UPDATE.

Hello again !!!!!!! Yes I am still here although I could be mistaken for a professional house painter !!!!!!

Over the past three weeks I have been feverishly painting for 13 days, spent four days away on a mid week break to Kent and the other days were taken up with family/social activities. Only today have I had any real "play" time since I last posted on the blog.

In terms of modelling all I have managed to do is continue with equipment upgrades as previously described and finally complete the upgrade to my Medical battalions. These extra 132 soldiers will be issued to units over the weekend once the paint is dry. No progress has been made on the Cavalry upgrades at all.

Other than that I have spent several odd hours reviewing the overall organisation of my armies based on a number of "wargaming" experiences over the past year or so. Usually I just list these "ideas" as they occur to me and consider them at leisure. There were several inter related ideas and I have finally decided to implement them all at the same time. Digressing for a moment, I should explain my "wargaming" experiences. As previously mentioned, I have always played out battles and campaigns in my head rather than on a tabletop. It is my intention to write a series of posts about these activities under the heading of Imagi Nations, just as soon as I have time. Some of these posts will describe those campaigns and battles within the overall context of the imaginary world my armies inhabit.

That said, I have learned many useful lessons during those battles, which I will of course discuss in the Imagi Nation articles,  that give rise to organisational changes and it is those lessons I have now decided to implement. In essence the major changes are; 1: elimination of Heavy Weapons battalions and reallocation of heavy weapons to all Infantry battalions, 2: creation of some additional Infantry battalions to give each Infantry Brigade (Division) a better balance , 3: elimination of  Artillery Brigades as separate units, the Field Artillery battalions have been reallocated to Infantry Brigades and the Heavy Artillery battalions have been reallocated as Army troops.

I have completed the paperwork  detailing the new structure, with an Army of 46,000, good records are essential !!!!! I have also created the work sheets outlining the additional troops and vehicles to be built. I  will update the various unit organisational tables elsewhere on this blog as soon as possible. Overall the changes require about 5,000 new soldiers and 400 new vehicles or equipments. As my decorating duties are nearly finished, (how pleased am I ) I hope to be able to properly restart my modelling activities in another week or so. I also have a raft of book reviews to write as of course my reading has continued despite all the decorating.

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