ROB'S GOT IT COVERED!
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Just a couple of snaps of paperback covers.
The first depicts two vintage SF novels I got at a recent library book sale
- Woman From Another Planet by Fra...
AIChat defines The Portable Wargame
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Whilst I was waiting for my radiotherapy session yesterday, I decided to
‘ask’ AIChat what it knew about THE PORTABLE WARGAME, and this is what it
‘wrote...
RAF Cosford Museum: The Photos
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The drive from London up to Irvine for the recent ADLG event was way too
long to attempt in a singel day, so Dave from the Podcast and I headed out
on Th...
Pass in Review: Lord of the Rings Monopoly
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It must be more than half-a-century since I last played Monopoly. And
this was back when there was only one version. The game debuted in 1935,
and ...
Wednesday
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Wednesday saw me in Glasgow for the first of my Northern Renaissance Art
course.
En route I popped into the Hunterian Museum and art gallery. I particula...
Rethinking Japanese HMGs in Crossfire
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I’ve thought about the Japanese HMG representation in Crossfire for many
years. Specifically why did Arty & Rob decided to make them fire with only
3D? Her...
Rethinking Japanese HMGs in Crossfire
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I’ve thought about the Japanese HMG representation in Crossfire for many
years. Specifically why did Arty & Rob decided to make them fire with only
3D? Her...
Wurrtemberg!
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Carl is having me paint a small Wurttemberg force for him in 15mm. Here we
have a regiment of Jager, 2 line infantry regiments, and one light infantry
regi...
Renovation Time
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I'm going to be running my Syrian game at a local event next week. Having
decided to go back to the Square Brigadier, I decided to update my motley
coll...
15mm BPM 25pdrs
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Along with carriers, my British needed some 25pdrs. I had quite enough
sticking together the QRF (Denzil Skinner moulds) 25pdr models for NWE, so
this t...
Secció de Messerschmitt Bf-109 E
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Schwarm of Messerschmitt Bf-109 E Bandai i Minairons, escala 1/144 La meva
col·lecció d'avions de la Guerra d'Espanya no para de créixer, ara amb un
schwar...
AK47 Small Arms Bases
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I've had a change of plan for the *AK47* mercenary unit with regard to the
figures. I was going to use some bareheaded SAS types for this but have
swi...
AW Miniatures F&IW French Infantry
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Tried out AW Miniatures for the first time after seeing a size comparison
of them with various other F&IW figures. I wanted something with similar
size a...
SCULPTURE: "Cowboy Head #3"
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I just finished sculpting the third in a little series I'm doing on Cowboy
Characters . This one is called "One of the Good Guys". You might see some
hin...
Artillery Batteries In My Rules System
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*Union battery section of two William Britain 54mm cannons: 3-inch ordnance
rifles*
Click Pictures to Enlarge
The William Britain company make a very...
The State of my Hobby, part 2
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(More plain old text follows ;) )Besides the list of projects given in
Part 1 of this series, there are more ideas, more miniatures in boxes just
waiting...
Roger Lamb's American Revolution
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Looks good. Blurb reads
Of all the British soldiers who served in North America during the American
Revolution, none wrote more about his experiences t...
At Minsonda
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While Wittenberg forces are fighting the Begovians, the Wittenberg Land
Militia have taken control of the border town of Minsonda. Engineers have
rebuilt...
Decals and Tiger Tanks
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Working on my decals.
Decades ago before Heiser Models and many other companies even existed I
got a lot of 1/76th and 1/72nd scale models to supplement m...
It's Griff Oberwald!
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Griff Oberwald, superstar Blood-Bowler! 28mm plastic figure from GW.
Having tasted the manic fun that is Blood Bowl, it was time to make sure a
star play...
DBA 3.0 Army Design Tool
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I haven't played De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) for decades, but I do own a
copy of the latest version. Who knows I may use it one day.
I built this a fe...
Battle of Prestonpans
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Today's anniversary is this short battle in Scotland.
1995 reenactment of Prestonpans which kickstarted eighteenth century
reenactment in the U.K. Photo ...
Galleys
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Possibly one of the smallest ships I have painted for some time (around
1cm long) , these galleys have been in my collection for 10 years or more
as a s...
Legion Basilisk
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This Legion Basilisk was at Warhammer World in the Battle of Signus Prime
diorama. The Legion Basilisk was a common variant of the standard Imperial
Army...
Sick Day Samurai
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A raging headache arriving like the Bells of Doom in the small hours caused
me to call in sick Monday.
But after sleeping in, followed by a few rounds o...
Miniature Builder's Yard: ECW Houses Part 2
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I know these shots are on the dark side but it's better to highlight the
thatching detail. Mucking about with *DAS* air drying clay is messy and
time c...
More hedges
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As I alluded to in the last post, I've been working on adding more hedges
to my collection. First up is another 4 pieces of what I've earmarked as
type ...
SicSuchedniów 2023
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We gathered recently to play large multiplayer battle. Attack on Szomor
(Hungary) during Konrad I operation in early 1945. Battle was long and
bloody an...
Retrospective: World of Greyhawk
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Longtime readers may object that I've *already* done a Retrospective post
on *The World of Greyhawk. *Pedantic as ever, I must reply that, while it's
true...
Magister Militum
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When I decided to take up wargaming seriously as a hobby I started by
buying two 15mm army packs, Romans and Carthaginians, from Richard at
Magister Mili...
More ratties.
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I painted a second set of "Skavens" but this time with the dipping
technique. As you can see below, there is not much difference in result
when compared ...
Some 6mm terrain experiments
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Inspired by Al Sheward's brilliant Oosterbeek terrain at Ebor Lard, I've
been thinking about how I might apply some of the techniques in 6mm scale.
Al's ...
EKO: AVIONES 1:150
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Durante varios años la firma Manufacturas Blasco produjo una serie
extraordinaria de vehículos y figuras que si bien eran de escala 1:86 se
podían u...
Tora Tora Tora! or Jap bomber trio
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Yes I know these are all Army 'planes but who could resist the title? Here
are the completed bombers. From the front - Ki-30 and two Ki-32. I think
...
Avalon Hill Games - Raid on St Nazaire Solo Games
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I managed to get my hands on this classic little number from Avalon Hill,
The Raid on St Nazaire, which will become part of an ongoing WWII Commando
projec...
M is for Matters Arising!
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Well, I've pulled the last big post, which happens to be one of the posts
pulled last year! The other was the Premium Pirates, so very convenient
that Kent...
Battle of Helm's Deep
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These are some shots of a Helm's Deep game at the club earlier in the
year. They were taken and edited by my club mate Dean.
They're very atmospheric,...
Italian Spearmen and all the latest TtS! News!
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A chum in Sweden has very kindly printed me some components that allow me
to convert the lovely Perry European mercenaries into passable Italian
spearme...
Looting the Caucasus
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Did you know that Georgia (no, not that one, the one near Russia) has been
invaded about 40 times*? The Timurids, for example, invaded it about eight
tim...
SAGA AoM: The Undead Legions vs the Horde
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Myself and Luis got together at my place for a game of SAGA, it was the
first meet up for us in awhile and it is always good to see Luis. We
decided t...
Demon Shruuf
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This beauty is all built and painted and I've not even got a part to moan
about this time!
A Demon Shruuf from Ral Partha Europe. It was originally bo...
AAR-3: West of Ohrum
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The following is the third battle in my World War III-1958 campaign. It
comes 18 months late, as my campaign, started in late January of last year
lost ...
NEW PRODUCTS NEEDED
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*Hello jason.neilson.grants,*
*We are Interested in buying your productKindly send your company's latest
catalog and your best price list.Also confi...
Getting there first
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These days a lot of my hobby thoughts tend to be along the lines of “oh, I
can be planning an RPG campaign for when I get to the new place,” and then
telli...
Afrika Korps - Vehicle Painting Guide.
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After several weeks away finally some time on the brushes and some German
vehicles for the Western Desert. These take me right back to being a kid
with A...
Bavarian I.R. #4 Salern
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The 3rd of 4 new Bavarian infantry regiments to muster out, this is I.R.
#4, "Salern"
This regiment has yellow facings piped in red, white metal buttons...
Chibi Dwarves
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A pair of weird chibi Dwarves I picked up a few years back. I can't even
remember HOW I even found these... I think they were from an online store
in....
Confederate unit
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Just adding some more bases to the Rebel cause. I decided to paint these
guys in Confederate grey. These can be grouped together to look like a
regiment ...
Fix Bayonet '23: The Tribaling
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Another Fix Bayonet! game day at Historic Fort Steilacoom has come and
gone. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day and I was on the road just after
7:00 am...
Slot Online: Tidak Akan Menghianati Hasil
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Bermain slot online telah menjadi hiburan yang sangat populer di seluruh
dunia. Mesin slot yang terletak di kasino fisik telah…
Artikel Slot Online: Tida...
September is the time to enter the matrix
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Now I am working across two of the panels at once. These are the final two
panels to go on the right hand side of the tapestry. The top panel you saw
the...
Talavera Campaign – Day 5
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*Campaign Map*
In the north the French attack Avila
In the centre the French advance towards Talavera
In the south French retreat having lost the battl...
28mm Celtic chariots 1
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The first batch of chariots for the Celtic army from Victrix. These are
quite complicated to assemble so here are my tips.
1.
assemble an...
Taking Stock of the Painted OOB. . .
-
One evening earlier in the week, I spent several hours carefully examining
the Grand Duchy of Stollen collection . Here is a listing of everything
th...
Gimme fuel gimme fire…
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So, one of the Last Days scenarios requires specific food and fuel scavenge
tokens. I have suitable tokens featuring boxes of canned goods already, but
f...
A shining star, falling.
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Today, we had a couple of games of Wings of Glory WW1 at the club.
I decided to do a photo-report on the first game which may have been a
little presump...
Wrath of Khan Klingons
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To go with the ST:TMP Federation Crew that I showed last week, I bought a
1982 set of Klingons that FASA released at the same time.
These were really d...
British Destroyers 1892-1918
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This book is by Jim Crossley in the Osprey New Vanguard series, looks at
the development of Royal Navy destroyers in the period up to the First
World Wa...
re-New-ed table top covering
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I have taken some time to take advantage of the past few sunny days to get
a new layering on my old table cloth covering.
the last of the grass tufts w...
Campaign Battle Report: Manresa and beyond.
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Turn four proved decisive. The French stole away with a run of initiative
and swamped the Spanish on the mountain before they could make any real
defen...
Flames of War Projects for August
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August was a great month for me and the hobby. I painted lots of stuff
and managed to get in a few games as well. August saw a return to Flames
of War...
The Oliphants of Red Ridge and others
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More 3D printed goodness from my Son Russell, Daybreak miniatures Oliphants
of the Red ridge, amazing miniatures and again a joy to paint, loads of
pose ...
The Cazador Terror Mech in 28mm
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Compatible with One Page Rules, particularly for those of you with Titan
Lord armies...
Only the most psychotic of pilots can handle the controls, an...
Almansa 1707 - 2mm Village
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Just a small post today.....
When I was basing up my buildings to make my Spanish town of Almansa, I had
a few buildings left over. So I decided to bas...
VBCW: The Neubaufahrzeug
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One of the things I like about the Inter-War period is the number of
ambitious but ineffective vehicles – This is one of the things that makes
VBCW interes...
Silver Bayonet - Gunner Three
-
Another member of the unit rises from the cold Russian soil. Gunner three,
my artillerist.
Three is another Flintloque miniature, this time from the Cor...
On the Workbench
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Currently there are three sets of Vlätkrig Fantasy Paper Minis being
actively worked on at various states of development, the Eotnas Helawort,
The Rangers ...
Sixth Shock Army
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For quite some time now, I have been hesitating (procrastinating, allowing
myself to veer off onto other projects) from organising properly my World
War...
Out of Storage Part 4: A Mixed Bag
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Pulling out drawers and giving some of these minis the light of day.
AT43
US Army Infrantry and Jeeps
US Army Infrantry, Jeeps and Tanks
Ditto
Star Wars and...
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I've been gone for a bit, but that's how social media works for me it
seems. I have been painting so do have a back log of things to show. Here
are a ...
Not Quite Seven Years War with One Hour Wargames
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I am not making much progress with my resolution to blog more this
year…perhaps I can alter my habits by January, a more traditional time for
resolution...
Warmaster 10mm High elves
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Time for something a bit different. I was down in Dunedin the other week
and caught up with an old gaming mate Richard who is running a gaming/hobby
sto...
Goths March Ever Onward
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Dave arrived today to once again command the Gothic hordes has they push
the Roman field armies back into the Empire.
Once again the gods appear to have blu...
Work Bench September 2023 part 2 - 6mm
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The GHQ armor is for a 2024 game for Fistful of Tows or Rapid Fire. They
are placed on 20mm square and 20mmx30mm bases. I was able to finish the
Panther...
Busy-busy, rats-rats
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A minor diversion from the Zulus this past few days as I have sunk my
prominent incisors into painting some clanrats from GW's line of Skaven.
Always li...
Zona Alfa
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Got a couple of Zona Alfa games in using the `kontraband supplement for
solo play ,great game made a couple of mistakes but overall pretty easy to
pick up....
Father's Days Blood Bowl
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Father's Day in Australia is in September, and both Comrade James and I
have traditional grudge matches with our offspring on this important
weekend of f...
An experimental mixture
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I have painted up a selection of 3D printed figures from different periods
as an experiment to see how they turn out and in general, it worked quite
well. ...
Hyrkania Royal Foot
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Got the first of the heavy Hyrkanian infantry units finished. I think I
might try and make three different "looking" units rather than replicating
the ...
10mm Decepticon Sentinel Drones
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The Decepticon Sentinel Drones were a force of robots with limited
sentience that Shockwave employed as security and forces on Cybertron.
[image:
https://...
War of the Triple Alliance
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I continue to rate the Volley and Bayonet rules as my all time fave
wargames rules set. Amongst the reasons I hold that view is the fact that
small subt...
Logs
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Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me
(thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to
paint us...
The campaign in Denmark 1658
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Using the conflict between Denmark and Sweden of 1658, the twelve scenarios
were given another test. This time, armies will be of similar composition
of ...
Ducks / Malards
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Have had 22 Ducks/Malards 28mm miniatures for about a year without painting
them, but I got a bit inspirated and painted them up due to the rerelease
o...
End of the line
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After November 2023 you will no longer get here through the
littlemetalmen.com domain. Working Federal Government jobs killed my love
for writing code a...
Remembering Nightbane RPG
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I happened to come across my old Palladium Books Nightbane book from
back in the day. Guess it was during the early to mid 90's, that I was an
av...
Darek sent new photos of his latest work
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In my eyes he is becomming better and better, especially with Ancient
figures. He is always glad to take orders on figure sculpting for a low
price.
So...
Wake me up... when September ends...
-
Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.
It's the start of September and that means that I haven't posted in three
months... so I guess it's about time ...
Warlord Epic ECW Shotte – Speed Paint
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Recently I've been painting my English Civil War figures in 28mm. I've
been keeping my Steel Fist 15mm figures in my back pocket, waiting for a
good opp...
A different kind of convention (for me anyway)
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Earlier this month, my wife and I went to our first ever science fiction
convention: ArmadilloCon here in the Austin area.
