Well it's been a wee while so thought I would share what time I have spent on the hobby recently and truth be told it's not been a lot!! Back to work full time and it has been hectic but very enjoyable but leaves me pretty tired at nights and the weekend and with the football season back it really leaves Sunday at the moment and gardening is eating into that too. It's not all bad news on the hobby front though and my Dog Wars project nears the last bit, some artillery to base up and some artillery to get done and that will be that. The picture below is for the Blue army hussars, two small squadrons of them and they have turned out very nicely. It's been a joy to work with the people at Alternatives Armies on this project, really good communication, nicely painted miniatures and a good price too, can't praise them highly enough.
I have enjoyed my experience with AA so much that I am now going back to Slaughterloo and will be building up Orc and Elf divisions, probably three a side, I will be doing some of it myself and AA will take care of the rest, again at a very decent price for me. With my hobby time being so limited it is a great way for me to get painted troops on the table so for me it's a win win.
On other news with a little disposable money I have accrued I am buying some painted late 17th century troops from Mark Allen, I saw them on Facebook and couldn't resist them, after concluding the deal he asked me if I fancied some more Brits and French at a good price, if any of you have seen Marks work you will know it was too good a deal to turn down, so later this month I will have a good start for British and French forces for some League of Augsburg gaming, I will take stock of what I will get and then add to it as and when.
Well that's it for now, next post I will pop a photo on of some Orcs light infantry that have been done and based up, lovely painted unit from AA and then stuck n some bases by me!! I have been following a lot of blogs online and find it so good to see what others get up to, certainly keeps me very interested and a source of great inspiration, keep on blogging folks despite all the problems that Blogger seems to throw at us!!
Glad to hear your making some progress, the lste 17th century stuff sounds interesting!
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Thanks Iain, always interested in that time period, loads of interesting uniforms and still pike being used, looking forward to getting them and adding to the project.
ReplyDeleteNice looking cavalry Donnie. Hopefully their bite is worse than their bark.
ReplyDeleteIt is always difficult to find time for the hobby when you are working full time and have the usual household duties to complete. I am glad you are getting something done as it is always good to keep things ticking over. Planning and buying more figures counts hobby time well spent 😁
I'm very happy at the way the turned out Ben and have to agree any hobby time is time well spent.
DeleteThese look great! I have always wondered about Alternative Armies as they have some interesting terrain bits that I like the look of. Good to hear that they are fab to work with.
ReplyDeleteTheir catalogue is massive, so many fantasy bits and as you say Michael a lot of interesting terrain pieces, they are a great company to deal with, decent prices and a good turnaround.
DeleteYes, great to see painting news from you!
ReplyDeleteCheers Michal, it's always nice to get a bit of hobby time.
DeleteGood to see you've been back on the brush Donnie, the troops look fab! I saw the Mark Allen figures up for sale on facebook as well, they're beautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteIt was too good a deal Ray, a period I am really interested in and really lovely looking miniatures, a win win I would say!!
DeleteNice looking figures and the Mark Allen stuff will be great, his work is usually outstanding
ReplyDeleteHe is a master with the brush Neil, looking forward to getting them.
DeleteGood to see you back, Donnie! I am really looking forward to seeing your LoA acquisitions from Mark.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jon, I will get some pictures up when I get them, should be good!!
DeleteThese figures make me laugh, but they are really well painted and look lovely! Getting them done at a good price is a great way to get painted armies when time is tight.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes, James
Indeed James, must admit I love the cartoony style of them, the faces on some of the Orcs are brilliant, some ranges are better than others but all pretty decent in my opinion. I am a really slow painter so it's a no brainer at this time for me.
DeleteGreat looking figures. They look like fun to paint.
ReplyDeleteA great coup on acquiring such lovely figures.
Thanks Richard, they are fun sculpts and look great painted up.
DeleteI can only echo the other guys in saying its great to see you posting Donnie, even though you have obviously been commenting regularly on other people's blogs! The mounted hounds look very cool and I am looking forward to seeing your LoA figures too.
ReplyDeleteAye Keith looking forward to seeing them myself, being from Mark they will be good that's for sure. I find blogs a great way to see what other folks are doing and to keep up to date with things, I enjoy them a great deal.
DeleteDon’t know how working people find the time to get armies painted up. Sounds like you’ve found a solution with AA though. Nice job on the cavalry mate.
ReplyDeleteIndeed JBM so many other things take away precious time!! Well chuffed with what AA have done, top notch.
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