mardi 1 décembre 2020

2020 Advent Calendar: Day 1

 Hello, dear fellow readers!

After a lot of activity during Orctober, it seems that I needed a break before posting anything new on this blog. A break during the whole of November... but I wasn't inactive. After focusing on a single project, I decided to paint any figure I wanted, just for the pleasure of melting colors, as many colors as possible. And here we are, I now have enough figures, single or groups, to show you something different every day... and the timing is perfect, since we are in December, so this year, you will find an Advent Calendar in these pages.

Remember that an advent calendar is a way to help children to wait for Christmas... I hope it will work :)

Let's start with the figures for Day 1:

These guys are Swiss halberdiers from the 15th century - exactly the sort of men that fought against the army of the Duke of Burgundy. So let's say that, in this winter atmosphere, they are looking for food in the woods around the city of Nancy, in 1477.

A closer look:


It looks like they eventually caught birds for dinner today.

Hope you like them (the guys, and also the birds) :)

See you tomorrow for the next image.

22 commentaires:

  1. Oh what a good idea! As a grown up kid I can't wait untill the mummies will appear! :-D

    Greetings
    Peter

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    1. Thank you Peter! Oh, I'm gonna call the Elves to see if they've planned mummies for the calendar :D

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  2. Great idea - and great work on those figures!

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    1. Thank you Michal! To be true, I've stolen this idea on other blogs, of course.

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  4. Belle mise en scène et superbes figurines!

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  5. Beautiful Advent idea. but you are cheating, having painted the figs Before this, you should Paint One figure everyday starting on Today!!!:)

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    1. Ah ah, that's for next year, only if you follow the challenge on your side too !!!
      I suppose we will also need a full period of holiday during December...

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  6. This swiss guy is excellent! What is a manufacture of this?

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    1. Thank you Strategist! These guys were made by Ultima Ratio.

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  7. Very nice indeed I have shared your post here https://wargames-directory.com/forums/topic/2020-advent-calendar-day-1/

    Feel free to join and share your work

    Take care

    Andy

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    1. Thank you Andy, very appreciated! I don't know your site, I will have a look one of these days.

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  8. Thank you very much, Mastare of Tradgard.

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  9. Pour un 1er jour tu commence fort !

    Amitié
    KéHenCo

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    1. Merci :) j'espère que la suite te plaira également.

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