tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post9126865588157354145..comments2022-10-29T09:49:36.247+01:00Comments on Happy Valley: Sometimes the thoughts in my head get so bored they go for a stroll through my mouth. This is rarely a good thing.GaryAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-46260448754069415322014-09-22T20:35:32.591+01:002014-09-22T20:35:32.591+01:00Not only is your English a lot better than my Ger...Not only is your English a lot better than my German, but your painting is better too! ;O)GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-35174221921417852392014-09-22T15:40:43.502+01:002014-09-22T15:40:43.502+01:00hi,
i come across your blog and saw your stunning...hi,<br /><br />i come across your blog and saw your stunning wss french miniatures. it is really funny that you paint marquis de seguiran from the du maine regiment like me. http://wuerfelsindgefallen.blogspot.co.at/2014/08/pfui-die-stinken.html. very nice figures and project! :-)Alex Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10084559971966545107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-2530690382692642252013-11-20T17:14:12.095+00:002013-11-20T17:14:12.095+00:00I was looking for some information about the Maine...I was looking for some information about the Maine Regiment and so I found this blog! Thank you for the very interesting information and the painted figures, which look excellent, just your other figures I've been watching at!<br /><br />Greetings<br />Peterpeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09450643635236807442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-27250938035422253782013-11-18T13:43:34.760+00:002013-11-18T13:43:34.760+00:00Nice looking figures. I appreciate the difficulty ...Nice looking figures. I appreciate the difficulty of painting white. I like the look you achieved.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428727065347379281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-32706543293032894072013-11-17T20:35:38.421+00:002013-11-17T20:35:38.421+00:00Those are rather splendid, well done that man. Those are rather splendid, well done that man. Michael Awdryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049982879661559305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-49931569280845320822013-11-17T17:02:43.025+00:002013-11-17T17:02:43.025+00:00Beautiful painting, a real pleasure.Beautiful painting, a real pleasure.Baconfathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12152422678887860988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-59246453536599499132013-11-17T15:41:04.519+00:002013-11-17T15:41:04.519+00:00Thank you all for the nice comments, but, to be re...Thank you all for the nice comments, but, to be really honest, I think the paint job's bit sloppy. They'll look O.K. when they're based up though. <br /><br />A problem with Ebor is that Nick takes soooo long to bring out new figures. He does listen to his customers though, hence he's given alternatives for his French Grenadiers (after I bought mine!) and he's got Hicksey to do the cavalry after Bob Naismith's original set. So, not sure when the French cavalry's due (only really needs a command set) which means I'll have to move on to the Allies after these French battalions are done and come back to the French army later. I could go with Front Rank cavalry (which are nice figures), but I prefer the Ebor style. Unfortunately Nick Wragg has now gone off on a Great Northern War tangent! >:O(GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-66226795883951248762013-11-17T15:31:43.671+00:002013-11-17T15:31:43.671+00:00God, I wish they were 15mil! No, they're 28...God, I wish they were 15mil! No, they're 28's, but I do wish Paul Hicks would try his hand at the smaller stuff because much of it is pretty characterless.<br /><br />I agree about wargames rules. The QRS in question is a bit of a pig to handle in poor light and it's also just too big to laminate without trimming the damn thing. I like eye candy in rules, but with the proviso that it doesn't detract from the flow of the rules commentary and it serves a useful purpose other than simply to break the thirty quid barrier. So far the only rules I have that I can bring to mind that serve this purpose are the FoG Renaissance set and (to an extent) the BLB set. Black powder is a useful et of rules once you can actually work out which part of the text actually refers to the rules and which concerns something else. I'm probably being a bit cruel, but I expect that for the price.GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-34911614234687878082013-11-17T13:39:20.552+00:002013-11-17T13:39:20.552+00:00There's a ton of character in those figures, a...There's a ton of character in those figures, and you've done a great job of bringing it out. Nice work.<br /><br />FMBfireymonkeyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833974263127787678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-87188330676960795002013-11-17T12:56:18.795+00:002013-11-17T12:56:18.795+00:00Excellent work, you have captured them well
IanExcellent work, you have captured them well<br /><br />IanIanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113835961977211021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-86325556377936703472013-11-17T12:35:04.412+00:002013-11-17T12:35:04.412+00:00Beautiful figures Gary. I especially like the last...Beautiful figures Gary. I especially like the last oneTamsinPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11759947520907448060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-21715698364517190582013-11-17T09:47:54.010+00:002013-11-17T09:47:54.010+00:00Super - and these are 15mm? Good grief…
I recent...Super - and these are 15mm? Good grief… <br /><br />I recently bought a secondhand copy of Under the Lily Banners - haven't made much progress with them, though I am aware they are highly regarded. In passing, if you were going to print a quick reference sheet for a set of wargames rules, would you print it over a background image so that it's very difficult to read? Interesting design feature. I don't really approve of gratuitous colour photos of miniatures in a rule book, either, but then I understand that I am in a wretched minority.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-62725113057617846442013-11-17T07:47:37.182+00:002013-11-17T07:47:37.182+00:00Beautiful work, the colors are stunning!Beautiful work, the colors are stunning!Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913029478686087197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-60677675473199209972013-11-17T01:45:17.185+00:002013-11-17T01:45:17.185+00:00Ooooooo very nice indeed!!! Them Ebor figures are ...Ooooooo very nice indeed!!! Them Ebor figures are really nice, I've searched through their site on numerous occasions imagining all the stuff I'b buy, just love the animation of the figures. I shall look forward to see more of this project. Keep it up Sir, keep it up!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4591186326413607978.post-24770403877590470772013-11-17T01:44:48.583+00:002013-11-17T01:44:48.583+00:00You have a lovely way with the brush Gary!You have a lovely way with the brush Gary!Paulalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03482911273863430204noreply@blogger.com