Hearts of oak are our men!..

Following on from my previous post I have been painting some more miniatures for A Song of Drums & Shakos. To begin with, we have the ‘Master & Commander’ … This miniature is Captain ‘lucky’  John from Warlord Games, which I believe is the exclusive miniature that comes with the Black Powder rules. It is ,in my opinion,

Vive La Revolution!

I have been quietly beavering away at my paint station over the last 6 months and my focus has been mainly upon my Napoleonic miniatures collection. I had always wanted to paint and collect miniatures from the Napoleonic period but could never bring myself to paint so many hordes of troops for battles in the

Uncharted Shores

I have long adored Napoleonic war gaming, but could never bring myself to buy and paint the hordes of troops needed to play it at the grand scale. I also have several friends who have dedicated many, many hours to this end, including my particular friend, the esteemed Mr. Pancake Payne who’s Napoleonic forces are a

Avant!

Whilst enjoying my week off work here at ‘Tinpot Towers’, I have been experimenting with a Zinnfiguren (also known as a flat miniature). A colleague at work brought my attention to these interesting miniatures and was kind enough to furnish me with a couple he had spare so that I could paint some of these niche figures. The result of my first tentative endeavours is this rather dashing fellow, a Napoleonic French