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Corps du Vin in Action - War of the Austrian Succession game (will write up as more Memoirs soon ) played this week, but a friend took this photo which (1) makes my army look go...
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Genestealer Cult - Build a Better Hybrid - I've been mulling over how to build hybrids over the last couple of days, in between glazing bog mummies and priming giant worms. My, but there's a lot of ...40 minutes ago
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News from Galloping Major - *'Attached is a pic of an assortment of figures from the 5 packs of Anglo-American Provincials in our range, these chaps are painted as the New Jersey Bl...
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Lead Adventure Miniatures: Splendid Fantasy Mounted Knights - Just found these new sculpts from Ratnik for *Lead Adventure Miniatures*! This time he decided to sculpted these two great looking fantasy knights destin...
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Irlandais, Anglo-Irlandais et Perses - Et voici quelques cavaliers perses supplémentaires (cavaliers Essex sur chevaux ATF) et surtout, mes 6 Galloglaich pour passer mes Irlandais féodaux en Ir...
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GaleForce9 "Red Gas cloud" mat for X-wing - Ever since Star Wars X-wing was released I wondered how to best make my own gaming mat, a problem I shared with many others on the internet judging by post...
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Megablitz Game Announcement! - I am planning to run a Megablitz game at the Shrivenham Military Academy (near Swindon) on Saturday 17th August 2013. My thanks once again to Tom Mouat f...
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All Along the Belltower - *An Art Deco church in the Brussels commune (borough) of Forest* Photo by John and Melanie... @ Flickr * *2 hours ago
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Galloping Major - Proud to say that some of my work has made onto the customers gallery at gallpoing major's site. Take a look at Lances range not only excellent figures but...2 hours ago
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The Next PBEM Campaign - France 1814 - The planning for the next campaign is going well, despite constant changes in plan. My first plan was a fictional 1812 campaign, based on the Austrians...
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Topping up the archers - Part of the work on my medievals involves upsizing units so they can be used with Hail Caesar. For someone coming from WRG 6th/DBx the best frontage is a m...
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Urban War - Viridians Finished - Finished my final Urban War Viridian Model: a Sabre Clau. It's been waiting patiently to in a 75% completed mode for a few weeks as I concentrated on the...
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Wonder Woman Wednesday... - *submitted by Al Bruno III*This is Kimberly Kane, adult movie actress, as featured in the *io9* article on the *Best Wonder Woman Outfit*.
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The War of the Spanish Succession - a game of thrones - Monday night, in a parallel universe, Mark's English & Dutch faced Andy's Imperialists (with a few of my Swiss thrown in). A small game of some 600 figure...
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Sir Cavy of Guinea - The Hound. One of the most powerful knights of the Seven Kingdoms. Yet, few remember that he was defeated by another, even more powerful Knight: The Guine...
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JIF ALIEN ATTACK - I remember watching the ‘Jif Alien Attack’ advert way back in 1977 and being totally bowled over by it. Technically, I suppose it will go down as the last...
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Egyptian Campaign: Regiment des Dromadaires command - Well I finished this eclectic little group of camel-mounted Froggies and am quite pleased with the result. They were hanging around for ages half done and...
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40K Editorial: I Brought a Bucket - Yeah that's right. A bucket. Reecius from Frontline Gaming here with my bucket. Why did you bring a bucket, Reecius? I can hear you asking. Why? To catch a...
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WHFB Empire Great Cannon - This is an OOP model that is all metal except for the wheels which are either plastic or resin. The crew are painted up as belonging to Talabheim. I was co...
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As I Mentioned Earlier, a Identify-brand Silver Bar is 1 That is Made by Well-known, Set Up Organizations This Sort of As Johnson-matthey or Engelhard. These Are the Top Tier Companies Adopted by Silvertowne, Sunshine Minting, and the Wall Road Mint. - Gold and Silver Ratio Will increase Profits For Coin Collectors and Buyers. What is the gold and silver ratio? How can the silver to gold ratio support you...6 hours ago
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Star Wars Walking Dead? - Pic of the Day - Welcome to Picture of the Day*, *where I display a sweet pic of something amazing that I've seen around the tubes, or took myself at an event! If you c...
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Servants of Ra Revealed! - I finally finished basing and clear-coat spraying them just before we left town last Friday for a long weekend. Returning late yesterday afternoon, I wa...
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Eldar - Even more transport-y goodness - Pressing onwards - Finished up the yellow and took a crack at the canopies after work this evening and snapped a few more pics! The yellow started off as ...
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VSF Command Car Finished - Not a huge change, just a quick tidy-up in terms of a paint job. Actually I repainted the entire thing, mostly looking to get a clean, even coat. So, t...
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First Battle of El Guettar - Tim and I got in another of our El Guettar games about a week and a half ago. This would be the first battle of El Guettar and the Americans were hoping ...
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Ork Kil Krusha Tank - This model from Forge World is one of my favourite Ork models they have made. I realised recently that since I undercoated it, it has spent way too long on...9 hours ago
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Boney Brou-ha-ha - Napoleon's still causing trouble, nearly 200 years after his loss at Waterloo saw him exit stage right!10 hours ago
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Progress Report 6/18/13 - Gang on! - Life is good. Life is busy. And not just the normal "work" busy - full of nerd things like three (three!?) different roleplaying games/groups, my local Blo...
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Saga of ÆWulf ! vol1 - Lately I was enamored with an idea of painting some Viking raiders !! Ruthless barbaric monsters pillaging coasts of England, Ireland and France ! Fiirst...
