Yes very nice models, go together well and paint nicely. Still trying to get the Cruesot gun, can't get it over here. Might resort to scratch building. Good job.
Great update Terry, we don't hear much regarding the Boer War yet it seemed the end of an era. Some super work on the fibres too. I'm very pleased to see you have the Mojo back and the hobby time has been upbeat and fun. I too have regained the Mojo which was problematic since cvid19. So we and the community have much to enjoy and look forward to Thank you for posting.
Nice one mate, I have the same figs on my painting desk, finished the 155mm long tom and crew. Now busy with the first set of Strelets British infantry. Basing them in doubles. Still looking for the 1st set of Strelets Boer infantry as it has some figures that can be used as commanders.
Good to hear you have more time to hobby again, i went off the boil also in cvid - glad to say i am also back! ive enjoyed your other out and about videos also
Nice to see you back my boy.The work bench needs organising and a paint rack will certainly help to free up space.I have just done the same and ordered paint racks and a small trolly with drawers.As far as the shaking in the hands goes i know exactly what you mean.I have been suffering from this for some time.Trying to get it diagnosed is not easy.Very nice job on the figures 1:72 the gentleman's scale as is said.There is usually some kind of flash on this scale but it's all part of the job.Keep at it you are doing good🐻🐵☺️👍
These Italeri battle sets look excellent. I am on 1/72 at the moment, second boar war. Fun project to put together in this scale due to the limited choice of dedicated figures. Nice project you have there. Good job.
Good video! I liked the way you walked around between tables, it makes it easier to cross reference the games with the show guide. I didn't do that on my video ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BkTjjO5ZRaQ.html ) and so it's harder to identify the games on mine.
Have you got the Mike Snook book 'Go strong into the desert'. Not only is it a good resource, it is an excellent read. I have been working on my Sudan project for several years now.
Yes I have the book, I often look at those present day comparison photographs of the battlefields and marvel at what went on in those now empty deserts!
I went to this show many many years ago, when I was based at 17 training regiment RA in Woolwich. I can't remember the venue, but it would have been late 1970s. Great video, thanks.
Missed SELWG this year, alas. Maybe next time? Great that you took the time to film the traders’ stands. They’re always the biggest draw for me at shows. Good to see what’s available and especially the prices! Thank you!
Those Revell 30YW figures really are gorgeous sculpts. The pack you opened seem to based on De Gheyn’s book of ‘postures’ published in around 1609, though based on sketches he made up to ten years earlier. Probably OK for the battle of White Mountain (near Prague) in 1620, but very ‘old fashioned’ by the time of the English Civil War.
Great video, I enjoyed that. I am sure I have been to this museum before, a real gem. It also reminds me of the soldier expo that used to be at Dudley House I think in Wiltshire many years ago.
I did an English Civil War project using 1/72 plastics, including the Revell you show here. Great figures at an affordable price. They paint up very nicely. Good video, thanks!
Hah hah. I got over my compulsion about a month ago with the purchase of two ‘red sable’ brushes (sizes 0 and 2). About three/four times the price of nylon brushes but they seem to be worth it. I use them only for detail work and stick to nylon and hog bristle for workaday painting.
Nice size for miniatures gaming. Before a health crash put an end to my miniatures doing and gaming days in early 2000s, 1/72 and 1/76 scale plastic guys, some sets had a few gals, and plastic models were a favorite size of a local game group I was part of for doing WW2 games. 🎨 Painting was successfully accomplished via using an undercoat of artist style acrylic matte medium 🖌 and then doing color coats with the fairly flexible (and now out of production) PollyScale military and railroad acrylics & some other acrylic model paints such as some from a model ship company I now forget the name of. A final overcoat of thinned acrylic medium helped durability too. Had lots of fun hours painting those figures. At the end I probably had almost a thousand guys and a few gals for assorted WW2 countries & from a number of different manufacturers; mostly in plastic with a few metal figures from then common miniatures companies. Got, I dunno, is 'hooked on' the right phrase?, the 1/72 and 1/76 size figures as a child with Airfix, an a couple other companies, figures back in childhood days. Fun memories, lots of good memories. 😊
I usually play Ímpetus with 1/72 models (I have just finished some Zvezda Greek Hoplites). Really cheap, great for all the historical periods...but yes, not everybody likes this scale 🤷♂
I echo Ralph’s sentiments, your videos are great just as they are. I come for the chat, which is always great. Really enjoyed seeing those plastic 1/72 scale miniatures. An often overlooked area of the hobby really, I always get the sense that there is a snobbishness that deters people from painting and gaming with 1/72s, but I myself am rather partial to a good box of HaT plastics. Cheap cheerful, and have a classic toy soldier look.
Is it really snobbishness? 1/72 minis aren’t that cheap any more, and it can be hard to find opponents. They’re almost as difficult to paint as 28mm - if you want them to look half decent. I say this as a 1/72 player myself. If had the choice to start again, I’d probably go for a smaller scale for massed battles - 15mm or maybe 10mm. And for skirmish games, 28mm is the obvious choice. To me the biggest advantage of 1/72 is that I can play both types of wargames using the same figures!
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I think the snobbishness was related to a) the soft plastic, which I have seen folks turn their nose up at. There is perhaps still a bit of metal elitism going about. And b) the poses, Airfix in particular has some rather exaggerated poses that look “toyish” rather than naturalistic. That said, you are right on the price, those 1/72 soft plastics are getting rarer it seems. But time was you could pick up a box of Thracians from HaT for 7GBP at a department store in Oxford.
@@ZenMiniPainting- Back when Airfix was the only budget option everyone aspired to have metal figs. It was as much down to practicality as anything else. Most of us knew nothing about mould release agents and didn’t wash our figures before painting with enamels (no acrylics yet available) and the plastic figures flaked horribly!
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I remember that happening with first ever box of HaT Swedish Napoleonic infantry. Painted them up over a spray primer, and they looked rather good. Then all of a suddenly the paint started flaking off, and my heart broke. Only then did I learn that I had to wash my miniatures, like resin ones. Still love those HaT figures.
@@ZenMiniPainting- Yep, wash them religiously, and then paint on a layer of raw PVA glue, which strengthens the plastic, prevents flaking and acts as a key for the paint. I like HaT too, though the figures can be a little small and wiry.
Good to hear your voice again Terry, and don't worry about your presentation style - I much prefer this type of video to the more polished channels that seem to go all out for views, subscriptions and advertising revenue. I do have that book. I was hoping to get to SELWG this year (it's on the 15th Oct by the way, not 9th) but unfortunately found myself in Casualty on Saturday for the second time this year. As a result I won't be going anywhere for a while but maybe next year.
