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A while back I acquired some painted knights from a fellow here in Chicagoland.  I was really impressed with them and when I got in touch again, he was kind enough to submit to an interview and share pictures of his collection.

http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2014/12/chicago-painter-retrospective-john.html

It's a great look back at some earlier times (some of them before I was born) in wargaming, his personal hobby history including an impressive number of painting awards won, development of his painting style and of course a slew of pictures that just beg to be clicked on and viewed in the gallery mode. A few examples:







This is a new kind of post for the blog. The editor and I are very curious to hear what you folks think of this and whether you'd be interested in reading similar posts in the future.

Very fascinating to see a history of the hobby and some excellent paintwork in the same place! Very good stuff all round!

Glad you enjoyed it!

It's a good reminder to me that there is alot of hobby history that I have no experience with or knowledge of.

I enjoyed reading the interview, its always nice to see the progress of miniature painters over the years.