One of our hobbies is military modelling and wargaming, with an emphasis on the Colonial period.
Introduction
Wargaming is the hobby of fighting miniature simulated battle on a
tabletop using lead model soldiers. At best these can only be vaguely
reminiscent
of real warfare, but it is a source of unbounded enjoyment and
relaxation
for the enthusiast. There are no casualties, no widows and orphans, no
lasting psychological damage inflicted by these 'little wars,' and
relatively little cost. Winning is not so important, just the fun one
gets out of playing and how the game goes. The Victorian period
especially can be heaps of fun, with horse drawn waggons, steam
engines, heliographs, and observation balloons all used within the same
period. It also has the appeal of pitting 'ancients,' armed with sword
and spear and relying on sheer pluck, against 'moderns,' armed with
rifles, artillery, and early, somewhat unreliable machine-guns.
Painting Service (Announcement:
Now Defunct!)
This is to say that I am going into business as of Fri, 22 Jan 1999 as
a painter of historical wargames miniatures, specialising in (can you
guess?) Victorian-Edwardian colonials!
* You send me your figures, with the money, in US cheque made out to
Trevor Brabyn
* Will remove flash, and assemble for $0.50 extra per figure
* Anything I think is especially difficult (ex: tartans, shield
designs,
etc.) cost $0.50 extra per figure.
* Irregulars, i.e. "Every figure is different", (ex: Boers,
frontiersmen, civilians, etc), cost $0.50 extra.
* I prime all figures with a high quality white (or very rarely black
or gray) primer.
* Option of matte, semigloss, gloss, or no finish. The norm will be
semigloss.
* Your figures are detailed with washes, inks, and/or drybrush
techniques
* The paints I use are acrylics, with some inks and enamels.
* I paint all periods, but will usually need uniform references.
* Anything out of the ordinary, like guns and limbers, I will give a
price on if you ask
My prices for regulars (for irregulars, ie. lots of variation from fig to fig, add $0.50 per figure):
Prices ($US) 15mm 25mm
Infantry:
2.00
3.00
Cavalry
3.00
5.00
Shipping 5.00 in USA
Send the miniatures to this address:
Trevor Brabyn
533 Pine Crest Rd.
Mill Valley, CA 94941
USA
Thanks!