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This weekend I've got two big games on at Micks. The Saturday is an el-cid
game using WAB against his newly painted almoravid force (hope it goes the
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Miliciens 1690s by Ralph Mitchard - Thought I'd post a couple of my drawings of King William's war Canadians. Not as good as the ones we had the other day but you get the idea.
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Casting Call - As you will know I love to play around with blu stuff keeps me amused no end. However what would happen if I wanted to give casting a go instead of just mo...18 minutes ago
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Review: Thrid Edition Book Bundle & Green Artillery Template and Range Finder - Just the other day I received a copy of the new Third Edition Book Bundle (FW003), which includes the Version 3 Hardcover Rulebook, the Forces book, an...
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The Stricken Convoy - Part 2 - Complete. - All the work is now complete, here is the finished ensemble. Whilst a tricky and time consuming build, I'm more than happy with the results. All the upri...
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FOW 3rd Edition: First Impressions - Well I've had my copy of the 3rd Edition rulebook for a couple of weeks now and I've read enough to get a pretty good first impression of the changes. For ...
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The sculpting tools I use - I thought I'd go over some of the sculpting tools I use when working with greenstuff. While it's nothing earth shattering, it might be interesting to some ...
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Mercenaries: Magnus goes Epic. - “Madness? This…is…CYGNAR!!! *boot*” – King Leonidas (sort of) I’ll be the first to admit…Magnus2 was my weakest caster. He’s the only Epic Mercenary out th...48 minutes ago
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WWG Police Station part 2 - As promised on Sunday, here is part two of my review of my World Works Games 28mm scale Mayhem City Police Station. This time, I'll concentrate on the grou...
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Camp Theatre - Starring a Britains Ltd. Ballerina.... Barzso, IMEX, MARX, Replicant, and BMC camp figures. Find an on-line picture of patriotic bunting, print to ...
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SAGA Normans - I've been organising a warband for *SAGA* out of the Crusader Normans that I have stashed at the bottom of the leadpile. I have a bit of a top heavy selec...
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Battle of Pea Ridge 1862 - This three day battle was being fought today in 1862. Read about it here1 hour ago
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Germans - Hi Slowly coming out of my winter depression, (no biking & no painting due to it being to cold and my painting table is in my garage) I've actually managed...
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Oinking Crossbow - With the Field of Glory US Open soon to arrive, I realized that I need a minimum of eight stands of Light Infantry crossbow for the army that I intend to p...
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I'm back (...or how I saw the light) - What really did me on were those Pz IV. I had absolutely no clue how to paint them. Not that patterns are missing on the net but I simply did not find an...
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Reaper Halfling Thief - The latest crop of halflings Reaper has been doing looks really great, and when my buddy Jeff King picked this one up a few weeks ago, I had to get one for...
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Corporation: Hador’s Promise - Continuing on this week’s Corporation theme (they’re nearly here don’t you know!), we’ve got a new short story on the website by Jonathan Peace. Here’s a s...1 hour ago
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15mm WW1 "Battle of Peronne" Battle Report Part 2. - At the beginning of each turn you also had to roll for who got to go first or second, the British got a +1 each turn to the dice roll because they were att...
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New Campaign Map of Germany - New map of Germany. The main detail was taken from my AA Road Atlas of Europe. I drew a grid on the map, with each square being 15 miles. This produced a...
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The Sudan Defense Force - Welcome back to the deep Sahara! I thought we'd take a plunge into a rather obscure unit in the raiders' war: the Sudan Defence Force. Coming off the bat f...
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Battle Report Double Header: Menoth vs. Circle - The Scene: The set up was something me and Aaron have been wanting to play for sometime. Menoth vs. Circle. Now for the last few years my main army has b...2 hours ago
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Nazi Dinosaurs! - Apologies to anyone outside Australia who tried to view the kitsch brilliance that is 'Danger 5' through the link I posted last night. It seems that at pr...
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FoW 3E- Surrounded - Well Kent and I got our first run at 3E game of FoW. I took the lorried kiwi's and Kent a FJ company with: 2x FJ platoons 3x pak 38s 1x tiger + PanzerIIIL 3...
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Turczyni - Powolutku kończę sześć podstawek janczarów malowanych na konkurs forumowy "Ogniem i Mieczem". Sądząc z dotychczasowych pokazanych prac w toku, zapowiada s...
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WWII Japanese - So this where I started from. A 1000 point Japanese army for BKC. I first set out terrain features but notice the top right hand corner where the fern is. ...
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Refining Templates for Dawn - G’day everyone! In between planning and teaching my grade 3s, I’ve been thinking about some of the feedback I’d gotten in regards to the new card templates...3 hours ago
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Grand Central Station, Chicago - The station opened December 8, 1890, closed on November 8, 1969, and torn down in 1971.3 hours ago
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Raid in the wilds (Brink of Battle AAR) - This is something of a followup to the review. I hope to convey the flow of the game and how some of the rules work in detail. It was also a great opportun...