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Dawn – Rise of the Occulites Kickstarter Launches June 19th @ 9pm US EST - G’day guys, I am proud to announce that in partnership with Eagle Games, we are ready to launch the Dawn – Rise of the Occulites Kickstarter this Wednesday...11 hours ago
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Bayonets and Ideology SCW Game - I had a really enjoyable try out game of *Bayonets and Ideology Two* at the club this evening, using Paul's excellent 15mm figures for the Spanis...
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Painting an interchangable Flamespyre/Frostheart Phoenix - One of the major dilemmas for High Elf players is whether to model and paint the new Phoenix as either the Flame or Frost version. There are a number of d...
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House of Svarte Skåning - I have had then around for quite some time... my Perry Knights and followers for my Kalmar Union War projet. So I have started to paint 16 of them and he...
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28mm Scottish Knights Shields at Otterburn 1388 - Claymore Castings 4th set of shield transfers (OTT4) for the various Knights at the Battle of Otterburn 1388 is now available at www.claymorecastings.co.uk...
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The battle of Arcis sur Aube 1814 - After nearly three years of having this blog I am close to running out on dioramas I made with my friends in the last 10 years. So not to bore you with Roc...
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Big, Bigger, Biggest? - I’ve been showing off a few of the new Mantic DreadBall and Deadzone figures, but even the biggest of them isn’t that large. I’ve been writing an article a...13 hours ago
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How long until this gets shut down? - (pic is a screen-cap from an online ad) Considering there doesn't seem to be the usual Games Workshop copyright slapped all over this game (or even anywhe...
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Club Night - 17 June 2013 - Next Monday is the club AGM, so I thought it was probably a good night to get some pictures - certainly more interesting than next week :) Bolt Action No...
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The Next GW Lawsuit In The Making? - So here I am working my way through the new Eldar codex and working on some forum stuff when I noticed a new type of gaming ad popping up for a game "Ga...
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New Coupon Code: 35% off orders over $50 - Use this coupon code to save 35% off orders over $50! Type 35over50 in the coupon code redemption box at check out to receive 35% orders over $50. Hurry th...16 hours ago
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Mars' 'Lithuanian Light Cavalry' Review - New review of Mars' Medieval 'Lithuanian Light Cavalry' set.16 hours ago
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WWII Locomotives & War Series nº 78 - by Carlos Briz - An recycling work from CB *Vehicles and figures - Minifigs* (Class BR 05 Locomotive - German State Railways) Here you have it, another great dio from o...
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X-Wing Wave 3! - Fantasy Flight Games have shown the 3rd wave of ships for the X-Wing miniatures game. Not much is known about what they do yet apart from what is in the ...
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Versus Giant Cruataceans! - "Come to the coast...", *they said. *"We'll have some seafood, kick back a few cold ones!" *Stupid robots, I knew they were being a little too cordial. I ...
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Congrats Nick and Chapterhouse Studios! - (I stole borrowed this article in whole from *Apocalypse 40K*; full credit there. Anyway, Nick predicted this outcome for years and was always very confid...
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DreadBall Irish Nationals / Conclave 2013 - I played in the Irish DreadBall Nationals event last Saturday. It took place in Thomond Park, arguably the most significant rugby stadium in the country...17 hours ago
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Limited Edition Death Korps Quartermaster - Avast shipmates! Remember these? They were part of my last Death Korps commission, two years ago. How time flies. Today, I've added to it: Yup, this fine...
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BUGS! A Sci Fi/Horror AAR - We recently playtested one of the games my friend, Jim, ran at Origins. This is a Sci Fi/Horror game involving giant ants and spiders; remember the movie "...
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Pulp Alley: Perilous Islands - I loves me some Pulp Alley. So much so I painted 8 Leagues. So, I as you may guess I was very excited to receive my pdf version (hard copy to follow), via...
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Random new year resolutions ... #2 - Time to (re-)visit Roundway Down.... Map courtesy here [clicky]18 hours ago
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This is just to say - Just a quick note today to do two things: mention that I'm looking forward to seeing you at Black Library Live: Dublin, and point you in the direction of N...18 hours ago
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Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind - Bought this tank about a couple of weeks back when Hobby HQ had a sale, it was going for about RM 29. So I thought to myself, why not try it out? Since it's ...
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Space Rocket - As part of my Super Heroes project I need a rocket for the Fantastic Four. I did not want anything complicated or expensive so a quick trip to Hobby L...
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Tank Infantry Mark I A11 - When I looked at *Zvezda*'s forthcoming *Art of Tactic* releases earlier in the year I was a tad disappointed that their Matilda I (A11) (aka Tank Infantry...
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The strange things that reside on our painting stations - Yeah, it's just a booty boo chest with paperclip legs, standing on an upside down heroquest goblin with its head in a lump of blue tack, that's all guys....
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U.S 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment Memorial Nottingham - Myself and my partner visited Wollaton Hall in Nottingham last weekend. As well as enjoying a bright sunny day at the deer park, I also took the oppor...
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FIRST BATTLE OF NEWBURY 1643 - By sheer coincidence, our host Steve had picked the 1643 battle of Newbury for the Gentlemen Pensioners AGM big battle. So, in prep for COW, I got to refi...19 hours ago
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AoW - Your one stop SAGA shop! - The Architects of War store continues to be the BEST place for all your SAGA needs. We just completed a massive restock and have everything for your warb...
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NATO Forces Arrive! - I had intended to post earler, but i spent two and a half week dealing with reeneactment issues rather then painting.. *US Abrams tanks. These are actually...
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Grossenfartz (Part 1) - This battle was run at the Sheffield Wargames Society in June 2013 and was a follow up to the entirely unprovoked Anglophobian invasion of Vulgaria. Tim or...
