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Begovian cavalry on the move ... - Begovian cavalry are on the march.... their army is mustering near the Begovian capital Badderhor, before it marches north-west towards the border with Witt...
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Turkemen, part 1 - The first post regarding some of my Half-Continent hobby work in a long time can be found here < link1 hour ago
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Fortress "De Schans" on Texel. - Hoi, While on holiday vacation on the small Dutch isle of Texel, the boys, my wife and I visited the small fortress of "de Schans". Build during the 80 Ye...
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Battle Report – Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire – Garrek’s Reavers vs. Spiteclaw’s Swarm - Andy is back with his Reavers to face Spiteclaw’s Swarm in this Matched Play series! Advertisements2 hours ago
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10 ways the Finns prevented Russian domination in the Winter War - A great little video - watch it here. From targeting Russian field kitchens through saunas to reindeer. And the Battle of the Sausages. Interesting stuff!3 hours ago
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News, Views Etc . . . or - C is for 'Cos . . . You're sick of Bears! - A quick update on the Khaki Infantry page, following his contributions the other week, Chris Smith kindly sent a follow-up group shot of the FG Taylor's in...3 hours ago
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Historicon: Other Peoples Games - The games at this year's Historicon seemed to have stepped up several notches in quality from previous cons. There were a lot of beautifully staged games...
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Slimux - He was always a crazy model and one I have looked forward to painting, yes I have taken the eyes and the feet but dammit he look so derpy as-is in my opin...3 hours ago
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WIP- Black Numenoreans 2 - Not a bad evening's painting and basing tonight. I managed to get one stand of Black Numenorean heavy infantry complete- one down, one to go. I changed the...
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Fantasy Skirmish Warband - I know right? Rumours of my demise and all that but hey, I've actually gone and posted something! Despite the near deafening silence hereabouts things have...
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Turkemen, part 1 - This is the first new post on an old project of mine that is taking on some new life of late. The Turkemen, not to be confused with the Ottoman Turks, are...
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Hinchliffe Mexican Bandidos - One of the things I've done this month is to rebase and touch up the paintwork of some of my old 28mm scale Wild West figures. I was quite surprised at jus...
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Ottomans! - Some really excellent sculpts by Clibinarium for Warfare Miniatures - see more here
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Alexius – Byzantine Empire Campaign - From the Perfect Captain comes Alexius, a campain game set in the Byzantine Empire in the time of the Crusades. Republished by Blog Post Promoter4 hours ago
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Lundella's Lane, 1814 - *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 a ...
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Man O’ War: Beasts of the Deep - Here be dragons… This second set of sea monsters released for Man O’ War was a little different to the other box, in a few ways. Firstly, it contained onl...
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Badly damaged ... but still useful: HMS Zubian and HMS Eskimo - HMS *Zubian* was built from the undamaged bow section of HMS *Zulu* ... ... and the stern section of HMS *Nubian*. Both the ships were members of the *Tr...
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GOTHICA II - Hi all, in preparation to the "PaintPals - Paint Weekend" I decided to give the GOTHICA another chance. Many were rather unhappy with the final paint job - ...
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Franse Schans - It's very warm and dry in the Netherlands now, and in the news in the past days were drone images showing very interesting archeological sites. It was re...
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15mm Roman cavalry - With the 'primed-and-ready-to-paint' boxes almost empty, I've been rummaging around in cupboards looking for figures that a) I feel like painting, b) might...
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The Grand Review: ECW Parliment's Forces - * More 17th Century madness as we get ready for the game!*
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My [First] Conference of Wargamers (CoW) 2018 [Part 1: Friday] - The games I played and the "adventures" I participated in, recorded for posterity, so that my memory does not fade: *D-Day - Friday (Hit the Beach):* *The...
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7 Horsemen - WIP - Horses Stained - Managed to slap some paint onto the horses; followed by a Minwax stain. This is what they looked like prior to the staining. After shot of Testors Dullcote, ...
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28mn George Reeves Man of Steel - Looking to mix it up with some Golden Age Supers games? I still have one unpainted George Reeves Superman that is unpainted that I'm willing to part with:...
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Gamma World! - I know others have posted about this, but I would be remiss if I didn't share the awesome news that my favorite edition of Gamma World is now available on...
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PAUL KAIJU'S MACHINE GUN GHOST TOY FIGURE - Just preparing for our yearly SDCC pop-up shop "Summer Slime II". Here are pics of my new fig "Machinegun Ghost". Paul Kaiju USA
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Heresy Era Dark Angels - Army ready for NOVA! - As of the last post, the heresy era Dark Angels are essentially as done as they are going to get, and everything required for use at NOVA coming up at the ...
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I have played some other games too... - In my blogging downtime there were a number of games, more than I bothered to get photo's of actually. In no particular order here are a few. A war of 18...
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Bovington Tank Museum - The Tank Museum based in Bovington Camp is the museum of the Royal Armoured Corps and the Royal Tank Regiment. Bovington and the nearby ranges at Lulworth,...
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The Black Battlefleet - There's not much to report on the workbench front the last couple of days as I've been busy under coating the assembled *Tumbling Dice* Danish, Prussian...
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MTG: ‘Core Set 19’ Booster Box - Last night my son and I opened our Magic The Gathering Core Set 19 booster box, I had my son purchase it Saturday night from his work, but we waited till l...20 hours ago
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More Modern Micro British - Challenger 2 and HQ - Wow these paint up fast! I should have the Warrior IFVs done in no time - then it's on to the Soviets! All miniatures are from GHQ models. The latest - ...
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The Walking Dead Week: The Governor’s Trophy Room - Kicking off our new releases for The Walking Dead: All Out War is the iconic Governor’s Trophy Room! This is a super-detailed Limited Edition resin set, ...22 hours ago
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The Joy of Selection - One of the great pleasures of Wargaming is the initial planning stage. At this point you and your friends have decided to take the plunge into a new peri...
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What you been doing? - Sorry for the quiet spell since my return from Kenilworth it's all been a bit manic!! On the painting front I'm still plugging away at Highlanders and I di...
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Size Matters - The officer figure, Tim Mee, BMC, and copy figure. The BMC figure is very crisp detail and the surface is smooth. Most of the copies have an almost gra...
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My ACW armies are back! - Last week John and I fought an ACW battle using my rebased armies. So technically it was a sort of inaugural affair. I would like to thank Shaun Bryant a...
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The Warden and the Awakener - The Undead are stirring from their slumber. In the long hot summer days, life is good and few mortals give any thought to the terrors of the dark. And yet,...
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Breaking! Mondo: Jurassic Park - The Chaos Gene Miniature Board Game! - Mondo: We are celebrating 25 years of dinosaur chaos with the anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s unequalled Jurassic Park and Mondo Games is excited to unve...
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In Progress - No game this week with some more pressing real life demands getting in the way, so a pleasant escape for an hour late last night to the paint desk to unwin...
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Review: For King & Parliament - Rating: Being a British wargamer, I have often thought that I should take more interest in the wars that have shaped the island on which I live – let’s fac...
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Second Test Prints: Gatling and Missile Launchers - Bottom Line: Success! Vertical orientation left a lot less support pockmarks, and slowing the print WAY down made for greater detail. Also, breaking off ...
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The Perfect Storm - So the complications are stacking up in my friend Dwayne's Middle Earth campaign using his 3d6 house system. At one particularly dramatic moment a NPC rece...
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Napoleonic War Gaming for Fun - further nostalgia - Photos of the pages. I've green tinted them as I find the text easier to read that way than just black on white. Seems sharper somehow.My previous posting ...
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Modern Old Toy Soldier Style Zouaves - The transition is complete and the Rebels have now raised a battalion of Zouaves. My "New Toy Soldier" Papal Zouaves facing some original Old Toy Soldier ...
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"Of Course, Lager! The Only Thing That Can Kill A Vindaloo!" - *"There's only three alternatives: it thinks we're either a threat, food or a mate..."* This 28mm miniature of Charley was made by "Y.F.T. Design Studio" a...
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Genestealer Cult - Brother Sloth - When Overkill came out I all but curled into a ball of mewling joy. After years on the verge of extinction the cult were back in the heart of 40k lore. ...
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#Wargame #Retroplay – Beachhead (Yaquinto Publishing, 1980) - My not-so-lazy Sunday was capped off by a solo play attempt of Beachhead: A Game of Island Invasions in the South Pacific 1942-1944 from Yaquinto Publishin...
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Another RPG bundle offer - Ponyfinder - I really don't know what to say about this one, except that it definitely isn't one I want, although it appears that quite a lot of people do if a successf...1 day ago
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PEGASO MODELS: LAS NAVAS DE TOLOSA A.D.1212 - Hoy es 16 de julio. Festividad del Carmen. Patrona del mar y protectora de los marinos. Todos los que hemos estado en ella hemos invocado a Nuestra Señ...
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Back Once Again! - Hello faithful readers - if there's anyone left? Quite understandable if you've left me for dead since my last post was back in October and I was somewh...
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Numidians - It's summer time and I am having plenty of time to finish some projects. After painting six points of Romans for SAGA now I finished my Numidian small alli...
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Historicon 2018 HAWks Room Photos - I was only able to get up to the Historicon miniatures gaming convention for a short while on Friday to visit the HAWKs room and get some shots, and was...
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Dogs of War 2018 Game 2 - And, in quick succession, here's the video of the second game in which the small but imperfectly formed Byzantines attempt a double envelopment against the...
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Tamiya Clear Red vs Citadel Touchstone Blue - I recently acquired some Tamiya Clear acrylic paints and was well impressed so, as I have Malign Sorcery bits and pieces to paint, I decided to put Tamiya...
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Shattered Dominion Objectives - Warhammer Age of Sigmar Shattered Dominion Objectives...One of GW latest amazing kit. I see a use for this for some many games. Available in the shop .
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Joy of Six 2018 - Saturday morning was interesting. Having got up early to make sure I had everything I needed to take to Joy of Six, I managed to fall from a chair I was ...
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"The Falcon of Sparta" - a review.. - Apologies for all the reviews lately but this one is simply too good to be just hidden on the book reviews page.. Based heavily on the events described by...
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28mm WAS Spanish Guards - I have painted here three battalions of the Spanish Guards, in their smart blue uniforms copied from the French Guards. A Spanish army will be the op...
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Full Steam on Dystopian Seas - I'm sure it's a common wargamer problem. You invested in a line of miniatures or period because they look cool, get about half done and quit either becaus...
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FWS Topics: The Lost Star Wars Prequels - In the 2000 film *Gladiator*, Marcus Aurelius said to General Maximus: "*There was once a dream that was Rome. You could only whisper it. Anything more th...
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Dettol- the result... - Having soaked in Dettol since Friday l got the figures out of the jar- The Dettol has worked wonders on them. I cleaned them next with washing up liquid...2 days ago
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15mm Ottoman Expansion #1 - Have it mind to play out Mohacs; Hungarians et al are OK but the Turks are a bit short, so a slow build up: Azab Archers: Azab Foot:
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72 Point HOTT Goodness. - Good evening, First post since Term 2! Last night I headed around to Robin's new digs for some HOTT action with him and Andy G. 72 Points worth. I took a...
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Bossfest and Bovington Show 2018 - Every year in July Battlegroup South host a splendid wargames show at the Bovington Tank Museum. This year the show overlaps with the excellent "Bossfest" ...
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Battle! Practical Wargaming - *The original version of Charles Grant's classic title devoted to WW2 wargames.* *The edition currently available from Caliver books. There is a lot ...
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Models For Wargamers REDUCED - Earlier this week it was pointed out to me that Dampfpanzerwagon Guide No. 1 - Building Wargame Terrain was first published over five years ago and Dampf...
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Torturer - Following on from the previous post, I decided that I needed some evil lackey that could inhabit the dungeon, meeting out all manner of cruel and unspeaka...
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Space Hulk and my hate for Genesteelers - GENESTEELERSSpace Hulk was one of those games that my pals and I played during college till we wore out the board. Easy rules, lots of scenarios and ad...
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Roll Plush One. Wait – make that Plush FOUR… - “An Otyugh approaches…” “…and her friends.” Welcome...2 days ago
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"Release The Kraken!!!" - "Oops." - The Sunken City Adventure Continues - July 15, 2018 - Two - Luckily, the FLGS had a Kraken in stock. Unfortunately, the Kraken also brought a Maelstrom along... ... and most of the players got sucked right in... ... ...
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Half Orc Scouts - I finished some Half Orcs I started a month or so ago. Took some shortcuts, and looking at the pics I think I will go back an add a slight highlight to the...
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Pre-dreadnoughts - A bit too much time away from here, don't you think? I have not had much desire to work on naval stuff lately, despite having several projects deserving a...
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Skirmish at Siniyat: What a Tanker in the Desert - Earlier today I was finally able to run a Game of *What a Tanker! *for the Rejects in Posties Shed-o-War. I've been buying and painting early Desert war ta...
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652 - Recent Scenery Builds - Hullo All, I just thought I'd share some of the scenery kits I've put together recently for a friend. Blogger is being weird, so in no particular order...:...
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Ten Hellblasters - I'm re-working my Dark Angels list for the LVO tourney coming next February. Should be a little more competitive. We'll see, as I start playing the list th...
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Reflecting on Post Apocalyptic Gaming - I've long had fascination with gaming in a post apocalyptic setting, with the original "Planet of the Apes" probably inspiring my first thoughts of toys i...2 days ago
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Revisiting old and new buildings - One of the great things about COW and WD is that I've made some great friends. Okay, so we don't hang out down the pub every weekend, but that's partly bec...
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A lot of stippling. - Hello and welcome to Inso's World on yet another glorious, sunny, Sunday. This week has been one of this and that. Chores, a bike ride, watching the footba...
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Back to the Brushes 176 - Slow progress over the last two days in the #30days30miniatures painting challenge. Day 10 was spent basing the figures completed in the previous days of t...
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'What a Tanker' - The lads at the club played two great games of 'What a Tanker' today. A fantastic game to fill in your afternoon and easy to learn. They played one late ...
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Fantasy Old and New. - It's been a strange couple of weeks, I had great plans to crack on with some extra's for the Haiti project but the hot weather has made that rather diffi...3 days ago
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Big Brain (Kitbash Games sneak peak) - The first batch of *Supers Unlimited* characters have now been sent off to the caster for mastering, and *Big Brain* is among them. More characters are be...
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Furui Hanmā: A Journey to the East. Part One - It has been a truth long acknowledged by Oldhammerists that the Warhammer World was cobbled out of Citadels existing historical and fantasy miniatures rang...
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So this is what paper soldiers look like en masse? - I’ve finally finished enough of the Paperboys figures to set up both sides to recreate a battle of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745/6 – often simply referred...3 days ago
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Kelly's Heroes for NUTS - There's been some interest on TMP so here's the NUTS version of the classic movie, Kelly's Heroes. By the incomparable John Paul "Italy After Normandy" B...
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Gaming the Forgotten War Forum - Getting a bit of traction on the Korean War gaming forum, entitled Gaming the Forgotten War. If you have an interest in Korea, and in particular gaming Ko...
