It lives!

After a gap of over a month, I finally return. Things have been pretty quiet on the wargaming front here at the Schloß. Only today did I get down to any painting. In my defence, it hasn't all been down to lethargy. I did do some work in the garden (with the emphasis on some) towards the new veg planting area. Also, the Margravina caught something nasty in the chest and still isn't fully fit.

In that time I did take part in a couple of remote games hosted by Jon. Fornovo and Bassignana. Fornovo was a win with my co-commander Prometheus in Aspic himself, Tony (aka Max Foy). I won't give a plot spoiler on the Bassignana game, other than to say it was a dramatic finish in a close contest. This time it was England v the Auld Alliance (the Two Daves and myself being based in England, and Tony & Mark in exile in Scotland and France respectively).

The Punic War Romans have now all been painted. I just need to texture their bases. Then I'll look to get started on the Carthaginians. I had a day's leave today and cracked on with the second legion this afternoon. The paint job is rather simple, and I've gone for a uniform look for each legion (I don't know what the degree of uniformity was in this period) but adding variety would really slow things down. One thing that discouraged going for more detail was the fact that I found these figures harder to paint than the H&R SYW range. Anyway, here is the result.

The second legion. Colour scheme red clothing with white shields

Both legions

Couple of gratuitous pics from recent walks. Walks have been rather limited in number and length recently due to the indisposition of my companion. I did a river walk last month with Lincolnshire Tom and Mrs Lincolnshire, and might post some of the pictures later. This was a route I last did about ten years ago, so it was good to go back and see how things had changed.

Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park

As above

Clearing in woods at Wimbledon Common

A bientôt!