King Theoden, Riders and Warriors of Rohan, and Antiparos island

   These are the old miniatures of the King Theoden, the riders and the warriors of Rohan. Back in 2011, I had plenty of these miniatures but I painted them as Dunlending Warriors or as Riders and Warriors of the Dead. Anyway, now I have a small Rohan battlehost.

   My Rohan battlehost consists of King Theoden on foot, seven riders and seven warriors.

 

The family photo

   I don't think they will see any battlefield soon but we will see!

   Two weeks ago, my wife and I visited the nice little island of Antiparos. It is one of the Cyclades islands, not far away from Athens and only ten minutes from Paros island by boat.

   Antiparos houses are the typical white houses with blue doors and windows of Cyclades.

   There is a 15th-century castle located in the centre of Antiparos town. It was built in 1440 by the Loredan family from Venice. The castle is an example of the type of fortified settlements during the period of the Latins (13th -16th century).

The main gate

   After all these, we had dinner by the sea and we really enjoyed the lovely sunset! 

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!

Royal Navy for Bolt Action (part 2)

    This is the second Royal Navy section of my British army for Bolt Action. Like the first, it also consists of metal and plastic figures of one NCO and nine sailors. All figures are Warlord Games miniatures except for the NCO, which is one of the four miniatures of Artizan Designs "British Commando Command".

   I swapped the metal head for a plastic one with a Brodie helmet from the Warlord Games 8th Army sprue. I also added a beard of green stuff on the plastic head. 

   I glued the metal heads on the plastic figures. Then I added some scarfs to fill any gap.  

   The metal figures of the NCO (Artizan Designs) and the four sailors (Warlord Games). 

   Two of the plastic sailors' heads with the cap comforters are from the Warlord Games Commonwealth Infantry sprue.

The two NCOs and the Offircer in the middle

The family photo of the RN HQs and the two RN sections

   A very good friend of mine has an amazing collection of miniatures of Hellenic Navy, Royal Navy and U.S.Navy Officers, Petty Officers and Sailors.

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Royal Navy for Bolt Action (part 1)

    During operations, like "Operation Torch" in North Africa, Royal Navy sailors went ashore to guide landing crafts, manage supply beaches, and clear captured harbours. Though sailors operating in such environments often wore khaki army uniforms paired with Royal Navy caps and rank badges, I preferred to paint them in their white uniforms, the action working dress shirts and the blue shorts.

   I used metal figures of the Warlord Games Royal Navy section and some plastic figures of the WG British Commonwealth Infantry box for my first RN section. Soon, I will post the second RN section as well.

The Royal Navy section

   I swapped metal heads for plastic ones and added to a couple of them bears using green stuff to give the sailors an old salt look.

A sailor with a Lewis Gun

   I glued the metal heads with sailor caps to the plastic figures.

I gave this one a scarf

The NCO with the peaked cap and the blue jacket with his five sailors. All metal figures.

The NCO with sailors in action working dress shirts and shorts

   Apart from the two RN sections I have an HQs unit, which consists of an Ensign and two petty officers, all with SMGs.

The Ensign in the middle with the Brodie helmet.

A family photo

   And below a photo I took of a Jack Tar with the Union Jack, on board HMS Ocean during a port visit in Lisbon back in 2015. 

   Finally, I am happy to see that my humble blog reached one million views! Well done!

   That's it for today! Stay tuned for more!