A two week vacation from work is just what I needed, and could not come at a better time for an "essential" employee. These two weeks were planned ahead, but my trip out east have been scrubbed since the quarantine. This creates a good opportunity to indulge in other hobby related projects. My goal for the next 14 days is to document a marathon of crafting, modeling and perhaps some gaming. I have been itching to get on projects other than my usual mini figure modeling stuff. Lots of ideas, I just need to narrow them down.

More wargame command stands. Anglo-Zulu War Colonel's Durnford and Pulleine.

War of Spanish Succession French Army Command Stand. 28mm Front Rank Miniatures.

Front Rank Miniatures 28mm army command stand. The Duke of Marlborough. Beautiful miniatures and a pleasure to paint.

I'm baaaack!

If you hadn't noticed, I've been gone from blogging for some years. Having switched to Facebook for posting current projects, I have felt it was a better choice for reaching a wider audience. However, to my surprise, this site is still getting regular daily viewership. I am humbled by that. Therefore, I will start posting projects effective, ehhh, sometime soon. This time, the content will be a mix of my proper miniature sculpting and painting, but I will add a guilty pleasure of mine, but non-the less related to figure modeling, and that is miniature wargaming. Now, my first love was small scale, 1/72, that's what I grew up with. Hundreds of Airfix and Esci Napoleonic, American Civil War, Zulu War and the like, were painted, dioramas and vignettes built, but eventually went through the rigors of teen years and finally disrepair. But at one time, I had enough Napoleonics to wargame with. All Esci and Airfix, with lots of conversions (we are spoiled today by the huge variety of subjects in that scale). Bases were cut from dollhouse hardwood sheeting using an primitive jigsaw with a rusty blade. Flocked with cheap bright green railroad model "grass", and viola, I was in business! Played a few solo games using made up rules. Being a kid, I could not afford proper rule books (rather spend money on paints and minis), but used anything rules related I could glean from popular wargaming magazines. Glorious times! Today, I have amassed quit a collection of 1/72 and 28mm miniatures, all the while juggling my large scale projects (not enough hours in a day!). Anyway, keep an eye out for those posts. In the meantime, I will try to up-to date current projects that this page has missed. Until then... FeR's De Nederlandse Edelman, 1624 1/10 scale Painted with acrylics.

Sculpting an American Civil War Zouave in 54mm

Here's another sculpting video I put together. Thanks to my wonderful computer "geek" son for helping me through this still unknown territory. There's some things I would have changed in editing, like possibly not spending so much time on sculpting the armature but more overall construction of the piece. Ancora imparo!

"I JESU NAMN..." Lutzen 16 November 1632

Getting projects wrapped up for the MFCA/APG Show in a few weeks. Here's a piece inspired by a painting that I grabbed off the interenet. Unfortunately, I am unable to find the artist name or title of the work. The musketeer accessories are from "Glory" miniatures and the AIRFIX English Civil War plastic kits. The head is from Hornet. Painted in acrylics.

Continental Army infantryman 1778

I've been a sculpting and painting fool this month. Lots of projects to post. Sit back and enjoy.

Continental Army Officer Painted

Here's my contribution to the Artist Preservation Group's auction at next month's APG/MFCA Show.

Having some small scale fun. This fella is a pikeman from the Thirty Years Wars. I experimented with a satin varnish to give it some protection, in case some day I find motivation to build a wargames army.

Next project underway on the painting workbench