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Le Pilote à l'Edelweiss - Apart from eating snails one of the things that sets us apart from the French is their love of comic books, even when they have "grown up". This is our los...
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AAR: Irish Guards vs. Wiking - Luke and I got together for a Flames of War game to test out my new Irish Guards list from the new Market-Garden books. Luke's has really taken a liking t...
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A cool map - One of the sections of Columbia Game's release of the City of Cherafir is a description of the city's Alienage Quarter where foreigners and ships are allow...24 minutes ago
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Lastic de Saint-Jal French Cavalry Regiment - This is a splendid regiment with an interesting history of ownership as per Kronoskaf: "The regiment was raised on December 7 1665, from the Thury free c...
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Viking Raiders - Here's some more figures from the GB casualties & killers range. These are technically Early Saxon vignettes, but they could just as easily be Viking Raide...
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May Club Meeting at GVS - The May meeting was a good mix of Rapid Fire ww2, Maurice 7yw and two Impetus games. I have a few Images to share of the games Rapid Fire Polish s Russian...
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Thames 1813 promo - This is an important event for this year - this October - the 200th anniversary of the Thames battle. Website here
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Basilisk Krea - The frog is here :D Part one of the Basilisks with this one being the Krea, a very popular beast for me for 2 reasons. 1) Animus just so handy to have near...1 hour ago
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Avengers Animate Again! - The first trailer for *Avengers Assemble*, Marvel's animated replacement for *Earth's Mightiest Heroes*. Appears, thankfully, to be more of the same - ra...
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+++ Unidentifed Enemy Armour Spotted +++ - Following my earlier blog post about Spartan Games new modular scenery, a couple more pictures have been found. The first shows some nice stand-alone build...1 hour ago
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By Fire & Sword: Foraging supplies 19/5/2013 AAR - Second battle played this weekend with Andreas, we decided to change things up again and rewrite the lists. I said I was going to pick the Polish Skirmish ...
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Carronade Loot - Earlier this month I had a wee drive down to Falkirk to the Carronade show. The biggest wargame show I can easily get to, it was an excellent day out on ...
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Zombicide Figures Size Comparison - When I was photographing my Zombicide figures I knew that I'd be asked for a size comparison photo. So I took one with the four zombie types from the Zombi...
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Crocodile Games: Upcoming Kickstarter and promising miniatures - *Crocodile Games* will soon start a Kickstarter and here's a preview of some miniatures destined for the campaign, some Trojan Peltasts. The Kickstarter...
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Raid on Port Corinth (3) - Hi guys, starting with Atreides127 here and others in the forums, many of you raised concern about the planned paint scheme. Thanks for this very important ...
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Warbase Ruins - I did this a few months ago and now have finally got around to posting it. It's my first Warbase building here and I started with the ruin for some WWII t...
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COW2013 - It is just over six weeks until COW2013 (the annual Conference of Wargamersthat is organised by Wargame Developments) will be taking place at Knuston Hall, ...3 hours ago
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More assault marines - A proper army for Flesh Tearers should have a lot of assault marines. So here are some more to join the fray. Basing is not done as I am saving up a good bu...
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Finished, the Zombies - Bit of a burst while watching the Walking Dead the other night... All painted with variations of military colours, mostly Vallejo and Citadel Looking t...
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Books from Triples - My Triples purchases continue with a number of books on the 1940 French campaign. Firstly there are all three volumes of the French edition of*Sixty Days T...
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6mm Desert Terrain: El Alamein Train Station - El-Alamein is located about 66 miles (110 Kilometers) east of Alexandria and takes its name from the twin peaked hill known as Tell al-Alamein, upon which ...
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BATMOBILE FROM BATMAN # 5 - The ninth issue of the Eaglemoss Batman Automobilia and the Batmobile that made it’s debut in Batman #5, Spring 1941. Prior to it’s appearance, Batman ...
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Mars Attacks Wargame Mantic Games.... - Now this would just be silly...... But I am strangely drawn to it.... :-) It looks like 2014 is to be the year of the Martian. It's not clear from the press ...
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Oh My Sweet Eldar, Time to Upgrade! - Oh shiny new toys, how you have captivated me! Reecius here from Frontline Gaming to gush about my favorite army: Eldar! I love my Katy Perry Eldar, as I a...
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Why the Actual Chanel Totes Not Help Make Points More Pleasurable Through Getting Any Secondary Bag Yourself - The particular consensus right here, in Twitting and on my own Facebook web page would have been to delay.A person, you must keep in mind the region of the...7 hours ago
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AWI Painted Artillery Deal - Continental Artillery Battery: French 4-pdr in foreground and Swedish 4-pdr in the background. Click pix to enlarge. British Artillery Battery with 6-pdr ca...
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Commander Culln - Here's the newest addition to my Red Scorpions Space Marine army - Commander Culln! The addition of the Commander places me somewhere around 2600 points fo...
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Game of Thrones- 40k Style? - 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...
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1/700 Warships - There is a wonderful variety of 1/700 ship models available in Japan manufactured by companies such as Aoshima, Tamiya, Hasegawa and Fujimi. They are quit...
