All but done!........

 Well I made some progress this weekend and can call the two uniformed Continentals and the small militia unit done, just a couple of flags to add and these have been ordered so just waiting on them but that's a small job in the grand scheme of things.  I had both Saturday and Sunday off from work, the first proper weekend off in some time, due to staff shortages it's fallen on me to cover every Saturday but this has now changed as we are now up to full numbers.

I managed to varnish the three units and also get them based up and I am quite happy with them, they look fine and should look decent on the table. The unit of Swedes for the GNW are finished in the painting sense but need varnished and the bases done for them to be called done, I have a flag for them so next weekend should see the end of them.

Anyway here's the completed units in all their glory!!

 

On a roll with the AWI project and have a small unit to finish plush some Continental dragoons then I think it will be time to crack on with the British and Hessians, I have a few ready to go but will need to buy some more British infantry and cavalry plus artillery and command figures, Plenty to do that's for sure!  Apologies for the photos, not my strong point!!

War in Canis, Plans are afoot.....

 Well I emailed Alternative Armies with the first three units I want painted up by them, 2 line and 1 grenadier units, the two line will be red faced green and red face yellow while the grenadiers will be red faced dark blue, this will give me a good start to the red army.

That allows me to start on some of the unpainted figures I have and I think a squadron of 10 curassiers, just needing to work out the uniform for them. Will get a photo of the Hussars that I got before Christmas from AA, they are really very nice and a good start to this project.

The next thing is to try and work out a back story to the whole thing, countries, maps, campaigns and what rules to us, exciting times!!

Work in progress.......

 Well 2025 is just about on us, another year passes and a new one almost upon us.  This is not really a review of the year but more of what I was up to on the holidays and what is on the cards for next year.

On show here are 2 Continental infantry units of 16 men each, one blue faced red and one brown faced red, need some washes on them and based and varnished on the left is a small 10 man militia unit nearing completion on the painting front, at the back is a 20 man Swedish white faced regiment for my GNW project.

This is a small 10 man unit of Continental infantry still in the early stage of painting. They will be the last of the American infantry, I will have ten 16 men units, three 12 men units and two 10 men units, then I can concentrate on the British and Hessian side of the project.

In the middle you can just about see 2 mounted commanders, one will be a militia dragoon commander the other is for a command stand, this will give me 6 command stands, which will be enough. I also have 2 guns and crews which will be enough artillery. This will leave me 2 squadrons of Dragoons still to do, one will be the 1st Continental the other will be a blue face white militia one, the other cavalry unit is done and a mounted militia one. This will complete the Continental army and will give a decent force for both small and larger actions, enough for me anyway! Then the focus will be the British side!!

On other news I have taken advantage of ebay and got some more Isabelinos infantry plus some British infantry and cavalry for the First Carlist War project, once the Continentals are of the table some of this project should take their place, we shall see!.

I took advantage of a very decent 20 % off sale from Fife & Drum Miniatures and purchased the start of my Russian SYW army, a couple of 16 men musketeer units and one 16 man grenadier unit plus a 6 man Horse grenadier and a 6 man Dragoon unit and a mounted colonel to keep them in check! Not too bothered about getting them onto the painting table as this is a slow burner and will be added to as the year progresses, planning 10 infantry, 6 cavalry and 3 gun battery all in full uniform, a retirement project!

I have had to turn on the approve comments on the blog as I had a bit of spamming recently and can't be bothered deleting all the time so a bit of moderation was required!

Anyway enjoy your New Year when it comes, my mate is coming down to mine for a dram or two and some banter and plenty of music, looking forward to it but the resulting hangover not so much!  See you all in 2025 and we shall see what that brings!! Happy New Year!!

Busy Doing Nothing: War in Canis

Busy Doing Nothing: War in Canis:  This page will be my documentation of my world of Dogs and the war that is raging across their world.  

How smug can I be??

 Well the answer to the title of this blog post is way too smug!!!!  Back in June I posted about where certain projects were and my Continental army for my AWI project was done all bar a squadron of dragoons, I even boasted the same on another blog, very smug with myself....... 

