Painting Ronin Day 10

Been a super productive day, I finished the Highlanders and based them. I finished the Hussars and will base tomorrow and finished the civies and based them. I have taken a picture of how the days painting table finished but not got too close so as to not spoil the surprise when they show on Curts blog.

While I was doing a little research on the Indian chiefs I got a present surprise, in my uniform book for AWI the figure is almost identical to the sculpt. I guess its no surprise as the sculptors have to get their info from somewhere and they will have the same ref books as us wargame's painter. I finished all 3 chiefs and will base them up tomorrow.

I have been thinking about the games I played this week with my Dad and I can see that it would not take very much work to convert the Musket & Tomahawk rules to fit another period. My second favorite period when I was younger after the SYW was the Afghan wars (colonial era), I have been looking longingly at various figures for years but did not want to invest in big armies. I think I will now look at getting a selection of models for both sides so I can play a Skirmish game. I have some money from Santa so I might just be investing in this era soon.
Anyway I am hoping for a just as productive day tomorrow so for now I will chill out and catch up on a bit of TV.
Peace James

Painting Ronin Day 9

Well I am back home and have pushed on with the Highlanders, I only have the lace left then base's and dip. I did get up early this morning and had a run through of the Black Powder SYW rules with my Dad. I enjoyed my three days of wargames.
Below are a few pictures of the SYW game with my Dads retirement armies.

And finally when I returned from Dad's I brought home all spare figures Dad had that still needed painting. Below you can see yet more FIW Indians and last picture is the current state of the Highlanders and the main focus of this picture is the two figures I think are the best the Officer and the Sgt.

Painting Ronin Day 8

Shock horror, a day with no painting. I did play another game with my Dad, we used larger forces this time and the game was great fun again. I have picked up even more lead/plastic to add to the reserves I have more FIW Indians and more ECW Cav plus a unit of highland Gents (ECW).
We head back home tomorrow afternoon so will be back on the painting table in the evening, I like most people in the world have eaten too much and look forward to getting back into my usual routine. I have added a few pictures from the last game.