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3A x ABC Warriors RO-JAWS March 21st Pre-Order...!! - [image: rojawsblog] The 3A money pit continues..! Right on the heels of the $500 MGS REX comes the next figure in the 2000 AD ABC Warriors series...RO-JAWS...3 hours ago
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One Of Our Own - One of Our Own No doubt, most of you reading this blog will have heard of the death of Neptunus Lex. For those unfamiliar with him, his blog is listed upo...3 hours ago
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Wargame Wednesday – New First Interstellar War 2114-2118 (Imperium) - The war started out in 2114 with a Terran occupation of Procyon. As the Vilani have a world at Nusku, the Terrans went to the galactic east. The landings w...3 hours ago
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WWII Skirmish Campaign - Part the first - Setup.. - OK... we're off... First, I guess I need a somewhat more 'snappy' name for this campaign than the title of this post, so we'll call it "Operation Cornicho...
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Book Review#10. - The Lost World - I am almost ashamed to admit that this is the first time that I have read anything by Conan Doyle, including, of course, his most famous creation, Sherloc...
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What is Stumpy Heaven??? - Ok I'm not one to go beyond gaming issues normally but after reading and responding to a couple of comments to a recent post - which I have now deleted - a...5 hours ago
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How to ... build a model Pre-Dreadnought Battleship from scratch - Having experimented with the use of basswood/linden to build smaller model ships, I decided to use the skills I had acquired to tackle a somewhat larger an...
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Words With Frends – DORK TOWER, 07.03.12 - [image: Super Happy Clueless Muskrat IV Fun Hour]5 hours ago
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SPARTANS!!! - PREPARE FOR GLORY!! A few more Ancient/Mythic Greeks: (Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version) These are Spartans from Crocodile Games Warg...
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Send a Gunboat! - My current *Funny Little Wars* project is a British-style Naval Brigade. While I have yet to paint any figures, it seemed reasonable to provide Jolly Ja...
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A Bit of Nothing: D&D Orc and 40K Space Marine - Okay, okay! Skyrim isn't the only thing keeping me from blogging duties. It isn't even the biggest reason. Work has been particularly draining lately. Y...
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Jadgpanzer IV Update 2 - The next Jadgpanzer rebuild has been completed. This was my son's foliage covered model, and it was a €@!!&$*)# to remove. The kit was well coated in ena...
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Brent: The Adepticon Experience - These last years have seen an explosion of indy tournament events all across the United States, from Feast of Blades to the Nova Open, from California to F...
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News: March 7, 2012 - ---------- *PENINSULAR * * The 9th Foot is more than half done. Goal: finish before April 16th. * Two resplendent Rifle companies are being painted by John ...6 hours ago
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Federated States of America: Dreadnought! - Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around. If you click on the Army of...
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Brink of Battle Website & Review! - Ok, if you follow this blog, it's time to hop over and follow my Brink of Battle blog in preparation for its official worldwide release March 19th! You can...7 hours ago
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Alarums & Excursions - *Battlegames - Issue 27 - now with 100% extra Kinch or your money back* And so with shining face and crawling like a snail I've been dragging myself bac...
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Tournament: Dragon's Lair 3/04/12 - I crammed a bunch of painting and basing on the NDGs in on Thursday and Friday so I could get them all done before a 1250-point tournament up at Dragon's L...
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Taban - new look forum - Hey have a look at http://www.taban-miniatures.com/forum/index.php Art work around the outside is very cool. I thinks it a black Ubume. Not sure what the oth...7 hours ago
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Zombie Horde Complete (for now) - Hi, everyone. Since I finished painting my last unpainted Zombie, I figured I'd take a few pics of them on the cityboard. Our cat, Tiffany was there to sup...
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RAFM, Insolani Squad - Here are some really interesting 15mm bugs by RAFM called the Insolani. 5 different poses, sculpted by James Van Schaik. The Insolani set comes with 10 f...
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Another gaming bargain - This time, it wasn't at Half-Price Books, but at Dragon's Lair in San Antonio, which has a clearance table with games, comics, and other merchandise marke...
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The Outlook for von Tschatschke Appears Grim at the Start of Turn Four. . . - *To start, here is a photograph showing the bulk of General de Latte's Army of Zichenau at the start of Turn Four after (most of) his orders have been car...
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Little Devils - Last month I blogged on a group of WW2 recce vehicles that I did for an army friend. Said friend also bought some 15mm infantry to go with them, the Devi...9 hours ago
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Where are the Halflings? - When I started working on the Dwimmermount campaign back in 2008, one of the things I decided early on was that I wasn't, at the start, going to make many ...
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WIP Aufklärungs Platoon - This is a late war Aufklärungs (motorcycle reconnaissance) platoon that will be the first new platoon for my late war German tank company. I don't usually...
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Gunfighters and Outlaws - I was lucky enough to get for one Christmas a few years back two packs of Foundry Old West Outlaws. I am in the process of painting the models using a vari...10 hours ago
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Endor Bunker - I needed a stronghold for my Battle of Endor matched pair of armies for Hordes of the Things, so I made the obvious choice: the bunker that the rebels assa...
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25/50 pt Team Tournament at the Dice Dojo this Saturday, March 10 - You can sign up for it here. So far we have 12 teams signed up and have room for more! We'll be using the event to prepare for Adepticon's team tournament, ...10 hours ago
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Skirmish - I'm heading to Cold Wars on Thursday, and will be (hopefully) selling a lot of my collection at the flea market. I am still considering a skirmish project....
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Mega Trade 2 - [image: ESU Fleet Carrier from Ground Zero Games]I’ve always worked under the assumption that merchant ships run on a two week cycle – one week in Jump Spa...
