Back In The Land of the Living (And Painting).

After what seemed like an eternity of wallowing in self pity I am pleased to announce I am on the mend! I have, incredibly, lost 10 pounds in weight and been nicotine free for two weeks...so perhaps this latest cloud has a silver lining! All I have to do is keep it up now!

As you can see I have just finished painting up one of each of the new Danes for my "shop" and I am now in the preparation stage for Salute 2010.

Yes, once again I have ingratiated myself onto the Continental Wars Society stand and have promised my "normal" figure cabinet plus a separate display for the Franco-Prussian War. This would have been a simple matter of digging out my old 20mm B&B Miniatures had I not "lost" the entire collection while moving house two years ago. I have however been "collecting" Foundry figures over the last twelve months (mainly from ebay) and now I have the impetus I need to strip them back to the bare metal and get painting. First results will be up next week.

Still Alive - I Think!

I do not know if "Swine Flu" is the universal term for the H1N1 pandemic flu-but anyway I have it and frankly have never felt so bloody awful in my life.

I hope to get back on my feet soon but I will not put a timeline on this as it has been eight days already and I just do not seem to be getting better.

Danish Infantry 1848 Pattern Uniform

I have just had time to finish off a few more Danish infantry, despite the fact that all the kids have got flu and are off school and that the boiler broke this morning leaving us with a big bill and no heating or hot water until tomorrow lunchtime. Welcome back home Dad!