The Plus Side of being Distracted

       My last post I talked of being distracted. At first this bothered me, as no project was being completed.  However, while no one project was completed, several projects that I have been working on have seen some progress.   I painted enough 1st generation Minifigs Russian infantry for ONE HOUR WARGAMES. While sorting out cavalry for this project, a box of 1st generation Wurttemberg infantry was found. A unit of these and a unit of 1st generation Bavarians are now being worked on, along with enough Prussians for a OHW army. I also bought 1st generation Prussian Lancers on Ebay for this army. Some more Heroics & Ros have been primed to see how quickly they could be painted.  I also bought some new Caesar Miniatures fantasy figures; Lizard, Ratmen and Zombies for the Battlelore rules. Also, an order of Figurehead 1/2400 ironclads went out today. So in all there is progress all around.

The Russian infantry receiving their final touches. I am not detailing these as I normally do; no cross belts or hat cords. 

Closeup of finished figure, including a coat of high gloss lacquer.

These are unfinished examples of the 1st generation Prussians and Russians for my ONE HOUR WARGAME armies.

Another Distraction; 6mm Heroics & Ros

      The last couple of days I've painted a few of my 1st generation Minifigs Napoleonics, with the goal of using with ONE HOUR WARGAMES.  I started looking for pictures of 1st generation Minifigs online. While trying to find the Minifigs, I read about Minifigs 5mm blocks of figures. Having used 2mm Irregular blocks in the past, I went looking for some illustrations of the Minifigs blocks and found a few pictures of them. Now distracted from my original project, I found myself spending more time searching for the Minifigs blocks, with the goal of trying to get some.  Now before spending years on a crusade to find these figures,  I dug out some Heroics and Ros figures and realized that if I want to go this route, that Heroics And Ros would be the way to go.

Always looking for a way to war-game in small areas, the Heroics & Ros is a good choice. They still have quite a lot of detail for their size. The two infantry units I have been based to represent regiments using the different rules I use.