Dillon Regiment

Steve Allen finished painting the second of my Irish regiments. I collected them at York but I had given him 3 figures too few so I had to paint 3 up to blend in and base.
The flags are by Mark Allen.

The 'at ready' poses are becoming my favorite pose - all standing and they look fine as a marching/advancing unit, this mix is more of a defensive nature but looks good.
Now I also have the two firing figures there's all sorts of combinations to try, I may even have a go at a three rank deep unit :)

Salute 2016 pre.order offer

Now I'm safely back from my son's engagement party in Chicago time to start getting ready for Salute.

First pre.order offer anyone who places an order over £40 for collection at Salute receives a healthy 15% discount. This doesn't apply to the regiment or brigade packs. Just enter the code Salute16 at checkout on the web shop.

The code activates tomorrow and runs to the 9th April.

Also a couple of pics.
21st fusiliers by customer Steve Allen, using the fusilier heads I have had cast - not in the shop yet but if anyone wants some just e.mail

Then there's some Garde Francais command Ioannis painted in lieu of some figures he'd bought :)

Hopefully more new pieces out in time for Salute.

11th Dragoons

Finished the second squadron of the 11th dragoons.
although spot the deliberate mistake ?
yup i gave some of them black cartridge boxes for some reason!!! any way will change these this week.
The flag is by GMB .
Half way there for the regiment :)

Off to Chicago shortly so another update upon my return and preparations for Prestonpans show.

Scots Greys /Horse Grenadiers

Finished painting some of the metal masters of the conversions I did to create figures for the Scots Greys, two troopers with slight head variants and one Officer -  without too much effort and depending upon which source you refer to the figures will also be suitable for Horse Grenadiers.

The metal masters have gone off with the French Infantry today for production molds to be made.

New Flags and some conversions.

Iain from Flags of War has just sent me the next batch of Government flags for the '45.
These are conjectural but I think provide a nice change.
They are in the shop as we speak!!!

In addition some figures for the French and Jacobites - with the exception of the kneeling at ready they are all conversions I have completed.
Photo's are a bit naff as I'm trying to come to terms with a camera my son has given me!

With the exception of the Highland Officer they are all going to Griffin this week for production molds.
 The Highland Officer will appear in the shop as I have a small number available, depending on sales and feedback he may make it to production.

Next month I shall send the French Garde cavalry conversions and the British Horse Grenadiers/Scots Greys off for production.

First show of the year and sneak pics of my conversions

My first show of the year will be at Prestonpans :) in February, a new show and whilst I don't expect it to be a money making event it is another show by the Scottish Battlefields trust and well worthy of support. There's a lot more on facebook and I know Barry Hilton and Dave Imrie will be putting games on so that alone would make the visit worth while.

In addition I've started painting some of the conversions I completed and had cast, some will appear in the near future as production models others may be just made available as one off's until the pre production casts have gone. You can see the French Grenadier, French Officer and French line firing.
John's Savoia infantry marching sneaked on the paint table. There's a couple of my Dutch grenadiers the English horse holder and Highland Officer.
You may even catch sight of the Horse Grenadier ( can also be use as Scots greys) I will publish more about availability over the next couple of weeks.

Stock arrives and more customer pics.

Thirty kilos of stock arrived today so tomorrow will be spent clearing all the pre.orders I received.
In addition there were some more metal masters of the conversions I have done, French kneeling firing, British Horse Grenadiers, French Garde Cavalry, French marching grenadier (tricorne) and some other surprises.
They have all come out pretty good, pics will follow soon and with luck they may be available for Salute.
In the mean time here's some pics of the Prince's Lifeguard from the collection of John Clements