My wife did confess that at f...
The Dice Game
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In a recent game I recorded the dice rolls of both myself and my opponent.
This was using VASL and the game was a series of logs (around 40) so not a
c...
Vietnam War: NVA T-54 and PT-76 Companies
-
Earlier this year I put on a 6mm participation game on at *Winter
Wonderlard III*, using *Charlie Don't Surf* for an 1973 Yom Kippur scenario
set on the ...
Red Vectors three storey houses
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One of things I've been wanting to do is finally bring Mordhiem to the
table, I had the game back on it's release but clearly something more
shiney came...
Two 15mm Sherman Calliope T34 Tanks
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These are two 3D-printed 15mm Sherman Calliope tanks. I needed something to
track available artillery missions for my O-Group Americans and these
seemed ...
15mm Late Romans - additions
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Additions to my 15mm Late Roman army: mostly infantry, of which I had
neglected to take pictures. Painted shieleds, etc. no decals.
Bucellarii cavalry
...
Fighting The Grendelkin...
-
*Torsten Halvorsen and his men arrived in Dagelfjord, here they were asked
to help the inhabitants eradicate Grendel's spawn (the Grendelkin) who were
ra...
Where did August Go?
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It's hard to believe that August is almost is gone. So, I figured I
better get at least one quick post in. Activity on the Hobby front has
been slow, ...
Wargaming keeps you young.
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My last post was way back in June when I came back fired up after a great
weekend wargaming with some wonderful gamers. Sadly the enthusiasm I had
melted...
Dark Age Irish Project
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Some 28mm Miniatures I painted for a customer's Dark Age Irish Saga
Warband.
I believe most of them are from Gripping Beast, with some minor conversions...
MCP: Cosmic Ghost Rider (Frank Castle)
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I had this model sitting on my desk assembled since it's release, and this
past Saturday afternoon I finally decided the prime the model.
Yesterday mornin...
“I’ll eat you for supper…”
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Managed to get the paints out again over the weekend… With our Warhammer
3rd Edition battle day fast approaching, I really needed to get some work
done on ...
Big game day
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I ran a big game day for my wargames friends today. The day consisted of
two large games in the same hall. One a Seven Years War (SYW) game and the
o...
15mm Free Pizza Box Terrain: Factories & Workshops
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The rules say any empty pizza boxes in our house *must* be turned into
terrain which can be used for multiple projects.
Now my 8-year-old son is deeply ...
Gangs of Rome - Table Layout
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A quick "dress rehearsal" laying out the buildings so far for my Gangs of
Rome table. A few of the buildings here are incomplete and need a bit more
set ...
Sci-fi City Block
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Part of my vague Mega-City terrain, a corner piece to represent a
cityblock or any building really. Made with a foam base structure,
chipboard/cardboard...
The Big Scopedog: Blogoversary too!
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I've got my new glasses and can see to start work again, but everything on
the table is still very much a work in progress, where progress can be
defined...
Using Twitter/X as a Micro-Blogging Platform
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As I threatened last time I decided to try Twitter/X as a micro-blogging
platform – sort of spitball the ideas I have in my head, maybe get some
feedbac...
Back to the Brushes 374
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A couple of test figures for the Christian Spanish re-conquistadors to give
the Moors a worthy opponent.
The figures are from Gripping Beast's El Cid ...
15mm Terminator: Junkyard Dogs
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I’ve started work on sourcing and painting up some scenic elements and
terrain for the 15mm Terminator project, and am kicking things off with
some wr...
The Way of the Future?
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The way of the future? Anycubic's Photon Mono X
I started a new adventure into 3D printing and I've had a couple of
Anycubic printers now. I love it, a...
The Doomed
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I got home from a fun few days of playing Warcry last weekend, and found a
copy of The Doomed waiting for me. The Doomed is a miniatures agnostic,
post-apo...
Auction Of The Late Peter Cushing’s Toys
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I came across this notice:
https://www.thecanterburyauctiongalleries.com/home
At the bottom right it mentions “toys”.
Mr. Cushing was an avid toy sol...
Trents Reach, INWarD 23
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My game for INWarD 23 was a refight of the battle of Trent's Reach in 1865.
i've played this one out quite a few times, and this time was the first
attempt...
1Bn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, Sudan, 1885.
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No posts for half a year and then two in as many days. It is a bit like
waiting for a bus! Now that the TYW/ECW painting has been concluded for the
time...
Painting 3mm
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Painting 3mm miniatures
Painting 3mm miniatures is not exceptionally difficult but it requires
methodology.
Here is what I do:
I first prime everything ...
WW2 North Africa Campaign - Battle of Point 205
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Hi folks,
Long time no blog posts! Sorry about that. Mainly playing board games (lots
of them) which doesn't really work for blog posts.
Our North Afri...
World Eaters : Possessed Marines
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Hey everyone! A quick post before leaving home for two weeks of vacations.
I hesitated during a long time before working on a Possessed Marines unit.
The...
Speaking of this Image...
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I used this beautiful image by Bill Willingham from the 1981 Moldvay *Dungeons
& Dragons Basic Set* for a previous post (regarding a B/X campaign that,
u...
Cannich Scots
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Also known as part two of the *Shadows of Yog-Sothoth* segment in our *Call
of Cthulhu *campaign. Arriving in Scotland, our three intrepid
investigators ...
Limited Edition Gamesday 2004 Archaon
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The 2004 Gamesday Archaon miniature is one of my favorite limited edition
miniatures GW made. I figured I would paint him up for my Chaos Army.
I ch...
Bit of Scratch Building - S-300 Reloads
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First up an apology for not posting anything for a while. I've actually
been doing plenty of painting and gaming, including running demo games at
South...
A Long Hiatus and Back to Epic
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Sorry I haven't been posting for a while, but for the last year I ended up
playing games more than painting. I guess that's pretty good, but I also
didn'...
Heavy Metal: My Painted Coins for Board Games
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Heavy Metal for your games
Image credit: Amazon ( https://amzn.asia/d/6TUCMOL )
A good deal?
For once, Amazon Prime Day in Japan showed an item I was actu...
Final Few Posts Of July 2023 Posted On Wix Website
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The final few postings of July 2023 are now up on the Wix website which
replaced this blog a couple of years ago. These include a handful more 28mm
"Doct...
Going Viral...
-
*Onwards they marched, tracking the Chaos deviant through the dead lands. A
litany of woe and a trail of ruin marked the passage of the Cult they still
h...
Please Support Dan
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Last week I was walking a short section of the Pembrokeshire Coast Path
with my wife and some friends, when we met the guy shown below going the
other wa...
Battlegroup NORTHAG - INDEX + FAQ & HOUSE RULES
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For its Cold War period gaming, my gaming group has shifted from using the Battlefront
'Team Yankee' rules to using the 'Battlegroup NORTHAG' rules publis...
Battles and Brews 2023
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Great weekend of fun at Battles and Brews. What's Battles and Brews you
say?
Well,it's a fundraiser for our local convention March to Victory. We have a...
Waterloo in the Hut
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On Wednesday Tony, Nigel, Goya and I gathered in the Hinton Hut to fight
out Waterloo. The figures were drawn from the collections of Goya and I and
were...
2023 ongoing Oldhammer projects
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Last time I posted painted miniatures was in February of this year - I
have been busier than ever with the hobby, but did not find the time to
post th...
Heavy Support for WWII Minis
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Just finished some German 15cm heavy artillery along with 15cm Infantry
Gun and 5cm PAK. And some Soviet 160mm mortars. The infantry on snow
bases in ...
The sloop "Dog"
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The Infamous pirate "Black Dog" before sailing with Captain Flint and John
Silver made quite a name on the high seas in the unimaginatively christened
...
28mm Yakuza
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The Yakuza are the third faction for my Miami Vice game. When deciding
what other factions to use in the game, I originally planned to use several
that ...
Alpha Strike Post 3. Do I have the Way
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Is it ironic that heavy doses of salt create fertile soil for ideas?
Another clever name for this post could be Fighting the System. It seems
that in...
On The Table: Raven Guard
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After finishing the initial set for my Intercessor Kill Team, I decided to
start in on the rest of the force and get the other kill teams/options
worke...
Stuka - TLC repairs...
-
Found in a box of distressed 1/72 die-cast model planes in a local charity
shop - a Stuka, missing one of its dive flaps and propeller blades. I
thought...
Bunker Hill (1775) Scenario for Volley & Bayonet
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The link below is to my Volley & Bayonet scenario for Bunker Hill (1775).
The scenario is a wing scale scenario. I have also included a second copy
of the ...
AWI: current state of affairs
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As I've just recently stepped over the 50% mark on my AWI project for
Sharp Practice, a couple of roll-call pics are appropriate.
Boardgaming in 2023 (first half)
-
I have been fortunate enough to be involved in a several monthly boardgame
gatherings this year, so far. However, as far as playing at home goes - we
h...
Week26 Updates
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A bit more progress over the last few weeks, although I still am not
getting out the brushes as often as I would like / need to. The
legionaries are fin...
The Watchers in the Pass
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After last year's raid into the East Watch of the Midlands, the Federation
had been waiting and watching for a response from the Midlands. In the
woods a...
Hannibal's Libyan Veterans
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I wasn't sure how to proceed with the rebase of these 20mm Newline Designs
African veterans, they were one of the first units I did and when I started
ou...
Wild Geese 2023
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This last weekend was the annual gathering of the Wild Geese in
Warwickshire. This year six games were presented to entertain twenty four
gamers for two d...
Time for another post!
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As I haven't posted since August last year I feel it's probably high time
I posted again (maybe now a sort of bi-annual thing?) No sooner recovered
fro...
MY PATREON ! Come join me on Patreon !
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(Trouvez la version française en dessous ;) )Hello Everyone !A bit of time
since my "1K on Instagram" and Social Medias post ! :)As I wrote in this
last po...
Watering the horses – a vignette
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I have just finished painting and basing this delightful little vignette by
Eureka Miniatures. The scene is a French Chasseur a Cheval fraternising
with a ...
Some random items after a long period of inactivity
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The first two miniatures are the androsphinx, Kamaljiori (Monsters of
Exandria Set 1 #2), and an Adranach (Monsters of Tal'Dorei Set 2 #1) from
the Critica...
98. Space Station Zero
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Having seen a play-through on the Lead Adventure Forum about this new game
called Space Station Zero, I had to check it out. It's blend of horror,
sci-f...
Battle of Taurus 39BC using 8x8 modified Phalanx
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*Introduction*
This was going to be game 63 in testing my Ancient Battlelines Clash rules.
I have been going through lots of design changes over the las...
New Napoleonic Rules
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As mentioned I have put up a page on the blog with the new version of my
napoleonic rules (Napoleonic Squares v2), which I tested out at Partizan
last we...
Hobby Block - To Be Continued
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I’ve been in a funny old mood recently and I’m finding that it really takes
a lot for me to get around to painting anything - I can think of about half
a...
Paimon Miniatures Chaos Dwarves
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It's official. I am now a miniatures company. After long years of plotting,
planning and general mucking about, my first commercially available figures
are...
This is Minuteman: Two-Three
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Since my wargaming hobby has taken a back(far back) seat to my simming
hobby, I've gone from reading books about the Napoleonic wars etc. To
listening t...
Navarre Infantry - 1st battalion
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This is the third unit of Carlist infantry I painted towards the end of
2020 (I was determined to erase my Carlist War lead-pile). I assigned it
to Nav...
Two new Civil War titles from Osprey!
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Osprey Publishing has released two new titles related to the American Civil
War. Timothy J. Orr and Steve Noon again have collaborated to produce the
secon...
The Devil of Hells Kitchen
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Okay,
I have always been a comic book fan of the Man with no Fear - Daredevil, so
when MCP released him I had to get it regardless if I play the game or...
GW Contrast Paints on 15mm Horses
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My first purchase of the GW Contrast paints was with painting horses in
mind. There are times when I quite like painting them but when you have a
hundre...
Hurricon 2022 Photo Report: A Bit Late...
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It has been several months since my last post, which was photos from
HMGS-South's Recon 2022 convention. I thought I had deleted the photos in
this post,...
An Update!
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Wow - it has been a long time since I updated my blog! I don't know how
that happened, other than, well, one gets busy and time goes by before you
kno...
A slightly disappointing vist to Salute...
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I was very excited to go to Salute again today as the last one I attended
was, thanks to the Chinese, four years ago. I hadn't even been on the
London ...
Dice Tower
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Due to a lack of time and, indeed, inclination, my hobby time has shrunk
over the last six months. Although I am more than happy to have been in
solid wo...
Forgotten Figures!
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So I finished these a month ago and completely forgot to post them up.
First up is a pair of Ashigaru with yari bases for my lifetime Samurai
project. Thes...
Lasalle V2: Fighting retreat near the Pyrenees
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Just south of the Pyrenees, 1814: a division of British troops clashed with
elements of the French rearguard. The format was 250pts Lasalle using my
3...
Yaji and Kita
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I finished painting a few more civilian figures for my 40mm Japanese
collection. These are, from left, a well-to-do traveller, and famous
adventurers Ya...
Its ovah! The GZG con that was
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GZG ECC XXV, been there, done that, had a LOT of fun (as usual). Wow, 25
years of playing soldiers at this con, what a great bunch of folks it has
been...
BOMBARDMENTS TODAY!
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Readers are most likely familiar with prodigious WWII naval bombardments
and the destruction intended ashore. Numerous Pacific Theatre battles may
come...
BOMBARDMENTS TODAY!
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Readers are most likely familiar with prodigious WWII naval bombardments
and the destruction intended ashore. Numerous Pacific Theatre battles may
com...
March Madness
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To some extent, I am feeling like we are in middle of the long decline of
the personal blog, but that might be just because I am having trouble
getting ...
King of Buccaneers
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So this was an epic undertaking. When Barry first unveiled the 4Play
scenario pack concept, he invited me to join in. While I had a pile of
ideas, I qui...
Tallarn
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Tallarn troops for the Imperium!! these are 3d scans of the original metal
miniatures I got from a friendly guy on facebook. scaled down to 20mm scale.
A Variety Pack of 15mm
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I recently painted up some 15mm figures, from Alternative Armies. A long
time ago I received a sample pack of sci-fi and fantasy figures. I finally
dec...
Stables on Mars -March 2023
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Finished some simple stables for the current Syrtis Major project. One
general purpose building and the other for the Austro-Hungarian Embassy.
Spinward Marches Solutions, LLIC.
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*Art by Ian Stead, by commission.*
*Spinward Marches SolutionsRhylanor/2716 Spinward Marches*
*UCP: Im◄2444●23►LLPAR●Sec◄0466●56►*
Established at the en...
Eisenkern Grav-StuG release!
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* Click here to be taken to Ebay listing*
*This kit contains twenty-nine components, three optional main guns, tank
commander hatch options and...
Afrika Korps trucks
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Here is a set of 15mm plastic Afrika Korps trucks. Five of them are from
Plastic Soldier Company, one is by Zvezda. The Plastic Soldier Company
(PSC) ...
Review of 2022
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2022 was a busy year for gaming, I fitted in 101 miniatures games in the
course of the year and 36 boardgames. Building a permanent table in my
study has...
Reiksguard Unit Complete!!
