Happy New Year folks.
Over Xmas I managed to get the hobby cave's electrics back up and running. Hooray! But then, over New Year, I had a short stay in hospital and spent the next couple of weeks flat on my back tripping balls. Boo! All of which meant that I hadn't painted any toy soldiers for nearly two and a half months. Double Boo! I'm feeling much more my old self this week and decided to get back in the saddle. I wanted to start with an easy win. I remembered I had half-painted a couple of bases of 18mm Saxons nearly a year ago so now seemed like a good time to finish them off.
These are from the superb Wiglaf Miniatures range, sculpted by the legendary Mark Copplestone. The bases are a mix of PEN03 Anglo-Saxon Unarmoured Warriors and PEN08 Anglo-Saxon Princes and Warriors. These are mercifully easy to paint, which was very welcome while I tried to remember which end of the paint brush to use.
As a bonus, this means I now have enough Wiglafs painted to field an entire army in glorious 18mm.
I also took this opportunity to magnetise all the bases from my Dark Ages project to date so that they can be transported without all the spears pinging off. This is another thing I've been meaning to do for an age, and another easy win.
I picked up some packs of the Wiglaf Welsh towards the end of last year and the Saxons have definitely wetted my appetite to paint more 18mm this year. Let's see how distracted I get.
I was also pleased to receive my copy of Brother, Why? from Hive Mind Games at the weekend. I'd ordered this for Xmas, but due to an issue with the factory HMG have only just received the finished product. They did offer a refund, but I really liked the concept for the game and I think it's important to support small indie games companies. I am pleased to report it was well worth the wait.
