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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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Space Wolves: an update! - Through a couple of trades I was able to get two original Landraiders and one modern one. Having the old vehicles sit on my desk really inspired me to t...
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Box O' Zombies Final Stretch - I've got all the washes down and some of the highlighted layers. You can see the skin tone as I intended them to look. Hoping to finish them either tonight o...17 minutes ago
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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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Tracking the Shermans - Having repainted my Shermans with Warpaint British Armour. The next stage was the detailing, including the tracks and the stowage. I also started to paint ...27 minutes ago
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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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Knowledge Bomb: Shoot the Hostage! - Welcome to the segment here on Spikey Bits, where I go over some rules clarifications and "gotchas" for 5th Edition. Today's Knowledge Bomb is from Meeker!...
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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...57 minutes 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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Happy Birthday, H.C.! - So last week marked the third anniversary of the Hill Cantons campaign. To commemorate the event, my wife and I brought a cake to today's game session. ...
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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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Cheap and Easy Necron Reanimation Protocol/ Everliving Tokens - Old School here tonight with a quick idea for Reanimation Protocol or Everliving tokens/ markers (obviously these are not fully painted yet). Now, I know...
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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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FFL is for French Foreign Legion - I've been fighting with the labels/tag list all weekend, but I think I'm wining, however lots of work still to do there, while I was visiting all my old po...
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Southern Battle Gamers DBA Historical Competition 2012 - March (results) - A year ago, at the SBG DBA Historical comp, I managed (through little fault of my own) to be declared the Imperator (HERE) and got my name on a plaque. Thi...
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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...3 hours 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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Bow Down Before Your New Robot Overlords! - *by SandWyrm* Bow down before your true masters filthy human scum! For Hans Krueger's Necrons have taken Best General at the first annual Indy Open GT! H...
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Wargames Gallery 3-04-2012 - "I can never find shoes my size" "tell me about it..." Caption contest GO! Enjoy. If you have an awesome wargames shot you think would make a great BoLS pi...
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FFZ-32: The Hub - Heya I've had a bit of a tidy, sorted out the painting desk acquired another unit of shelving (last wall now covered) and returned the rug to the floor l...
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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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Nearing the end - Hi fellas. Today I had a look at the Roman lead pile. Well, I have a few auxiliaries, some legionnaires, some cavalry and artillery, and some fortification...
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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...5 hours 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...5 hours 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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Super Cool Fins - Reader Arto has also brought my attention to two events in Finland. Both look supercool and Finland looks like collector central to me! First up * Talviheik...
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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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Wow - The Dwimmermount Kickstarter has been live for just about 48 hours and it's already within spitting distance of achieving its initial funding goal. Never i...5 hours ago
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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...6 hours 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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Runefang V - WHFB Tournament Game 5 Report - *Game 5 vs. Sam Whitt - Warriors of Chaos* *Scenario - Pitched Battle* *1st Turn - Yes* *(No photos for this one as my Phone's battery died after Game 4)* ...
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Express Delivery - Here is the start of the next figures and yet again they are from, yes you have guessed it, Musketeer Miniatures and sculpted by the talented Paul Hicks. F...
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Bag The Panther - In a change of plan, I decided to prepare a selection of US Navy and Marines aircraft for Bag the MiG this evening, instead of the RAAF Meteors that I or...
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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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Rating Leaders for the Maximilian Adventure - Hi, Thought I would share me ratings for generals during the Maximilian Adventure. They are rated for the *Piquet* wargaming rules. Click for larger versi...
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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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Monsterpocalypse - Matt took me through one of the worlds many collectible miniatures games last week; this one featuring Toho Cinema and anime inspired monsters duelling eac...
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Warhammer Forge - Skin Wolves - Forge World, you do spoil me of late. I must admit, I am loving the expectation of completely new creatures and units that are churning out of Warhammer ...8 hours ago
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Samurai banners and flags - Another part of the samurai project is to find the right daimyo symbols for the flags, banners and back-banners (sashimono) of the troops. One of the best...
