Mad Lemmey's Painting Blog

*WARNING - THE FOLLOWING POST MAY CONTAIN UNFINISHED FIGURES - THOSE OF A NERVOUS DISPOSITION LOOK AWAY NOW* Stephrn at Leighton Buzzard very kindly agreed to give me a game of Sharp Practise using the 1870/1 FPW mods, as several club members have forces to skirmish with, all Dik's fault (I also have several corps for both sides in 1870 in 10mm, but that's my want), I decided to join in. After David misordered his French, and ended up with four boxes rather than two (!) I took two off his hands and after about three weeks of assembly, started painting them last weekend, before the game on Wednesday. Hence why they aren't finished (and the Chasseurs a Pied I ordered arrived the day after our game). We chose the 'Skirmish' scenario. The two forces met while the French were investigating a fire observed at a farmstead the previous night. Not the usual rolling plains of Alsace=Lorraine, as my forces are from 45em ligne, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Corps, they must be

Four foxes sat around a campfire, roasting something on a spit and drinking from goblets as the sun dipped low beneath the far off Northymbrian Hills in an orange sheen. A fifth rolled , turned and tossed under a blanket in an open fronted tent facing the fire. They had not adjourned to the nearest inn, as was their plan, but sat under the sunset and the first few twinkling stars in the distance. "Will she be alright?" The fox rogue looked up from his tankard, wiping away a few flecks of froth from his whiskers. "Who knows?" The knight looked up, and returned his eyes to where he was polishing dents and scratches out of his armour. "My sister is a little delicate, but after what she suffered with the Necromancers though, she should pull through this." "Taking on three fully armoured badgers, whose brilliant idea was that?" the archeress grinned wickedly as she turned some meat on the spit between cleaning arrowheads. "I had been tracking th

French command stand, with attached anti-tank rifle, as no one else needs them! Bone jaw, my nome is... 'Allo! 'Allo! The red top on their kepis is there, honest! Two higher officers, an RTO, a staff car and an anti-tank rifle The whole French force*.   Finishing off the French starter set https://www.pendraken.co.uk/nbkc-fr-nfrench-starter-army-4278-p.asp Just need a company commander stand now (and many other things). Knew there was a stand of French infantry missing, so here it is based up. Quote Quick Edit More... Infantry Get them lads! Anti-tank guns, mortars and machineguns Added suport is always good! Badly sited mortars? Truck and Panhard armoured car Which way are we going? Doesn't matter, the armoured car has a reverse driver!   Pendraken GRV136 Panzer IIC done and added to my Western Eur