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AWI Hessians - Next up are twelve Hessians for Glenn's game. I painted these all as Rall Grenadiers from a plate in Mollo. I did not have the courage to attempt pinstripe...
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Wraithknight WIP...Part 1! - I don't normally post work in progress shots, especially not shots of model building unless there is a major conversion but I just have to show this guy of...
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Too much rules makes my brain hurt! - When getting used to a new set of rules, the first few games tend to be a pretty uneven affair, characterised by a lot of flicking back and forth through r...21 hours ago
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Grak’s Revenge - Grak’s ax bit deep into the chest of the twisted dwarf in front of him, hacking through its blood-encrusted armour and jarring against its spine. The stunt...21 hours ago
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Romulan Bird Of Prey - through the stages - Quite an update for you here. First up was to basecoat the ship, and for that I used "Polar White", a car spray that I don't remember for what brand of car ...
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A 'new' combat system for Morschauser's 'Frontier' wargames rules - I have been doing some serious thinking about a 'new' combat system for my latest version of Joseph Morschauser's FRONTIER wargames rules. My initial thoug...22 hours ago
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Gears of War - Or Hishen Wars I should say, as I bought this game box to use the figures as Hishen for the 5150 universe by Two Hour Wargames. Such universe does not have...
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The Quest for the Whorled Cup begins .... - Sven Erikson, has resumed his search for the Whorled Cup , they are looking for the first part of the map. They have voyaged far to the south, and are near...
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Perski konny dowódca | Persian mounted commander - Ta podstawka ciężko opancerzonych perskich jeźdźców, będąca elementem dowódczym armii Późnych Achemenidów, przeleżała na moim biurku prawie miesiąc. Malow...
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New minis - I attended the local toycon in Metro Manila recently and luckily found some wargaming miniatures amidst the sea of action figures, collectibles and anime...
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Schlacht bei Kolin - Die Schlacht bei Kolin am 18. Juni 1757 QuelleHeeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien (selbst erstell). Urheber bzw. NutzungsrechtinhaberAugust Querfurt (1696-1761)
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Pax Britannia: A few more to Crow about - Its been a bit hard to update the blog of late, but that doesn't mean a chap has been slacking off on his VSF reading- Nossir it does not! I've been stea...
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Signs of Life – Gaming Life, That Is - I don’t know how long it’s been, but safe to say it’s more than a year since I posted something. Sorry for going silent for so long. I took a break fro...23 hours ago
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Monday Model Mystery Answer - Once again congrats to those who managed to figure out that the parts came from the old ESCI Valentine Mk III tank. The circular part is the turret floor,...
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For the Greater Grot part 2 - So I am pretty settled on creating my ally force for Orks as ‘For the Greater Grot’ but now I want to refine some of the ideas I had initially and drop som...23 hours ago
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1/56th Bolt Action British Army - Well actually a platoon with some support but you know Bolt Action and hyperbole, two peas in the same pod. 2 platoon B company 2nd battalion The Chudleigh...
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1/56th Bolt Acton British army.. - well actually a platoon with some support but you know Bolt Action and hyperbole, two peas in the same pod. 2 platoon B company 2nd battalion The Chudleigh...
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Reaper Bugbear Redux - As promised, more pics of the Reaper Bugbear, this time with some better light! A meeting of the Minds! Thanks for visiting! --Scott
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What Happens when a Big Army wants to move through your tinpot Imagi-Nation? - This occurred to me yesterday when writing up a game we had recently, where my small Imagi Nation of Saxe-Märchen faced a part of the Prussian army . Now m...1 day ago
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28mm Painted Victorian Sci-Fi Warlord's Army from...... - .....Copplestone and Ironclad Miniatures. The Warlords force expands for the upcoming invasion with his infantry and officer cadre, all the figures but one...
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A little bit of Progress - Sorry for the quietness being trying to catch up on the painting commissions and finish off the background for the next Musket and Tomahawk day on the 6th ...
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Father's Day Bash - Having all of my June Saturdays earmarked for visits to universities with the twins I was keen to use Father's Day as an excuse to play a wargame. Andy an...
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2 for 1: 28mm Mounted companions - If I find enough time to paint a bit, blogging hasn't been on my priority list lately, as you can imagine. I've been busy giving last minute lessons to pup...
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Arrived - These were on the doorstep when I got home, *read *RMC 60s-80s Which immediately inspired further preparation and undercoating of the last lot I now ha...
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Tanker's Tuesday:Type 61 Main Battle Tank - The Type 61's design is conventional. The hull is of welded construction and is divided into three compartments, driving in the front, fighting in the ...
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Airfix Magazine Guide - 8th Army in the Desert - When I was at the Military Vehicle Day at Duxford on Sunday I bought several relatively low priced books. One of my best purchases was an old Airfix Magaz...
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A Father's Day Gift or two - *One to savour and for the South American section of the library - needless to say there are some cunning plans afoot for the period....* A late post to...
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A room with a view etc - A view from behind our kitchen sink (beside our old backdoor) into the the extension.This was the scene a few days ago. Now the old window and door have ...
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Traveller Tuesdays - Planets of the Etzina Passage - Following after the writeup on Etzina (Ark/0401), the next few planets to be written up in Sphere Fenix, include Nibok (Ark/0302), the frontier world (wi...
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Predator 'Excubia' - *The tank known as the 'Excubia' has had a long. unfortunate history. Originally part of the Lamenters chapter, the tank had its entire crew slaughtered ...
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A brief diversion - On my front doorstep (which we never use and hence what follows) a few weeks back was a parcel that had come to me from the UK. I opened it and it turned o...
