ANZAC Day 2026- WW1 Rifleman

I've painted another rifleman to join my growing infantry section.

Lest we forget.

Robin Hood revisited

You will recall my previous Robin Hood post from January 2016. For some very meta theme nostalgia, I'm revisiting the subject ten years later.

These Merry Men are from Slave 2 Gaming. They're Mike Broadbent sculpts, but they're not his best. I did them quickly with Speedpaints, and they came out OK in the end. Absolution Green, Forest Sprite, Pallid Bone, Hardened Leather and Satchel Brown were staples, with a few other greens and browns for variety.

I asked the AHPC Antipodean chat what colour Maid Marion's dress should be, and blue was the answer. I painted Will Scarlet scarlet, but it's the sculpt for Alan-a-Dale with a lute on his back.

I also found a missing Bretonnian squire, and did a quick paint job on him. I really should have spent time doing highlights, he's a lovely Perry sculpt. Maybe later. You can buy these figures again now, $A15 each... (the S2G ones are < $4 each)...

Anzac Day 2025- Lewis Gun Team

The Lewis Gun weighed 13kg and had a rate of fire of 500-600 rounds/ minute. The distinctive pan magazine holds forty-seven .303 rounds. Its other distinctive feature is the barrel cooling shroud.

Lewis Gun Team

Lewis Gunner

Lewis Gunner

No. 2 with spare magazines

No. 2 with spare magazines

Lewis Gun in action. Fred Leist, 1917

Lewis Gunner, Sergeant Stanley Galton. Garnet Williamson, 1918

Australians advancing from Villers-Bretonneux, August 8th 1918.
Will Longstaff, 1918

I added another 54mm Anzac to my growing section from Slave 2 Gaming, and was painting it when I realised it was the No. 2 for a Lewis Gun Team. So I had to dig out, pin, prep and paint the No. 1 in a bit of a hurry to make this blog on time! I'm trying to match my earlier styles, but it is a bit more impressionistic. They need a dusting of antishine.

Lest we forget.

Anzac Day 2024- WW1 digger

This figure is a companion piece to last year's Mike Broadbent sculpt from Slave 2 Gaming. I tried to replicate the paintjob. Here they are together:

Lest we forget.

Anzac Day 2023- Western Front digger

After Gallipoli, the Australian Imperial Force was deployed into the Western Front trenches from March 1916 until the Armistice.

This 54mm figure is from Slave 2 Gaming, sculpted by Mike Broadbent. There are some subtle areas for improvement on the webbing, but the stressful part was stippling on muddy splashes without drowning the detail. I haven't done any detailed groundwork on the 40mm base, but I do have more of these figures and could do some in the future.

Lest we forget.

Elvis

This is a gift for a friend who is really into Elvis. She took me to an 'Elvis tribute artist' show a few years ago- apparently 'Elvis impersonator' is an offensive term, i.e. someone who is doing identity theft. We went to an Elvis pizzeria for her birthday many years ago as well.

The figure is from Slave 2 Gaming, who have a whole range of Elvises. Elvii?