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A couple of flags from both sides - Greetings everyone, Just a couple of flags in my collection 20 x 35 Confederate Flag from 1890 24 x 40 Grand Army of the Republic Banner from 1877
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Call of Duty: Ghosts - Call of Duty: Ghosts takes the critically-acclaimed franchise into the next generation. Watch the Reveal Trailer here! Available to pre-order but not relea...12 hours ago
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Desert Canyon Table - Part 5 - Added some lichen to make some shrubs and growth. The next step will be to add some parched grass and other arid vegetation.
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New Eldar Flyer is a Pokemon - So I was looking at the pictures of the new eldar flyer. From the top side it looked ok but when it showed the head on or below view it looks so familar. I...
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Step by Step - "And a Bottle of Rum" - Part Two - Once outside Billy is set upon by four thugs intent on robbery. This is a result of the Carousing Encounter (see Part One). Rolling up for how many robber...
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Hinterland commanders - Officers of the the Infantry and Hussars review the new recruits... The woman below will be a new grenadier. The petite woman will be light cavalry. ...
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RP No 138 NYW Tiffin's foot regt - Zachariah Tiffin was commissioned by William III to raise the regiment on 20th June 1689 for the defence of the town of Enniskillen Co Fermanagh, from th...
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Prince Charming - Don't you ever, don't you ever Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome Don't you ever, don't you ever Stop being dandy, showing me you're handsome ...
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ACW Units - My enthusiasm for painting has been at a low ebb since before Christmas due to several different reasons. But lately I've been getting a little more paint...
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BTH2 Channel Dash Game - The *BTH2* game went well this evening, although it lacked a bit of something or other. The end result was a hard won but narrow victory for the...
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Mod. 13 British Forces Plan - 28mm - A fine spring afternoon in London, at Horse Guards, a meeting of Important Personages of the Realm. After a fine luncheon, the meeting begins. * "Ahe...14 hours ago
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Triples 2013 - We made the journey down to Sheffield over the weekend for two days at the Triples show. My first time at the new venue. Plenty of space in a nice light sp...
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Ark Royal makes final journey to scrap yard - ** - *Comment*: Nothing feels good about this :( Link and Link -
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RPG Mobs - Genestealers - *This is the first installment of a new series entitled RPG Mobs. On occasiona, I bang out some baddies for our PC's to fight. They usually aren't anything...
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Persians go a Wandering to Triples - There are many wargaming armies that contain mercenaries, but one of my wargaming armies is a true mercenary unit. It was loaned out by its owning warlord ...
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A Field In England trailer - bit disappointed to be honest, looks too arthouse in such clean, well lit black and white - from the poster I was hoping for something a bit closer to 60...
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Ressurected Armies Project Third and Last: Turkish Redelight - Sunday last was the Sunday of Pentecost and the end of the Easter season for this year, so it brings to an end my resurrected armies project. I was able ...16 hours ago
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Goodbye to all that.... - *A variety of Zero paint schemes - gotta love the orange underside of the example at the bottom! Sadly these will NOT be appearing in a blog near you any...
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ACW game pics - Last week we played an ACW game using Guns of Gettysburg. Unfortunately my hobby time is very limited these days (I haven't touched a brush since Salute) s...
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The Chaos Dwarfs march - I promised pictures of my recently painted Chaos Dwarfs some time back, time to deliver on the promise. The army as it stands was the result of a concerted...
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Da Vinci's Demons... - ...got seriously weird this weekend, with a visit to Vlad the Impaler's castle (yes, they were contemporaries, Vlad died when Leonardo was 24). Not 100% su...17 hours ago
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Angry Lurker Honest Movie Review 99: Star Trek: Into Darkness 2013 (4 STARS)..... - ....and Kris is giving away a lot of free stuff over on his blog for hid birthday week! Not much more to add to what many others have said.........impressi...
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FWS News Flash: HALO TV SERIES Just Announced For XBOX ONE! - The new Xbox next-gen system, called ONE, has just been announced and at 10:46am, Bonnie Ross, head of 343 Industries, broke the news that an live-action ...
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Project Progress - It was back at the beginning of February that I last did a project update so I thought it was high time for another one. Progress has been a little patchy...
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Ronnie’s in the Deadzone! - At 8pm BST tonight (in under two hours’ time!) Mantic CEO Ronnie Renton will be hunting through the Deadzone Kickstarter page, answering questions and resp...18 hours ago
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Ymgarls! - So I finally got off my ass and started painting some more Tyranids as they are incredibly close to being 100% finished (just 19 Gargoyles, 12 Termagants a...
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Doctors Arrive - The natives are worried about the newcomer. In the meantime they try and salvage his canoe. The helicopter lands in the clearing. The Army suppor...
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Skirmish Campaign “Russia 41-into the Ukraine” - One of my flea market purchases at this year’s Cold War’s convention was a copy of Skirmish Campaign “Russia 41-into the Ukraine” by Scott Fisher and Natha...20 hours ago
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The Goblin King has come! - After a few weeks of painting the Goblin King and his little entourage are complete! I've painted seven goblins plus the king himself and I'm pretty happ...21 hours ago
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10mm Evil Twisted Thorny Thicket Wall - One of the Magic Spells in our "Bear Yourselves Valiantly" mass combat fantasy, ancients, & medieval rules (currently under development), allows for m...
