GameHole Con and On!
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GAMEHOLE CON! It’s GameHole Con week, and if you’re in the Madison area,
this is what my schedule will be like: THURSDAY OCT. 15 1 PM – CARTOONISTS
ON GAME...
LVO Recap & Gundam Assemble Ep. 529
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[image: Long War Ep 529]Episode recap of the Las Vegas Open 2026 results
alongside a look at Bandai’s new Gundam Assemble competitive tabletop
miniatures...
Off the painting table
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Daughter number two and I went to meet daughter number three’s new puppy.
Rosa is a great wee soul , not to mention her alien friend.
The mounted knights...
Update Saga Terrain
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I have been working on upgrading some of my Saga terrain and gaming
accessories. The initial plates I did were a little boring so I added some
flock.
...
My hopes have been dashed ... and then restored!
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I began today full of hope that the engineer from the stairlift company
would be able to repair mine so that I could use it to access the top floor
of ou...
Hairspray Starship
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Back from helping my elderly Sister I've been relaxing with an empty
hairspray can, a gift ball, a cracker tray and some paint.
I made a basic spaceship...
Wackett's Sticky Wicket
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I've made a start on writing up the scenarios for the *Algy Flies Down
Under* Lard Mag project, with the first one now drafted and ready for play
testing...
3D Printed Hawaiian Outrigger Canoes
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Outrigger canoes for Tribal Hawaiian games. These are 3D resin prints from
Etsy. These are more for scenery/terrain on the beaches than anything else.
T...
Bonfire of the Reaction Tests
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Isabelstadt, Mantovia (Reuters)- *Convoys of ambulances are arriving at the
Marienhaus hospital in the capitol today as reports emerge of another
bloody ...
Perder un paso
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Yo soy uno de esos personajes que describe Arturo Pérez-Reverte en uno de
sus magníficos artículos, *Los Napoleones del fin de semana*, que aprov...
Thoughts on The Other Partizan….Part 1
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*Don’t be fooled by the modestly unassuming entrance - this is a BIG show!
I actually took this picture on my way back to the car for the journey home
-...
Gaming Weekend
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Each October for the last few years some friends and I have gathered at
Boards and Swords in Derby for a day of gaming followed by a curry and
beers, the...
Norse 4 - Berserkers
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Continuing with the Norse warband, next we have a unit of berserkers. You
can't really have a Viking force without them, can you? Again, these four
loons...
Quar Attack Kite - Miniature Wargames issue 523
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Miniature Wargames issue 523 (November 2026) features this Quar Assault
Kite that was scratch built by me. I am very well aware that the Quar are
an acq...
The Other Partizan (Oct 2026) : Pictures
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It is the morning after The Other Partizan, and like many older attendees
today, I am nursing a pair of very sore knees, but I can safely say it was
tota...
T'other Partizan Pics II
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Yorkshire Gamer, Franco-Prussian War
Barely Legal Wargamers, Sicily 1943. What makes you think I am doing a
Italy project🙂
Shrewsbury Wargames, 100 Years...
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Other Partizan 2026
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A selection of the images that caught my eye at the Other Partizan 2026
AWI - Eutaw Springs a scenario I have played many times with my rules -
great fun
...
Painting takes the stage.
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Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.
It's been an interesting couple of months...
I am now working at the (Dementia) Day Centre an extra five hours...
More buildings and Guild members
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So with a 4 player game of Carnevale planned for this week, I spent some
time building and painting three more buildings from TT combat. This is the
Call...
The Other Partizan, Newark October 2026
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It's that time of year again to head north into the lead belt for The Other
Partizan, only this year with some slight trepidation.
I'm beginning to real...
Automòbils de Fórmula D
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Formula D racers marca desconeguda, escala 1/250 Fórmula D és un joc de
tauler que ara ja deu tenir 20 anys de trajectòria, consistent en simular
curses en...
Partisan 2, 2026
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Another return to the Newark Showground today for Partisan 2, stopping on
my way home from London. I have always driven here, which makes it clear
there...
Confederate Skirmishers
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It's been quite awhile since my last post due to many reasons as the year
has been quite a busy one with losing my very kind mother in law early in
the y...
Designing campaign maps
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*Table at the start of a wargame*
The wargames table is the starting point for both my wargames and the maps
of my fictional 1813 campaign. It is 6x...
Zomtober 2026 week 2 - more of the saaaaaaame
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Another Sunday in Zomtober, another pair of Mordheim zombies spruced up
after twenty-something years:
I know, I know, removing the head kills the zombie...
French Napoleonic personalities
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Continuing the (temporary) switch back to Napoleonics, I had a bevy of
French command figures from two prior Piano Wargames Kickstarters, so I
will le...
From Muskets to Rifles Alexander Hay
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This set of rules is built upon another game I created called C'est le
Guerre aimed at the 18th Century, and the Lace Wars in particular. I
thought it...
Rommel: Pacific
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Bruce and I have played a couple of games of Rommel over the past few
months, including a WW3 variant (Russians versus the British Army on the
Rhine whic...
How to Make Some Simple Hills
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I feel like you guys already would know all this stuff but I am so pleased
with the new hills I made for the Little Bighorn game that I wanted to post
a ...
BattleTech Alpha Strike
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I played Battletech a few years ago and the paperwork put me off getting
into it but came across this quick play version "Alpha Strike " , all the
info you...
New Model Army Pt 17 - Mounted Sergeants
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Just two, one for Sir Bodfrey and one for Sir Bodard
And a bit more for the Camp...hay time. The nag is from the Imex Eastern
Friendly Indians, the Bod...
Barrage 2026
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The HAWKs held Barrage on the 18th and 19th of September this year. I was
a little startled to look at our name tags for the convention and realize
t...
Work in Progress
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I was fortunate to acquire a large number of Warlord Caesarean Romans
recently and have now begun to bring them in lone with my standard format.
Painted ...
Counter art going forward
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I have figured out what I will do. I am going for the Panzer Blitz/Leader
approach. For tanks, I will use silhouettes in black on a color counter.
For infa...
Romano-British tribal levy
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After a bit of a hiatus, here is the third shieldwall unit for my 10mm
Romano-British army, built for *Fantastic Battles*. I have tried to build
this unit...
Seeing Red. . .
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Playing hooky/sagging off from schoolwork this lovely sunny autumn
afternoon and in the (very slow) process of building (or is that *Bildung*?)
up la...
15mm Napoleonic French, and an announcement
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Hi guys
Some AB 15mm NapoleonicFrench, Russian and Austrians completed on
commission.
######## Announcement #########
To my customers, after much deli...
Colette, vengeful spirit
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I frequently use undead creatures as villains in my current D&D campaign,
along with demons, cultists, and beastial creatures. The reason is simple:
there’...
Upgrading past endeavours
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Getting Steel Lard (and the associated mad rush to prepare and test a new
game in too short a period) out of the way has freed me up to do some
modelling p...
Pack & Coven
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Those who enjoy *Devilry Afoot *will be interested to know that author Nic
has this week released a small expansion - *Pack & Coven *- just in time
for y...
Closing in on One Million Page Views!
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Oh Sooo Close! I know the uber popular fancy folk probably hit a million
page views every day, but for a blog about toy soldiers, I figured it was
somethin...
StarVigia : The Adventures of Thomas Aquinas
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I have been playing in the sci-fi worlds of my good friend AW (real name
hidden as I am not sure if he is happy with me disclosing it) for decades.
What ...
Alpian Wars to rise again!
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At a minimum there will be at least one tabletop game using the Alpian
Wars miniatures game set from the hand of Bluebear Jeff, there is a rumor
that a ...
Little Great War - Interlude
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Aeryth Chromatica - the main theatres of war.
Before continuing with the campaign narrative methought to say something
about the Little Great War as a war...
Battle of Altenrode - The Game
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With the generals arrived and refreshed with tea and chocolate biscuits we
adjourned to the Hinton Hut where I assigned commands. Nigel would play
Archdu...
One Year Gone
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While yesterday marked the commemoration of the birth of one of the hobby's
founders, today marks a rather different milestone: *one year since the
conclu...
Just In Time
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After a long march through the rugged pass, the Midlish Earl was surprised
when his scouts reported that the enemy was alert and in battle line with
dust...
Revisiting the 1990s
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I've had a little unfocussed hobby time of late that I've used to revisit
some old models and bring them up to my modern standards. As part of this I
dec...
Quick Force Gazette issue 1 out!
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Issue 1 of Quick Force Gazette, featuring the War of Spanish Succession, is
now freely available from Wargame Vault.
https://www.wargamevault.com/en/prod...
Making Kits
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It's been a bit of a crap winter for me. Wet and miserable and I've been
quite sick through most of it. On the mend now tho... So apart from working
on s...
Dominion of the Blue and Grey session
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I've got about eight of the *Dominion of the X* books from Ork Publishing
but have not actually spent all that much time playing the games. That is
mainl...
Clan mechs from the Battletech Alpha Strike box
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I keep finishing all the mechs from the box. This time is's mechs from the
clans, possibly Jade Falcon.
Following the same idea I did with the Nordland H...
Attack into Belgium 1914
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Much like elephants mating, wargames projects can be long in gestation.
Murray began his 1914 Belgian division for Great War Spearhead quite some
time ag...
My Games for Fall In have been submitted
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*The town of Kennett Square, not too far from Brandywine Creek.*
I have entered four games for the upcoming Fall In Convention in Lancaster,
PA which...
A Scene of Untimely Demise
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Just a very quick post this time, to showcase a rather macabre little
casualty stand that has been quietly waiting in the wings. When I was
looking to ...
Playtest 5 - The Dense Forest
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What the past few months and the previous play tests of Dux Italica have
shown is that the basic rules work really well. This is no surprise given
that D...
W is for Where to Start?
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At the deep-end, I suppose! I had a massive Heart Attack on Thursday gone,
and when I say massive, I was fighting the fucker for an hour before I
agreed wi...
A Fistful of Turnips
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I've been a early fan of #turnip28 since it came out, but a late painter.
I dig the weird aesthetic of a mud filled world of endless battle mixed in
Med...
Border Reivers 2026.
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Yesterday I travelled to Sunderland, well actually the Nissan Sports Centre
near Sunderland, for the Border Reivers Wargames Show.
I took John and that i...
Saumur Tank Museum, and Flames of War Grumbles
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*Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France*
I had the good fortune recently to visit this well-known museum whilst on
holiday in France. What a great thing it is to...
Why is the Ogre there?
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Joe's post on the Quantum Ogre raises an old question about sandbox play:
when does moving an encounter around interfere with players' freedom to
decide...
The Ottomans are coming update
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As I mentioned, I had to leave the recent game early. Steve and Phil
carried on and Steve kindly sent me some more photos.
The Ottoman right continued ...
Game Design #118: The Advantage and Melee
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In my "haunted Forest/Medieval STALKER" world I've been investigating RPGs
for ideas (even since someone pointed out *Symbaroum* kinda covers what
I've ...
A kick in the Urals
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In the summer of 1919, somewhere in the foothills of the Ural mountains,
the Reds and Whites clash over a small farmstead.
This was a quick game to ref...
Gundabad Command Base
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I selected these two figures to finish off the command base. A pointing
character always goes well with a big grumpy looking commander.
The other characte...
Dwarf Project for Dragon Rampant
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I had so much fun playing my first game of Dragon Rampant with my friend
Mike at Historicon that after returning home I started thinking about
painting a...
Skellies Part 3 - finished barrow
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Finished the barrow… scruffy clumps of grass for the mound, did try my
usual flowers, but in the slope it looked weird being at 90 degrees to the
slope ...
Quebec: French Artillery on the Plains
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*Black Hussar Miniatures 28mm French SYW 8pdr*
The plains I refer to is of course the Plains of Abraham and I've been
revisiting my research on what Fren...
Rain, Work, and Bronko Nagurskimouse
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About a month ago, I went down the basement to find my paint rack knocked
over onto my paint table and all of the things in various stages of build
and p...
SCULPTURE: "Lava Lizard" Monster Head
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It's been a while since I've sculpted something for a continuing series
I've been working on since 2013..."KAIJU Monster Heads". As an avid fan of
Godzil...
Dougram Crab Gunner - aug18_2026
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The Crab Gunner in the Fang of the Sun Dougram show is one of the most
iconic almost WWII inspired mecha because it crosses what we know in our
world wit...
Star Wars : The Return Of The Jedi
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Hey boys! Last games of Star wars 80's campaign. The target is to play
games with my son and stick as much as possible of the movie. It very
enjoyable to...
New Newline Designs - Thorakitai
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In June I received some lovely samples of some brand new Newline Designs
20mm Hellenistic Thorakitai. Filling in a much needed troop type in this
scale, ...
