Gallery: Helliwell, Andrew

Back to Lion Rampant with 1/72 medieval figures. Twelve longbowmen all by Strelets.

Back to Lion Rampant with 1/72 medieval figures. Twelve infantry all by Strelets.

7 X 15mm pike by Donnington for my Pikeman's Lament project

Twelve longbowmen in 20mm

Twelve crossbowmen in 20mm

Six handgunners in 20mm

Twelve men-at-arms in 20mm

Twelve men-at-arms in 20mm

some 15mm pike and shot types for my slowly growing Pikeman's Lament project. In this case 6 mounted dragoons, 4 foot dragoons and 5 pikes.

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More 1/72 medieval figures for my rapidly expanding Lion Rampant forces: namely 6 mounted knights, 12 bowmen and 12 men at arms.

I've done some 15mm ACW (even though I can't fit them on my table and I don't actually need any more!).

23 Union infantry and 2 wrecked battery markers from Peter Pig that I bought on a whim at Vapnartak - 1 wrecked cannon and 3 dead/injured crew each.

A few more 1/72 medieval figs:  6 hobilars, 12 crossbows and 12 infantry.

12 mounted figures and 12 dismounted figures, all 1/72 for Lion Rampant.

A terrain piece: in this case a piece of rough ground/swampy terrain made from a spare vinyl floor tile and plenty of sand, glue, Matt medium, gloss varnish and whatever bits of ground cover were in my basing supply  box! Shown here with some dismounted 15mm AWI light dragoons (which are not part of my entry!) to give an idea of size.

The last (at least for now) of my 1/72 medieval project - 12 longbows.

More 15mm pike and shot stuff for Pikeman's Lament. Twelve horse, one mounted officer.

Eleven shotte for Pikeman's Lament

 light gun with 5 crew, a limber, two horses and a driver.

Inspired by a few days away in Paris my new painting output is naturally some French!

Two 15mm battalions of AWI French infantry, each of 24 figures, all by Peter Pig.

All 15mm by Peter Pig.

Firstly another AWI French battalion (24 figs), and to go with them some real estate for them to fight over. In this case a resin American farm house and barn which will suit both my AWI and ACW armies.

Two sci-fi soldier types. Picked these up at a local antiques/flea market and they're for a sci-fi skirmish game (Kryomek) I've been roped into (and which actually turns out to be a rather good game!).

Some fantasy/sci-fi stuff in 28mm. Three orcs. I was playing around with different washes/paint effects and these were the result. Off to my d and d playing nephew or a new home via eBay!

More ECW/TYW 15mm stuff for my slowly growing Pikeman's Lament project. Six cavalry, six mounted dragoons, six foot dragoons and twenty four musketeers.

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Six X 15cm long pieces of hedgerow shown with some 1/72 bowmen (not part of my entry!) to show size.

A 15mm AWI British coehorn mortar battery. Nine men, three wagons and four horses.

More 15mm TYW/ECW pike and shot. 18 musketeers, 6 cavalry and a general.

I've been busy with the plaster and flock, the result is some terrain, namely a couple of hills (the 15mm Pz IV tanks are just for scale).

A dozen 1/72 medieval infantry for my Lion Rampant armies.

A 1/72 modern mercenary. One of the first figures I bought way back in 1982! Stripped off the old Humbrol paint and gave him a new uniform. He's on his own so I might need to buy him some mates, then some opposition.....I can feel a whole new army approaching!

Two small hills based on old cd's 

Two 15mm Zvezda T34 tanks.

Twelve 1/72 medieval archers

A platoon of wintery late war German Volksgrenadiers, with a radio team. Thirty 15mm figs in total, mainly Battlefront with a few Peter Pigs.

German fortifications using recycled tank turrets (Battlefront 15mm figs)

Another pair of hills using recycled cd's thrown out by my mother in law!! (15mm figs to show size)

More WW2 winter Germans, painted in one of the hottest weeks of the year. No doubt I'll be painting Afrika Korps in the winter!