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Russian Around - I hit 39 the other day, I don't mind watching the years go past etc and I had a nice time, the wife was very pleasant to me for the week so that made me pr...
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Free shipping and what's up next - One thing I like about the low threshold to get free shipping from Reaper Miniatures is that I don't have to buy a bunch of figures all at once. I can buy ...12 hours ago
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The last of the last... Auxiliaries - There, they're done. The last 12 auxiliaries are now finished. They should have received red shields, but I didn't have enough of them, so I took some blue...
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302 Drax Presents...The Painting Chart - Dear Readers, If there's only one thing I'm proud of from the last three years of blogging, it's the creation of the Painting Chart. I know many other bl...
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Special Request: Battletech in the Annapolis MD area - *John F.* sends me a request: I'm looking to play more Battletech and Battleforce but haven't been able to find too many players in the Annapolis area. An...
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Sabre-Toothed Encounter - My fave ancient mammal, the Smilodon .V. my fave SWORD toy, Moon Ranger [Nichimo version]. There was something jaw-droppingly ferocious about the Smilodo...
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Brazos Hill Cantons Wars: The Very Latest Braznovian Terror Weapons - Brazos Hill Cantons Wars: The Very Latest Braznovian Terror Weapons: The Emperor's Magister Sir Tully Latest War Machines
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Khador: Doom Reavers - I love these miniatures. As far as units go, these guys were a deciding factor for me when it came to picking a faction. The poses are great and full of ...
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Crimson Fist Anniversary WIP 2 - Another work in progress set for this guy. As you'll see by the end I'm getting pretty close. The major areas are done, and I just have to work on the de...
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Incursion Diversion – Gretel Von X - You know I should really be working on finishing off my Warmachine Cygnar stuff for the tournament next Sunday, and I should be working toward finishing th...13 hours ago
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Baron Samedi - The Baron here was bought and painted for use as a zombie master in a variety of games. The figure will also do well as a wyrd (psyker) for my Necromunda ...14 hours ago
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A Game of Thrones on Blu-ray - I got my copy of *Game of Thrones*, Season 1 today. I plan to settle down for the evening soon, drink a glass of wine or two, and watch a few episodes in ...
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Well, that's that done for another three months! - Had my first game of Warhammer fantasy in a while last Thursday. I ran an experimental Dogs of War list, in so far as it featured mostly new or nearly new ...
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Canadian Militia and Coureur de bois - Body Putty - I dread this part as I do not covert that many figures to be comfortable with this technique. I still use Tamiya’s Body Putty, which comes in two parts. ...
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Some updates - A WIP image of my Scots Schiltren. I finished up the latest unit of Late Romans I have been working on. The figures are all Musketeer Miniatures on 3x ...
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DeepWars stretch run on Kickstarter - We are on the home stretch of the Kickstarter run, with only 6 days left. We have already met the original goals but there are some new "stretch" goals to ...
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Generic ACW rebs, and a list - So the unit is done a small 18 figure unit. I actualy think this unit looks better then my last russians, the russians ofcourse are much more complicated to...
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Wargames Soldiers & Strategy 59 - Well, I succumbed to yet another magazine today. Whilst browsing in Smith's waiting for my train to arrive on Platform 7 at Victoria Station, I decided thi...
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Back and Looking Forward - Yay, I'm back! It feels like it's been ages since I last painted something but now there's new stuff coming soon at last. It feels great to be painting ...
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Great Orcs - I managed to finish of the first unit for the *Olde Skool Warhammer*project today. Being a tad ornery they aren't *Citadel* miniatures or from the Eighties ...
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M is for More again; More Starlux... - A round-up that will serve as an introduction as it will always appear at the top of the posts below in tag-searches for Starlux. The top image shows how t...
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Warpath - Taking the Plunge - So I have finally taken the plunge and grabbed a copy of Fate of the Forgestar. Or, more accurately, split the cost and contents with MLB with him taking t...
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What do YOU want to know? - I have been running this blog for quite a while now. And each post is things I like, things Im doing, things I want to see etc. Im not stopping, ther...
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Coastal modules for gaming ... - While I was in the mood on Sunday I decided to do the new 'island/coast' modules for my gaming table, so I could have a continual coast along the whole tab...
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A new venture. - Every now and then I get the craving to paint and game in 28mm (boo hiss) and some of the escapades get posted on here so when I decided to put together a ...17 hours ago
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Back to the Brushes 15 - Well not much has been happening here since the start of March and in fact the only painting was brief session this afternoon touching up the undercoat on ...
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52 not out... - Today is my 52nd birthday.Tomorrow is Jan's 50th! I have had a busy day at work and have come home to a splendid meal of Chilli Con Carne,sundry other nac...
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Full Dress Rehearsal - Following the completion of the Show Qids board as revealed in yesterday's blog an ex-work colleague of mine dropped round for a full dress rehearsal (yes,...
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Cataphracts based and Dux WIP - Title says it all really. The Dux is to act as C in C for the Late Romans under rules that need such a commander. I am going for a wealthy look as befits a...
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Trouble at'Mill! - My new command group, including one of the best two weapon options I've seen in a while: These will eventually be leading a unit of Rodoleros, though I'v...
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Maximilian Project Progress Report - Hi, As many of you know I'm going to be running two Maximilian Adventure games at Historicon in July: Puebla 1862 (Cinco de Mayo) and an ahistorical battl...
