Chinese 'Imperial Guard'

 At least, that's what they are for my purposes...

Garrison 25mm Sung officer and standard bearer, SKT Boxers for other ranks. Sung don't really match, mainly because they have 'normal' sized heads!

No real reason for calling these Imperial Guard except I felt I needed some. Or, possibly just regular Imperial troops.

It has to be admitted that the Sung are far more refined figures than the SKT!

I haven't given any of the Boxer figures their gloss finish yet - they're on single bases and generally take a better photo without the gloss - but I'm guessing that a gloss coat will enhance these two.

Some new Panzers and a Boer War army

In a bit of a coincidence I was about to post an unpainted Boer War army I just cast when Steven sent me a picture of his next painting venture!

From Steven: 'Panzer force on its way! I have some Pz 2s painted as well. Will send pictures in due course'

From me:

One of the results of my recent casting bout is reasonably sized Garrison 25mm Boer War army. Sadly, they don't take a decent photo when unpainted!

Firstly, a unit of Lancers.

'Standard' cavalry.

Line infantry

Highlanders

Sadly, there wasn't an artillery piece with the range - but there were four ACW guns produced. Actually, one carriage but four barrels. I wanted two guns, didn't know which barrel would look best so decided to do both the Parrot and (I assume) 3" Smoothbore!

The Boers are only represented by two different firing figures. There is also a neat piece of defensive work - will probably cast a few more of these!

So, for me, a full army to paint. I've also cast a few more Boxers plus a Sung cart and a few Sung infantry - probably a better basis for an 'enemy' than the Boers! However, it still isn't certain how I'll paint them. Probably in Khaki and leave the red uniform for the 25mm Zulu War infantry! Then there's basing. Single bases or elements. Lots decisions left!