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DropZone Games Birthday Celebration - Hello everyone Chuck here, I have officially moved back to Maryland and that means back to dropzone games in Glen Burnie MD and just in time for their b...
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Ironclad for Out Upcoming Historicon Games - Mike's made some great progress on the ironclad model that will be the focal point of two upcoming games at Historicon (F-295 and S-296). The is a 28mm ...
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More Canadian Paras - One of the platoon's support options: a Vickers MG team on the move. These boys will make another appearance soon only this time with the gun in firing pos...
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Sir George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland - Sir George Clifford (1558-1605), 3rd Earl of Cumberland, 14th Baron Clifford of Westmoreland, Sherrif of Westmoreland, 13th Lord of the Honour of Skipton i...
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The Ubiquitous Bits-Box Junk-Pile Terrain Piece - It seems that sooner or later all scratch-builders and terrain-makers get around to making the fun and easy "Junk Pile" terrain piece. I recently undertook...
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Saga and the Funk - Hiya chaps and chapettes, it been a time since I posted last and they have a number of reasons for this, some bad and some even worst, thats real life for ...
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More Greeks bearing MGs - Some more 28mm WW2 Greeks off the production line for Bolt Action. Another platoon of infantry supported by a heavy machine gun. Still got a mountain gun t...
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Ryse: Son of Rome Official E3 Gameplay Demo - Is it to be the PS4 or Xbox One? Don't know, but games like this could tip the balance; Call of Duty meets the Roman army...looks fantastic. That's it fo...1 day ago
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Thegns - Rozpocząłem nowy projekt w skali 28 mm. Z kilkoma znajomymi postanowiliśmy zacząć grać w *Sagę*. Wybrałem frakcję anglo-duńską z opcją przekształcenia moj...
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"Not an Ordinatus Day" - Epic 40K Battle Report - Rebels to the core: Conscripts Curt, Mike F. and Bill Last Thursday the Conscripts gathered at my place for Greg's Epic 40K game entitled "Not an Ordinatus...
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the pub/manor/farmhouse WIP - ok, basic walls for the pub/manor/farmhouse some interior walls needed, stairs aren't attached just yet... most furnishings won't be, so I can swap out fo...
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German Casualties, Tirailleurs, and... a Cultist!? - A few odd items I finished up yesterday. Another indoor rainy day capped off with watching two more episodes of Game of Thrones. We’re now halfway throug...
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Shadows of Keron Episode 25: The Enemy Revealed - Previously, on Shadows of Keron… Disguised as nobles attending a royal wedding, Nessime, Gutz and The Warforged believe they are about to become embroiled ...1 day ago
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Normandy Tournament AAR - *Normandy Tournament* This past weekend, Joe hosted a Normandy themed tournament at The Last Square. We originally wanted to support the new books from B...1 day ago
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Bridge Guard - Now with 5% more paint! - And by 5% more, I mean that I have one out of 20 painted. This past weekend was a very busy one, with it being Father's Day here in the US (and other cou...
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SYW NEWS: June 17, 2013 - *SIX MONTH RECAP* Dec. 27, 2012: Lobositz at Der Alte's Home (BAR Rules) Feb. 9, 2013: 1:20 Game at Gallia (BAR Rules) Apr. 5-6, 2013: 1760 Esca...1 day ago
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FWS Comic Review: GEAR SCHOOL Volume One (Dark Horse 2007) - Comic books and military sci-fi are a great combination that used to serve has an introduction for younger readers to stories about future wars on distan...
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28mm Not Quite a Spacehip Update - Space Bubble Takes Shape - I managed to nearly complete construction of the space bubble part of my contraption yesterday, so thought I'd share a few more pics. The exterio...
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A day with Ike - Had a pretty awesome day recently, operating with the mighty USS *Dwight D. Eisenhower* as they launched sorties into the badlands. From a range of 500 ...
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Gametown in New Berlin, WI is filling up! - http://privateerpressforums.com/showthread.php?163779-WI-June-22nd-50-Point-SR2013-Gametown-New-Berlin-WI I think the list is approaching 16 people now. Gra...1 day ago
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Product Review: Vietnamese Huts (BB169) - PAVN and Free World Forces Clash over a “Strategic Hamlet” I have been playing Flames of War “Vietnam” ever since the publication of “The Battle of Ia Dra...
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Phalanx - As usual a very busy weekend for the Gentlemen Pensioners' AGM, the Phalanx show at St Helens on the Saturday and then an ECW game, First Newbury, on the ...
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SAGA: Norman Warriors - Here are some more Normans for my SAGA warband. I painted them for Lead Painters League. These ones are from Black Tree Designs and are very characterful s...
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Seljuks on D minus 6 - A quick update. Just spent the whole weekend painting. Not fun painting, but painting with rollers and big brushes ready for the big relocation of the clan...
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Sir William de Erth of Airth - Bannockburn (Pt10) - 4 more mounted kniggit types, all of whom died during the two days of the battle. Sets used; Medieval Britian (Edmund) Crusader Transport 1 (Both Williams...
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Sumerian Battle Car - I haven't posted anything on my biblical armies for quite some time but have just finished this gorgeous Cutting Edge, Early Sumerian Battle Wag...
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Tartanish and Thunderbirdish Napoleonics - Today one of my workmates told me he had seen some model soldiers wearing kilts. He was intrigued that tartan could be painted on such small figures. I wan...2 days ago
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Random Encounters in Canada - At work I am doing some important software R&D on a new type of machine. A couple of weeks ago I went to the factory to test out the final version. Now thi...