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Little Less Conversation, a Little More Blood Bowl Action Please - In less than two weeks I'll be at the West Coast Quake, a Blood Bowl Tournament in Las Vegas. The organizer, Da Loonie Shaman, always has something unique a...
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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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Progress in the Garage - I finally managed to get to Ikea this weekend and get thebits and pieces I needed to sort out my wargame room in our garage (funny how atrip to Ikea can a...
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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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2 Survivors and 10 Zombies - HI, everybody. I finally got around to taking some pics of some recently finished minis. First up is Sister Maria from Reaper Miniatures. A little backstor...
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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 ...9 hours ago
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Full Thrust Imperium – Battle of Procyon - FROM TERCONFLT TRAINCOM TO ALL FLEET SUBJ BATTLE OF PROCYON TRAINING – EXERCISE FULL THRUST Following Battle of Procyon, all task force commanders directed...9 hours 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 ...9 hours ago
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Zvezda's Soviet Paratroops and Samurai mini sets reviewed - New review of the latest game releases from Zvezda.9 hours ago
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Wikingas cumað! - OK, so my Anglo-Saxon isn't up to much, but I think that's "The Vikings are coming!" I've finally got around to painting up the first of my Vikings for Sag...
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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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28mm Pirate Ships + Extras in the UK - My Favourites for LotHS (pic heavy) - *"Yo ho ho, Its a Pirates life for me"* With a few gamers in the local area looking at playing Legends of the High Seas I started to look at 28mm scale sh...
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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...9 hours 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...9 hours ago
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Too busy modelling (and shopping) to blog! - I have spent quite a lot of today either working on my latest model ship or shopping with my wife. The ship is finally beginning to take shape (no joke int...
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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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Finished! - The Qids display game is finally finished. All done. Here's some pictures: View of the full board, with everything deployed and the temple walls in the d...
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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 ...10 hours 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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On the North West Frontier....Part 4 - After the general all round buzz of yesterday and the news re the ships today saw yours truly returning to rather more mundane matter in the shape of the h...11 hours ago
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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...11 hours 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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Easy Does It. - We've seen this scenario recently so I won't bother to describe it in detail. I merely substituted infantry for cavalry and light infantry and carried on. ...
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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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Songs of Splintered Lands - The Druid's Children - At long last I have finished up some of the Splintered Light minis that Dunc ordered up for me several months ago. These were about 90% done within only a ...
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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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1/72 AWI odds and ends - I finished up what I thought were the last of the 1/72 AWI this weekend (although I just discovered a few more that had fallen off the tray prior to primin...
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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...13 hours ago
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Stone Lurker (finished) - I think the paint really brought this figure together. I'm very happy with the results. Green stuff continues to be my favored medium for tentacles: It tak...
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FWS Topics: The Four Fs of Combat - During the First World War, the great armies of Europe were bogged down in bloody trench warfare, and relayed on traditional infantry combat to push forwa...
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Armour...everywhere! - Welcome to Sunday's post and I'll start off by welcoming my newest follower; Hammer and Forge. Welcome to Inso's World and I hope you enjoy your stay. Feel...
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Apocalypse Scenario for the Third Table - And finally, our scenario for the third table in our apocalypse game: Merrows City – Following a heavy oribital bombardment this city must now be taken or ...13 hours ago
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20mm Painting Tray Distraction - Remember that 20mm Cromwell I recently made from HaT's ArmourFast? Well the nice thing about ArmourFast models is that they always come as part of a double...
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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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Malifaux Battle Report: Seamus vs Somer’teeth - Scenario: Malifaux game time! Finally a 1v1 game, something we have been looking forward to playing. The encounter was flipped and Cloudfang was going fo...14 hours ago
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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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Super Cataphract a licious - Finished painting and waiting for the glue to dry on the base. I have added shields although none came in the blister and they aren't strictly necessary. I...