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Staying fresh while not playing. - by Chris Vinton So I've had a lot of time to not play 40k. Baby on the way, work taking more of my energy, a kid that now wants a buddy more than a pers...22 hours ago
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Hey there..... - Hey Chaos Cultist, I’m sorry I’ve not been posting lately but I’ve been really busy with life. Now that the Spring/Summer season is here it’s time for m...22 hours ago
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Assyrian cavalry - Here are the cavalry from my small Assyrian force. The miniatures above were professionally painted by Phil Riley of NyrOld, and the below are partly an...
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Dark Age terrain progress - Things have been a bit hectic outside of gaming so the village project has been in the slow lane. At least I've managed to do a bit each night to keep it t...
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The Dead are Restless (or, I painted a Reaper Bones) - So I dug into the 200 plus Bones I got to paint one and give them a try. This broke my plans but I felt after receiving them I should give one a go. This i...
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Venice - military sights - The are a couple of sites of interest in Venice for anyone interested in Military History/Militaria First is the armoury in the Doge's palace, cases full o...
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Epic 30K: odsłona dziesiąta | Epic 30K: part ten - Dziś moja kolej na pokazanie epicowej dłubaniny - trójka drednotów Imperialnych Pięści. Szczerze powiedziawszy, to jedne z najgorszych modeli GW, jakie ki...
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Monday Model Mystery Answer - Yesterday's answer was of course Airfix's Sherman tank. The clue was the numbering on the sprue tree for the tracks which is the catalog number for the ki...
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Another Hard-Fought Loss! - John R. reckons he can write my battle reports for me, the smart-ar$e! He reckons that they all start off like this: "What I should have done is...." Unfor...
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Triples 2013 - Most of the membership of Sheffield Wargames Society turned out once again to help out with Triples 2013, our annual wargames show. This was held over two ...
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Rules of the Game - Chatting with some wargaming acquaintances at Triples has led me to think about the rules I use. I do seem to be settling on a portfolio of rules that co...
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Chaos Titan Plasma BlastGun - This is the right hand weapon of my Nurgle Titan and is the heavy vehicle destroyer.
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The first British armour:HaT Cromwells plus some .. - OK, so I bought more stuff from Stan a few weeks ago... there were these HaT Cromwells, and having based all of the Brit infantry for the 1944 British forc...
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Пиратская крепость/ Pirate fortress. - http://vogtemichelsminiaturen.blogspot.ru/2013/03/piratenfestung-update-20032013.html http://vogtemichelsminiaturen.blogspot.ru/2013/04/piratenfestung-u...
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Terrain - Arcane Ruins - Finally, the other main part of my fantasy terrain collection - the Games Workshop "Arcane Ruins" set. I'd seen this set done in a similar style online, al...
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Finally, some more painted minis: armed and dangerous slaves - It has been indeed a while since the last time I showed some painted minis. I'm particularly tired and I don't really feel comfortable painting during the ...
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X-Wing Vs. Wings Of Glory - Ok, Fritz needs some help from some of the other gamers out there, another opinion before I jump head first into a potentially new game system… It’s one thi...
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Stop the cavalry - Back to the minis! Working on a little Texas-something. Almost finished my Texans, but you will have to wait until they are finished. I have started on the...1 day ago
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The HEIC, pre-mutiny period. - In March of this year I posted a short piece with photos of my newly painted Bengal Native Infantry. http://18thcenturysojourn.blogspot.nl/2013/03/bengal-...
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Club night - 21 May 2013 - I forgot my camera last night, so the pictures from my phone will have to do... there was a slightly different mix of games last night. Mercs Set on a nice...
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crimson fist ARmy for Sale - Hey everyone, Im trying to get the word out that my friend is selling is huge crimson fist army. PLEaZE go check out his ebay auction and throw down some ...
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French Carabiniers, 1812 - Another unit for Black Powder that was partially finished, and needed wrapping up. A couple of the figures were done, and I just needed to round out the re...1 day ago
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Soldiers for the House of Thott - I have been painting some minis for my friend Tony and his growing 14th century Danish force. This time some Solders in the sevice of the House of Thott. M...
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Studebaker M29C Weasel - The M29C is the amphibious version of the M29, a tracked cargo carrier for transport across snow. The addition of float tanks that were bolted onto the fro...
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Malifaux - Rasputina Crew - In Work! - Tonight I'm going to take a brief respite from posting about Warhammer or Warhammer 40k and go over one of the projects I'm working on for a different sy...
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28mm American Civil War - Confederate Command & Artillery - Here are some pictures of the American Civil War Confederate Command and Artillery that I completed last year at the same time I finished the infantry. I ...
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First game with High Elves this week so heres my list - Facing Calebs Warriors of Chaos (or maybe his Lizards) on Thursday and taking the new High Elves for the first time. I've written a score or more lists si...1 day ago
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The Battle of Naushera - I picked up this up from Robert over at the Wargaming Command Post. I've had a copy of "The Sword and the Flame" for quite some time, but have never actu...
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Early War Game part 3 wrap up - (Go HERE for part 1 and HERE for part 2). What a blast! The game was epic. One of the longest games of Flames of War I have had in a while. Perhaps it is be...
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Painted Circle Orboros: Tharn Bloodweavers, Shifting Stones UA, Warpborn Skinwalkers - Even though I have figured out recently that circle may not be "my thing," I am determined to continue painting them because I love my scheme.1 day ago
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Games Room Update - The windows went in yesterday and so now the space is really starting to take shape. Still lots to do but it is now weather proof (and considering our rain...