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For my January submission to the Call of the Crown painting challenge I
have produced a unit of 15 Reiksguard knights to act as the elite heavily
armore...
Hilltop Hovel - 15mm
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In truth, this is more than a hovel. I picked up this resin kit on sale
years ago, and finally painted it about 2017. I am in a state of having to
downs...
Legionary 2023 trader update
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* Legionary 2023 is on! Legionary 2023 is planned for MAY 13TH 2023.*
Legionary has been run by the Exmouth Imperials for several years now, and
we hope ...
Fan Coloring a Chainsaw Warrior Page
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Just had a bit of fun coloring this classic Brett Ewins art from the game
Chainsaw Warrior.
(This is simply a bit of fan art and I claim no copyright or...
In Memoriam - Lori Brom
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On the afternoon of Monday, January 23, 2023, my good friend and "sister
from another mister," Lori Brom succumbed to a heart attack at Ochsner
Hospit...
Tenoch/Slann forced labour party
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Tenoch Enhanced Warriors, or slaves for my Slann. Unfortunate
neighbours or prisoners of war, they do the dirty work for their overlords.
The Disciples and Acolytes of "The Celestial Path"
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The monk, Makoto, looked at both Lord and Lady Fuchida. Makotos's company
of poor ronin, former retainers and impoverished tradesmen had been
t...
Austrian SYW Artillery
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With this article, I will present the Seven Years’ War periods most
celebrated artillery. The new fine ordnance fielded by the troops of her
majesty, the...
Tournement Diorama and new stuff
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There is the third diorama and with the New stuff of The Nords i will creat
a fourth one now. Please feel FREE to Comment my work. Tanks a lot a...
Why does Alcovia use non-Russian Vehicles?
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The real answer is model availability. Most miniatures ranges have yet to
catch up to even the 90s. So I filled in blanks with hardware from other
n...
The Year 2022 in Review!
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Hoi,
Another year has gone and passed and so it's on to the numbers of painted
figures from 2022. Before I will go into that I would like to wish all of...
2ND EDITION: GENERAL d'ARMEE
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*GENERAL D'ARMEE *
*SECOND EDITION*
*BRIEFING*
The 2nd Edition of General d'Armee Napoleonic rules aims to focus the
wargame more on the aspect of ...
8 Rads - Gotta love ‘em #1
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So, one of the most popular builds I’ve done, in all scales, is by far the
Sdkfz 234/2 ( commonly, but disputed, aka Puma), so with another queued up,
I...
Review: The Wargaming Compendium by Henry Hyde
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I have started experimenting with YouTube a little, mainly because it
offers the chance to record something short and to the point without too
much prep....
Craters!
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Having made it to the Christmas holidays, I was keen to try and share what
limited progress has been made on my Soviet Army since the summer. Without
go...
Late Imperial Roman East DBA Book II/78
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Well about 15 years later I finally finished this army up. Next up:
Sassanids and Armenians for a mini campaign I’ll play at home (since 15mm
small scale a...
Forgotten Futures 4 Updates
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As some of you will know I've been revising my RPG setting based on
Carnacki the Ghost Finder and converting it to PDFs. I've reached a point
with this n...
Food Basics Flyer Dec 8 to Dec 14, 2022
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Browse through the latest Food Basics flyer December 8 to December 14, 2022
on this page. This weekly flyer from Food Basics has found amazing price
for yo...
November Update
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I've been slow to update my blog for the past few months. I was able to do
some hobby stuff in late October, but a recent setback in my cancer
treatment ...
Etsy Store - Grognard Terrain (15mm Cyberpunk)
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Recently I launched an Etsy store (Grognard Terrain) which seems like
something that was bound to happen.
I've been a big fan of Lazy Forger's sculpting...
Geschiedenis 24 over 1672
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Quite I while ago I posted a link to an old TV programma, amd after
overcoming some technical problems I can repost the video here.
Tercio of Barón de Gramont, 1642-43
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Tercio de Barón de Gramont; el ejército español de Flandes 1642-48
Recruited from Burgundians (Franc-comtois). Fought alongside the veteran
Spanish *ter...
French Knights for Patay (IV)
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So I made some progress over the earlier summer months, to add more bases
of French knights for a future Patay game.
Here are some pics. They are pret...
Painting Sudan
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With a new vigour for painting and some motivation to get things done, I
ordered a Dervish army from Peter Pig a couple of weeks ago and painted
them up...
Aztecs
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The book
Eagle Knight
warriors
Conquistadors
All painted by DJ
These figures are a cross over from the Malta collection.
Still a fair bit of this to see.
Relocated Kingdom
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This Blog has been a bit quiet recently. That's mainly due to the fact I'm
concentrating on posting to the Facebook page I set up.
https://www.facebook.com...
Empire Warrior Priests
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It’s been a while since I updated the old blog, but I did recently complete
this trio of Empire warrior priests. They were released around 2007 I think
and...
Car Insurance Sioux Falls
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*Car Insurance Sioux Falls*. The best price for comprehensive car insurance
in sioux falls for most drivers is from state farm at an average annual
premi...
A Return of Sorts
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It's been a pretty horrible couple of years, hasn't it?
We've lost loved ones, been beset by fires and floods, and found ourselves
in the middle of a pand...
Ogre Redux!
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So I love painting ogres - so sue me. I really do enjoy them, especially
the great Reaper Bones sculpts that you can get for cheap. That and the
fact tha...
A Wellsian interlude
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Taking the chance to get the guns and matchsticks out on a sunny Sunday
afternoon…
Bought at some point in a job lot ( I think) these were lying unused i...
Blackstone Fortress - 2nd Expedition
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Rogue Trader Janus Draik, Imperial Navigator Espern Locarno, Eldar ranger
Amallyn Shadowguide, and Kroot tracker Dahyak Grekh unite to once again
enter the...
Scenes from the Barrowmaze
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My daughter and I started playing thru Barrowmaze , (which if you are not
familiar is a classic mega dungeon campaign for old school style RPG play) ...
Terrain Workshop Sorted (at least for now)
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Well I've managed to clean out the Terrain Workshop. Sadly, the bulk of
the "debris" consisted of various shipping boxes that were retained for
storag...
It's been a decade, now...
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This is a tough time of year for me. So, with your indulgence, here's this
link to a post I did a decade ago... EDIT: I have no idea why it didn't
take. S...
Five Parsecs from Home
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[image:
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1iR21seWKkH3AvpdIzdClfhrhmT3o1BSP]
Hello Mik's Minis viewers!
And if you're from the 'before times' a ...
Hiasi Dengan Permadani Dinding Gantung
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tv jernih cukup banyak pilihan antena untuk daerah yang susah sinyal, baik
itu dari dalam dan luar negeri. Untuk merk lokal Anda bisa membelinya di
toko el...
Bataille de Lützen, 16 novembre 1632
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Il y a plus de 11 ans, j'écrivais sur ce blog :
"Lützen, Bataille emblématique de la guerre de 30 ans, aux côtés de La
Montagne Blanche, Breitenfeld, Nö...
Getting on Even Footing
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* by: farmpunk*
I got busy, and didn't write about something I'm beyond excited about! Some
friends and I started a Game Company. Primarily Role Playing...
VBCW Game 2022- Attacking Shrewsbury
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I have just got back from having a great game of VBCW in Shrewsbury. The
two day battle features various factions manoeuvring close to the Free City
of S...
Wargaming the interwar period
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*CROSSPOSTED FROM WARGAMING MISCELLANY*
This year’s VCOW (Virtual Conference of Wargamers) took place over the
weekend, and I was able to take part in se...
I remembered the Alamo
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For those of you who have been reading my blog the last couple months, you
will have realized that I am participating in the 12th Annual Analogue
Hobbies P...
Printing The 7 Years War
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Back in the days, before smart phones, cell phones, the internet, usable
home computers (1985); when one had to go to the local game store to find
out w...
Battle Report: The Vampyr of the Riding: Turn 4
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*GAME NAVIGATOR*
Narrative & Army Lists
Deployment
Turn 1
Turn 2
Turn 3
Turn 4
***
Turn 4: Undead
As you no doubt know, the common skeleton can muster ...
Sky Galleons of Mars
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Following up on the recent ground action, we took to the skies with some
classic Sky Galleons of Mars. We played a meeting engagement between
British Squ...
Risk
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I have played a traditional game for the first time in it seems forever
(since before the pandemic was pronounced, anyway). As you can guess from
the t...
The Constantinov Regiment
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Whilst I have, for the most part, 'moth-balled' my Classic Wargaming
collection over the past few years, occasionally I get the urge to dip back
into it....
Blog Recommendation: Hand Built History
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I'd like to recommend a new blog that I'll be keenly following, Hand Built
History
It's a blog by John Boadle, who for those who aren't aware of John, i...
Ancient / Medieval village church
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The finished small village church/chapel, made from poly board with the
outer covering of card mostly removed and the exposed foam scribed with
lines to ...
23rd October, Hampshire
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Alton DBA and the 2021 UK DBA League
After nearly 2 years (since Tarrington 2019), with a trip down to Alton,
we were able to wind up the DBA League's...
The Great War Martian War
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The Great Martian War is a documentary about the Martian Invasion of the
world, and the ensuing war to stop them, during the period of 1913 to
1917. I...
X-Men United Wolverine tutorial and photos
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Here's a video showing how I painted up Wolverine from Marvel United
X-Men. He's a larger scale then I'm used to, so I tried using a zenithal
base and m...
Happy Orctober once more.
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Evening all. Just a quick one as it's BOYL tomorrow and I have to get to
bed but wanted to make this a proper Orctober this year so here is a couple
of ...
Grimy Green Ghostly Skeleton Revenants
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Kevin Dallimore wrote this fine article on a variant of painting undead
Revanants for Oathmark, and I wanted to try it out on my Triumph of Death
skel...
I am leaving but no one fucking cares
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This blog is done.
No one interacts and i'm tired of begging the world for connection.
If you have a blog that people connect to, comment on (like I did...
Lost Tomb of the Bitchin Chimera Characters
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It has been a LONG time since I posted here...
I backed the Lost Tomb of the Bitchin Chimera kickstarter last year. I
don’t back a LOT of kickstarters ...
Warhammer 40K: Math Team Deathwatch Special Issue
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So the Deathwatch Killteam looks pretty solid in the new kill team. Good
customization options still and you can build them with a inexpensive box.
They ...
Campaign Battle of Freezing Hill
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Another of the War in the West country campaign battle has been run by
Murdock and Cod.
a largely cavalry on cavalry match
Read Codsticker's account h...
Extra Turrets – Released for LAV and Tank Kits
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The Extra Turrets kit for the LAV and Tank kits is now available on the
usual resellers. This kit is an expansion, so you will also need the LAV or
Tank ...
Review: Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders
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The Goblin Wolf Riders are the first Oathmark models I have bought and I
purchased them specifically to add hobgoblin light cavalry to my Chaos
Dwarf a...
STERLING PRICE AND THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD 1861
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*28mm Sterling Price and the Missouri State Guard 1861. Price is a
conversion of the Front Rank mounted Napoleonic civilian gentleman. The
Missouri ...
Hessian Jagers
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I keep finding little bits of American War of Independence projects hidden
in interesting places. these guys were on bases, primed or partially
painted, in...
GM's side of "Checkpoint Chester"...
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So it's been a while since I have done anything "Bongolesia wise", and as
explained in the 2020 update, there's just been so much going on lately in
my ...
Megalania and Komodo Dragons
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Megalania (Varanus priscus) is an extinct species of giant monitor
lizard,[1] part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited Australia
during the Pleisto...
And Don't Bring Hordes to a Knight Fight!
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Ahiahi marie ano, Good afternoon again,
Game two. Goblins vs. Orcses. Hordes vs. Warband.
For the second game we both brought out our Greenskins. My Rae...
The "Hitari" Brothers, Masters of Death
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Pues tenemos enemigos para el Lobo, perdon Perro solitario y su cachorro,
los famosos hermanos Hidari, maestros de la muerte de Bac Ninh Miniatures.
Grand Opening May 22nd, 2021
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My new game store, Third Coast Games, will have our grand opening
celebration on Saturday, May 22nd. I've been envisioning a game store like
"CHEERS"...
A Lovely Stroll
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Today’s game is not one that should need much introduction with praise from
reviewers all over the internet and a solid rating on BGG. It’s PARKS. The
game...
My custom Blitz Bowl pitch!
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Hey all!
Well, around the holidays I was at Barnes and Noble and wandered into the
games section, only to find my latest game... Blitz Bowl! It is a
s...
Carthaginian army part 1: Numidian Cavalry.
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At last a new post.
First I like to tell that the chemotherapy has done it's work. I'm cancer
free. No operation needed.
Although I still suffer from some s...
Black Riders
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12 bods and 10 Nags.
10 of the bods, 9 mounted and one on foot*, are the "run of the mill" and
hard to tell apart Nazgûl / Ringwraiths. each one dresse...
A few more Prussians to be going on with.
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Well, as anyone reading this will have probably noticed, I'm behind
schedule again. Lots of real world things going on to cause distractions
like hav...
15mm Hundred Years War English Archers
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My first batch of English Archers for my Hundred Years War English Army
that I am building specifically to recreate the English Army of Agincourt.
The...
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*ANNOUNCEMENT FROM STRATEGIC ELITE*
Hi friends, Bob Faust here. I wanted to make a general announcement
regarding my hiatus from the development of...
Richard Ansell. Very sad News
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It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely
talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard
Island cre...
The 100 Hours War
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Honduran Corsairs on the left, El Salvadoran Mustangs and Corsair center
and rightRecently I had Chris Geisert paint up some aircraft used in the
1969 100 ...
Prussian Horse Artillery WIP1
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Just started the last of my Prussian artillery, this time AB horse
artillery loading crew.
These are some of my favourite Prussian figures, I'm guessing...
Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario
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Battle of the Falklands
A Full Thrust Scenario by Phil Broeders
*Authors notes*
This scenario is based on the The Battle of the Falkland Islands, ...
2020 Good year, bad year
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I thought I'd put together a few photos from the past year, some of it has
already appeared here, most not, its mainly just pictures of figures I've
pai...
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Another solo game, Combat Patrol. I used the layout earlier in the week to
play another game but thought rather than pack it up I would give Comba...
NEW BLOG ALERT
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So I'm not sure anyone will be reading this, but I have returned to the
world of blogging, this time on a different platform and with a gaming
focus muc...
33 Ford Coupe
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I finished up the video on the 33 Ford Coupe. This is a much cleaner
build than the Mustang I posted last week. I was trying a new paint, Turbo
Dork M...
Sisters of Battle - Order of the Bloody Rose
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Long time since I posted anything new here, but with the ongoing Covid-19
and lockdown situations, I've had time to hobby more this year. So much so,
I'v...
Work In Progress!
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I am currently trying out a re-design of this site, starting today (16th
October 2020), so it may be a bit wonky over the next few days. Please bear
with m...
Blogging about Space Hulk
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Written by Ron Saikowski, October 10, 2020I've decided to start blogging
and sharing my Space Hulk material. Space Hulk: Boarding Mission Space Hulk
has al...
It’s a long way to Sardis
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While getting ready to play Marathon, I have started to ponder the lack of
Persian cavalry. Herodotus says that the Persians chose Marathon bay as a
landi...