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Battle for Girovka Bend By Chris Kemp - http://notquitemechanised.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/battle-for-girovka-bend/
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Lilliana - No, it’s not a sneak peek at a new model… well, it kinda is, I guess. Congratulations to Mr & Mrs Dicewraith on the birth of their new little princess, Lil...15 hours ago
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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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Fort Delaware - Narrowsburg. Thomsomfeld sent me these images of a great wooden fort from the F&I and Revwar era. Info here http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=23934 ht...
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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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Bungle’s Blogging Bonanza – Ramblings from The Trenches - Welcome to the latest Blogging Bonanza post and this time we have John from the Ramblings from The Trenches. So let’s get straight into it; 1. Name (alias...17 hours ago
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WWG Police Station part 1 - Okay, folks, here it is - my largest ever card building and without doubt, the most eagerly awaited. It is, of course my World Works Games 28mm scale Mayhe...
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TUSK TERRAIN PT 1 - I have started work on the terrain I will use for my Tusk Project, Its basically going to be an open valley surrounded with small Pine forests, plenty of...
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Diversity - If, as the saying goes, variety is the spice of life, then my modelling table has little to worry about. I took the photo when I realised that the toys I'...
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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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La Bataille de Sept Bras, 1815 - *Another* *Black Powder* report, this one from the game we had on Feb. 26 at the monthly games day of the *West Tokyo Wargamers*. This one was notable...
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Minor conversion at the watering hole! - Hi gents, A slight conversion this week of a Eureka figure and the rest of the set painted up have a look see what you think.I know there is a wee bit of ...
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The manor of highlighting - Spent some time painting the manor this weekend. Put on the base layers of dark brown and dark grey. I also created a highlight for both these colours, add...18 hours ago
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Battle of Toulouse - Move 1 - Table at the start of move 1 Centre - Soult has three corps deployed in and around Toulouse Bottom - Hill will arrive on centre road Left - Picton and ...
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Saga First Game - A bit late in posting this. Last Monday saw me take part in my first ever game of Saga. The fledgling warband I've put together joined a Viking band against...
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Sci Fi game and movie convention 2012 - The annual Sci-Fi convention in Malmö was held this weekend, so I went there with a couple of friends. Actually had a minor adventure in the morning prior ...
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Caesar Miniatures 1/72 scale Kit 7202 – German Gun sIG 33 with crew – what do you get? - It’s time to start work on my pair of Caesar Miniatures 150mm sIG 33 infantry guns. Inside the box are four sprues – one for the gun itself: and three to m...19 hours ago
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Welsh Warriors for Saga - Here are eight more warriors completed for my expanded Welsh Saga warband. This unit is worth one point in Saga terms. Sorry the photos aren't great. Most ...
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Accessorizing the hive – Aliens game board update #3 - This is an update on my Aliens game board project. I’m at a point where I’ve glued most of the magnet pieces to the game board. I’d show you pictures, but ...19 hours ago
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Project Progress - Regimental engineer company for my 43-45 panzergrenadier unit Various lighting experiments here, the figures have also had a little more work done since ...
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Bugatti Autorail Revisited - Published by michel /57 & 232S003 @ Les Trains de l'Histoire forum Visit Streamline is Dieselpunk Gallery (NEW!) @ Dieselpunk Encyclopedia20 hours ago
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Ottoman Reinforcements - Bashi Bazouks - This evening sees the first real outing of my Ottoman Turk Army vs that of the Russian Empire. The plan is to use a scenario generated from the excellent Pl...
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Clones of Dirz - Andrew asked me to paint some Confrontation Dirz for him after Cancon, and I have finally got around to putting up some pictures, I am quite happy with h...
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Wybrane z tygodnia 42 - Codwutygodniowa porcja tygodniowych linków do czegoś fajnego...:) Dziś niemal same poradniki, dotyczące rozmaitych aspektów hobby - myślę, że każdy znajdz...
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Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy - I got my hands on a new, at least for me, wargaming magazine: Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy. I have had the chanse to look at two of their latest issue...