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Historicon Games F-295 and S-296 - The Historicon PEL is up and the two games that Mike and I will be putting on for Architects of War are listed as F-295 (Friday at 6:00pm) "Sink the Tenne...1 day ago
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Happy Victoria Day - Its a bit late now as it has almost passed but this is Victoria Day in Canada, originally a celebration on the young Queen Victoria's birthday but now a fi...
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Lannister skirmish force: the beginning and some bugs... - So, I managed to finish painting the start of my House Lannister force for the ASOIAF project (for those of you googling - Game of Thrones): It's a bit gl...
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1st Cuirassiers - 28mm French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry - French 1st Cuirassiers - 28mm Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry from Perry MiniaturesA little bit of a "surprise" project that I wanted to get done before my friend...
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Tour of Duty! - With the latest release from Battlefront for Flames of War Vietnam I thought it was only right to share this video. Steve at WWPD is doing a great job ...1 day ago
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28mm 'German' Austrian Napoleonic Fusiliers (2) - Another unit of Napoleonic German Austrian Fusiliers. These also were purchased from ppsbay and re-based for *Napoleon's Rules of War*. Both of these cam...
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Ayton 2013 – The Big WD3 Game - The May Day Bank Holiday Weekend saw the gathering in East (and West) Ayton of assorted WD3 members for the ‘Big Game’. This was the third year. The first ...1 day ago
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French Ligne Taking A Pounding Part Deux - About a year ago I posted a picture of an unfinished French Ligne Battalion in a firing line - I'd simply dug into the "big box" and looked through it loo...
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Front Rank Austrian (German) Grenadiers - I have had these figures nearly finished for months now. This weekend, while I was waiting for primed figures to dry, I applied the last few colors, then ba...
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My Workbench: sci-fi bust Contact! Part 2/3 - Please see part 1. I recently painted the face, but I screwed it up and am trying again. Something of the sculpt seems off. Maybe I'm imagining it, bu...
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WIP: Eisenkern 'industrial lifter' - ...(conversion) to load the 'Mules'. the head is from the original, metal command set1 day ago
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Getting my lard on! - Wow, its been a month since my last month, I must pull my finger out. Since the last post I have played a bunch of games and painted a bunch of figures. Fi...1 day ago
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Bolt Action: Gung Ho in the PTO! - We played our second Bolt Action game set in the Pacific on Saturday at The Panzer Depot in Kirkland, WA. By now our forces have grown a bit more. The Am...
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Flames of War army purchased! - Well I hit Brookhurst Hobbies pretty hard on my vacation and picked up some stuff. There are 4 E8's, 3 Jumbos, and 4 M4A3's of differing styles. This ...
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Quirkworthy’s Ramblings: New & Shiny - This article reprinted by kind permission of Ravage magazine. Whether you play board games or miniature games, if the system you are using has a battlefiel...1 day ago
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NCO Command Squad Radio Operator - Hi all Here is 1st model from the Corps Officers box Spellscape Miniatures blog
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[Dropzone Commander] Face aux Scourges - http://jasonlepeintre.blogspot.fr/ Ce dimanche, nous avons fait notre première bataille avec les vraies figurines pour DZC : 1300 points de PHR ont tent...
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42mm: Samurai and ninja - Well, I stayed up later than I should have last night, but I did so because I was on a roll at the painting table; all of my latest batch of Steve Barber...
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A Few Huns More - courtesy of Oldbob! - Oldbob who hangs out on The Miniatures Page very generously sent me these guys, who were surplus to requirements - enough to make an eight-figure unit plus...
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Registered for GenCon and a Giveaway! - Late lunch today; time for a post before heading back to work. I have my bedge for GenCon, 86 days until the convention. I have registered for three games ...1 day ago
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African Militia - Back in March when I played the “Gone To Ground” scenario from Classified: Special Operations Missions 1940–2010 I noted a bit of a deficiency in support w...
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Plastic Fantastic: Dimestore Spaceships - More Plastic Fantastic madness, now, not in the shape of the usual strange conversion fodder, but rather these so-called 'Dimestore' Spaceships that I or...
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Updates... - Well I am coming to the end of three and a half days off work. On Friday in preparation for some fencing work I completed the following holes working en fa...
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Volsinii Imperator of Knight Household Etruia - The latest addition to the Mechanicum army is this construct. Hailing from Knight Household Etruia, this is *Volsinii* *Imperator*, piloted by Lucius Sej...
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Bloggers For Charity - New Bloggers for Charity is in the works. Check it out here to check out the outline for the upcoming year.
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The Lippizaner Mournfang: Conversion Craziness! - About a month ago I headed to Adepticon, that mecca of geekery and gaming, and I only had two events in mind: the "It's How You Use It" Warhammer Fantas...
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A Spring Ball in Krankenstadt: The Guest List. . . - *It's finally spring in Krankentadt. A perfect time for the Grand Duke's aunts to host a ball at the Residenz, a.k.a. Krankenstadt Palace.* Aunts Hilrt...
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Salute shopping - I promised to do a breakdown of what I bought at Salute, so here it is – a month after Salute due to all sorts of hassles. I’ve also listed my intentions f...1 day ago
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Cowboys and Hobbits - The AWC Lord of the Rings club couldn't let Adepticon pass without showcasing The Hobbit SBG game by running some demo games. Although the new movie and g...
