Update

Not much to report this week, but the painting continues. With lock down it can be difficult to be creative and too much hobby time can lead to “burn out”. The author of the “A Military Gentleman” blog where I acquire much of my inspiration, is feeling much the same, but I do hope he continues with his blog. One worry is that blogger are changing the format shortly and I do not like the new setup. Unless I can continue with my existing blog in the same format, I also fear that it may come to an end.
So some progress made with my first base of Saxons.

My main diversification is an “upscale” to 54mm, where I have revisited my first love and repainted some old lead Britains in Matt style. I think they are very nostalgic, and they remind me of the wonderful artwork of  Simkin and Harry Payne who painted uniforms of the British army in the period 1890 to 1914. I love old photographs of regiments on manoeuvres wearing full dress before the  Boer War, even the guards regiments on route marches with their bearskin hats in high summer.
Remarkable that the Great War was only a decade ahead !

Scots and Coldstream guards on exercise.