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Salute 2012 map online... - The map of the venue for 2012 is now online, with all the table numbers and the layout of the show. It is also linked on the Traders and Games pages. Cli...
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Eldar Harlequins & Null Deployment - One of the options I wished I had for my Eldar Harlequin army was some sort of null deployment (combination of outflank, infiltrate, and deepstrike) opti...
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Kursk Campaign 2012 - by Mário Laranja(7) - Well, well, ML's Kursk diorama saga continues at last! The pic above shows were we left off, and now you will see the continuation. A terrain...
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Air Force - 60mm Cold War era Tim Mee brand Air Force figures. These guys are pilots. Ground crews with the whole nine yards of .50 caliber ammo belts for the w...
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Mercenary Crossbows - I have been painting some Mercenary Crossbowmen in service of the Danish King and Union army. These are a mix of all sort of minis, Perry, Crusader and Gam...
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To do List 2012 - [1] - GSM Stuart Tyron Dax, POM, OPESo, some things in the upcoming months pending tinker: - The second task force - The two warships as escort for the Royal Oak...
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Colonial House - To complement my “In the Heart of Arfica” figures I’ve been working on colonial style House made from 5mm foam board and bits of wood. The finished article...19 hours ago
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Colomby, August 1870 - The battle of Colomby, fought using my 'Rifle and Kepi' rules, hexes are around a kilometre, stands are regiments and formations are divisions. The view is...
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Workbench tutorial: Rusting - Greetings all, I talk a lot about weathering and rusting but I realised that until now I haven't done a proper tutorial on it. Today I fix that and talk ab...
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Getting back on the painting horse - I'm a little saddle sore tonight. After about two months with feet firmly on the ground I've clambered back onto the painting horse. The old body is achi...20 hours ago
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Making Wargaming Terrain – Warhammer Fantasy and 40k Hills - Over the weekend I put together a little ebook on how to make hills for wargaming. These hills will work great for any system and are cheap, sturdy, and qu...20 hours ago
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Necron Warrior Conversion Tutorial: Ditch the Green Rods! - Old School here with a quick, easy and effective tutorial for improving your Necron Warriors. For a long time, many Necrons (and non-Necron) players have...
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Iron Hands FTW project. - Here are some pics of my take on an Iron Hands marine. Check out FTW to see Rons work on this months Model Masterclass project. This month Ron chose for us...
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True North Hurricane MkI 1/144 - I finally finished the first of the True North 1/144 scale Hawker Hurricane Mk I's that I bought to support my British 8th Army. The lists all call for Hur...
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Thoughts on black powder skirmishing... - *Battle for North Bridge AWI scenario from Wargames Illustrated January 2012 * It is fairly obvious to anyone reading these pages that I will never be a...
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Finished? - [image: DSCF0306] At last, I think I may have finished making doors, gates, etc! And about time too! At the top are the front and back faces of the ...21 hours ago
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FWS News Feed: Terra Nova is Dead - Well, FOX has done it again...cancelled another science-fiction show, and this time it is *TERRA NOVA*. It is official, the multi-million-dollar-per-episo...
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Special Operations Killzone: Explained -MISSIONS - As stated previously, this series is designed to offer a peek behind the curtain, and to illuminate our collective thinking about the current state of ...
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Random Encounter 1 - Scratch Built Ork Stompa - Following a huge amount of support from fellow bloggers I'm going to throw in a few random encounters These random encounters will include some of the non-...
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Army For The 40K Tournament . Part 5 - Hi all Here is my current progress on my army. You can see converted TL Plasma/Las Cannon turret on razorback. Spellscape Miniatures blog
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25mm Clan Wars figures for HotT - I was fortunate enough recently to get a large lot of Clan Wars figures. I had never seen these figures before, but once I did, I knew I had to possess th...
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New gadget = new show? - I’ve just got hold of a new gadget – the Zoom H1 portable recorder. This handy piece of kit replaces my old mp3 recorder with some much improved mics and e...22 hours ago
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Battle of Toulouse - Move 3 - Table at the start of move 3 Bottom – Hills artillery have caused casualties on the right hand section of Toulouse Left – Picton approaching Toulouse, ...
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The Barrow, Part 2 initial setup. - KEY 1. 6 Death riders with light armour, shields lancesand a banner. Lead by Victora Mbrus a level 10 hero. 2. Bald Rick a level 15 necromance...
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The Magic Lute's Dancing Troupe and a little bit more - Here are some of the figures I hope to use in my future project "The Magic Lute". Need more figures and need to finish a story behind it all. And tw...
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Verdigris - I've always wanted to do some statues in the archetypal green that you see for 18th century (ish) statues, but have never found a technique that works. Th...
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Een brief uit 1672 ~ A letter from 1672 - Taalunie prijs winnares Judith Brouwer was zo vriendelijk ons een voorproefje te geven van haar promotieonderzoek aangaande de door de Engelsen verover...
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Advanced Dungeons of Disturbia - Disturbia Clothing, with AD&D inspired Ts for Spring / Summer 2012 collection. Genius! Womens: Advanced Dungeons & Disturbia Mens: Advanced Dungeons & Dist...
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Gingerbread Mania - part two - Part Two of this months Pledge was basing and undercoating the Limited Edition miniatures. Photos One and Two - show all four figures based on 2p coins wit...