Warmaster Revolution Chaos Dwarfs Revisited
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*The Chaos Dwarfs are a vile black-hearted race, forever waging war in
their relentless search for victims to enslave. Shrouded by the smoke of a
thousan...
The Siege of Volganoff at Warhammer World
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The Siege of Volganoff pitted the disciplined defenders of the Empire
against a massive, besieging Orc and Goblin army. At first, the defense
held strong...
4th Indian Division Ready for NQM
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4th Indian Division ready for a North African Campaign.
Top row is the division headquarters and trains
Middle row is the three brigades. Each "fightin...
Project Landship Update 5
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Its been a few weeks since the last update. It's summertime in Hawai'i
after all...
I've been doing little bits along the way but not enough each week to ...
1800 Ottoman vs Janissary Sword and flame rules
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I have always had an interest in the Ottoman armies of the 1800, many years
ago an article in a war games magazine related to the demise of the
Janissar...
Battle of Hastings (TtS!) 18mm WoFun
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Good day folks!
My friend Phil and I broke out the 18mm WoFun Anglo-Saxons (Wessex) and
Normans to refight the *Battle of Hastings* which occurred in the...
Prepping for Aspern Essling & Eggmuhl
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We're hoping to do Aspern Essling and Eggmuhl next month, which has meant
that I've been doing some quick work bringing the Austrian collection up to
sp...
Flying Time
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So they say time flies when you are having fun. Well it also seems to fly
when you are busy 'making it work' too.
So its been nearly a year, what the h...
Web Site Outages
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Following recent site outages my hosting company has finally found the
cause - an attack-fleet of bots firing thousands of messages to
non-existent email...
Quick build block models
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I noticed these 1/72 military blocks models on eBay for a while now, but it
wasn't until I saw an M1070 being marked down with free shipping that I
decided...
Another batch of samurai
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I’ve just finished painting a couple of boxes of Fireforge plastic figures:
their armoured ashigaru and samurai command sets. They’re lovely detailed
minia...
US 45th "Thunderbird" Infantry Division
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28mm Bolt Action force, based on the US 45th "Thunderbird" Infantry
Division. Figures are all by Warlord games, decals the same save for the
45th ID b...
Miniature Wargaming The Movie – now free on YouTube
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Over the weekend, a new video popped up in my YouTube feed which proved to
be an immediate blast from the past. Evolutionary Films published Miniature
Warg...
My 2026 Little Wars Convention Loot!
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During Little Wars, I was finally on Sunday able to get out to the vendors
and do some "Here! Take my money!" deals with some of the vendors.
Unfortunately...
Chain of Command 2 QRS & Vehicle Stat's cards.
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Chain of Command is my favourite WW2 rules set. However, I don't get to
play it anywhere near as much as I would like and as a result I need a good
comp...
SKREEEEEECH... VROOOM!
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The world didn’t end clean. It coughed, choked, and burned itself out under
a sky the colour of old blood and dust. Cities cracked, the seas went sour,...
A Cabin in the Woods
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"The Cabin in The Woods"
*It's been some time since a new edition of the Beaver Examiner was printed
out and we apologize to the 42 people in town literate...
Anzac Day 2025- a family link
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Over the past few days I've been doing some research for my kids about my
father's cousin from Invercargill New Zealand who was a pilot in the RAF in
194...
It’s been nearly 20 years…
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This project first saw the light of day back in 2008. Since then the range
of available miniatures and the surge of available 3d printing machines and
d...
Spring Cleaning April 2026
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I'll be selling a few surplus things- here I have 26 Avanpost Thirty Years
War cavalry, and two spare horses. They are beautiful, crips resin models,
...
Disaster at Nicopolis 1395
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The Hungarian and Ottoman armies were enlarged to 24 elements forming a
vanguard, main body and rear guard of equal strength. Simulating an army
moving o...
Red Buses...!
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Hey, so you wait ages for one blog post and then two come along at the same
time!! I found some images I took of the extra figures that I did for the
Monta...
Alas - no more ....
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After a lot of thought I have decided to close down this project.
My WW2 stuff is little used compared to my other collections. I want to
expand other c...
NEW BLOG
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Hey folks,
I have decided to move my superhero gaming content over to a new blog -
RIPPING THE FASE.
As the name implies, at least to those n the know...
28mm WW2 German Fallschirmjager Army Project
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I've spent last weekend going through a large shoebox of 28mm WW2 German
Fallschirmjager that my friend Rob gave me. It came with other boxes full
of W...
Presenting ... Bob Moss
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When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted
Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it
came strai...
First wargame in quite a while!
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I spent a delightful afternoon with one of our grandsons playing a
miniature wargame using the Johnny Reb 3 rules system written by my late
friend John Hil...
THW Football on Wargames Vault Deal of the Day
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50% off for tomorrow's Deal of the Day at Wargames Vault. Just in time for
the playoffs. 😀 Scroll down the Vault page to see the how to video.
https://...
Kings of War - Fields of Battle
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Another night at the old games club and another Kings of War battle. I will
admit that last week I was playing Warhammer Old World and while the two
game...
Running the Gauntlet
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Was invited to a friends VSF wargame - played out using the In Her
Majesty's Name rules.
This was suppose to be the 'final part' of an ongoing series of s...
Thunder at Cassino: Revisiting an Old Friend
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On December 13th, five veteran members of Madrid's Dragón Club decided to
dust off and display on on a table one of the most venerable games : the
leg...
On the Defense
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Just a shorter than normal post today. Based on an off-line discussion I
started looking at my Napoleonic troops again, and realized that I'm short
of ...
3D Breed - March To Hell - 15mm WWII
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If you'rr looking for some fantastic 15mm WWII miniatures for your
wargaming needs, the March To Hell series from 3D Breed (
https://www.3dbreed.com/marc...
Star Wars & 02 Hundred Hours
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I’ve been playing the wonderful 02 Hundred Hours from Grey for Now games
recently. As thoroughly expected from one of the creators of the equally
fantastic...
101. It's Been A While, Hasn't It?
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Hello. Let's skip the usual rig-a-ma-role and get straight to the
pictures. I've painted some things and haven't shown them here yet. So
here we go.
...
Tha Dark Age of Technology
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Od dziecka marzyłem o śpiewaniu lub graniu na jakimś instrumencie, Z
pierwszego wyleczono mnie juz w przedszkolu, z drugiego na lekcjach muzyki
w podsta...
America's Cup boats
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Well, these aren't exactly historically accurate but were inspired by 19th
Century sail yachts/boats. They were fun to make, fun to paint, and look
st...
The SYW game
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*Prelude to the Battle. A table set up for a game.*
*A fictional encounter loosely based around the Siege of Kolberg 1761.*
In the evening of October 2...
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How is Battle Command Ancient and Medieval different?
Battle Command (as a series) - as well as Field of Battle, have at their
core the focus on key dec...
"Lord Aukon has seen the sign!"
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Save me from "*The Wasting"*, an early title for the story "*State of
Decay"* by Terrance Dicks. A story that almost never got made as the BBC
Drama depa...
Old Games & Old Guys
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So,
This week I have been thinking about a few things going on with me and
gaming. No I am not getting out of it, but were my recent thoughts have
been...
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Denim 1
This guide is based on the original Vallejo Game Color (VGC) paints. These
colors may no longer exist by these codes/names, if at all.
*Base/Shad...
Most of my collection now on sale
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I've decided to drastically thin back my massive collection.
Most of my Africa and Middle East miniatures will be posted in the coming
weeks and there...
First figures of 2025
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With the hot of the press publication of the new version of PBI, I've
painted a few new bits for my late war Germans. This includes medium
mortars, MMgs...
Warp Speed into 2025
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The last year has been quite challenging. I suffered a stroke in November
2023 and have spent the last year or so in recovery. I'm not there yet, but
do...
15mm Medieval Cavalry
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After almost two years of painting doldrums after the death of my "sister
from another mister" Lori Brom, I've finally begun to get my painting mojo
bac...
American Civil War battle report
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I finally finished all my 1/72 scale American Civil War troops. This and my
AWI forces are the only ones I have in this scale, with everything else
b...
Beja completed!
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This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've
halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a
while lon...
Blog problem
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* So, I'm cleaning up the sidebars of the Chronicles. Removing defunct
links, creating new ones...somebody has to do it.*
Here's the problem: there are a...
FWS Ships of the Line: Explorer and Science Ships
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Often one of the set pieces for high space adventure and tragedy is those
spacecraft that go where no one has gone before and may never go again if
the ou...
Tabletop Terraformation
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Only God, the poet writes, can make a tree. But you can make or buy all
manner of miniature facsimiles that will enhance your wargame table and
make your...
MCP: Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (2)
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As I mentioned in my last post about 'Ancient One', I have been undecided
on which Affiliation to play next, but have been leaning towards trying out
Defe...
Derek’s Wee Decals
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I have been designing and laser printing waterslide decals for my own use
for a number of years and now that I’ve retired from full-time employment
I’ve de...
Old Guard & a Note of Caution
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Hi Everyone!
Here are some pictures of recently completed French Old Guard from North
Star Military Figures Retreat From Moscow range.
Plus, just a hea...
More boring Martian buildings Jan2024
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WIPs and one finished Canal Priest Apothecary for general use on random
tables.
A couple of shops in the high class Legation district. Once fin...
Never saw that one coming (2)
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Well I should have posted on here last week about the Solo Jacobite
campaign I’m running but I’ve been sent a real curved ball.
So last Sunday morning w...
A Reflection on 2023
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Welcome back to Chris' Miniature Woes! It's been quite a journey, and I
appreciate your patience as I navigate through the challenges that 2023
brought i...
NECRONS - A 40k Journey begin
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Necrons - A 40k Journey
Introduction
Bon Décembre arrive et j'ai réservé ce mois aux Morts vivants. Je compte
donc rattraper mon retard en terme de Bac...
100 Hours War Scenario
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Having picked up a Helion title on this conflict, I have come up with my
own Check Your 6! scenario, entitled "Soto Gets Three." It has not been
playtested...
Remote Game of Age of Penda
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Revisiting My *Age of Penda* Review
I used to review rules with giving a playtest, simply analyzing the rules
on paper. That was a big mistake when I rate...
Flames of War Projects for August
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August was a great month for me and the hobby. I painted lots of stuff
and managed to get in a few games as well. August saw a return to Flames
of War...
Logs
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Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me
(thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to
paint us...
15mm Terminator: Junkyard Dogs
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I’ve started work on sourcing and painting up some scenic elements and
terrain for the 15mm Terminator project, and am kicking things off with
some wr...
This is Minuteman: Two-Three
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Since my wargaming hobby has taken a back(far back) seat to my simming
hobby, I've gone from reading books about the Napoleonic wars etc. To
listening t...
Reiksguard Unit Complete!!
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For my January submission to the Call of the Crown painting challenge I
have produced a unit of 15 Reiksguard knights to act as the elite heavily
armore...
November Update
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I've been slow to update my blog for the past few months. I was able to do
some hobby stuff in late October, but a recent setback in my cancer
treatment ...
Terrain Workshop Sorted (at least for now)
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Well I've managed to clean out the Terrain Workshop. Sadly, the bulk of
the "debris" consisted of various shipping boxes that were retained for
storag...
It's been a decade, now...
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This is a tough time of year for me. So, with your indulgence, here's this
link to a post I did a decade ago... EDIT: I have no idea why it didn't
take. S...
The Great War Martian War
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The Great Martian War is a documentary about the Martian Invasion of the
world, and the ensuing war to stop them, during the period of 1913 to
1917. I...
33 Ford Coupe
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I finished up the video on the 33 Ford Coupe. This is a much cleaner
build than the Mustang I posted last week. I was trying a new paint, Turbo
Dork M...
This Blog Will Close in December 2020
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This blog will close in early December and it will be taken down
altogether. This is part of my retirement plan.
The original content is still availabl...
Kebugaran Mengubah Wajah Tur PGA
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Lalu apakah Glumory akan menghasilkan Ketergantungan & menimbulkan efek
samping glumory beauty drink ? sama sekali Tidak, dikarenakan Glumory
terbuat hanya...
George Cross for NHS
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I've noticed over the net that various folks have been suggesting that the
NHS as an organization be awarded a George Cross.
The people certainly qualify f...
Kessel Run Game Project Part II
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from prototype to hero model
Of Ships and Space and Sealing Wax... Continuing to build all the parts for
my upcoming Kessel Run Race game,
Last time we...
Gaslands and Kill Team
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Those are the two projects I am spending my time on right now.
Oh, and I am doing fine, just incredibly busy. Dealing with a lot of
things, but its improvi...
Spider Victims!
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Victims of my (not so) Giant Spiders!
The bodies were made with green stuff, and head off various plastic figures
(cos I didn't want to have to sculpt fac...
