A Slight Swelling of the Lead Pimple

I have confessed before that I need a new project about as much as I need a hole in the head, but I still go ahead and plan new projects, even sometimes buying figures for same! I am a hopeless case it seems... 

You won't be surprised then to know that despite having a decent amount of figures in the Lead Pimple I have gone ahead and made a number of purchases for a new army, the Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus. Two substantial packages of figures have now arrived from Aventine Miniatures in Belfast to make up the bones of the army, which I can supplement then from my existing Punic Wars collection ~

While we are on the topic of new projects it's best to not forget the smaller Plasasstic Pimple as well. I have now acquired seven sprues of the new Warlord Games Epics for the Punic Wars and I hope to add at least a couple more. My plan for these is a simple dinning table sized game I can play with William, and of course any other interested grandchild or chum even. The painting and basing will be basic but acceptable and I'd hope relatively speedy ~

Both projects will emerge over the winter months I'd hope, along with the Crimean War French infantry. For the latter four regiments are now cleaned up and spray undercoated along with a command base. Two others are still in their blisters while the second command base needs a spray undercoat. In my 75th year all of this is either cocking a snook at mortality or just plain barmy: your choice, I've made mine...