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World Book Day
It’s world book day – a particular favourite of mine being this L & R Funcken book of nineteenth century military uniforms
Paint what you got part 5: the last knockings*
I got distracted yesterday – the last day of “paint what you got”. Instead of knuckling down with some final painting I legged it to Newark for Hammerhead. That’s Newark, Lincolnshire, old England. Anyway I did finish a few more pieces although there is no “painting portrait” show as such. Only joking – that’s a…
Paint what you got part 4: more cowboys – the Van Stevin gang
So next up is Pieter Van Stevin and his gang.
The Wargaming Erratic 