On the road to Forbodia...

Can I confirm that Captain William Widdirington is currently en route to the fabled land of Forbodia, may Almighty God have mercy upon his soul...
His estimated time of arrival  is Monday having left the Duchy of Tradgardland this morning.

Hit by a match stick - sort of...

Plans are a great thing but sometimes they go adrift.Thought I was off to the hosp am for a very quick check-up but ended up unable to pass water at all at it and was there for hours.Have come home with a catheter and an op in 6-8 weeks looming.Have come home and lain prostate (pun intended) reading an Osprey book that the post had delivered and listening the cricket on Radio 4.

Captain Sir William Widdrington's Photo Album...

June 1913- Observing those splendid fellows from Army White on Maneuvers. Popping in to have tea with Franz Joseph afterwards...

Mid June 1913- In the charming town of Thun I stayed at the castle which is the HQ of Army Red/White. In the company of the General I watched a demonstration of communication with homing pigeons. I was invited to write a message home to my regiment which was duly tied to the leg of a pigeon. The pigeon was released and it flew to the home of the Army Red/White Military attache in London who forwarded the message by hand to my Mess. Splendid service I say!


July 1st  1913- In the Duchy of Tradgardland I was lucky enough to meet the Duke himself who kindly showed me the statue of St Hermes in the Palace garden. It is a splendid piece of work and most fitting as the saint is rather popular in these parts. Played afterwards as a guest player in a cricket match against the Guild of St Hermes team. My spin bowling proved a great success.Rather odd tea of pickled Herring and Herring ale taken at half time.

No basing today...

On Father's Day I thought I would do a useful and non-taxing task- the basing of Army Red/White. I had not got round to unpacking them after their journey South then North again by post. So I thought all I had to do was remove the bubble wrap and tissue then get started.Alas I was wrong. I fear I must not have packed them well enough as each figure I unwrapped was arm less, bicycle less etc etc. I stopped after three figures and put the task aside for another day.Too much to do at present .I will restart the job armed with glue when the holidays come...

Basing

I have finally had a chance to put some Army White troops onto their bases and into movement trays.They are the same as ones I saw at the FLW Centenary event belonging to Dr Morton. They are made by Warbases .

 Some figures in and out of the movement tray.

Finally the option I will be using for cavalry...

Post Cards etc

This morning in the Duchy of Tradgardland Library I came upon these interesting collection of cigarette,post and meat paste cards.i thought they might inspire a few new modelling projects for visitors to this blog...

Loads of ideas but little has happened practically due to continuing tiredness and/or virus.However this arrived at the weekend along with a Britains 25pdr-

Needs some work done but will serve well .
I bought paints and brushes for the bases I bought from Warbases at Carronade Wargames Show but ,much to my annoyance,have done nothing with either yet.

Meanwhile on the workbench (in reality a rather nice biscuit (?) tin used to store paints and hold figures on upturned lid) my Army White mountain troops are waiting where they were at a week ago.Also waiting are some Army White cycle troops and various civilians. Energy/work/real-life permitting I will try to take these and the basing forward over the coming weeks.Finally a wee competition (just for fun) to identify the nationality of the soldiers below-

Off to watch RHS Chelsea coverage on television- viewing doesn't get much better than that...