Every cloud has a silver lining …….

Well the silver lining to my frustratingly slow recovery is loads more time to paint soldiers. I have also been able to do quite a bit of preparation work so several more units are now in the painting queue.

First up some Peninsular British Light Dragoons

Two shots of these, Perry Miniatures one of the benefits of these boxed sets is you get 14 figures and effectively two sets of riders and I discovered Perry sell the horses separately so I now have another unit to paint in a slightly later uniform.

The first of some additional French command bases, again Perry figures, these are the heavy cavalry divisional commanders.

Fairly randomly I also had a Confederate cannon needing finishing off.

And finally off the painting table some more epic ECW infantry. The purple colours are vaguely historical although it is clear that few if any of the regiments were ‘uniform’ in appearance 

and a blue unit. I’m really enjoying painting these which can be done quite quickly as long as you don’t worry too much about the detail.

The downside of still being stuck indoors is I have spent far too much time thinking about hobby stuff and this inevitably leads to purchasing more figures !! This in part to cheer me up after my illness. Even my wife thought this would be a good idea although I didn’t tell her how much I was spending 😀

A fairly large box of Perry figures arrived in the post, a real mix of artillery, command packs and some Portuguese.

Too much time on my hands so I have also been on eBay as well…….french drummers to fill in other units, some may get careful head swops.

Some nice warlord Grenadiers, 25 figures and only one broken bayonet. No rush for these but with the other Grenadiers I will eventually be able to field a Guards ‘reserve’ Brigade.

I also purchased a bunch of these to help with wound marking

So keeping busy and enjoying my extra hobby time

Thanks for checking by Matt