French Napoleonic dragoons

 French Napoleonic Dragoons 

First completed pieces off the desk since our return from holidays. French dismounted dragoon skirmishers from the Perry plastic Dragoon box. Quite a simple paint job and done quite quickly. Really happy with the results. 

Cheers

Matt

Gangs of Rome - camel train

 Gangs of Rome 

I finally have got back to painting my Gangs of war figures as I want to play a game at our upcoming club open day and I need to add two more gangs plus some civilians to flesh out my table. I completed a slaver/camel train leader plus two camels. 

Cheers

Matt

Xenomorph…… not another bug hunt

 Xenomorph…..not another bug hunt 

Completed my first batch of xenomorph’s for the Alien Another Glorious Day in the Corps board game. I watched a bunch of how too paint videos on YouTube, I settled on a blue green myself with a gloss wash. I added the saliva using glue. Quite happy with my results. 

Cheers

Matt

ACW band

 ACW Band 

I purchased these off my mate Greg, a Dixon marching band. I decided to paint them as confederates, I plan to also paint union band too. 

Cheers

Matt

Mad March 2026

 Mad March 

Every year I try to reduce the stash, I have a lot of unbuilt kits, particularly modern and ww2, plus some ww1 aircraft. I also suffer from half built kit syndrome, as I like to paint the interiors, the pilots or drivers then assemble the kit. So with that in mind I'm starting the 30 day kit build, if you like join me and blog about it, steal the picture below if you like

Join me if you wish on Facebook, Blog and Instagram using the tag

#30daykitchallenge

Or join the fun on the

The Wargamers Forum

RULES

Goals are simple, you will build your part built and new kits during the 30 day challenge:
Any material (plastic, resin, metal, wood).
New in the box or partially built, it matters not.
Gun, tank, truck, aircraft, ship, figure animal? Your call.
Kit must be basically finished, based if you prefer that, to qualify as a build.
The completed kit must be ready for primer.
Resin and metal upgradesets can be applied after the build.....the goal is to get kits built and ready for primer, not to finish them with paint and varnish etc.
You decide how many kits/models you want to build in the 30 day period.
You set the penalty for not meeting your goal (and after that it is the honor system)

Anything beyond that is up to you

My goal is the period from 1/3/2026 up to 31/3/2026, I plan to work on a number of kits, until I have completed my goal. My goal is grand total of 16 kits, If I can build more kits in the month, then bonus.


My penalty is that if I don't make my target, is not to buy another kit for the rest of the year :(.

So, starting with Day #1 (1st March 2025), I'm starting with some Allied 1/72 landing craft kits first then onto some more vehicles and some aircraft.

Cheers
Matt

Wip Wednesday- Napoleonic and LOTR

 Wip Wednesday 

A mixed batch this week as I finally finish stage 1 of my new painting and modelling area on the third floor, both bookcases are full and I need to still have the electrical completed along with a mount for the TV, but my painting desk is set up now and I still need to add the VMC for the extractor fan for the airbrush station. 

This week I have started on some dismounted Perry French Dragoons and my Calpe Kurmark Prussian Landwehr cavalry, horses are complete and onto the 1st Sqaudron figures hopefully done by Sunday.

I also assembled the Games Workshop Treebeard along with Pippin and Merry, plus a Bloodbowl hobbit team, all purchased last year during my Games Workshop visit when we were in the UK. On Tuesday in between painting, I tried the new Ammo blue plastic cement, it is really rapid and is better imho than the Tamiya green thin, 20 seconds pressed together, than ten minutes to dry. 

This morning I received my Piano Wargames Baden kickstarter and Piano plastic French, a little excited so the day was used to assemble the plastics and trim and clean the metals. The metals are exquisite figures, really looking forward to getting some paint on them over the next few weeks.  The French plastics are really nice  and will be a joy to paint the faces and weapons are excellent. 

Back to my French wargames club on Friday night to play Ècourcheurs with some of the chaps. I need to get my retinue painted in the next few weeks.

Cheers

Matt