Yesteryear Y-14 Maxwell Roadster
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Hi Chaps,
I was rummaging around my bits boxes-I have a lot of those as I am sure
most war gamers do when I came across a rather worn looking model car. My...
Marvel Crisis Protocol
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A whole bunch of scenery for Marvel Crisis Protocol..It makes for a nice
change from GW stuff. It's all been painted on a side each time I was free
to do...
Witcher 3 "Geralt" painted up
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And the second miniature from the SAGA collectibles from Stronghold
Miniatures is painted up.
Pretty happy with them both, I was thinking how to use them in...
Titan Terrain Factorum Painted
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I’ve finally finished another Titan Terrain NZ building. This is their
excellent free-standing ‘Factorum’ kit. I haven’t reviewed this particular
building,...
Ancient Romans - housekeeping
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I've done some housekeeping on the blog, taking advantage of some
photographs sent to me by Bob the Painter, to review the posts under Codes
AR and ARC, an...
British Vickers Machine Gun team.
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Painted a British Vickers Machine Gun team. The miniatures are from
Battlefront and 15mm. To bad the mini on the right had a dis-formed face.
Sadly enough ...
The Crew of the Betty - 28mm Sci-Fi
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Models by Hasslefree, Heresy, and Moonraker. Vehicle Bay by Sarissa.
Work on assembling the bitz for a *Five Parsecs from Home* game continues;
presente...
A new direction on an old road
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Bern front ranks
In the early 1980s, I, like many others were enormously inspired by the
pictures in the early editions of Miniature Wargames of Pete...
Warplan 5/5 Campaign System
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I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to reproduce the snazzy double headed
arrow in 5/5 in the text so will have to do with this instead.
Warplan 5/5 came o...
2019 Final Score and 2020 Targets
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A review of my plan for 2020 and a update on the 2019 plan
Painting wise a very tough year with the study going upstairs, coming down,
and now being used a...
Vampifans Views 126 - Enforced Absence
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On Friday December 20th, I was admitted to the Freeman Hospital in
Newcastle, as an emergency patient, for an operation which resulted in me
having my big ...
Warhammer Quest Silver Tower - Trial of Azyr
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Byron Manfred and his wight king companion each carry two pieces of the
Gaunt Summoner's shattered amulet. Together, they are half-way toward
completing th...
New year - new start -
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One year is gone and I have to start new. Time and inspiration to do all
the things, who are going wrong in the past. There are some pictures about
my roo...
Rose Napoleonic project 2019
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Back in September 2018 I posted on Vintage Wargaming about the acquisition
of some Rose figures from Peter Goldsbrough's collection of 20mm
Napoleonics....
2019 a Review!
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Hoi There,
You guessed it, it's that time of the year again: time for a Year Review!
Overall 2019 seems to have not been everyone's favourite year with
po...
WW2: Early(ish) Soviets
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So here is the last of the WW2 armies that I currently own. I've had most
of these soviets for about a decade now. most have been painted for that
time. ...
Avaux or Bust
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OK, Avaux is a long time and distance away from Wurzburg. I guess, like
many other wargame projects, that dream faded. But another bright and
shiny one...
Cara Membuat Gitar Suara Murah Bagus
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Puding merupakan salah satu makanan bergizi dan mudah dibuatnya. Anda
dapat melihat resep puding di haan untuk mencoba membuat puding yang enak
di rumah d...
Solo DBA Rules
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Solo DBA for DBA Version 2.2 With kind permission of Richard Lee, I am
reproducing here the full version of the solo variant rules for DBA v2.2.
These rule...
DreadTober 2019 Week 4 - To Done!
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Got all the little final detailing done on the Contemptor Achillus over the
weekend, just in time to hit the finish line for DreadTober! Without
further ad...
Old School Transport
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This one has been around a while, no major mods by me, bar adding the
reigns. Had a disaster with the picture session, but you'll get the idea!
Neil, all...
Health Update
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Hi folks, Just a quick post here rather than spam everyone's inbox again!A
week or so back, for the best part of a month I was suffering from near
constant...
Sisters are doing it for themselves
-
I'm starting to feel like the more productive I get with hobby projects,
the worse I get at updating this blog. I've actually been pretty busy with
paint...
15mm Savage Northmen Cavalry........
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*.....from the north and Copplestone Castings!*
*Lots painted but blogging is becoming a little harder to achieve lately
but anyway let's be getting on......
Battle of Denbigh Green
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Royalist Horse on the Green
David and Rob ran a game using the ECW minis
Read about the details on MurdockS MarauderS or Codsticker's Historicals.
The P...
FallCon 2019
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This past weekend, I went on my annual visit to Calgary for the FallCon
gaming convention. This was the third year that they've had the convention
at SAIT,...
Camel Corps continued...
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Back to my hobby...apologies for not posting sooner...job...work and all
that stuff...plus breaking my wrist in 8 places...nice!
So to kick off a new era....
Dreadnought: Great War at Sea
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This is my prototype box, with the Battle of Coronel tucked away inside!
Hi all, big news today!
As you've no doubt been aware, I've been furiously making...
Underworlds Eyes of the Nine
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Another warband painted up for Warhammer Underworlds. These guys were a
combination of contrast paints and standard methods to get a decent outcome
in a r...
Model making for a living
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Are all wargamers modelers? In my experience, generally so. That being
the case, if you want to turn your hobby into your profession you might
wish to st...
688 - Painting Chart Updates (Part 1 - WWII)
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Hullo All,
Well, I'm back at work (which sucks) but I'm also partway through a pretty
productive summer!
I thought I'd mark this by updating where I am wi...
Irregular 6mm Chinese
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A question came up on the ColonialWars Yahoo Group about 6mm Chinese troops
for the period. As luck would have it, I happened to have one of the
Irregular...
Supers Unlimited Kickstarter Is Underway
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The *Supers Unlimited* Kickstarter is live here: *link*
All characters will come with *Pulp City* and *Super Mission Force*
profiles!
Still around, still not gaming much at all
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Well, I am still alive. There are personal issues in my life, mainly
work. I have a relative with a serious health issue, I am working a second
shift, I ...
Fistful of Lead- Victorian sci fi battle.
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Dateline 1889. British Colonial Mining operations on Venus.
An account of the action at Riverbend summarized from excerpts taken from
Lieutenant Morris's...
3mm Neo-Soviet Army
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I have returned to micro-scale syfy warfare with the 3mm Science Fiction
line from PicoArmor. I want a Neo-Soviet force for a near future Earth
campaign. M...
2019 update
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(Naseby Battlefield – a poignant reminder on a field of conflict) This is
by way of catching up. It has been a busy year both on and off the
battlefields....
Legendary Dragon from Mythic Games
-
“Smaug lay, with wings folded like an immeasurable bat, turned partly on
one side, so that the hobbit could see his underparts and his long pale
belly cru...
German Grenadiers vs Brit Tanks in Encounter
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A target rich environment!
Game 3 of the Lords or War MW 109 pt tournament was against Craig and his
Brits. As always the painting level for Craig's army ...
Hafr Stonebridge Rules so Far
-
I finished these rules for my Trollbloods custom project about a week ago
and am still tinkering with the concept. The important parts for me would
be f...
What the hell's a Piraqua anyway?
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Ever since the episode of *Black Sails *where the Character Jack Rackham
mentioned the word Piragua, I've been searching for a way to make one of
these fo...
1815 The Hundred Days
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The 1815 Hundred Days supplement is now available.
It contains six scenarios following Napoleon's famous 1815 Waterloo
campaign:
Gilly, Quatre Bras, St A...
Deal Wargames Society - Rapid Fire Game Last Night
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Well for only the third time ever I have attended a Wargames club meeting !
This was my second visit to the ever accommodating Deal Society who are a
ve...
Mortal Gods - First Playthrough
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So my mate, Alan, has been waiting with fevered anticipation for this to
arrive and so when the postie delivered Mortal Gods (originally by a
company ca...
Dick Dale
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I'm sad today because one of my personal heroes has passed away today. Dick
Dale was 81, and to me that's too young for a man who was such a giant
talen...
Warlords of Erehwon: the Aftermath
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Guest Post: My friend Albert wrote a great little short story recounting
the aftermath of our first game of Warlords of Erehwon, which I posted
about a cou...
Rashaar
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I have finished painting up my Rashaar starter crew/warband. I have had
great fun painting these up and yes they are all stood in puddles it helps
them mov...
March Update - Good year so far...
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We are already into March of 2019...another year just flying by it seems.
I'm just doing an update on what I've been able to get done so far this
year, an...
Arabs and a Norman
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Some experimentation has been taking place on my Hobby table. These Arabs
below have bodies from three different plastic sets. Gripping Beast Arabs,
Gripin...
Legends of the High Seas Resources
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Legends of the High Seas cover Just a short update: After a recent request
I have just uploaded some old resources for *Legends of the High Seas* to
the ...
British SYW Artillery
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This is now the start of my earlier expressed intention to arrage a number
of scale drawings illustrating British ordnance fielded during the War of
Aust...
The Royal Navy Marines, Part 2
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To continue, Redcoats on the Royal Navy Marines always look so intimidating
on the table...
Crew (can be used as Privateers or even Pirates)
Marines and ...
[Review] Age of Hannibal
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Those who read my last post will know all about littlewarstv and their
youtube channel, and will have seen me mention a new game they’ve just
released (wel...
Grognards 1
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La Garde; a joint project with David Imrie and Lionel Bechara. These chaps
will eventually be going to the big Waterloo anniversary do in Glagsow in
the ...
Books
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Not much is happening here on the hobby table as far as naval projects go,
but hopefully that will end soon enough. I have purchased a few books to
help st...
Kicking it with the Homies
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The feared El Taco Cartel homies are kicking it Southside, plotting and
scheming on ways to get product across or under the border. Figures are
28mm S...
Age of Sigmar Tale of Gamers - Month 5
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My choices for Month 5 and 6 are going to be more Skeleton Warriors to
build up my other two units of skeletons to 20-strong each. This will also
allow me ...
Blucher Revisited
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Hi Team
It's been a few months since I played a game of BLUCHER so Rowan and I
decided to have another game.
We settled on 250 points each and Rowan comman...
Meet Emrim
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Meet Emrim. For a dwarf (and a thief*) he's a good sort, and a fine shot to
have alongside you in a fight. Not *behind* you, mind, he's not a perfect
shot ...
Scenery Forge Gothic plaster and resin build
-
I decided to try using the Scenery Forge Gotic mold again, but this time
using regular Plaster of Paris for the casts, then infusing it with resin.
It is...
15mm Gladiators
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This post is literally Years in the making. I started this project in 2010
and have finally got round to completing it to some degree this weekend.
Like ma...
3rd edition Warhammer Norse army update
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Way back in pre-history (1986), a 13 year old version of me started a
Warhammer Norse army. I bought it one blister at a time, using the money I
earned fr...
Gencon 2018 Photo Dump: Venue & Exhibits
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*by SandWyrm*
I spent much of my time at Gencon this year testing my own game, but I did
get some nice pictures of the costumes, products, and other cool ...
Win a WARLORD TITAN
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I have so much to show you guys... I've been working so hard! More soon
about my own stuff...
But for today I wanted to talk about the Nova Open Charitabl...
Lundella's Lane, 1814
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*Marching to the sound of indecision* *Unusually*, my friend Giovanni and I
both had the day off last Friday. That gave us a rare opportunity to get
in ...
GASLIGHT at Heroicon
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GEARSON'S RAIDTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BY GASLIGHT At Heroicon this year I
ran the same scenario as I did at Winter War. The Union had to set fire
to most of...
Like Hungry Wolves - Jacobite Rebellion of 1745
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to playtest my Historicon game with the
club. The period is the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Miniatures are Old
Glory ...
Visit to Waterloo
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I was incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel to 1 of our
Napoleonic bucket list battlefields this month. With 3 other Napoleonic
daft chaps we ...
Companions
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It has taken me six months to get these Companions done. Victrix from their
"Macedonian, Greek and Successor Heavy Cavalry" set. I hate painting yellow!
...
Paint table update
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Another Saturday and another update.
These miniatures are for the Osprey rules Scrappers. They are from EM4
miniatures and they paint up well. Just used so...
The problems with Geek culture - how big are they?
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So, blogging, it would seem, is something I find hard to keep up with!!! I
think that's an understatement. I find it far easier to post to forums and
to cr...
Dark Sun Dwarf
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What seems like many moons ago, I sculpted a Dwarf that represented what I
felt one from the D&D Dark Sun world would look like. It took awhile, but I
thin...
Sharp practice 2
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Two pictures from a small game of sharp practice. The british were
attacking an american farm. Using the stats from the War of 1812 supplement.
Canadia...
