Restoring the Skeleton Army (Part the Fourth)

 

As some have you have surmised, I've been a bit busy recently. We've had a new bathroom, new windows, a patio is due next week and as for the wiring.... we've needed to find another £5000 on to of our budget once the walls were chased out. And then there is the matter of the heatwave here in England that shows no sign of abating. My classroom has been pushing 30 degrees most days over the last few weeks and keeping the children safe and cool has been a challenge to say the least.

Even so, I've dabbled with my figures. Often for five or ten minutes at a time and I've managed to complete another three skellies. 

I've stuck to my guns and used the same method we are now familiar with and I've continued to try out different shield ideas as you can see here. Mot too sure about the red backed shield now I've seen it photographed - it looks a bit squinty but I'm happy with the other two. All three of these shields are my greenstuff copies and I've continued to leave them with black boarders like Phil Lewis did back in the 1980s. 

Here's the whole bunch all together. I'm currently working on the next three models and when they are complete I'll be a third of the way through the infantry. Remember, I want the whole project complete before year's end so even though life has been holding me back a bit, I'm still making progress of a sort. 

The bases are not making me happy though. I'm going to paint something different today and play around with the system. I want them to look brighter than they are at the moment to help life the models a little. I'd rather repaint seven bases than thirty. 

I'm sure many of you have heard the sad news about the death of GW oldie and ultimate Robin Hood, Tim Pollard. Long time readers will recall my interview with him twelve years ago and his revelations of the whereabouts of many old school GW pieces of art. It was very sad to here yesterday that he lost his battle with cancer and especially poignant that his wife, Sally, also died of this terrible disease some years ago. 

I suppose Tim's biggest contribution to classic Citadel was his amusing and highly irreverent naming conventions for many of the mid-eighties figures. With my favourites being the c18 Zombies... who cannot love Pek-Gregri, Peeled, Bowelburst and of course Gavin!!???