Saturday, 8 June 2019

No Summer Purchases - Day 8 - 8.6.19


  1. Ballasted the Spartan hoplites base.
  2. A bit of painting on the French spearmen.
And that's probably it for the day. The weather is absolutely miserable and I can't be bothered to do anything.

Friday, 7 June 2019

No Summer Purchases - Day 7 - 7.6.19


  1. 12 Spartans glued to base
  2. Ballasted 7 bases of 6th division skirmishers.
  3. Bailando!

Thursday, 6 June 2019

No Summer Purchases - Day 6 - 6.6.19


  1. Removed another 3 bases of 6th division skirmishers from their bases.
  2. Put the all the skirmishers for the 6th division on 7 new bases.
  3. Finished painting the 12 Spartan hoplites - Shield edges, spear tips and went over the spear shafts: now ready for varnishing.
  4. Started work on the French spearmen.
  5. Varnished the Spartan hoplites.

Wednesday, 5 June 2019

No Summer Purchases - Day 5 - 5.6.19


  1. Stuck the shields on the 12 Spartan hoplites.
  2. Primed the remaining 3 French spearmen.
  3. Removed a brigade skirmish screen from their bases from my peninsular 6th division in order to rebase them.
  4. Bailando!

Tuesday, 4 June 2019

No Summer Purchases - Day 4 - 4.6.19


  1. Painted the inside of the 12 Spartan shields.
  2. Dry brushed the 5 bases of the 5th division skirmishers.
  3. Primed 12 of 15 spearmen last unit for my French HYW army.
Not much, but something!

Monday, 3 June 2019

No Summer Purchases - Day 3 - 3.6.19


  1. Varnished the 12 Spartan shields I put the transfers on yesterday.
  2. Stuck pikes on 5 old QRF TYW pikeman figures to be used as morale failure markers for TODR. Note: These are much smaller than the QRF ECW figures which are much more compatible with Minifigs and Essex
  3. Put a wash of Vallejo "European Dust" on the 5th Division skirmish bases.

Sunday, 2 June 2019

No Summer Purchases - Day 2 - 2.6.19


  1. Ballasted the 9 bases of musketeers I put together yesterday
  2. Ballasted the 2 elements of Brunswick Oels Jaegers I varnished yesterday.
  3. Ballasted 6 bases of line infantry for my Peninsular 5th Division.
  4. Put transfers on shields for 12 Spartan hoplites.
  5. Made 4 new flags for the TYW Protestant Union army.
  6. Bailando!