Two more 54mm figures and other stuff

As has become amply clear from recent posts, my main activity for the last few months has been modelling as opposed to painting and gaming with minis.  I have rediscovered a passion and fascination that had lain dormant over the years but which suddenly returned with a vengeance mostly thanks to the long months of pandemic isolation.  That's not to say I'm not doing any gaming at the moment but it's solely down to board games with the lads of the gaming group. We are currently running the epic Axis and Allies Global War 1939 - a multi player and veritable behemoth of a game which hardly sits comfortably on a table tennis table and which requires multiple sessions to complete. Clearly it has to be left set up and kudos to Dan for his passion and dedicated wargames room as well as to his gentle wife Yuliia for allowing six unruly man-children into her home every Tuesday.

Board gaming on an epic scale - Axis & Allies Global War 1939

On the modelling scene, I have recently completed two new 54mm Napoleonic figures - a French foot artillery officer and a French line infantryman, both from Pegaso Miniatures.  Bases are from Il Basetta, an italian artisan supplying custom made wooden plinths specifically for miniatures.  The figures are painted mostly in Vallejo acrylics with exception of the metallics for which I use AK True Metal paints.  The mud spattering on the line infantryman was done in oils.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, on the domestic front, last Saturday was a very happy day for the family as the son got married. Below is  a picture of the happy occasion, with - from left - my 91 year old mum, my daughter Claire and her partner Vik, the happy groom Steve and his new wife Justine, and yours truly with missus on the right.