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Air Battle for France - I have always been attracted to aircraft wargaming but somehow it always disappoints. I try a new system for a while, get bored, and abandon it. I ha...
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Rebasing the 42nd! - A quiet weekend here at* 'Awdry Towers'* saw very little done, hobby wise, apart from the rebasing of these hairy Highlanders! The last unit that needed...
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Abrams Bane - As any Russian armor aficionado will know, the Russian MBT has been at a severe disadvantage to its Western contemporary since the early 80s. The latest ge...
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Fathers Day Presents - In addition to these early Fathers day presents on Sunday, I received the following; Cottage Modelling for Pendon - a very in-depth and detailed book showi...
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Vorwärts - Hoi, During the 7YW battle at the IMPACT convention a newly painted regiment received its baptism of fire. As I had two more Austrian regiments primed and ...
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15mm Kriegs Marines of Krieg finished. - Hi guys My first 2 Kriegs Marines squads are done, my favourites are the sergeants and the flames, I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, let me know w...
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42mm Samurai: Market goods - Here is some more terrain (really only accessories) for my 42mm samurai collection. I mounted these pieces on 25mm x 75mm pill bases by Proxie Models. Th...
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Mounted Egyptian Command - Perry Miniatures - Ok! not so lazy as I stated in my last post, I have just finished basing these bad boys for my Egyptian Army of 1882-5 for the Sudan. They are from the g...
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Sunday at GiocaRoma - Yesterday I went with Andrea to GiocaRoma, a small CON organized in Rome by Ludus Magnus. I brought "*Aye Aye Sir!*" and had a couple of very interesting an...
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Star Trek Into Darkness - Je ne me suis jamais senti très légitime à parler de l'art du cinéma étant plutôt bon public. Mais après avoir *Star Trek Into Darkness* ce week-end j'av...
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Hesse Seewald Jagers - Hesse Seewald Jagers, using Fife & Drum AWI figures. Click pix to enlarge. (L-R) Jager Regimental Officer, the Erbprinz Karl Friedrich, and Captain Jakob B...
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Redemption of the Fallen Update: Tactical Squad - We got troops. But you can be a trooper of good. Support Doctors without Borders and enter a chance to win these models and the rest of the army. This is...
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Cherilea Vikings and Saxons Clash in a Secondhand Lion's Old School Battle - Ragnor Lothbrok and his brother Rollo have arrayed their hyrd in a defensive position near the river and await the tribute from King Aella. Floki g...
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When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes. - I should be in bed, as I will have to sneak into work tomorrow morning to finish a few small jobs and that will necessitate rising disgustingly early. ...2 days ago
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Forces for Fireball Forward - In between Napoleonics and 10mm ancients, I am working on a WW2 post-Normandy scenario for Fireball Forward using some Valiant 1/72 figs I picked up this s...
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Terminator Armour Challenge Final Photos , Space Wolves Wolf Guard Terminators - Hi all Here is photos of my 2 Space Wolves Wolf Guard terminators for Terminator armour challenge 1st one is old metal converted terminator Ragi Mankill...
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Some Sharp Practice on the Frontier! - And I bet you'd thought I wasn't going to post about gaming anymore, didn't you? Now that Cadets has wrapped up for the year, I managed to find *both* a f...
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AWI Highlanders (7) - Here are some more pictures of highlanders from the King's Mountain Miniatures range. I've posted about the firing line figures. These chaps are "chargi...2 days ago
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My workbench: Creating a large undead fantasy army 1/5 - I've always had a thing about fantasy skeletons ever since I first saw them in the movies *Jason And the Argonauts* and the *7th Voyage of Sinbad *back in ...
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Avengers Initiative WIP - Here are some WIP shots of the Avenger's Initiative, the plane (P-47, "Avenger") took me about two evenings to get done (I still have to paint the bombs)....2 days ago
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Khador Widowmaker Work in Progress - Trying to make this a regular thing then – ie blogging something on a Sunday regardless of how much I’ve done hobbywise. In fact, I’ve not done a great dea...2 days ago
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28mm Mayan Warrior Miniatures from Gringo 40's New Mesoamerican Range of Wargame Figures - The all new 28mm Mayans are now available from the Gringo 40’s web store. Mayan Warriors painted by Kevin Dalimore These spectacular warriors are suitable f...
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Shrine of Rigg - Ground Floor - Its been a while since I had any updates on my Shrine of Rigg build. I must admit that the LPL certainly slowed construction down, although I have now co...
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Jason I - This is the first Special Jason miniature I have painted for TamsinP from Wargaming Girl. There will be two more (one has been already started, and the oth...
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Ice Ice Baby - With the Hyperion finally painted, it seems like a good time to get to some of those smaller models in my collection that have been overlooked. One of thes...2 days ago
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Dead Man's Hand Side Street Building 2 - I followed up my last little 4Ground assembly with a slightly bigger one. This time it was the second single storey side street building: Assembly was a ...
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Restoring the ultimate Mustang - Greetings everyone, From time to time I lose my way and go off in another direction...this is one of those times. In everybodys lives there are special time...
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UFO's, Nazi's, & Hillbillies; Oh my! - *FROM THE WORKBENCH....* Okay, Okay, I will admit it. I've been a bit tardy in updating this blog...real life, work, etc... I've also been a bit tardy in d...
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Something to try and I hardly spent a thing. - Whilst trawling the web a while back I had a quick toot on the TMP and spied something that looked like it might have some balls and give us 10mm gamers so...
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The Sword and the Flame in North Africa. - Its several years since I visited the Sahara - in miniature of course ! so I got out my copy of TSATF and set up a game for something a bit different. ...
