Remembrance..............November 2014

What with the centenary of the start of the First World War, the moving visit with the family to the poppies at the Tower in August and today being Remembrance Sunday I decided to dig out a figure that I bought a while back that was being sold in aid of Combat Stress.

After painting it up I decided on a very simple tableau.........

The grave marker is painted with a single word..........

 'UNKNOWN' 

............the piece is dedicated to all those men, women and children who have lost their lives as the result of conflict.

On this day we especially remember the young men from our families who lost their lives in the First World War......

Cpl James Hannah (MM)

20th Bttn (Wearside Pals) Durham Light Infantry

KIA France 25/03/18

Aged 20

L/C John Budge

3rd Bttn New Zealand Rifles

KIA France 29/08/18

Aged 21

Pvt. David McCallum

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

KIA France 09/10/18

Aged 19

Engine Room Artificer John Hall

Royal Navy (HMS Comus)

Died of Disease 06/04/16

Aged 25

L/C John Hall (MM)

11th Bttn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

KIA France 09/04/17

Aged 26

 Pte James Hall 

2nd Bttn Argyll  and Sutherland Highlanders

KIA France 23/10/18

Aged 27

'At the going down of the sun we will remember them......'

My son and I also attended a Show of Hands concert this week where they did some of the tracks off their Remembrance CD ......superb stuff....... Recommended......the readings are particularly good.....

Link

Thank you for looking....

Chris

28mm Britannia Miniatures Polish Lancers of the Guard

So been a little while as work and real life take their toll on my time!

I have completed the Guard Lancers and have decided to put some pictures up for you to look at....

Polish Lancers of the Guard

As has been pointed out I have managed to give all the troopers officers saddle cloths so these will be repainted today.

 

A couple of pictures of the two units together

 

 

 

And finally some more pictures of the Dutch Lancers.......

 

I have got quite a few other models that are almost ready so watch this space

Figures available from

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Thanks for looking

Chris

7th Hussars - 28mm Britannia Miniature WIP

The 7th Hussars were the only French Hussar unit at Waterloo..... Others were detached with other parts of the army. These are the penultimate cavalry figures that I have left to paint for the stand so I started to think about these miniatures today and decided to paint one up as a practice piece.....

Fairly happy with the results so will finish him off tomorrow and then think about doing the rest of the unit

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28mm Hussar

Thanks for looking

Chris

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red....

Went to London yesterday with the family.........

Went down to the Tower and was moved by the latest art installation in the moat. Thought I would share it with you.......

If you can get to see it I would recommend it.

The moat is being filled between 1st August and 11th November 2014 with 888,246 ceramic poppies.........

This represents one for each British and Commonwealth solider killed during 'The Great War'

A wave of poppies engulfing visitors.......

The poppies can be purchased with the proceeds going to six of the charities who support servicemen and their families

After visiting we purchased one of the poppies and will be recipients of poppy no 296641when the installation finishes.....

'And at the going down of the sun.....we will remember them'

More information here

Poppies in the moat

28mm Britannia Miniatures French Guard Lancers

These certainly haven't seen the light of day for a long while......nice figures and a pleasure to paint....

Available from here
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Not sure what to do next......more lancers or Hussars.....

Thanks for looking

Chris

28mm SAGA Scots Army - WIP

So have begun the 4 pt starter army I got from Gripping Beast recently. I want this finished in the next couple of weeks so my lad and I can try out the SAGA rules while we are on holiday.... Watch out for the guy with the paisley scarf.......

As the sun rises George Gunn, Am Braisdeach Mor, cheif of clan Gunn's Hearthguard come into view......

The man himself......

The rest of the lads....looking for a scrap.....preferably with any Keith they can get their hands on...

Paisley is so you!

Movement sabots by Warbases......

Next two units of warriors..... Including Mel Gibsons ancestor.....watch this space......

Thanks for looking 

Chris

28mm Perry British RHA Limber and Howitzer

Ok so a question was asked on TMP about how people base their limber teams..... The following shots are of my first, nearly, completed limber team for my RHA battery. Figures are by Perry and the pill bases are done by Warbases..... I think this will give me a degree of flexibility as to how I use these on the table top without the bases becoming too big.....

Final battery will consist of three cannon, three limber teams, three ammunition carts and teams and a field forge.....

What I would like to find are mounted RHA gunners as opposed to officers to help depict the battery in transit..... Any ideas anyone?

Gun and limber still need weathering and attaching to base.....

Thanks for looking

Chris

Two points of view.....28mm Britannia Miniatures

Been a while but finally getting some projects back online......

Made it to Devizes last weekend and met up with Andy......managed to get hold of the rest of the French Cavalry that needs painting and also got the heavies and British square together.....albeit short 4 figures

So here we have the same thing from a couple of different perspectives..... Firstly the British view....

And now the French.......

Under the Emperors Gaze.....

All 28mm figures from Britannia Miniatures

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28mm Guard Lancers next

Thanks for looking

Chris