Imperial Guard get their first run
-
Took what will eventually be my Cadian 317th Regiment "The Lost and
Forlorn" out for their first game last night. Went up against a fun
Genestealer cult l...
Saga of Painting WTJ Ships - Part 2
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Well it has been a while since I published Part 1 of this tale. I finally
completed the three British battleships and mounted them on the "sea" bases
that...
Funcken
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[image: Armies-and-uniforms-of-the-first-empire-volume-one]
Was there ever a book more suited to a place in the war gamers bathroom
than this one? Lilia...
Cult of Slaanesh - Dark Elf Sorceress
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I did this conversion quite some time ago and have looked forward to
painting it ever since - but never gotten around to it until now. I know
dark elves ar...
Old Warhammer Plastic
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Hello there! I dug out my old plastic Orcs from the 80's. Not many left of
these classics... But enough to make a regiment for Kings of War. Few
goblins al...
Setting the Nepean ablaze: 1816
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The year is 1816, the place is Smith's farm in the Nepean valley, in what
is now New South Wales, Australia. We are using the rules *Smooth and
Rifled* (w...
I am writing a BOOK!
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That's right, fellow blog fans! I've decided to write a book about painting
wargaming collections. It will be going to Kickstarter this *Friday, March
1...
Panzergrenadiers
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Long time, no blog...but here's an update...
I've been playing a lot of D&D and card and counter games lately, so not
much miniature stuff to post. However...
The Elves !!!!
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Hello Everyone ! Long time since coming back in Here ! You may have seen on
Facebook or Twitter that I worked with Lumberjacks Studio on a very special
pro...
More stuff
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Has these done for a while now. Mamelukes for Sharp Practice 2, Spain. 28mm
Essex on Front Rank horses. I had to add some to the original unit of 6 as
cava...
A Scottish brawl: ECW action in the Battleroom
-
Well its still holiday time mostly in Australia and so, since its quiet, I
can write a few extra Blog posts.
This weekend I had my first game for the year...
Battletech: The Novels, Oh So Many Novels!
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Howdie.
So, over the past few months, I have been re-reading (or in the case for a
handful, reading for the first time) the series of Battletech novels. I...
Probsthain for Lasalle. The Scenario
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*O*ne of my best wishes for this year 2018 is to return to wargaming after
almost two years of absence, in which work and family obligations have left
me w...
Victrix War Elephant part 1
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I decided that I needed a Christmas project to get me back into painting
again and the Victrix war elephant, which came out last month, seemed to be
j...
Epilogue
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udate2017/I've noticed this blog is now rendered useless because of new
photobucket image sharing rules. I hope to recover images sometime in the
future....
It has been a bit
-
Well, in the interim, I have been prepping for a career change, and this
blog has been lying fallow, as most of my game energy has been devoted to
learnin...
French Line Infantry
-
Here are two battalions of 1812 to 1815 French Line Infantry. The figures
are all Perry Miniatures, a mix of plastic and metal and most of them...
15mm Fantasy Chariot racing
-
A few years back I played a fantasy variant with miniatures of the old
Avalon Hill board game Circus Maximus. The guys putting on the game were
using plain...
New Releases - November 2017
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*Time for some news!* Is a busy time for us here at Scotia HQ. After a long
break, we decide to attend some selected wargames shows. So far we visited
C...
Completed Deff Dread for Dreadtober 2017
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Despite this being one of the busiest months I’ve had in a long while, I
have managed to finish the Deff Dread for Dreadtober 2017. Adding another
stompi...
October already?
-
The annual update was meant as a joke initially, but has become a sad
reality.
This year blogging has taken a severe hit by Photobucket's policy change.
M...
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Just a few lines to let you know I'm well. After three years of silence, I
could be back to wargaming and game design in a short time. People change,
life ...
12th legion Angry Boiz
-
While working on the noble lads of the azure 13th, I was also expanding the
footprint of their temperamental cousins in the 12th. At this point this is
my ...
Taking stock
-
Now that TFM has a new manager, Nick, and the Kickstarter is finally
starting to move forward once more, it’s time to start sorting out the
store. Not all ...
State of My Forces
-
Well it has been too long but family and health got in the way, so what
have I been up to? Well not a lot Been prioritizing my painting table and
have clea...
Things and Sculpting: Footguards and Stuff
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Things? Things are slow, so slow I haven't been bothered to post about them
till now.
Bit sick of painting.... it was actually boring, tedious even! Didn'...
Millennium Con XX Prep, Part 2: Quadcycle Stats
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I think I have decided upon the minions of Otto Maton to be the fourth
faction in my convention game, just because I like these guys so much. I
will pr...
Two more rifle-dreads
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I finally managed to take pictures of the other two dreadnoughts. They are
also venerable and armed with twin autocannons. This makes three in total
which...
Wild Beast Shipping Crates
-
So … I bought these Wild Beast Shipping Crates from 4Ground and I’m very
impressed. They come flat packed in laser cut card form and could be
pushed free...
Konwent gier bitewnych GLADIUS (16-18.06.2017)
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Serdecznie zapraszamy na zbliżający się konwent. Poniżej plan wydarzenia:
PIĄTEK
16.06.2017 17.00 - 20.00
Systemy:
- Cold War Commander
- Infinity
Wydar...
Orc Riding Beast
-
It has been a few years...
Since the first time I saw the riding beasts from Fraser Gray and Michael
Immig in White Dwarf all these years ago I wanted to p...
Eleventh of Fifteen: MonkeyCon Blitz Visit
-
On my way home from a holiday abroad I was able to do a quick whirlwind
stop at MonkeyCon, the first games show hosted by our friends The Wargaming
Monkeys...
Otherworld Idol 2
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Deuxième vidéo, avec le travail sur les éclairages : c'est pas vraiment un
truc que j'ai l'habitude de faire, en tous cas en dehors du zénital et des
éc...
Let's try again
-
After quite some time, I have found myself a copy of this: This is the
fourth (or maybe fifth) book set in the Monster Blood Tattoo setting. Not
easily av...
Photos from Adepticon 2017/Starship Troopers
-
Will and I ran two games of Starship Troopers at Adepticon this March. The
Mobile Infantry had to venture out of their fortifications to recover a
downed s...
Manfaat Daun Salam Dan Buahnya Untuk Kesehatan
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Daun salam acapkali dipakai selaku bumbu makanan karna ada bebauan yg
eksklusif. daun salam lazim ditemui pada makanan berkuah serupa goreng
alias gulai. m...
sendiri
-
belajar bahasa inggeris online
kelas online bahasa inggris
kamus online bahasa inggris
cara cepat belajar bahasa inggris
cara belajar bahasa inggris dengan c...
Fun in the AWI, a 50th Birthday Bash!
-
Down't club a few weeks ago having a most excellent AWI game (re-fighting
Germanstown) with all of Doug's magnificent AWI collection for his 50th. We
did t...
So long and thanks for all the fish.
-
Hi all, yes, as you might have gathered from the title of the blog post,
this is something of a farewell. Not a complete one, don't worry, I'm just
moving ...
Rorke's Drift at the Shed
-
* Rorke's Drift. It's quiet. Too quiet*
After the epic recreation of Isandlwana at the Shed on Sunday morning, the
table was re-dressed for the battl...
WIP: German Calvary
-
While things have been quiet on the posting front, things have actually
been limping along in the background.
Most of my efforts have been going on label...
German Noble
-
This chap has been sitting on my desk since God knows when, which is a real
shame as he is my favourite medieval figure of all time.
Not sure who he ...
Rockport Invitational 2016 look back
-
Put together a video teaser from photos of my last hosted tournament. Did
this to help promote the new one I'll be hosting this April. Enjoy!
Martian Handling Machine - progress
-
Right, with tentacles made from Green Stuff and legs from coathanger wire,
the thing was given a dapple of Mr Surfacer to give it surface texture,
then pri...
Basic Impetus 2
-
Basic Impetus 2 is now available, both printed and digital.
The printed version will be available through our shop after Christmas
holidays but in the mea...
Workbench 16.10.M3
-
Now that the blog's machine spirits have been placated, images have
returned. Thank you to everyone that let me know they weren't working.
The strangeness ...
Batman vs Superman Trinity Rules for DC Universe
-
Hey folks,
With this new BvS set being the launch of the DC side of Knight Model's
Superhero Universe, I thought I would point out a couple of things on...
Weird War One: Electric Weaponry
-
During the First World War, technology advanced at a great pace with
machines and devices rapidly becoming obsolete as they were superseded by
events or...
20 bahaya radiasi HP kamu harus tau
-
Bahaya radiasi Hp bagi kesehatan tubuh merupakan dampak buruk dari
penggunaan ponsel yang tidak benar dan tidak mengenal batas waktu.
Hp memiliki gelomban...
Converging on Convergence
-
Ever since the launch of Warmachine MK3 some of my friends here have been
muttering about running a Journeyman League. Well, June turned to July,
then Augu...
Dreadtober - Build week
-
I joined the Dreadtober challenge hosted by https://brokenpaintbrush.com/
It seemed like a perfect challenge for me since I have four Dreads that has
been i...
Somewhere In Lowest Germany
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*A Small Matter Of Supply*
Jim Wannop lay on his couch beside his swimming pool. He frowned: there was
surely something he had meant to do. For a while he ...
Congo cancelled!
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*"I say, you chaps, any sign of breakfast yet?"*
Well, for me anyway. I was due to go to Eric the Shed's for my first game
of *Congo*, as organised by ...
Wunderlist For Windows 3.18.0
-
Wunderlist - is one of the most well known cross-platform task manager and
to-do list application. It is also available for Mac and instantly sync
your ...
Battlefield 1 Beta PS4
-
Painting is resuming in the background while I am indulging in the
frenetic, open beta demo of EA's upcoming world War 1 shooter, Battlefield
1, currently...
August 2016 Pub Con
-
Recently we've had a lot of great content on our Facebook page. Please
check it out of you are interested (facebook)
最近フェイスブックでのコンテンツの方が多いので、是非ご覧ください。(fac...
28mm Late Saxons and VIkings for Sale
-
Here are some painted 28mm Vikings and Saxons. There are 26 Saxon infantry
and 1 mounted. there are 29 Viking infantry and 1 mounted.
I would like $60 fo...
Blue Bear had some challenges
-
Hello readers, this is Murdock writing from Jeff's desktop.
Jeff has encountered more than the usual Gout and had complications from
the treatments of the ...
Early War French
-
having been bitten by the battlegroup rules bug, I decided to go for early
war French.
Using the Pegasus French and German infantry as a basis for my two a...
Reverse Engineering: Line 6 FBV2
-
The Line 6 FBV2 is a control pedal for use with older Line 6 amplifiers and
effects processors. I bought it to use with our Line 6 Amplifi 75 guitar
amplif...
Dungeon Saga: The Infernal Crypts Painted
-
The Dungeon Saga continues and we are in the middle of playing the Infernal
Crypts campaign featuring a couple of new heroes and the forces of the
Abyss. ...
WW1 zombies - part 5 gathering items
-
In preparation for the game I have gone through my lead pile and hobby
supplies and come up with the following:
Almost a complete infantry section of late ...
Reglas básicas de la Serie Fleet (vídeo)
-
Últimamente me ha dado un hype con la serie "fleet" de victory games, una
serie de juegos de los 80 que representaban batallas navales contemporáneas
a una...
-
It's been a while since my last report. No apologies, just a nod to the
vagaries of life.
So to spring myself back into action, a short look at a projec...
The Sunken Road at Antietam
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Looking east inside the Sunken Road. The tower on the distance marks the
point in which the road turn to the right heading south. It also marks the
extre...
Julio 1936
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Dimanche dernier, j'ai eu l'occasion de tester à nouveau la règle *Julio
1936* écrite par mon pote Romaar (Romu pour les intimes). Je ne vais pas
rentrer d...
Here there be dragons!
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Back again. My absence was not force upon me by lack of painted lead, but
rather because I did not have the time to sit and write anything. Finally,
after...
Law Enforcement
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Hi!
I've managed to paint up a few law enforcement officers for Jim to avoid!
Outland Judge Patrol
I ended up going for the classic Judge Dredd paint sch...
Sources For The Interwar Gamer
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I have been meaning to add some content here for a long time, apparently
three years of a long time in fact, how time flies. So with this post I
hope to k...
Wargamer wspiera Adasia!
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Ostatnio nie piszę bloga. Należą się Wam słowa wyjaśnienia. Mój syn jest
chory i jest leczony eksperymentalnie w Krakowie. To dość kosztowne i
czasochłonn...
Dessau 1813. Chasing Tauentzien
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While Bernadotte is heading Leipzig, Napoleon is trying to catch the weak
Tauentzien's corps, left behind to screen Berlin...
Read more...
