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 at first i did not want to spend a lot on the Silver Bayonet but i caught the bug and now i am looking into and want to do a warband of russians. but for now last week i got a box of redcoats for expanding the 95th i already have and also create a solid unit of soldiers along with other recruits. once again i picked up a box of Perry Miniatures, this time british line infantry. also with this box i was able to make a few extra characters like a veteran hunter, a supernatural investigator, and another character from the Sharpe tv show. still need to paint my french unit and i will admit i am kinda intimidated because i want to do justice with the correct uniform colors and such.  in between assembling the units for Silver Bayonet i have been painting the creatures and monsters for the game also. about 99% of the monsters i got for this game are from Next Level Miniatures. pretty much the reason why is because they are cheap and cost effective. some ghosts to haunt the final re...

 i haven't been very productive this past month, i guess mentally i am taking a break. i have not done any type of gaming with my work schedule and even Rita's are being rearranged and messed with setting time aside to game is near impossible. during this down time i was looking at a new game, Silver Bayonet from Osprey Games. a napoleonic-horror skirmish table-top game. being a horror fan this intrigues me, but also being somewhat a historical game this is definitely outside of what i'm used to. at this past Historicon last weekend, i did manage to find a copy of Silver Bayonet and the supplement book that takes place in Egypt. i looked it over and ordered a box of infantry and elites from Perry Miniatures, also a box of british rifles from Wargames Atlantic. first of the plastic sets i ordered. being the damn near first time getting into actual historical wargames, i will take my time putting these together and painting. i have to say Perry Miniatures are nice. the painti...