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I've been trawling through my old website again on the hunt for pictures that could be potentially be rescued from WaybackMachine. It is quite a frustrating process as more often then not the images most desirable for rescue will not link and I find myself just left with the thumbnails which are...

Hi, A few years ago I painted up some of the test sprues for the Perry Desert Rats plastics that were planned for release for Salute and aimed at being presented as a diorama. When the painting was complete then it a case of waiting to see what Michael would do with the miniatures and how he...

In order to get the promised images of the single bases taken I was up a little earlier then normal. The photo's have been taken mostly with artificial light and I do hope they hold up to my usual standards(?). In this post I've included samples of the single bases from the front only- there...

This unit was started prior to the beginning of The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge with the first six cavalry models being completed before I went into clean up, prime and undercoat a whole Late Roman army for the challenge, which ended in the Great Varnishing Disaster which put pay to all...

Spanish Sword and Buckler/Rodeleros - Army of Gonzalo de Córdoba, "El - Capitán" To be honest I have also found it very difficult to paint of late. I have discussed my mental health issues briefly on my blog before. Of late, things have become about as difficult as they I have ever...

Hi, This piece was written for my old La Journee blog but as I'm resurrecting the Verneuil project I thought it might be i/ a good introduction to what I'm going to be doing and ii/ the importance of pageantry and Heraldic display (sometimes in surprising ways) in Late Medieval Battles. As...

Hi, A bit of a long story so please defer to my blog article for info. This is my latest piece for the Spanish in Italy, Italian Wars project and also The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. My Just Add Water Blog link to the full article...

Warning,- I'm going to name names in this article. I'm at once both distraught and furious! I have never had a varnishing disaster like this before in all my decades of experience. Help! In order to preserve my dwindling supplies of the superb Winsor and Newton Professional Matt Varnish I...

Back in the groove! It seems like a very long time since I actually managed to work on any of my own stuff. I've started working on some Heavy Cavalry which will join the Early Byzantine long with another such unit and Belisarius' Boukellaroi. I finally got around to basing the last six of...

The first mini's I've managed to paint since August 8th! I'm a little out of practice but I think they have come out quite well. Many more pictures and the usual blurb on my Just Add Water Blog here: https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2021/11/wargames-foundry-medieval-civilians.html

I wasn't exactly sure as to where to put this. Sort of half commercial and half gallery? Please feel free to move this post to the most appropriate spot. Thanks :) I have recently had a number of photographs of my Anglo Danes and Early Byzantines picked out by the inimitable Charles Grant for...

Hi, For two separate projects. I'm looking for the horse that come with the Viking range that Mark Sims Sculpted (pics below) and the Un-Barded Late Roman Horses. I'm after 13 from the Viking range..... and 18 from the Late Roman range. Happy to pay (of course) via Paypal Thanks for...

A project too far. I'm selling my mint (still in small boxes provided by Perry Miniatures and still in the bow that was mailed to me. Asking for 70% of retail value. Original price £144.75GBP Will Sell For £101GBP Buyer pays postage. Pay via Paypal UK only but will consider the EU...

Africa: East Africa - Tribal and Imperial Armies in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar, 1800 to 1900 (Armies of the Nineteenth Century Hi I'm after a copy of Africa: East Africa - Tribal and Imperial Armies in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zanzibar, 1800 to 1900 (Armies of the Nineteenth...

I'm not going to be able to get very much painting done over the next few weeks o I'm going to update the blog with some close ups of some units not yet seen to fill in some of the time. First up are the Goths/Ostrogoths. The Footsore Miniatures Goths will be mixed and matched with a company...

The slow death of a laptop is a sad thing indeed. Not only do I have to say farewell to Photoshop CS2 but I cannot find the password for either CS2 or an old copy of Elements so I had to splash out on the new Adobe Elements, which I thought I would give the once over by revamping some old...

Not to blow my own trumpet but I am amazed at my output at present! Admittedly it is partially the result of the varnish queue that had accrued over the weeks but I do think that there is some acceleration with the old brush too! More pictures of the unit and of the single bases can be seen on...

That's easy, they're from Pete's Flags. I don't mind hand painting banners, but with six armies on the go all with several hundreds of miniatures belonging to each, I have to pick my battles. Belisarius banner taken from the "Justinian Mosaics" at the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna:

The second batch of Steppe Nomads to complete the fist unit of 12 is now done and dusted. OK, all complete bar the varnishing process; stage one, the gloss, which is about to take place tomorrow. More pics can be seen on my blog here...

The first unit of what will be the army of Gonzalo de Cordoba for my Italian Wars project. I aim to do both sides for the Battle of Cerignola 1503, in my opinion one of the most pivotal battles during the series of conflicts we call The Italian Wars. After his defeat at the hands of the French...