There are two platoons each of 28 figs plus some support units of an MG42 and an 81mm mortar, with 9 crew figures. A grand total of 65 15mm figures all from Battlefront and Peter Pig as usual.

Also completed this week are the final three hills based on old cd's (15mm Hanomag shown for size).

Firstly a late war German platoon made up from spare figures from the lead pile and some redeployed figures, all rebased.

A big hill.

Winter war Germans 11 X 15mm Peter Pig and Battlefront figures and one 75mm infantry gun.

Some Italian Wars/Renaissance bits and bobs to even out some units and replace some older redundant figures. Twelve Italian arquebusiers, three crossbowmen, six mounted crossbows and three mounted knights. All figures are as usual 15mm.

The last elements of my Pikeman's Lament project, namely 12 pikemen, a small field gun with 5 crew and a two horse limber and driver. All figures are as usual 15mm.

The long planned reorganisation of my 1/72 ACW armies has begun. Shown here 30 new Confederate infantry on Warbases 1p sabot bases.

A lonely 1/72  ACW Union general, found in a box and painted and based and ready for the general staff.

Next 3 hills made from the ubiquitous blue foam and MDF and a ruin made from a rock from the garden. 15mm Italian spearmen shown for scale.

24 Italian Wars pike (15mm figures from Freikorps)

30 1/72 plastic ACW figures. These have been repainted in part (rifles, bayonets, swords etc. The bits that bend!) then rebased with Warbases 1p sabot bases.

24 15mm Hundred Years War French infantry types. Donnington New Era figures.

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Some 15mm (ish) ruins made from MDF, rocks from the garden and blue craft foam. Shown with Donnington 15mm TYW for size comparison.

24 x 15mm Confederates 

12 X 1/72 medieval pike 

2 small hills based on old DVD's 

1/72 medievals :

12 longbows
12 foot men at arms

1/72 medievals:

6 mounted knights
6 foot knights

36 x 15mm Seven Years War Prussian fusiliers by Lancashire Games (I realise there are no flags yet but I've run out and hand painting then is a nightmare!).

12 X 28mm sci fi space infantry types for a game of Kryomek I played last week. True to form my newly painted troops died quickly and badly!

12 X 1/72 mounted knights for my Lion Rampant armies

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A 1/72 medieval house (from a cut out card  model) with added bits and a back yard with fence (1/72 figures are to show the size and aren't part of my entry.)

An ACW 15mm resin church from Peter Pig

A command group of four people and a horse.

Some more 15mm 18th Century stuff, this time from the Seven Years War. 12 x Minifigs Prussian dragoons.

24 x AWI Hessians in 15mm by Peter Pig.

Another house made from the Helion publishing paper soldiers series of books, with some 1/72 medieval types to show size.

24 x 15mm Freikorps Prussian garrison regiment number 6 (I think!) This is the first unit of my new Seven Years War force...

24 x 15mm Minifigs Seven Years War Prussian fusiliers with 4 x 15mm Lancashire Games Jaeger.

Two Seven Years War Prussian battalions. One Frei battalion with 2 figure Jager base and one garrison battalion. Both battalions are 24 figures strong.

Total 50  x 15mm figures. Jaegers by Peter Pig, the rest by Freikorps figures.

Two 15mm Prussian battalions from the Seven Years War, both 24 figs strong, both made from Freikorps figures.

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Two hills (figures just for scale)

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A 15 figure strong Dragoon regiment, and a 24 figure Frei infantry battalion accompanied by a couple of Jaeger. All figures by Freikorps 15's apart from the Jaeger who are from Essex and Peter Pig via my lead mountain.

An assortment of 28mm odds and ends from the lead pile. Namely 4 medieval handgunners, 2 peasants and a bloke with a guitar (all Irregular Miniatures) .

Grendel!

My 15mm SYW Prussians get some artillery at last. In this case it's two cannon, two limbers, four horses, 8 gunners, 2 drivers and a mounted officer. (All Freikorps 15's)