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In No Particular Order: Kitbashing, painting and mini projects

In No Particular Order: Kitbashing, painting and mini projects

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The History Thing

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I want to take a moment to talk about my relationship with history as it came up a few times during my Bolt Action project. For the record I like history and find all of it interesting, however I have no great compunctions to deep dive into the minutiae of every era, however should I stumble across little nuggets and factoids during the course of a project , then great. Historical gaming I was always a little wary of because of the gatekeepers and button counters in the community. Similar reasons also keep me enthusiastically disinterested in GW games, along with the behaviours of the company and it’s prices.

I seem to be unconsciously following a course of replicating the toy soldiers I had as a kid. Airfix, Matchbox and Italieri were the most common brands . Mostly Napoleonic,  WW2, American Civil War era . I always wanted science fiction figures at that age, but there was little to none in 1/72 scale. I guess I have made up for those now! I used to have a load of Zulu Wars and Napoleonics, managed to resist temptation in those eras until Silver Bayonet happened.

 

My initial set of Napoleonics for Silver Bayonet.My initial set of Napoleonics for Silver Bayonet.

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I notice you’ve got a bunch of the Perry’s Retreat from Moscow models within your Silver bayonet host. I heartily approve, as I grabbed a bunch of these for SB as well and they look great.

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