Saturday, 16 February 2019

Another quiet week on the production line

The flattening of the lead pile is still having its impact on production. The two battalions of French Revolutionary  infantry from Eureka seem to be taking an age to jump the ditch from Australia to here. In truth it has only been 14 days since I placed the order, but it seems longer. Parcels from the UK take about this length of time and I suppose I expected it to take much less time for a parcel to come from Melbourne than from say Nottingham. Looking at it sensibly though the difference in transit time is perhaps two days, but the bureaucracy of the postal and customs services is the same and the whole process is not helped by the fact that New Zealand Post now only deliver every second day.

But I haven't been completely idle and have been working on a few bits an pieces that have been laying around for a while.

First are a couple of lovely Paul Hicks designed Spanish light infantry figures from Brigade Games. These will join another batch of light infantry due early next month.





Second are three troopers from the 5th Dragoon Guards of the Heavy Brigade from the Crimean War. These are from Great War Miniatures through Northstar that I bought way back, but problems with the moulds meant that production of these figures was suspended and the figures have not yet been brought back into production. Hopefully they will be back in production this year - I am not good at going back to older projects.



I still have a few bits and pieces to keep me going until the lead pile is renewed.


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16 comments:

  1. Jonathan Freitag16 February 2019 at 14:31

    Both sets of figures look great, Mark!

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  2. Norm16 February 2019 at 18:15

    lovely character.

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  3. SandA Minis16 February 2019 at 19:29

    Hello! My understanding is that Eureka Minis only ship on Fridays - so if you placed an order on a Monday,say,it wouldn't be sent until the end of that week.That's if they have the figures moulded up and on hand!! But on the up side I find their packaging really good and they send a free sample!!

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    1. Mark Strachan16 February 2019 at 20:11

      That makes some sense in that ths shipping date was Friday 1 Feb. They will arrive...

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  4. Phil16 February 2019 at 20:39

    Handsome figures Mark, love the Spanish infantry, great job!

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  5. rross16 February 2019 at 21:10

    Looks like you have succumbed to the lure of Brigade Games figures despite the relatively high cost Mark - though I must admit that they DO look like nice figures!

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    1. Mark Strachan16 February 2019 at 22:12

      Only a few figures. I bought some gunners, a general and these two. The rest of the army will be Perry.

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  6. Lawrence H17 February 2019 at 00:18

    Lovely work on some great miniatures. Paul Hicks really does some nice sculpting. Sounds like New Zealand Post has gone the same way as Australia Post. I can understand it not being commercially viable to deliver letters every day of the week but, given that Australia Post wants to re-invent itself as the parcel delivery company of choice, their sub-contractors appear to display a pathological aversion to actually delivering parcels.

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    1. Mark Strachan17 February 2019 at 07:49

      Yes NZ Post dropped the ball several years ago when they made only a half-hearted effort to pursue the courier market.

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  7. caveadsum147118 February 2019 at 10:12

    Nice British heavies and lovely Spanish light infantry?
    Best Iain

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  8. Aly Morrison19 February 2019 at 12:14

    Lovely toys Mark...
    I am sorry that you are having problems getting your Heavies... I will pester Nick if you want...

    All the best Aly

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    1. Mark Strachan20 February 2019 at 20:13

      Thanks Aly. The Heavies are a lot of fun to work with. I have a query in with Nick now so hopefullybI will get a reply in a day or so.

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