At last News from the Front

It’s been a long while since we reported of any new figures that might interest me for the Waterloo Campaign to add to my collection. But over the last year there has been some suggestions that some of the plastic companies will just do that.

You might remember that last year HaT asked it followers what new set they could make for us. There was a big interest in the Dutch and Belgium Carabiners for this period. But as to date there are no drawn sketches or even mock-ups of the figures, so we hope that these are still in the pipeline to be produce. They have also said that they are finally doing the Prussian limbers and ammo caissons for the artillery. We have seen the drawings so while ago but again nothing more to report on them either. They also mention on their list Prussian wagons, but nothing has been said about that set.

Now there are two companies that I have not brought any figures from due to the way they are produced. One is called Linear-A who have suggested that they are going to make a set for the Prussian Landwehr Cavalry. Strelets is another company that have on their list to produce are Prussian Uhlans and Dragoons. Now I know that HaT have already produced the Dragoons a very long time ago and they do need updating and the Strelets figures are looking better these days  Now the last two companies seem to be filling in the gap for the Prussian cavalry and am pleased that they are doing that and hope that it will be for the Waterloo Campaign.

So taking a deep breath of air, I do hope that these will be produced in 2020 it might help to get my mojo back.

Another Year Over

A Very Happy New Year to you all. Now if you follow my blog then you will know that I do not do any painting list for the year to come. So no New Year resolutions from me as the reason, which is quite clear from my previous posts, is that it would put me under great pressure to active something which would be impossible for me to reach. If you look at my performance over the years it is not very good one. Last year I managed to finish off my French Carabiniers troopers, seventeen in all. Now if we look over the last decade, I have painted just 132 figures which give me just thirteen figures per year. Now that does seem to be an easy number to beat this year so I am hoping that life does not get in the way as it has done over the last five years. So I am hoping to finish off my 32^nd Foot and a little bit more. So thanks you for looking at my blog but hope that this year more posts will be posted.

Merry Christmas from the General

Hello world it’s another year over and not a very interesting one for this blog once again. But the good news is that I did finally get my French Carabineers finished but I would have liked to have done more units to fill my 1815 Armies. It seems that my hobby has gone to the back burner once again for now, but hope that 2020 will see an increase in finished painted units.

I have been to a couple of shows again this year which I had hoped would jump me into action and they did just a bit. It would be nice if some of the plastic companies out there would bring out some new Napoleonic figures for 2020 HaT in particularly to get that buzz back.

Once the Christmas and New Year period is over I hope to sit down and finish the 32^nd Foot British Infantry. So please do have a look now and then for progress.

I would like to thank my nine followers once again for staying with me and for all of you who have taken a look over the year from around the world. A total of 57,600 hits to date.

I hope that you all have a really great time over the Christmas period. So I would like to wish you and your family a 

Very Happy Christmas.

SELWG 19 Report

Yesterday I went to my third wargaming show of the year, SELWG 2019 at the Crystal Palace Sports Centre.

It’s was nice to wake up with the sun shine but it did have a chill in the air but then again it is autumn. I arrived just after 11 o’clock at the centre, walked in a payed my entry fee. Once through I took a look at the trade stands on the concourse and then into the small hall. Here the bring and buy was very busy, so I decided to come back a bit later. It seemed quite busy here with more trade stands and a few demonstration games going on.

The main Hall

Down to the main hall it seemed a little less busy but there was plenty on offer here. To my surprise there was a stall selling HaT figures. That was great to see but that is one thing that I do not want at the moment and that is more figures. I am still waiting for HaT to produce the Prussian Limber teams and ammo caissons including the Dutch and Belgium Carabiniers which have been promised to the wargaming world. With the trade stands there seemed to be more of a choice in books, figures and even terrain this year.

Had an early lunch just before one, and here I met Ray Rousell from Posties Rejects or Don’t throw a 1 blog. I have tried to meet up with this young man for a couple of years now and at last I can now take his name off my list but hope that I will see him again soon. After lunch I then went back to the bring and buy stall and looked to see what was on offer and there was plenty to see although not for me this time round.

There were quite a few demo games on this year which I think is very good for our hobby as they all seemed to be having fun. But here are a couple of empty tables around where clubs had not turned up which is always a great shame, but here are some pictures of the show.

Shepway Wargaming Club WWI - Refugees flee the battle

Deal - WWII Beach Landing

Gravesend Wargames WWII great looking table

Now that I have had my fix at looking at all the fantastic layouts this year. I makes me think about mine to come. Still trying to get the first batch 32nd foot done although we are about half way through painting them.

Finished

The last batch of my French Carabinier’s are now finally finished.  I must say that I am very happy with the finished painted figures after being a long time away from painting. The officer is just slightly different to the troopers in that I have kept his jacket white so he can be seen on the battlefield. That means that I have now painted a total of 17 figures this year, okay I am not going to win any medals but it does lift my mural up.

But what to paint next and can I keep on painting? Well I have decided to paint the 32^nd Cornwall of Foot to boost my British numbers. Once again these will be from my old Airfix collection of which I have quite a few boxes to paint still. For a change I will not use the officer on horse but will use the HaT British officer on foot and flag bearer figures from their command set.