Mary, Queen of Scots

This is the Belt Fed Games figure of Elizabeth the First but I will be using her in my Border Reivers skirmish game. She may be Mary Queen of Scots – in which case, this is Version One – as I am also intending to purchase the TAG (The Assault Group) version of the “Faerie Queen” – that will then be Version Two. Depending on which one I end up liking best, one will be Her Grace Queen Mary and the other will be a lower level Borders gentlewoman.

As a brief aside, if you have not seen the film Mary Queen of Scots starring the Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, I would thoroughly recommend it – unless your idea of a good movie is Fast and Furious Seven – then, probably its not your cup of tea!

It’s a very nice figure although the horse is a bit odd looking….I guess the sculptor is better at the female form than animals. 😊

Following the five angles of the figure there are a few images of a couple of hours my wife and I spent on a new walk today. Only about a half hour drive from home, we visited the Waiuku (pronounced as three syllables – Wye – Oo – Koo) Forest, a place we have intended to visit for many years but have never actually managed till today – it was very nice and we will definitely be making a return visit!

 

View of the River Waikato estuary as it joins the Tasman Sea

 

 

The track we followed that ran parallel to the river

 

 

In some places, this sharp edged grass was five or six feet tall. 

My bare ankles took a bit of a hammering from the razor like edges of the grass and are now a mass of little cuts!

 

The view to the south west. Looking at the settlement of Port Waikato across the river and down river to the Tasman Sea

 

The view looking eastwards, back up the river Waikato

 

After walking for an hour or so, we returned to the car and drove about five kilometres until the road ended on the cliff top overlooking the estuary of the Waikato river

 

Very pleasant way to spend three hours on a Saturday and upon returning home, I spent a couple of hours at the painting table before a couple of neighbours popped in for a drink between four and six, then we had dinner as the sun set in the west. Not much to complain about when you have days like that!