Pig Iron Stock update
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Hi all, just a quick one to let you know we have received a box of show
stock back from The Bunker yesterday - this has all been added back onto
the site. ...
Rules: Living on the Frontline
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Well, there's life in the old dog yet!
It's been a while since I last posted anything here but the creative juices
are starting to stir, least of all bec...
Emhar Set 7206 Saxon Warriors
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Hi chaps!
Just a quick update in my blog.
Some figures, from Emhar's excellent set (Saxon Warriors), I recently
painted.
The colour variation is not ver...
Clearhorizon Omega Squad
-
Mr. Harold sent me these a while ago, and I finally got around to painting
them. The delay was mainly that the neck length bothered me, so it took a
while ...
2016 - The Year of Mediocrity
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Hi.
Happy New Year, I guess.
Better late than never. I mean, if you wait long enough, it will be a new
year somewhere, right? Now that I think about it...
Red Star, White Lights to be released!
-
Warm up your wallets, and prepare to game on one of the coldest
battlefield. Red Star, White Lights (hereafter referred to as RSWL)
explores what might ...
Modern Russian painting guide.
-
I have been having fun painting some of our Empress modern Russians. The
research was based on what I could find on Google and not too surprisingly
many ...
28mm Russians in Central Asia Game
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Turcomen attack the Cossacks
On New Year's Day we played a Two Hour Wargames Colonial Adventures Central
Asian game, with Russians, Bokharans, Pathans, Tu...
Warclouds: Craig Parker FTW!
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Hey Folks,
So 2016. I wont bore you with a "New Years Post" as I am notoriously bad at
posting anyway...but plan to keep up a bit this year anyway.
This...
End of May, 1876 -- Situation & Medical
-
May saw both a substantial battle *(see here) *in the Tyger; and a small
skirmish on the Cango as well as a few mishaps here and there.
Alex is in Derf; ...
Re-Kill (2015)
-
Play Full Re-Kill in High QualityNow you can download full Re-Kill in best
video format with duration 87 Min and has been aired on 2015-10-16 and MPAA
rat...
The WSS
-
Just adding a couple of recent test paints, mainly so I can link them for
advice on TMP. They are Webb's Regiment at Ramillies - a grenadier and
hatman (...
The Big Winner!
-
The Gamer's Armory, a game store in North Carolina, recently held a gaming
marathon to benefit the Turner Syndrome Society of the United States. I
live ...
The Last Post
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The South London Warlord blog has moved to Wordpress on the main SLW site,
address is over here
or, in cut n' paste format http://www.salute.co.uk/blog/
Back from Scale Model Challenge 2015
-
Back from Scale Model Challenge! I didn't take part in the competition this
year and due to circumstances I only visited briefly in the afternoon, so
it wa...
Work and Toy Soldiers
-
I've been at my current company for 8 years I work on a system management
team I also provide training for our online applications to internal staff
a...
-
So we're back!
Did a stock take today to see what I've got, and this was what it looked
like:
The stuff in blue is from a second hand haul I grabbed when...
elegant wedding shoes in 2015
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[image: awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi]
you are now visiting* awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi* , And in
this page we have more than 5 be...
A visit on board the Russian Frigate Shtandart
-
The other weekend we were down in Cowes for a long weekend to watch the
Cowes Torquay Cowes powerboat race. We were all having dinner on Friday
night in...
New Blog for Age of Sigmar
-
Hi Everyone,
I've decided to create a separate blog for my latest hobby interest: Age of
Sigmar. While many voices bemoan the *downfall *of Warhammer Fanta...
Hordes and Heroes on Hexes
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Alliteration FTW!!
Wow! Doesn't time fly? It's hard to believe it's been nearly a year since I
posted anything here, but there's been a fairly good reason ...
Blog Update - Late August
-
Figured since I haven't posted anything recently I would go ahead and let
you, the readers, know whats been going on. Since the list building
article I po...
Railroads and Lizardmen
-
Unfortunately due to my work schedule, Martian Empires has only made an
occasional appearance at Treefort Games this year. So yesterdays game was a
joyous ...
I am still alive!
-
and this time I am painting Prussians!
It has been a long time since I posted anything so let me say that I am
glad to be back again!
2014 was a busy...
Gencon Follow-up: My First Time in the Iron Arena!
-
If you were following a bit of my run up to Gencon posts, you might have
noticed that within the last year I've really gotten back into Warmachine
with m...
Historicon 2015 Pictures Part Two
-
Hi Kids, Here's the second installment of the latest con in Fredericksburg
VA.
Here's the long view of the 25mm Joe Hack ancients game. Better rig up ...
Modular Lego Dungeon in the Works
-
I'm working on a modular Lego dungeon set for my kids and I to game with. I
had several castle sets as a kid, so I have lots of grey pieces to work
with. I...
Ottoman Artillery
-
Hi Guys
Not managed to do much painting, too many other things to do in the nice
weather, couldn't base anything either, my base supplier got orders mixed
...
Get a 4th off on the 4th
-
Get 25% off orders over $50 now until July 5th with coupon code! Use the
code 4thoff in the Coupon Code Box at checkout and get 25% off your order.
Hurry c...
Affordable Wedding Halls
-
Creating a beneficial property inner surface or maybe exterior layout will
be the imagine every single persons. Naturally, while using numerous
patterns th...
Waterloo (1970) the souvenir programme
-
Everyone else on the wargaming blogosphere seems to be celebrating the
200th anniversary of Waterloo today with quite a few posts featuring the
poster ...
A quick update.
-
Just a quick update as I've not posted in a while. Work on the 15mm Feudal
English army for DBA continues (photos to follow) and should should be
complet...
A Farewell to Hamster
-
This will be my last post on Mechanical Hamster and that’s the sort of
occasion that gives me the excuse opportunity to look back over the past
years and r...
20mm WW2 - M20, M10 and M8
-
There we go again. I had a long break from painting but a trip to Salute
and a vist to Normandy in May did the trick this time. I've sort of
finished the A...
Last call, all aboard.
-
If you're still a subscriber to 'Drop-Pod' this is pretty much the final
call to hop across to the shinier and much more frequently updated Studio
Dropsh...
Space Marine Command Tank Rules
-
I’m back from vacation! Sorry for the dearth of articles recently. The
Space Marine’s Command Tanks rules have been leaked. Check out the two
images below ...
Hope everyone is well. Keep creating.
-
My daddy "Captain Richard" love creating burning or destroyed buildings.
This is one of my favorites. He had since dismantled this one as everything
was i...
Well, well, well... - A Flintloque Battle Report
-
It has been a long time since my last update, mostly for health reasons.
Without giving to much detail, you can imagine things are pretty awful when
you ca...
Top (TV) Duels
-
To go with my posts on top one-on-one fights (in films) here's a quick
selection from television.
*#5* Agents of SHIELD (May vs. Ward)
This was a fascinat...
Quotes Tumblr Sad
-
Out of all the major free blogging websites, Tumblr images, quotes, links,
chats, video, and audio posts are all supported. Sadly, though, I can’t
find a w...
Moving On
-
It's been a long while since I've posted here. Since I've started this blog
four years ago, you guys and gals have given me a tremendous amount of
inspirat...
Salute Loot
-
So I picked up a few things at Salute this year (it seemed rude not to):
1. The new Perry Light Cavalry for the WotR / 1450-1500 - three boxes (I
m...
Still Shambiling around
-
I am still shambling around.
Due to some real life situations I was without reliable internet access for
a while there. Hopefully everything will work out ...
C21 Air War Vietnam
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Slowly getting things done.
MSD Games Target Terrain, although only 1in, I placed them on a Litko 1.5in
hex.
I used MSD Games Target Terrain, although...
Warriors of Chaos Khorne Lord - End Times (Part 4)
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[image: Warhammer - The End Times Khorne Banner]
A short post this one. Really just to prove that I have been continuing to
work on this project and even ...
The Watchful I Studio
-
A good friend and fellow gamer, Joe Krone, has started a new venture in the
gaming arena with the founding of his new company Watchful I Studio. He
has...
Mage the Awakening: No Mean City
-
Way, way back in 2011 I spoke about starting a Werewolf: The Forsaken Game
chronicile in Glasgow. It kind of fell through, but I've about to start
DMing a...
Pardon My Dust
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If you visit here with any regularity, you'll have noticed a lack of
actual, you know, website or anything. Sorry about that.
The website is getting a face...
Jacdaw 30mm WAS Austrians by Leftbank Workshops
-
A bit of painting I did quite a few months ago for Leftbank Workshops who
have now acquired the molds for these figures. Nice Old School feel to
these figu...
Word to the wise!
-
"Don't start a new job and a new miniature project at the same time"
-The Doc
But boy are these fun to paint!
I've finally decided to go full Warlord f...
-
Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because
of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge.
http://www.theguardian.co...
Some reinforcements for SoBaH
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Hey Guys,
I have painted some miniatures as reinforcements for my Song of Blades &
Heroes warbands.
The whole group together. On the left two Norse or...
An old project returns...
-
The monstrosity from the front. Way back in 2011 I posted my plans for an
improvised tank killer on an old 38(t) chassis. Following a move of house
it w...
D&D PLAYER CHARACTERS
-
Made a start on my D&D project, these are the start of my player
characters, this group is the Magic User/ Thief and Assassin set, Thief on
the left the...
Ambush
-
In this small scenario US marines have been warned that the insurgents are
sending a column to attack the small force that has landed. A squad in
the vang...
Protect the King!
-
"Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, trusting their
words."
For me these words entered legend in my youth. The 300 Spartans fighting
fo...
The Men of the North
-
Wow, it's been a REALLY long time since i've posted anything on the blog. A
lot has happened since the last post back in October. Besides the usual
festivi...
Fenris Games Goatkin - Ernie and Vic - Beastmen 5
-
Hello all,
last two of the Fenris Goatkin - the Goatkin Warrior Ernie and the Goatkin
Scout Vic.
[image: Goatkin, Fenris, beastmen, painted, Scout, Vic, ...
Pirates at the Shed!
-
*A view down the board*
Eric the Shed kindly invited me over to his splendid shed for my first game
of 2015. This was doubly exciting as not only was it...
Looking Ahead to 2015
-
Time for my obligatory attempt to state what I'm going to work on this
year. I think it's pretty safe to say I'm probably going to get involved
with som...
It's time for a Christmas parade.
-
Seeing as I haven't put a full army pic of my Tunnel Fighters up here, now
is as good a time as any. The one remaining vehicle to be finished is the
comman...
Ogre Project
-
I may already have the Ogre leaning on the two handed sword bought, waiting
on ebay to finish the bidding on it. Green = have it, Red = Don't have it
y...
French Dragoon, Retreat from Moscow
-
A dismounted French dragoon during the retreat from Moscow, Winter 1812-13
This is for sale on eBay-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-Painted-Perry-Miniatures-D...
Julian's Order Part 3. 18mm AB Figs
-
Prussians & French Please not these Pictures are for the customer ... We
do not at this point straighten Swords ect for risk of Breaking them.
...
A Christmas Fantasy Campaign
-
Next month, I'll be heading back to the UK for the 1st time in nearly 2
years. Me and my brother Matt have been talking about arranging some games
of W...
-
Well... having finally moved in and being some-what settled, my new gaming
room is now nearly there. There are still a few pics to be framed and put
up, bu...
Ship Crew & Ship Quirk Cards
-
Been a good while since we’ve had an update for Leviathans. Things are
still moving behind the scenes. For example we’ve been making progress with
smaller,...
Happy Halloween
-
Happy Halloween from A Gentleman's Ones and from Anvil Eight Games. Let's
hear it for High Fructose Corn Syrup!
complements of Chris "one take" Tavonatti
Noble Knight games comes through again!!!
-
I have just concluded several transactions with Noble Knight games, the
first being some ASL stuff mainly and then some miscellaneous hex and
counter games...
Machiavelli summer 1457
-
This turn saw a massive swing in fortunes. I had realised that my
aggressive assault on Florence was going to make me a threat to my
neighbours but I had...
HAPPY NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!
-
NATION CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE AND PROSPERITY! (Sudekia) The morning sun
usually greets our country, but on this day of days, it was greeted by the
peo...
Unit of Beardlings
-
These are Alternative Armies Young Dwafs with a champion from Heartbreaker
mins. Alternative Armies recently re released these. Great little mins to
pain...
Royal Yugoslav Air Force Hawker Fury II
-
Here's my latest effort: a Hawker Fury II in the markings of the Royal
Yugoslav Air Force.
The Fury was, of course, an iconic fighter of the 1930's RAF, ...
Back to School Sale
-
Save 50%! Sale ends soon!
Back to School Time! Start Learning to Sculpt NOW! We are happy to announce
we have released the second course in our three part ...
