God Willing I will complete my 25years of service in the Malta Police Corps this coming July 6th
My last working day, again God Willing, will be April 6th, before starting a 3month termination leave till July 6th
Anyway, I've decided to donate a figure each to my shift colleagues, which is comprised of three other males and a female colleague plus another figure to the WPC who manages our office. The deadline is obviously the 6th of April for all 5 figures so it MUST be a marathon
It will serve a dual purpose.....first & foremost the donation which I COMMITTED myself to do, to give something to a group of people who were an integral part of my life for the last years, something, which as we all know cannot be bought off any ordinary shop shelve
Secondly, I will sharpen my painting skills which have gone as blunt as a rusty beam
So from my grey army I managed to pull these three gems for the boys

Roman Centurian 90mm Young Miniatures
Greek Hoplite 54mm Pegasus
Viking 54mm Pegasus
The Greek will be featured as a Spartan while the Viking will be featured as a Saxon, to reach my mates' wishes
Roman Centurian




Spartan




Saxon





The Draconia Shazirahs
Bases are quasi rounded cork bark which was a sort of a branching flower pot during my married days
Terrains are again a piece of cork, covered with pva glue & sieved multicoloured pencil sharpening specs courtesy of nephew Jeremy






Boys' figures' faces are ready










And as Ladies come first Shazirahs are ready first









Ray

Excellent Work my friend!!
All these miniatures are one and one for collection


Alexandros
http://alexminiatures.blogspot.com/

Ray, That will be a very nice and original present.
Beautiful work already on the faces and the Shazirahs!

Cheers,
Marcel.

Hi Ray,
wonderfull start on each of those figures, mate. I personaly am most curious on the Roman centurion figure from Young, as mine is still waiting to be painted. The face on the roman is spectacular, will be following your attempt with big interest, my friend.

best regards,
R.L.

Very nice, the Roman face is superb painted.
Regards

These are indeed great painted.
Nothing of your skills are gone.

Marc

Congratulations Ray on achieving the 25 year milestone in your policing career.
Well done, that's something to be very proud of.
And the commitment to give your colleagues some of your own art work is very generous.
Goodluck Ray...and cheers.

Nice work Ray! Your colleagues will no doubt be honored to receive these from your talented hands!

Jay H.

Very very impressively done figures...I'm sure your colleagues will treasure them.
Wonderful stuff.

Congratulations Ray!

Fantastic work so far Ray and a very nice gesture.All the best for your retirement.


Cheers David

Good luck with the painting Ray your off to a cracking start , I'm sure they will love such a gift

Sam

Ray ,
Congratulations on retirement. Great work on the figures. Very thoughtful gift.
Cheers
John

Very nice indeed !! I'm sure your colleagues will be overjoyed, yer certainly get them finished quicker than I do.lol.

Ray, excellent start on the faces and love what you've done with the Shazirah twins Congratulations on reaching 25 years.

Cheers Ken

Thank you all for your kind words, much appreciated

Ray

This brute is READY
Don't be too harsh on me, as I took SOME shortcuts but it will serve the purpose very very well I'm sure








Ray

Well done Ray I wish my shortcuts would look that nice!