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de Ligne 2nd battalion - This is the second battalion of de Ligne. The officer has followed regulations by wearing white trousers but, being slightly rebellious and a follower o...
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Mortars - A few pictures of the 120s I'm working on for the regiment Mortars and figures are by Pegasus and I've added a few details to some of them for a little ...
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Waiting for.... - ...the wheels. Meantime have a look at some of the detail in the 'cabin' ...a nifty li...
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I Like Stupid Things - It's true. There's no way around it. I like stupid things. Not like this kind of stupid: But what 'serious gamers' might call stupid. I can be one of t...
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2012 February/March - I have finally gotten some urge to do more painting, maybe it was the finalizing of the Rifle Company that made me want to paint more? So in the weekend I p...1 day ago
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FIW - Test Game - Last week I conned Postie into a small game to test my French Indian Wars skirmish rules. I was quite pleased with how the game went, there were a few un...
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French Artillery, 10th Co, 6th FA Regt. - It has come as somewhat of a surprise to me to realise that for a blog named after Austerlitz there has been little if any Napoleonic posting going on, wha...
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Gettysburg the film - Saw this the other day (as much for preparation for the ACW campaign as anything else). A bit slow in parts (but I suppose they had to get all the key e...1 day ago
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You Little Rat(s) - Well, I may have missed the Painting Competition deadline, but here are my Dungeon Dwelling Pendraken 10mm Ratmen. Painted in red livery to match with my...
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Decapitator - Here's the finished Decapitator. I added in a bunch of Verdi Gris to give it that aged and authentic look. The priest reminded me of a plastic Jeebuss, ...
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Knight: The Warrior and World of Chivalry by Robert Jones - I was big into knights when I was like 10-years-old or so. I had a bunch of coloring books and those thin kids' paperbacks about knights and castles. I made ...
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Tuesday Review – LMC 46 - Today’sreview is the LMC 46 it is a Dust-Models.com amphibious transport. For rulepurposes Naval Unit is can only be in a water designated squad. The tran...1 day ago
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My Workbench: Buck Rogers' Vorvon, the Space Vampire part 2/2 - Please see part 1. I finished painting Vorvon.. Vorvon, almost ready And then used Hirst Arts to make the starship floor and wall and put them together
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Настоящая бронзовая статуя \ Bronze statue by Jakub Skolil - Или почти настоящая;) Якуб Сколил опять порадовал. Взял фигурку фирмы Андреа,конвертировал,состарил,навёл патину - и вот перед нами типичная стат...
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Somewhere on the North German Plain, 1813. - This Saturday past saw me at the club's Croydon venue, maybe for the last time in a while as my study has started in earnest again (sob!). Forgot the ca...
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Game of Hail Caesar - Today was my second game of *Hail Caesar*, the Ancient and Medieval brother of the *Black Powder* rules that our group tried a couple of weeks ago. Don and...
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Project Maiwand - Day Two - I 'eard the knives be'hind me, but I dursn't face my man, Nor I don't know where I went to, 'cause I didn't 'alt to see, Till I 'eard a beggar squealin' out ...
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Malifaux - Bayou Gremlins - Wyrd Miniatures has certainly earned to the right to their name. It's not that they're particularly disturbing; oddly racy; or persistently left field - bu...
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Ligne and Leger, and not much Morr - Above are 15 of the French Ligne (Line infantry) battalion I'm working on. Only nine models to go. Below are the first 12 of the French Leger (Light infan...
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The Indy Open: Final four - *by: farmpunk* Here's part of what you've all sort of been looking for. Now you can stop texting me about teh hawt new sexah lists at the top tables at th...
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FFZ-32 The Hub - Part 2 - Heya Spent some time this evening in a room full of sawdust, burning smells and that confined feeling that dust masks always seem to have when combined wi...
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Achtung! Raketen! - The dastardly Hun has rockets! Primitive terror weapons, fit only for the bombardment of innocent civilian areas. Note the lack of any sort of guidance ...
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"As long as I don't Roll a 1" - That Blogger extraordinaire, Ray Rousell has a blog entitled Don't Throw a 1 Clearly Ray doesn't play Blood Bowl. To be honest, when I first contemplated ...1 day ago
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GPO Rocket Team - I realised yesterday I call them the Royal Mail but at the time I think that they were called the General Post Office, GPO. Either way I have finished them...
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Lydia Leister house - Widow Leister house restored today on the Gettysburg battlefield I’m sure you’ve seen the Perry brother’s Civil War styled plastic farm house by now. Many...
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New minions to skulk in the shadows or light up your swamp. - Recently arrived from across the waters, I'm pleased to present two new SBH characters to round out two of my warbands (a fourth warband to replace the tra...
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Fimir - The Fir Domhan - I've decided to pop up a new page dedicated to my growing fimir army, the clan of the Fir Domhan. Do take a peek, I'll be updating it pretty regularly wi...
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Block and Tackled - *There's one, there's another one....* One of my ongoing projects involves the use of wooden blocks to represent generic units in a variety of armies acr...
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The case of the mysterious parcel... - On Saturday, after returning from town, I discovered a mysterious note from one of her Majesty's servants on my door mat (a 'you've missed the delivery of ...