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Guerra franco-prusiana 1870-1871 - La guerra franco-prusiana ha sido el tema de las dos últimas partidas que ha organizado Robh en Comics y Mazmorras para nuestro deleite. El reglamento que u...
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Need your input - So after painting lots of ww2 stuff and space ships I needed to get back to some good old black poweder. and I got a few WSS figures. But is the grey t...
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A New Wargaming Period - About 6 months ago Iannick got me in a weak moment and convinced me to build an army for a new period: Ancients. He had even ordered the War and Conquest...
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Grenadier Adventurer 1987 - Another posting for today :) Here's one of my oldies, that I dusted up while ago... Now with some new paint job! It´s really great looking mini, and goes w...
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PBSL 1 - OK, so here are some initial ideas I have tried out for amending PBI. 1. Infantry who fire pay 1AP for the first shot, 2 for the second and 3 for the third...2 days ago
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IN HER MAJESTY'S NAME first game test, and impression - Had wanted a go with the new rules since I had a read on the game forums months ago got a pdf copy the day of release then hard copy at the store, my hug...
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LPL7- Round 10- Rex Eleven Escapes - The 10th and final round has begun over at the LAF for Lead Painters League Season 7 Above is my last entry "Corsairs of Umbar' which won by a 70/30 mar...
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Zvezda 1:100 Scale Art of Tactics WW2 Tanks - Oh dear I've been on ebay again and have discovered a new range of cool toys. This time a range of 1:100 scale WW2 vehicles made by Zvezda. They are sim...
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The Adventures of Claude Canard - A Sharp Practice Campaign - 6 months of the year gone and very few distractions so far (ok so a few figures for Planet of the Apes), time to turn my attention to the Napoleon in Egyp...
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The Weekly Update for Sunday, June 16th, 2013 - My dad, in his natural habitat. Barker of Arabia, and the Mughal Empress. It's Father's Day; I'd like to take a moment to remember me dad, me step-dad, an...
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Upgrading DBA-HX with 3.0 - Over the past few months we have tested a number of dynamic changes with the draft copy of 3.0 and how the Horse and Musket variant called DBA-HX (Humbersi...
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Getting Ready For Dexcon 16 - On the Fourth of July weekend, I will be traveling down to New Jersey to once again take part in some of the largest Apocalypse battles being held on the E...
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Closing the Doors - I started this blog in July 2009. At the time, "INQ28" didn't really exist as such. Nearly three years later, it has become a "thing". And whilst many pe...
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2013 Update - Somehow I have not posted any figure updates this year, despite my aim to post once a month. This year I have painted 53 figures but the volume has dropped...2 days ago
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Bataille de Brusthem, 28 octobre 1467 : Liégeois. - Plus d'un mois sans la moindre mise à jour, il était temps que je sorte de ma torpeur ! Toute personne suivant ce blog depuis quelques années se souviendra ...
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Wittenberg: Guards on parade... - * inspired by watching the 'Trooping of the Colour' yesterday - thought it would be nice if the Wittenberg guard troops had a similar parade for the King*...
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Revolving doors. - I remember when I was 13, one of my friends showed me a small selection of 15mm Traveller miniatures and was raving about how cool they were. As time went ...3 days ago
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Thoughts on E3 2013 - I don't write all that much about video games on here, although they pop up briefly from time to time. However, with E3 just over and done with and two n...
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Workbench update - Work continues at a slightly slower pace on my home grown Space Marine chapter. Still, any progress is progress! This time it's a 10 man Blood Angel tactic...
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More warriors ready for an adventure - In spite of having a cold, I mustered up the energy and will to finish off the three warriors. After some consideration, I decided to attempt a different s...3 days ago
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Caesarian - I had a productive day yesterday, and the 90-odd legionaries above are now inked, varnished and highlighted. The tarted-up eBay cohorts at the back now ...
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Pulp Alley ! - Voici ma bande pour Pulp Alley ! Nous avons débuter notre première partie au coeur des années 20, plus précisément en Egypte. Pour l'occasion, j'ai pein...
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Nest-Pit-Things - I've got another simple update this week. I've been pretty busy around the house and at work, with little time to paint, so this is all I've got to show f...
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Impetus: Roman Auxilia - Hey Folks, Just finished these off today for a game tonight. Some kit bashed Roman CL Light Cavalry with Javelins and the mandatory 2 S Funditore Slinger...
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WILD WEST BUILDING #3 - Hi again everyone, another building is completed for my wild west town, an important building, every town has to have a place where the local law reside...
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Little known fact - Did you know that miniatures projects can be finished? I finished the gun drones that were the final piece of my UNSC force. Here's the group photo...
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Dead Sexy, Zombie Pin-up Girl. - New green of Dead Sexy. This is not only one of my favorite minis for Zombie Plague but one of my favorite minis EVER.
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Y Wing Victorious... - ...well, sorta... Good morning, With our school production out of the way (it went better than I could have hoped!), I should be writing report comments. ...
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Spanish Civil War Moroccans - The Spanish Civil War is a project I'm always adding to and this time it's more Nationalists. I've finished more of the Moroccan forces Franco brought over...
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Wargame Scrapbook - With my wife's encouragement I've decided to start a scrapbook for my WW2 wargame hobby. I decided to devote the first few pages to my dad who fought in t...
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Simian Saturday: Six-Gun Gorilla - I slipped into the "local" Comic shop this week and quickly grabbed this one off the shelf, the cover art is by Ramon Perez (I always enjoyed his work on...
