It's been ages since I had the time to sit and type something for this blog, due to the demands of work and things like that. My 54mm armies are growing steadily, with the Indian being the smaller of the two, still. Apart from that, my actual gaming activity has been zero. However, I've been mulling over a few things including the pointlessly contentious issue of non-PC figures. I have been following a few threads on the web, where companies are being lambasted for producing scantily clad or over-endowed miniatures. To me this is not even an issue, nor has it ever been, because these miniatures are invariably fantasy subjects, you know, sword and sorcery and the like, a genre which historically stems from pulp and imaginative stories. Semi nude figures? Unfeasibly large breasts? Unrealistic armour? Burn the heretics! Well, bollocks to that. Look, a lot of this shock is as fake as Dolly Parton's tits... People who I see and hear saying how off colour such...

So, after all my purchases arrived, here are my two 'Floor Games' armies. The first two pics show the 'British' and the third is the smaller but very pretty 'Indian' army. Both can of course be combined if need be. Next up, is the marathon MDF bases spraying session. Now, after 5 minutes of hellish battle with superglue and no refreshment or respite, the first unit is fully based. Not sure whether these will stay with my British or whether they will become 'The Honourable Company Of Tea Planters' for the army of the Wazir Of Wazzockistan. TTFN

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Heroics & Ros is on the move, I have owned the company of 9 years now and in that time we have nearly quadrupled in size, which is great but we have been steadily out growing our current production capacity. We have been looking for a new location and now that opportunity has occurred but it has come about rather quickly. In order to move we will have to shut production so, we will be closing for new orders from the 18th of January. We will complete all order placed before that date then start the task of moving thousands of moulds, equipment and stock. So if there is anything you “really need” before the end of February please order as soon as you can, if you can pass this on to anyone you thing might be interested it would be helpful. I am not sure how long the move will take as it won’t start until we have shipped all outstanding orders which is clearly an unknown quantity. But I am hope we can complete this in about a month and aim to reopen a...

After the last few days of frenzied acquisition of Britain's 54mm figure sets along with the return to work after a quiet but restful Christmas, I'd sworn off buying any more. After all, I think I'd bought something like 48 sets and really needed to let them all arrive, sort them into two box regiments for the infantry and see what cavalry there was... You know, sort of returning to barracks to regroup and allow the finances to recover for a few weeks. So, at 7:30 this morning as the memsahib lay abed after a fitful night, I lay in a bath, judiciously sprinkled with Epsom salts, coffee at my side and the latest ambient music podcast from Ultima Thule playing as I relaxed in Triton's embrace as it were, reading a 1970 facsimile edition of H.G Wells'  'Little Wars' by Arms & Armour Press. I was in heaven. Look, if you haven't actually read that book and you are a warmer, then you really ought to, because you are missing a gem, written by a wry ...