I'm popping this here so I can find it and it may be useful to you.
https://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart
It has a bit of a US bias and covers
Old Citadel
New Citadel
Vallejo Game Colour
Vallejo Model Colour (my favourite paints which I combine with Wargames Foundry)
Rackham
Reaper Master
Privateer P3
Coat D'Arms
Army Painter
and the hex code.
Some pictures of painted (mainly) historical wargames figures. The name is a pun, not a boast.
Thursday 21 September 2017
Saturday 16 September 2017
How to replace broken or brittle plastic lid on Wargames Foundry paint pots
After a few years the lids on Wargames Foundry and Coat d'Arms and Formula P3 and similar paints can become brittle and break.
It's not only messy, it is also expensive if the paint spills or dries up.
Below is a very quick video on how you can fix this.
You will need to buy some replacement lids. Here are some links on where to buy them. You are looking for lid only for a 20ml plastic paint pot.
I bought a bunch extra and in the uk you can buy them here. UK is post free for a set of 48 lids, there are alos some sheets of pre-printed replacement labels you can add.
You can also buy empty pots on amazon with this link.
Have fun
It's not only messy, it is also expensive if the paint spills or dries up.
Below is a very quick video on how you can fix this.
You will need to buy some replacement lids. Here are some links on where to buy them. You are looking for lid only for a 20ml plastic paint pot.
I bought a bunch extra and in the uk you can buy them here. UK is post free for a set of 48 lids, there are alos some sheets of pre-printed replacement labels you can add.
You can also buy empty pots on amazon with this link.
Have fun
Up date: Wargames Foundry now stock these if you're buying other figures from them and have already covered postage they make sense costs wise
Sunday 10 September 2017
The only Victoria Cross won on D Day - a visit to the Green Howards Museums
I was working in North Yorkshire a week or two ago and got some time to pootle through the beautiful market town of Richmond.
On the market square is the Green Howards museum. £4.50 for entry. It is small but really good.
The one room that takes you a-back is the medal room. Wall to wall medals, including the only VC won on D day, the citation for CSM Stanley Hollis reads:
On the market square is the Green Howards museum. £4.50 for entry. It is small but really good.
The one room that takes you a-back is the medal room. Wall to wall medals, including the only VC won on D day, the citation for CSM Stanley Hollis reads:
War of the Roses, late medieval figures for auction - 28mm Wargames Foundry ex Citadel figures
I love these figures - but I'm having a bit of a clearout.
Three auctions all starting at a very low first bid of just £1
32 pike
ebay.to/2fbjy2H
21 x men at Arms
ebay.to/2wSOtdK
and
18 Archers
ebay.to/2wSurzO
Good luck if you bid - I always combine postage, but you need to let me send you an invoice if you win more than one lot.
Three auctions all starting at a very low first bid of just £1
32 pike
ebay.to/2fbjy2H
21 x men at Arms
ebay.to/2wSOtdK
and
18 Archers
ebay.to/2wSurzO
Good luck if you bid - I always combine postage, but you need to let me send you an invoice if you win more than one lot.
Sunday 20 August 2017
The Other Partizan 2017 - A picture review.
I've just got back from The Other Partizan. Hopeless day for buying stuff.
I've been doing a lot of clearing out so didn't want to be tempted by a random new thing. There were some Perry Napoleonics I'd hoped to find but no joy, so my haul was three metallic paints and some bases. I spent more on the entrance fee and the burger than the stash.
I was tempted by some of the weathering powders and paints, but want to do some more research online first.
However I got to a good look at a god chunk of the demo games. A Partizan always has been about the games for me. Kelham Hall suffered from it's many dark corners and the new venue is much lighter which makes it easier to enjoy the games. I had the wrong lens on my camera - so there's limited depth of field on a lot of the shots... but here goes
I've been doing a lot of clearing out so didn't want to be tempted by a random new thing. There were some Perry Napoleonics I'd hoped to find but no joy, so my haul was three metallic paints and some bases. I spent more on the entrance fee and the burger than the stash.
I was tempted by some of the weathering powders and paints, but want to do some more research online first.
A sucker for the shiny games...
However I got to a good look at a god chunk of the demo games. A Partizan always has been about the games for me. Kelham Hall suffered from it's many dark corners and the new venue is much lighter which makes it easier to enjoy the games. I had the wrong lens on my camera - so there's limited depth of field on a lot of the shots... but here goes
Tuesday 11 July 2017
28mm Prussian Napoleonic Line Infantry - Elite or Calpe?
I wish I paid attention when I painted things (probably in 2003/4. This is a definite 1813 regiment, but I can remember which. The Flag is a bought one and the figures are either or Elite or I think more likely to be Calpe. I painted them using this book.
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Prussian Napoleonic gun and limber 28mm
Just a quick sharing - Connosiuer, I think. Painted ages ago but I finished the basing recently. Horses using oil wipe method.
Saturday 3 June 2017
28mm Perry Miniatures Napoleonic Voltiguers painted as swiss from the 4th regiment
These are a group of 6 Perry Miniatures figures painted up as swiss - probably about 1811, 1812.
I've popped them up for auction here.
A thought on the pictures: I photographed this in bright sunlight - which makes it easier to get them clearly in focus - but is too contrasty for my liking. I wonder if bright sunlight but with a diffusing box is the way to go, benefits of lots of light but no harsh shadows.
I've popped them up for auction here.
A thought on the pictures: I photographed this in bright sunlight - which makes it easier to get them clearly in focus - but is too contrasty for my liking. I wonder if bright sunlight but with a diffusing box is the way to go, benefits of lots of light but no harsh shadows.
Monday 29 May 2017
Are these the 5 most absurdly priced Napoleonic books?
It's a rainy bank holiday so I find myself tootling through amazon browsing for reading inspiration. It turns out that these are five most expensive books you can buy on the subject of the Napoleonic wars - should they be?
Counting down they are....
5 Napoleon's Last Grande Armee: Portraits from the 1813 Campaign - leather bound and illustrated, Alfred Umhey This one is new to me - but here is a copy listed at £459.97.
4 L'armée de Napoléon : Uniformes du Ier Empire, 1792-1815 - by the same author as above.... Alfred Umhey and Jacques Domange, Another new one on me but looks fab and a snip at £686.93 !
2 Napoleon's Army - hardback by Lucien Rousselot - priced somewhere between £160 and a truly gobsmacking £1065.8
I adore his plates - maybe £160 is not insane - but the rest!
1 Napoleonic Uniforms: Volumes 3 and 4 Vassals and Enemies by Elting and Knotel.
Love these books and lucky enough to have bought them when first published - Thinner volumes than the first two but browsing through them is inspirational. However certainly wouldn't want to shell out up to £1,898.34 for this pair! The lowest price is around £1200.00!
So what do they have in common?
- Pictures - lots of lovely pictures and who doesn;t love lots of uniform pics
- The subject is mainly the French army
- Mad bookshops with unrealistic expectations
Would I sell the ones of these I own at these prices - hell yes! Then spend the money on traveling round 2nd handbook shops to buy them back at a lower price. It would be a joy!
Monday 22 May 2017
Painted Wargames Foundry Pirates
Hello folks - I painted these a looooong time ago, loved the constant stream of interesting figures that once popped out of the Foundry, well we, foundry.
I think most of these were sculpted by Will Hannah.... Here's a load more on the Foundry website.
These are clearly generic, but the site also had Edward Teach and all the other piratey goodness you could hope to find. There's a 2007 book by the British Historian Angus Konstam on him.
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