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Back in France - Today Lawrence was missing again due to having to wait in for a visitor, so it was just Phil and me, so we tried What a Tanker again. Fortunately I have sta...
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RedBox Burgundian Crossbowmen reviewed - New review of the RedBox Burgundian Crossbowmen set.3 days ago
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BG Tobruk AAR - With a certain individual visiting for the weekend, a hasty game of Battlegroup was arranged. Mid 1941, the Western Desert: a DAK Battlegroup has forced a ...
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Historicon 2018 - Friday's Tables of Interest - I'm nearly always a day-tripper to Historicon so here''s a selection of the sights I saw Friday morning. The Host was a mess in a lot of ways, but it didn'...
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Vanguard Miniatures 3mm Gothic Science Fiction Line: Introduction - Although today I am scornful of Games Workshop and even more so of the company’s fanbois, the plain truth is that GW is responsable for making me a serious...
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Ulundi - Alfred's conversions - What should I write? Dr. Frankenstein at work again:-) When Alfred starts working he ususually doesn't stop with less than 1000 figures. So I hope to get 1...
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28mm cultists and new dice! - This week I finished up some more 28mm cultists from GW. First up was a bunch of guys who like to play with fire. Then the BSDM crowd with clubs and shack...
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COW 2018 - Last weekend I went on my annual trip to the Conference of Wargamers. Unfortunately this year my trip was cut short as I had to help one of my children mov...
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More thoughts on Why Battalions not Corps - *36 figure battalions in the mid 1980s* My last blog was mentioned on TMP Napoleonic Discussion forum, and resulted in some very interesting comments. ...
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Hessians for AWI & 18th Century pondering.... - I was commissioned to paint a unit of Hessian Line for the American War of Independence. The figures supplied were 28mm Sash & Sabre (or Saber) metal Pruss...
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Two 28mm Hovels buildings - A couple of new additions. I'm off to the Worcester club tomorrow to run What A Tanker! Good excuse to get a couple of new buildings done.
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RMSA: Coming Soon! - Coming soon to a YouTube near you: the Rust Monster Ate My Sword vlog! (*RMSA = "Rust Monster Service Announcement." It's like a PSA, but likely will hav...
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28mm Carthaginian Chariots - Way back in 2012, I painted Punic Wars armies for Glenn to use in his Commands and Colors games. Glenn sold those armies to a nice fellow named Doug, and ...
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St Pierre du Mont, February 1814 - As usual on the Sunday following the Phalanx show, Steve hosted a full day game. Here is a much delayed report on the game. This year it was a Shako "Big ...
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More stuff from the Grab Bag - It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Real Life (TM) seems to take up much of my time lately. I finally have enough steam to write and plenty on my mind so here ...5 days ago
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More phalangites - On the heels of the elephants, I'm putting a new phalanx together. These are Wargames Foundry World of the Greek phalangites, very nice minis, with the p...
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Back From Hols - Interesting map seen at a brocante (boot sale), which caught my eye. We were lucky again to be invited to visit our friends in the south of France. And I ...
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How do you paint so fast??? - So, This past Saturday I painted up 50 Ghouls for my AoS Flesh Eaters army and I had a couple of friends ask me how I did it? Well the trick is to just do ...
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Pottering around the edges - With the recent household shift, I've only just got back to some painting and modelling. It has all felt a little like 'pottering around the edges'. I have...
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GNW Russian reinforcements - I thought it was about time I started to expand the mounted arm of my Russian forces. First up was expanding Kropotov's horse Grenadiers. I already had 3 s...
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More Head Wardens - Don took pity on the 2nd Silesian Landwehr and very kindly sent me an officer, drummer and standard bearer this week to fill some of the command vacancies...
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Podcast: Aspettando Radio Goblin – Lords of Hellas - Questa settimana è uscita la prima puntanta di Aspettando Radio Goblin, una serie sperimentale e alternativa al formato “classico” di Radio Goblin. La seri...
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Donnybrook - 28mm Ebor French Officer - You may remember back in December I had the pleasure to be a Minion in the 8th Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, which is run by that mad Canadian fe...
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My New Old School Word Processor - Royal typewriter, circa the 1930s. Yesterday I received the 1930s era Royal typewriter that I purchased off of eBay several days ago. I eagerly unwrapped...
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New Release at The Ion Age july 2018 - *“Brilliant with the energy flowing through its blade the first swing of Esquire Quiver's Octa Sword took the left leg of the flightless bird clean away fr...
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It's cavarly time - So I got an order from Warfare miniatures last week, and got to work right away. The order included a whopping 54 cavalry, 36 Swedish and 18 Danes. So far I...
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Nostalgic for old telly - *Once you saw this, you knew what was coming was good* Like many others I often get nostalgic for the television programmes I watched when I was little. ...6 days ago
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Song of Warjacks and Warbeasts: Simple wargames for kids - No pics today. I've been recently looking at how to introduce my much younger nephew to wargaming. A couple of years ago I gave him all my old Warhammer Fa...6 days ago
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The Devil In Your Head – part 2 - a few days ago I posted about my battles with Depression and touched on how it affected me. well now the dust has cleared I thought it might be an idea to ...6 days ago
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The Big Push. - One of the benefits of teaching is a long summer break. This summer will be devoted to getting together units for the next display game at Newbury this Sep...
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Keep a Stiff Upper Lip and Carry on Painting! - *The squadron of Wurttemberg horse grenadiers as of late last (Tuesday) night.* Things are progressing slowly but surely with the current batch of cavalr...
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Normandy Grenadiers 28mm - Some more units for my Normandy 1944 project. I still have a couple of shirkers squads, a Marder III and a Kubelwagen to paint and that will be it.
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New YouTube Channel "Little Wars TV" - First off I haven't died. I've had a bunch of life changes but I'm committed to bringing Daddy's Little Men back to life starting by sharing what I've been...
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Gerry Embleton is retiring - From the Wolfe's army OspreyAt 77 the master illustrator must be ready fot it. Good luck on your retirement. Read more here
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Andrew Harclay and friends - Another 4 kniggits from the Falkirk roll and additions to the Medieval Lords and Ladies list. *Andrew Harclay,* 1st Earl of Carlisle. He´s already been ment...
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Age of Sigmar Tale of Gamers - Month 2 Finished - I have now completed painting my choices for month two. My last game highlighted my need for heroes to support my forces. I also am at a disadvantage by no...
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Forge World Reaver Titan - Forge World Reaver Titan on display at Warhammer World. Compared to my previous visit, there were lots more Titans on display including the huge and impres...1 week ago
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GI Joe/Eagle Force & Cobra Command Logos - The GI Joe Cobra bug has bit again. So I printed and painted these up. They will adorn the army boxes for each force.
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My Unofficial Battlegroup: Cold War - East German Paramilitary Battlegroup List - So it's taken a while to get here, and rather than jump on the Polish lists like I thought, instead we've completed an East German Paramilitary Battlegroup...1 week ago
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Painting the Space Force! - I've been bashing on with the SPACE FORCE and made good progress. For the MMC (Martian Marine Corps), I wanted red. After much pondering and discussion on ...
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Long time no see, - All aboard? The PLA are moving out, on their way to establishing a new homebase somewhere better suited for rapid deployment to your gamingtables. The rang...1 week ago
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2nd Nassau Infantry Regiment - Then twin duchies of Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Weilburg joined the Confederation of the Rhine on July 12, 1806 as the united Duchy of Nassau. They were u...
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Tank you very much - We had a great game day on Saturday down at Dean Clarke's house in Bonney Lake, WA. We played Too Fat Lardies' *What a Tanker!* using 15mm Flames of War ...
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Carthaginian Mounted Nobles - Another cheat post! These 20mm Newline Designs Carthaginian cavalry miniatures had been sat on my desk waiting to be refurbished and rebased for some tim...
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An unusual item FOR SALE. - *FOR SALE * *The mould for an ancient transport / merchant ship.* Over the years I have collected a few 1:600 Xyston galleys for playing ancient naval game...
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INWarD 2018 - Only 4 weeks to go until INWarD 2018, the International Naval Wargames Day, when naval wargamers around the world join in mortal combat to celebrate the bi...
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A vendre armée Saga Hiberno/Norse, Viking - A vendre armée Saga Hiberno/Norse, viking 42 figs 3 pts de gardes 2 pts de guerriers 1 pts de levée Mix possible pour autre composition Figurines grippin...
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Nova tongada de vaixells (encàrrec) - Age of Sail ships (commissions) Minairons i Peter Pig, escales 1/450 a 1/600 (=4 i 3mm) Com que ara mateix tinc damunt la taula dues comandes quasi simultà...1 week ago
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Shadow War - Hit and Stumble - I've been building up a bit of a backlog of these Shadow War campaign reports. Not intentionally, I've just been playing games, taking pictures and forgett...
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THE LIST - In the interests of record keeping I thought it might be worthwhile listing all of my armies and projects which might be of interests to anyone else who re...1 week ago
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"Jabba, you're a wonderful human being..." - Quote by Han Solo, after Jabba extended the time he had to repay his debts. Found a Jabba key ring ar a flee market and thought it would work for Star Wa...
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Tokens and barricades and misc oh my! - Not a lot of painting has occurred recently - in the UK, it's pretty hot, and I'm struggling to find motivation to put brush to miniature. I did however ma...
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Half year progress report - First the good news, the tests show my problem was normal for my age, so carry on as normal. Now a quick review of how far I got in the first half of the y...1 week ago
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AOS Soul Wars Stormcast painted - Treated myself to the new 2nd Edition souls wars Age of Sigmar set, some amazing miniatures the push click i was not impressed by the the quality and qu...
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Lego Talisman - While I do get enthusiastic about things pretty easily (I like to think of it as a childlike sense of wonder), it's not often that I'm reduced to gibbering...1 week ago
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Pierwszy Necrarch - Wampiry z linii necrarchów pojawiły się jako figurki do WFB w okresie, w którym moje zainteresowanie grą osłabło, głównie ze względu na prace nad Warzonem...
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Packed for COW 2018 - The tottering pile of junk which featured in the previous post has now all been stuffed into the car. Now all that remains is to climb aboard and head so...
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A gamer or a collector? - Originally posted on Dawn of the Lead: These last few days I’ve been thinking about the following question: Am I ever going to game all those scenarios I’m...1 week ago
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El número dos llega - The second game this week was played out last night, Jon commanded the Christino forces while I took the Carlist forces. The Carlists had occupied the town...
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June's American Revolution Additions - I'm continuing to work on my American Revolution forces, concentrating on my Continental Army. My immediate goal was to bring that force up to 12 infantry...
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(Outremer) Kick Off in the Kasbah! - Tom kindly ran a game of *Osprey*'s new Crusades skirmish game *Outremer: Faith and Blood *yesterday evening at BIG. Matt, George, Steve and myself all use...
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Welsh ECW Foote Drilling continues - Ink layers for the white coats Ink layer on the sappers Under color layer - only one more to go then metallics the sappers are being done with more powder a...
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A question of storage - It's not a question I have ever thought about. In fact apart from 1 storage case I either use some old A4 paper boxes or I use the really useful plastic on...
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Cheap Dirt Road - When we played our last game we were in need of metres of road and had to indicate the borders of our mile long road from Centerville to Rocky Beach by h...
1 week ago -
Painted Mansions of Madness investigators part 1 - Having finished painting the miniatures for "This War of Mine: The board game" I continued painting up the first couple of investigators for Mansions of Ma...1 week ago
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15mm Painted Ancients for Sale - Greetings. I am helping a friend who is near death sell some of his collection. Everything sold as is and shipping will be actual cost--probably $14 for ...
1 week ago -
Graves of the Rorkes Drift Defenders -Alfred Henry Hook VC - Probably the best known defender due to the superb but totally incorrect portrayal in the film Zulu by James Booth ,in real life Hook was the perfect soldi...
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DBA Special: IV/75 Timurid ... 1360 - 1506 (15mm) - *(Phil's DBA Timurid army as used at Bakewell)* I have very muched followed tradition in the look of this army ... it is quite decorative and I think muc...
2 weeks ago -
Sword play rules test ..... - Moved outside yesterday evening for 'gaming session'; indoors was too hot and there was nice breeze outside. The 'simple sword play rules' were tested out...
2 weeks ago -
Moongrunt - prepping forces - Remember the moonbuggy, this one: It got me thinking about what Moongrunt could be, so I used my GZG voucher from Xmas and bought a bunch of toys. I then s...
2 weeks ago -
Basic Impetus2 - 3.2 Macedonians of Philip and Alexander 356-331 BC - Here is the Macedonian Army of King Philip, Alexander on his horse leading the cavalry. A bit light weight in my opinion after putting them up against ...
2 weeks ago -
Kingdom Death Monster - Olympus Year 20 - [image: Kingdom Death] Another butcher approaches Olympus from the darkness. Zeus gathers Hera, Hephaestus, and Artemis to defend their settlement from the ...
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Arnhem Battlefield Tour, and a family coincidence. - Arnhem Battlefield tour. The Oosterbeek Perimeter 1944 Bit of a coincidence. Walked into the Airborne museum at Hotel Hartenstein and came upon an exhib...
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Summer Update - After taking my usual time away from gaming after Enfilade and with the normal gaming slow-down for summer yardwork, I’m looking at getting back to some ga...
2 weeks ago -
Age of Sigmar Soul Wars - Well I am in with both feet. I hope it works out this time. My luck with Warhammer fantasy games has not been good.
2 weeks ago -
New Beginnings - *New Beginnings* I have been silent for some time as I have been busy changing my life for the last three years. For many years I have been thinking and pla...
2 weeks ago -
New Beginnings - *New Beginnings* I have been silent for some time as I have been busy changing my life for the last three years. For many years I have been thinking and pla...
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Captain Sonar - Work and a wedding in the family has had me somewhat distracted away from the hobby. Hopefully these distractions are coming to an end soon. In the meanti...
2 weeks ago -
Rogue Trader : The last stand. - Good morning! Today we talking about the RT cover art, as I writen in my last post this illustration marked my youth. Yep, After painted less then 20 marin...
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Yet More Germans - It's been a while since I've completed and posted anything up. Real life has unfortunately been intruding. Today I finally got the last of the plastic earl...
2 weeks ago -
Caverns - Summer is well here as its a sweltering 98 degrees as I type this. I dont usually get alot of hobbytime in the Summer, but my goal is to get these Caver...
2 weeks ago -
New Wizard and a Bubbling Hell-pit! - Today I finished that Wizard figure that was a hold-over from the other three guys I recently finished, as well as a bubbling pit terrain piece. Here are ...
2 weeks ago -
Galactic Knights battle report - Spaceships! It's been a long time since I had a space battle. Last month, I played in a three-way match with a couple of members from our gaming group usi...
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RETURN TO DRAGON RAMPANT - Well after about two months of pretty much solidly playing What A Tanker! my gaming group has returned to an old favourite of ours, Dragon Rampant by Dani...
2 weeks ago -
Ten years !! - *The Nothelm chronicle has reached its 10 year anniversary...* ---oXo--- The monks at the abbey of Wuduceastre are about their daily business; two monks...
