Television is rather a frightening business. But I get all the relaxation I want from my collection of model soldiers.
Peter Cushing

Sunday, 3 December 2017

Bits and Pieces and the Next Gen

As I said a while ago, although the blog lay fallow for a few weeks, I was busy.

First, I finished off the Silver Tower set:








And I also started playing Silver Tower with the eldest.







Who, around the time of Halloween asked if I had any skeletons; I raided the bits box and made him these:



He also chose the colour scheme for these, which I have taken to calling the Hounds of Liberace:




Finally, and possibly most importantly; we popped into the local GW to pick up some supplies and the manager gave him a tester miniature to paint, which he duly did: so here is my five year old's first painted and based miniature:



He's asked for some more :)



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6 comments:

  1. Diplomatist3 December 2017 at 19:44

    Great beasties!

    And the lad's done a lovely job with his painting.

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    1. Herbert West3 December 2017 at 20:15

      He has, hasn't he? Not bad for a 5yo! His next two are quite interesting too.

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  2. Michael Awdry3 December 2017 at 20:04

    Those Silver Tower miniatures really are rather impressive.

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    1. Herbert West3 December 2017 at 20:16

      That whole set is absolutely full of cracking miniatures.

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  3. caveadsum14715 December 2017 at 08:30

    I like Liberaces hounds, lovely Moorcock feel which is good and your sons painting is great!
    Best Iain

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  4. FourEyedMonster8 December 2017 at 13:13

    Lovely work on the minis. Even when the minis are put in a group, the colors do not clash and work well together.

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