Something Old...

...Something New, as the saying goes. Well, after the title for this blog entry I'm confident you might be expecting  an exciting reveal, something new for an old project perhaps?Never mind, its hardly new or for an old project, so you may simply put any confusion down to my age! In the last post I mentioned that I had assembled and spray undercoated the Perry Miniatures Wars of the Roses baggage wagon set, which I had purchased from Dave Thomas at 'Ommer'ead back in March this year ~

Here it is before the spray undercoat was applied. For those interested in such things, I use Hycote Double Acrylic white from the local Home & Motor store, just under £5.00 a can! I think I have mentioned this before now I come to think on it.

Before travelling Oop North I had some unplanned time at my painting desk and so I've made a start on painting it. So far I have finished the four oxen, the drover, and an additional figure from Aly's earlier gift parcel - you'll have to wait to see him though! I've also applied the base colour to the woodwork of the cart ready for the application of a colour wash or two. 

But first we are spending some time with Hadrian...starting in Hexham Abbey and this memorial tablet for Flavinus, a standard bearer in the Petriana Cavalry Regiment, on display at the foot of the Night Stairs.

Going off atca tangent I recently received in the post a copy of the new edition of my rules for the Anglo-Zulu War, Washing the Spears.  These are published by arrangement with Partizan Press via Dave Ryan at Caliver Books and are priced at £17.50. If sales go as expected then there may at some point also be new editions of my other C19th rules, for the Sudan and the Indian Mutiny.  I had seen the layout during the design stage but nothing beats handling the finished product in my opinion.  The graphic designer has made a splendid job of the layout, so I hope that you won't mind if I modestly recommend them to you if you are interested in the period. Like all sensible rules they are scale and figure agnostic.