I had planned on doing some painting today but my good lady informed me she had some deliveries due and could I make sure I listened out for them. As I usually paint in the hobby room in the loft and at present I’m not quick enough to get down before the delivery driver disappears I decided to make the final push on my ECW armies.
The vast majority have been painted by Lee Gramson and are mainly Peter Pig with some Blue Moon characters and civilians. I was surprised how many I had to still base but they have all been finished today.
All the artillery pieces were made and I pressed on to assemble the baggage train, these pieces are from Essex and whilst ok the moulds are starting to show their age as quite a bit of flash and cleaning up mould lines had to be completed.
Anyway the Royalist and Parliamentarian armies are effectively complete, just need to finish bases, fit some more standards and colour their edges and then Edgehill can be fought! Lee has started on the Covenanters with Montrose to follow.
Photos aren’t brilliant as light is fading quick.
Work area for the day
Wagons etc from Essex being assembled and cleaned, Blue moon camp pieces letting ink dry!
So this project end is in sight and hopefully a game shortly.
I’m pleased to report I saw my cancer specialist on Tuesday and the pathology reports were good no cancer found in lymph nodes and tumour was all out so no further treatment required just regular checks for the next five years. I feel pretty upbeat and almost feel I’ve been given a second chance! I’m certainly looking at a lot of things in a very different light.
A better update next week, I aim to play a board game (Quatre Bras) and finish off this little lot! Take care
19 comments:
Congratulations on the Great News on the health front, Graham!
So pleased to hear your good news mate. Top stuff. Should be quite a game when you get that lot on the table. I’ll get some popcorn in for that one. Lol.
Great news Graham treat yourself to a nice glass of wine or a nice meal.
Even some wargame stuff, take care.
Willz.
Lovely news on the health front.
Look forward to an ECW AAR. I wonder whether Warlord Games Epic will go ECW for the next period or the also rumoured Rome / Carthage period. Hedging my bets, I have just bought a set of Battlescale timber frame buildings for potential ECW …… they would look very good with your Peter Pig.
Superb news Graham, really chuffed for you. Your ECW collection has taken shape very well and like Norm I am interested to see if Warlord go down that route for their Epic game.
JBM hope so 😁 I’m really hoping to get the battle done in the next couple of weeks and then who knows maybe a small campaign!
Willz have to admit treat myself to a large glass of Merlot, it was noticeable I haven’t drank any alcohol for weeks so one glass was most enjoyable but enough.
Norm, I have a few of those buildings they’re very nice and although 10mm vertical height works well with the 15mm. As to Warlord I know John Stallard would love to do Pike and Shot but with a new edition of Hail Ceaser coming out my guess would be Ancients.
Nothing finer than a nice glass of red.
Mrs H bought me a £50 bottle of red as a present a couple of months ago.
That will be nice to drink probably at christmas.
Hmmmmm wine or wargaming.....
Willz.
Great news on the health front - absolutely brilliant. Keep it up, General!
Good news on the health front!
That's fantastic. I'm so pleased for you.
Looking forward to reading lots of posts about your gaming.
Ronnie
Glad to hear you're on the mend.
Glad to hear your good news G.
Now that’s tremendous news Graham. Fantastic results and another crack at the next fifty years! Excellent.
Very good news Graham, keep well and keep enjoying your hobby.
Great news on the health front Graham.
"Now get back to the barricades, you malingerer!" as Col Sgt Bourne might say.
Great to see you back in the saddle, so to speak.
Best regards
Phil
Good news indeed .
Splendid new Graham…
Which proves that toy soldiers are the best medicine about…
All the best. Aly
Graham that is absolutely wonderful news for you and your family.
Richard
Brilliant news Graham. I certainly recognise that second chance feeling and it will make you determined to get even more out of the next decade or more. My surgeon said "see you in 20 years time" he was that confident of the cure... (same outcome as you) and I'm only halfway through so far!
cheers
Chris G
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