2 weeks ago -
Like Hungry Wolves - Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 - 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 1...
2 weeks ago -
Last of the Flames of War Afrika Korps lot - and a few Yanks - Here are the remaining Pz III and IVs - plastic models by Battlefront: And I also picked up some very cheap PSC Shermans at a FLGS ($11 for 5?!) whic...
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Gaslands War Rig WIP - I recently picked up this book from Book Depository for a nice cheap price. It’s a mix of production stills and concept art for all of the main characters,...2 weeks ago
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The Ancient Battle of Gordium - Time to have another go with my ancients rules. I have risked sending them off to Osprey as a formal submission, but my hopes are not high. There are alrea...
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28mm Post-Apocalypse Survivors from Hasslefree - A selection of 28mm Post-Apocalypse survivors from Hasslefree Miniatures that I started painting in December 2017 and finished early in 2018.. They have a...
2 weeks ago -
CHALK ART: "Stay Cool!" - I must be in my "ironic phase" as an artist...I just finished my "Stay Cool" chalk mural in the blazing 100 degree summer heat. Since it's been raining s...
2 weeks ago -
Beton again (at 1600 gang rating after first full Turf War) - Beton Surprisingly hard to photograph decently.. We no girly models, we are ruthlezz killerz :) Beton in last setup, before Juve Źelbet temporarily left to...
2 weeks ago -
Long time gone - time to Go - Ice Hockey stole my life for a few years which really put a dent into my time budget. Sadly, gaming suffered most out of the 'other things' in life (eg. f...2 weeks ago
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Ratatoskr - Ratatosk, or Ratatoskr, was the mischievous squirrel that lived on Yggdrasil (the World-Tree) and spent his time running up and down its trunk between th...
2 weeks ago -
Crossing the Shannon - The Guns of August 2018 - My work schedule has been crazy recently and I realized I was never going to be able to finish the Limerick project I had planned for The Guns of August ...
3 weeks ago -
Sons of Death unit for SAGA - I've been away with work a bit of late, so not much productivity from my own brush to report. However, All round good guy and top bloke Alan painted up a...
3 weeks ago -
Necromunda: The Spiral 69s - The Spiral 69s, a Van Saar gang Vanzandt Van Saar, Leader of the Spiral 69s Autto "Come Correct" Van Saar Helmut “Van Fingerbang” Champion and Enforcer ...
3 weeks ago -
Stonne 1940 Big CoC weekend Part 1 - This has been in the pipeline for a few months now, the first public Big CoC public weekend at the WHC. In this first post I'll give some idea of the tho...
3 weeks ago -
Sharp Practice 2: other recent additions - I realized I had completed a couple of new units without posting pictures. First up is a a unit for the War of 1812 collection, the 7th New York Dragoons. ...
3 weeks ago -
Faces of war (4) - Some more pictures my grandfather made while he was taking part in the African campain during ww2. I even did not went too school, when my he died, so I ...
3 weeks ago -
Battle Cry Old and New - I brought out the Battle Cry board game for the Monday night crew. Got to play two battles. We used Pea Ridge as our learning game.
3 weeks ago -
One Hundred and Fifty First! - Next Sunday will be Canada's one hundred and fifty-first birthday and to celebrate the event I am making permanent a change I tried earlier this year. N...
3 weeks ago -
Visit to Waterloo - 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 m...
3 weeks ago -
Even More Prussians! Another 28mm Unit Marches Off The Painting Table... - More 28mm Prussians from Foundry! Forward for the King! Between the arrival of summer weather and a greatly increased pace of work at my firm, my painting ...
3 weeks ago -
Greek Light Cavalry - Some Greek Light Cavalry; from the Victrix set of the same name. I did add in a few heads from the spares box.
3 weeks ago -
Dungeon Furniture Land - Deals Finish Sunday - Part of my stash from UK Games Expo was some packs of 3d printed scenic pieces from Iron Gate Scenery, these now have some paint and will be seen on a tabl...
3 weeks ago -
work in progress - not much - Various small projects on the go..... but not too much to show :( Maybe this week will be little more productive ?
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The first of a few... - So then, here it is, my first French unit. You'll recall I my last post that they are HaT infantry with Italeri head swaps. I've got it in my head that t...
3 weeks ago -
ADLG: UK Survey Overview - Here're links for all posts about the 2018 Art de la Guerre (ADLG) Survey along with a pdf compilation: Launch post with the initial aims and intentions. P...3 weeks ago
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General Veers, Snowtroopers and Luke Skywalker - Continuing my quest to get my forces for Star Wars: Legion together… here are some more. Up first is General Maximilian Veers… or as like to call him Gener...
3 weeks ago -
The Laarden contingent at Breitenfeld, 1632 - In addition to the old books and ledgers of accounts in Monsieur Monquisard’s bookshop on Hertogstraat in Ghent, close by the north bank of the River Lei...
3 weeks ago -
Book Review: Templar - It's been almost a year since I wrote a book review. The reasons are twofold: First, I don't have the time anymore to produce content about what inspi...
3 weeks ago -
Let's Paint Zulus - Getting there now and they are starting to look finished. I painted all of the weapons a darker shade of Burnt Umber. This looked good and I didn't need ...
4 weeks ago -
A Change is as Good as a Rest: pt2 - Part 2 has been long time coming. Pretty much a good indicator on how little hobby time I've had over the past couple of months. Finally finished my other...4 weeks ago
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Burrows and Badgers: A Mouse House - When Burrows and Badgers Skirmish game first came out as a Kick Starter I was a bit intrigued but basically thought the figures were nice but it wasn't for...
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Fire burn and cauldron bubble. - Bet you weren't expecting this to appear on Gathering of Hosts: A few years ago this vignette was one of several RAFM sets that I couldn't resist as long...
4 weeks ago -
4-Tonner in a Tin - The AT-105 Saxon is a cold war era armored personnel carrier. It was intended to provide rapid transport for troops from the UK to reinforce BAOR units in ...
4 weeks ago -
Hinchliffe 20mm Equipment Range - In the comments on a recent post about French line artillery on Stryker's Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargames Figures blog there has been a little discussion abo...
4 weeks ago -
The problems with Geek culture - how big are they? - 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...4 weeks ago
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Project Updates - Old School Napoleonics, Romans and ECW oh my! - Getting close to putting the finishing touches on these elements of Gallic mercenaries serving with my Roman army. These are the last elements that will...
4 weeks ago -
Some Age of Sigmar and 40k photos from Triumph GT - Hey all! Well, we went down to the Triumph GT, which is put on my Mythicos Studios, and while we were there I snapped a few photos! Unfortunately it was...
4 weeks ago -
Canadian Infantry vs US Tanks in Hasty Attack - Sherry Atkinson roars "Open Fire!" As Canadian AT guns shred US tanks crested on a nearby hill Game 1 of the Lords of War de-escalation tournament was 90 ...
4 weeks ago -
Ravenloft IX - *The Drow and the Unicorn (13th June 2018)* For this session, our Elf Rogue player was absent, so we assumed he would just rest up at the inn when we arri...
4 weeks ago -
Fury Squadron - Heroes of the Aturi Cluster - Mission Three - The third mission report where Fury Squadron come to the aid of some Rebel Operatives trying to get back with their intel before TIEs decend on their stric...
4 weeks ago -
How should I base the cavalry? - Okay, I'm to the point where I have to make a decision on how to base my cavalry for my WSS project. These are 10mm figures from Old Glory and I'm plannin...
4 weeks ago -
East Kent Scale Modellers June Meeting - Photo's from tonights June meeting of the East Kent Scale Modellers club which meets every second Tuesday of the month at Manston Aviation Museum. Superb...
5 weeks ago -
NJCon 2018, Doctor Who and 7TV - New, Improved, *Prettier* Board! Landrover by MiniFigs UK, Soldiers by Crooked Dice NJCon was held on 8 - 9 June, 2018 at the NJ Expo Center in Edison,...
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French vs. Prussians, 1813 FoB3 - We played 2 games of Field of Battle 3, with 1813 French vs. Prussians. Here's the battlefield: Prussians deployed to the left side of the table, French...
5 weeks ago -
Games Workshop comes to town - I suppose it is surprising that Games Workshop never bothered to open a store in my hometown, but with the dedicating gaming store having gone out of busin...
5 weeks ago -
Dragon Rampant- Order of the Stick vs Xykon - My son and I recently played our first full game of Dragon Rampant. We had played out several turns previously using my Dwarf and Orc armies in order to g...
5 weeks ago -
Retake Suomussalmi - I finally got in a Winter War game yesterday, the first for 3 years. It was nice to get the Soviets and Finns out of their boxes as well as set up some wi...
5 weeks ago -
Savage Orcs 1987: First Rank Painted - Hello! Here's the first rank of the old Savages painted. It's a pleasure to give these old classics a new coat of paint... These are gonna work as "Skulks...
5 weeks ago -
Refighting the battle of Lauffeld, 2 July 1747 in Flandres - Enjoy some images of our groups recent refight of the battle of Lauffeld. A hard fought French victory in Flandres, summer 1747 during the War of Austria...
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Warmaster Fantasy - Dogs of War Counter Set (New!) - *"Unlike other Warmaster armies, the Dogs of War do not come from a particular place, nor do they comprise a particular race, although men do feature very...
5 weeks ago -
Ecos de Azyr - El pasado fin de semana jugué mis dos primeras partidas a Age of Sigmar en un pequeño torneo de introducción al juego. Con motivo de este evento, he podido...
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Gen. Pettygree Is Writing A Book - *I HAVE MORE STORIES TO TELL YOU* "Excuse me General Pettygree. Your readers are here." "Very well Mr. Barnes. "I’ll speak with them now." "Thank you for...
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Black Library and the navy in novels - http://www.blacklibrary.com/Downloads/Product/PDF//s/shadowpoint.pdf http://saturnfive.us/ships/battlefleet-gothic.d/RULES-PDFs.d/
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War & Locomotives - Early XX Century by Carlos Briz - *Austro-Daimler Armored Car* Figures - Pendraken and Thoroughbred Houses - POLA, Faller Vehicles - Shapeways *Austro-Hungarian Armored Train* Figures -...
1 month ago -
European Knight in helmet bust by Fin - Here we have another bust sculpted by my brother and painted by myself. Any questions or comments are most welcome. Thanks for looking Michael.
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COLLECTION SALE - Hi, and thanks for checking out the page dealing with the Collection Sale. This is a collection I am selling on behalf of a client of my painting service, ...
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Finally... - ...only taken me five months! Khurasan 15mm 'War-Force Reserve' troopers, soon to be the subject of a kickstarter campaign with several very interesting st...
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Reposted: Rossbach Prussian Flags Project - Flags of Prussian Infantry Regiment 23 von Forcade - First raised 1713. Stationed in Konigsvörstadt and Spandau, suburbs of Berlin, between 1716 and 1806. Regarded as something of an elite regiment. "Major-Ge...
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WIP: Necromunda Terrain.... - I wish they'd modeled the stuff in two layers: a pipes 'n' wires layer and a grate layer. Still, it looks great when it's finished! So, other hobbyists who...
1 month ago -
Building a Cthulhu Shrine - I've been trying to finish up some of those projects that seem to have been started years ago but never completed. With that goal in mind, I've finally f...
1 month ago -
Renaissance Reinforcements (and more) - I had some painting time yesterday, so I finished up the other three pikemen, all in unusually subdued colors for this project, loosely inspired by the Med...
1 month ago -
Oriskany 1777 (3) - By turn 8 the fight is well and truly on. Herkimer’s force had pushed a bridgehead over the creek to tackle the Provincials and Rangers, while the rest of...1 month ago
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naval ship build - ready for action ... - *Finished the naval ship....* A good coat of battleship grey and some faded brown for the decks. I used a black marker pen to add the portholes, and a fine...
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Life Goes On - A dear friend of mine whose husband died of cancer a week before my own beloved Madame Padre passed away last November said something wise to me. “You ...1 month ago
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French and Egypt bits and pieces - I'm trying to finish off my French Revolution and Egypt figures, particularly the French forces. I have been part way through for months two units of Hussa...
1 month ago -
The figures are nice but not the most interesting thing... - These were a reasonably recent eBay purchase. Good original figures nicely painted in a style which matches well with mine. Though I must have at least a...
1 month ago -
Walls from Empress Miniatures - *To complement my Caribbean pirate town I recently painted up a set of walls that I ordered together with the Spanish Church from Empress Miniatures.* Sim...
1 month ago -
Skirmish 2018: Vietnam Search and Rescue - So I've managed to get behind on my posts again but better late than never eh? Back in March I put together a 28mm Vietnam game for my club. The game bac...
1 month ago -
Cangames Aftermath Report - by Paul K Smith - Intro: Paul asked me to post his report to my blog and it seems like a win-win situation. I get to add some content and Paul writes a post for me. Please ...
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Good people doing cool things… - Just read an email from one of the original DFG Kickstarter backers, James. James helped me out quite a bit in my KS giving feedback, making videos and j...
1 month ago -
AvP: Unleashed - USCM Minigun Support Squad - I have completed another squad. Enjoy. For more details about the Minigunners check the previous post.
1 month ago -
40mm zen garden and WIP - My latest terrain piece for my 40mm samurai collection: The bamboo wall is made from a strip of place mat, the path and zen rock garden are sculpted from ...
1 month ago -
Failures and Successes with the 3D Printer - I've been trying to 3D print various things for the last couple of weeks, mainly miniatures in different scales, to test the ability of my Sparkmaker to co...
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Regimental Fire and Fury ACW game - Played an American Civil War game today, finally got my collection out after 4 years sitting in boxes. Great game with Mark Piper based upon a scenario fro...
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Dark Sun Dwarf - 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...
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Fanatic Enterprises FE10 An Abandoned Army AAR - A now defunct scenario designer and supplier Fanatic Enterprises produced a truck load of scenario packs over the years. Paul Kenny has the knack of produc...
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Paint Table Saturday: Byzantines, tempting figures,models from the past and an art blog - So, it is another Royal Wedding today and, luckily, the Old Bat will be glued to the TV all day, enabling me to get a decent amount of painting done. T...
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Return to Chaos Renegades...2nd Squad Complete - Hi all, I'm finally emerging from the post Old World Army Challenge painting slump and managed to finish a couple of Chaos Renegades. Finishing these two ...
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Shadows over Camelot finally complete - and on eBay - may16_2018 - I have been working on painting this game since March 2008. I gave up on them on March 24th, 2008 and said that hopefully I'd return to them later. About...2 months ago
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Refight of the Battle of Puebla, May 5th 1862 - Some of you may recall I ran this game at Historicon back in *2012* (I can't believe it has been six years!). I finally got this back on the table and hope...
2 months ago -
Disposable Heroes - Latest Game in 1/72 Scale - On Saturday afternoon my mate Alejandro invited us to his house and we got together with another of our gaming buddies, Juan, and managed to get in a good ...