The Cult Expands
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Got some more work on the Cult done - finished the Neophytes squad and
added a pack of Aberrants.
Next on the docket for them are some Genestealers, an...
NEW IMAGI-NATIONS ATOMIC AGE BLOG
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I've created a new blog to record my miniature craftwork in my imaginary
cold war gone hot campaign setting. I will remove those posts from this
blog ...
FOW Solo Play US Airborne vs German Grenadier
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I've had these two companies painted for a long time and now with my son on
the west coast, I am giving it a go by myself. Be advised I am not a strict
a...
326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes
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Just posting a few images from the game we played yesterday afternoon, The
Battle of Hydaspes, where Alexanders veteran army fought the Indian King
Porus...
Alan Cook
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I wanted to register my sadness at hearing of the passing of Alan Cook of
the ABC Wargamers' blog, after a long illness.
Alan amongst other things was a gr...
This Blog Will Close in December 2020
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This blog will close in early December and it will be taken down
altogether. This is part of my retirement plan.
The original content is still availabl...
Point Defence part two
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*The other Indian section are becoming more and more pinned down. *
*While the Bengal Lancers come under a withering fire from the central
ruin.*
*To make...
Sky Galleons of Mars now possible
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Years ago my friend Kurt and I picked up Sky Galleons of Mars at The
gamestore in Atlanta at the time, Sword of the Phoenix.
Of course I was excited becaus...
Time to get back to work ..updates
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I've neglected to post new stuff the past few years (?). A friend of mine
commented that I should finish the artillery section and then the cavalry
sect...
Celebrate Roguelikes, October 3rd 2020
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[image: Celebrate Roguelikes]
Celebrate the rich history and inspiring future of roguelikes
with streamed talks and more in our own custom-built
roguelike...
Return of the Menagerie
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(With Apologies to George Lucas and Lucasfilms)
Well, it's been a while, but in the words of Sam Gamgee - "I'm back"
So where have I been I hear you a...
Indian Mutiny Sharpes Practice
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This was a 70 point game using the first scenario in the Sharpes Practice
rule book.
Both the forces of Major Charles Wutherington Inbred-Smyth of the 19t...
Working on a new game!
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After many, many yeats I'm working on a hex-based, introductory wargame
that will cover different historical periods. I'm very excited by this new
projec...
Toy soldier fun
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*It all started bout two months ago when I was looking for inspiration and
examples for the 42mm project I introduced in my last post, I found a
number of ...
Oosterbeek 1944
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The other day the lads got together for a small Chain of Command game. We
took the scenario from Wargames Soldiers and Strategy 107.
An SS German force was...
Blundering Through the Borderland- Turns 2-4.
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This is a continuation of my experiment to combine the Five Leagues from
the Borderland (5L) campaign rules with the Thud and Blunder (TB) skirmish
rules f...
JUNE 2020 UPDATE
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Its time for monthly progress report and update.
As a reminder I have 6 projects I am running with:
1. Tier 1 15mm Napoleonics
2. Tier 1 20mm Moderns
3. T...
After a long hiatus, I'm finally back to Space 1889
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Been many years but I finally got the colonial bug again and going to play
it out on Mars.
So over the past month I've started rebasing my old RAFM 1889 fig...
GENERAL D'ARMEE on CYL TV
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Hi Team
Here are the videos I've created thus for covering some General D'Armee
games:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VX1GJ37NUyDgdO1lmE6rAzo87zT...
British Light Infantry
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The light company of the 49th Regiment of Foot was part of the 2nd Light
Battalion formed in North America by General Howe's order of 14th May 1776.
The ot...
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The War is not over!
[image: 🇩🇪]Unser nächstes Projekt ist die E-Serie (Entwicklungsserie):
ein deutsches nicht-realisiertes Projekt zur Vereinheitlich...
Kebugaran Mengubah Wajah Tur PGA
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Lalu apakah Glumory akan menghasilkan Ketergantungan & menimbulkan efek
samping glumory beauty drink ? sama sekali Tidak, dikarenakan Glumory
terbuat hanya...
George Cross for NHS
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I've noticed over the net that various folks have been suggesting that the
NHS as an organization be awarded a George Cross.
The people certainly qualify f...
Standby for future content...
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I have decided to take up my tools and add to this project. 11 years ago I
sold the collection and still had one or two bits lined up to make. The
2020 cov...
Arapaho Indian 75mm from Pegaso models with Horse
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A quick turnaround this time as I did say I have been needing to post
several of my works.
So here we have a 75mm Arapaho Indian with his trusty steed, bot...
Isolation is Bliss to a Solo Gamer!
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Hi Chaps,
I pray that you are all healthy and avoiding the virus?
On to business... the UK is in "lockdown" which makes sense to me and as a
solo gamer ma...
Ships off Haiti, part 1
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Some progress: Here are the contents of the Haitian rebel ship package -
hulls, masts, bowsprits, funnels, and deck guns! Fortunately, there are
good pics...
MotorChamp Racing Formula 1
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I am solo running a season of F1 using MotorChamp by AZA-Spiele e.K..
The game is printed in German and I have a translation into English from
Boardgamegee...
Secret Battles
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I caught his elusive little gamer to be making use of all the terrain.
Normally I just find Peppa Pig's friends and family in all the buildings.
The end
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This will unfortunately be my last blog post. I am critically ill in a
hospice and I do not know how much time I have left to live. I have
thooughly enjoye...
Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Designing Games
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Ok, ok, ok... I know Kurt Vonnegut never designed games (to the best of my
knowledge, anyway). But he was an exceptional author who knew how to craft
an en...
The Ents are Marching to War
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Gathered the Treemen into a moot to discuss the despoliation of their woods
by Saruman's orcs and henchmen...
The figures are from a variety of manufacture...
Roger's emergency car fund
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My car is old and rusted and finally it won't pass inspection. This leaves
us without a car. We don't have an extended family or a rich uncle to bail
us ou...
A last minute update
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I've been very slack updating the blog this year, though I've actually been
more productive than ever with my hobby projects. Once again I find myself
post...
Zvezda 1:100 Sd.Kfz. 222
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A closer look at Zvezdas 1:100 Sd.Kfz.222 for their "Art Of Tactic"
wargame. As I mentioned in earlier posts, the use for this model is not
limited to th...
The Navy's very own game!
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Aeronautica Imperialis is a new Games Workshop game set in the Warhammer
40,000 universe, with models in a scale all of its own. This new game is
all about...
100 Posts!
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Looking for stray comments from yesterday's post, I realized I had just
achieved the bell weather accomplishment of 100 posts! Yea! I have been
posting ...
Colonial River Gunboats
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Things have been quiet on the naval front at Col Campbell's Barracks, but a
post on the Miniatures Page about the construction of a river gunboat
brought ...
15mm Battered Markers for Dragon Rampant......
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*........and some ladders!*
*The gravestones are leftovers and MDF from Blotz, these are used to
signify a unit in distress marker for the rules, rather t...
Levithan
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I just picked up a copy of Scotia Grendel's Leviathan. This is a game I've
been meaning to get for years but thanks to the excellent Leviathan War
blog, ...
Happy 'belated' Birthday Jack!!
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Today I learnt that one of the most inspirational individuals in my 20mm
hobby was 90 on the 22nd August.
Happy belated birthday Jack...here's my little tr...
Путешествие к ставке Германа Геринга Steinbruch
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В Винницкой области есть много памяток практически всех европейских войн и
одна из них, почему то мало известная ставке Германа Геринга "Steinbruch".
Она ...
Island Natives from Firelock Games
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*Island natives are must when playing adventurous pirate games in the
Caribbean. My buddy Jens got some island natives from Firelock Games to
form a "crew"...
Astropolis Enginarium Crew
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Another group of Astropolis crew members, this time the the crew of the
mighty ship's Enginarium. No starndard GW techpriest here, although I'm
looking aro...
US Infantry speed painting
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Sort of painted this platoon by accident. Started it a few weeks ago while
messing around with contrast paints on the light green kit.
The Hottest War & Peace Festival Ever !
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Probably the most impressive and unusual 'kit' at this years War & Peace
extravaganza was this superb Marder 111. This was very interesting to see
close...
Compagnie de Sapeurs-Mineurs
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My Napoleonic project continues, very much in the background, but it does
continue. These lovely Victrix conversions by Lionel Bechara represent the
comp...
3mm Neo-Soviet Army
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I have returned to micro-scale syfy warfare with the 3mm Science Fiction
line from PicoArmor. I want a Neo-Soviet force for a near future Earth
campaign. M...
42 Murray regiment of Foot
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Since I am concentrating on battlefields around our Maison for battlefield
tours and wargaming them I am selling off my English units for the French
Indian...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the Second
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After the battle recorded in the previous post, I felt I had unfinished
business with Paul and his Russians, so I challenged him to a game the
followin...
28mm US Marine Corps Vietnam Miniatures: Part II
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Part II of the all new range of 28mm Vietnam 1968 Wargame range have
arrived. Ten new sculpts adding yet more drama and excitement in the form
of US Marine...
Ape Rules
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Imgur user AKouzmanoff posted card images for the Empire of the Apes. I
have no thoughts on any of this except that King Kodo says screw you flying
things...
40K Terrain Bits and Pieces
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While I have not posted much so far this year, there have been plenty of
projects underway on the hobby table. The biggest driver has been our
group's 40K...
Great nmm tutorial
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A perfectly good to read and easy to follow explanation of how to draw NMM.
http://merlinsmagicworkshop.blogspot.com/2019/03/hi-everyone-welcome-for-anoth...
Wild West Exodus Build #1 Doctor's Office
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So, after a long, long time, I'm back at blogging. I have put together
several of the Wild West Exodus buildings by Warcradle and I'm having a
blast with ...
Warhammer Underworlds - Godsworn (Oathsworn) Hunt
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I continue to enjoy playing *Warhammer Underworlds (aka Shadespire or
Nightvault).* It is a fun game where the character abilities, cards, and
board lay-o...
Monster Rider (4)
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Hi all,
finally an update!
I was blocked by some health issues and then catching back up with
real-life work.
But now I finally have some time at hand.
unfo...
Cold Wars 2019
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*Glen Shiel 1719:*
On Saturday night I ran the battle of Glen Shiel 1719. The theme for the
convention was mountain warfare, so this was one battle that ...
Rashaar
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I have finished painting up my Rashaar starter crew/warband. I have had
great fun painting these up and yes they are all stood in puddles it helps
them mov...
Mongol War Machines
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This post is my recently completed heavy fire power for my fantastical
Mongol collection. The crew are a combination of bits. Heads from FireForge
Mongol p...
Norse Giant
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Evening all! My last post was an update on my 3rd edition Warhammer Norse
army, and I mentioned in it that I had a Norse Giant on the way - well,
here he ...
[Review] Baccus 6mm Punic Wars Range
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Another review, this time of my latest batch of figures (a present from my
wife) which arrived this week. After being impressed by the new Age of
Hannibal ...
D'Anjou
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'May you live in interesting times' is the traditional Chinese curse and
my goodness, they just about got it right. I was astonished to turn on the
websit...
Blood Bowl Replacements Videos
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This blog is pretty much dead right now. If you are reading this... hello!
Check out these awesome Blood Bowl animations Superjail style!
Hot Reception
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Gun and crew by Hinchliffe (SYW range)Christmas is an anxious time if
you're Hessian - but this year we're ready for you Mr Washington!
The Devil In Your Head – Part 3
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Well I wasn’t planning on writing anymore on my mental health issues but
sometimes things conspire against you and the only way to battle it is to
be open,...
Battle Ravens Preview - PSC games
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Battle Ravens is a brand new boardgame created by Dan Mersey and produced
by the Plastic Soldier Company (http://www.pscgames.co.uk/). Apologies to
both as...
Stayin' alive
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Dear visitors of the blog......
It has been a while since the last update. Various people tried to take
care of this blog and for other various reasons one...
TFM has shut down
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Ed posted this; Hello folks. it’s with a heavy heart that I must announce
that Troll Forged Miniatures is winding down operations. Our casting
services wil...
How to paint Rusty Krieg??
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Long time no see!
Among the many projects I have been working on, and yes I do still live...
are some Krieg.
I was inspired to do some Krieg by my friend ...
Averaigne royal family
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Every kingdom has a royal family. In the case of my campaign setting of
Averaigne, it's a fairly young kingdom but they are still on their eleventh
king in...
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I'm not sure if anyone comes here anymore but a couple of years I
relaunched this site as Goaterdammerung which you can find at
http://goatmajor.org.uk . I...
Nintendo Switch – Quali Accessori?
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La Nintendo Switch è sicuramente una console fantastica per la sua
portabilità ma anche per la sua versatilità: Console handheld, Console
domestica e Conso...
Marine invasion
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Another great game of Team Yankee in 20mm tonight with Mark Piper. US
Marines come ashore in Denmark 1985 to counter a Soviet offensive but are
pushed ba...
Boarding Parties
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A couple of stands to represent RN boarding parties or sailors with
small-arms put ashore
For CD3 the count as 'other' so of limited use, expecting spec...
Moving To www.
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For the last month or so I've been working on moving my blog and web
presence over to www.iowagrognard.com . Blogger has been kind to me as
have all ...
Long time no see,
-
All aboard? The PLA are moving out, on their way to establishing a new
homebase somewhere better suited for rapid deployment to your gamingtables.
The rang...
GASLIGHT at Heroicon
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GEARSON'S RAIDTHE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR BY GASLIGHT At Heroicon this year I
ran the same scenario as I did at Winter War. The Union had to set fire
to most of...
A question of storage
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It's not a question I have ever thought about. In fact apart from 1 storage
case I either use some old A4 paper boxes or I use the really useful
plastic on...
The problems with Geek culture - how big are they?
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So, blogging, it would seem, is something I find hard to keep up with!!! I
think that's an understatement. I find it far easier to post to forums and
to cr...
Savage Orcs 1987: First Rank Painted
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Hello! Here's the first rank of the old Savages painted. It's a pleasure to
give these old classics a new coat of paint...
These are gonna work as "Skulks...
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I thought I would pop in after a long time away and give you a bit of an
update. Recently I have been working on a new range of 28mm figures for
the Winte...
Fireforge Byzantines Part 1
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This, my Byzantine blog, was my second blog and first appeared (a few days
after my Spartan one) back in November 2005. At the time, with the
purchase ...
Imperial Guard get their first run
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Took what will eventually be my Cadian 317th Regiment "The Lost and
Forlorn" out for their first game last night. Went up against a fun
Genestealer cult l...
Rewrite of Fighting in Built Up Area Rules
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For the past month or so we have tried to update the existing rules for
combat in a built up area. The problem we have experienced is that the
rules aff...
Cult of Slaanesh - Dark Elf Sorceress
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I did this conversion quite some time ago and have looked forward to
painting it ever since - but never gotten around to it until now. I know
dark elves ar...
CRISIS POINT 2018 - Richard P's AAR's
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Links to the four parts of my Crisis Point 2018 AAR
http://atomicrenegade.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/crisis-point-2018-part-one.html
http://atomicrenegade.bl...
A Long Time Ago....