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ALCA - CAPELL: INDIOS Y VAQUEROS - Este blog adolecía de una carencia importante. Y esta era la ausencia de datos o información sobre una marca pionera que produjo algunas de las primera...
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Games for 22/05 - Last week at the club saw 2 RPGs. Heresy. This week sees Rob and his players finishing off, Brett and Bill playing ACW; Bookmark, Robin, Trainset, and St...1 day ago
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Tournament Season Arrives - I have been a big slacker this year. By this time last year, I had played in several tournaments and had some solid results. This year? Nothing. Nada. ...1 day ago
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Immortels ! - Non, pas Toulon (j'étais pour Clermont-Ferrand !) mais les 10 000 Perses de l'armée permanente. Et en voilà trois unités pour ADG, lanciers moyens mixtes ...
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Golden Age Supers - A Divine Wind - I love Supersystem, particularly version 2, and particularly Golden Age. We've played for years and battles go one of two ways (much as battles do), nail-...
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Golden Age Supers - A Divine Wind - I love Supersystem, particularly version 2, and particularly Golden Age. We've played for years and battles go one of two ways (much as battles do), nail-...
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Wargaming Girl - Celebrates 100K Page Views! - Hi All, Wargaming Girl: 100K Prize Draw Tamsin describes herself as: A mythical beast - a female wargamer! I got back into wargaming in the summer of 2...2 days ago
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New RPG Character Range: Sneak Peek 3 - For today's sneak peek, I present the Warriors of Shadow. This set of 10 figures features 4 thieves, 3 assassins and 3 bards, including 1 female of each c...
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A Huge Thank You: 400 followers and future plans - I noticed a few days ago that the number of followers of this Blog has ticked around to just over 400. I just wanted to take the time to say a huge thank y...
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Break (and prize draw) - Lamentablemente tengo que hacer un pequeño paréntesis en mi buena racha de pintura, ya que estamos haciendo una pequeña reforma en casa. En cualquier caso,...2 days ago
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Flecktarn lasguns - Eyup folks, just a quickee today. Those of you who follow Today I've Mostly Been... (or indeed use our Twitter feed or Facebook page) will know that I've fin...
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VBCW: Servants and Sailors - I haven't painted much for VBCW this year, but I took the opportunity to paint a few figures for the Lead Painters League competition . First up is a landi...
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Freshly Painted Pulp Figures - I just received around 30 pulp figures back Doc Merkury who did a great job painting these for me. I am currently going through the finishing process and...
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Second Khurasan Assault Crab Alien - Managed to finish a second Khurasan Assault Crab alien this weekend--this one with slightly different colors! Check him out! As you can see, my first e...
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Foundry British Napoleonic Light Dragoons 2 - Have you ever painted a figure that has fought against you every step of the way? Well, this one did. A great sculpt and love the bicorn being worn rathe...
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Where am I? - The answer to which, of course, is... "In the Village..." Although this one doesn't quite resemble the one from The Prisoner (well, I'm sorry, but the ide...
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Civilians (12) - I think this vignette holds the record for the length of time I've taken to complete something. I can't actually remember when I started painting these f...2 days ago
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We come in pieces! - A nonsense post in many ways, but I just couldn’t resist! This little chap was an added bonus thrown into my order from those very kind people over at 'T...
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40mm Sharpe and Harper - part five - Photos Two, Three, Four and Five - Show the progress so far. I still need to paint the metallic areas and varnish but I am very pleased with how the piec...
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Sheffield Triples 2013 - A busy weekend ended up with me at the National Institute of Sports in Sheffield which was hosting the Triples wargames show. I have to say that in the ye...
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100.000 page views!!! - During the week end this blog reached the 100.000 page views, a result I would never predict 4 years ago when I started. I want to thank all wargamers and ...
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Aunt Harriett - Miss Penelope's maiden Aunt Harriett chaperones all the girls on their adventures
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WHFB Empire Hurricanum/Luminark Completed - Still need to paint up the guys who operate these contraptions, but here they are. As there is only one carriage/wagon for either "weapon", only one can be...
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News of Saxony - *A*ccording to the Leipziger Volkszeitung Gazetten from Dresde (a.k.a. *MurdocK's MarauderS blog*) the war activity at the front has continued during this...
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LPL 7- Round 6 -Getting back on track. - Round 6 has begun over at the LAF for Lead Painters League Season 7 Above is my 5 round entry, "Warwick_WotR. Which was supposed to be "Warwick", a.k.a...
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Oorah, Devil Dog - Just a little update this week with the beginnings of my USMC infantry for the Syrian campaign. I wanted these guys to look more rag-tag than the US army f...
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My Kingdom For Some Extra Time - Well here we are almost at the end of May and I don't think I've touched my brushes once or even played a game. I did however throw some money at the Rob...2 days ago
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Bolt Action Weekend! - So, This was a good week for gaming Bolt Action, I got in three games this week. First up Mike W came over Thursday night and we threw down a 1000 point g...
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Contest Time - In honor of me starting a new project and Blog (Starbase Alpha Romeo Charlie). I will be holding a contest. My first one. The contest will be open to all m...2 days ago
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Cossack & Lancer Skirmish Series - Game 6 - As part of the Campaign of Nations game a further skirmish game was played out in the UK by veteran players, who had earlier in the day been to Triples. T...