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Podcast hits new download milestone - The podcast achieved a new milestone overnight, as it went over 300,000 total downloads – something of a mind-boggling figure! Many thanks to everyone for ...21 hours ago
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Buddenbrock Cuirassiers - The 1st Prussian Cuirassiers of the WAS/SYW period, also known as the Buddenbrock Cuirassiers. Figures are by Foundry and are the old charging figure...
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Byzantines, Blood Bowl and Shermans - I promised my mate, Alan, a full after action report of Friday night's Blood Bowl game between his Norse and my valiant Dwarrow Boys Dwarf team, and I will...21 hours ago
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Big Wars - http://tradgardland.blogspot.com/ for a brief report and photo of my current Big Wars game umpired by Brian and featuring Ian as my splendid opponent...21 hours ago
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My Mysoreans painted bei TK - And this morning Krisztian sent me photos of my Mysorean infantry which I gave him as a paintjob. Together with the one I painted myself I already have over...
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Big Wars - Still a tad under the weather at present. I have done little painting of late but have prepared some figures instead. I have however been enjoying a splen...
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DBA 15mm Pyrrhic - baggage element done! - The camp stand is done finally: Hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are welcome :)
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Bren Gun Carrier - Good evening, Should be ironing for the coming week, but, well... Recently won me a 1/72 Airfix Bren Gun Carrier and 6 Pndr off Trade Me, and am slowly pu...
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Chapter XI Terra Incognita - ---------- *EXPEDITION TO ALEXANDRAPOUR* ---------- Date: 22 September 1900 Location: Into The Uncharted Interior Situation: The March and the 3rd Sikh's Ca...
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General de Brigade Game: Eckmuhl, 1809 - Today I hosted a miniatures game for the first time since June. In fact, I have not played a miniatures game since October! We fought though the first scen...
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Panzer-Grenadier Pioneer Battalion Company 3 - The last in the Pioneer's line Companies is No3 Company. The Heavy Weapons Platoon is once again from the Revell DAK set. I choose these poses as they ar...
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1911 - http://www.giantrobot.com/martin/review-of-jackie-chans-100th-movie-1911-revolution/attachment/1911-jackie1-650/
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The Smell of Tharks in the Morning - Working up my native VSF force, a labor of 3 years now. Tracking down Mageknight Shyft Fiends to be my 4 Armed Tharks first was .... very trying in that I ...
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A Little Quiet on the Naps .... - It's been a while since I posted here so I thought I'd let everyone know what I'm up to. At the moment I'm in the middle of scratch building a piece for m...
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Water Sports - I've spent a little time this evening making watery terrain for some projected games here at the Duchy of Alzheim. Above is my swamp and below a picture ...
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The Man Cave Ver. 1.1 - I just got a new PC, so I went out to Ikea and got a clean looking trestle table and brought out a lighted globe and had stuffed away. The picture below...
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Eden - My thoughts - I have had a few comments re is Tabans skirmish game Eden any good? So instead of replying to each comment I will try and give my opinion. This won't be abou...1 day ago
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UnMuseum - Some fun "relics" and bits and bobs here, including the possessions of Professor Aronnax! www.unmuseum.org/notescurator/league_art.htm
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Old Stuff Day+1: More Vietnam - There was some interest in my Vietnam figures yesterday so I though I'd expand a little on that. Comrade James and I got into the genre 5 years ago to pla...
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I'm Alive - Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Having started up a new miniature painting business I'm having difficulties keeping up a roleplaying blog, a wargamin...1 day ago
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The Long Search - I've been gaming since I was 12 years old. Since the beginning, I've tried many many different terrain techniques and methods. Starting at the beginnin...
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Orders Issued for Turn Four. . . - "Right you are, old biscuit," said General de Latte, "Turn Three is finished then. Here are my orders for Turn Four. . ." 1) The Ermland Garde and von Fli...1 day ago
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Castillo de San Marcos - Constructed and maintained by the Spanish from 1671 through the Revolutionary war the Castillo de San Marcos is now maintained by the National Park servic...