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"69th Anniversary of D-Day2 CrossFire Game (Pegasus Bridge Scenario) : Part I - On the night of the 6th June 2013 along with some other friends I played a D-Day scenario based on the remarkable historical events of the Pegasus Bridge "...
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Operation Warboard: Churchills! - Last post ended with my infantry company bogged down, facing two Stug's across a narrow valley. Fortunately the UPS truck arrived and brought reinfor...
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Big games equal Total War! - So, Robert and I have picked back up with our Flames of War El Guettar Campaign and we have been having a blast with it. In fact after not playing for the ...
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Infinity: Riot Grrls - It has been a while since I've posted any models. In fact, I've painted a ton of 15mm WW2 stuff, but haven't got around to documenting it. Maybe I'll do th...
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Trooping the Colour. - I noticed it was the 'Trooping of the Colours' on TV today so I thought it appropriate to post this . In an effort to boost morale in 'Army Red' the Cin...
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The Fellowship of the Braunstein - Fantasy Flight Game CenterI see posts from a few who were there on their blogs. And pictures and video. Figured I should probably also post a bit on my exp...
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How to Paint Tau Fire Warriors - *Squeek* Before the Skaven came into my life, my re-entry point into the hobby was the world of WH40K, and in particular, taking up the good fight "Fo...3 days ago
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Useful site for fanfic readers - This site has an engine to convert fanfic posted to a wide range of archive sites into epub and other formats. Seems to make reasonably good epubs so far. ...3 days ago
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Battle Report: First Mantinea - We had three commanders per side for our large refight. I ended up in charge of the left of the Spartan army, with the Sciritae and Neodamodeis, along wit...
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Lady of the Lake - A lady in white will bring sun to the night, Brighter than ever before. I know she waits below, Only to rise on command. When she comes for me, She's got m...
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Army in a Day - GZG UNSC and Antenocitis Workshop Grav-Tank - *By Harold* * *Hi everyone, I've had these GZG UNSC-L and the AW light grav tank for a while now and I wanted to be able to field them on the table top. I ...
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Back Again! - Real life has a nasty habit of getting in the way sometimes, and the last six months plus has been busy to say the least, meaning that I haven't been posti...3 days ago
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Titanium Duke Warhound Titan from Armorcast - Hi Kids, Here's one near and dear to my heart, the first ever Titan I bought; the Titanium Duke. This thing actually came from a store! A comic/game sto...
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Замок Чёрного камня/ Black rock castle - Большой, солидный проект. Вот такие обширные крепости не ленится строить народ :) A large, solid project. These vast fortress are not too lazy to build pe...
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Débrouiller - Its disturbing sometimes, just how much I rely on my laptop and on the net. Not as disturbing as having it die though! Arggh! Luckily the essential bits ...
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Panda-ing to my public - So this a completely non-wargaming related post. However, everybody loves Giant Pandas, don't they? We took a four hour drive to a place called Chengdu, wh...3 days ago
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Secrets in Sulfur Part 2: On the Trail of the Worm #1 - Our cast of characters: John – Boris Clapshaw, ex Army Infantry Sergeant Jonathan – Riishaa Daanel, ex Marine Dylan – Count Asenault “Chivers” Washington-Pi...
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Dropzone Commander Rulebook Review - This one created quite a bit of excitement locally but never really took off. I had the chance to look over a rulebook, but "passed" on them at the time - ...4 days ago
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Perry Dutch and Polish Lancers - More for the obsessive enigma that is Mr"Insanity" Cope,these to go with the command in my last post. Perry,Brought form Dave T,very clean and as with all...
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Mobile zombies - Zombies, gore, ass and leather galore in Boost Mobile's new marketing campaign!4 days ago
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Su-152 - Finished some new Soviet kat killers. I'd have to say for some plain jane green monsters they turned out really well. I used a technical pen for the sha...
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Retour au quebec - Petite partie de Mousquet & Tomahawk. J'ai perdu la partie mais réussi à faire mon intrigue, donc match nul. Merci à Arnaud. Et pour fêter ça, peinture d'u...
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40mm SYW Austrian (Hungarian) Haller 2nd BTN - This is the 2nd battalion of the Hungarian Regiment Haller, with flags from the 1740's. The first battalion you saw back in September 2012 and that now ...
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WARGAMESCON 2013 - Another year of WGC has come and gone, and I did about how I usually do. I went 3 and 1 the first day, and 2 and 1 the second. Tau are really fun and gener...
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MAURICE at Canberra Games Society. - Hi All Well, its been a long time since I've posted on this blog, (and more on the reason why later) but here is a long overdue addition to my reports. I've...
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Unauthorized Mods, Part 5 - Well, the Overtime Monster provided a little bit of relief (and I popped a couple of Monster Energy drinks), and so I made a little time to sculpt today. ...
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1/72 7th Cavalry - Earlier this spring, I painted up a bunch of 1/72 NWMP for an 1885 game set on the Canadian prairie. This project continues to lumber along in the backgrou...
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Back from South America! - Well I have returned, somewhat enervated, from a couple of weeks in South America. My first week was in Brazil, a country I had not been to before. I wa...
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NEW PRICES - Showcase infantry = £7.50 per figure Museum infantry = £15 per figure Email us artmasterstudio@hotmail.co.uk4 days ago
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75mm Confederate Garibaldi Legion La Meridiana Miniatures - Hello again, sorry for the delay in a new post, but I bought and decided to do this larger model of a C.S.A. Garibaldi Legion Infantryman from La Meridiana...
