F.I.W - French Infantry

Hello my good people,

This is a rather quick and brief post as I'm preparing my gear for my long-awaited summer holidays.

Below you will see some photos of my newly painted Swedish Soldiers ( from Zvezda's set ), as French Infantry for the French Indian War project I'm preparing (alongside with all the rest....)

White is a rather tricky colour to paint, but since there is Vallejo's Pale/Grey Wash 73.202, shading and highlighting is now feasible.

The whole lot.

I hope you like them - more French and English to follow, right after I return. :-)

See you in a week lads!

T.

A Spanish windmill, that will stay in the plain.

For those you have read my previous post, you have seen some halfprepared buildings that were supposed to consist a proper terrain piece for my Peninsular war project. They were in this state for a while, since I was waiting from the post some Wills Scenics sheets (Pantiles) to make their rooftops (when you live outside England, these thigns may take a while...in times like these, I cherish my years in the Albion).

In the end, they've arrived. And I used them. And you can see the result below:

The windmill is movable - in case you have wondered. Also the rooftops are movable also and figures can be placed inside them (no photos I'm afraid).

And some Lobsters for reference.

 I hope you like it.

Have a great Wednesday night everyone!

T.

p.s: It's amazing what you can do with a tube of Pringles (paprika flavoured - my favourite). ;-)

Shovels, sickles and planks of wood

Greetings everyone from Athens, that, for  the time being is rather warm.

Yesterday, while listening to Brazil vs Germany game (what a game!), I finished these three small terrain pieces, that can be used as complementary pieces next to small buildings, barns, stone houses, sheds etc.

The tools (shovels and sickles), were made with needles (the shafts) and thin card (the metal parts - blades and this curvy thing, which I can't grasp it in my memory right now, please bear with me...).

The rest of the woodwork is made by balsa wood and matches.

The sacks, were made by white Milliput, since I couldn't find any decent sacks in the market (and to be honest, I couldn't wait 7-15 days to receive them, by post - I had to finish the pieces yesterday).   :-)

I reckon that with a bit of patience given, it will be fairly easy for you guys to make something like these, in no time (go get some matches and needles)! 

I hope you like them.

Have a good Wednesday night everyone - I'm off to get me some pints o' Guinness!

T.