One appears to have been published.

Please to purchase copies of my new WW1 Middle Eastern Painting guide, published by Partizan Press, available on the Caliver Books website.

In this first of a series of painting guides for wargamers published by Partizan Press, Mark
Hargreaves takes us through a series of step by step photographic tutorials that cover the painting of flesh tones, khaki drill uniform, khaki serge uniform, horses, camels, guns and vehicles for the British, Dominion and Indian Army troops that served in the Middle Eastern theatres of World War I.
The painting guide will also suit the same troops up until the late 1920s and so will be of interest to those who game the Back of beyond and Interwar periods.

The guide also contains advice on simple conversions involving swapping heads and
the basic use of greenstuff to add details to your miniatures.

Perry Miniatures Sudan Gordon Highlanders

Rumbling on in the background since January have been these Perry Miniatures Sudan Gordon Highlanders. Fixed to temporary MDF bases for photographic purposes, they will be based when they reach their new home.

Riverine Project 3.

WW1 Turkish Stern-wheeler and British Launch with gun barges now fully equipped with armaments, observation platforms and bits and pieces for the deck. The crews will follow shortly. I will be using British sailors from Pulp Figures and utilising the Oshiro Models Japanese Boxer Rebellion sailors as generic naval crew for the Turks.

Riverine project 2.

A few more images of the British Tigris Motor Launch (now named M34) and the two barges  carrying 4.7 inch guns and ammunition lockers. Just need the white ensign, deck clutter, a observation platform and a crew. This is based on a watercolour illustration to be found in "Sailor in the Desert", the memoir of Philip Gunn published by Pen and Sword.

Riverine Project 1.

A couple of of WIPs for you all to look at. These go alongside the Airboat on the previous post. The Sarissa MDF Stern wheeler kit, a Sarissa MDF River Launch, a couple of resin flat bottomed boats from ebay and some scratch built 4.7 inch naval guns. All destined for action on the Tigris, 1917-18. The armament on the stern wheeler still needs to be added along with a lightweight structure on the roof for artillery spotting, but I ain't worked out how to do this yet.

Airboat and another T. E.Lawrence.

Adrian sent me some photos... his usual modus operandi for giving me a creative prod. So, here we have a British Airboat for patrol along the Tigris, 1918.

I have also painted another Tactica 2108 Lawrence figure. Just like the last one but with a little more colour on the camel saddle furniture. 

T E Lawrence.

After many months of searching, a good friend managed, by power and influence, to obtain THREE T E Lawrence figures sculpted by Michael Perry as one of the special edition miniatures produced for Hamburger Tactica 2018. The deal is I paint them up... one for me, one for the good friend and one for Mr Perry. Here is the first. I am very pleased to have been able to get this out of my system as I think this is a fantastic figure. I like the fact that Lawrence is wearing his army uniform with sandals and Arab headgear. This is clearly early on in his on in his involvement with the Arab Revolt. I shall have to get hold of some Arab irregulars now....

Perry Miniatures Sudan Naval Brigade Gatling Gun and crew

More fun in the Sudan.  This dark blue paint doesn't take the varnish well at all... still shiny in places.  Time to get rid, I think.