Sharp Practice 2 French and Indian War

As mentioned in an earlier post, I have just started a new project, SP2 using 18mm Blue Moon figures for the F&IW. These figures are fantastic and I picked up a bunch at this years Cold Wars in March. I also bought a small log cabin which I just finished last week.

It's not a bad model at all. The roof lifts off so miniatures can be placed inside.

My first batch I'm working on are the Woodland Indians. Since these are the first Native Americans I have ever painted I am exploring different paint colors. I think I have settled on this below. It's pretty hard to see but I will take more pictures soon of this test piece.

I'm really looking forward to this project and should have more time to complete now that high school sports for my daughter are winding down!

Gettysburg Battlefield Tour, 4th grade style!

For the second year running I played tour guide to my daughter's 4th grade class. Every year she brings her class to Gettysburg as part of their history curriculum. She does a fantastic job with these kids and they are so enthusiastic to learn about the Civil War and this battle in particular. I really enjoy this event and even though its short and really scaled down for these young kids it does my heart good to see how excited they are. This year I assigned 3 volunteer squad leaders and formed the class into a mini-platoon and they ate it up! The squad leaders were fantastic and really got into it. They reported to me at ever stop "1st squad all present and accounted for Sir"! LOL!! They had been prepped before hand by my daughter that I have 20+ years in the Army, so I'm not sure how much that took into account! Either way is was a blast!

Here are the little troopers at Devils Den before we hiked up to Little Round Top!

View from Little Round Top looking back at Devils Den..sorry not a great picture.


Gettysburg is truly a national treasure!