More cavalry

 This week we have a slightly belated post, I was in the mountains and when I got back life took over and I didn't manage to post until now.

I have another trio of historical cavalry models, this time Macedonians from RAFM, the classic models in 25mm with separate heads and shields, with wire lances.

I painted these more or less at the same time as the Greek ones I posted last week.

I used some leftover 15mm Greek transfers for the shields, they are not 100% historically accurate, but still better than what I could have done freehand, so I call them a win.

They might, as the Greek ones, end up being used in fantasy wargaming as well as historical.

Maceonian cavalry. 25mm, RAFM, painted by Ginzio

Some cavalry

 This week I have a trio of Greek citizen cavalry from Ral Partha. As usual, I loved painting these figures, very simple and very good looking. 

I don't have a Greek army, but I might be able to use these models as mercenaries in my tiny Macedonian force or, as often happens, in some D&D or Battlesystem game.

I am also posting a single Blood Bowl snotling that my friend Tino converted and painted at the end of the 90s. It is part of some figures he gifted to my brother last year. Its base was not done, so I just completed it in the same was as all our other Blood Bowl models are.

Greek citizen cavalry. 25mm, Ral Partha, painted by ginzio

Blood Bowl snotling lineman. 25mm, Citadel, converted and painted by Tino

Back to historicals

 This week we have an early post, I would not have been able to post tomorrow, so I am uploading today.

These are the last Byzantine models I had prepared to paint in winter 2023/24. After more than two years I finally got around to finishing them. 

I still have a bunch of Byzantines to prepare and paint, but those will have to wait a bit longer, I am still trying to organize my stuff after the move and first of all I need to finish all the figures that I prepared, but didn't get around to finish.

Mounted general. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Mounted officer. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Mounted army standard bearer. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Mounted command. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Cavallaroi heavy cavalry. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Mounted section.

A small addition to my Deutschland Afrika Corps army

 When my brother visited in January, he brought me a few Tamiya kits, amongst which was a German motorcycle with sidecar which I just finished assembling and painting.

Apparently it is really good in game, I hope I'll have a chance to try it out as soon as possible.

German motorcycle with sidecar. 1/48, Tamiya, painted by Ginzio

Japanese terrain

 This week I have three small pieces of Japanese themed terrain.

They were given to me by IlVJ who got them cheaply in Japan, they are rubbery plastic pre painted collectibles that are very popular there.

I spray painted them with a clear varnish, then gave them an oil wash and finally drybrushed them. The result is pretty good and after basing they look good on the tabletop.

I plan to use them with my Samurai in 1/72 scale, or with the few 28mm Rpg pieces I have, I'm not too worried about the scale, on the table they will just do.

Temple and stone lanters. unknown scale, unknown manufacturer, painted by Ginzio

WW2 British 8th Army in North Africa part 3

 This is the 3rd and final post of my British 8th army infantry for Bolt Action.

I have completed a set of Perry Miniatures with 40 figures and for infantry I should be good. I ended up with three squads, two of regulars and one of veterans, plus command and support teams.

To this I add a few vehicles and the army is playable. In the future I might add a gun and a second Matilda that I got in a trade, but was debating if adding to this army or use it for other projects (Soviet land lease).

Following there are the last squad (veterans) and a sniper team.

Nine men veteran squad, for these I used the heads provided in the Perry set to turn these into S.A.S., that way they can serve dual purpose. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

Sniper team. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

EDIT: a few pictures of the whole army so far

More WW2 British 8th army in North Africa

 These is the second part of the infantry of my British 8th army, there should be another post with the final part of the infantry and the full army at once.

Today we have a forward observer team and the second infantry section.

Forward observer with radio operator. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

Infantry section. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

World War Two British 8th army in progress

 My 8th army project is finally getting some steam and moving along nicely, I have started to complete some units and I should be done with the infantry in a couple of weeks.

I'm still debating if I should paint the second Matilda I have or if I should try to trade or sell it, since I probably won't have many chances to use two of the beasts in a game.

This week I have a finished infantry squad and a command section.

First Lieutenant with aides. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

First infantry squad with Bren light machine gun. 28mm, Perry Miniatures, painted by Ginzio

WWII British 8th army infantry, part 1

 This is going to be the last post from Canada, next Monday I'll be travelling back to Italy and I hope to be able to finish something to post for the following one.

The figures in this post are the first I finished from a Perry Miniatures set that my fiancée gave me for Christmas. They will form the infantry of my North Africa 8th army for Bolt Action.

I had previously completed some vehicles, a Matilda II, a Dingo scout Car and before that, a utility car, it was about time to add some infantry.

This army will be used against my Afrika Corps army that I painted back in 2020 and never used since completion.

The first models I completed are some support weapons, the Bren machine gun will be part of an infantry section, the Boys anti tank rifle and the light mortar will be independent teams.

I'm looking forward to work on the remaining 34 models and have the army ready to play.

British 8th army infantry support weapons: Boys anti tank rifle, light mortar and Bren machine gun. 28mm, Perry miniatures, painted by Ginzio

More Byzantines

 This is the second unit of slingers in the army, with them the light troops are done.

I still have another two of these guys, but I can't find them in the stuff I shipped from Canada, they'll bulk up this unit when they reappear.

Next will be some cavalry and mounted characters, but I have to get back to Italy first.

Byzantine slingers. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio

Historicals from Canada

 Hi all, last week, instead of posting on the blog, I was travelling to Canada to come visit my fiancée.

I will be in Canada until the end of February and I won't be doing any painting here, but I have enough material for 3 posts before I go back.

Today we have some Byzantine heavy mounted archers, old Citadel miniatures, like most of the army. They will form the rear rank of the cataphract unit.

They are a little basic sculpts, but I like their simplicity and ease of painting.

Next will be some more slingers, heavy cavalry and characters, but I still have to unpack some boxes and find more models.

Byzantine heavy mounted archers. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio.

A small advancement for an unexpected army

This is the latest addition to my small Byzantine army, something that started with a couple of random old Citadel packs that Dave gave me years ago.

Last year he found a whole box of sealed old packs and gave them all to me for painting.

Now I found myself working on a small Byzantine army composed of almost exclusively old Citadel models.

Over the time I also collected some Ral Partha infantry and a decent amount of Price August Vikings to use as Varangian guard, so I should end up with a decent sized (for WAB or other small-ish size game) army.

This is a unit of slingers I prepared in Canada before the move and managed to get painted only recently. I have another 12 slingers to paint, but at the moment I only found 10 of them and will have to wait until I finish unpacking everything from the shipment from Canada to find the remaining 2 models, then I'll finish painting them all.

The remainder of the army will include two units of heavy infantry, more skirmishers, a decent unit fo heavy cavalry, one of cataphracts and few light horse.

I'm looking forward to painting more of these figures, I'll keep you posted with the progress in 2026.

Byzantine slingers. 28mm, Citadel, painted by Ginzio