 Moving on to a couple of weeks ago found me looking for some British dragoons for my 1745 project, I knew they were lying in a box so it was time to wade through the lead mountain to find them.  After a good root about I found the box I thought had them in, opened it up and found that they were not in that box but what was in it was a squadron of twelve 1st Continental dragoons, hurrah I don't have to buy them I already have them.  So far so good, also in the box though were three primed and started sixteen man units consisting of one blue face red unit, one brown faced red unt and one mix of uniform and hunting shirt unit, also two more mounted officers that will make up another command base.

So basically my finished, or near finished, Continental army is far from done and will have another three units to complete plus the command base plus the dragoons!

Excuse the poor picture, still getting used to my new phone, it shows the blue faced red unit on the painting table, in the background are some Hanoverian artillery crews, some Hanoverian jaegers and a unit of GNW Swedes.

So that was a good lesson for me, is a project truly ever done, possibly but reminder to myself not to crow about it if it is!!

Hanoverians Sir, thousands of them....

 Well not quite thousands but a fair few for all that!  I have now got all TJ's Minden miniatures Hanoverian army and so with the figures I already have this is the state of play, with a week off work this is what is consuming my hobby time.

COMPLETED.

1.  13 units of infantry, 16 figures per unit, painted, based, completed.

2. 8 units  of Horse, 6 figures per unit, painted, based, completed.

3. 3 units of Dragoons, 6 figures per unit, painted, based, completed.

4. 1 unit of Horse Grenadiers, 6 figures per unit, painted, based completed.

ONGOING.

5. 4 units of infantry, 16 figures per unit, painted, basing to do.

6. 3 gun battery of 6lb artillery, 3 guns and 12 crew, painted, basing to do.

7. 1 unit of Jaegers, 12 figures, painted, basing to do.

8. 1 unit of Sceithers grenadiers, 12 figures plus mounted colonel, painted, basing to do.

NOT YET STARTED.

9. 1 unit of Jaegers, 11 figures, primed only.

10. 2 gun battery of 6lb artillery, 2 guns and 8 crew, primed only.

STILL TO GET.

11. 1 unit of Luckners Hussars, 6 figures, still to get.

12. 1 unit of Caribiniers/mounted Jaegers, 4 figures, still to get.

13. 4 units of command figures, 8 figures of mounted colonels and mounted ADC, still to get.

Fair bit completed, wee bit getting done and a little bit to get, all in all very happy that I purchased TJ's figures plus all that I already had it has makings of a really good army and should look brilliant on the table. With having a bit of time off work I should get most of the basing done and then I can get a bit of painting in, then it will be pulling the trigger on the final purchases. Once it's all done and dusted I can do a review and get some photos posted up.

Finally......

 Yesterday I finally finished the rebasing, gloss varnishing of the 25mm ECW project, it was a long haul, took a bit longer than I thought it would but I finally finished it.  The whole lot will give me about 10 infantry regiments per side pretty much the same in cavalry plus dragoons and artillery and command figures, all done and boxed in plastic boxes ready for their debut.  Haven't a clue when I will set up a game for them as I am still undecided on a rule set plus time is a premium at the moment.  Anyway just glad to have them done so I can move on with something else as everything has been piling up behind this project.

On the table are a half completed Swedish regiment for the GNW and I think I will try and get them done before I tackle anything else, when done they will give me four foot regiments and one gun and crew, hoping to add another regiment of foot, another gun and crew plus ammo cart also some command figures and finally get some cavalry organised, I was thinking three squadrons of them, all this should give me a decent army and then it will be on to the opponents!  All figures for this project will be Warfare miniatures from the League of Augsburg, lovely figures and look great painted up.

This week will see limited hobby time due to work and a trip to Glasgow on Saturday for a record fair, but I hope to get some free time on Sunday to indulge myself a little, fingers crossed!!  Hopefully I can get some of the Swedish troops photographed and uploaded onto my blog in the near future, we shall see!

Anyway that's it for now, feeling pretty happy with myself about the ECW project so I will sign off on that rather smug note!!