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New url for the forum - The new url for the Impetus forum is http://impetus.darkbb.com/2 months ago
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Fortis Integrated Command and Control - Meliputi setiap sensor dan titik kontrol - Fortis adalah Sistem Pengendalian Keamanan yang terintegrasi penuh yang mendukung pengambilan keputusan dan perintah dan kontrol area luas secara real tim...
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Fireforge Byzantines Part 1 - This, my Byzantine blog, was my second blog and first appeared (a few days after my Spartan one) back in November 2005. At the time, with the purchase ...
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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...
2 months ago -
Terrain setup for 15mm wargame - Here are some shots of a battlefield I set up in about 30 minutes. It will feature a Russian attack vs. French defense in the Napoleonic era. Everything is...
2 months ago -
The Host of Angband (thus far) plus more Elf conversions - I've been busy with my 'Silmarils Rampant' project, both doing some more Elf conversions and painting some evil models. Here are the latest Elves, this tim...
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A few figure comparison pics - With the recent release of Artizan's first mounted Bengal Cavalry for their Second Afghan War range, Jeff Baumal AKA: Sgt. Guiness asked me how the figure...
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Saga of Painting WTJ Ships - Part 2 - 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...
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Funcken - [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? Lilian...2 months ago
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Warner's Extra-Continental Regiment "Green Mountain Boys" - After seeing Giles Alison's superb version of the green mountain boys here many moons ago I knew that I had to do my own version.When painting for the h...
2 months ago -
L'Art De La Guerre (ADLG) - I bought these rules recently and read through them once. I have two standing armies (Vikings and Anglo-Saxons). Each army is 25mm and over 100 figures eac...
2 months ago -
Rewrite of Fighting in Built Up Area Rules - For the past month or so we have tried to update the existing rules for combat in a built up area. The problem we have experienced is that the rules aff...
2 months ago -
Richard as Duke - A Yorkist command base for the War of the Roses game at the Falkirk wargames show.
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Can the Sellswords make it to the castle? - Apart from Kings of War (where I run a human army anyway) I have never been into fantasy games. Recently, I have warmed to the idea. Even more recently Gan...
2 months ago -
bonecron converted-redemptor-dreadnought - This is not my work. It belongs to Bocete and I post it here as a reference for my own conversion. Brilliant choice of colour and posing. Take a look at...
2 months ago -
More WIP - Today I am doing a Baal Predator. I have been feeling pretty excited about painting lately and have been working my skills with the Airbrush. Of course...
2 months ago -
Cult of Slaanesh - Dark Elf Sorceress - 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...
2 months ago -
"The Back Alley Boys!" - NEW FROM "MIRACLE PICTURES!!!" *"If it's a good picture, then IT'S A MIRACLE!!!"* *"THE BACK ALLEY BOYS!"* "The Back Alley Boys!" - The newest boys advent...
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More WIP table pics - Hi gents, A few more pics the table has moved on slightly since these were takin with antique studding added to the leather so just to add the glass to the...
2 months ago -
Salute 2018 - I was so upset that I was unable to make Salute 2018 this year, especially after spending the last six months preparing for it only to find work commitme...
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A long overdue update - August 2015 was the last time I posted here.... almost 3 years ago! I finally got the shed to the point (after 4 years!) where everything could be moved int...
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Nazis and Dinosaurs in the Lost World - *The fascination with dinosaurs continues....* After Operation High Jump in 1947 finally discovered and captured the main Nazi cave entrances to the Hollow...
3 months ago -
Weekly updates - #13-16 (Dog Bowl VI) - Hi. Nothing to see here. Haven't spent any time playing games or painting/assembling/converting minis. Take a look at this sad scene from my dusty work sp...
3 months ago -
Wargaming the Barbarian Kingdoms (6th and 7th century) - Part 3, Franks under Merovingian Rule - The Franks, of course, are those Germanic tribes that were in the area previously called Gaul, and soon to become called France. In the period we are look...
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Large Rust Shack - This is the Rust Large Shack and the last piece that I ordered from Impudent Mortal so far. As you can see its pretty big compared to the other pieces...
3 months ago -
CRISIS POINT 2018 - Richard P's AAR's - Links to the four parts of my Crisis Point 2018 AAR http://atomicrenegade.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/crisis-point-2018-part-one.html http://atomicrenegade.bl...
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What a Tanker Bits to Download - With What a Tanker released, we thought we’d provide a few bits to help run your games. So, without further ceremony, here are the following: WATdashboard1...3 months ago
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A number of battles with Nick - Despite plans to start a regular evening DBA meeting this year, it’s yet to happen, but I have caught up with Nick for a number of enjoyable games. One bac...3 months ago
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The Danish invasion of 1898... - Scouts have found the invaders... The Major General rallies the troops in defence. A local photographer catches the Danish Lifeguard. Corporal Jones see the...
3 months ago -
The Bongolesian Air Force (TO&E) - Introduction: The Bongolesian Air Force (BAF), is the primary (and only) military air arm of Bongolesia. While the Army uses helicopters in some of their g...
3 months ago -
A Long Time Ago.... - I've been a Star Wars fan ever since my 11 year old imagination got carried away by that Star Destroyer looming onto the screen firing at Princess Leia's c...
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Blackmoore's Dragoons for Tomorrow's War - Blackmoore's Dragoons (Platoon) Troop Quality.....................................................D8-D10 Morale.................................................3 months ago
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Franco-Prussian War with Piquet Field of Battle (2nd edition) - It’s been a busy year with work and the rest of life. Fortunately I was saved from another day of work by our local game guru, Ian (of Warflag fame). He in...3 months ago
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2018 Update! - Yep, I am still alive! So, it has been almost nine months since I posted anything. Well, my work has been overruling my personal life and I lost my mojo ...3 months ago
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Chintoys 54mm plastic Mounted Confederate Leaders - I picked up this set before the Union set as they are expensive and the subjects are better riding horses than the Union set. Lee and Jackson look more com...
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More from the Naseby Project - In January the Naseby Project were invited by Historic Royal Palaces to showcase Phil’s wargame model of the battle at a games event they were hosting at t...3 months ago
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Wings of 100 Years - To celebrate 100 years of the RAF, founded on April Fools Day 1918, I organised a couple of games of Wings of War. 4 a side, with one plane each. Getting t...
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Watch the Mac Fam stream D&D Live on Twitch Tuesdays and Sundays! - If you want to hear the Steve and Sean O get real nerdy with Dungeons and Dragons, the team is now streaming games live! Check us out on our Twitch page at...3 months ago
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VIII Painting Challenge is over :-( - Time flies and three months later Curt's Annual Painting Challenge is (sadly) over. This is my third year participating and probably the one I've enjoyed...
3 months ago -
HELSREACH: The Movie - Vol. 1 - So I’ve had a bunch of requests for this and I figured with 10 episodes in the can, now would be a good time to do it.
3 months ago -
Three Cyclop giants. Monster March. - These three lads are from Puppets War, made of resin and, they have a ton of character. Well done to the sculptor for these excellent designs. I have had t...
3 months ago -
Things are rumbling along! - So, the launch of the Kickstarter for my book ARMIES & LEGIONS & HORDES went off with a bang! It funded in three hours, and has continued to go great gun...
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The Forces Assemble . . . The Americans - While my painted up Soviet force is mostly compliant with the Red Thunder lists, the Americans are less so. This is mostly because the force came from my...
3 months ago -
Give ma a tousend of tousend....ideas - The biggest Problem is, to work on so much projects. Last time i sort my workbench. There are some pics about. Next step, i have to sort the Projects.....
4 months ago -
The Sword and the Stars boardgame mini-game. - *Introduction* The Sword and the Stars is a science fiction boardgame with similar concepts to Empire of the Middle Ages (my favourite multiplayer boardgame...
4 months ago -
Against The Giants, Part II - As promised, I'm back. The image hosting issues have been thankfully resolved, so here is part deux of Against The Giants (on the cheap). After the Steadin...
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Feb/March Post. Late Feb 2018 blog - I know I said I was getting on with minis but while climbing the lead mountain I found these kits at the foot of the mountain thought about them then gave ...
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Red Barricades Once More - Advanced Squad Leader - Mal and I have returned to Stalingrad after I inconveniently moved to Ireland for a year. We decided to restart Red Barricades Campaign Game III, and have ...
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Saga – Comparing the Anglo-Danish Between Versions - My favorite faction in the the first version of *Saga* were the Anglo-Danes. The ability to have those Danish axes were what made it for me. (Of course, th...4 months ago
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The age of the Condottieri - The Age of the Condottieri supplement now available. Free download at THIS LINK
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SAGA 2nd Edition - SAGA 2nd Edition is here. Joseph and I met up at Mages' Sanctum to give it a try. We went with a classic match-up, Vikings versus Anglo-Danes, and tried ...4 months ago
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Testing miniature photography with my good old GUO... - I made several test shots of my Great Unclean One miniature using light tent, tripod and "daylight" bulbs... This particular photo has been quickly edited ...
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Czechoslovakian 1938 Fast Division in 1988 - the Reconnaisance battalion - To recap - in 1938, the Fast Division was structured with 2 Tank Battalions and 2 Motorised Infantry Battalions, plus a Recconnaissance battalions and var...4 months ago
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Long Time No See - Oh hello, fancy seeing you here. It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything (almost a year in fact and well over a year since I’ve posted any new mod...
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Drybrushing Tutorial – Which Paint Brand is Best? - One item that I neglected to mention in my previous drybrushing post was the importance in selecting the right paint for the job. Whether you select Reaper...
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Armée Maya - Et voici ma nouvelle armée pour ADG. Des Mayas, peints par Siaba. Du très beau boulot ! Ya plus qu'à les jouer !
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Gates for Gasland Death Races - I’ve played a couple of games of the new Gaslands from Osprey publishing. It’s been great fun so far and I’ve been spending an awful lot of time converti...4 months ago
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TMWWBK - Sudan Battle Report - The British advancing on the village A battle report of a recent TMWWBK game can be found at Robafetts site
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Small men, big month - It has been forever since I've had motivation to paint, which is unfortunate. But what is fortunate, is that I got over myself a little regarding that, and...
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Figurine Hobby Shop - SAGA ÂGE DES VIKINGS. - Merci à l'équipe d'Hobby Shop pour cette belle fig, qui sera mon seigneur Russe Payen. ;-)
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GHQ Guardsmen - I have posted this listing from the Walthers catalogue before and I am now indebted to Bob D from the States for sending me the following pictures of th...
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Barsoom: Small Martian Flyer - This is the RedVectors Small Martian Flyer, as seen in my post ‘SPACE 1889: Small Martian Flyer.’ It’s 7″ long, with a bit of crowding, you can fit 12 figu...
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Touching base..January update - Well we are now into February already and it’s time to check in on the past month to fill in the gaps not covered by the past few posts. The Painting an...
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Artúricos para SAGA V - Pues un punto mas para mi banda de Britanos y ya son cinco, esta vez son Commanipulares (guardias). La idea es poner a dos ellos como compañeros del Warlord...
5 months ago -
Exploring worlds - off the gaming table... - I'm too embarrassed to look at the date of my last blog post - it must have been months ago! To be honest, I haven't given the blog much thought for severa...5 months ago
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The Elves !!!! - 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...
5 months ago -
Giant Gorillas and Tattoos - The Drowned Earth have just shared another couple of paintjobs I did for them so I guess it’s only right that I pop them up here on the blog, with some bon...
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Victrix War Elephant part 2 - I filled the very small gaps in the elephant body halves and filed them. These were not gaping holes by any means and I only needed a bit of Games Work...
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Damnation - Got to the club the other night and tripped on a carpet runner. Result one box of plastic miniatures dropped. Broken shields, heads, javelins, swords and ho...
5 months ago -
Tinkering with... M7 Priest “kangaroo” conversion - Following on from the Company B Priests recently finished (see my flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/troop-of-shewe/albums) , I decided to have a go at ...
5 months ago -
D&D: Lair of the Necromancer - Howdie. My oldest daughter has been interested in playing Dungeons and Dragons. Because it was what I gamed as a kid, and somehow I still remembered most...
5 months ago -
10mm Pendraken 19th Century figures: A small review – Part 1 - I got a few figures from Pendraken recently to have a look-see after buying the Bloody Big Battles rules for the mid 19th Century. Having chatted to Leon o...5 months ago
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Flemish town buildings (I) - So we're back! A long enforced hiatus between postings, as I've been focussing my time on transferring the Steel Fist Miniatures business from Oliver - who...
5 months ago -
Perry Miniatures plastic Zulus: Part 1 - I have a lot of unpainted Zulus but none of them are really satisfactory. Empress' British metals are marvellous but their Zulus are small, anatomicall...
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A Little Catch-up - Hi there, Aside from huge cases of life, we SC Warhammerers have been quite busy on the gaming front. SC John has been busy painting various things and sc...
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Ain't It The Way.... - After a long haitus I dug out my camera and boxes of painted toys only to find my camera doesn't work anymore..... So I made an attempt with my android, and...
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The Wargaming Compendium - Some wargames books are simply a pleasure to read. Henry Hyde’s Wargaming Compendium falls into that category. I recently invested in a hardback copy of th...6 months ago
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The Final Battle Report - Don't panic, Mr. Mainwaring! Don't panic! It's just the final battle report for 2017! Well, this was supposed to have been posted before the end of las...
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Book Review: China and the West by William Edward Soothill - China and the West by William Edward SoothillSubtitled: A Short History of Their Contact from Ancient Times to the Fall of the Manchu Dynasty I have been ...
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Back home... - ...and rather surprised to see all my Photobucket-hosted photos still on the blog. Who knows what's going on - did I somehow renew my account automatica...6 months ago
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VSF One Man Dirigible - This screw powered one man dirigible is a VSF delight to battle foes in the Back of Beyond, over the Red Planet or as some sort of diesel punk version of ...
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Probsthain for Lasalle. The Scenario - *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...
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A post already and it's only January! - Tried to get a last one in before 2017 ended and the world went to pot again, but I've managed to keep up my batting average and missed it completely. Not...
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Review of 2017 - Well, it's that time of year again. For those of you still following, if you haven't noticed a distinct downward trend over the past year or two, I'm su...6 months ago
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This is the Night - “I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I ha...6 months ago
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15 mm Mirliton - Dragon PS - The first post of 2018 features some incredible brushwork from an artist at Dragon Painting Service of Hong Kong. It is simply stunning work with hand pain...6 months ago
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2017 Games Played Overview [draft] - see https://boardgamegeek.com/plays/bygame/user/zorcon/subtype/All/start/2017-01-01/end/2017-12-31 maybe do a 2016 post retroactive or later in january?6 months ago
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2018 Hobby Reset - 2017 was a different year for me regarding this hobby. I played a lot of different games (21 different systems/rules!), drifting away from some previously...6 months ago
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On the painting table: January 2018 - Germans, surprisingly enough. I reckon that I'll need one more war band like this and that will give me enough of the standard line of warriors for a dece...
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Painted Miniatures and Surplus GHQ for sale on eBay - It's been a tough year for painting and I've done very little (thanks primarily to my wonderful back!). Over the past couple of years my appetite for pain...
