tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post7818178828775942700..comments2009-11-30T16:07:40.417-07:00Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759810100407996847noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-69044362828800220822009-11-30T16:07:40.417-07:002009-11-30T16:07:40.417-07:00

I spend about an hour painting a single figure, and the model cleaning, basing and varnishing probably adds another 30 minutes or so. I don't role play, but I think some do use models like these for their pencil and paper games (as a bit of visual interest).

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759810100407996847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-75459086673744779902009-11-30T14:59:29.108-07:002009-11-30T14:59:29.108-07:00

How long does it take to paint one figure and do you use then in some role playing game?

golfbasic.biznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-17975546097081763852009-11-02T11:22:08.781-07:002009-11-02T11:22:08.781-07:00

Makes sense. So, your armed figs there are explicitely members of the militia.<br /><br />-Eli

Eli Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-68584479859411652842009-11-02T10:58:50.914-07:002009-11-02T10:58:50.914-07:00

Yeah, isn&#39;t that fascinating? I just learned that. Only royalty were allowed to hunt in England, so the colonists had no hunting tradition. AND the ultra-conservative Puritans thought it was highly wasteful to spend one&#39;s time traipsing about the woods. They would actual hire local Indians to hunt game for them! I think hunting didn&#39;t become common until the 3rd generation.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759810100407996847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-86116383516625839332009-11-01T18:35:30.853-07:002009-11-01T18:35:30.853-07:00

Average Joes didn&#39;t go hunting? Wow, I guess I always just took it for granted that hunting was pretty much a universal requirement for surviving in the New World.

Eli Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-32406927636906139372009-11-01T17:45:06.357-07:002009-11-01T17:45:06.357-07:00

I don&#39;t know. It seems like those bandoliers were more of an English Civil War thing. I&#39;m only researching 1670s New England. The Osprey books show the militia troops wearing them. Average Joes didn&#39;t go hunting, so they probably wouldn&#39;t have a musket unless they were in the militia.

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759810100407996847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-54782289166339949882009-11-01T12:43:43.141-07:002009-11-01T12:43:43.141-07:00

Quick question on equipment - Would armed villagers and or town militias - not regular army - be seen carrying the bandoliers of shot with any frequency or is this somethign more common to battlefield troops?

Eli Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-10451570251850294682009-10-21T15:44:44.127-06:002009-10-21T15:44:44.127-06:00

Beautiful.

Eli Arndthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10445801567500822187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-61557598607691098742009-10-19T11:25:59.904-06:002009-10-19T11:25:59.904-06:00

Lovely work.

Secundushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03315796155081335530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-53209589886712861722009-10-15T09:38:38.450-06:002009-10-15T09:38:38.450-06:00

Thanks Rob!

Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08759810100407996847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5236768659799465809.post-68932293847090591642009-10-15T06:09:39.851-06:002009-10-15T06:09:39.851-06:00

Excellent paint jobs

Nagromborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00327657567052533104noreply@blogger.com