Monday 1 January 2024

Happy New Year from the General

 

I would like to wish my followers and all wargamers around the world a very Happy New Year.

Well yet another year has been and gone in a flash so I hope that I can finally sit down and start to paint once again, as I have said before, that some of my figures just need finishing off. I hope once again to go to some wargaming shows over the year and really hope that we will start to see some production of new figures coming out. 

Tuesday 26 December 2023

Christmas Prezzies

 

As you can see that I received two wargaming related Christmas prezzies this year from my girls. They are from Waterloo 1815 box number AP009 the Dutch/Belgian Artillery for Waterloo. I have been trying to find these at the wargaming shows that I have been to this year but been unable to find them. The paper back book is Waterloo The French Perspective by Andrew W. Field. More reading material that will be added to my long list now of books to read.

Sunday 24 December 2023

Merry Christmas From the General

 

Well as we near another end of year, once again my output for painting figures is a big fat ZERO. That is now three years without producing any painted figures. I thought that going back to wargaming shows would jump me back into the hobby this year, but no.

Although I have odds and ends that just need that little push to finish them I have seemed to have lost interest in them. Even with the news that HaT could be back up and running next year, sort of got me a bit excited, but It could be another year before there are any new Napoleonic figures are out to get me jumping for joy once again.

But I shall sort myself out next year and try to get these figures done that have been sitting around for years now. Still have loads of things to put on this blog but once again they need just finishing off a final read over. So I hope that things will improve at my end, so that for the people that have taken a look at my blog. Want to thank my fan club in Singapore that shot my view figures through the roof. Last year I had just under 92,000 views this year we are up to 108,000+. I would also like to thank my few followers for sticking with me.

So where ever you are in the world I would like to say, I hope that you have a very

HAPPY CHRISTMAS

Monday 13 November 2023

Oh Happy Days

Some good news to end the year on and that is that HaT (PCC) are back in business. After two years of silence they are now producing some Austrian infantry in 1/32 scale either in one or three different boxes, as there are three styles of hats being Bearskins, Shakos and Helmets. This was put on their Webb site late October.

Now this month they have show us some pictures of their 1/72 scale Hungarian infantry and I must say that they do look really good. 

Picture from the Hat website

This looks very promising that they are back producing figures for us, so I am hoping that next month we might see the progress of their Prussian wagons and limbers or even something new to view. Fingers crossed. 

Sunday 29 October 2023

Birthday Presents

 

Well another birthday has been and gone and what a lucky man I am as I had these great presents from the family. As you can see I received two books, one from Osprey 496 “The Prussian Army  of the Lower Rhine 1815” to help me with my Prussian Waterloo army. The Haynes book which usually do maintenance for cars, they have been doing many new topics including space and second WWII tanks and many more war related books. This one is “Napoleon’s Military Machine” which is about the daily life of The Grande Armie. Looking forward to reading this one. I also had two packets of ACB brushes for fine detail work. I used to get these fine detailed brushes from the Works, but they no longer do them. I also have a mini glue gun with more glue sticks for my buildings that I hope to start making soon. Also in the picture is some AllGame Terrain bushes winter mix. Non related items was a DVD box set and some chocolate.