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It has been a while, COVID-19.

Greetings all.

For those of you, friends etc who know me personally and follow this blog you will already know that due to my job as a frontline Health care worker I have been extremely busy working 36 hour and even 72 hour frontline shifts. For those of you in Internet land, that is why I have not had the chance to continue my current projects.

I have managed to paint up my first few WW2 American Airborne from Warlord. I will eventually get around to the huge pile of Redshanks and Galloglaigh on my table.

In the meantime here are those Americans.


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  1. Great looking US airborne! I wish you well in what your up against, I'm painting converted plastic gallowglass a the moment, great fun!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Ian, I appreciate that.

      I am looking forward to seeing your Gallowglass when they are done.

      Regards, Eoin

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