Dornier Skyservant
-
Hace más de treinta años que hice mi primer Skyservant. Logicamente no ha
sobrevivido tanto tiempo, pero encontré una maqueta original de Matchbox de
aquel...
%## Watch The Right Stuff Movie Streaming
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[image: Watch The Right Stuff Movie Streaming]
%## Free Watch The Right Stuff Streaming Online Runtime 193 minutes and
Released on 1983-10-21 MPAA Rating is...
Bolt Action WW1 from Osprey
-
The recent slew of WW1 tanks gave it away but Osprey have just officially
announced a publication date for Bolt Action WW1 rules of a year from now.
T...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
-
So... A long time has passed and much have changed. Last time I wrote a
post on this blog of mine, we were barely into the 6th edition of Warhammer
40k. No...
1910: The Battle of Purleigh (part two)
-
The British reaction to the surprise German invasion in September 1910 was
criticised by the press as being tardy and it took almost a week for the
first m...
Shiny Goodness
-
As a break from the normal stuff, I've been painting some 42mm toy
soldiers. They are from the Little Britons range produced by Spencer Smith
Miniatures an...
Sungem Run Review by UndeadViking
-
G’day guys, You may have seen a bit of information filtered through the
blog of our next game ‘Sungem Run!’ Well, we are getting very close to
launching ou...
Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru
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*Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - **Lowongan Kerja
Terbaru* kali ini akan memberikan informasi *Lowongan Pekerjaan Terbaru* .
Lowongan K...
D&D Fifth Ed. Starter Box
-
Another package waiting for me today when I arrived home from work; the D&D
fifth edition starter box. A bit of an impulse buy when I ordered it, but
a...
Bahasa Jawa di facebook~
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Buat yang pengen ganti bahasa jawa, tapi dalam pengaturan nggak ada =)
maklum lah, wong jowo☺
- Pertama Log in atau masuk ke Facebook kamu bila be...
Tintin au Congo
-
Another entry from the Colonial Painting Expedition on the Lead Adventure
Forum. Can't believe we've had sixty-two entries already. A little
tongue-in-che...
LARRYCON Begins!!
-
A really nice scene I caught on my phone the other night while out for a
stroll. The harvest is upon us!!
Well it has been a wonderful spring and ear...
Lunar Peltasts
-
These are *Black Tree Design* Persian Guards. I've replaced the shields
with peltast-style ones from the spares box.
These guys represent the Silver Shi...
Moving: Now posting at 4+ Tough
-
So, this site has been in an inactive mode for a while, mostly because I've
fallen out of love with 40k and into Warmachine, and also because I just
ca...
Back to the Desert
-
I have recently been reading Patrick Macrory's excellent history of the
First Anglo-Afghan War, titled "The Fierce Pawns." This got the colonial
juices flo...
Schwinn Turismo Swivel Jogging Stroller
-
Pacific Cycle, read the full Schwinn Swivel Double Jogging Stroller Review
The Turismo Double Jogging Stroller from Schwinn, is an amazing stroller
for acti...
-
A brand new addition to the forces of the Frei Stadt, the Graf Georg von
Kumwarden Fusilier regiment. Its service record is yet to be established,
but I ex...
The Reason for the Silence... such as it is.
-
As per usual I begin with an apology - and this the most earnest of those
so far: so very sorry for the abruptness and the length (!) of my silence.
I am i...
The Dark Knight Full Movie Online
-
Watch The Dark Knight Full Movie Streaming Online Duration 152 minutes and
broadcast on 2008-07-18 MPAA rating is 4699.
- *Status :* Released
- *R...
Memories, Tangents and the Power of the Pastoral
-
*Charles Stadden 30mm BEF released fifty(ish) years ago*
It occurs to me that wargaming the Great War is not going to be a straight
forward thing.
L...
Casting Season
-
It's casting season here at the Lead Gardens. The weather has "springed
up" and it's perfect for getting
outside and starting on some summer casting proj...
IG Wyvern built and ready to paint
-
I've got my Wyvern put together and I've got to say, it's a very nice
little kits. I love the look of it and it was a pleasure to put together.
My only ...
10mm A.W.I. Unit Finished.
-
I've got the 10mm unit finished that I started painting in the previous
posting . I was going to try photographing them outside - but as this photo
was ...
A long time of no posting.
-
Well, it has been a good year since anything got posted here.
In that time, I have certainly not been idle in my gaming, but rather have
been very distract...
Panzer IV F1
-
I am still around and I am still painting. I may have to 'reboot' this
blog as I know bunch of pictures arent showing up.
Any way here is what I was wo...
Greater Daemon of Slaanesh
-
I painted this guy (gal?) a while back but for some reason I didn't post
about it. I wouldn't say I enjoyed the painting process that much. Painting
a la...
THE BLOG HAS MOVED!
-
Hello to all followers of this blog. I have decided to move the blog to a
new address.
This falls in line with our youtube channel and makes the most sense...
Top Best Pillow For Side Sleepers
-
A terrific day starts having a wonderful night of slumber, and also the
pillow you select influences the real quality of your slumber. The best
pregnancy p...
Germany on Mars in 1889, in The Dream Forge
-
Anders Blixt in Stockholm Sweden writes a thoughtful and entertaining blog
entitled The Dream Forge, covering a wide range of fantasy and science
fiction t...
War of 1812 Attack on Ft. Erie
-
My good friend Bob (who's a painting machine) wanted to put on a large War
of 1812 game at the Hotlead gaming convention this past weekend. Because
the h...
Just a shy attempt
-
*After such a long break in posting I nearly feel I should introduce myself
:-)*
*So I seem to be the same Ańa... still a red-haired girl with glasses and a...
The Mission, by Larry Hunter
-
* Devin Hester, a great player, is off the Bears for 2014, Sad to see him
go*
Well, it has been another season, and now the Bears besides letting
Urlacher...
Niemiecki park maszyn cz.5
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Elo
Znowu szybka wrzuta. Przykleiłem gąsienice i koła do Hanomagów. Teraz
zajmuję się malowaniem załogantów (do skończenia mam oporządzenie; kamuflaż
już ...
-
Hello??.... Hello!!.... anybody here?? Wow its been ages since anyone was
in here, even the mousses left this place. Time to do a huge spring
cleaning, la...
Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm"
-
Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures
painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm
metal ma...
The Three Amigos...
-
I picked up these little beauties from Merlyn's in Spokane last weekend,
the IS3 heavy tank platoon by BattleFront. Very good sculpts, and the resin
suspen...
US Mechanized Infantry 3rd Squad
-
I've now finished the third squad for the US Mechanized Infantry Platoon.
Next job is to get the four Bradley IFV's finished for them so they can
enter th...
More 15mm Orcs painted this weekend.
-
This weekend I worked on finishing another squad of Orcs. Note: These minis
are OOP and are no longer being sold. I Also removed the banners that were
cast...
Fortified Chapel
-
Hi, folks. Here's another bit of terrain for our Kings of War table. It's a
fortified chapel made from a Pegasus Hobby Gothic City Building Large Set.
I ad...
PP Announcement! New Hordes Model!
-
*"If there is one thing we here at Privateer Press pride ourselves on, it's
listening to our audience. You guys and gals have been demanding a fifth
full ...
Bolt Action – The Rock of Anzio
-
My next major project has been involved in a brand new game for me – Bolt
Action by Warlord Games. I’ve never been much of a history buff so despite
many ...
SUPERS!
-
NORAD reports the crash of an extraterrestrial object deep in the
Appalacian mountains. The Guardians are dispatched to report on and recover
any possible...
Christmas “Domes” for 2013
-
A few years ago, I began making these for the special people in my
life…sometimes they are purely whimsical and sometimes they have a hidden
meaning, speci...
Deadzone: Enforcer Missile Launcher Conversion
-
OK. Completed the conversion of the Enforcer Missile Launcher. Overall I
think he came out well. I am not an expert on Green Stuff, but I think I
gave an e...
Happy Xmas & all the various holidays
-
Seems to be a new tradition that December runs over me, repeatedly, like a
herd of reindeer on meth.
What a month.
So please excuse the pathetic trickle...
Games from the 2013 Congress
-
A few pics of some of the games at the Napoleonic Congress this year
the brave frigate cops it form a first rate at close range!
French vs British Penins...
Building the Gundam - 08
-
Despite having jumped the gun a bit and assembled the wings... I can't put
them on the Gundam without the harness, so that took priority.
The Gundam ha...
Voyages Diabolique
-
Soon after the release of *Wessex Games*' *Voyages Extraordinaires*,
Victorian Adventure Gaming rules in 2000, I planned to release an
accompanying set for...
The Ambush
-
No game this week, but last week we played our third game in the new Tour
of Darkness Campaign - I just never got around to typing up the report.
Rick ...
WTJ & Panzerschiffe -- Comparison Photos
-
The following photos show a comparison between some 1/2400 scale
Russo-Japanese War Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers.
Panzerschiffe "Diana" above; WTJ "Aurora" bel...
Lady Aiyana and Master Holt – diorama start
-
Since I quite enjoyed the Beastman and Greatsword diorama, I decided to
take a stab at another. While I have a few lying around, I haven’t really
painted t...
Aphid barker - Assembly
-
Here's the assembly guide for Aphid loader Barker, from the wave 2
Kickstarter miniatures.
This is quite a complex miniature to assemble, definitely the mo...
Blue Moon Foreign Legion miniatures.
-
I have not had a chance to update the Prehistoric Zoo in some time. Life
and lack of funds have gotten in the way of idle blogging. Though
stretching the t...
Painting station moved
-
So been a couple of weeks since my last post. Was on vacation last week and
flew out to Santa Cruz, CA. Also spent a couple of days in San Francisco
and ...
The Ballad of Sir Hugo and Gui Le Batard
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*The Bridge on the River Wye*
*The Raid On The Grain Store*
We played the first two scenarios from the first of the Warheads books. Sir
Hugo ...
Site archived
-
I regret that owing to concerted spam and hacking attacks, I have removed
the content from this site. Those of you interested in following what I’m
up to c...
Unrest and Dissent in the North
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*WHEN THE MOSELEY GOVERNMENT of the British Union of Fascists* was
appointed by King Edward VIII in 1937, was when the country was tipped over
the edge t...
Trying out a kickstarter
-
If you frequent TMP much you'll have noticed that Kick-starters have taken
off in a big way the last year or so. Up until now I have quite happily
avoid th...
Counts as Typhus model, and 180 painted zombies
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Im sorry I don't have a lot of time to talk, but this guy is my Typhus and
below are 180 zombies that I had paint commissioned. If I was anywhere
near ...
Dawn – Rise of the Occulites Kickstarter is Live!
-
G’day guys, Just wanted to share the link to the Kickstarter to my first
game Dawn – Rise of the Occulites.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2002188924/...
Back Again!
-
Real life has a nasty habit of getting in the way sometimes, and the last
six months plus has been busy to say the least, meaning that I haven't been
posti...
Doctor who?
-
I have had the police box sitting around for some time; finally got it
painted. The basing is just to try to tie it in to a Victorian date.
Freshly Painted Pulp Figures
-
I just received around 30 pulp figures back from Doc Merkury who did a
great job painting these for me. I am currently going through the finishing
proces...
Скидки в магазине "Studio Ultraterrain"
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Друзья, больше всего в жизни я хочу, чтобы вы делали террейн! Сами, своими
ручками создавали большие и маленькие шедевры, а потом наслаждались ими.
Гла...
A bit of wet work
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A couple of weeks ago Mexican Dave dropped into the conversation "I quite
fancy doing some historical Naval gaming." and as usual I jumped in with
both fee...
Flames of war - open fire Germans
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I was given this as a present for Christmas (after some rather in subtle
hinting from me) Mrs Kipper treated me, like many of a certain age I've
had/ playe...
My new little photostudio....
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Last week I found a post in my favorite Wargaming Forum about a small photo
studio. It looked inetersting and so I purchased one for about 25 €.
It contain...
Steam Navvies
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Managed to spend a few hours on Sunday painting. Here are some figures I
painted some time ago but finished off yesterday with a very quick base job.
These ...
Napoleon: a Kickstarter
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Found this on Kickstarter the other day. While not in the block buster
league of some of the projects (Reaper Bones for example), it seems a good
value fo...
2500 pts O&G Swedish Comp 11-12
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There is a tournament coming up in the middle of April that I shall be
attending. This will mark the first full-scale tournament that features the
Swedish ...
media: nazi zombie army götterdämmerung
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Jonathan Green has written an e-book set in the *Sniper Elite* game
universe entitled, *Nazi Zombie Army: Götterdämmerung.* Seems right up our
street, and ...
Marengo Scenario 7 with Carnage and Glory II.
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Once again Tom Garnett and Keith Rocco hosted a game of Marengo. This was
Tom's 7th scenario of the battle of Marengo *"First Battle of the Consular
Guard"...
