Back to the 10mm Ancients From Cromarty Forge

 Here is the latest batch to march off my painting desk:

British Light Cavalry first!

Followed by some British skirmish troops armed with slings and javelins

Next up, are the naked "fanatics"

I do wonder if this was genuine "thing" - it doesn't seem a very sensible thing to be doing bollock naked??

Last but not least, a second unit of cavalry.

And for the Romans, I finished off the last few Auxiliary archers, adding a couple of bases to both the red and green uniformed units.

And below, the last of the holiday snaps from my mate Gavins visit - he went back to the UK over a month ago, already - time flies even when you are not having that much fun, it seems!

Nothing super exciting, but for the sake of completeness, here they are.

We had a very nice lunch at a vinyard north of Auckland and then dropped into the picturesque small town of Warkworth on our way home

Next day, we dragged our guests up the local "peak"

It's the time of year when the sheep have their lambs in attendance

A visit to the nearby beach at Kariotahe on the west coast - black sand, which is used for steel production at the local Glenbrook steelworks

This guy (above and below) was using a drone to fish!

We saw several dead sharks on the beach - they were only about 18" long

Visit to a local brewery at Clevedon

They have quite a few beers available!

Gavin and Linda posing on the pier by the coast at Maraitai

And that's it - my big vacation done and dusted!

And just to prove it - this was my trip home on my first day back to work....aaarrrggghhh!