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Warpath Forge Fathers - I am loving the Forge Fathers from Mantic for Warpath, as a HUGE Squat Fan - they are like a breath of fresh air for me. I wanted to like the Olley Armies ...1 day ago
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Blucher & Chums - Some time ago Rafa asked to see a picture of the completePrussian High Command group. It’s taken me a while, due in part to my decisionto repaint Gneisena...
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Early Great War Stuff - Below are some pics of my latest figures painted for the joint 100 year anniversary project with Dave. 3rd Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment "Von Stulpnag...
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napoleonic commanders - some new commanders and a general stand for the anglo-dutch napoleonics the general stand and the prince of orange
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Chaos Space Marine Lord: WiP 2 - Here are some updates of my on-going Chaos fetish (and yet I'm not into Slannesh). Here is my second update for the Chaos Lord. I'm really enjoying the...
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Optex Photo Studio Lighting Kit Review - With the increase in blogging activity this year I thought it would be time to invest in some gear to hopefully improve the quality of my photography. Ent...
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Step-By-Step Khorne Berzerker (Black Legion) - Wow, I've been gone for quite a while and haven't really made any progress in my hobby in the time gone. It's a real bummer, but life(read:work) got in the...
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Relieve Enunciate - 3 Tips to Meliorate You Ameliorate Difficulty - Relieve Enunciate - 3 Tips to Meliorate You Ameliorate Difficulty Do you look you penury to relieve pronounce? If you are living a history with many things...1 day ago
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Die Mister Bond - Dr Maybe, James Bond baddy, shows off his giant triffid. From Crooked Dice - 7TV.
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Slayers - Howdy all, Sorry for the long gap in posting, but as explained in my last post it is Painting League Season...so all the effort I'm putting in at the paint...1 day ago
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Rebel Minis for Throwdown - I've been working hard playing and writing the rules for Throwdown a lot lately. I needed some figures that weren't "space riflemen" and picked up a pack...
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Pressed into The Service - Alright, enough of the serious (?) stuff. I was trying to figure out what to paint next. Finishing off the Royal Fusiliers would make sense and I have 6...
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15mm Terrain Build up - This week the terrain build up for the Salute wargames show has seen us make some key progress during our Sunday garage workshop. The crater terrain using ...
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Pirate Gun Team 1/72nd - *"YO HO HO! and a barrel of Rum !! "* Pirates are great!!!! * *I really like the irregular look of them* *and* *the "we do what we want" attitude* *and w...
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1/72 War of 1812 odds and ends - Moving some dusty figure boxes about to locate unpainted figures, I ran across six War of 1812 figures that I'd previously painted but then based on 120mm ...
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First Game of 5150: Star Army - The originally planned gaming on Saturday was hit by a case of the "Real Life" and we had to reschedule for Sunday. After a satisfying meal and some discus...
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New Paint Rack! - Some things arrived in the post this morning, and among them was this paint rack (bottom picture)! Ah, the smell of burnt wood in the post - laser-cut MDF ...
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NExt session march 11 Cancelled. - Hi All, It looks like life is getting in the way of gaming! so for the next session planned on the 11th of March we decided to cancel the event. We will ge...1 day ago
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Pair of Gŭiláng Finished! - The Gŭiláng, or Ghost Wolf, is a model I use in nearly all of my games. It's Yu Jing's cheap camouflage infiltrator and while he's not as cheap or as wel...
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28mm French & Indian War battle - It's funny what can result from a little light-hearted banter between mates. Over the festive season I threw a few tongue and cheek comments at one of the ...
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15pts Warmahordes tourney madness! - This last saturday I went into my 3rd Warmahordes tournament ever. It was a kickass 15pts tourney with one list and no restrictions. Needless to say there ...2 days ago
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Best of February 2012 - No "best of" last month, sorry. But here a bunch of interesting links to make up for that. This is what caught my eye in February 2012: Painted Figures For...2 days ago
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Lamentations of the Whispering Tyrant II - Since my last update on the topic at hand, the Ustalav campaign, my experiment in combining old school rules with new school adventuring material, has prog...2 days ago
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Converted Treekin - Recently, I have been commission painting some High Elves in an Avelorn theme. It made me think back to my own elf army, started a couple of years back. A...
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What a gem, I'm back again - Slow progress indeed, I went of to Tunisia to get some sun and history. The real highlight was the Colosseum at El Djem. So back to "reality" and more post...
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Russian Artillery (Part 1) - Good day and good week guys!!! While searching of what to paint during last weekend, I came up with the idea of restructuring my armies in a more elaborate...2 days ago
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Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Place in the Sun, 1901 - Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany: Speech to the North German Regatta Association, 1901 In spite of the fact that we have no such fleet as we should have...
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New Project moving along - So the army has been challenging me with other things here in afghanistan and I haven't made as much progress as I would have liked on my new project. I'm...
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More Celts and some Saga - I moved this unit of Warlord Celtic cavalry off the workbench this week. Nice models, very animated. Clearly not just out for a pony ride Mark Wall and ...
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4 Anglo-Dane Huscarls - Army Painter vs. Vallejo Wash - These 4 Anglo-Dane huscarls by Renegade Miniatures were painted and finished with Vallejo's Sepia Shade Wash (except the shields). I wanted to compare the ...
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I’m back! - I’m back. Having been lost in the world of blogger for too long, I’m returning to my original blog, albeit with a new direction and focus. I have recently...2 days ago
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Quebec: Figure Compatibility Review - The following is a compatibility review (as the title suggests) of the ranges of figures I have chosen from what is loosely termed the 28mm miniature scal...