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
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... and with strange aeons even death may die.
I'm not dead, just working on something else. That "something else" should
be released before the end of the...
Zen to Done: the Third Step
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In the ZTD system, the third step is to "Plan." By that Babuta suggests
determining the major things that need to be done at the beginning of the
week, an...
Back from AWOL.
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Hi everyone, it has been too long. I got a chance to kick around the house
today for the first time in months and decided I would make it a priority
to po...
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Howdy Y'all. Well I've been busy with going back to college but I have been
working on some wargaming stuff. A big project, my Late Romans for Impetus
& Sa...
Did you guys back the Up Front Kickstarter?
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Obviously, this is about 2 weeks too late, but still, it's worth noting the
success of the Up Front Kickstarter, which easily hit 10x its funding goal,
and...
Empress Miniatures ECW cavalry 1
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I already have a lot of Renegade's ECW cavalry but haven't painted anything
except a unit of cuirassiers. For the English Civil War this is obviously ...
Try This! The Hipster
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Sometimes as women, we feel like we can't get made love to rather than
with. Why? Missionary is so awesome, but there isn't much leverage unless
you chang...
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And time to break my hiatus again! (In deference to the last post - I've
started using FB more too.) Thanks to an agreement with a friend, I've
started pa...
The Last Post
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All things must pass, and so it is to be with NDC Blog. ‘Why?’ I hear you
wail (with murmurings of ‘big deal’ in the background). Well this blog was
origi...
Stepping away from blogging for a while
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I know, this isn't exactly 40k related, but I wanted to break from the
normal stuff and talk about something that has been following me in the
shadows for...
Orks in 2mm scale
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After a rather long pause, here is an update in the blog, about my new 2mm
Fantasy army: the Orks. The Irregular 2mm Fantasy range has some specific
strips...
Alfred the Great - 1969 Film
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Its very disappointing when one gets a chance to relive a cherished
childhood memory, and it doesn't live up to one's recollections. That is
the case for ...
Tiny Tin Men moving to Blogger
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After almost ten years at my own domain (the first post on it was way back
in early 2004), with a Movable Type install I managed myself, I have
decided t...
GW Hobbit Releases Available For Pre-Order
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*Games Workshop* has announced a plethora of pre-releases for its
forthcoming *The Hobbit* games, the main release being a boxed *Escape From
Goblin Town* ...
Moving Locations
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Well, the title says it all. I've decided to revamp my websites and as part
of this "Across the Table" is on the move. To visit my revised site please
vis...
Property Management Arlington VA
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Property managers are one of the very important person who is taking care
of your property ? Property Management Arlington VA is providing you the
best ...
"Farewell Ladies"!
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Hi Guys
It's been a very long time since I updated my blog, (sorry).
A deployment to Afghanistan and some 'Real Life' issues have got in the way.
Today I'...
Blowing one's own horn
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I decided to take part of my day off to do a tiddly bitmore on the beast of
Gorgoroth. As I find chains the most annoyng thing to paint, I did them
firs...
[Malifaux] Run and Hyde, it's avatar Seamus....
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Apologies for the bad pun in the title. Here's the new big guy for my gang
- turns out Seamus has a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde complex without the Dr
Jekyll ...
More Vikings....
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Finished the next two Vikings. Gripping Beast and Artizan.
Pictures still aren't the best, but for the moment that's all there is.
The next pair ar...
Dux Brit army nearing completion
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After having given the new TFL Dux Brittaniarum rules (see
http://toofatlardies.co.uk) a spin during the playtest time I've been
working on painting my Gri...
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So, I've made the frequent disclaimer I pretty much suck at keeping my blog
updated. But it does happen on occasion and hopefully those of you still
payi...
Current projects
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After lots of sorting out of the lead pile, and an ongoing ebay sell off
I've settled on a couple of periods that I want to spend real time on. The
first i...
Dux Britanniarum
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I was in Orc's Nest today and picked up the new *Dux Britanniarum *rules by
the appallingly named *Too Fat Lardies*. They also had the new Osprey *Dux ...
Metal finishes
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Here's the first model painted with the Alcald line of metallic paints.
It's a Korean war era fighter. F-86F
Been pretty busy working on scale models t...
End of an era...
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Well folks, Blood & Blades has come to an end. Things have come full
circle and it is time to move on and start fresh. I have decided to start
a new bl...
WI298 - EW Russians (Invasion of Poland)
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[image: Photobucket]
In what is becoming a tradition with this blog, today I present pictures of
the EW Soviet army list from Wargames Illustrated #298. I...
Hail Zlobenia!
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I picture of PFU troops from Zlobenia. The Zlobs have always been more open
in their views about the outside world, and see the current conflict as a
way...
A Couple of Short Scraps
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It's been a couple of weeks since my last post but we have still been
playing out the campaign in the meantime. Our battle at Markendorf
finished prematur...
Your Money or your Life!
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The Lamentations of the Flame Princess adventure campaigns at Indiegogo are
now live! 19 adventures by really famous RPG blokes, such as Vincent Baker,
Mon...
Arab-Israeli Wars in 3mm
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www.picoarmor.com
The AIW Reader is a blog intented to be a useful database primarily
intented for wargamers although hopefully the entries will also be of ...
India Travel
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The Floodgates Open
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Wow, here we are just a few weeks away from Sixth Edition, and finally the
rumor floodgates have opened and begun to spew forth information...
There's a ...
its been awhile
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I know I haven't posted anything in awhile but life has come along lately
and slowed much of my work down. The b-17 is coming along and I have
completed th...
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Originally posted on AW1 Tim's Blog:
Scott the Badger reminds us all that today, 4 June, marks the 68th
anniversary of Torpedo 8’s famous attack against th...
The Complete Flash Gordon Library
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*Titan Books* are releasing *The Complete Flash Gordon Library*, collating
all the newspaper comic strips in a series of hardback books. A welcome
release ...
[Project News] Back on Track...
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Well it's been a few weeks since my last update here, but things have been
ticking away in the background at Martians & Machine Guns since the last
time I ...
Battle of Waterloo - Move 11
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Table at the start of move 11
Top left – Clinton moves his corps to left of cross roads
Top right – French firefight with highlanders on ridge
Bottom left ...
Byzarbia at Ayton Game.
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Once again it's been a while, though in my defence I plead that I have been
busy painting figures for our second Ayton Weekend Game, even forgoing two
of o...
Field of Battle 2nd Ed., la prova con la GNW
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Venerdi scorso, abbiamo provato il regolamento *Field of Battle (2nd
edition) *con uno scontro nella GNW. Devo premettere che ero piuttosto
prevenuto su ...
Just frigate about it.
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...In which our protagonist shows off the miniscule Dutch 30-gun ship.
It's small. Tiny, even. And... bright blue?
I'm not particularly thrilled with t...
For sale - Painted 28mm WSS Bavarians
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There comes a point when you need to rationalise what you game and
collect. I never really got into WSS, but I did pick these Bavarians up
somewhere. A wh...
Zvezda WW1 Russian Infantry
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Okay, I admit these are great figures. Normally I don't like assembling
figures. I say to myself, "If I want a kit, I'll buy a kit." In this case,
t...
Garrisoning the Collina Della Formica
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*You* probably thought this project was dead and buried. Well, it's still
alive.
A pair of *Tiroler Kaiserjage*r manning a *Schwarzlose* MMG on an
improv...
Models for sale and new book!
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I mentioned before that I would be selling most of my collection. After
much deliberation, I will be keeping some of it (such as my 15mm ECW
project which ...
Corporate Incomes - Mercenary outfit
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Finally finished my second PA faction this time a Mercenary outfit going by
the company name Corporate Incomes. There are several mercen...
Move Along...Move Along!
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In case anyone hasn't found out, The Drunken Gamers have become 'Dice
Devils' and can be found at
www.dicedevils.com
Thanks for checking us out, see you...
Self promotion
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OK, sorry for not posting anything earlier.
I was really very busy with my IT exams [RHCSA/RHCE/Postgres Plus Associate
followed by Professional] at work ...
Painted Cromwells
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Here are some painted Hät Armourfast Cromwells that will be brilliant to
fight with the Revell British Infantry in the Western Front.
Now that they have bee...
The fun never ends!
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I wish to show you my latest works
I based all napoleonic polish and russian troops from painting service
(Stonewall Figures),now I have thousands of th...
Basing Tutorial
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Greetings one and all! Hope the new year's treating you well so far.
Been rather busy working lately, so haven't made any progress on the rest
of my Warrior...
Clearing a nest of Sea Rats!
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*Scenario*
A group of slave-traders (who were thought to be operating out of Marzibar)
set up a temporary base inside an old abandoned coastal fort on the ...
Plastic Soldier Company 15mm - Sdkfz(s) - part 2
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Hi there,
Bonjour à toutes et tous,
This week I had a lot of work but could find some spare time to work on my
Sdkfzs.
I decided to go for the 5 Sdkfz C, s...
Selling and getting out
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Hello all! Apologies for the lack of updates but the reality is, I haven't
done anything in the hobby for over a year. I've not really had the time or
spac...
The End of the Frugal Year(s)
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As you may have noticed I haven't been posting on the blog too much
recently. This is, in part, to it's success; I've been playing too many
games and ge...
Spanish Review
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Sr. Troll, from La Cueva del Sr. Troll (Mr. Troll's Cave), have published a
review of Brytenwalda in Spanish. Of course you can use an online
translator to...
NY3K game report
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For those of you who aren't following the NY3K blog (and should feel
ashamed), here's a link to the first game report.
*Pour ceux qui ne suivent pas le blog...
Nery 1914 game
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I hosted my first 1914 game the other day at my store. The game was to
represent the action at Nery between British and German Cavalry. The
British had one...
More boards
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Hi all Another update on progress. I’ve been gluing two boards together a
day so after a few days I’ve finished 8 boards. You can see the river
section I c...
Osprey Issue Harrier Units and Tojo Aces Books
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*Osprey Publishing* have released two new aviation books this month.
First off is *AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operations Desert Shield and Desert
Storm*, *"...
The african terrain is set
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As we needed a lot of new terrain for africa we thought we had better see
what it looked like before the game.
we have used fish tank vegitation, artificial...
Normal service will resume shortly
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Hi all
some explanations for my enforced absence may be required. I have not
posted anything for the last 6 months or so as i had to pack up all my
paintin...
Rule 15 – Cavalry v Infantry Combat
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*General*
Only cavalry and must have Attack, Engage or Hold orders
One brigade per side
Infantry may not charge cavalry,
If infantry advance cavalry must ...
Apologies
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Sorry for the dismal lack of new goodies on the blog of late, this solely
being due to me starting a new teaching post which is taking just about all
my ti...
Huns
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Here we have some dastardly Hun allies for my Gothic led raiding party.
Here are the armies I have lined up for next Tuesdays game.
Goths
no Name
1 ...
Tournament Report
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Well... no updates for a while, but this tournament got me back into FoW
;). Right now I'm just going to post a report and in a few days time I'll
post som...
2nd Saturday Update
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All I can say is the quality of play went up dramatically. Both sides have
started to understand what the campaign consequences are going to do to
them on...
Blog Harassment
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I am sorry to say that I have had to select comment moderation as a
permanent feature now. I am sick and tired of being harassed by a follower
of this blog...
Sniper vet
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A small side project, one Yukoni sniper veteran. I built him initially as a
one-off for a competition, but I think he just became the prototype for
what my...
So it Begins...
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*An Introduction:*
I love Warhammer Quest. For many Warhammer players this game may hold great
memories. In short for those who haven't heard of it, it is ...
Whats happening here.....
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This blog is being set up to show a new and developing gaming project, from
inception to creation. My gaming has taken a big hit recently, life
focussing m...
Barking Irons Online - Replaces this Blog
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Hello Everyone,
This will be the last posting on this blog as we have moved to a bigger and
more shiny home over at www.barkingirons.co.uk and it is there...
Time to evolve
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Though I like the storage capacity of canalblog (5GB), I'm tired of the too
many maintenance problems which block the access to the blog. So I've
decided t...
(PM-05) Cretan Archers - Part 1
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This is a bit of a quickie project. It's part of my experiments with
"dipping." I've posted a bit abour my first experiment at my regular blog.
As a "quic...
Tech Cultist Bust for sale
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So if anyone is interested my Tech Cultist is for sale... please spread the
news, let people know and make possible I don't run out of putty :)
[image: A...
Well, its been a year...
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And I haven't posted anything for a very simple reason: I have done damned
near nothing with anything Warhammer-y.
Oh, and whatever I have done is over on ...
A year in review
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Well, its been nearly a year since i last made a post to the blog!
The last year has been so hectic for me that writing the blog was often the
last thing ...