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Message to my customers - Hello customers Seasons greetins, I will be moving addresses next week, please contact me via dan.dunbar@hotmail.com before sending anthing in the mail, pa...6 months ago
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Merry Christmas/ Bah Humbug 2017 and an update! - *A brief update from a muddy field in rural Ireland..........* *Ray"The Orangutan" Rousell" reminded me that some people(maybe just one or two of you.......
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War of the Ring Batrep: The Red Fortress Ministry of Truth - It’s been a while. But when Arnulf (famed war-correspondent from the Red Fortress Ministry off Truth) got in touch about hosting a Batrep, I quickly agree...6 months ago
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Sharing the hobby - It's been years now, I've started to inch back into the hobby... albeit somewhat slowly and extremely limited. I suppose we never really leave the hobby on...6 months ago
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Waterloo: A refight using BLUCHER rules - Rowan and I played a great game of Blücher today refighting Waterloo. I obtained the scenario from HERE: HONOUR BLUCHER SCENARIO BUCKET Here is some photos ...
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Epilogue - 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. ...7 months ago
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Belgian Force Publique Uniforms - Here are a couple of shots I took of Belgian Force Publique uniforms in the Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire in Brussels. They appear to...
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New Releases - December 2017 - Hi Folks!Time for some new releases! This time we got some two packs of new Undead Orcs, four 1/300 aircrafts, MDF bases and something new - Elton's perso...
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Squat heavy weapons team - Hi all - inspired by the fact that the Warhammer World New Year Open Day will soon be upon us, and that for the last few years I've been asked to display...
7 months ago -
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...7 months ago
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Basmati's Hill Fort and Plain of Sorrows Battles - *THE NAWAB BASMATI'S LAST STAND?* Date: 2 December, 1757 (2017) Location: Southeast India, The Carnatic, Near Arcot Situation: The Battle for Basmati's Hil...
7 months ago -
NEW RANGE: Romanians for WW2 - Already leaked in a couple of forums and finally ready for release is a complete new range! Subject is the *Romanian Army of World War Two*. The miniatu...
7 months ago -
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...
7 months ago -
Schwarzwdorf Recovered? - A mean and bloody battle.Vorlund hung on while Vandenburg cracked on turn 8. Played with M&R rules.
7 months ago -
Well well well! - Yes, once again, I have resurrected this blog from the dead. And it has been dead for some time now. My gaming has continued though and I have been frequen...
7 months ago -
Black Scorpion Pirates Showcase - Just had to show these bad boys off... Well, not quite these bad boys... The Pirate line from Black Scorpion Beautifully sculpted makes painting them easy ...
7 months ago -
Frostgrave warband - Some pics of my first Frostgrave warband. This group is from a variety of sources, and heavily customized. Here's some of the raw material for conversion: ...8 months ago
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Hobby Tricks: Prepping symbols, Sticks and BLOOD! - TJ here to share a couple of basic things I have used/ noticed that have helped me save time or just plain kicked ass. Let's take a look. So the Alpha le...
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Gonzo Sci-Fantasy - What is it? - Hello all, It's been a bit since I blogged on gaming in general. Life has taken over and I am pretty sure that blogs have been relegated to a bit of an o...8 months ago
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Tau of War Masterpiece Commissions: Cypher - Cypher is a hunted man. The Dark Angel Interrogator Chaplains are relentless in their pursuit, following every lead no matter how bizarre. Cypher cannot fa...
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END OF YEAR SALE : up to 40% off. - END OF THE YEAR SALE. up to 40% off plus free models. HI everyone, we are starting our end of the year sale a little early this year to make sure we get al...
8 months ago -
Rorke’s Drift Ready To Go - It’s been a long process, working on my Anglo-Zulu War Armies, and although the figures are all painted (and have been for nearly 10 years) they still awai...8 months ago
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Rorke’s Drift Ready To Go - It’s been a long process, working on my Anglo-Zulu War Armies, and although the figures are all painted (and have been for nearly 10 years) they still awai...8 months ago
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Ctrl-Alt-Del: the Day after Crisis - What better time to restart this blog than what is to me the watershed moment of the gaming year: the Crisis show by the Tin Soldiers of Antwerp. Right now...8 months ago
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It's One Hundred and One Years Since The Pennine Fusiliers Disappeared - Today sees the one hundred and first anniversary of the disappearance of the 13th Battalion of the Pennine Fusiliers from the Somme. Popular myth has it...
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Completed Deff Dread for Dreadtober 2017 - 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...8 months ago
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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...8 months ago
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Easy ACW Fences . . .Which is more better? - I need more wood fences for 10mm ACW battlefields. I don't want to buy, I want to make. And I want simple . . . not fiddly and fragile fences made from i...
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The Teasers - *Word Document* *JPG's of the original article (be warned - they're quite big!)* *Teaser Title* *Teaser Description* *February '78 (Battle)* *Page 1 (1.8Mb...8 months ago
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Cerignola 1503 - Derby Worlds Report - I counted them all out, and I counted them all back. All of the Italian Wars figures and terrain pieces are back in their cabinets and I'm glad to report t...9 months ago
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Saxons, Dwarves, and a Bunch of Terrain Stuff - Hello Tasteful Viewer, It's been awhile since I've posted, so I have a lot of stuff to post. First up are ten Renegade Saxons. Twelve Renegade Saxon arch...
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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 ...
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Painting Fall 2016 - Fall saw me switching gears pretty radically from power armor to organic. I wanted to make Tyranids work in 7th edition. They where dog meat and not at al...
9 months ago -
Pipping the Ride - So while waiting on the new paint brushes and paints I started looking at what kind of tanks I want to use with my Tank Rider Platoon, and the Soviets offe...
9 months ago -
Steel Fist Miniatures - As some of you will know by now, I'm the new owner of the Steel Fist Miniatures business. I've known Oliver, the business founder and sculptor, for a few ...
9 months ago -
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 ...9 months ago
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3D printed Dropzone Commander buildings - A couple of early prototypes of the 3D printed buildings I'm designing for Dropzone Commander:
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Blasthof 50th Anniversary - The immortal words: *"You must destroy the bridge at Blasthof. Failing that, you must prevent it's capture by the Imperial Army until nightfall on 26th Sept...
9 months ago -
Things and Sculpting: Footguards and Stuff - 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'...
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My very own Spanish interlude - Almost three years gone... and my Spanish Ulcer is still playing up. Although I've not based any more minis, I've recently bought a couple of hundred more ...10 months ago
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WSS - Livgarden til Fods - I am just about to start painting the Livgarde til Fods for my reboot of my WSS project but I have a couple of questions that need answering, so I am makin...
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Battlegroup: Sniper and Recon Platoon Command (German). - My first painted miniatures for 2017 and they aren't even this best painted. Better said these are the worst painted ever. Oke I never was I great painter ...
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Lord Carver, BMMD - And, what better model to finish up this stretch of photobox fun, than the Lord Carver himself? I actually painted him a few months before I did that mass ...
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Spiked Shoe Cup - result = fake news trophy winner (2/14) - This past Saturday I traveled out to Kitchener/Waterloo region again to support my buddy Grant who took over running the Blingtoof/Foul Frenzy tournament...
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15mm / 20mm MDF urban terrain kickstarter - I have backed my first kickstarter, and one that is in Australia. It is a modular MDF urban terrain system that can be purchased in either 15mm or 20mm sc...11 months ago
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Hussite War Wagons - War wagons are one of those things I've often wanted but had shied away from for many years. I think I bought the first of these at a show where there wa...
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BUA (Built Up Area) templates. - I had recently refurbished a number of older structures and constructed new ones for ancient and musket era use and as buildings are now individually based...
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Is There Still a Crisis in Alcovia? - Since the declaration of a cease fire in 2012, the kingdom of Alcovia has remained in a tenuous state of peace which has been called an "Civil Cold War" by...
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Brushing away the cobwebs. - Forgive me father, for it has been over two and a half year's since my last Grymn related post... ... but that is about to change. Sadly, there hasn't bee...
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Review 3 Peluang Bisnis Sederhana - Akhirnya cara yang jujur untuk menghasilkan uang secara online. Lelah peluang bisnis yang tidak memberikan apa yang mereka janjikan? Kami telah meninjau ...
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Rough Riders On Mars! Chapter 31 – Plotting Our Course - *Chapter 31 –* *Plotting Our Course* “Well, it has been an eventful few weeks here.” I began, “There have been many changes and I think we need to evalua...
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Trying 8th Edition - So after a two edition hiatus the new 40k and its positive internet reception has lured me back in. The calls went out to the old group that hadn'...
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Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!1 year ago
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Armageddon x 7 - Played a massive 7 person game of Shadow war Armageddon. A fun game with a great group of people, some great figures and great terrain.
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Summer 1001 - Apocalypse Now - "My Emperor," the messenger announced, "I have news of the war with the Mangu hordes." The Emperor paused briefly as he swallowed the soft flesh of the nec...
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Happy 4th of July - Wow, it's been almost a year since the last post, pretty unacceptable. For my American readers (if I have any left) I have a quick quiz, how many of you kn...
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First Hard Sci-Fi Building Project - I went to Sarissa Precision for my first hard Sci-Fi buildings. I wanted a "anywhere use" module look so they came at the top of the list online that would...
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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...1 year ago
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8th Edition Impressions: Core Rules - *by SandWyrm* Since I now have my 8th Edition hardcover in hand, I'm going to start going through it and posting my thoughts on this new version of 40K. W...
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Zulu attack - Recently we had a game of TMWWBK using our Zulu wars figures. This was just a trial game for the Southern Strategists game that was played just a few days ...
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TMWWBK Zulu game - Our last game was our first group game of TMWWBK rules from Osprey. Zulus attacking the British in a defencive position much like Rorke's Drift. The Britis...
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Konwent gier bitewnych GLADIUS (16-18.06.2017) - Serdecznie zapraszamy na zbliżający się konwent. Poniżej plan wydarzenia: PIĄTEK 16.06.2017 17.00 - 20.00 Systemy: - Cold War Commander - Infinity Wydarz...1 year ago
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79. Adventurers, Ready and Waiting... - ...and waiting. And waiting. It's been a long time between updates, yet again. Here are some Lost World style adventurers I recently painted. They are ...
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Manfaat Olive Oil yang wajib kamu ketahui - Minyak oliva memiliki angkutan zat makanan E yang teramat berlimpah gizi E tunggal amat berperan penting yang merupakan zat makanan kulit, sehingga kita bi...
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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...
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Pulp Alley: The Leagues - Doctor Borgstrom's Laboratory - Been quiet on the blog recently but in the meantime I have managed to paint up another Pulp Alley League. I present Doctor C.Y. Borgstrom and minions..... ...
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Games for Historicon 2017 - The countdown to Historicon continues and I’m still painting 3mm guys at every opportunity. Stay tuned for more photos of the latest progress. In the mean...1 year ago
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19 part 2.... As I missed 18 out - Hobby News ... No games this week, 4 sleeps til LARPCommission Painting .... Started 27 Norman knights for Simon Millerown Painting... Base painted some gl...1 year ago
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Next Up: Republic Romans - This summer I will be returning to a favored project which I was satisfied with: The Roman Republic. This linchpin of the period fights with or against a...1 year ago
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Bolt Action & Battle of Kursk at Adepticon - I wanted to take a sec to share some recent Bolt Action activities that I’ve been involved in! Rich at Chicago Terrain Factory and I ran our 2nd year of ...
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Reactivating in 3, 2, 1.... - So It's been quite a while since I posted anything on my blogs. after moving out here i found it hard to game. I worked evening(2:30pm -11:00pm) and all t...
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28mm Napoleonic Bavarian Cheveauleger and Dragoons - These lads are from Front Rank. Bavarian 1st Dragoons Bavarian Konig Cheveauleger
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I'll Bet You Forgot About Me - ...and I don't blame you, really. It's only been *several years* since I updated this thing. But hey, 8th Edition is about to drop, and if you remember way...
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Modelling magazines'...front covers for inspiration...Military Modelling, Wargames Illustrated and Practical Wargamer... - Greetings all... I for one am someone who thinks now and again...as often as you can...should say thank you... Also we should regularly salute our pears -...
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Frontline Games: Cobblestone Roads & Sections – How to paint. - Painting My Cobblestone Road Sections I recently acquired some Frontline Games Cobblestone Roads & Square sections. They are made of a flexible & soft PV...1 year ago
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Battlegroup Tobruk Goes Strong into the Desert - Pavlov's dogs, famously, were conditioned to salivate when hearing a bell which they associated with food. I have been similarly conditioned to associate...
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Gringo 40's Will Be at Salute 2017 Tomorrow! - Well tomorrow is the Big Day…Salute 2017…and we will be there! Be sure to come and meet El Jefe himself and to check out our exciting range of wargame figu...
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Chaos Knight 1 : On va commencer par lui mettre un genoux à terre ! - C'est encore long, mais c'est deux fois plus court que le live FB. Les phases accélérées le sont en x8. Elles pourraient l'être en x20, voire même être su...
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GENERAL D'ARMEE - *General d'Armee* Napoleonic rules will be on display at Salute 22nd April 2017. We'll be presenting part of the *Battle of Dresden 1813* with 15mm figure...
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Random Workbench - After a catastrophe that saw the disappearance of all photos taken over the last few years, vacations and family photos included, I was looking to see w...
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The haunted book - Around 1990 I worked at an antiquarian bookshop. I didn't get much money out of it, but I bought a lot of books. Some books contained ghost stories, some w...1 year ago
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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...1 year ago
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Giraffey paints something shocker... - SW Starship Miniature Battles A-Wings repainted (on account of the FFG ones being the wrong scale) - 3 for Green Squadron and 1 for the Prototype. By a h...
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Keyword - Keyword belajar bahasa inggris online bahasa inggris online cara belajar bahasa inggris online belajar online bahasa inggris belajar bahasa inggris online ce...1 year ago
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Roads Reflocked - I bought a tonne of roads and rivers from an eBay seller called Fat Frank. They are great but I didn't realise they would come already painted and flocked ...
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All Spider-man Miniature Game rules - As Knight have removed all of the Marvel content from their website, I am trying to gather it all together so people still have access to it. Today is th...
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21 Rahasia untuk Sukses Bisnis Waralaba - 1) mengevaluasi Anda toleransi risiko Membuka bisnis baru adalah prospek yang menakutkan. Ada banyak risiko pribadi, profesional dan keuangan untuk mempe...
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MISSING: ONE CLIENT - Are you M. Taylor of Cardiff? If so, we have lost touch and need urgently to regain such. I have your models you see, the work is done and all that is nee...1 year ago
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Blood Eagle - First Warband. - Pointed up the first warband for Blood Eagle. A pretty simple process but each individual needs to be thought about and the figure looked at. Meet the s...
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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...
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MDF Buildings, first crack. - It's been a long time since I posted to my blog so I have lots to cover. First off I'd like to discuss MDF buildings. These are 3mm flat MDF boards that ar...
