The hobby week - 12 March - 18 March
Quite an unproductive week on the hobby front, too much going on in the rest of my world. Gaming I had a couple of hours free and I didn't feel like working on anything so I had a game. I played Ambush Alley set in Algeria, not as you might have expected in the 1950s/60s but in the 1880s. Read about it here . Painting/modelling I did manage to get some hills cut out, textured and and a base coat done. They will be used for Algeria and Mediterranean games. I'll do a post on how I made these once they're complete. It's early days and as seen in the photo I'm still trying to get the colour scheme right! Research The only benefit of having to commute again is more reading time. This week I read "At the Edge of the World" about the French Foreign Legion from 1830 to 1930. An enjoyable read, nowhere near as in-depth as Martin Windrow's marvellous "Our Friends Beneath the Sands", (which is double the size) but well w...