SBH SOLO Vikings VS Hunters of Evil
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With my new love of Universal Battle, I have run yet another solo game.
This time it was the under dog Vikings VS the Vet Hunters of Evil.
I set the game u...
Amazons and a SpellSinger!
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Hi
Here are some pictures of some AMAZONS my dad painted.
He is going to use them for his TROJAN WAR game, but he said I can use them
for my Fantasy games ...
CRITTER COMMANDOS REVIEW
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Hi!
Folks have been asking for a review of critter commandos so I thought I
would give it a bash!
Critter Commandos!
*Review*
The book is separated into...
Paint, Partying and Prelims
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Not posted in quite a while, this is due to the fact I have been
incessantly busy. I have been trawling my way through a massive box of 15mm
goodies that t...
Some more scenics
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So, I’ve finished the last of the commissioned pieces my friend Rodney
asked me to paint. One was a nice ruined resin Spanish home in 28mm by
Vac-U-Form (I...
Time to say goodbye.
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You may remember last year, during Icecrown progress, that I spent weeks
and months grinding for an achievement. Specifically, I wanted the title
"Payce th...
US Weapons platoon
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One of the first platoons I painted up for my US Riflemen was the Weapons
platoon, because I figured every US force needed this kind of thing. Turns
out I ...
Astro Mag Issue 8!
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Hey guys, Astro Mag Issue 8 is out! Go download it, won't you?
Also, apologies for the lack of activity. I have a lot of Dark Eldar
sitting next to my de...
97 - Blood Ravens Tactical Squad "Contemptus"
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Here we have the ten marines who make up my first tactical squad, "
Contemptus." The Sergeant is armed with a Power Fist and the two
specialists are equipp...
New early Byzantines in prospect
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This, my most unloved blog, hasn't see a post for three years, largely
because I was unhappy with the figures available for the middle Byzantine
period...
Super Shader results
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Super shader Black
Group - blocked colours and then black shader on uniform. Dry - highlight a
touch
super shader dark
For this greatcoat I used montan...
A new project scale
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For X-mas I got a series of 54mm home casting molds. They are US Army and
Middle Eastern opposition. The gaming potential for these is rather
obvious. But ...
RIP Major Winters
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This week there is one less member of the 'Band of Brothers'. Major Richard
Winters who lead E company from the the landings in June 1944 through the
end o...
Happy New Year 2011!
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Another year is upon us and I've decided it is time to consider my gaming
resolutions for 2011. Without further ado, here they are:
1) Thin my miniatures c...
I’ve been a good boy.
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Santa brought me some stuff for xmas. He thought since I’m starting a new
game this 2011, I might as well start two. Templates set and Khador counter
set f...
Algonquin Scale Creep
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I hope everyone had a great Christmas, the run up to which saw any real
chance to proceed with this project come to a grinding halt!
I did receive the *Eur...
last post b4 xmas
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no doubt this will be my last post before Xmas, with some international
brigade figures finished and a republican HMG team.but on the paint table
from toda...
The "Waynes Junction campaign"..
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I've decided to revive this old campaign diary project blog to record the
unfolding of events in a new campaign that DG and I have just started...
One of ...
More ATZ!
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Game 1:
Again I headed to the LGS today with ATZ, some buildings and zombies. A
friend of mine had a buddy in town and wanted to play some THW games. Since...
Blogging or lack there of.
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I have been busy producing a board game, travelling and painting 19th
century figs. I have toyed with the idea of making the Cavenderia blog a
more compreh...
Time
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Seems I don't post as often as I should, I really have been doing things
related to gaming including trying one of the largest projects I have ever
tried. ...
An Excuse for my Absence
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Well, last week I flipped my truck. For that I received thirteen staples in
my head along with much of my stuff destroyed, just wonderful. There was
some t...
40k Combat Patrol: Wrapup
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Well the Combat Patrol has come and gone, i wrestled my way to a 3rd place
spot overall and managed to come away with Best appearance trophy which was
a ni...
Jurassic Reich at Little Wars Melbourne
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Jurassic Reich was wonderful, and here are a few photos courtesy of Paul
at the Man Cave . Check out the rest of his great Jurassic Reich photos –
thanks...
New 1813 Campaign Blog
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Due to lack of space remaining on this blog, I have moved the main 1813
Campaign to a new blog.
The new blog will be the main diary for the whole 1813 cam...
Battle of Nations 2010 - Part 3
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The Battle of nations enters its second hour with a blanket of light snow
dropping visibility down to 500yds at best. The guns fall silent as men and
horse...
Battle Report: USMC vs Taliban (FoF)
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Well I christened my new double sided grass mat this morning, as well as
the middle eastern building I built over spring break. I realized that my
Taliba...
Scale creep on the workbench!
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I have been very satisfied with my slowly growing armies of Union and
Confederate soldiers in 6mm for ACW Black Powder gaming, but for some
reason, I am no...
British Army of Venus 2
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First up is the Brig, commanding his troops from the front. Next up is the
first section of Infantry, still in Greens, they are painted as members of
the R...
Argossean Test Pieces
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Having settled on a uniform for the Aquilonian infantry I decided to have a
crack at the Argosseans. As previously stated they would be my "British"
parabl...
Games Day 2010 Pics
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Well, I hadn't planned to go to Games Day 2010, but I happened to win a
ticket. Many thanks to Shelexie over at Wanna B Painter. At first I was
going to gi...
Black Hat 15 mm Feudals - Vexillia
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Something painted by yours truly for a change. Thanks to some spare time
I've painted and photographed some examples of the 15mm Medieval Peasants &
Gener...
Huginn and Muninn, where are you both?
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And so a sliver of sly Odin's wisdom has helped me enter realm of Blog.
SO what are we doing here and where will this Long Boat of a Blog take us?
Wel...
"It's a fez, i wear a fez now, fezes are cool"
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The crooked Dice minis sculpted by Kev White..... planning on doing the
Steve B Heresy ones too...but the Amy arrived to late for the original
purpose....
...
FLASH GORDON Space ships
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http://www.hangar18fasa.com/
MONGO
Within a pocket of space known as a vortex, another dimension artificially
created long ago by a great empire. Beyo...
www.jcfigures.com is LIVE!
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Check out my new website. It isn't that flashy, in fact it is pretty ghetto
among website standards, but I am doomed to the KISS principle. Please post
sug...
Terrain: St. Kevin's Church
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I have always enjoyed building terrain to battle over. In fact it was the
terrain section of the 3rd edition Catachan Codex that first drew me into
the hob...
For Sale: Dwarf Army
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Hello guys! I'm afraid the blog has been rather dead of late, but I am
still out there. I'm currently in the middle of a long stretch of straight
working d...
Colonists
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In preparation for what will hopefully be this summers campaign I have
painted 4 Ground Zero Games (GZG) miniature colonists. Having found myself
constantl...
Peter Watkin's "Culloden"
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*The* Battle of Culloden offers a somewhat tenuous clue to the identity of
the unfortunate gentlemen referred to in my *previous post*, but is
certainly re...
French Porte-Fanions.... a little help here.
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Next up for my French is another line battalion, I've started with the
figures left over from my first Victrix box and I'm going to add to that
greatcoated...
Zama
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Paul put in a lot of work over the last year to produce the figures for the
Society of Ancients battle Day, Zama.
As with Callinicum last year, we staged o...
Moving my blog
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Hi !!! I have decided to move my blog to www.dalauppror.blogspot.com I hope
that you all will continue to follow my blog there. Pleas sign up as a
follower...
First game of the Campaign
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I have been some what slack in writing, only Scott and I have been busy
preparing for the up and coming battle which will take place this coming
Wednesday ...
Iron Warriors
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My first squad of straight marines. Aspiring Champion with a plasma pistol
and power fist, marine with a plasma gun, and another marine with an
autocannon....
Colour Scheme Revisions
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I've had a bit more of a think about the color scheme for the Eldar.
I think the original scheme was a step in the right direction, but not
enough. Still to...
Ironclad updates
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Sorry guys, I do not have as much time today for research. But I was able
to update a few of the Confederate Ironclads. There is a lot of conflicting
data ...
Update!
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Sorry for the lack of news, everyone at TTG has been very busy with school
and life in general... All of us have been working on various aspects of
several...
Greek Command Stand
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This photos shows my first Greek command stand for my Spartan
allies/mercenaries. All figures have been painted, varnished and glued to
the base. I reall...
Seleucid
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True to my chaotic and apparently random painting tradition, I have started
another army! This time its a Seleucid army I have had kicking about for a
year...
End of Campaign
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End of Campaign
The French withdrew over the river Saale and left the Russians in
possession of the right bank. Despite this setback the French still
con...
The cruiser Powerful, revisited
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If you search with Google Image Search, you will find that there are many
photographs of the 1st Class Protected Cruiser Powerful online. Battleships
and C...
Pan from Studio McVey, a review
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Wow, I were really happy to find a little package from the UK in my mailbox
today and to find out that it was from Studio McVey. I was stunned by the
mood ...
Goals for 2010
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I have one goal for 2010: To complete my Daemons of Chaos army in time to
participate in the Ordo Fanaticus Club Challenge. I believe this is in July
or Au...
Building completion.
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It's been a while since my last post, but i've been enjoying many of the
other bloggs as people snap and type away.
This year i've decided to be a bit more...
Welcome ..... leave your pride at the door
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Marcus fell into the line with the others of 3rd platoon. A whirlwind of
nerves, excitement and wonder filled his body. His family wished for him
to sta...
Hawker Hurricane Mark 1
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What better place to start than with the aircraft that formed the main
strength of Fighter Command up until as late as 1941, the Hawker Hurricane.
By 7 Au...
Zombies!!!
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Inspired by this post on Big Lee's blog, I immediately asked my parents to
get me this game for Christmas so we could all play it as a family! I
received i...
Apologies…
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I must apologise for my lack of new content on this site for sometime now –
the reason being is that i am running a online Warhammer 40,000 campaign on
you...
Fallschirmjaeger Kompanie, the basic platoons
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Here some pictures of my German Fallschirmjaeger Kompanie, on the pics you
can see the Kompanie HQ standing in the back, with their mortar and schreck
team...
The Battle of Leon
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Spanish corps approach from the east.
The French are too weak to hold all of Leon. The two nearest town sections
are empty, but one infantry brigade hol...
Combat Resolution?
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*Tarot for the Day:Queen of Mandatio (Scrolls) - The Canoness*
The imposition of discipline; the wisdom of authority; an obligation
imposed upon us by duty...
Test Miniature
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Finally I am feeling like normal human again after being sick for the past
week. Here we have after a long delay the pictures of the paint scheme I am
goin...
Incursion Progress
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A few free minutes here and there have allowed me to finish one half of my
3D Incursion board basic floor plan. The weird snakelike stain is actually
cemen...
Yarrrrgggghhhhh
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Seems I have been snowed under with illness and the evils of higher
education again! Watch this space very soon ill be posting some nice
pictures.
JC IS BACK!
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On the 194th Anniversary of the Battle of Quatre Bras, I wish to inform all
readers that I am in the process of revamping the site and updating all my
warg...
Fad A La Mode?
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*In which EG passes time while waiting for the off by being faddy in the
comfort of the Smoking Room at his club.*
*A VERSION OF THE PIECE ORIGINALLY PUB...
Opinion
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So, where do we begin with the Daemonic Codex for Warhammer 40k?
Well, unlike a lot of reviews done via quick posts on forums or a mention
on podcasts, I w...
Magna-Grecia vs. Republican Romans, Basic Impetus
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First photo is the battlelines closing (Greeks to the left).
Second photo is the last turn.
Another game under the belt, and we are starting to get some...
Help for the Ministry of Construction
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I've been looking for some buildings for my 6mm guys to fight over, without
wanting to pay a fortune for them - these look like they may do the trick.
And ...
56 Spaceships Built
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Well, it has been a long time since I last posted to this blog . . . but
I've now finished building and painting some 56 spaceships for Full Thrust.
I've b...
I hear voices
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I am excited. I finally figured out how I could get the student's work and
voice-overs onto the blog together. Apple Imovie, Itunes, and Keynote made
it ha...
Website Now Live
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Hi,
Just a quickie to say that my website, Darrell Hindley Figure Painter, is
now live. There are still a few teething problems mainly down to my almost
t...
What will you find here?
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(last update on this blog: O5.15."14)
[and probably the very last, since I'm tired of blogger raping my privacy
to 'sell' me to adversiters & spammers]
Apr...
Updates...
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To make updates easier,and to keep content more current, I've moved all the
project data to my main blog page..
Click *here to be taken to the project! [c...
Triarii
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The Elite range has only one Triari pose - and it's a bit limited.
Basically a guy kneeling down. Then I noted that the hastati and principes
figures were...