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Super Sequel & Justice League Films Are Coming...Already! - I Knew IT! The first film just opened today and they are already working on at least two more films! How cool is that gang? Fucking VERY! Joseph4 days ago
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New Cover Reveal! - It is with great pleasure I am able to reveal the cover for the upcoming omnibus edition of The Crown of the Blood trilogy – Empire of the Blood. Here it i...4 days ago
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Dux Britanniarum, the Video, on You Tube - Its the one you’ve been waiting for and asking for and finally we have got into the studio and produced the first part of the Dux Britanniarum series. In P...4 days ago
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Painted: Buildings in Turmoil, The Widow Thompson House - Today, I have a few photos of my newly painted 10mm Thompson House from Buildings in Turmoil. During the Battle of Gettysburg General Robert E. Lee used th...4 days ago
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The past year - OK an update on new rules we are playing and new toys I have. Pics to follow. War of the Roses 28mm, rebased my Impetus collection to 40x40mm and got some...4 days ago
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Empress Miniatures Kickstarter - I guess most of you who are interested in modern games in 28mm will already have seen this, but this week Empress Miniatures started their Kickstarter. It ...4 days ago
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How Many X-Wing Waves Left? - So I have been following the X-wing releases. I am a big star wars fan but did not need another game but I am wondering what comes next. Release 3 has the ...4 days ago
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Shieldwall Counters - Have you ever played a game where you had to improvise a counter or token to denote a unit's status? Perhaps a D6 is placed next to the unit to indicate th...
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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 110 – FFG Star Wars games - Download Episode 110 Welcome to Epsiode 110 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am joined by Rich Jones and Mike Hobbs and we discuss sever...4 days ago
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Modern life is rubbish - Hello people, Games Workshop and its development in recent years continues to confuse me. Then I found the following quote which succinctly summarizes what ...
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Paintedfigs.com: This Week in Painting, June 14th, 2013 - Metallic Tau, Planet of the Apes, and Clockwork Orange! - This week in painting. The metallic Tau we did was to match a client's scheme. I rather like how it came out, it's not a style we'd normally use ...
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Galactic Knights: new Aquarian Alliance book - Monday Knight Productions released the last of it "Fleet Books"/Rules expansions last month in a stealth fashion worthy of the cloaking devices employ...
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"Slushy" Delivery - While Lord Sterling and I were on our way down to New Orleans for the regional Bayou Wars convention, we stopped in Ponchatoula, Louisiana for a pit-break ...
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Firewalk Blog - Check out the Firewalk Blog I heard an interview with Dylan on The Overlords podcast where he discussed sculpting, miniatures, and the things that inspire...5 days ago
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And Now For Something Completely Different 11 - This young fellow has been hanging around the edge of the painting table for sometime now, so in between colours for Vikings and working on the first full ...
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New for the trade stand this weekend - These chaps will on sale from my stand at Phalanx (St Helens 15/6) and if unsold at Valhalla (Farnborough 16/6).
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Broadside 2013 - The Games & Nipples?? - Well there were a few other games at Broadside this year, not just ours, so I thought its about time I posted the pics!! The Battle of Salado Creek,...
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Final considerations about Raguhn - Actual position of the Russian forces*T*he battlefield was, in theory, dominated by the *bridges located in the center and eastern zone*, which could make ...
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Pathans and the Northwest Frontier Fort - I have been extremely busy over the last few months with work and moving and such, so I have not been able to update this blog. However. I now have a littl...
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A New Twist On The Basic Black - This might be an interesting take on painting the Nosferatu in the post below, getting away from the solid black idea. This is Tion Medon from Episode III ...
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[Maurice] The Battle of Hill 23 - For an in-character version of the battle report, look here where we have our campaign blog. This week I took on an old enemy, the French Armee du Nord, co...5 days ago
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LAM Jesters arrive in Gierburg - Another set of beautiful figures from Simon Bradley has arrived in Gierburg: The Jesters, from Lead Adventure Miniatures' Bruegelburg range ( BRU-15). The ...
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The League of Augsburg - I want to announce a new blog that I am participating in... The League of Augsburg. Barry Hilton has kindly allowed me to use the name for this new effort...
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Finally, Gamesday 2012 coverage is up! - Me winning my 4th banner competition at Gamesday GW finally posted the coverage of Gamesday 2012! See it HERE. Above is a shot from their site of me cla...
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Battlegroup Kursk - Intro scenario (again) - Andy and I played the BGK Introduction Scenario twice down at the club the other day. It is amazing how much you can forget after playing the game once 2 ...
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Spring 994 - Orkerdammerung - The Undead army had little to say for itself. The Necromancer deployed his melee troops on the right and his skirmishers on the left, ready to swarm aroun...
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I was having a Bir last night........ - Last night Peter and I stayed in the arid regions of the world, but shifted time to late 1941. The Game was a simple attack scenario: Elements of 7th Armo...
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Dragon Warriors - 2:11 - *Back In the Hall of the Trickster (12th June 2013)* *The Dragon Warriors* Aethelfrith – Thane Sir Erich of Barton – Knight Hillson – Warlock Nazir al Kha...6 days ago
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28mm front rank French wip - Well here we are again with a few figures that i started last week they arnt quite finished in these pictures but last night i finished them plus added...
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Finished! Well, almost ... - Finished the cavalry at last! Now it's just small parts to do, remove bases, paint hoves (?), boots, etc, etc. And the base of course. :-D Pics: And t...6 days ago
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Wooden Wars: Lavender Brigade - “They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me...” *~Pierre Cardin* I've finished up three units for one of my Kickstarter backers: a ...
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Levy with Slings for Saga - We are angry!! Because we have no flock on our bases!! Stone him lads! Gripping Beast Plastic Dark Age Warriors with the sling option. 12 ready to go as ...
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