Friday 10 February 2023

Quick Update

 Originally, the plan was to be at a game at Julians this evening, but that got canned at short notice due to spousal intervention (at his end!), so I came home and spent a couple of hours at the painting desk. Currently working on some FoW 15mm Brits to use in Heroes of Normandie - the ones I have are on bases that are too large for the 34mm x 34mm squares on the game board - the new additions are based on 30mm x 30mm bases,

Here are the first batch I finished a couple of days ago - more are in progress, plus the first couple of 28mm Chasseurs a Cheval from Warlord. I have posed most of them alongside some of my vehicle collection, which was assembled and painted 15 years ago (or more). There is not a lot to say about base after base of WWII infantry, so I haven't said a lot!


The platoon command base


LMG and 2" mortars


NCO Team


Rifle Team






Most of the completed bases to date - for the Heroes of Normandie scenarios, we won't need huge numbers, so this "expansion" should be wrapped up in a week or two. Quite happy with the way these smaller figures came out, as its a while since I painted 15mm!
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  1. KEV. Robertson.11 February 2023 at 00:32

    Nice work there Kieth on your 15mm WW2 British- you'll be chafing at the bit to get these chaps into a game. Cheers. KEV.

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    1. rross11 February 2023 at 06:58

      Thanks Kev, hopefully they get an outing soon!

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  2. Michal DwarfCrypt11 February 2023 at 00:36

    Great work again sir.
    Lovely minis and vehicles.

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  3. Neil Scott11 February 2023 at 02:56

    They look great, shame about the game getting cancelled

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    1. rross11 February 2023 at 07:00

      Cheers Scotty. Yes, that was a bit of a disappointment but what can you do SWMBO had spoken?!

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  4. Jonathan Freitag11 February 2023 at 05:03

    Having a game cancelled at last minute is a let down, for sure. Good to see a bounce back with a meaningful painting session.

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    1. rross11 February 2023 at 07:04

      Thanks Jon, it was a bit of a let down indeed. Often on a Friday evening at home, I just sit in front if Netflix or YouTube, so it was good do do something a bit more constructive.

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  5. Dai11 February 2023 at 05:51

    These look great. Shame about the game mate.

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    1. rross11 February 2023 at 07:06

      Thanks on both counts Dai. Hopefully we can reprise next Friday.

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  6. Lawrence H11 February 2023 at 09:33

    You have to forgive the odd spousal intervention as, for me at least, it happens very rarely and always with good reason. Nice work on the WWII British and the colours look spot on. Are they Battlefront figures?

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    1. rross11 February 2023 at 10:19

      Thanks Lawrence, yes, we have had a good run at Julian's recently, several Friday night games in a row, so can't complain about the odd cancellation! The 15mm certainly are all Battlefront, inherited from Julian.

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  7. Ray Rousell11 February 2023 at 10:53

    Great work on both figures and vehicles Keith.

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    1. rross11 February 2023 at 11:28

      Cheers Ray, the vehicles were done YEARS ago! They are just included here as a backdrop to the newly painted infantry.

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  8. Ed M11 February 2023 at 14:37

    A nice compensation for a game missed--a bit of quiet time at the painting table. I very much like the look of your vehicle commanders (odd, but they drew my eye, must be my background as a tanker).

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    1. rross11 February 2023 at 16:37

      Thanks Ed, I always like to have crew figures in vehicles - of course, it is unrealistic to have every tank commander poking his head out of the turret mid battle - kind of defeats the purpose of the tanks armour!

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  9. Richard11 February 2023 at 21:11

    Lovely figures Keith. With every disappointment comes an opportunity, glad you seized it.

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  10. pancerni11 February 2023 at 23:36

    Very nice work. At least you got some painting done.

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    1. rross12 February 2023 at 00:06

      Thanks Joe and I was happy to get an extra couple of hours of painting in!

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  11. Aly Morrison12 February 2023 at 01:22

    Very nice Keith…
    Missing a game but painting toy soldiers… not a bad result really.

    All the best. Aly

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  12. Matt Crump12 February 2023 at 02:23

    Yes missing a game opens up opportunities 👍 nice figures

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    1. rross12 February 2023 at 06:08

      Cheers Matt! Likewise today, more bloody rain, so I can probably get away with spending all day at the painting desk 😏

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  13. Stew12 February 2023 at 07:07

    Good use of time to go painting when ought to have been playing. Gotta adapt. 😀

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    1. rross12 February 2023 at 08:54

      I am surprised you think so Syew, given your pathological aversion to painting! A game would have been better, obviously .... Like work and life, we paint to game, not game to paint 😁

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  14. Steve J.12 February 2023 at 21:27

    Lovely work there Keith and a good way to make use of your time after the last minute cancellation. Currently too easy to sit in front of the telly once my painting station (aka the kitchen table) is free for me to use!

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    1. rross13 February 2023 at 05:51

      Thanks Steve. I seem to go through stages, and at the moment, I am in a painting stage! I do have the odd break but it's a while since I sat and watched a whole film or serial on TV. I know there is a new Happy Valley available, but so far, I have not felt the desire to commit X number of hours to watching it.

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