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I've been a Star Wars fan ever since my 11 year old imagination got carried
away by that Star Destroyer looming onto the screen firing at Princess
Leia's c...
Things are rumbling along!
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So, the launch of the Kickstarter for my book ARMIES & LEGIONS & HORDES
went off with a bang! It funded in three hours, and has continued to go
great gu...
Against The Giants, Part II
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As promised, I'm back. The image hosting issues have been thankfully
resolved, so here is part deux of Against The Giants (on the cheap).
After the Steadi...
Small men, big month
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It has been forever since I've had motivation to paint, which is
unfortunate. But what is fortunate, is that I got over myself a little
regarding that, and...
Touching base..January update
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Well we are now into February already and it’s time to check in on the past
month to fill in the gaps not covered by the past few posts.
The Painting an...
Giant Gorillas and Tattoos
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The Drowned Earth have just shared another couple of paintjobs I did for
them so I guess it’s only right that I pop them up here on the blog, with
some bon...
Victrix War Elephant part 2
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I filled the very small gaps in the elephant body halves and filed them.
These were not gaping holes by any means and I only needed a bit of Games
Work...
Damnation
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Got to the club the other night and tripped on a carpet runner. Result one
box of plastic miniatures dropped.
Broken shields, heads, javelins, swords and ho...
Perry Miniatures plastic Zulus: Part 1
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I have a lot of unpainted Zulus but none of them are really satisfactory.
Empress' British metals are marvellous but their Zulus are small,
anatomicall...
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At a local gaming event I met Jacob Fathbruckner of Iron Wind Metals he
ran a demo game of Chaos Wars a free set of wargames rules from Iron Wind
and Ra...
Review of 2017
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Well, it's that time of year again. For those of you still following, if
you haven't noticed a distinct downward trend over the past year or two,
I'm su...
This is the Night
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“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one
falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to
you. I ha...
Epilogue
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udate2017/I've noticed this blog is now rendered useless because of new
photobucket image sharing rules. I hope to recover images sometime in the
future....
Belgian Force Publique Uniforms
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Here are a couple of shots I took of Belgian Force Publique uniforms in the
Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire in Brussels. They appear to...
New Releases - December 2017
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Hi Folks!Time for some new releases! This time we got some two packs of new
Undead Orcs, four 1/300 aircrafts, MDF bases and something new - Elton's
perso...
It has been a bit
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Well, in the interim, I have been prepping for a career change, and this
blog has been lying fallow, as most of my game energy has been devoted to
learnin...
NEW RANGE: Romanians for WW2
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Already leaked in a couple of forums and finally ready for release is a
complete new range!
Subject is the *Romanian Army of World War Two*.
The miniatu...
French Line Infantry
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Here are two battalions of 1812 to 1815 French Line Infantry. The figures
are all Perry Miniatures, a mix of plastic and metal and most of them...
Frostgrave warband
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Some pics of my first Frostgrave warband. This group is from a variety of
sources, and heavily customized.
Here's some of the raw material for conversion:
...
Tau of War Masterpiece Commissions: Cypher
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Cypher is a hunted man. The Dark Angel Interrogator Chaplains are
relentless in their pursuit, following every lead no matter how bizarre.
Cypher cannot fa...
END OF YEAR SALE : up to 40% off.
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END OF THE YEAR SALE. up to 40% off plus free models.
HI everyone, we are starting our end of the year sale a little early this
year to make sure we get al...
Ctrl-Alt-Del: the Day after Crisis
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What better time to restart this blog than what is to me the watershed
moment of the gaming year: the Crisis show by the Tin Soldiers of Antwerp.
Right now...
Completed Deff Dread for Dreadtober 2017
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Despite this being one of the busiest months I’ve had in a long while, I
have managed to finish the Deff Dread for Dreadtober 2017. Adding another
stompi...
October already?
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The annual update was meant as a joke initially, but has become a sad
reality.
This year blogging has taken a severe hit by Photobucket's policy change.
M...
12th legion Angry Boiz
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While working on the noble lads of the azure 13th, I was also expanding the
footprint of their temperamental cousins in the 12th. At this point this is
my ...
Painting Fall 2016
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Fall saw me switching gears pretty radically from power armor to organic. I
wanted to make Tyranids work in 7th edition. They where dog meat and not at
al...
Pipping the Ride
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So while waiting on the new paint brushes and paints I started looking at
what kind of tanks I want to use with my Tank Rider Platoon, and the
Soviets offe...
Things and Sculpting: Footguards and Stuff
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Things? Things are slow, so slow I haven't been bothered to post about them
till now.
Bit sick of painting.... it was actually boring, tedious even! Didn'...
WSS - Livgarden til Fods
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I am just about to start painting the Livgarde til Fods for my reboot of
my WSS project but I have a couple of questions that need answering, so I
am maki...
Lord Carver, BMMD
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And, what better model to finish up this stretch of photobox fun, than the
Lord Carver himself? I actually painted him a few months before I did that
mass ...
15mm / 20mm MDF urban terrain kickstarter
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I have backed my first kickstarter, and one that is in Australia.
It is a modular MDF urban terrain system that can be purchased in either
15mm or 20mm sc...
Brushing away the cobwebs.
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Forgive me father, for it has been over two and a half year's since my last
Grymn related post...
... but that is about to change.
Sadly, there hasn't bee...
Armageddon x 7
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Played a massive 7 person game of Shadow war Armageddon. A fun game with a
great group of people, some great figures and great terrain.
Summer 1001 - Apocalypse Now
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"My Emperor," the messenger announced, "I have news of the war with the
Mangu hordes."
The Emperor paused briefly as he swallowed the soft flesh of the nec...
First Hard Sci-Fi Building Project
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I went to Sarissa Precision for my first hard Sci-Fi buildings. I wanted a
"anywhere use" module look so they came at the top of the list online that
would...
Wild Beast Shipping Crates
-
So … I bought these Wild Beast Shipping Crates from 4Ground and I’m very
impressed. They come flat packed in laser cut card form and could be
pushed free...
TMWWBK Zulu game
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Our last game was our first group game of TMWWBK rules from Osprey.
Zulus attacking the British in a defencive position much like Rorke's Drift.
The Britis...
Konwent gier bitewnych GLADIUS (16-18.06.2017)
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Serdecznie zapraszamy na zbliżający się konwent. Poniżej plan wydarzenia:
PIĄTEK
16.06.2017 17.00 - 20.00
Systemy:
- Cold War Commander
- Infinity
Wydarz...
Manfaat Olive Oil yang wajib kamu ketahui
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Minyak oliva memiliki angkutan zat makanan E yang teramat berlimpah gizi E
tunggal amat berperan penting yang merupakan zat makanan kulit, sehingga
kita bi...
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It's half term. Which means this is happening: It also means that I'll be
trying to do something geeky. I still cant even begin to contemplate
anything 40k...
Games for Historicon 2017
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The countdown to Historicon continues and I’m still painting 3mm guys at
every opportunity. Stay tuned for more photos of the latest progress. In
the mean...
19 part 2.... As I missed 18 out
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Hobby News ... No games this week, 4 sleeps til LARPCommission Painting
.... Started 27 Norman knights for Simon Millerown Painting... Base painted
some gl...
Bolt Action & Battle of Kursk at Adepticon
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I wanted to take a sec to share some recent Bolt Action activities that
I’ve been involved in! Rich at Chicago Terrain Factory and I ran our 2nd
year of ...
I'll Bet You Forgot About Me
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...and I don't blame you, really. It's only been *several years* since I
updated this thing.
But hey, 8th Edition is about to drop, and if you remember way...
Battlegroup Tobruk Goes Strong into the Desert
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Pavlov's dogs, famously, were conditioned to salivate when hearing a bell
which they associated with food. I have been similarly conditioned to
associate...
The haunted book
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Around 1990 I worked at an antiquarian bookshop. I didn't get much money
out of it, but I bought a lot of books. Some books contained ghost stories,
some w...
Keyword
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The Capture of Piet Petronius-1880
A Great Solo Game-The Men Who Would Be Kings
The Men Who Would is Kings (abbreviated TMWBK) is a* great*fast play
Colonia...
All Spider-man Miniature Game rules
-
As Knight have removed all of the Marvel content from their website, I am
trying to gather it all together so people still have access to it.
Today is t...
21 Rahasia untuk Sukses Bisnis Waralaba
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1) mengevaluasi Anda toleransi risiko
Membuka bisnis baru adalah prospek yang menakutkan. Ada banyak risiko
pribadi, profesional dan
keuangan untuk mempe...
MISSING: ONE CLIENT
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Are you M. Taylor of Cardiff? If so, we have lost touch and need urgently
to regain such. I have your models you see, the work is done and all that
is nee...
Blood Eagle - First Warband.
-
Pointed up the first warband for Blood Eagle. A pretty simple process but
each individual needs to be thought about and the figure looked at.
Meet the s...
MDF Buildings, first crack.
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It's been a long time since I posted to my blog so I have lots to cover.
First off I'd like to discuss MDF buildings. These are 3mm flat MDF boards
that ar...
Grasping the nettle.
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*Well, it has been a while (understatement of the day so far...) Below is
my first faltering steps into what I hope/intend will be Europe's "back
story" (...
Stalingrad Pt5: Combined Ops
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After a seemingly refreshing break from the bloggasphere, Stalingrad is
back! While the previous games had been some classic infantry attacks, we
noted ...
Chivalry - Medieval Warfare PS4
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I am very conscious of my continued sporadic posts of late and that my much heralded
return has fallen somewhat flat. However, here I am and I thought I'd s...
A Painter's Disease
-
In our childhood we used enamel paints and our bedrooms often reeked with
the smell of paint and thinners. Its not so bad these days: most painting
is do...
Martian Handling Machine - colours
-
HG Wells has the Martian craft as metallic. Problem there is that could be
a bit dull, especially as the bridge girder work will be the same. So how
to jaz...
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Rogue stars, the first test game.
I got some unexpected extra time this christmas so I took the opportunity
to try to learn the basics of rogue stars by ...
Dark Heresy RPG group miniatures built
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I finished building the characters my friends played in our last Dark
Heresy campaign.
Pyrokine Thug Gemma and Deathwatch Veteran Triakis
Rogue Trader A...
UPDATED: Competitive Tau Tournament List (1850)
-
It has been quite some time since I played Warhammer 40k. I've been very
busy with RL. But next weekend my group is having another tournament. I
took out ...
Campaign dressed Poles
-
We've been working on developing Poles in campaign uniforms that can be
used for Retreat from Moscow, Germany in 1813 and the Peninsular.
The idea was to ...
Zombicide: Black Plague
-
Hi guys,
After a very long hiatus, I am back swinging a brush. I love miniature
painting and catching up with mates to play a game. Not as much of that
...
Spooky Robots
-
OK, this blog post will be posted after Halloween, but Halloween was close
enough for our club for hold a Halloween themed Warmachine tournament on
the 30t...
20 bahaya radiasi HP kamu harus tau
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Bahaya radiasi Hp bagi kesehatan tubuh merupakan dampak buruk dari
penggunaan ponsel yang tidak benar dan tidak mengenal batas waktu.
Hp memiliki gelomban...
Dreadtober painting and playing with oil
-
I didn't progress as well as I had hoped for in the Dreadtober challenge. I
was supposed to be ready with the painting and the base this week but I
have be...
5 months on - and back to some gaming (part 2)
-
*A blast from the past*Picking up where I left off last weekend, I thought
I would start with a quick trip back to one of the old gaming weekends we
held a...
Farewell, strike the tent
-
A final entry here for Saxe-Bearstein.
On October 2, 2016 the originator of this blog, Bluebear Jeff Hudelson,
started on his journey to the Summerlands....
Horizon Wars - 2nd Game
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I'm surprised Google hasn't deleted this blog yet.
Anyway, I have been kicking around a lot of different rulesets lately,
trying to find something I like....
Wunderlist For Windows 3.18.0
-
Wunderlist - is one of the most well known cross-platform task manager and
to-do list application. It is also available for Mac and instantly sync
your ...
15mm Great Swamp Lizard
-
We are very pleased to release our latest 15mm fantasy model -- the Great
Swamp Lizard. This towering beast can eat his way straight through entire
enemy ...
Reverse Engineering: Line 6 FBV2
-
The Line 6 FBV2 is a control pedal for use with older Line 6 amplifiers and
effects processors. I bought it to use with our Line 6 Amplifi 75 guitar
amplif...
Castles of Cornwall
-
I had a week in Cornwall this year in early June, and it's a fantastic
place, we were gifted with good weather as well which allowed us to get out
and abo...
TnT: K1LL-80T Communist Securitron
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Hi Folks,
In my first game I got lucky and Head Scribe Kaine managed to find and
activate a military Securiton (Freelancer Depend-o-Bot)
After equippin...
Arthus vs. Mordred
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I painted this wonderfull Vignette up for a fellow LAF member as a gift!
Tomorrow it will be in the post...travelling back to the USA.
I have now starte...
-
In the middle of a great project.
Alternate Jacobite Rebellion 1745
That's correct, folks. Tartans, sporrans and jocks a'strappin'. Conceived
by Chris Ma...
A new adventure… Frostgrave
-
Wow, it’s been a long time since I updated this blog. I’d love to say that
I’m going to be better with future posts but I don’t suppose my track
record wo...
Sky Pirates of Venus - Teaser
-
Sky Pirates have been the scourge of the Worm Empire of Venus for years,
and the Great Worm has had enough! He sends a team of four crack worm
commandos to...
The Sealed Knot in Mayfair 1970
-
Here from the October 1970 issue of *Mayfair *magazine is an article on
the, then, relatively new English Civil War re-enactment society The Sealed
Knot. ...
Law Enforcement
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Hi!
I've managed to paint up a few law enforcement officers for Jim to avoid!
Outland Judge Patrol
I ended up going for the classic Judge Dredd paint sch...
A Visit to Ojo Marron
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( Editor's note: after many years of distraction in other games I'm
returning to the game I started grand-detail construction many years ago.
The Idea is ...
Serce gracza / A player's heart
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Czwarte mistrzostwa *"Ogniem i Mieczem"* mamy za sobą. Skończyła się także
akcja, mająca na celu wsparcie leczenia mojego syna, poprzez kupno
specjalnej f...
"...There is Only War."
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On a personal note, I recently moved from the lovely state of Virginia to
the wonderful state of Ohio. Things are different here. I miss my gaming
partners...
Blood Eagle
-
I don't quite know how I managed to miss the development of Blood Eagle,
from the team that bought us In Her Majesty's Name. But I have only just
found...
So we thought it was going to be a small game.
-
Ever had one of those game events were you thought it was just going to be
a small 6 player gamer but turned into an 10 player event? Well that was
out Sat...
WWPD Painting Article
-
In case you missed it, I did write a painting article for my friends at
WWPD. Check it out and leave feedback here if you wish.
http://www.wwpd.net/2016/0...
Hunting the Bantha
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Hunting Banthas
Well, the Bantha Rider has arrived for Imperial Assault and we are now
experiencing just how rough something like this fast-moving lump of ...
Pig Iron Stock update
-
Hi all, just a quick one to let you know we have received a box of show
stock back from The Bunker yesterday - this has all been added back onto
the site. ...
Rules: Living on the Frontline
-
Well, there's life in the old dog yet!