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40k Istavaan III Loyalist Pre-Heresy - Started the work of painting up my pre-heresy army for next years Standish Standoff. After reading the first few Horus Heresy books I really wanted to put ...
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TAU-RA Taruk Rider - Last night I painted and then dipped the first mini for my upcoming Tau-Ra FUBAR Force. A Taruk Rider. Added the base and flocking today. He wears white ca...
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Return to The King (LOTRO) and More.... - So it has been a while, and I finally got some free time to write, so lets get down to it. Raef, I see your tweets about Lotro what happened to Swotr? Swo...
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Meanwhile, at the Factory.... - One of our crack engineers is making final adjustments on Edbart XIV, the ship's gun servitor. Why put him in a big poorly-designed turret when he can sit sa...
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Smooth & Rifled playtest - Earlier this week, my friend Phil emailed me about the *Smooth & Rifled*skirmish rules from Dadi & Piombo (that name always makes me think of Timon and Pumb...2 days ago
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It Came from Beyond the Still - Grays versus McCoys - Dad and I got in two games of ICFBTS today in under two hours! He played the McCoys and I played the grays. The objective for the McCoys was to eliminate t...
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The Stronghold is back! - Just saw the link this morning and pretty excited to catch up on HotT stuff from the best HotT resource on the net. Check out the Stronghold Rebuilt!
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SAGA Trojan War- If Achilles goes down to the woods today he is sure for a big suprise... - And that suprise is.... A trojan spear to the face. Repeatedly. So, Achilles in his hubris from his previous victory over the cunning Odysseus thought that...
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The Walking Dead Season Two, Part Two, Episode 3 - Holy cost cutting batman! I'm starting to notice that the more zombies that show up in TWD, the less cast members we see. This week we had some great act...2 days ago
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When Is A Ninja Loud? - When he is me! As of now *Loud Ninja Games* is officially a go. What is LNG? LNG is my new boutique-scale gaming company focused on, but not limited to...
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Codex: Demiurg Warhost - 05/03/2012 - I've done an awful lot of work on the codex since I last posted here. Most recently I've been doing a lot of formatting work on the codex. I have been try...2 days ago
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Imperial Chimeras on the cheap. - Looking for very cheap alternatives for my Blood Pact Army, I found a post on TMP about using cheap plastic tanks from the site called Plastic Green Army M...
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Session Three "Stuck In" Wherein it Becomes a Stand Up Fight and Not Just a Bug Hunt - The Marines of Sulaco Strike Force Lion's Den pressed on into sector 007. The terrain was mixed destruction and alien ectoplasm and egg casings were evid...
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Foundry French O's Completed - Here is General Sycophant and his trusty aide Colonel Lackey. These are part of the figures my buddy asked me to paint for him in exchanged for some Foundr...
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Pictures - Thanks to Stryker over at the Hinton Hunt Vintage Wargames blog I have been able to fix the problem of pictures not enlarging when you click on them. Hopeful...2 days ago
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March already!!! - As I flipped over the calendar page to March earlier this week, all I could think was 'Yikes! What happened to February?' I usually take a break from gamin...
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Stay Frosty - A previous patrol has discovered the hub of an extensive logistical operation. There’s also an opportunity which Divisional Intelligence contends on – the ...
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Perry Under Fire - Since the scenario didn't happen, I can show how it could have happened. This shows the 1/700 Perry, splash markers, previous splash markers, and a big f...
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Painters Alert! - Lead Painters League Season 6 went live today at the Lead Adventure Forum with 46 participants from all over the hobbysphere. Do yourse...
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S.W.A.T. - SWAT units were first implemented by LAPD in 1968 to perform police operations that required specialized training. Since then, they have been introduced t...
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Another Great Map - Browsing the Vintage Wargaming blog, once again I came across an 'Old School' style hand-drawn map that seemed set to inspire a game. You can see the map b...
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Artizen Design WWII: Horrid Casting Quality! - Saturday afternoon, I had been griping to a visiting friend about some of my Old Glory-cast Crusader figures that need a Dremel tool to smooth out the rid...
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Australian Light Horse. GWM Conversions 4. - All complete. Click on thephotograph for larger image.
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Dystopian Wars - Battle in the Baltic - We had another Dystopian Wars battle at the club this week. This time, we were trialing one of the scenarios planned for the upcoming tournament - a ba...
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Science Teams Hit Dirtside - Got my Ground Zero Games stuff in and slapped some superglue on them to get an idea of what my Starport science teams are going to look like. I went with ...2 days ago
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Book Review: A Distant Mirror - [image: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century]A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century by Barbara W. Tuchman My rating: 5 of 5 stars This ...2 days ago
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Zvezda's Soviet Paratroops and Samurai mini sets reviewed - New review of the latest game releases from Zvezda.2 days ago
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First Look: 1812 - The Invasion of Canada - In my search for a light, family friendly entry board wargame, recently picked up a copy of 1812: The Invasion of Canada from Academy Games. Perhaps some...
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The One Ring March Painting Challenge: Command Group - So, this month we have to include two models…“To enter this month you MUST have a Captain and at least 1 of the following; Banner Bearer, Hornblower, Drumm...2 days ago
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You Have WHAT in the Party? - On reflection, I wonder how much of my attitude to PCs – and my thinking that settings are for the GM – derives from my early D&D experiences. I started pl...2 days ago
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Savage Sunday Photo Dump - My print copy of Crypts & Things should be arriving in the mail any day now. Just trying to get in the right mood! : ) -B.