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gashopon size comparison - Hello, just a quick pic to clarify size differences between gundam gashopon for Robin ,of Gruntz fame. In the backrank is a 1/144 zaku poseable 2nd rank ...
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Transporting The El-Gin Marbles (3) - The Treborian Hussars charge the Fetaland cavalry but are repulsed and retreat into the Mounted Constabulary . The Treborian Dragoons dismount and defen...
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Saracen camel riders. - Here's the latest unit for my Saracen army,Camel riders. Although it is highly unlikely they were really used in battle, they where used to guard baggage t...
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This is why I don't paint... - David Woods over at DWARTIST'S did a speed paint on a Strumtruppen that is better than I can do if given two weeks time. Hats off to you sir!
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Tau! - Philip's ongoing interest in Warhammer 40K is rubbing off on his poor old father. I've had a soft spot for the Tau since seeing the launch of the range and...
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Blogs of Note #2: Early Dark Ages Campaign - Today, several of my friends will embark on a *Warhammer Ancient Battles*(WAB) campaign sponsored by NWHistorical Wargames (NWHW). They're using the late...
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WWII Aerial Game Test II - Did the second playtest with another set of rules, Scramble! They seemed to work better than I recalled based on our first experiment with the rules. Actu...
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Grey Knights Odds & Ends - My Grey Knights have been seeing some more action on the table due to an influx of Chaos Marines and other daemon taint at the club… Has the codex been b...
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Monster Attack - The monster sucks in his first victim. Three more men are pulled into the maw of the monster. The other men keep up a steady fire at the monster. ...
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USMC MOPP - Da End - Witam Dzisiaj fotki skończonych na tip-top figurek USMC w MOPP'ach. Pomalowałem wszystkie figurki jakie przeznaczone miałem do tego celu; pełen oddział pi...
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Zulu war battle report - Zulu war 15mm game with S&R from De Nerdibus blog. Read the full battle report here
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Site News - Art I'm making my first few very large art pieces which will get their first airing to the big bad world in around July/August. Yes we are talking model ba...
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Canadian Militia and Coureur de bois - The Canadian militia and Coureur de bois are now all that I lack to complete the French in the Americas. From a suggestion I purchased Old Glory Frontiersm...
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The Noob goes to War ... Version 3 ! - Greetings, Joe "The Noob" Mezz reporting from the waiting line at the recruiting office. Recruiting office? I know that our loyal WWPD'ers are think...1 day ago
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Beginning Painting for "Look,Sarge, No Charts: Fantasy & Ancients" - Now that we are wrapping up and putting the final touches on "Look, Sarge, No Charts: Napoleonics" , I started to do some painting for our next project, "L...
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Inching along ... - My painting 'plans' have been put awry, I have been away on a training course for a week - so not much progress on the paratroops. I did manage to get to t...
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Bow's n Roses - Phase 2 - Voila la phase 2 qui s'achève... pour le moment tout le monde suit, on attend la 3. Lancastre : Boris / Pierre York : Arnaud / Fred
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Stalingrad Campaign: Conclusion - In the biting cold of a grey-clouded afternoon, the last bullets were fired... 9 months after it started, the Stalingrad Campaign played by the Lardie se...
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Elven Druid - A while back we had a woman player in my D&D game who was playing a drow druid. I got her a miniature, another figure from Reaper, but before I could ge...
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Star Wars by steam – a fabulous steampunk walker - Making a model steampunk machine requires the same care with credibility as writing an effective steampunk novel. A mate of mine here in Kapiti has done ju...1 day ago
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Another old joke. - This is the first version............ Stay turned for the other version!
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Battling on with 4E - The Delvers met up on Friday after a four week hiatus. We missed the last session because the Evil GM was away on holiday (shocking!). The rest of the grou...