It's been a while since I last posted anything here but the creative juices
are starting to stir, least of all bec...
How to make: Saxon Huts
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Hi Chaps,
Hope you are all well.
These past few days, I've been working on some new projects, for a new
game, that I think you already know, it is called...
El Cid - Reconquista pt 8
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I have just finished up four bases of Skirmish bow. I have been busy with
school - still - so I have not had too much time for painting. I am at
least on t...
Clearhorizon Omega Squad
-
Mr. Harold sent me these a while ago, and I finally got around to painting
them. The delay was mainly that the neck length bothered me, so it took a
while ...
Infinity Starting Nomads - Part I - A New Force
-
Ever since Operation Icestorm and N3 hit in late 2014, I wanted to write an
article that would break down how to start collecting a Nomads force.
Every ...
Modern Russian painting guide.
-
I have been having fun painting some of our Empress modern Russians. The
research was based on what I could find on Google and not too surprisingly
many ...
28mm Russians in Central Asia Game
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Turcomen attack the Cossacks
On New Year's Day we played a Two Hour Wargames Colonial Adventures Central
Asian game, with Russians, Bokharans, Pathans, Tu...
Encounter at Alghaz -- June, 1876
-
Rob and Murdock came over to fight an Afristan campaign encounter. For
reasons which I will shortly explain, I do not have much memory of the game.
First,...
Re-Kill (2015)
-
Play Full Re-Kill in High QualityNow you can download full Re-Kill in best
video format with duration 87 Min and has been aired on 2015-10-16 and MPAA
rat...
A lot on the painting front
-
Hello everyone. Today's post might be a bit brief, but who knows. Up until
a few days ago, I was engaged in a French bloggers painting competition, an
equi...
Scenery First
-
Well it's been a busy few weeks, just for a change, and since my last post
I have received the Liche Lord goodies I bought on Nickstarter, even more
into ...
Blog re-launched (elsewhere)
-
Hi all,
I haven't gone completely offline – I simply moved my blog elsewhere (as I
mentioned much earlier). Now you can catch me at our Chest of Colors
web...
The Last Post
-
The South London Warlord blog has moved to Wordpress on the main SLW site,
address is over here
or, in cut n' paste format http://www.salute.co.uk/blog/
Dust Tactics: Pegasus Models 1/48th V2 Rocket
-
Ever since I started playing Dust Tactics I had an idea about having a V2
rocket on the table. For me, rockets exemplify the Weird War II style and I
wa...
Age of Sigmar: the first battle
-
After coming to terms with the death of the Warhammer Fantasy I've known
since my start in wargaming, I decided to purchase and paint the starter
box for A...
FlamesCon 2015
-
*Slight Disclaimer in a moment of crazy after tourney brain I posted this
to my clubs blog page you should visit it anyway for awesome after club
reports...
New CoC Campaign - Operation Martlet
-
Hi All,
Just a quick update this time. Rich has been madly researching away and has
released the latest in his series of ridiculously low-priced 'Pint Size...
The new website is here: corvusminiatures.com
-
Today I am very happy and proud to announce my new website:
corvusminiatures.com!
*Important: this will mark the end of my activities on Blogspot. Please
...
-
So we're back!
Did a stock take today to see what I've got, and this was what it looked
like:
The stuff in blue is from a second hand haul I grabbed when...
Grace of Monaco (2014) Se Fuld Film
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Spille film *Grace of Monaco* i high definition kvalitet. Download film *Grace
of Monaco* i high definition-format. Fuld streaming *Grace of Monaco* i
HD...
elegant wedding shoes in 2015
-
[image: awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi]
you are now visiting* awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi* , And in
this page we have more than 5 be...
ThreeZero Getter 1 and Getter Zero Black...!!!
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[image: ThreeZero Getter Black]
I have to admit, this is one of the few toys that i'm pretty excited about.
threezero making a 16" of Getter 1 and Getter Z...
Catching Up
-
Wow, I have been slack here. No new posts since February. But I have done a
ton of painting and completed several projects, not least of which is my
Tallar...
Happy Hobbit Day or A Year Has Come And Gone
-
I knew it had been a long time. The days turned into weeks and the weeks
into months without me fully comprehending the significance of the gap.
Then one...
Grimlocks in 15mm
-
Here are 12 grimlocks for dnd 5th ed.....15mm Picts from copplestone.
Back from a long break in gaming....looking forward to a little dungeons
and dragons s...
A visit on board the Russian Frigate Shtandart
-
The other weekend we were down in Cowes for a long weekend to watch the
Cowes Torquay Cowes powerboat race. We were all having dinner on Friday
night in...
Kings of War First Impressions
-
As I mentioned in the August update, I have been playing a bit of Kings of
war lately. With Games Workshop pulling the plug on their fantasy
community, th...
New Blog for Age of Sigmar
-
Hi Everyone,
I've decided to create a separate blog for my latest hobby interest: Age of
Sigmar. While many voices bemoan the *downfall *of Warhammer Fanta...
Hordes and Heroes on Hexes
-
Alliteration FTW!!
Wow! Doesn't time fly? It's hard to believe it's been nearly a year since I
posted anything here, but there's been a fairly good reason ...
Song of Blades: Hammer and Forge on Kickstarter
-
Ganesha Games launches Song of Blades: Hammer and Forge Kickstarter. The
kickstarter has begun with enormous success, being already over basic
funding, but...
Dukes Soldiers
-
Hi
These are the first of the Dukes troops for his flying column, they are
Newline figures from their late colonial range, again all 20mm, I need
some supp...
I am alive part 2
-
And as I promised, here is the big update that I have been talking about:
My Prussians are based on the *Großgörschen* OoB from the General de
Brigade sc...
Scott Johnson, aka Col. Kilgore, has passed away
-
On Thursday Scott lost his fight against cancer. He was 45 years old and
leaves behind his wife Ashley and 12 year old son Nicholas. Scott was a
good na...
20mm WW2 - US M3A1 halftracks
-
Well, these took me a while to finish. They were 90% done in Januari and
I've been staring at them on my workbench since. Until last month... I
finally h...
New! Confederate Cavalry Flag Sets. 28mm
-
The all new ACW Confederate Cavalry flag sets are now available.
These carefully designed flags are the perfect accompaniment to our
established infantry...
Modular Lego Dungeon in the Works
-
I'm working on a modular Lego dungeon set for my kids and I to game with. I
had several castle sets as a kid, so I have lots of grey pieces to work
with. I...
Get a 4th off on the 4th
-
Get 25% off orders over $50 now until July 5th with coupon code! Use the
code 4thoff in the Coupon Code Box at checkout and get 25% off your order.
Hurry c...
Affordable Wedding Halls
-
Creating a beneficial property inner surface or maybe exterior layout will
be the imagine every single persons. Naturally, while using numerous
patterns th...
Waterloo (1970) the souvenir programme
-
Everyone else on the wargaming blogosphere seems to be celebrating the
200th anniversary of Waterloo today with quite a few posts featuring the
poster f...
A quick update.
-
Just a quick update as I've not posted in a while. Work on the 15mm Feudal
English army for DBA continues (photos to follow) and should should be
complet...
A Farewell to Hamster
-
This will be my last post on Mechanical Hamster and that’s the sort of
occasion that gives me the excuse opportunity to look back over the past
years and r...
Last call, all aboard.
-
If you're still a subscriber to 'Drop-Pod' this is pretty much the final
call to hop across to the shinier and much more frequently updated Studio
Dropsh...
Space Marine Command Tank Rules
-
I’m back from vacation! Sorry for the dearth of articles recently. The
Space Marine’s Command Tanks rules have been leaked. Check out the two
images below ...
Well, well, well... - A Flintloque Battle Report
-
It has been a long time since my last update, mostly for health reasons.
Without giving to much detail, you can imagine things are pretty awful when
you ca...
Moving On
-
It's been a long while since I've posted here. Since I've started this blog
four years ago, you guys and gals have given me a tremendous amount of
inspirat...
Quotes About Friendship Tumblr
-
For Kate, Stephanie sends New Yorker covers or Toni Morrison quotes; for
Stephanie to be present and playing an active role in each other's lives."
The Tum...
Recent Work
-
Just a quick update tonight to show a model I recently completed for a
reboot of the painting competition on the Steve Dean Forum.
I started this for one ...
Salute Loot
-
So I picked up a few things at Salute this year (it seemed rude not to):
1. The new Perry Light Cavalry for the WotR / 1450-1500 - three boxes (I
m...
Still Shambiling around
-
I am still shambling around.
Due to some real life situations I was without reliable internet access for
a while there. Hopefully everything will work out ...
Checking In...
-
Friends I have lost my focus.
Since my last post my Mother became ill and passed away. I guess I am the
proof that regardless of how old you are, losing a p...
C21 Air War Vietnam Defense
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Finished the AA hexes representing 37mm and greater. With a few more 1/300
planes
to order I will be complete with this range.
The larger bases are 1.5" Li...
No Mean City Session 1.1 "National Express"
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Session 1.1 THE NATIONAL EXPRESS
* Take the National Express when your life's in a mess It'll make you smile
All human life is here...
Waterloo, Braine l'Alleud
-
Was lucky enough to visit the Waterloo battlefield in Belgium last week, it
has been on my bucket list for a long time. I wasn’t disappointed, 200
years h...
15mm War & Conquest figure
-
One of West Wind's new War and Conquest figures. Almost spot on 15mm foot
to eye. To small for me to paint anyway. I've put them on eBay!
Pardon My Dust
-
If you visit here with any regularity, you'll have noticed a lack of
actual, you know, website or anything. Sorry about that.
The website is getting a face...
Jacdaw 30mm WAS Austrians by Leftbank Workshops
-
A bit of painting I did quite a few months ago for Leftbank Workshops who
have now acquired the molds for these figures. Nice Old School feel to
these figu...
CONAN , the board game
-
Some friends who bought into the Conan board game kickstarter printed out
the starter gameboard, cards an other items, made a dice conversion sheet
and we ...
Word to the wise!
-
"Don't start a new job and a new miniature project at the same time"
-The Doc
But boy are these fun to paint!
I've finally decided to go full Warlord f...
-
If you want to know a secret What are you waiting for? If you want to ask
me somethingI can tell you so much more If you want to cause me
trouble It's not ...
-
Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because
of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge.
http://www.theguardian.co...
Some reinforcements for SoBaH
-
Hey Guys,
I have painted some miniatures as reinforcements for my Song of Blades &
Heroes warbands.
The whole group together. On the left two Norse or...
An old project returns...
-
The monstrosity from the front. Way back in 2011 I posted my plans for an
improvised tank killer on an old 38(t) chassis. Following a move of house
it w...
D&D PLAYER CHARACTERS
-
Made a start on my D&D project, these are the start of my player
characters, this group is the Magic User/ Thief and Assassin set, Thief on
the left the...
Fenris Games Goatkin - Ernie and Vic - Beastmen 5
-
Hello all,
last two of the Fenris Goatkin - the Goatkin Warrior Ernie and the Goatkin
Scout Vic.
[image: Goatkin, Fenris, beastmen, painted, Scout, Vic, ...
Pirates at the Shed!
-
*A view down the board*
Eric the Shed kindly invited me over to his splendid shed for my first game
of 2015. This was doubly exciting as not only was it...
Looking Ahead to 2015
-
Time for my obligatory attempt to state what I'm going to work on this
year. I think it's pretty safe to say I'm probably going to get involved
with som...
Ogre Project
-
I may already have the Ogre leaning on the two handed sword bought, waiting
on ebay to finish the bidding on it. Green = have it, Red = Don't have it
ye...
French Dragoon, Retreat from Moscow
-
A dismounted French dragoon during the retreat from Moscow, Winter 1812-13
This is for sale on eBay-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-Painted-Perry-Miniatures-D...
Julian's Order Part 3. 18mm AB Figs
-
Prussians & French Please not these Pictures are for the customer ... We
do not at this point straighten Swords ect for risk of Breaking them.
...
A Christmas Fantasy Campaign
-
Next month, I'll be heading back to the UK for the 1st time in nearly 2
years. Me and my brother Matt have been talking about arranging some games
of W...
New(ish) man cave.
-
Hello all,
A few months back the wife wanted my son to have a larger room so I was
kicked out of the guest room into a smaller room. The bribe was it would...
-
Well... having finally moved in and being some-what settled, my new gaming
room is now nearly there. There are still a few pics to be framed and put
up, bu...
Ship Crew & Ship Quirk Cards
-
Been a good while since we’ve had an update for Leviathans. Things are
still moving behind the scenes. For example we’ve been making progress with
smaller,...
Happy Halloween
-
Happy Halloween from A Gentleman's Ones and from Anvil Eight Games. Let's
hear it for High Fructose Corn Syrup!
complements of Chris "one take" Tavonatti
Noble Knight games comes through again!!!
-
I have just concluded several transactions with Noble Knight games, the
first being some ASL stuff mainly and then some miscellaneous hex and
counter games...
Machiavelli summer 1457
-
This turn saw a massive swing in fortunes. I had realised that my
aggressive assault on Florence was going to make me a threat to my
neighbours but I had...
Unit of Beardlings
-
These are Alternative Armies Young Dwafs with a champion from Heartbreaker
mins. Alternative Armies recently re released these. Great little mins to
pain...
Royal Yugoslav Air Force Hawker Fury II
-
Here's my latest effort: a Hawker Fury II in the markings of the Royal
Yugoslav Air Force.
The Fury was, of course, an iconic fighter of the 1930's RAF, ...
Warhammer Fantasy Battle Database Update
-
Current edition army books only filter, 5,000 searchable battles archive,
double batrep notes and more exclusive member accolades.
Hi folks, I've been twe...
Back to School Sale
-
Save 50%! Sale ends soon!
Back to School Time! Start Learning to Sculpt NOW! We are happy to announce
we have released the second course in our three part ...
Dornier Skyservant
-
Hace más de treinta años que hice mi primer Skyservant. Logicamente no ha
sobrevivido tanto tiempo, pero encontré una maqueta original de Matchbox de
aquel...
%## Watch The Right Stuff Movie Streaming
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%## Free Watch The Right Stuff Streaming Online Runtime 193 minutes and
Released on 1983-10-21 MPAA Rating is...
Bolt Action WW1 from Osprey
-
The recent slew of WW1 tanks gave it away but Osprey have just officially
announced a publication date for Bolt Action WW1 rules of a year from now.
Th...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
-
So... A long time has passed and much have changed. Last time I wrote a
post on this blog of mine, we were barely into the 6th edition of Warhammer
40k. No...
Deadbeat Advertiser?!?!?!?
-
I just noticed that I have been listed as a deadbeat advertiser at The
Miniatures Page. I asked Mr Armintrout over 12 months ago to cease the
advertising d...
1910: The Battle of Purleigh (part two)
-
The British reaction to the surprise German invasion in September 1910 was
criticised by the press as being tardy and it took almost a week for the
first m...
DBA Early Crusaders vs Ayyubid Egyptian
-
Greetings!!! It's been far to long, but we've managed to have a game of
DBA. To be fair the horrors are growing up & doing what teenagers do.
Gaming ha...
Sungem Run Review by UndeadViking
-
G’day guys, You may have seen a bit of information filtered through the
blog of our next game ‘Sungem Run!’ Well, we are getting very close to
launching ou...
Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru
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*Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - **Lowongan Kerja
Terbaru* kali ini akan memberikan informasi *Lowongan Pekerjaan Terbaru* .
Lowongan K...
D&D Fifth Ed. Starter Box
-
Another package waiting for me today when I arrived home from work; the D&D
fifth edition starter box. A bit of an impulse buy when I ordered it, but
a...
Pop's Cafe, the return of the Greasy Spooners
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I'm back.
Yes, it has been 4 years, but I have a good-ish excuse. In those four years
I got promoted (yeah!) which left me little time for lunchtime excurs...
Hail Mary .....of the LIVING DEAD!!!!
-
So I somehow managed to knock out another 60-something zombies before this
baby arrives, nothing fancy here, I didn't even texture the bases. I
figured I ...
Bahasa Jawa di facebook~
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Buat yang pengen ganti bahasa jawa, tapi dalam pengaturan nggak ada =)
maklum lah, wong jowo☺
- Pertama Log in atau masuk ke Facebook kamu bila be...
Tintin au Congo
-
Another entry from the Colonial Painting Expedition on the Lead Adventure
Forum. Can't believe we've had sixty-two entries already. A little
tongue-in-che...
LARRYCON Begins!!
-
A really nice scene I caught on my phone the other night while out for a
stroll. The harvest is upon us!!
Well it has been a wonderful spring and ear...
Lunar Peltasts
-
These are *Black Tree Design* Persian Guards. I've replaced the shields
with peltast-style ones from the spares box.
These guys represent the Silver Shi...
Moving: Now posting at 4+ Tough
-
So, this site has been in an inactive mode for a while, mostly because I've
fallen out of love with 40k and into Warmachine, and also because I just
ca...
Back to the Desert
-
I have recently been reading Patrick Macrory's excellent history of the
First Anglo-Afghan War, titled "The Fierce Pawns." This got the colonial
juices flo...
Schwinn Turismo Swivel Jogging Stroller
-
Pacific Cycle, read the full Schwinn Swivel Double Jogging Stroller Review
The Turismo Double Jogging Stroller from Schwinn, is an amazing stroller
for acti...
-
A brand new addition to the forces of the Frei Stadt, the Graf Georg von
Kumwarden Fusilier regiment. Its service record is yet to be established,
but I ex...
The Dark Knight Full Movie Online
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Watch The Dark Knight Full Movie Streaming Online Duration 152 minutes and
broadcast on 2008-07-18 MPAA rating is 4699.
- *Status :* Released
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Wallpapers de autos muy bonitos (10 imágenes)
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[image: Wallpapers de autos muy bonitos (10 imágenes)]
Algunos les llaman *autos, otros coches, ...
Memories, Tangents and the Power of the Pastoral
-
*Charles Stadden 30mm BEF released fifty(ish) years ago*
It occurs to me that wargaming the Great War is not going to be a straight
forward thing.
Le...
Casting Season
-
It's casting season here at the Lead Gardens. The weather has "springed
up" and it's perfect for getting
outside and starting on some summer casting proj...
Zombie! Survivor Sheet Update
-
Still a design made in Google Drawing: version 5 of the Zombie! survivor
sheet has been updated with 4 new attributes, as well as some more flavour:
calls...
IG Wyvern built and ready to paint
-
I've got my Wyvern put together and I've got to say, it's a very nice
little kits. I love the look of it and it was a pleasure to put together.
My only ...
Virginia Provincial Regiment.
-
Months ago Galloping Major Miniatures were doing a deal on their new
FIW range- so I went ahead and bought some of their very nice figures -
'but its eas...
10mm A.W.I. Unit Finished.
-
I've got the 10mm unit finished that I started painting in the previous
posting . I was going to try photographing them outside - but as this photo
was ...
Risorgimento or Garibaldi in Sicily 1860
-
I studied the Italian Unification at school and it was fascinating; This
lead to following Garibaldi's career and especially his amazing campaign in
Sicily...
A long time of no posting.
-
Well, it has been a good year since anything got posted here.
In that time, I have certainly not been idle in my gaming, but rather have
been very distract...
Panzer IV F1
-
I am still around and I am still painting. I may have to 'reboot' this
blog as I know bunch of pictures arent showing up.
Any way here is what I was wo...
Greater Daemon of Slaanesh
-
I painted this guy (gal?) a while back but for some reason I didn't post
about it. I wouldn't say I enjoyed the painting process that much. Painting
a la...
THE BLOG HAS MOVED!
-
Hello to all followers of this blog. I have decided to move the blog to a
new address.
This falls in line with our youtube channel and makes the most sense...
Top Best Pillow For Side Sleepers
-
A terrific day starts having a wonderful night of slumber, and also the
pillow you select influences the real quality of your slumber. The best
pregnancy p...
Germany on Mars in 1889, in The Dream Forge
-
Anders Blixt in Stockholm Sweden writes a thoughtful and entertaining blog
entitled The Dream Forge, covering a wide range of fantasy and science
fiction t...
The Mission, by Larry Hunter
-
* Devin Hester, a great player, is off the Bears for 2014, Sad to see him
go*
Well, it has been another season, and now the Bears besides letting
Urlacher...
Niemiecki park maszyn cz.5
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Elo
Znowu szybka wrzuta. Przykleiłem gąsienice i koła do Hanomagów. Teraz
zajmuję się malowaniem załogantów (do skończenia mam oporządzenie; kamuflaż
już ...
-
Hello??.... Hello!!.... anybody here?? Wow its been ages since anyone was
in here, even the mousses left this place. Time to do a huge spring
cleaning, la...
Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm"
-
Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures
painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm
metal ma...
The Three Amigos...
-
I picked up these little beauties from Merlyn's in Spokane last weekend,
the IS3 heavy tank platoon by BattleFront. Very good sculpts, and the resin
suspen...
History Is Bunk!
-
It’s been a slow week or so. I have done little in the way of gaming; the
solitaire C&C: Ancients battle of Raphia has not moved since last Sunday.
Mostly...
US Mechanized Infantry 3rd Squad
-
I've now finished the third squad for the US Mechanized Infantry Platoon.
Next job is to get the four Bradley IFV's finished for them so they can
enter th...
More 15mm Orcs painted this weekend.
-
This weekend I worked on finishing another squad of Orcs. Note: These minis
are OOP and are no longer being sold. I Also removed the banners that were
cast...
Fortified Chapel
-
Hi, folks. Here's another bit of terrain for our Kings of War table. It's a
fortified chapel made from a Pegasus Hobby Gothic City Building Large Set.
I ad...
PP Announcement! New Hordes Model!
-
*"If there is one thing we here at Privateer Press pride ourselves on, it's
listening to our audience. You guys and gals have been demanding a fifth
full ...
SUPERS!
-
NORAD reports the crash of an extraterrestrial object deep in the
Appalacian mountains. The Guardians are dispatched to report on and recover
any possible...
15mm Viking Army
-
These are my Vikings, opposition for the Saxon Army from my last post.
There are a few less of these guys but they have a lot more of the heavily
armed and...
Greetings, I have moved the rock I was under
-
Greetings troops,
Happy 2014!
I must apologize that 2013 was a quiet year on the blog. I must thank all
you followers for sticking with me. Just a quick...
Christmas “Domes” for 2013
-
A few years ago, I began making these for the special people in my
life…sometimes they are purely whimsical and sometimes they have a hidden
meaning, speci...
One year in review - or two…
-
The year 2013 is coming to an end, and it seems a good time to pop back on
my DestoFante blog for a quick update. Blogging has clearly taken a
backseat in ...
Deadzone: Enforcer Missile Launcher Conversion
-
OK. Completed the conversion of the Enforcer Missile Launcher. Overall I
think he came out well. I am not an expert on Green Stuff, but I think I
gave an e...
Happy Xmas & all the various holidays
-
Seems to be a new tradition that December runs over me, repeatedly, like a
herd of reindeer on meth.
What a month.
So please excuse the pathetic trickle ...
Games from the 2013 Congress
-
A few pics of some of the games at the Napoleonic Congress this year
the brave frigate cops it form a first rate at close range!
French vs British Penins...
Building the Gundam - 08
-
Despite having jumped the gun a bit and assembled the wings... I can't put
them on the Gundam without the harness, so that took priority.
The Gundam has...
Voyages Diabolique
-
Soon after the release of *Wessex Games*' *Voyages Extraordinaires*,
Victorian Adventure Gaming rules in 2000, I planned to release an
accompanying set for...
WTJ & Panzerschiffe -- Comparison Photos
-
The following photos show a comparison between some 1/2400 scale
Russo-Japanese War Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers.
Panzerschiffe "Diana" above; WTJ "Aurora" bel...
Campaign's End - CampaignHammer fluff
-
Some Dwarf vs Undead fluff over on CampaignHammer.
We decided to end the campaign at the end of year 7.
The Undead faction battles to hold the city and k...
Lady Aiyana and Master Holt – diorama start
-
Since I quite enjoyed the Beastman and Greatsword diorama, I decided to
take a stab at another. While I have a few lying around, I haven’t really
painted t...
Aphid barker - Assembly
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Here's the assembly guide for Aphid loader Barker, from the wave 2
Kickstarter miniatures.
This is quite a complex miniature to assemble, definitely the mo...
The History of England Podcast
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[image: King John]
King John
I have been fairly busy the last month-- more so than even usual with three
kids all in extracurricular activities-- and one o...
C'est la fin...
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... de ce blog ! Après 208 messages.
Mais retrouvez moi sur mon nouvel espace dédié au figurines :
http://aleaminiatures.blogspot.fr/
Painting station moved
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So been a couple of weeks since my last post. Was on vacation last week and
flew out to Santa Cruz, CA. Also spent a couple of days in San Francisco
and ...
Imperial Guard Aegis Defence Line
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So I've decided to build an Aegis Defence Line for my Imperial Guard a week
back. I also wanted it to be a sort of display for my army and I want to
make i...
The Ballad of Sir Hugo and Gui Le Batard
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*The Bridge on the River Wye*
*The Raid On The Grain Store*
We played the first two scenarios from the first of the Warheads books. Sir
Hugo w...
A New Project
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I am very conscious that it has been a while, a very long while since I
posted anything. Life seemed to overtake me for a very long time. I have
painted a ...
Sheer Idiocy
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I really don't get it. I just don't get it.
To be clear. I have never...EVER.. said that "I can outsell 'storeX'". If
the owner/owners of 'storeX', want to...
Site archived
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I regret that owing to concerted spam and hacking attacks, I have removed
the content from this site. Those of you interested in following what I’m
up to c...
Unrest and Dissent in the North
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*WHEN THE MOSELEY GOVERNMENT of the British Union of Fascists* was
appointed by King Edward VIII in 1937, was when the country was tipped over
the edge t...
Trying out a kickstarter
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If you frequent TMP much you'll have noticed that Kick-starters have taken
off in a big way the last year or so. Up until now I have quite happily
avoid th...
Counts as Typhus model, and 180 painted zombies
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Im sorry I don't have a lot of time to talk, but this guy is my Typhus and
below are 180 zombies that I had paint commissioned. If I was anywhere
near a...
Road to Tebessa - AAR
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Played the Road to Tebessa scenario yesterday at Gauntlet. As usual I got
so caught up in the game that I didn't take pictures of all the action The
game o...
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Hey guys don't forget tomorrow starts SpikeyCon run by my pal Rob Baer whom
some of you 40k people know as Mad Boy Genius on BOLS and the creator of
the bl...
Dawn – Rise of the Occulites Kickstarter is Live!
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G’day guys, Just wanted to share the link to the Kickstarter to my first
game Dawn – Rise of the Occulites.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2002188924/...
Back Again!
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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...
Doctor who?
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I have had the police box sitting around for some time; finally got it
painted. The basing is just to try to tie it in to a Victorian date.
"Bonnie Blue Flag" ACW convention Australia 2013
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*Friday Night 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July. “Bonnie Blue Flag”
ACW weekendGoulburn Soldiers ClubCnr Market and Sloane stGoulburn
NSWDinne...
Flames of War army purchased!
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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 ...
Freshly Painted Pulp Figures
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I just received around 30 pulp figures back from Doc Merkury who did a
great job painting these for me. I am currently going through the finishing
proces...
Скидки в магазине "Studio Ultraterrain"
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Друзья, больше всего в жизни я хочу, чтобы вы делали террейн! Сами, своими
ручками создавали большие и маленькие шедевры, а потом наслаждались ими.
Гла...
A bit of wet work
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A couple of weeks ago Mexican Dave dropped into the conversation "I quite
fancy doing some historical Naval gaming." and as usual I jumped in with
both fee...
Flames of war - open fire Germans
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I was given this as a present for Christmas (after some rather in subtle
hinting from me) Mrs Kipper treated me, like many of a certain age I've
had/ playe...
Steam Navvies
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Managed to spend a few hours on Sunday painting. Here are some figures I
painted some time ago but finished off yesterday with a very quick base job.
These ...
Napoleon: a Kickstarter
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Found this on Kickstarter the other day. While not in the block buster
league of some of the projects (Reaper Bones for example), it seems a good
value fo...
2500 pts O&G Swedish Comp 11-12
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There is a tournament coming up in the middle of April that I shall be
attending. This will mark the first full-scale tournament that features the
Swedish ...
The Hobbit: Grim Hammers Dwarves Part 2
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I finished the box of Grim Hammers at the weekend and they came out OK
without being brilliant. Apart from the fact that I seem to have lost my
ability...
media: nazi zombie army götterdämmerung
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Jonathan Green has written an e-book set in the *Sniper Elite* game
universe entitled, *Nazi Zombie Army: Götterdämmerung.* Seems right up our
street, and ...
Marengo Scenario 7 with Carnage and Glory II.
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Once again Tom Garnett and Keith Rocco hosted a game of Marengo. This was
Tom's 7th scenario of the battle of Marengo *"First Battle of the Consular
Guard"...
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
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... and with strange aeons even death may die.
I'm not dead, just working on something else. That "something else" should
be released before the end of the...
Zen to Done: the Third Step
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In the ZTD system, the third step is to "Plan." By that Babuta suggests
determining the major things that need to be done at the beginning of the
week, an...
Back from AWOL.
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Hi everyone, it has been too long. I got a chance to kick around the house
today for the first time in months and decided I would make it a priority
to po...
Hawkmoon Figures from Eureka Miniatures
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A little bird tells me that Eureka Miniatures have permission from Michael
Moorcock to do a "Hawkmoon" figures range.
I have seen some test shot casts and...
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Howdy Y'all. Well I've been busy with going back to college but I have been
working on some wargaming stuff. A big project, my Late Romans for Impetus
& Sa...
Ral Partha Orcs
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Here are four Ral Partha orcs I painted late in 2012. I have an bunch of
minis from the old AD&D line, and decided to paint a few up. The
BattleSystem Sk...
Toodle-oo Dahlings
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It is bye bye time for Blogger as the stupendous Gemigabok blog heads off
to the actual Gemigabok site. So see you all there!
http://www.the-ancients.com/g...
Try This! The Hipster
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Sometimes as women, we feel like we can't get made love to rather than
with. Why? Missionary is so awesome, but there isn't much leverage unless
you chang...
