More 1/72 Celts

I'm a bit under the weather today so not much is happening. But these fellows finally dried and are ready. This is the other half of a box of 1/72 Strelets Germans.

A couple of very perpendicular poses (fourth and sixth pose below) where weapons had to be attached. I'm not sure these were really worth the bother. I'd rather have a glued on shield (first and fifth pose) than a fiddly weapon through a ring hand.

Overall, nice figures. These fellows will serve as the opposition when GMT gets around to reissuing the second expansion to CCA. They will also serve as warriors in various armies.

Up next: I'm working on some 1/72 US cavalry which are nice Italeri sculpts. And some MiniArt Germans, including some horse. These sculpts are less nice (the horses are awful) but I think they will match the Strelets well enough. I'm also stickering the Spartans expansion to CCA.

1/72 elephants

Work, the garden and soccer season have cut into my gaming but the hobby room has not been entirely collecting dust. I have some new stuff finishing up this week.

First up are these old metal elephants I previously panted but recently rebased for 1/72 Commands and Colors Ancients. Not entirely sure what kind of elephants these ares but paired with a light footman, they should do well enough for representing elephant units.

Up next: Some 1/72 Celts by Strelets (likely in two parts as the basing proicess was broken up by travel). Then on to some 1/72 US 7th Cavalry and then some 1/72 MiniArt Germans.

Last of the Egyptians

I've finished the last of Craig's 1/72 Egyptians and he can take them home when he drops in for a playdate with the kids next week. I'm keen to have them out of my hobby room as getting it cleaned up is one of my holiday tasks.

Sorry this group shot is soft. I could swear the camera was autofocusing on the front row of figures bit it seems drawn to the pattern in the backdrop (which is super crisp!).

I was quite happy with how the figures turned out. The flesh has enough depth (since there is a lot of skin in this army) and the armour drybrushed quite nicely. These were very easy to assemble, which is not my usual experience with chariots.

Up next: Well, the inlaws are en route and I have a lot of drinking to do before they get here. I finished up some stone walls that I will show off tomorrow. I also have 600 points of Flames of War French Goum infantry built, glued to sticks and primered. That is a lot of stripes to paint! We'll see how far I get on them but that is the next big project. Then perhaps some tree repairs and some 28mm Roman auxiliaries.