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Now that's a piece.. - ...of wargaming terrain... I wonder if anyone else had the exact same thought I did when they saw it.... 54mm perhaps?? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/...1 day ago
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Kiss Me Hardy - I purchased these rules some time last year but have only just got around to playing. All the models are from Langton Miniatures and held up well to the r...
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Goreham's Rangers - By 1761 Goreham's ( or Gorham's) Rangers had adopted a reversible uniform that was a red coat with brown facings and linings. As a result I have painted ...
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Medieval Market Stalls - You can´t have a town without businessmen and you can´t have businessmen without a Market and you can´t have a market without market stalls (or is it stand...
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Wellington's Battles - Table at the start of the battle of Toulouse Having fought three campaign battles on the same day, it looks like there will be a lull in the fighting as th...
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Reille's II Corp - Reille's II CorpsComte Honore Charles Reille commanded the II Army Corps of the Armee De Nord. The Corps numbered some 20,000 men in three Divisions of inf...
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The next Army File convert from the V2 rules to the V3 rules. - The next 2 converted Under Review army files are: 1) Hell's Highway - US Airborne (3v1.0) Under Review 2) Glider Rifle Company Market Garden PDF (3v1.0) Unde...1 day ago
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Battle of the Peaks - Confederate AAR - My very good friend Paul very recently wrote a battle report for the recent ACW outing over at Evesham Wargames Club with the line "history belongs to the ...
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Superhero Saturday - Silver Fox - One of the most untalked about superhero yet she was involved with Wolverine and WWII. She's Native American but her tribe lived in Canada so I made her ...
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Mary, Mary, quite contrary (a British 3rd rate in 1:1200 scale) - ...In which our protagonist rediscovers his sense of humour, and (incidentally) talks about an English 70-gun ship of the 1660s. *Sleek and sexy HMS *Mary*...
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Machine Shop Friday, Part 6 - A good day in the machine shop. I spent most of the day helping make chain breakers. They are a relatively simple tool that enable you to press the li...
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Gardes te Voet, the Dutch Blue Guard, 1690 - This is a unit I started a few months ago, but, as with other projects, has been slowed down quite a bit because of my illness. The unit represents the Dut...2 days ago
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Old Stuff Day, the 2nd. - Old Stuff Day original art by http://firstkeeper.deviantart.com/ Another March 2nd has come upon us, and thankfully I can just squeeze in this "Old Stuff...
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Rolling, rolling, rolling - *Corvus Thracian Mercenary Thureophorai escort a motley supply train.* *(Trivia, the horse pulling the supply cart is a hard plastic Marx horse whose 1st ...
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Sky Galleons of Mars fleet grows - I picked up a couple more ships from Ebay for my Sky Galleons of Mars fleet. first is the LZ-41 and LZ-5 Zeppelins cleaned up and mounted on a wire. I stil...
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20mm WW2 Soviets!? - And now for something completely different… I knocked these off in an evening. I feel like a cheap point whore… I totally did them just to gain some points...
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Beer Review - Heavy Seas Loose Cannon. - * Heavy Seas - Loose Cannon (Hop3 Ale)* *Beer Type: *American IPA * * *Appearance:* Six pack of 12 oz. brown bottles with a purple label and nautical/pir...
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Circle Photodump - Been a while since I posted, huh? Ive been busy though! My Wold Guardian, just finished today... In this pic, I still need to add the grass, and fin...
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Forward Observer & Vickers Team - I have finished my first Forward Observer team along with their jeep, plus another Vickers HMG team. The FAO blokes are from AB, the jeep is from Revell (e...
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2K12 Kub SA-6 Gainfull - Today something smaller.:) I love Oddział Ósmy models in 1:600. I think they are pure perfection for modern combat, and while I have considerable numbers o...
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And the winner is............... - As some of you are already aware The Rejects made the long drive to Tonbridge (ok 35 minute?), to spend their hard earned dosh at the Cavalier Wargames S...
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New Project: Conflict in the USA - My process of beginning a new project works something like this: 1. Accrue inspiration from various sources - in this case; the graphic novel serie...
