I have just reviewed the children’s Christmas wish lists to do some final clicks on Amazon trying to support the market in its constant struggle to achieve equilibrium. I have not done a wish list for myself for a long time, my mother still asks me what I want every year and I normally answer peace on earth! – the best battles are fought on the tabletop with toy soldiers.

I tend to cherish experiences and last year I enjoyed the visit we did to the reenactment of the Battle of Hastings (see here for some notes from the day) or another example is when we went on the Dreknor boat in Caretan (Normandy) a few years back.  I like to get an insight in how things looked like, worked and/or felt, it is sometimes difficult to capture this from the pages of a history book.  So I do hope to get a similar experience of some kind in 2017.

Talking about experiences I took the children to watch Rogue One this evening – overall I thought it was fantastic fun and so did the kids (well, except the middle one!).  I have to admit that Episode VII and this movie has reinvigorated my faith in the Force again. Although I do not think I ever lost it!  A Light Saber that would be nice, I think I put that on my wish list.

I have a friend who used to compete in long distance motorcycle off-road events whose motto used to be, and I suppose still is, “Accelerate or break!”.  It dawned on me that I was coming to a position with the Towards Moscow Trilogy project (see here for a summary of what the heck this is all about) where I had to get real and stop faffing about. So after being told off by myself I will stop this wishy washy stuff and get on with some painting instead.

I actually have not completed any bases of miniatures since August for this project, so I decided to complete at least ten bases by the end of each week. Here is how I got on this week (in red bases completed this week):

Russian Units for Lesnaya, TMT Part 1	Type	Need	Done
Preobrazhenski	Infantry	3	3
Semenovski	Infantry	3	3
Ingermanlandski	Infantry	3	3
Astrachanski	Infantry	1	1
Menshikovs livskvadron	Cavalry	3	3
Vladimirska	Cavalry	4	4
Sibirska	Cavalry	3	3
Nizjegorodska	Cavalry	4	4
Vjatska	Cavalry	3
Nevska	Cavalry	3
Kievska	Cavalry	3
Novgorodska	Cavalry	4
Rostovska dragonregementet	Cavalry	4
Ustjuzjska dragonregementet	Cavalry	4
Smolenska	Cavalry	3	3
Troitska	Cavalry	3	3
Jamburgska	Cavalry	3
Karpolska	Cavalry	4
Tverska	Cavalry	3	3
Koporski	Cavalry	2
Narvski	Cavalry	3
Olonetski	Cavalry	4

And the mandatory proof (All 6mm scale from Baccus).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am currently at the final hurdle of finishing of a Finnish and a Sovietic platoon for Chain of Command in 15mm – so I may do a few notes on these in the next few blogs.

I also got my order of Waggons from Baccus so we will continue doing the Supply column in the next few weeks or so.

/ May the force be with you and Toysoldier on!