Today was that odd thing, a summer day with no obligations or urgent tasks to be done. So I managed the conversion to the gunners' headgear and got a start on painting.
To be continued.....
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Recruits in Training
Born and raised in the suburbs of Montreal 7 decades ago. Began playing with toy soldiers at 5 years. Started painting & converting at about 12 yrs and wargaming about 15 yrs. Never really stopped.
5 years in the Black Watch of Canada Cadets, 5 years at the Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean followed by 4 in the navy. 25 years with CPC in IT simultaneous with 23 years running a boarding kennel. Inherited my love of toy soldiers from my mother's father. Married with a pack of litle Italian Greyhounds and a cat. Prematurely retired and enjoying leisure to game, maintaining our 170 yr old farmhouse and just living.
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A summer day with no obligations? Lucky!
ReplyDeleteI like to think of it as "Planning and Preparation". Not all my officer training was wasted, some of it just took a few decades to sink in! :)
Delete“We want you as a new recruit…”
ReplyDeleteThese look man excellent addition to your force.
Alan Tradgardland
I'm very happy to have finally found a home for them and thus a reason to paint them.
DeleteGreat work Ross! Nice to have a day off once in a while
ReplyDeleteI used to think retirement was mostly days off but somethings didn't quite go as planned.
DeleteSmart looking chaps !
ReplyDeleteThey're coming along. The sculptor (s?) for this range did excellent work.
DeleteNot doing much of anything at the moment - temperatures quite high in UK, as in expected to break the highest temperature record. Today one of our 'sheds' was at 104!
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