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In the Dawghouse Now... - Yup, they tossed me into the hoosegow over on TMP for five days. Honestly, I didn't think what I said was such a biggie, but someone must have complained...2 days ago
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Cossacks - Continuing my tradition of only showing newly painted figures after they have been used in anger at least once (in this case in the first game or our ver...2 days ago
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Painting Crusade aftermath, Finecast still failing - As usual after a painting competition or similar event, I'm riding a motivational wave right now. The motivation is even so strong I've started working on a ...
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Dingley Common - 1644 - *All you that be true to the King & State, Come listen, and Ile tell you what happen'd of late, In a large field near Dingley close.* As dawn broke on a c...
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Meeting the Baron (1) - The Major and Ilse were shown into Baron Wilhelm’s study. He immediately stood to greet them. “…and I’m especially please to meet you young lady” “Well, th...2 days ago
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301 Old Stuff Day - Hullo, All! It's March 2nd - it's Old Stuff Day...the brainchild of Warhammer 39999. Less activity over the past year, so I'll only include a couple, but ...
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Epic-scale Thousand Sons - Thanks mostly to a couple of days off work, I've finished painting the first two formations of my Epic-scale Thousand Sons! Two formations of Thousand Sons...
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MW Kiwi lorried Infantry- WIP - I'm hoping for a game vs Kent next week using the new 3e FoW rules and as he has no allied forces anymore I need to get my kiwi's battle ready. I am either...
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Mind-boggling - How does so many people keep playing a game with a ruleset like this? Filed under: updates2 days ago
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Claymore Castings Packaging Department - Our highly trained and dedicated packaging manager is collating the figures for all the people who pre-ordered our new figures.
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Orc's Drift: The Opening Moves - King F'Yar astride his wyvern Opened the ball today with the first few turns of the Orcs Drift mega-game. The hounds of the Severed Hand clan approach Ashak...
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Suomenlinna Island Fortress, Finland. - Just back from a trip to Helsinki where I visited both the Suomenlinna Island Fortress and the Helsinki Military Museum (for which I'll make another pos...
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Free in the Newsletter: Veer-myn Dossier! - We’ve now broken the back of February and we’ve hurtled straight into March, a month that is going to be marked by the sci-fi troopers of the Corporation, ...2 days ago
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2nd New York + officers - Managed to finish these last night. First up is 2 mounted brigadiers followed by the 2nd New York. Itook their uniform from an old Blandford I had lying ar...
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It's Alive! - Continuing our series of excellent new Frightmare releases, here is another variant paint job for the Hole Beast. For my creature, I went with a sickly, hu...
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Einar's saga. The end of the way. - After fleeing from the dungeon where Fafnir lost his life, and escaping from a several days pursuit by the Orcs, Einar and his friends reached the frontier...
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Axis & Allies Air Force - Angels 20 - Initial Review - I first read about the Axis & Allies Air Force / Angels 20 game at a blog entry at the Naval Gazing blog (via. Dean's WAB Corner blog.) Modeling and pai...
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Old Stuff Day - You may have heard mention that today is Old Stuff Day, so ordained by Rob at the recently remodeled and reworked Warhammer 39,999. To honor his inspiratio...
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Rose 20mm vs Esci 1/72, Colonial foot - *The photo above compares three plastic figures from Esci with a pair of metal figures from Rose. Click on the image to see a larger version.* *THE METAL...
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Thinking Napoleonic - Well at least that is what it seems is happening, it has been a long time habit of mine not to approach the new year with plans for my hobbies, this year ...2 days ago
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Regiment de Grancy - Didn't quite make the end of the month deadline but the first company of the Regiment de Grancy is finished and awaiting a matt varnish but I couldn't wait...
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Texas Independence Day - *ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE* *Texicans Declare Republic on This Date, 48 Years Ago* In 1836, a group of brave men met secretly in the small town of Was...2 days ago
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Book Review: Know no Fear - Right on the heels of Deliverance Lost, we have Know no Fear by Dan Abnett, and I was feeling so good about DL, that I *knew* KnF was going to be a great b...
