Aut Cesar, Aut Nihil, Wargaming the Borgias.

Aut Cesar, Aut Nihil, Wargaming the Borgias.

Sunday 16 March 2014

Its been a slog!

 For some reason, late February, early March has been a real chewy time. Extra hours at work, lots of travel, coming home plain knackered. Couple that to another birthday, and you realise that maybe you haven't got the time you once thought you had.
 Now I'm not going to get maudlin, because getting older is part of life, but finding the time to paint some figures has been problematical. Still persistence does pay off. I have managed to complete my two units of Perry sword and buckler men, one for the army of Cesare, and one to join my large Black Bande.
 I also coupled a civilian Perry pack into an artillery crew. I did this because I wasn't happy with my Hinchliffe crew. I love the large gun, but didnt like how I painted the crew.

I felt I had to do some more Black Bande simply because I had some spare flags created by Pete of Pete's Flags. They were just too good not to have them flying in a unit.
 I also completed two French pike blocks, but I am going to show these on my other blog, purely because I wanted to write something on there, with some colour. I have been re reading some of my old Pike and Shot Society magazines from the 1980's. At that time I was a keen member, always contributing something or other. One of the article I wrote was about the army of Cesare, To be fair, it wasnt bad, and actually had some decent information in it, so much so that I intend to quote from it in a later post. Anyway I hope you like my new troops, they were a joy to paint.


6 comments:

  1. Cracking paintjobs especially on the swordsmen. Inspiring as always!

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    1. Evening Dennis,
      Thanks for that, by the way re your painting. You have done a first class job with the Swiss, next time I see you tell me how you did the white and the faces.
      They are very good.
      Robbie.

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  2. This time of year is the Doldrums for most people; age doesn't seem to make much difference. You're still bashing out nice units despite this!

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    1. Evening Gary,
      There was a time when I thought I would be able to complete all the projects I have in my fevered mind. Then you realise just how short time is. Mind it doesnt help changing scales again and starting 28mm from scratch.
      Thanks Robbie.

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  3. Excellent, EXCELLENT work! Love the colors, the so impressive details, and the beautiful gun is my favourite...congrats!

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    1. Evening Phil,
      Thanks for your comments. By the way the piece is a Hinchliffe piece, and the prices of the range are due to go up in April, so now would be a good time to buy one.
      Thanks Robbie.

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Honour Guard of Cesare Borgia.

Honour Guard of Cesare Borgia.