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New items from the Captains mini museum - A Confederate envelope printed on the back of a form Three envelopes from the State Dept. and the Treasury DeptThe inside of the 2 sided Confederate envelop...
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Strzelcy moskiewscy / Muscovite Streltsi - Skończyłem oddział Strzelców moskiewskich - jeden z najsłynniejszych rosyjskich oddziałów w XVII wieku. Pomalowałem go w barwach 7-go pułku. Wszystkie str...
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Battlefront - Flames Of War - Battlefront the publishers of the well know 15mm WW2 rule set Flames of War(FoW), are about issue the latest version of the rules, Edition 3. They have mad...
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15mm painted ACW collection for sale - FOR SALE! Hey all! Well... with the baby here, and money always needed, I thought I'd delve into my storage closet and send some of my soldiers off to h...
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Nothing much and the quest for cork... - Alas, I've still not finished painting anything. I was hoping to combine an up and a down to the tally with this post, but no dice. These 14 apes for Ris...
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Using other Imagi-Nations' units - I don't know if its bad form, but in recruiting an Imagi-Brigade for my French army, the Corps du Vin, while my own Saxe-Märchen force and Imagi-Regiments ...2 days ago
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Yet more Chasseurs and some Grognards - Shaun Duncan's reinforcements arrived last week, and I've now got almost all the miniatures I need* for my 4 battalions of Garde Chasseurs. Two battalio...
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Repainting Hornby Skaledale: Derelict Stables - It all started with a routine visit to Model Zone on a Saturday afternoon. You know the sort of thing. Take the 2 boys in for a browse whilst the wife an...2 days ago
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28mm ecw Parliamentarian command finished - I finished these guys off a week ago they are nearly all old glory figure Being that i'm still not to well and very busy this week i'm not sure if i'll g...
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Its quiet...too quiet! - Wow! Has it been that long since I last posted on this blog?? Well a lot has happened since then I guess. for those of you that don't read my Musketeer ...
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The Seven Ronin - In a blatant tribute to Akiro Kurosawa's great film 'The Seven Samurai' - we did a version of the final climactic battle! The village we were defending. 2...
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Spear Chukka´s done! - Allrighty then... I finally managed to do the basing for the Chukka´s. Basic stuff... I used some cork and Army Painter range basing bitz... Grave yard ear...
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Effort mit dis Axe inter Otter Vase! - ** *The Disposition of the Corps du Vin,spring 1757 - Saxe-Märchen forces in dark blue, other Imagi-Nation regiments in light blue* “Gentlemen” said th...
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New Special: Choose 4 WWII Packs for $35 - Choose 4 VFM WWII packs for only $35 Choose from the packs listed in the special …….. Find it in the Specials Section of the Victory Store . Not valid with...2 days ago
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A Marvelous Steampunk Modeler - I recently discovered this Steampunk modeler and bloger's work and thought I'd share it with you. Colonel O'Truth's Miniature Issues is the blog of a New Zea...
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Armoured might. - I have been working, feverishly, to finish off the transport vehicles for the 1st platoon and have managed it!: These just need a gloss varnish, the decal...
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March Sale - March sale I am having a small sale this week 3/4/2012 to 3/9/2012. any kit or mini 10% off plus free shipping off any orders over $50. The sale is for any...
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Defacing My Bases? - I photographed these WW2 Americans after I'd experimented with a new base texturing mix. The mix uses Woodland Scenics coarse turf, tea leaves and static ...
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Trolls.... - Unit of trolls for my seemingly never ending goblin army. These are all Reaper trolls. Lots of character and easy to paint up.
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R.I.P. Ralph McQuarrie - SO, so sorry to hear of Ralph's passing. A true visionary, who's contribution to SF concept work was invaluable. He'll be missed.
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Flames of War British Sherman Firefly & Company Command - The latest couple of additions to my small late war British Flames of war army today. First is the impressive looking Sherman Firefly to join my Sherman p...
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And the winner is... - *Squeek* ...*The Stormvermin! * (tada~bugles etc.) Let's take a look at the results shall we? 1. *Stormvermin*: 67% (29 votes) 2. Tie:* Doomflay...
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Paper Buildings Tutorial - Well here we go! My insane micro scale terrain project is developing legs fast. I've set up a file sharing account on box.com where I will post my paper ...
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Book Review, Voices From Stalingrad - As per last book review it is on my other blog and can be found here. If your into Stalingrad it's worth clicking on the link.
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Left-over Tile Adhesive Hills - Things have been busy at work, so I haven't been able to do any more figure painting. However this weekend I had to re-tile the toilet at home. When I was ...
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The Great War Batrep - Hoi, On February 23rd Koen came by and we played 3 The Great War games; one regular 1200pts battle and two trench-raid games. Now it has taken me ages to ...
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WW2 GAME MALAYA 1942 - On Thursday night the group played a WW2 game set in Malaya 1942. The scenario was an Australian/British battalion group acting as a rearguard to cover the...
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The Empire Strikes Back? - Our scenario this week was set in the Seven Years War, in the period following the battle of Kunersdorf. Frederick had rushed to try and make good the loss...
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