A Change of Pace on the Painting Desk

 A couple of other blogs inspired me to go back to an old project and "finish it off" - well, maybe! Peter at "Blunders on the Danube", JJ of "JJ's Wargames" and also Lawrence of "This Life in Lead" - there were probably others too. 

I have had 5 battalions of plastic Perry AWI Americans sitting in a drawer from over 12 months ago and now have the last one under coated - I have painted and based four battalions in about ten days - aided by a recent three-day long weekend of atrocious weather!

Here is the first unit - it's kind of generic, but I am claiming it's the 2nd Maryland Line - and please don't point out why that's wrong, I have already written that on the base, so in my army, that is who they are 😉

So, without further ado, here is the new battalion:

I gave them a generic national flag - I think this is the so-called Betsy Ross (no relation that I know of!) version.

As always with the Perry figures, lots of scope for individualisation

The unit is based as per my friend Marks (1866 and All That) current protocol - 3 x 60mm x 40mm bases.

A rear view

After having these figures languish in a dark drawer for over a year, it was surprising to me how easily I worked my way through them once I got started - basically at least six figures from start to finish in every painting session. I am now toying with the idea of a prohibition on new stuff till I do the same with three or four boxes of plastic Napoleonic cavalry I have stashed under the desk...... we will see how that goes!

Hope you like these - please let me know by leaving a comment - I am off to a "Dungeon Crawl" skirmish game at mate Julians tomorrow after work so an AAR will follow, probably on Saturday.