Painting update 31 December

And I manage to finish a few more in 2012.

My WWII project continues.

US Infantry in winter gear (Italeri)

Revell US Paras

Germans (mix of Esci, Italeri and metals of unknown make)

WWII minis work in progress

Very close to the finish with these and hoping to be able to count them against the 2012 completed minis.

Revell US paras

Italeri US infantry in winter gear

Esci, Italeri and unidentified metal early war Germans

Painting Update 15 December

Finished varnishing and basing some WWII figures now - there are a lot more in the pipeline so hopefully I'll get another update in for December.

US Para heavy weapons and command.

Revell BAR gunner (converted by removing the bipod) from the US Para set, 

Italeri Bazooka and Officer from the Anti-tank team set.

Revell US Paras.

German Infantry, largely from the old Esci set now produced by Italeri,

the MG crewman third from left is from the Italeri Anti-tank team set 

and the rifleman fourth from left is a metal miniature of unknown make picked up on ebay.

Dark Ages - age of art.

I've started watching the BBC's new series  The Dark Ages: An Age of Light which is very entertaining and does show that artistic work didn't die out when the 'barbarians' took over from the Roman Empire.

One striking moment for me so far was Waldemar Januszczak standing in front of Theodoric's tomb and saying "I love this thing its so stocky and unusual" which I thought could be applied to him too.

Well worth catching while its still available on iPlayer in the UK.