British Wounded

Wounded Brits resting in a broken cart.

This little set of British wounded figures from Colonel Bill's landed me my second Lead Painters League win.  The figures are a bit squat and chunky compared to the Perry Miniatures that I own, but the poses are wonderful.  For Round 7 of the LPL, I decided to paint these up with a couple of different facings so that they could take the part of generic wounded British during games.  The cart is a Reaper Bones miniature, with a repurposed LEGO wheel substituted in for the solid medieval-type wheel that the cart came with.  I'm not crazy about the plastic used on the Reaper minis, but friends have mentioned that they really like them.  I may give another go at them at some point if I ever decide to work on any fantasy-themed projects instead of historicals.

Plague Doctors

Plague Doctors

Originally ordered for Round 1 of the Lead Painter's League, where they would have fit the "Gothic Horror" theme of the round, I ended up using this set of Plague Doctors as my Round 6 entry.  Though I ordered them several weeks before the competition started, they didn't arrive until several weeks *after* the competition started.  So many weeks, in fact, that I had decided that I had mistakenly not ordered them.  As such, it was a bit of a surprise when they arrived in the mail.

These were painted quickly, as I had my days mixed up and almost missed completing an entry by the Round 6 deadline.  The figures are from Warmonger Miniatures.  I did make one small customization, cutting down the hat of one of the figures so that it would match the flat caps of the others.

For a quick paint, they didn't turn out too bad.  The one thing that kept running through my head as I painted, though, was "This was life before vaccines..."

Camp Life

Life in Camp

Round 5 of the Lead Painter's League brought me my first win of the competition.  The figures are from Perry Miniatures, and have tons of character.  This is a set that I've wanted to paint for a long time.  Years, in fact.  It's just a scene that seems so familiar.  When I showed the finished work to my daughter, I discovered why.

"That looks like our reenacting group," she said, "That's me braiding your hair, Gerry telling a story, Dave with his drink, and Chrissey cooking over the fire."

Completely unintended, but she's right.  I think I like this scene so much because it feels like home.

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