Idle hands

The Devil makes work for them as you know. Having finished my SYW odds n sods (see Devils in Skirts) and having finished the Duffy Festschrift book* kindly leant to me by the Ragged Soldier, I’m at a bit of a loose end. Until the arrival of the Great French Re-enforcement and His Britannic Majesty’s Army that is. Which hopefully will be with me by the weekend!

I’m raring to go. If they do arrive, Saturday afternoon will be spent file in hand, smoothing off the bases, whilst listening to the Mariners strut their stuff in Salford**. All being well they should all be undercoated on Sunday and maybe even a start made on painting. I’ll probably prioritise the redcoats, and the more interesting French units like the horse grenadiers in bearskin caps.

Stupidly, I didn’t think to crack on with repainting any of the spare mounted officers as Anglo-Hanoverian staff. Or trying to do any of the French flags on the last batch. Still, there’s always Thursday and Friday evenings. 

* Very interesting book by the way. If you’re into this period.

** With an away form much better than home form so far, I wouldn’t…....tempt fate.

By the way, I’ve been listening to the series on Portugal on the Rest is History podcast. I knew next to nothing about the country. Amongst other things it answered the big question (why out of all the Iberian medieval kingdoms is Portugal now independent). A very good way of getting a quick overview. Don’t expect it to go into any detail on the Battle of Bussaco though.

Adeus!

Update

Looks like the Devil has got the better of me, in the form of the Communication Workers Union, as a postal workers' strike has delayed my delivery. Ah well, I don't begrudge them in the circumstances. I've used the time to convert some Austrian and Prussian mounted officers to Anglo-Hanoverian/Hessian staff. This involved prising them off their penny bases, and rebasing them on square MDF bases. Might complete the base texturing later. There appears to be no clear uniform for British general officers, with the assumption on Kronoskaf being that they wore the uniform of the regiment's that they were colonel-proprietors of.

I reckon the chap in the middle throwing his hat in the air is the Marquis of Granby, though someone will probably point out he wore a blue coat. Behind him in his cloak is Dick Turpin/Adam Ant.