  7. Those hives are a nice little touch and the command base excellent work as always. I hope you have a very Merry Xmas and here's hoping we all have a better 2022. Your Blog has certainly been a joy to follow once again these past 12 months:).

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    1. Thank you SteveJ, your kind words of encouragement and steadfast support are valued and appreciated. Happy Christmas!

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  8. Maybe search for giant bees - in 6 mm! Or you can scratch them up. ; )

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