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X-Wing JumpMaster5000 - Hi all Here is my repainted from stock version JumpMaster5000. Spellscape Miniatures blog
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Grasping the nettle. - *Well, it has been a while (understatement of the day so far...) Below is my first faltering steps into what I hope/intend will be Europe's "back story" (u...1 year ago
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Mythic Battles v2.9 - Latest file below: mbp-beta-rule-book-v2-9-download As always, please comment on this in the official forums.1 year ago
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Stalingrad Pt5: Combined Ops - After a seemingly refreshing break from the bloggasphere, Stalingrad is back! While the previous games had been some classic infantry attacks, we noted t...
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first 3d prints - I bought a 3d printer, the Cetus3D, and here are the first results, going to use it mainly for producing terrain pieces. more to follow
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Honours of War - Today I played a scenario from One Hour Wargames using Keith Flints SYW rules Honours of War published by Osprey. The Eisenburgers in white had to hold b...
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Brickman Recon Marine 1970 Vietnam - Ich habe ein neues Hobby gefunden ........ich missbrauche unschuldige Lego Figuren aus meiner Kindheit und mache daraus Figuren des Todes ! :-) Mein erstes...
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Chivalry - Medieval Warfare PS4 - I am very conscious of my continued sporadic posts of late and that my much heralded return has fallen somewhat flat. However, here I am and I thought I'd s...
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A Painter's Disease - In our childhood we used enamel paints and our bedrooms often reeked with the smell of paint and thinners. Its not so bad these days: most painting is do...1 year ago
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Blood Bowl: Miniature Size Comparisons Orcs - Now for Part II of the size comparison between the models in Blood Bowl 2016 and previous releases. From left to right I have aligned the 2nd Edition Plast...
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Martian Handling Machine - colours - HG Wells has the Martian craft as metallic. Problem there is that could be a bit dull, especially as the bridge girder work will be the same. So how to jaz...
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Silver Tower Ogroid Thaumaturge and familiars finished - I finally finished the Ogroid and familiars... I decided to do 4, since the info I could find online suggested that's all you need in the game. Anyway, it...
1 year ago -
Dark Heresy RPG group miniatures built - I finished building the characters my friends played in our last Dark Heresy campaign. Pyrokine Thug Gemma and Deathwatch Veteran Triakis Rogue Trader A...
1 year ago -
Caesarean Roman Project I - I wrote this article about my Caesarean roman project for Warlord Games a few days ago. It's the second one in a series showing how I'm collecting and pa...1 year ago
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The harder they fall. A Supers battle report. - Today I have for you a little game enjoyed at Casa Erny some time ago. Turning it into a comic report felt like I good idea but it sure did take long. Neve...
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Sketches ON SALE - ON SALE http://www.ebay.es/itm/252634365959?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
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UPDATED: Competitive Tau Tournament List (1850) - It has been quite some time since I played Warhammer 40k. I've been very busy with RL. But next weekend my group is having another tournament. I took out ...
1 year ago -
Death Guard Progress - So in an effort to keep my blog alive, filling it with imagery and witty pose (don't laugh...wait maybe you should i'm supposed to be witty) I thought it w...
1 year ago -
Campaign dressed Poles - We've been working on developing Poles in campaign uniforms that can be used for Retreat from Moscow, Germany in 1813 and the Peninsular. The idea was to ...
1 year ago -
Zombicide: Black Plague - Hi guys, After a very long hiatus, I am back swinging a brush. I love miniature painting and catching up with mates to play a game. Not as much of that ...
1 year ago -
Spooky Robots - OK, this blog post will be posted after Halloween, but Halloween was close enough for our club for hold a Halloween themed Warmachine tournament on the 30t...
1 year ago -
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...
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Dreadtober painting and playing with oil - I didn't progress as well as I had hoped for in the Dreadtober challenge. I was supposed to be ready with the painting and the base this week but I have be...
1 year ago -
5 months on - and back to some gaming (part 2) - *A blast from the past*Picking up where I left off last weekend, I thought I would start with a quick trip back to one of the old gaming weekends we held a...
1 year ago -
Farewell, strike the tent - A final entry here for Saxe-Bearstein. On October 2, 2016 the originator of this blog, Bluebear Jeff Hudelson, started on his journey to the Summerlands....
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Paintus Interruptus - I will be moving within the next few months. Hobby stuff is back on hold while I pack all my crap and sell my place.1 year ago
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The Great Blue Bear now on his way to the summerlands. - Emperor vs Elector readers, one of the originators of this group blog, Jeff aka Blue Bear of Saxe-Bearstein has passed away. Jeff had been in hospital sinc...
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Horizon Wars - 2nd Game - I'm surprised Google hasn't deleted this blog yet. Anyway, I have been kicking around a lot of different rulesets lately, trying to find something I like....
1 year ago -
Another chance to catch Karl for FREE - This weekend there will be another chance to download the first book of Karl's adventures for *FREE* on Amazon Kindle. The Kindle edition will be free to d...
1 year ago -
Halo Ground Command: 15mm Covenant forces - … The post Halo Ground Command: 15mm Covenant forces appeared first on Model Dads' blog.1 year ago
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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 ...
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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。(face...
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Macro shots of the Undead Pirates and a Zombie? Creepy! - It was amazing to see the detail through the lens.... Captain Richar...
1 year ago -
15mm Great Swamp Lizard - We are very pleased to release our latest 15mm fantasy model -- the Great Swamp Lizard. This towering beast can eat his way straight through entire enemy ...1 year ago
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Blog Merger - I just finished importing this blog into my main wargames blog. This leaves me with only one blog to update on a regular basis. I hope you will continue to...1 year ago
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Blog Merger - I just finished importing this blog into my main wargames blog. This leaves me with only one blog to update on a regular basis. I hope you will continue to...1 year ago
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Royalist Re-Organize - Hello readers, this is Murdock writing from Jeff's desktop. The Royalist commander has encountered more than the usual Gout and had complications from the ...
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中华人民共和国特种设备安全法（主席令第四号） - 有与充装和管理相适应的充装设备、检测手段、场地厂房、器具、安全设施；，必要时，负责特种设备安全监督管理的部门可以越级上报事故情况。2 years ago
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B- 17 Queen of the Skies - Mission 159 - Target: Aschersleben Aircraft Factory - I'm part of a 'Play by Forum' group at BoardGameGeek who play the solitaire board game *B-17: Queen of the Skies* together. The group is run by BGG user '...
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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...
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Castles of Cornwall - I had a week in Cornwall this year in early June, and it's a fantastic place, we were gifted with good weather as well which allowed us to get out and abo...
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Vauban Forts KickStarter. - Finally someone is making the Vauban Forts of the 17th and 18th century accessible to the public. Matthew Green of Laser Dream Works is Kickstarting the dig...2 years ago
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Prelude to Dessau. A 'Song of Drums and Shakos' Scenario - A small mixed squad sent by the Souham French IV Corps is scouting towards Polnitz and has found a small hamlet occupied by Prussian forces from the Dobsch...2 years ago
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TnT: K1LL-80T Communist Securitron - Hi Folks, In my first game I got lucky and Head Scribe Kaine managed to find and activate a military Securiton (Freelancer Depend-o-Bot) After equippin...
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Tournament: Alamo GT 2016 - Another great year come and gone at the Alamo GT in San Antonio. I did pretty poorly this year but still had a decent time pushing my boys in blue around...
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Arthus vs. Mordred - I painted this wonderfull Vignette up for a fellow LAF member as a gift! Tomorrow it will be in the post...travelling back to the USA. I have now starte...
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The Sunken Road at Antietam - 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 extrem...
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Arènes du Graoully V - Ce week-end avait lieu la cinquième édition des Arènes du Graoully à Metz. Au programme, trois tournois - Blood Bowl, Warmachine et SAGA - et plusieurs tab...
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A new adventure… Frostgrave - Wow, it’s been a long time since I updated this blog. I’d love to say that I’m going to be better with future posts but I don’t suppose my track record wo...2 years ago
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Sky Pirates of Venus - Teaser - Sky Pirates have been the scourge of the Worm Empire of Venus for years, and the Great Worm has had enough! He sends a team of four crack worm commandos to...
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The past in a nutshell - *So, getting back into it. A number of “dead” links have been removed. T thought some of you might be wondering what I’ve been up to last couple of eons…*...2 years ago
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Updated Aeronef - Waiting on the new rules Imperial Skies. I am updating my Aeronef fleet. These are some of my Germans that I'm updating the paint scheme. Going with whi...
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Grymn Flier - XII - All camouflage work done. Most of the details complete or just blocked in black. Still to do : Metal coat on the diamond plate, edge highlighting of all th...
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The Sealed Knot in Mayfair 1970 - Here from the October 1970 issue of *Mayfair *magazine is an article on the, then, relatively new English Civil War re-enactment society The Sealed Knot. ...
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Law Enforcement - 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...
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A Review of Shieldwolf Miniatures’ 28mm Scale Boars - I love alternative models, after all that’s what my current dwarf army are based on. After playing a few games with them, I got to learn the hard way just ...2 years ago
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A Visit to Ojo Marron - ( Editor's note: after many years of distraction in other games I'm returning to the game I started grand-detail construction many years ago. The Idea is ...
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PTO Terrain: Shrine - *with Mike* *(Cross-posted from Behind Enemy Lines...)* I've been on the hunt for a small Buddha statute to make into a jungle statue for my Vietnam terra...
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Sources For The Interwar Gamer - 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 ki...2 years ago
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Serce gracza / A player's heart - Czwarte mistrzostwa *"Ogniem i Mieczem"* mamy za sobą. Skończyła się także akcja, mająca na celu wsparcie leczenia mojego syna, poprzez kupno specjalnej f...
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"...There is Only War." - On a personal note, I recently moved from the lovely state of Virginia to the wonderful state of Ohio. Things are different here. I miss my gaming partners...
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Blood Eagle - I don't quite know how I managed to miss the development of Blood Eagle, from the team that bought us In Her Majesty's Name. But I have only just found...
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Army Builder: WFB3 - v2.5 - Version 2.5 of the WFB3 army builder data files have been published. They can be downloaded through a licensed Army Builder or at the link below. Just open...2 years ago
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So we thought it was going to be a small game. - Ever had one of those game events were you thought it was just going to be a small 6 player gamer but turned into an 10 player event? Well that was out Sat...
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WWPD Painting Article - In case you missed it, I did write a painting article for my friends at WWPD. Check it out and leave feedback here if you wish. http://www.wwpd.net/2016/0...2 years ago
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Hunting the Bantha - Hunting Banthas Well, the Bantha Rider has arrived for Imperial Assault and we are now experiencing just how rough something like this fast-moving lump of ...2 years ago
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Tigers on the Hunt released - And the game is released. http://www.matrixgames.com/products/578/details/TigersontheHunt2 years ago
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Pig Iron Stock update - 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. ...
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Rules: Living on the Frontline - 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 beca...
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How to make: Saxon Huts - Hi Chaps, Hope you are all well. These past few days, I've been working on some new projects, for a new game, that I think you already know, it is called ...
2 years ago -
Hydro C Obat Kanker Terbaik Mempublikasikan : ENZIM AWET MUDA by DR Hiromi Shinya, MD - HydroC Obat Kanker Terbaik Mempublikasikan : ENZIM AWET MUDA, by DR Hiromi Shinya, MD Terdapat berbagai jenis enzim awet muda dalam sel. Salah satu yang ...
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El Cid - Reconquista pt 8 - I have just finished up four bases of Skirmish bow. I have been busy with school - still - so I have not had too much time for painting. I am at least on t...
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Martian Patrol Airship - A big Martian 25mm game is planned sometime this year. So I pulled out a Parroom racing airship and did just a small big of converting. Had to add a heavy ...
2 years ago -
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 ...
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Infinity Starting Nomads - Part I - A New Force - Ever since Operation Icestorm and N3 hit in late 2014, I wanted to write an article that would break down how to start collecting a Nomads force. Every ...
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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 o...2 years ago
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28mm Russians in Central Asia Game - 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...
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Encounter at Alghaz -- June, 1876 - Rob and Murdock came over to fight an Afristan campaign encounter. For reasons which I will shortly explain, I do not have much memory of the game. First,...
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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...2 years ago
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A lot on the painting front - Hello everyone. Today's post might be a bit brief, but who knows. Up until a few days ago, I was engaged in a French bloggers painting competition, an equi...
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Scenery First - Well it's been a busy few weeks, just for a change, and since my last post I have received the Liche Lord goodies I bought on Nickstarter, even more into t...
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Is this thing on? - I've not been particularly assiduous this year. Life happens, and it's gotten in the way. I have been modelling, and been working within the INQ28 commun...
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Painting Progress 28mm Perry Early Crusaders - 15mm has been rough on my eyes lately, so I switched gears over to my long belabored 28mm Perry Crusader figs. This era has always appealed to me in a larg...
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Blog re-launched (elsewhere) - Hi all, I haven't gone completely offline – I simply moved my blog elsewhere (as I mentioned much earlier). Now you can catch me at our Chest of Colors web...2 years ago
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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 a...
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The Last Post - 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/2 years ago
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Tribes Universe games, including Earthseige, are now available free - I remember downloading and playing the demo for Earthseige, long ago. It seemed like a cool game, and the demo left me wanting more. One apocalypse later,...
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Zedvember - The Last Zeds - I managed to finish off the last of my modern zombie figures over Sunday and Monday just gone - here are the results: A bit of a scenic shot of the complete...
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Dust Tactics: Pegasus Models 1/48th V2 Rocket - Ever since I started playing Dust Tactics I had an idea about having a V2 rocket on the table. For me, rockets exemplify the Weird War II style and I wan...
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Age of Sigmar: the first battle - After coming to terms with the death of the Warhammer Fantasy I've known since my start in wargaming, I decided to purchase and paint the starter box for A...
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Daftar Lowongan Kerja Di Jakarta November 2015 Terbaru - *Lowongan Kerja Di Jakarta November 2015* - Lowongan Kerja Terbaru memberikan informasi terbaru mengenai *info lowongan pekerjaan 2015* yang sedang anda ca...
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FlamesCon 2015 - *Slight Disclaimer in a moment of crazy after tourney brain I posted this to my clubs blog page you should visit it anyway for awesome after club reports...
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The 5th Outrim War: 297th Imperial Fleet - Gamelea Redux - *Once I realized I had messed up the set-up budget for my campaign, I had to sit down and recrunch the numbers. While I was about it, I expanded the Fleet ...
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New CoC Campaign - Operation Martlet - Hi All, Just a quick update this time. Rich has been madly researching away and has released the latest in his series of ridiculously low-priced 'Pint Size...
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The new website is here: corvusminiatures.com - Today I am very happy and proud to announce my new website: corvusminiatures.com! *Important: this will mark the end of my activities on Blogspot. Please ...