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Fred Funcken 1921-2013 - The death of Fred Funcken on 16th May 2013 has recently been announced. While also behind the Uniformology series, he is perhaps best known to wargamers fo...
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Petty Gods - The OSR book, Petty Gods, is finally out! This may not be news to most of you, as it came out last month, but it was news to me! Heka-Kup, Petty God of Hic...
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Painting British MTP Camo - Got hold of some Modern British Infantry at Tripples in Sheffield today from Under Fire Miniatures. Firstly I have to say these casts are the best I've eve...
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Help! I've Fallen, and I can't get up! : a.k.a. "5 months down the well.. thanks a lot Lassie" - *"This is Life Alert, here to help. What is the problem?"* "I've Fwallen...and I can't gyet up!" *"I understand. First, look to check, are your legs still a...
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RedBox's 'Scottish Troops' Review - New review of the RedBox set of 'Scottish Troops' for the Wars of the Roses.2 days ago
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Fire base Buddha 4 - A selection of pictures showing some of the components that go into to making the fire base. The top three pictures show some of the concrete corner b...
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Descent Props: Bone Heap - Hello! Got little something done again... This time for Descent board game. Actually these fine pieces are Micro Art Studio Skulls Bases, 25x25mm. There ar...
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Prussian Landwehr Cavalry, 1813 - The formation of the Prussian Landwehr Cavalry was decreed in March, 1813. At more or less the same time, many of the Prussian provinces also raised a ...
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The Duke of Rutland's Alpine Club WIP - Here is the first four figures completed for the DoR's Alpine club. Now being a good member of the King's inner circle and all and a member of the BUF he h...
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What have they been doing? - You may have noticed that it has been a bit quiet around these parts lately. This is for a variety of different reasons. Real life and gaming related. I...
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Regiment femení del segle XVIII - WSS Female Regiment Minifigs, Roundway, Peter Pig i Blue Moon, 15mm Temps enrere vaig muntar un regiment femení fictici per a Guerra de Successió Espanyola...
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A new old project - It's back to 15mm WW2 at the moment. I'm part way through renovating my late war US forces and have used a box of PSC plastics for the bulk of the infantry...
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FPW Battle Report (ficticious) - On Saturday I was lucky enough to go up to Mick's for a large FPW battle. I even had the dubious honour of running and organising the game. So for a scenar...2 days ago
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O.S. ACW Reinforcements - A couple of years ago I bought a lot of plastic Spencer Smith 30mm ACW figures and I have just got around to painting some of them up. Amongst them we...
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Venetians get some new ships - Hi gent's Busy with work so not much time for posting.I did get along to Carronade the other week and picked up a few bits and bobs.So here's what I am u...
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My "homemade" Star Wars cards - Hi all! Well, I found a use for extra "unique" cards in Star Wars... make up a few of the cards I don't have! Now, I have no plans on investing in any of...
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May Bank Holiday Civil War fun - So this is always a big weekend for the Civil War groups putting on displays on the Sunday and Monday. The Sealed Knot are at Blenheim Castle in Oxfordshi...
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Small Terrain’s culvert and streams - Couldn’t find a suitable drainage ditch for 15mm until now…check out the review:2 days ago
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Triples 2013 - Once more we ventured across the Pennines in search of wargames shows; the venue this time was Triples in Sheffield. No Lance and Longbow game this year, ...
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Bolt Action: Armies of Germany. - I bought this supplement for Bolt Action as I had decided the ruleset was eminently usable. Sadly, I must say the contents do not quite match the high s...
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Old Friends Revisited. - One of the advantages of having a blog is that you can use it as a sort of gaming diary , the other day I was flicking through my blogs and realised that i...
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The Port of Gierburg - Part 1: A Water Board - *For years now I have been collecting and painting high quality resin buildings for some kind of medieval/fantasy gaming board. Now the project is taking s...
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Basing for Regimental Fire and Fury - Here we see another unit rebased for RF+F, these are large Renegade figures. Renegade make nice figures,even if they are on the slightly large side of ...
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"War and Peace".. a review - ....yep - done it! ..just in case you wondered why no posts, well with the start of the sailing season, combined with reading this - I've been busy! Alwa...2 days ago
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1813 Campaign – Where Next - 1813 Campaign Areas As with most things, this campaign has grown and changed considerably since I started it in July 2009. The aim has remained the sa...
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Sharpshooting wins the day...again! - As you may have guessed. We did an ACW skirmish at the club Yesterday (Saturday) As Lawrence was transport limited, I brought my S+A scenics flocked hills ...
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More photos from Alfred - Again Hungarians 955AD - This time the siege of Augsburg - Alfred told me that there is another diorama close to the official diorama of the battle of Lechfeld. Sadly it is not open for the public, but Alfred had t...
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Burgundian Men at Arms - another contingent. - These Burgundian men at arms have been lingering around in a semi-completed state for far too long, so I decided to finish them off. Previous postings o...
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AK47: Quelque part en Zumsia... - Petite partie d'AK47 opposant les Rebelles de l'ex Président Aristide M'Sombo (le dissident est en photo ci dessus ! Pierrot) au Président Bien Aimé pr...
