Fred’s 2025 Painting and Gaming Diary

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice Forbes

[Steve J]

Looking good Fred .

[fred.]

Thanks both

The bases dried quicker than I expected so got them flocked, and photographed while there was a bit of light, on an otherwise cold and dull day.



Overhead view, 2 infantry regiments, artillery train, 2 cavalry regiments, tents, commanders and casualties.



The two Continental regiments, one with red turn backs, an the second with white.



Limbers, heavy and light guns. A bit of finishing off needed on some of the these still




Left hand cavalry are the 3rd Light Dragoons, Washington's Legion, right is Lee's Legion. Uniforms from http://www.uniformology.com/WORLD-11-ACD.html

Then behind some tents (originally for South Africa a 100 years later...) Officers and casualty markers

This is all the American troops from my 'beat the price rise' order at the end of December.

I'll try to get a group shot together in the next couple of days.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Superb 

[paulr]

    

[Techno 3]

Very nice, indeed !

[fred.]

Thanks all. 

I've enjoyed painting these up - although they do have a lot of different bits of equipment that need painting, just when you think you have finished I find another little accoutrement that has been missed!

[fred.]

Rivers

At Phalanx last weekend I picked up some 6mm battlescale houses for AWI and lots of MDF river sections.

The river sections have had a first pass of painting - I have a gone with quite a dark blue, as I like the card river sections from the old GW Battle of the Five Armies box set (one shining in the middle of the photo)



These are still wet so we will see what they look like in the morning.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Good plan Forbes

[fred.]

Progress has been made on the rivers (but no photos yet)

Instead got a few bases of figures finished off

Warmonger Gendarmes

More historical (and smaller) than GW Empire Knights - painted these up a good while ago, but didn't finish their basing off until recently





Stripy lances were less hassle than I expected - flag needs finishing - but need some inspiration on the design.






Copplestone Dwarves

Got these from a mate, already base coated and dry brushed in gold - so went with that as the starting point of the armour. Pretty simple and quick paint job on these. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

V cool Forbes

[fred.]

Rivers

Spent some time today adding banks to the MDF rivers I picked up at Phalanx 



The whole lot - these have had a number of coats of gloss varnish but they don't look that shiny in the photos



The island


Y junction



Narrowing section - this has been lightly customised to narrow from the 75mm width down to 30mm

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very nice work Forbes! 

[paulr]

    

[Techno 3]

[fred.]

Thanks chaps

[fred.]

Magnetic Basing

Productive day yesterday - probably due to the not very summery weather.

Got magnetic sheet stuck on the bottom of many bases of Sengoku Jidai era Japenese figures - the figures were painted a while ago - but as they were all out, its an opportunity for a quick photo!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Very 😎 cool

[Techno 3]

Very nice, Forbes !

[Steve J]

Nice work and I'm in the process of painting up some rivers too, but much narrower ones for me.