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Grace of Monaco (2014) Se Fuld Film - Spille film *Grace of Monaco* i high definition kvalitet. Download film *Grace of Monaco* i high definition-format. Fuld streaming *Grace of Monaco* i HD...2 years ago
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elegant wedding shoes in 2015 - [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...2 years ago
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ThreeZero Getter 1 and Getter Zero Black...!!! - [image: ThreeZero Getter Black] I have to admit, this is one of the few toys that i'm pretty excited about. threezero making a 16" of Getter 1 and Getter Z...2 years ago
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Catching Up - Wow, I have been slack here. No new posts since February. But I have done a ton of painting and completed several projects, not least of which is my Tallar...2 years ago
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Happy Hobbit Day or A Year Has Come And Gone - I knew it had been a long time. The days turned into weeks and the weeks into months without me fully comprehending the significance of the gap. Then one...
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Grimlocks in 15mm - Here are 12 grimlocks for dnd 5th ed.....15mm Picts from copplestone. Back from a long break in gaming....looking forward to a little dungeons and dragons s...
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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...
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Kings of War First Impressions - As I mentioned in the August update, I have been playing a bit of Kings of war lately. With Games Workshop pulling the plug on their fantasy community, th...2 years ago
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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...2 years ago
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Hordes and Heroes on Hexes - 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 ...
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My New Home - Decided to move everything over to - www.johnnyshoots.com.au Miniatures and photography!
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Song of Blades: Hammer and Forge on Kickstarter - Ganesha Games launches Song of Blades: Hammer and Forge Kickstarter. The kickstarter has begun with enormous success, being already over basic funding, but...
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Dukes Soldiers - Hi These are the first of the Dukes troops for his flying column, they are Newline figures from their late colonial range, again all 20mm, I need some supp...
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The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) Hoge kwaliteit - Best The Stanford Prison Experiment in HD Format. Now you can watch full The Stanford Prison Experiment in HD quality with duration 120 Min and has been l...2 years ago
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I am alive part 2 - And as I promised, here is the big update that I have been talking about: My Prussians are based on the *Großgörschen* OoB from the General de Brigade sce...
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Scott Johnson, aka Col. Kilgore, has passed away - On Thursday Scott lost his fight against cancer. He was 45 years old and leaves behind his wife Ashley and 12 year old son Nicholas. Scott was a good na...2 years ago
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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 my...
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20mm WW2 - US M3A1 halftracks - Well, these took me a while to finish. They were 90% done in Januari and I've been staring at them on my workbench since. Until last month... I finally ha...
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New! Confederate Cavalry Flag Sets. 28mm - The all new ACW Confederate Cavalry flag sets are now available. These carefully designed flags are the perfect accompaniment to our established infantry...
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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...
3 years ago -
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...3 years ago
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New 15mm SciFi Minis - Some newer scifi minis comparison shots (I need to paint more...):
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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...3 years ago
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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 f...
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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...3 years ago
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Plastic Soldier Company Ltd T-34 1/72nd scale - A long, long time ago the postman delivered to Kingsleypark Manor Actually he delivered 3 of these boxes as they were the Russian Tank Brigade Deal that ...
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Saruman - I can't host an, albeit intermittent, Lord of the Rings blog and not note the passing of Christopher Lee who, of course, was the only LotR cast member w...
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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...
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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 ...3 years ago
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Maelstrom's Edge - Over the last couple of years, hobby time has been at a premium, and what time I've had has been dedicated to a project that I can say I'm very excited t...
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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...
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First time painting in a long time, I need new paints... - Worked on some of the DV Chaos Marines I had sitting around... man am I rusty.3 years ago
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Eastern shacks by Battlefield Accessories are complete! - It’s only taken two years and ten months, but the Eastern shacks I bought from Mike Parker of Battlefield Accessories are complete! They turned out very ni...3 years ago
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Goodbye Old World! - Unless you’ve been living under a rock of late, you probably have heard that Games Workshop is gutting the Old World setting for Warhammer Fantasy Battle...
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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...3 years ago
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Quotes About Friendship Tumblr - For Kate, Stephanie sends New Yorker covers or Toni Morrison quotes; for Stephanie to be present and playing an active role in each other's lives." The Tum...
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Recent Work - Just a quick update tonight to show a model I recently completed for a reboot of the painting competition on the Steve Dean Forum. I started this for one ...
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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...3 years ago
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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 ...3 years ago
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Checking In... - Friends I have lost my focus. Since my last post my Mother became ill and passed away. I guess I am the proof that regardless of how old you are, losing a p...3 years ago
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Caftan Marocain Rouge : Collection 2015 Vente en Ligne - A toutes nos clientes qui nous demandent les dernières tendances du takchita et caftan marocain 2015 en couleur Rouge , coupes et tissues à la mode de cett...
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C21 Air War Vietnam Defense - Finished the AA hexes representing 37mm and greater. With a few more 1/300 planes to order I will be complete with this range. The larger bases are 1.5" Li...
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No Mean City Session 1.1 "National Express" - Session 1.1 THE NATIONAL EXPRESS * Take the National Express when your life's in a mess It'll make you smile All human life is here...
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Warriors of Chaos Khorne Lord - End Times (Part 4) - [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 (...
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Waterloo, Braine l'Alleud - Was lucky enough to visit the Waterloo battlefield in Belgium last week, it has been on my bucket list for a long time. I wasn’t disappointed, 200 years h...
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15mm War & Conquest figure - One of West Wind's new War and Conquest figures. Almost spot on 15mm foot to eye. To small for me to paint anyway. I've put them on eBay!
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Pardon My Dust - 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...3 years ago
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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...3 years ago
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CONAN , the board game - Some friends who bought into the Conan board game kickstarter printed out the starter gameboard, cards an other items, made a dice conversion sheet and we ...
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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 fo...3 years ago
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AD&D 2E – Sri Vaasa Campaign #1 - We started playing Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition and this here highlights the beginning of the campaign.3 years ago
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Some reinforcements for SoBaH - 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...
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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 was...
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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 then...
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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 vangu...
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X-Wing: Here Comes IG-88! - Get ready for everyone's 2nd favorite bounty hunter. The IG-2000 is hitting a tabletop near you soon. Read more »
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Anker® Astro E1 5200mAh Ultra External Battery Review - Maybe you had your cellular phone, tablet, and many others., battery die but not be capable of charge it? It's a really frustrating experience. This is whe...
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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, E...
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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...
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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 some...3 years ago
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A Very Merry Christmas! - A Very Merry Christmas to One and All, from the Grand Duchy of Hetzenberg.
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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 ye...
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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...
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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. ...
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Official end of the blog - Yep, this blog is no longer in use. But... I have created a new one, please visit! Of Eagles and Frogs3 years ago
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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...
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New(ish) man cave. - Hello all, A few months back the wife wanted my son to have a larger room so I was kicked out of the guest room into a smaller room. The bribe was it would...
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I Luvz Free And Excellent !!! - Wargame Bloggers Quarterly Free Magazine V1-02 V1-01 Outstanding !!! The Colonel.
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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,...3 years ago
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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
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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...3 years ago
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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...
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Nova Cara Novo Nome Novo Sitio / New Look New Name New Place - Esta ja a funcionar o novo Blog com a nova imagem e novo Nome It is already running the new Blog with new look an name ...
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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 paint...
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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, b...3 years ago
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Warhammer Fantasy Battle Database Update - Current edition army books only filter, 5,000 searchable battles archive, double batrep notes and more exclusive member accolades. Hi folks, I've been twea...
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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 F...3 years ago
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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...
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%## Watch The Right Stuff Movie Streaming - [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...3 years ago
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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. Th...
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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...
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Played Some 40K - After over three years away from the gaming table, I’ve now played 5 games of 7th edition Warhammer 40,000, including one large in-store Apocalypse game. T...
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Bolt Action Apocalypse - 6000 points of models and 60 order dice! - What happens when you take three guys, a bunch of free time, an empty gaming store and a big load of models? ....Bolt Action Apocalypse! :-) Having the c...
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Deadbeat Advertiser?!?!?!? - I just noticed that I have been listed as a deadbeat advertiser at The Miniatures Page. I asked Mr Armintrout over 12 months ago to cease the advertising d...3 years ago
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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...
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DBA Early Crusaders vs Ayyubid Egyptian - Greetings!!! It's been far to long, but we've managed to have a game of DBA. To be fair the horrors are growing up & doing what teenagers do. Gaming ha...
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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...
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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...3 years ago
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Legends of the Old West: Playing with New Objective Cards - Some of you might be familiar with the Secret Objective card system I developed for *Chaos in Carpathia*. I decided to try a similar (yet completely differ...
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Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - *Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - **Lowongan Kerja Terbaru* kali ini akan memberikan informasi *Lowongan Pekerjaan Terbaru* . Lowongan Ke...3 years ago
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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 as...
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Pop's Cafe, the return of the Greasy Spooners - I'm back. Yes, it has been 4 years, but I have a good-ish excuse. In those four years I got promoted (yeah!) which left me little time for lunchtime excurs...
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Hail Mary .....of the LIVING DEAD!!!! - So I somehow managed to knock out another 60-something zombies before this baby arrives, nothing fancy here, I didn't even texture the bases. I figured I w...
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Bahasa Jawa di facebook~ - Buat yang pengen ganti bahasa jawa, tapi dalam pengaturan nggak ada =) maklum lah, wong jowo☺ - Pertama Log in atau masuk ke Facebook kamu bila bel...
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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-chee...
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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 early...
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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...
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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 can...
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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...
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Old School 40k (Laserburn) miniatures using the USEME rules - Playing a game using some warhammer 40, er.... laserburn miniatures. Trying out the useme rules system two weeks ago with my brother Ed. What you see are 1...
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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...4 years ago
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Plancenoit in 28mm - My club this weekend added to its Waterloo in 28mm game the battle of Plancenoit, which wil...
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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...4 years ago
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Primer primer - At the risk of repeating myself, a close look at Vallejo surface primer.4 years ago
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Wallpapers de autos muy bonitos (10 imágenes) - AppId is over the quota AppId is over the quota type='html'>Algunos les llaman autos, otros coches, otros vehículos y otros más les dicen carcachas. Sea co...4 years ago
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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. Le...
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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 proje...
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Zombie! Survivor Sheet Update - Still a design made in Google Drawing: version 5 of the Zombie! survivor sheet has been updated with 4 new attributes, as well as some more flavour: calls...
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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 ...
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Virginia Provincial Regiment. - Months ago Galloping Major Miniatures were doing a deal on their new FIW range- so I went ahead and bought some of their very nice figures - 'but its eas...
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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 t...
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Risorgimento or Garibaldi in Sicily 1860 - I studied the Italian Unification at school and it was fascinating; This lead to following Garibaldi's career and especially his amazing campaign in Sicily...
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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...4 years ago
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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...
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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 lar...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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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...
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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...
4 years ago -
Fantasy Bits - Reaper Elf Lord Reaper Barbarian and pug" If you want the ball then fetch it yourself!" Reaper Viking
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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...
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Niemiecki park maszyn cz.5 - Elo Znowu szybka wrzuta. Przykleiłem gąsienice i koła do Hanomagów. Teraz zajmuję się malowaniem załogantów (do skończenia mam oporządzenie; kamuflaż już ...
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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...4 years ago
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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...
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History Is Bunk! - It’s been a slow week or so. I have done little in the way of gaming; the solitaire C&C: Ancients battle of Raphia has not moved since last Sunday. Mostly...4 years ago
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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15mm Viking Army - These are my Vikings, opposition for the Saxon Army from my last post. There are a few less of these guys but they have a lot more of the heavily armed and...4 years ago
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Blog shut down - new club site - After some efforts, we have now moved beyond a blog site. We may yet have to cut off it's head and stake the heart; but this site is now dead. Ceased to ...4 years ago
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Michael Gove’s history lesson - Michael Gove’s history lesson Article to appear in the next Miniature Wargames perhaps under Gove’s nom de plume of ‘Graham Evans’.4 years ago
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Greetings, I have moved the rock I was under - Greetings troops, Happy 2014! I must apologize that 2013 was a quiet year on the blog. I must thank all you followers for sticking with me. Just a quick...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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One year in review - or two… - The year 2013 is coming to an end, and it seems a good time to pop back on my DestoFante blog for a quick update. Blogging has clearly taken a backseat in ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...4 years ago
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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 has...
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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...4 years ago
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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 f...
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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...
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Campaign's End - CampaignHammer fluff - Some Dwarf vs Undead fluff over on CampaignHammer. We decided to end the campaign at the end of year 7. The Undead faction battles to hold the city and ke...
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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...4 years ago
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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...
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The History of England Podcast - [image: King John] King John I have been fairly busy the last month-- more so than even usual with three kids all in extracurricular activities-- and one o...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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I've moved again! - Outflanked has been rebooted! I am now over at Wordpress: http://outflanked.wordpress.com Please do come and visit!4 years ago
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C'est la fin... - ... de ce blog ! Après 208 messages. Mais retrouvez moi sur mon nouvel espace dédié au figurines : http://aleaminiatures.blogspot.fr/4 years ago
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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 ...4 years ago
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Imperial Guard Aegis Defence Line - So I've decided to build an Aegis Defence Line for my Imperial Guard a week back. I also wanted it to be a sort of display for my army and I want to make i...
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The Ballad of Sir Hugo and Gui Le Batard - *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 w...
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Mighty Armies: Army Lists For The Golden Age of Mars - Rebel Minis has released free army lists for Mighty Armies to game in VSF Mars. If you are not at all familiar with Mighty Armies, it's a great Fantasy...
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Work in progress and review of some Khurasan Miniatures Space Demons - I recently had some time available and decided to add to my 15mm miniatures. I succumbed to severe temptation and purchased some expansions to my “Space D...4 years ago
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A New Project - I am very conscious that it has been a while, a very long while since I posted anything. Life seemed to overtake me for a very long time. I have painted a ...
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Bac Ninh Miniatures and the Boshin War - I received a package today from Bac Ninh Miniatures; a small, minimal-investor company from Madrid, Spain. This business model is becoming more and mo...
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FFG's STAR WARS X-WING...I'm Giving In To The Dark Side! - My friends, you know that I have been working on TOMORROW BLACK for a long time, and it has been a task full of joy and frustration. I am going to take a b...
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Sheer Idiocy - I really don't get it. I just don't get it. To be clear. I have never...EVER.. said that "I can outsell 'storeX'". If the owner/owners of 'storeX', want to...4 years ago
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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...4 years ago
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Evesham Wargames Club now known as Wyvern Wargamers - Wyvern Wargamers finds a new home on the web....http://wyvernwargamers.org.uk/ After weeks in the planning the Evesham Wargames Club have rebranded and wi...
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Unrest and Dissent in the North - *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...
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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...4 years ago
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Counts as Typhus model, and 180 painted zombies - 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 a...
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Rilynstra's Doom - The Kabal of the Murderous Refrain - Been a while since there's been any actual hobby on here! At the moment I'm working on a few 40k armies that go in tandem with one another. They are: A Dar...
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Road to Tebessa - AAR - Played the Road to Tebessa scenario yesterday at Gauntlet. As usual I got so caught up in the game that I didn't take pictures of all the action The game o...
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U-Boat in London! - *German U-155 (f. Deutschland transport submarine) after surrender* *1918* via Nationaal Archief @ Flickr5 years ago
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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/...5 years ago
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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...5 years ago
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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.