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And time to break my hiatus again! (In deference to the last post - I've
started using FB more too.) Thanks to an agreement with a friend, I've
started pai...
The Last Post
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All things must pass, and so it is to be with NDC Blog. ‘Why?’ I hear you
wail (with murmurings of ‘big deal’ in the background). Well this blog was
origi...
Orks in 2mm scale
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After a rather long pause, here is an update in the blog, about my new 2mm
Fantasy army: the Orks. The Irregular 2mm Fantasy range has some specific
strips...
ACW Union: Part 2
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This weeks painting was completed in time to catch the sunshine for some
alright photos. I will stick some temp flags on them soon. The real flags
will be ...
Alfred the Great - 1969 Film
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Its very disappointing when one gets a chance to relive a cherished
childhood memory, and it doesn't live up to one's recollections. That is
the case for ...
Tiny Tin Men moving to Blogger
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After almost ten years at my own domain (the first post on it was way back
in early 2004), with a Movable Type install I managed myself, I have
decided t...
GW Hobbit Releases Available For Pre-Order
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*Games Workshop* has announced a plethora of pre-releases for its
forthcoming *The Hobbit* games, the main release being a boxed *Escape From
Goblin Town* ...
Where the hell is Rob?
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Hello!
I would like to apologise for sort of letting this blog float off into the
distance so far that I could never reel it back in again. My projects hav...
Moving Locations
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Well, the title says it all. I've decided to revamp my websites and as part
of this "Across the Table" is on the move. To visit my revised site please
vis...
Powrót? Zobaczymy...
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Cześć wszystkim, może jeszcze ktoś czasem tu zagląda :)
Przez 2 lata pochłonęło mnie granie, aczkolwiek na instrumencie a nie stole
z bitewniakami, w sumie ...
Property Management Arlington VA
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Property managers are one of the very important person who is taking care
of your property ? Property Management Arlington VA is providing you the
best ...
"Farewell Ladies"!
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Hi Guys
It's been a very long time since I updated my blog, (sorry).
A deployment to Afghanistan and some 'Real Life' issues have got in the way.
Today I'...
Blowing one's own horn
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I decided to take part of my day off to do a tiddly bitmore on the beast of
Gorgoroth. As I find chains the most annoyng thing to paint, I did them
firs...
They came from the north
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Out of the chaos wastes of the north - daemons. Some figures I've done
recently for our Warhammer RPG gaming - these cover the most commonly
encountered da...
[Malifaux] Run and Hyde, it's avatar Seamus....
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Apologies for the bad pun in the title. Here's the new big guy for my gang
- turns out Seamus has a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde complex without the Dr
Jekyll ...
More Vikings....
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Finished the next two Vikings. Gripping Beast and Artizan.
Pictures still aren't the best, but for the moment that's all there is.
The next pair ar...
So how many figures have you painted again?
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I always set a goal in each calendar year to paint a certain number of
figures. I'm always hoping to buy far fewer figures than I paint so I can
cut into ...
Dux Brit army nearing completion
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After having given the new TFL Dux Brittaniarum rules (see
http://toofatlardies.co.uk) a spin during the playtest time I've been
working on painting my Gri...
Star Wars X-Wing unboxed!
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Well, it has been quite some time since a posting here.....OK, so Paul from
the Man Cave has a lot to answer for! He has caused me, yet again, to
succumb t...
Romanos imperiales y últimos encargos
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Tras el verano, entre encargos de pintura y vacaciones, decidí darme un
poco el gusto de pintar por deleite, por el mero hecho de pintar, vaya, y
me decidí...
Current projects
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After lots of sorting out of the lead pile, and an ongoing ebay sell off
I've settled on a couple of periods that I want to spend real time on. The
first i...
Eden - Horde models painted...
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Well sort of, at least I have tried to base coat and ink something.... I
need to get these up to standard so I can finish my Resistance crew.
Assembled res...
Metal finishes
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Here's the first model painted with the Alcald line of metallic paints.
It's a Korean war era fighter. F-86F
Been pretty busy working on scale models t...
End of an era...
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Well folks, Blood & Blades has come to an end. Things have come full
circle and it is time to move on and start fresh. I have decided to start
a new bl...
Eldar Warlock WiP.
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Okay, it’s almost Friday and I’ve found some time to take a picture of
Warlock that I have been painting on for the past week. Just something
that’s been ...
WI298 - EW Russians (Invasion of Poland)
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[image: Photobucket]
In what is becoming a tradition with this blog, today I present pictures of
the EW Soviet army list from Wargames Illustrated #298. I...
Hail Zlobenia!
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I picture of PFU troops from Zlobenia. The Zlobs have always been more open
in their views about the outside world, and see the current conflict as a
way...
The Last Post
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That's it. All done. I would like to thank Baccus 6mm, Freezywater
Publications and The Lance and Longbow Society for their generous support
with this proj...
A Couple of Short Scraps
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It's been a couple of weeks since my last post but we have still been
playing out the campaign in the meantime. Our battle at Markendorf
finished prematur...
Lancers forward!
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Some Imperial Mexican lancers looking to skewer any poor republicans that
happen in their way. First Corp figures converted from their Rush's Lancers
pac...
Your Money or your Life!
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The Lamentations of the Flame Princess adventure campaigns at Indiegogo are
now live! 19 adventures by really famous RPG blokes, such as Vincent Baker,
Mon...
Arab-Israeli Wars in 3mm
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www.picoarmor.com
The AIW Reader is a blog intented to be a useful database primarily
intented for wargamers although hopefully the entries will also be of ...
India Travel
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If yоu have еvеr thought оf еxperiеnсіng the myѕtic bеаutу оf hіllѕ, exоtіс
bеautу of the bеachеs, саѕcading beauty оf thе rіvеrѕ and thе thrill оf thе
јun...
its been awhile
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I know I haven't posted anything in awhile but life has come along lately
and slowed much of my work down. The b-17 is coming along and I have
completed th...
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Originally posted on AW1 Tim's Blog:
Scott the Badger reminds us all that today, 4 June, marks the 68th
anniversary of Torpedo 8’s famous attack against th...
Model sale off on eBay
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Dear readers, it’s been a while from my last post. The reason is that not
only I had switch to another, more demanding job back on 2008, but the
birth...
The Complete Flash Gordon Library
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*Titan Books* are releasing *The Complete Flash Gordon Library*, collating
all the newspaper comic strips in a series of hardback books. A welcome
release ...
Dick Garrison Rapid Launch Released
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*Dick Garrison Rapid Launch*, the basic rules from our forthcoming Pulp SF
rules *The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Dick Garrison* are now
available...
[Project News] Back on Track...
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Well it's been a few weeks since my last update here, but things have been
ticking away in the background at Martians & Machine Guns since the last
time I ...
Battle of Waterloo - Move 11
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Table at the start of move 11
Top left – Clinton moves his corps to left of cross roads
Top right – French firefight with highlanders on ridge
Bottom left ...
Byzarbia at Ayton Game.
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Once again it's been a while, though in my defence I plead that I have been
busy painting figures for our second Ayton Weekend Game, even forgoing two
of o...
Field of Battle 2nd Ed., la prova con la GNW
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Venerdi scorso, abbiamo provato il regolamento *Field of Battle (2nd
edition) *con uno scontro nella GNW. Devo premettere che ero piuttosto
prevenuto su ...
Just frigate about it.
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...In which our protagonist shows off the miniscule Dutch 30-gun ship.
It's small. Tiny, even. And... bright blue?
I'm not particularly thrilled with t...
For sale - Painted 28mm WSS Bavarians
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There comes a point when you need to rationalise what you game and
collect. I never really got into WSS, but I did pick these Bavarians up
somewhere. A wh...
Zvezda WW1 Russian Infantry
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Okay, I admit these are great figures. Normally I don't like assembling
figures. I say to myself, "If I want a kit, I'll buy a kit." In this case,
t...
Garrisoning the Collina Della Formica
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*You* probably thought this project was dead and buried. Well, it's still
alive.
A pair of *Tiroler Kaiserjage*r manning a *Schwarzlose* MMG on an
improv...
Models for sale and new book!
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I mentioned before that I would be selling most of my collection. After
much deliberation, I will be keeping some of it (such as my 15mm ECW
project which ...
Corporate Incomes - Mercenary outfit
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Finally finished my second PA faction this time a Mercenary outfit going by
the company name Corporate Incomes. There are several mercen...
Move Along...Move Along!
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In case anyone hasn't found out, The Drunken Gamers have become 'Dice
Devils' and can be found at
www.dicedevils.com
Thanks for checking us out, see you...
Self promotion
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OK, sorry for not posting anything earlier.
I was really very busy with my IT exams [RHCSA/RHCE/Postgres Plus Associate
followed by Professional] at work ...
peggy
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Well work has absorbed what little time I have avaliable of late so here
is a very quick update as to what I have managed to achieve over the past 3
weeks....
28mm Napoleonic command , for sale
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all indviduals $30 each, all doubles $60..all forms of payment accepted,
however Paypal gets you a surcharge unless you make it a personal payment.
PP+P no...
Painted Cromwells
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Here are some painted Hät Armourfast Cromwells that will be brilliant to
fight with the Revell British Infantry in the Western Front.
Now that they have bee...
The fun never ends!
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I wish to show you my latest works
I based all napoleonic polish and russian troops from painting service
(Stonewall Figures),now I have thousands of th...
Basing Tutorial
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Greetings one and all! Hope the new year's treating you well so far.
Been rather busy working lately, so haven't made any progress on the rest
of my Warrior...
Clearing a nest of Sea Rats!
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*Scenario*
A group of slave-traders (who were thought to be operating out of Marzibar)
set up a temporary base inside an old abandoned coastal fort on the b...
Selling and getting out
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Hello all! Apologies for the lack of updates but the reality is, I haven't
done anything in the hobby for over a year. I've not really had the time or
spac...
My new Napoleonic blog for 2012.
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As this old blog still gets lots of hits I thought I would place a link to
my new project here for anybody who might care to follow it's development.
It's ...
The End of the Frugal Year(s)
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As you may have noticed I haven't been posting on the blog too much
recently. This is, in part, to it's success; I've been playing too many
games and get...
Spanish Review
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Sr. Troll, from La Cueva del Sr. Troll (Mr. Troll's Cave), have published a
review of Brytenwalda in Spanish. Of course you can use an online
translator to...
Count down to Crossover Part 4: The pitch
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So here we are at the end of Countdown but hopefully the beginning of
something great:
Now whether Crossover comes into being or not is kind of in your ha...
NY3K game report
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For those of you who aren't following the NY3K blog (and should feel
ashamed), here's a link to the first game report.
*Pour ceux qui ne suivent pas le blog...
The Pack Elite - Part 2
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*I haven't had much time to do stuff with a Bachelor's thesis I'm working
on all the time now, so not much painting progress and I just didn't have
what to...
Link to 1813 Tortosa Campaign
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The next phase of the 1813 campaign will be in north east Spain and will
deal with the Spanish attempt to take the city of Tortosa.
I have started a new b...
New Directions
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At the beginning of this month, I wrapped up a series of daily posts on the
battle of White Plains, and the events leading up to it. As much as I
enjoyed ...
Nery 1914 game
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I hosted my first 1914 game the other day at my store. The game was to
represent the action at Nery between British and German Cavalry. The
British had one...
Which To Choose:Immortals or Warriors?
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This has been a topic of debate with myself really and I can imagine with
most of the rest of you.
On the surface I immediately went straight to Immortals ...
More boards
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Hi all Another update on progress. I’ve been gluing two boards together a
day so after a few days I’ve finished 8 boards. You can see the river
section I c...
Force on Force à l'AMJH
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De plus en plus de joueurs se mettent à Force on Force dans mon club de jeu
de l'AMJH. De plus les joueurs peignent des figurines et fabriquent
massivement...
Osprey Issue Harrier Units and Tojo Aces Books
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*Osprey Publishing* have released two new aviation books this month.
First off is *AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operations Desert Shield and Desert
Storm*, *"...
Lip Beating - Severius hammers Thagrosh
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Where I live the loser of a fight is often described as having "the lips
beat off of them". This happened on Saturday night when Kenoth of Menoth
brought a...
40K scrap modelling
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I have a boxful of bits of kits including some old GW vehicles. I think the
bit in the top photo come off what is called a Rhino? Anyway I never liked
t...
The african terrain is set
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As we needed a lot of new terrain for africa we thought we had better see
what it looked like before the game.
we have used fish tank vegitation, artificial...
Normal service will resume shortly
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Hi all
some explanations for my enforced absence may be required. I have not
posted anything for the last 6 months or so as i had to pack up all my
paintin...
Some more plastic hoplites
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*The three legged symbol is that of the Alcmaeonid clan*
I have just finished four more Immortal Miniatures plastic hoplites which,
as usual, were prett...
Boots on the Ground-- a sort of review
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from Worthington's BotG pageSeveral months ago I received *Boots on the
Ground* which I had pre-ordered from Worthington Games. It is a very
rules-light g...
Apologies
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Sorry for the dismal lack of new goodies on the blog of late, this solely
being due to me starting a new teaching post which is taking just about all
my ti...
Torgau 2011
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Our last major game was a refight of Torgau
This one was fought - as usual using the excellent King of the Battlefield
rules - as a contest over 5 victory ...
Huns
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Here we have some dastardly Hun allies for my Gothic led raiding party.
Here are the armies I have lined up for next Tuesdays game.
Goths
no Name
1 ...
Back on the Horse!
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Wow! It's been a long time since my last post! The path has largely been
cleared for me to share my miniature wargaming exploits, so let's get into
it!
Ou...
Warpath Beta released, and I think I like it ^_^
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So, for those of us that follow Mantic, we know theyve been doing some good
stuff. Theyre putting out decent miniatures at a great price, and while
they're...
Tournament Report
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Well... no updates for a while, but this tournament got me back into FoW
;). Right now I'm just going to post a report and in a few days time I'll
post som...
2nd Saturday Update
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All I can say is the quality of play went up dramatically. Both sides have
started to understand what the campaign consequences are going to do to
them on...
Two shows down
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First Partizan and then one nearer to home, just completed in two weeks.
Unfortunately either the full time job or space at other shows is
restricting me f...
15mm Deckplans
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I picked up a copy of AE: Bounty the other day. I want to run a 15mm
campaign.
I printed out a set of the Star Station Zero 15mm deck plans on card stock...
So it Begins...
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*An Introduction:*
I love Warhammer Quest. For many Warhammer players this game may hold great
memories. In short for those who haven't heard of it, it is ...
Whats happening here.....
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This blog is being set up to show a new and developing gaming project, from
inception to creation. My gaming has taken a big hit recently, life
focussing m...
Barking Irons Online - Replaces this Blog
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Hello Everyone,
This will be the last posting on this blog as we have moved to a bigger and
more shiny home over at www.barkingirons.co.uk and it is there...
Battle of Geuberbach [ Schwabian Times Report ]
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Yesterday our brave troops engaged the invading Harzburg hordes. This
reporter interviewed many of the participants and the available bystanders,
their st...
Time to evolve
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Though I like the storage capacity of canalblog (5GB), I'm tired of the too
many maintenance problems which block the access to the blog. So I've
decided...