Major Ballsup's Hobby Shed

And that was August.  Mercifully it wasn't too hot which made getting on with things a bit easier.  I'm still whittling away at all the bits that have been sitting around for too long.  I’m pleased to say I'm getting my hobby mojo back which has been on the wane for a lot of the summer.  It’s good timing as Autumn and Winter are the time for hobbies aren't they.      Completed  Here's the bits I finished off during August: First off I based the 20mm Battlezone Miniatures Second World War German gun crew that'd I'd painted and varnished last month.  I had thought of basing them as a team with a gun, but as I have another gun crew (in summer uniforms) and only one Pak 40 I based them individually for versatility.  It also saves buying another Pak!   These were the only miniatures I finished but I did do a bit more on the terrain front: I made a corner piece for the game of Ravenfeast that I played.  This was a quick and dirty job...

I managed to get a fair bit of hobby time in this week which included painting some figures.  It's the first ones I've painted since May and it was good to get back to it. Painting/modelling   I finally completed the exteriors of the Spanish/Italian buildings except for the water tower which is still as built.  You can see them here . I've been working on 20mm Sikh Wars artillery crews, for both the Sikh and Anglo-British forces.  They've been cleaned up, primed and painted with just the guns and basing to do.  Research & Reading I've been reading The First Anglo-Sikh War by Amarpal Singh.  This is a fine little book, in two defined sections.  The first part details each battle and the second part is a battlefield guide.  You may think that unless you're actually intending on going to visit the battlefields, that some of the second part isn't that useful, but there's still a lot of good info so don't just skip it all - as I almost did!...

Not too much to report, all my hobby activity this week has been spent working on the Mediterranean buildings. Painting/modelling   I completed the exterior wall paint jobs of all the Spanish/Italian buildings except for the water tower which is still as built.  Details here .  Still with the Med. buildings I've been working on all the odds and sods such as the walls for the farm and villa sets, and painting the wooden parts of each building.  I should be able to complete them this weekend.  I've enjoyed doing them but it's been well over a month since I painted any figures and I'm itching to get some done.  I'll do a post with the completed buildings next week.  Research & Reading I've finished reading "Jungle of Snakes: A Century of Counterinsurgency Warfare from the Philippines to Iraq" except for The Algerian War section.    Knowing that The Algerian War is one of "my things" and the reason why I bought the book, I can hear all 5...