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"Bonnie Blue Flag" ACW convention Australia 2013 - *Friday Night 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July. “Bonnie Blue Flag” ACW weekendGoulburn Soldiers ClubCnr Market and Sloane stGoulburn NSWDinne...5 years ago
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Flames of War army purchased! - Well I hit Brookhurst Hobbies pretty hard on my vacation and picked up some stuff. There are 4 E8's, 3 Jumbos, and 4 M4A3's of differing styles. This ...
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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...
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Скидки в магазине "Studio Ultraterrain" - Друзья, больше всего в жизни я хочу, чтобы вы делали террейн! Сами, своими ручками создавали большие и маленькие шедевры, а потом наслаждались ими. Гла...
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Hinton Compatible Austrian Hussars Painted By(For) Jack Hixon - Thanks for sending in this picture Jack - very nice!
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A bit of wet work - 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...
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Flames of war - open fire Germans - 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...5 years ago
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Solo Piquet Tutorial Part 7: The Battle of Cross Keys - The battle continues. 12:00 p.m. turn. Confederates have 16 morale chips. Union have 3 morale chips. Initiative Roll (d20) Union 11 / Confederates 7; Unio...
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Book Review: Path of the Warrior by Gav Thorpe (Spoiler free) - *For me (and many others) Gav Thorpe has always been the custodian of Eldar lore. His writing has graced both Eldar Codices and the glossy pages of Whit...
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My new little photostudio.... - 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...5 years ago
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Steam Navvies - 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 ...
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Some pics from my Saga wargame today - I had a chance to pit my Vikings against those sneaky Scots in a game of Saga today. Of the two games, I lost the first but won the second. Here’s some p...5 years ago
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The Japanese Advance – Awala and Gorari Ambush Actions - *Campaign Actions Phase 1 July 1942* *The Japanese Advance – Awala and Gorari Ambush Actions* The initial battles for control of the lower part of the Koko...
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Napoleon: a Kickstarter - 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 for...5 years ago
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Mega minis closing up. Lots of zombies - http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/2013/03/21/71489/ Its a shame my friend Johnny has to shutdown but this is an opportunity for zombie mini fans to get som...5 years ago
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2500 pts O&G Swedish Comp 11-12 - 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 ...5 years ago
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media: nazi zombie army götterdämmerung - 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 ...
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Marengo Scenario 7 with Carnage and Glory II. - 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"...5 years ago
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Run - Figures: Rackham 28mm Rules:Tomorrows War GM: Jerry Acord Well its about time I got a game in. After fighting a cold off and on for 4 weeks and missing se...
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That is not dead which can eternal lie ... - ... 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...5 years ago
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Zen to Done: the Third Step - 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...5 years ago
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Back from AWOL. - 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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Hawkmoon Figures from Eureka Miniatures - A little bird tells me that Eureka Miniatures have permission from Michael Moorcock to do a "Hawkmoon" figures range. I have seen some test shot casts and...5 years ago
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Ral Partha Orcs - Here are four Ral Partha orcs I painted late in 2012. I have an bunch of minis from the old AD&D line, and decided to paint a few up. The BattleSystem Sk...
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Toodle-oo Dahlings - It is bye bye time for Blogger as the stupendous Gemigabok blog heads off to the actual Gemigabok site. So see you all there! http://www.the-ancients.com/g...
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Try This! The Hipster - 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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The Last Post - 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...5 years ago
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ACW Union: Part 2 - This weeks painting was completed in time to catch the sunshine for some alright photos. I will stick some temp flags on them soon. The real flags will be ...
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Alfred the Great - 1969 Film - 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 ...
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Tiny Tin Men moving to Blogger - 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...5 years ago
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GW Hobbit Releases Available For Pre-Order - *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* ...
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Where the hell is Rob? - Hello! I would like to apologise for sort of letting this blog float off into the distance so far that I could never reel it back in again. My projects hav...5 years ago
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Moving Locations - 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...
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Powrót? Zobaczymy... - Cześć wszystkim, może jeszcze ktoś czasem tu zagląda :) Przez 2 lata pochłonęło mnie granie, aczkolwiek na instrumencie a nie stole z bitewniakami, w sumie ...5 years ago
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Property Management Arlington VA - 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 ...
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"Farewell Ladies"! - 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'v...
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Pulp Fantasy Library: Pigeons from Hell - For his creation of Conan the Cimmerian alone -- never mind Kull of Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, and many others -- Robert E. Howard enjoys a pr...
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Blowing one's own horn - 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...
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They came from the north - Out of the chaos wastes of the north - daemons. Some figures I've done recently for our Warhammer RPG gaming - these cover the most commonly encountered da...5 years ago
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[Malifaux] Run and Hyde, it's avatar Seamus.... - 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 ...
5 years ago -
More Vikings.... - 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...
5 years ago -
So how many figures have you painted again? - I always set a goal in each calendar year to paint a certain number of figures. I'm always hoping to buy far fewer figures than I paint so I can cut into ...
5 years ago -
Dux Brit army nearing completion - 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...
5 years ago -
Star Wars X-Wing unboxed! - Well, it has been quite some time since a posting here.....OK, so Paul from the Man Cave has a lot to answer for! He has caused me, yet again, to succumb t...
5 years ago -
Romanos imperiales y últimos encargos - Tras el verano, entre encargos de pintura y vacaciones, decidí darme un poco el gusto de pintar por deleite, por el mero hecho de pintar, vaya, y me decidí...
5 years ago -
The One Ring September Painting Challenge: Warbands (Completed) - Finally I have all of my orcs done for the Warbands challenge. Between working on these guys, painting my friend’s birthday gift, creating a few Lord of th...5 years ago
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Current projects - 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...
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Eden - Horde models painted... - Well sort of, at least I have tried to base coat and ink something.... I need to get these up to standard so I can finish my Resistance crew. Assembled res...5 years ago
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Metal finishes - 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...5 years ago
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Getting By far the most Connected with Wall street game Exchanging By means of Automated Research Technique Software - [image: Day trading course Calgary|866.640.3737|learn how to day trade by loisreese5124] Stock trading is the basis for the economy around the world. The...5 years ago
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End of an era... - 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 blo...
5 years ago -
Eldar Warlock WiP. - Okay, it’s almost Friday and I’ve found some time to take a picture of Warlock that I have been painting on for the past week. Just something that’s been ...
5 years ago -
WI298 - EW Russians (Invasion of Poland) - [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...5 years ago
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Hail Zlobenia! - 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 ...
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The Last Post - That's it. All done. I would like to thank Baccus 6mm, Freezywater Publications and The Lance and Longbow Society for their generous support with this proj...5 years ago
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A Couple of Short Scraps - 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...
5 years ago -
Nuke the Site from Orbit... - ...It's the only way to be sure! Aliens. One of the seminal, defining sci-fi combat movies. So here are some 15mm figures from Quick Reaction Force (QRF)....
6 years ago -
Lancers forward! - Some Imperial Mexican lancers looking to skewer any poor republicans that happen in their way. First Corp figures converted from their Rush's Lancers pac...
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Your Money or your Life! - 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...6 years ago
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Still here... - Just an update that I am still around, and will try to get an update here some time soon. Regards, Greg6 years ago
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Arab-Israeli Wars in 3mm - 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 ...6 years ago
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India Travel - If yоu have еvеr thought оf еxperiеnсіng the myѕtic bеаutу оf hіllѕ, exоtіс bеautу of the bеachеs, саѕcading beauty оf thе rіvеrѕ and thе thrill оf thе јun...6 years ago
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Looking for Free, Cheap, or Do-It-Yourself Baby Shower Invitations? - Are уоu lооkіng for sоme dіfferent, inexpensіve babу shоwеr invitаtіonѕ? If yоu wаnt tо ѕеnd out аn іnvіtatiоn thаt іѕ morе uniquе thаn thе рurchаsеd, ѕtan...6 years ago
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its been awhile - 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...6 years ago
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Raid on Blount Landing - Dark Elves vs Horse and Musket - Ok so here are some shots from some Mighty Armies games recently played in GPTs basement. Scroll down for bonus Man O War pics. First 3 shots are the s...
6 years ago -
Model sale off on eBay - Dear readers, it’s been a while from my last post. The reason is that not only I had switch to another, more demanding job back on 2008, but the birth...
6 years ago -
The Complete Flash Gordon Library - *Titan Books* are releasing *The Complete Flash Gordon Library*, collating all the newspaper comic strips in a series of hardback books. A welcome release ...
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Dick Garrison Rapid Launch Released - *Dick Garrison Rapid Launch*, the basic rules from our forthcoming Pulp SF rules *The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Dick Garrison* are now available...
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[Project News] Back on Track... - 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 ...6 years ago
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Battle of Waterloo - Move 11 - 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 ...
6 years ago -
Byzarbia at Ayton Game. - 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...
6 years ago -
Field of Battle 2nd Ed., la prova con la GNW - Venerdi scorso, abbiamo provato il regolamento *Field of Battle (2nd edition) *con uno scontro nella GNW. Devo premettere che ero piuttosto prevenuto su ...
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Just frigate about it. - ...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 th...
6 years ago -
Where did I go? - I'm at this site since some time ago: http://www.dragonpainting.net/ More...6 years ago
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For sale - Painted 28mm WSS Bavarians - 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 whi...6 years ago
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Zvezda WW1 Russian Infantry - 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...
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Garrisoning the Collina Della Formica - *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...
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Models for sale and new book! - 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 ...6 years ago
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01 - Painting Class with Privateer Press Studio Painter Meg Maples - This weekend I participated in a painting class at Labyrinth Games in Washington, DC. It was run by Meg Maples, one of the studio painters for Privateer P...
6 years ago -
The Cure for Burnout - Funky Old Aliens on Dinosaurs! - Planning ahead just isn't my style. I was on a major roll in January and February. Painted tons and tons of figures, played a couple of really fun solo ga...
6 years ago -
3/21 Pledge - 1820 unpainted 6mm ECW: 1820 * 6mm / 25mm = 437 * 1.5 = 656 11 unpainted 25mm farm animals: 11 * 1.5 = 17 39 + 656 + 17 = 712 2012: +712 + nefs 2011: +215 ...6 years ago
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Corporate Incomes - Mercenary outfit - Finally finished my second PA faction this time a Mercenary outfit going by the company name Corporate Incomes. There are several mercen...
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Move Along...Move Along! - 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...6 years ago
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Self promotion - 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 a...
6 years ago -
peggy - Well work has absorbed what little time I have avaliable of late so here is a very quick update as to what I have managed to achieve over the past 3 weeks....
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28mm Napoleonic command , for sale - all indviduals $30 each, all doubles $60..all forms of payment accepted, however Paypal gets you a surcharge unless you make it a personal payment. PP+P no...
6 years ago -
Painted Cromwells - 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...
6 years ago -
The fun never ends! - 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...
6 years ago -
Basing Tutorial - 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...
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Clearing a nest of Sea Rats! - *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 b...
6 years ago -
Plastic Soldier Company 15mm - Sdkfz(s) - part 2 - 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...6 years ago
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Comments closed - Although this blog will stay up for the sake of posterity I am turning of the comments option as I am fed up fending off loads of spam comments. I hope peo...6 years ago
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Selling and getting out - 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...6 years ago
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Here we go again - After a year of maintaining a blog on my own domain, I have come to realization that blogger provides a better experience. 1) It's FREE! 2) It is very eas...6 years ago
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My new Napoleonic blog for 2012. - As this old blog still gets lots of hits I thought I would place a link to my new project here for anybody who might care to follow it's development. It's ...
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The End of the Frugal Year(s) - 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 get...
6 years ago -
Spanish Review - 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...
6 years ago -
40K: My Son's (age 7) Dark Eldar and my Daughter's (age 4) Necrons - My children were always very interested in dad's hobby's. They both started painting miniatures at the age of about 2. On that age they just slammed paint ...
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Count down to Crossover Part 4: The pitch - So here we are at the end of Countdown but hopefully the beginning of something great: Now whether Crossover comes into being or not is kind of in your ha...
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NY3K game report - 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...
6 years ago -
The Pack Elite - Part 2 - *I haven't had much time to do stuff with a Bachelor's thesis I'm working on all the time now, so not much painting progress and I just didn't have what to...
6 years ago -
Link to 1813 Tortosa Campaign - The next phase of the 1813 campaign will be in north east Spain and will deal with the Spanish attempt to take the city of Tortosa. I have started a new b...
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New Directions - At the beginning of this month, I wrapped up a series of daily posts on the battle of White Plains, and the events leading up to it. As much as I enjoyed ...
6 years ago -
Nery 1914 game - 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...
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Which To Choose:Immortals or Warriors? - This has been a topic of debate with myself really and I can imagine with most of the rest of you. On the surface I immediately went straight to Immortals ...6 years ago
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More boards - 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...6 years ago
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Force on Force à l'AMJH - De plus en plus de joueurs se mettent à Force on Force dans mon club de jeu de l'AMJH. De plus les joueurs peignent des figurines et fabriquent massivement...
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Osprey Issue Harrier Units and Tojo Aces Books - *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*, *"...
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Lip Beating - Severius hammers Thagrosh - Where I live the loser of a fight is often described as having "the lips beat off of them". This happened on Saturday night when Kenoth of Menoth brought a...6 years ago
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Art of tactic ! German 105-mm Howitzer LeFH 18/18m - Hello friends !!! I finished the second stand of this gun !!!
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40K scrap modelling - I have a boxful of bits of kits including some old GW vehicles. I think the bit in the top photo come off what is called a Rhino? Anyway I never liked t...
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The african terrain is set - 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...
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Normal service will resume shortly - 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...6 years ago
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Some more plastic hoplites - *The three legged symbol is that of the Alcmaeonid clan* I have just finished four more Immortal Miniatures plastic hoplites which, as usual, were prett...
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Boots on the Ground-- a sort of review - from Worthington's BotG pageSeveral months ago I received *Boots on the Ground* which I had pre-ordered from Worthington Games. It is a very rules-light g...6 years ago
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Marine Veterano de la Escuadra de Mando - Aqui presento otro Marine de la Escuadra de Mando. Aunque parezca un Angel Oscuro.....¡es un Deathwatch Veterano! :)
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Apologies - 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...7 years ago
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Torgau 2011 - Our last major game was a refight of Torgau This one was fought - as usual using the excellent King of the Battlefield rules - as a contest over 5 victory ...
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Back on the Horse! - Wow! It's been a long time since my last post! The path has largely been cleared for me to share my miniature wargaming exploits, so let's get into it! Ou...
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Warpath Beta released, and I think I like it ^_^ - So, for those of us that follow Mantic, we know theyve been doing some good stuff. Theyre putting out decent miniatures at a great price, and while they're...7 years ago
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Tournament Report - 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...
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2nd Saturday Update - 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...7 years ago
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15mm WWII US Regular Army - Figure mostly from Old Glory, but there is a platoon worth from Battlefront mixed in.
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Two shows down - First Partizan and then one nearer to home, just completed in two weeks. Unfortunately either the full time job or space at other shows is restricting me f...7 years ago
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Sniper vet - 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...
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