A Grand Day Out.

We had a grand day out at Hartlepool yesterday. here's me and John at the wheel of the Trincomalee.

The stern, a fine ship indeed.

This small cannon shot a piece of rope into the harbour and made a hell of a bang for such a small gun, God knows what a big cannon would sound like.

The Trincomalee was a Royal Navy frigate built in Bombay in 1817.

Back home... sunburned, splitting headache and in a foul mood. A face that could curdle milk!.

But still a grand day out.

Victrix Napoleonics.

Here are some dodgy shots of my first French unit for Black Powder.

After much thought I plumped for a standard unit size of 18 figures on 6 stands giving a 1:40 figure ratio.

I really enjoyed painting these 28mm, it made a nice change from all those 1/72nd scale figures that I painted in the last year (640 of the little blighters).

The flash makes the blue appear lighter than it really is.

I also enjoyed building the Victrix models they are excellent IMO. I did manage to break a bayonet during painting and I do wonder how well they'll fare when the dice start flying around them.