Travel Battle

Silver Bayonet

A pair of plucky infantrymen

The doctor and the highlander

A rifleman and an artillerist

A supernatural investigator and a grenadier

A veteran hunter and an officer

A junior officer and another veteran hunter

A colour sergeant and a drummer

A trio of soulless vampires

A fearsome hobgoblin

A set of clue tokens

 

Paints Used:

Abomination Gore

Pure Red

Uniform Grey

Ash Grey

Angel Green

Mouldy Clothes

Mummy Robes

Matt White

Oak Brown

Leather Brown

Desert Yellow

Skeleton Bone

Deep Blue

Griffon Blue

Matt Black

Greedy Gold

Gun Metal

Wash

2 parts Dark Tone/ 1 part Quickshade medium

Constrast

Guilliman Flesh

Wyldwood

My Dad's Model Collection - Part III

   "Testing... Testing..." *taps microphone* "Is this thing on?!"

 

   The Sinclair Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants (and Kings) has once again opened its doors! We've been gone for a few months, but we are now back, coming to you live and direct from beautiful and history-filled Ancaster Ontario.

 

   This move has been an exciting one, as my new place has a fully finished basement, which is being converted into a gaming hall, called the War-nasium. I've already got three events booked for the War-nasium this month, and my new gaming table is being delivered this Thursday. The future is bright!

 

   To kick things off here's part III of my Dad's model collection. The Black Watch Highlanders.

  

 

 

    These striking figures are plastic Airfix 54mm Waterloo British Highlanders. My Dad painted this diorama as a gift for my Grandfather, years and years and years ago.

   My Grandfather treasured this piece, and kept it proudly displayed in his office for decades. It has always been one of my favourites, as well. You can really see my Dad's attention to detail and the careful love he put into these soldiers. Gluing and mounting those paper crossbelts and straps must have driven my Dad nuts!

  

   Thank you again for visiting my little corner of the web. It feels great to be back, and there's plenty more to come... including my tribute to the Great War!

 

See you soon!

-Andrew 

My Dad's Model Collection - Part I

It's all my dad's fault.

Back in the Seventies, when I was just wee, my dad was bitten by the modelling bug. I suspect his imagination was sparked by the movie Waterloo as well as his insatiable appetite for military history. My dad's chosen scale was 54mm, and in particular he loved Airfix 54mm plastic kits. He used Humbrol oil-based paints, in little metal pots that were a pain to open and would never shut right. I remember him spending hours and hours working away in a little walk-in closet he had converted into a hobby room. It was a mystical place where I was not allowed to go.

My dad's passion for model soldiers was the beginning of my own descent into this mad and wonderful hobby, and so it seemed fitting that I dedicate this blog to his memory. Along with my own projects I will be showcasing his models and dioramas. Here, to get us started, I present his 54mm Airfix Scots Greys, dressed in 1815 Waterloo uniforms.

2nd Royal North British Dragoons, also known as the Scots Greys.

Somebody dropped his hat!

Detail view.

Thanks for visiting, and stay tuned for lots more from both my dad's and my own collections!

Andrew