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A Shortcut to Mushrooms - I've been using most of my available hobby time this week to press on with the rebasing of the French and Indian War figures. I also based up a few Mei...2 days ago
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Progress on Antioch - Just a couple of quick progress shots today. First up a photo of my suburb as it stands. I sprayed some of the simpler buildings with a textured paint as a...
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War goes on - Tiger was part of my planned German forces, but done as side project for now. Close before I finished second squad of PSC soviet infantry ! And got new to...
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Readers' Requests and the Weekly Update for Sunday, May 19th, 2013 - Table set up in the game room; Ahoggya in primerThe current work lot; Tinaliya, Swamp Folk, Ahoggya, Hlutrgu, Qol Swamp Folk and Pygmy Folk Tinaliya! (And a...
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New book on the American Presidents - Of the hundreds of millions of people who have lived in America, less than 50 men have been elected as President of the United States. Some such as George ...3 days ago
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A little bit of painting and carrying on with my reading ... - I found a spare partizan in my spares box and fitted it to one of my oddment figures and gave the chap a new coat colour of blue, looks like a proper serg...
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Where on earth is spring???? - Is this May 19th in Madrid? Seriously? The weather is appalling!!! Freezing actually, with temperatures not breaking 10º C at midday, falling to 3º- 4º C...
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A very arid Sunday. - I suppose I should start this post with an apology. I have managed to achieve nothing this week. Absolutely nothing. I suppose that having everything pilin...
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I PAINT FOR YOU! - So as you've probably seen I like to paint miniatures, I also like money so I'd like to offer you my skill with paint and air brush. Below is my price li...
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Slight warrior progress - This is more of an update post than anything, though some painting will appear in just a moment. I have been hard at work putting together issue 4 of The C...3 days ago
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Draconis Combine, battletroops - Hoi, Another small update today. If you frequent Jan-Willem's blog, you will have seen his post regarding te selling of some old school Classic Battletech...
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Chaos on the Painting Table - Back in my LORT:CCG days, this guy was my hero.So, I've gone a little off the rails in my painting plans. I was in the process of finishing my Hueys for m...
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Solitary Soldiers Campaign Progress - As I mentioned a few posts back, I've been getting in some solo or co-op games following along with Britton Publishing's Solitaire Soldiers campaign book. ...
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20mm Fallschirmjagers - A squad of Fallschirmjagers for my Bolt Action games in 20mm. The figures are from Battlefield/Blitz. I think it took me around 8-10 hours to finish the...
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Getting ready for Enfilade. - By 9am next Friday (5/24) I will be heading out with three buddies to our semi-local convention Enfilade. I'm really looking forward to this year as this wi...
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LPL Round 5: "They Just Keep Coming!!!" - Hello everyone! Just a quick post today to keep you all up to date on my 2013 LPL Run. This week marked the middle point of this years contest....and the...
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Skaven v. Empire and High Elves Early Game Report - *Squeek* Here is some turn-by-turn commentary on my recent battle. I'll put some photos under each section. Deployment: (For full army lists, please se...
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Book Review: The Savage Sword of Conan, Volume 1 - Wow! It's been over two weeks since my last post. Sorry folks. I've been--and still am--in the process of moving, so my posting rate has slowed as a ...
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Horton's House - Battlegroup: Overlord AAR - Aerial observation has spotted a 12th SS kampfgruppe forming for an assault and Lieutenant Timothy Horton and his men of the Regina Rifles find themselves ...
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Project Kursk Part 12: Tankograd - Ah yes, this week the tell-tale signs of obsession started to kick in with a vengeance. You know the sort of thing - you think 'Battle Group Kursk will be ...
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The Fourth Phase Expansion - "Those of you who would flinch at the horrors you commit, those of you who would lament the lives you extinguish, the land we claim, the fields we scour,...
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Game day with the Catawba Military Gaming Society - So, there is a wargaming club in the Charlotte NC area that am proud to have been a part of, some ten years back now, when my Wife and I lived in Rock Hill...
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Spring 994 - Campaign Update - Spring arrives early this year and with it the nations of Talomir prepare for another round of grabbing what they can. Every single nation that can go to w...
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Revell 1:50 Viking Longship - Grabbed one of these off eBay for $25 and I must say it looks the goods. I know 1:50/1:48 is "about" 28mm but since 28mm varies so much it was a bit of a g...
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J is for Jolly Joke against John...Major?!!! - After two AFV posts in a row - something completely different! These are just charming little idiotic nothings but what collection would be complete withou...
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Sheffield Triples 2013 - Had a good day in Sheffield again at the Triples convention This game looked great and some stunning miniatures painted Very large SYW battle with s...
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Ahoggyá, part 4 - Back some months ago, I had a system organized for how I wanted my first Ahoggyá unit to look. All of the arms were laid out on my workbench in just the rig...
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Monsters, part 4 - Just some small progress here: I still have not stripped the paint from the fellow on the left, but the others are getting a little attention, including ...
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Foot Sergeants, Crossbows, Archers, Zombies, and Shipping Containers - Hello, It's been awhile since I posted pictures of toys. Here are 16 Fire Forge brand Foot Sergeants. Need to start buying decals; painting shields takes...
