The bit about "Birthdays" at the bottom of the Board Index page rather gave you away Clarence!

A belated Happy Birthday by the way!

Keep in mind Barry that all parcel mail into the USA can be subject to lengthy delays since they imposed the new customs / homeland security checks (and even limiting the shipping companies / aircraft allowed to bring it in).

If the guy on foot had a wee bottle in his hand it would be brilliant... and I'm sure a man of your skill could do that. Jim Are you saying he's a p*ss artist Jim? :D I don't know... it's all drink, drink, drink, with you Scots isn't it!? (err...not that's anything wrong with that mind)

I'm sure there will be some nice, thoughtful, measured reviews on TMP any time soon...

Having lionised Mr Hilton in my previous post, and having visited some parts of this forum I seldom go, I now realise the Oscar should have gone to Bob (thinredline)

(Really looking forward to seeing some pictures of this game)

I really like that - especially the way the chap on foot gives the impression he is actually looking UP at the general on the horse. Very nicely done.

28 feet by 18 feet!!!!!!!!??? :shock: Good Lord, you are rapidly becoming the Cecil B DeMille of wargaming Barry! A massive set; a cast of thousands in period costume – AND full scale ships to boot! Have you started planning ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ yet? (Actually, come to think of it, 'Barry Hi...

Thank you for the responses gentlemen - keep 'em coming please. Your views are most welcome. My (admittedly superficial) impression so far is that Blogger is flexible but sometimes a little bug prone, while Wordpress is more dependable but gives a little less in the way of options? (Probably a hopel...

Salutations! I am tentatively considering starting a Blog. Now I realise this announcement isn’t exactly going to light up the gaming world into a frenzy of fevered expectancy :D but I am a complete novice when it comes to these things and I was wondering if the regular bloggers out there have any a...

It most certainly is!

(OK - back to toy soldiers...)

Hmmmm... interesting user name Kippax.

And I see you hail from Manchester...

No probs staying logged in for me either (no idea what I did right though...)

Remember gentlemen - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

(You can bet your bottom dollar a copyright lawyer never said that!)

Or perhaps Picasso was closer when he said "Bad artists copy. Good artists steal!"

I was going to make a comment similar to Rob's when I first looked at these (but lacked the moral fibre to say anything :oops: ) Most of us like 'big' flags (I'm no exception) - and both flags and figures are beautiful Ray - but to my eye the large flags combined with the long poles looks a bit unga...

I think I was doing about 8 an hour, as there are 102, so ~ 12-13 hours. I usually only paint about 8 at a time, so never really considered the time involved in building entire units before. It was difficult to get motivated at times, and given the size of the Black Watch unit it took 4 boxes all t...