Heroes of the Alamo

This was my entry for the Steve Dean painting competition. Again I enjoyed taking part very much and was pleased and pleasantly surprised it got to the semi-finals, where it was knocked out (justifiably so) by some superbly painted Ratling Snipers. I could not compete with egg shells and apple peel, modelled on the base of the figures, stunning. I'm glad to see this and the other entry that I lost against in my category, the Samurai Command both in the finals; two very well matched opponents. To be honest I thought I was out when I went up against a very nicely painted Slaine 2000AD figure with its excellent black and yellow tartan, but just managed to scrape through. Bring on the next comp.

The 44th East Essex

Finally finished the East Essex command stand, I've been working on for a good while now. Pleased with the outcome considering Napoleonics is not my period as such. I bought the Offensive Miniatures (http://www.offensiveminiatures.com/) Napoleonic command set from Salute so I'll probably do that next, with a view to buying more of that range of figures as I like the look of them. The flags are not yet glued in place, just held with a bit of blue tac. I doubt whether they would survive transit, if I sell them, which I probably will. I inadvertently painted the squadies gun strap the same wood colour as the stock, which until it was pointed out, had escaped my notice. Luckily this was easily corrected.