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Back to the Brushes 56 - Time this week just seems to be running away with itself and as a result time for hobbies is reduced, however, the Mycenaean chariot is now complete, just ...3 days ago
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Normal Service will resume in two weeks... - I'm off to South America for a couple of weeks which will include my first visit to Brazil. So it's goodbye to the workbench and this will add more fru...
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Simian Saturday - Hope everyone is having a great Simian Saturday! Here is some more amazing Gorilla art by Marco-Itri
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Fire Escapes 101, how to - Couple of requests on How I made the Fire Escapes so here goes. Start with 1 sheet of Darico 7 Mesh which comes in 10.5 in x 13.5 in size, they have large...
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Some interesting links to WWII documents for the serious researcher - I thought that these three links might be of interest to some. The first two are about my grandfather's division from WWII, the US 90th Infantry. The 90t...
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Pics of my painted Renedra church - It’s Sunday, so what better day to post pics of my newly painted Renedra church? Like the ramshackle barn I posted earlier in the week, this is a plastic ...4 days ago
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Move completed - Everything has been moved into the new premises! Ed says; Just to check in and tell everyone move is completed. I’m getting fire marshal in next and then p...4 days ago
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High Elf Skycutter Assembly - The Skycutter was the first model that I chose from the new releases High Elves. Its a great looking model with some nice options, but doesn't nearly fit ...
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AAR in three acts - Just posted on the Defiant Principality blogsite the first one of a series of three AAR reports, reflecting the development of a critical battle from three...
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LOS PANUELOS ROJOS - I finally finished my first outlaw gang for my Wild West Project, fellow Blogger Zabadak, cleverly refered to them as 'Los Panuelos Rojos' loosely tran...
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The Martian Front - The Roughriders, having secured the face on Mars continually patrol the area around the newly built Fort Douglas. Patrols go out daily to make sure the ...
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Some more dungeon furniture - Hi, everyone. Here are a few more dungeon items. All of these are scratch-built. I forgot to take some in progress pics, though, so I added some after the ...
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REGIMENTAL FIRE AND FURY GAME - *Ian, Chris and I played a game of Regimental Fire and Fury this week. We used my 28mm ACW minis. The main reason for the game was to get my newly painte...
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Work in Progress - Once I base these I'll take some snap shots. I have a lot to base. Most of these are Austrian and Russian 15mm Napoleonics.4 days ago
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Primed and Ready - After my eye exam this morning, I cracked open the jar of Golden black gesso and began priming some miniatures. I primed the horror miniatures from the la...
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Building an ASLAV Part 2- finishing the build - So, building has been completed on the ASLAV, the weather has cleared enough for me to undercoat ASLAV today, so paint should start tomorrow (all going wel...
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Everybody's Got One - *Leading the charge or the rout? The foot are all basically Hinchliffe, with a head swapped Suren rider on a Connoisseur horse.* Surely every AWI wargamer...
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Charlotte Flames of War 1000 point Early War Battles - A group of the Basement of Heaped Miniatures Regulars carpooled down to Parker Banner Kent and Wayne for some Early War games with the Charlotte Flames of ...
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Dambuster David Maltby Local Hero - Squadron Leader David Maltby DSO DFC is buried in the churchyard of one of the local villages to me at Wickhambreux near Canterbury, Kent. Today I visited...
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More Martian News - Ack-ack!I heard today Mantic have teamed up with Topps to produce a Mars Attacks wargame. A little out of leftfield, but being a fan of Mars Attacks (I li...4 days ago
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Sheffield Triples Game - Cerignola 1503 - THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE KINGDOM NAPLES AND THE BATTLE OF CERIGNOLA *Including random photos of the game, which won second prize for best demo, at Sheffield ...
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More Viking Bondi - So, going with my promise that I wouldn't start any new projects until the Vikings were finished, I painted up four more Viking Bondi or Huscarls or Warrio...
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Free Traders Setup Part 8: Kiev - Aha, the last stop on the Farside Route heaves into view! Kiev’s early history is unclear, but if was an outpost of the Khazar empire (and possibly Magyars...4 days ago
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That damnable Hook ..... - *The 40mm chaps get back onto the table for 'catch the raiders game' ...* The border war in the south with Saxe-Jarlsberg grumbles on, no major military i...
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RIDDICK 4...I Love It! - Riddick Is Back! I have always loved these films! The Riddick Universe offers a darker, cool, and genuinely fun take on Sci-Fi Films in the same way that T...4 days ago
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Inquisitor Harrow - So, Steve has delivered in fine form, with Gillam Harrow finally coming to life, along with his pets. Here he is, with his Hound, and a gun-skull: When I...
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Friday Rucht Hour: The View from RuchtCon - Usually, around St. Patrick's Day, I run a gaming convention from my house. This year, I went big. As big as I could get. I had some folks flying into my t...
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Gruntz at Sheffield Triples this weekend! - You can pick up plenty of great 15mm models this weekend at the Sheffield Triples Wargames show. Gruntz 15mm will be on sale on the GZG stand and wi...4 days ago
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Facebook and Twitter feeds on the right - G’day guys, As we draw closer to the launch of the Kickstarter for Dawn – Rise of the Occulites, I thought I should add the Facebook and Twitter feeds to t...5 days ago
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No plan survives first contact with the enemy… - … or does it? Well earlier this year I had serious doubts, if I could paint all the minis for my Möckern game at Leipzig. I did not make as good progress a...1 week ago
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