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Old Stuff Day - Wow, it's been a year already? Time flies as they say, I guess. For you who don't know, Old Stuff Day was an idea Rob from the Warhammer 39,999 bloghad. It...
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25th Model WIP - Not finding much time this week to paint, but here's the starting of the base colours on this guy. Just some necron abyss on the blue, scab red and khemri...
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Mantic Warpath Box Arrives - After all my strong willpower over the last couple of months I've fallen foul of that classic downfall - the Ebay bargain impulse buy. In this case the Man...
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16 Years - Just a quick note, today is my anniversary of 16 years. She is really and honestly, the finest person I have ever met. We've had our rough times and our sm...2 days ago
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TFA Part 2 - This list is getting some love lately! I appreciate the comments on the previous TFA post. I have spent the last several days reviewing the list, talking...2 days ago
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Old Stuff Day + 350th post contest! - 350 posts!! For some it might not be much (***cough*** Mik ***cough***) but for me it's a pretty big achievement - so best to celebrate it in style!! Ano...
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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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Free Official Scenarios for USE ME Sci Fi - After receiving numerous requests from players, Gavin Syme has authored a series of free scenarios for the *USE ME* Sci Fi game! He developed a generic ba...2 days ago
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Write a review about us - Ever wanted to have a figure painted by us but are too shy to ask? Perhaps we are not within your budget or maybe you just like to paint for yourself. We...2 days ago
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Games for 07/03/2012 - Games for next week - BFG with Mick, James, Trainset & Roddy; PreDreadnaught Commander, or Predred ops, or something, with Rob, Dave, Taff and Bookmark; an...2 days ago
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A Knife Wielding Bravo - Blue Moon Manufacturing and Old Glory have both supplied a lot of minis for my various fantasy campaigns. Blue Moon's line of Swashbucklers, Rogues, and De...
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Naps Command Types - No standard yet, I'm unsure if I should use the one out of the box or buy a good one.
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Sad Day - PC David Rathband who, it would appear, took his own life Please, do not think too ill of me Though I failed at last I stood before you until the danger pas...2 days ago
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Soul Patrol: Marcus Cool - Marcus Cool is the enforcer for the freelance spies The Soul Patrol. He used to work for a gang , but was rehabilitated when he met John Hammer. Now he wor...
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Old Stuff Day 2012, a sentimental look back - Image from the Old Stuff Day Project I've been waiting all year for Old Stuff Day to finally arrive. Not that I had any idea what I was going to include in...
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Newbie First Game - Back in November I managed to enjoy a game night with my beloved. We planned a date night to introduce her to All Things Zombie. She had seen my blog and...
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15mm Painted Franonian (IDF) Centurion Tanks... - ...formerly Israeli but I got them cheap from a guy called Avi and a bit of paint job later....... 15mm Peter Pig IDF Centurions from their AK47 range and ...
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More of the 20mm 1956 project - I have just picked these up on ebay. Both are resin models by Cromwell Models, a company that has been very very difficult to obtain models from in the pas...2 days ago
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Considering the etiquette of a three-way.. - Often i find myself in three-ways. I’m sure a lot of us do. Okay, my partner is looking at me funny now.. I’m talking of course about those 40k games where ...
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Gingerbread Mania - Back in December 2011 Craig Andrews - he of *Orcs in the Webbe*, ran yet another Advent Calendar. A series of daily posts which featured gaming articles, s...
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Mikazukin on Earth for EARTH MOVEMENT SHOW..!! - [image: Earth Mikazukin for Earth Movement Show] The first toybot studios all family collaboration with Mia and Mason..!! Papercraft and vinyl. Mikazukin t...2 days ago
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Flying fun - Spotted by [image: [info]]*murgatroyd666* and posted to [image: [info]]* girlgenius_lab* Best use for flying robots ever! http://www.osscomic.com/blog/jame...2 days ago
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