2017 Plans for the year.

As a new year dawns, thoughts turn to what we would like to achieve this year. For the hobby, my goals are clear, start to work through the 10 mm Napoleonics I currently have, as well as the 28 mm 'Liberty or Death' box set.

Due to an eye infection, that just refuses to clear up, my painting since mid November has been a big fat zero! I have been wargaming, and of course that has been both satisfying and enjoyable, but I am itching to get back to painting new forces for new projects.

For Christmas I was going to order the heavy and medium cavalry as well as elite units and command for both my French and Russians. But as I have barely painted any of the figures I got in November, I was in no rush to add to the lead pile. I can order them in the coming months, as the figures I have already start rolling off the production line.

I have painted just a few test pieces out of the Liberty or Death box set, some Woodland Indians, Militia and half a dozen Redcoats.

I have managed to complete all of my 6 mm ACW project in 2016.

Hopefully, there will be plenty of posts and photos, of the two projects this year.

2017 Project beginnings.

Well I said this year that I was not going to buy any new shiny armies, and I lasted until almost the end of June! However, all is not as it seems. I had the opportunity, via a private sale, to obtain a mint box set, namely Warlord Games 'Liberty or Death', American War of Independence, for about two thirds of the price it retails at.

As this war along with the French/Indian Wars, was going to be my next project in the new year, I took the plunge now, never look a gift horse in the mouth. I am not even going to unpack the neatly bundled up sprues, but thought I would share some photographs before it is consigned to a deep, dark cupboard until the end of the year.

Very nice cover art to give a flavour of what is inside.

The box is 17 inches long or 43cm.

Also a huge depth of just over six inches or 16cm.

The rear of the box shows the contents. When I first looked at this photograph on line, it reminded me of my childhood, aged about 10 years old, I would read the American comics and often at the back would be pictured a diorama featuring these very armies, for sale. Of course living in Britain, there was no chance of ever owning such a thing, no internet or Pay Pal then. Finally, 52 years later, I am the proud owner of a similar box set.

Inside the box are leaflets on how to build, paint the figures for the various regiments etc, as well as coloured flags that can be cut out and attached.

The final glimpse into the box is of a ton of sprues, still all neatly fastened up, with the 4Ground kits at the bottom. The bubble wrap contains the three resin gabions. I have my other projects to finish first, after all, I have waited 52 years, what's another six months?