30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge - October 2021 Round up

October has passed and with that the clocks have changed in Scotland and the journey through the long dark begins again.

No orcs on show and nothing to climb over or hide behind either; just a few minis here and there.

From front left to back there are

12 x 6mm Norman infantry

8 x 15mm Crusader Infantry

3 x 15mm Early Imperial Roman infantry

1 x 28mm Moorish archer

5 x 18mm Bavarian Line Infantry for SYW

1 x 28mm Norman cavalry

5 x 28mm Moorish archers

The total of painted figures for October was 34. 

This month will see another painting challenge and the start of prepping for the Analog Hobbies Painting Challenge, but more of that soon. 

Cheers for now and stay safe. 

 

Last Argument of Kings

This is the first full post of the on the start of the Bavarian army for the Seven Years War. Shown here is the artillery battery ready to provide supporting fire for the poor infantry to follow. 

The figures are from Eureka Miniature's 18mm range and are actually Hungarians, no wait Austrians or is it Hungarians? No matter, the uniforms are in the colours of the Bavarian Artillery men as per Kronoskaf

The grey may be too dark after shading however its done now. 

Painted during the AHPC XI these have been waiting to shown here and as always time flies. 

In the side lines there is a unit of musketeers started however no decision taken yet on the colours to be represented. These however, will be for later in the year. 

Stay safe and cheers for now

Hobby Plans 2021

With the passing of 2020 hopefully soon to be forgotten by all its time to look ahead to 2021. 

A year of endless possibilities, change and new challenges? Probably all and many other things.

In terms of hobby plans for this year here is a brief outline:

• Successfully complete the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XI
• Finish painting the following:

• 18mm Bavarians for the Seven Years War
• 28mm Prussian Landwehr
• 28mm Hoplites
• 28mm Caesarian Romans
• 28mm Phalangites
• 20mm D.A.K.
• 15mm DBA matched pair for the 2nd Punic War

• Try to game as often as possible virtually or once the vaccines are in place safely in person
• Develop painting skills further and possibly look into a basic airbrush set

That should keep things busy for the year without adding in any new shiney that might catch a magpie's eye. 

Stay safe and thanks for visiting

Cheers for now

30 Days 30 Miniatures November 2020

In the end it turned out to be a very productive 30 Days Challenge as shown below

 Complete in this challenge included the following

• 13 x 18mm SYW Infantry - Eureka Miniatures
• 16 x 15mm Spartan Infantry - Xyston
• 11 x 15mm Early Imperial Roman Infantry - Plastic Soldier Company
• 8 x 28mm Caesarian Romans Infantry - Wargames Foundry

The total for the 30 Days is 48 figures

This month's challenge will be announced tomorrow and will be a little different. 

Hope that you found this interesting

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 290

These SYW War Grenadiers from Eureka finish off the first battalion for the Bavarian army for Black Powder and Honours of War. 

Now moving back to Romans and Prussians for the rest of the month to complete 30 figures by December 2nd. 

The running total so far:

13 x 18mm infantry 

Hope that this was of interest to you. 

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 289

First batch of finished figures for this month sees Eureka UK 18mm Seven Year War Hungarian Grenadiers masquerading as Bavarian Herzog Grenadiers.

Highly detailed and exceptionally well sculpted and cast figures that are a pleasure to paint. Too many figures now whilst detailed and well sculpted go too far sometimes; this takes away the enjoyment in painting them in my honest opinion.

There is another batch of these in the wings waiting for their coat of strong tone to bring the colours together and in the spectrum of light bind them.

When completed these will represent the Herzog battalion and matching line infantry will follow. 

The running total so far this month is:

6 x 18mm infantry

Cheers for now

30 Days 30 Miniatures October 2020

A bit late considering that almost a third of November has already gone, however here is the round up picture for last month's 30 days painting challenge. 

Managed to complete the following figures last month:

3 x 20mm WW2 terrain pieces

2 x 28mm Norman Crossbowmen

8 x 28mm Prussian Landwehr

11 x 18mm Bavarian Grenadiers

8 x 28mm Caesarian Romans

Just for the fun of it I started another 30 Days 30 Miniatures Painting Challenge the other night, 2nd November. As with last month there will be no theme to this, just to paint and complete 30 miniatures regardless of their starting condition. 

The outline of the challenge is detailed below, however the main point being to have fun with your hobby.

• To paint 30 figures of all shapes and sizes in 30 days
• The figures can be partly painted at the start as the main point is to complete figures that have been forgotten
• Basing is not necessary to count as completed
• Any scale is good
• Too have fun
• The end date is set by your start date - 2nd December will be the end date of this challenge
• To post updates as often as possible
• Lastly to show a round up post with a group picture of everything.

Hope that you will find this interesting.

Cheers for now

Back to the Brushes 286

This is something completely new and very different - the Seven Years War. A period of history that has passed by here until very recently when a trade was made for these Austrian Grenadiers from Eureka Miniatures. 

The missing figure is the sergeant who is currently on the painting table in his whites.  The choice of colours comes from the Bavarian Herzog Regiment and other units will follow from this theme. A great source for information on this period - for those who like me know nothing - is Kronoskaf Project Seven Years War. Have found this to be a good resource so far although any recommend reads would be appreciated. 

The basing is on 40mm fronts and this will allow the figures to be used in Black Powder or similar, along with Honours of War. The regiment flags arrived this morning although they are not strictly correct they will suit my needs. 

As the Bavarian Auxiliary regiments were often understrength during this time the army will be smaller than other projects. This will suit both painting and gaming time, oh, wait, what is gaming time...

These 11 figures takes the monthly total to 19 figures with 3 days left on the challenge. 

The running tally is

3 x 20mm WW2 terrain pieces

2 x 28mm Norman Crossbowmen

3 x 28mm Prussian Landwehr

11 x 18mm Bavarian Grenadiers

Hope that you found this interesting

Cheers for now