Xmas loot 2019

Hi folks,

Not much to report on the painting front - I have started on my AHPC entries but this years 'treasure island' format has got me a bit confused as to the best way to enter completed figures. I'm thinking I'll stockpile what little I have finished until I figure out what I am doing. But progress has been made.

Loot wise this was another year dedicated to books, although I did include some of the play aids from the new Necromunda box (can't justify springing £130 for a box set). These were an ebay purchase and consist of the box contents less the models and terrain. Book purchases were mainly focused on D-Day again, this time with the interesting 'D-Day: Then and Now' series.

We had a nice Christmas day with Amy's family. There was the usual mountain of excellent food prepared by my lady wife and time spent with nephews and nieces. Thankfully while the day was tinged with some sadness, it wasn't as bad as either of us had worried it would be.

We received a number of lovely gifts from family regarding Joshua, including a lovely ornament which included one of the pictures we have of the three of us together and a notification that a star has been named after him.

Work continues with the charity project, with two different forces having been completed (one by MartinC and another by John - both blogs worth a follow). I also know from Facebook posts and some other messages I have received that work is ongoing on figures for Joshua's army on a number of different painting tables all over the world. All of it very much appreciated. I plan to advertise things a little more in the new year.

That's it for me until the new year. I hope everyone has had a great festive period and that you all enjoy the rest of your holidays. Thanks to everyone for their support over what has been an extremely tough time.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,

James

For Joshua: Second knight unit complete

Hi folks,

The last couple of weeks I have been prepping for the upcoming AHPC challenge, but have also been attempting to push ahead with my 10mm fantasy project as well.

On that note, a big shout out goes to john over at Studio Gaarew who has kindly responded to the project and is in the process of painting up some units which will be very gratefully received. You can catch his progress (and give his blog a follow) over here.

Onto the knights - I generally find painting new things daunting - especially when I have no pattern or guide to follow. This tends to lead to me procrastinating or being so indecisive that I just avoid painting. So doing the knights was a challenge, but I decided just to wade in and get them done. I've found when in doubt that knowing what my spot colours will be (in this case, green and red) and that the rest falls into place once I get going.

The main reference/idea for these units is heavily influenced by the old Warhammer Bretonnians.

This unit consisted of 12 knights, all from Magister Militum. The unit includes a champion and standard bearer which came from one of the command packs.

The banner is a 10mm Scottish banner (important for this to have a Scottish connection) although I did add additional green to the standard. Red and green are linking colours, which I will be trying to incorporate into all the human units I paint.

Along with the banner for this unit, I also added the banner to the Super Heavy Cavalry unit I had previously painted:

Next up will probably be a lord for the humans - in the form of a knight on a large flying beastie. I also have a load of pegasus knights to assemble as well as some mounted yeomen and some foot archers to figure out.

Progress is, however, being made!