Merry Christmas everyone

 

Random photo of the lighthouse a couple of miles from our house - Sir Peter Scott used to live there, which is why it's usually called Sir Peter Scott's lighthouse. Thought it would be better than another picyure of a Christmas tree...

Tree's up

 

Latest frm Steven - Rebel Minis

Hi Dad, 

Took a break from tanks to paint some Rebel Minis cavemen which arrived after my big prehistoric update.

REC3 Cavalryman half armour, spear and shield

 

Almost the last unit of cavalry. REC3.

Not really my favourite - don't think I'll be doing any more units of this figure.

Still,it completes collection of units.

Except for this figure. These lousy photos are of a couple of figures I've included on the Roman mould I've sent off to be made. They are Garrison - virtually the same pose and style as REC4. Helmet the same as REC2. Best guess? An original version of REC6 that was discontinued and replaced by the figure with the oval shield. At some stage a unit of these will be joining the army!

With this unit finished it's time to tidy up the painting area ready for the Christmas tree to go up, so no more painting until January. 

Auxilia from REC4...

The original idea was to use these for another cavalry squadron... then I thought 'actually, nice pose for an auxilia figure.'

So left foot bent forward, glued on a thin card base to make painting easier...

For me, it's a really good auxilia figure! Prefer it to RE14B, it's nearest equivalent in the original range!

Still to do - 24 figure unit of RE14A, couple more units of the Praetorians to act as late republic, possibly another unit of  RE6A, the marching legioary. Currently being painted unit of REC3, Cavalryman half armour, spear and shield.

Ordering Roman and Gallic moulds...

 Figures collected for new moulds...

Firstly, a Roman mould to enable me to produce some figures faster than I can at the moment.

On the other hand, the Gallic mould is more to extend the range - especially by giving the Celts a few swordsmen! 

Other moulds planned for the New Year will/should include a couple of Sarmation mould - one infantry, one cavalry. The original idea was to just put all the Sarmations on one mould and send all three away before Christmas, just didn't prove to be practical.

A Gallic chariot

 

Well, of course I was going to look at making chariots for the Gauls...

I literally used things that were just lying around! The chariot sits a bit high off the ground, any future ones I'll probably use smaller wheels - possibly Rose 20mm artillery wheels. On this particular chariot body the axle is a bit further back than I like.

Size comparison with the Airfix chariot.

Construction... for the sides I just used a couple of pieces from an Airfix chariot. I'm not sure what the body of the chariot was from - either Khmer or possibly the 28mm AG/AB Range of  Celts. Could even finish up making future chariot bodies totally from scratch.