The road to Gettysberg
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After our recent Chancellorsville game there was a suggestion I might want
to have a go at Gettysberg, which is an equally huge multi day engagement.
To...
Emitter Recepter
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I'm guessing this is a Japanese toy altho the box is French.
It looks super cool, a helmet with mic and a walkie talkie.
Now which kid wouldn't have wan...
Interview with Mark Herman (Concordia University)
-
Links to the interviews with the great and the good of wargames design
contine (see below, Concordia University meets Mark Herman):
https://www.youtube.c...
More buildings and future thoughts
-
In preparation for another game of Carnevale, I completed another two
buildings from TTcombat. That leaves just one more to build and paint and
that shou...
Sausages for Breakfast
-
There were not many aces in the Sinai / Palestine campaign, especially on
the German / Ottoman side. One exception was the rather splendidly named
Vzfw...
My holidays in Crete
-
Ok, the family wanted an all inclusive hotel, doing nothing and sitting on
the pool. After two days I got bored, rent a car and drove throgh the
country...
Envy
-
At Gamehole Con this year, I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to
hang out for extended periods with several notables who work for or with
Goodman...
Fury of Dracula 3rd Edition Mini Review
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I recently punched a copy of Fury of Dracula third edition that had been
sitting on my shelf for several years for a Horror Themed game night. This
particu...
Midgard Battle of Bosworth
-
Two weeks ago 6 of us got together at the Abyss to play the Little Wars TV
Battle of Bosworth scenario. Planning for this was in the works for 3-4
month...
Black Seas HMS Tonnant
-
I painted this Black Seas HMS Tonnant for a new friend I made this last
summer. She fought in a Trafalgar's battle recreation and she did well I
was told...
Armored Goblins
-
Like the last few blogposts, this set comes from the Dungeon Dwellers
Kickstarter. And like other miniatures, these guys are perfect henchmen or
underlings...
The Irregular Wars Goblin is out now!
-
Inspired by our logo, the Irregular Wars Goblin is the first miniature
created for Irregular Wars Wargaming.
He was designed for Irregular Wars Wargami...
Roman Republic Equites for WAB
-
I have just finished another unit for my Roman Republican army for WAB.
With this new unit done I already have around 700 points, enough points for
a ski...
Isabelino cavalry (1)
-
This is my first unit of Isabelino cavalry - a line cavalry regiment of 12
figures. As I've stated before, the terrain over which many battles were
foug...
C is for Centurion
-
Bit of a box-ticker, this one; another Sandown September purchase, and I
didn't really take enough shots for a whole post, but it's been off to
storage for...
NUT's
-
had these ww2 rules NUTs from 2hour wargames stored away for a few years
and during arecent clearout found them ,read em and thought i would give
them ago ...
Air support in TacWWII - part one
-
I was asked some time ago to do an air-support version of my post on
artillery fire in *TacWWII*. I think I'll break it down into at least two
posts. *No...
Designing buildings and woods
-
*Commercial buildings*
When I left the UK almost all of my wargame buildings were commercial,
mostly from Hovels. I collected a large collection of ...
Carnevale - La Venise alternative
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1ère bande pour le jeu Carnavale, jeu de figurines se déroulant dans une
Venise alternative. j'ai opté pour la criminalité avec des voleurs, et la
Guil...
SNOOPY FLIES!
-
Happy Halloween everyone.
I am quickly putting on two of the finished images of a yard display I have
worked on this month.
All materials (other than t...
Trick or treat?
-
As it’s Halloween, I quickly prepped and painted something thematic to drop
into the family D&D game:
He was originally a Dreamblade mini, but a suit of ...
Goblin War Maschine II
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My last addition to Orctober 2026.. Again, made using coffee stirrers,
toothpicks, card and wood glue. Pin heads as bolts. The "DeyZee Cutter"
at the f...
The Quick and the Undead!
-
With the end of the month fast approaching, Zomtober hasn't proved quite as
prolific as I had hoped. That said, I felt that I probably had enough
revena...
Somewhere in Greece 1941
-
I have long been a fan of Jeff Plowman's military history writing, and have
a number of his books on my shelves. Once again just recently I delved into
t...
Road to Scouring Sands - Jade Falcon Hovertanks
-
After half a year of owning them in a grey sorry state i decided to bring
my Fulctrums from Scouring Sands up to their Mech brethren (base dark green
co...
Tribal Hawaii Game
-
Here's the AAR from the Hawaiian game we just wrapped up. We had 6 players
- 3 per side. An invasion force of 3 warbands from the Big Island of Hawaii
ar...
Gallic Chariots 2
-
A second pair of Gallic Chariots. Same as the first pair, these came to me
second hand with the wire work done for reins. The basing is all messed
up. Th...
Wednesday Workbench: Foundry Freikorps 2
-
The World Series was riveting this year, well played ball and an amazing
run by the Milwaukee Brewers, but it was also very distracting for my
painting e...
We'll go no more a reaving
-
Tuesday evening was the first chance to try out the new Viking Army. Tim
and I went to visit Phil and played a few games on his kitchen table. It
means i...
Christmas 2025 Project - update # 18
-
In this post I will give more information about how I built the metal ore
bucket or *Kibble*.
The image below shows the finished, textured and painted k...
A Gathering of Friends
-
Last year, my friend Brian organized a game weekend at a small inn on Lake
Huron to replace crossing the border to attend Fall In.
International relati...
PanzerMuseum East
-
I visited this museum in Denmark last September. It was something of a
random find as I had no idea it even existed until Mrs G spotted a sign for
it on...
1/72 WWII German commission finished
-
Hi guys
A 1/72 WWII SS commission finished, the customer originally wanted a box of
PSC Germans made up and painted, however I thought I could give him ...
Hobby Betwixmas and Kineton Fight
-
Betwixmas is the term used to describe the few days between Christmas and
New Year but here I'm using it to describe the time after a hobby event you
bee...
BIG Battalion SYW Game 10/17/2026
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*THE ROADS TO FALKENREIDBIG BATTALION BAR GAMEOctober 17, 2026orSome
Aspects of A BIG Battalion Game*
Main Table 6'x32' and two Back Tables each 2'x32'...
So, what happened?
-
I was hoping to get some counters and a map together this past weekend or
early this week. Unfortunately, my father-in-law had a stroke on Sunday and
passe...
Perder un paso
-
Yo soy uno de esos personajes que describe Arturo Pérez-Reverte en uno de
sus magníficos artículos, *Los Napoleones del fin de semana*, que aprov...
Painting takes the stage.
-
Hello and welcome to Inso's World again.
It's been an interesting couple of months...
I am now working at the (Dementia) Day Centre an extra five hours...
Barrage 2026
-
The HAWKs held Barrage on the 18th and 19th of September this year. I was
a little startled to look at our name tags for the convention and realize
t...
Work in Progress
-
I was fortunate to acquire a large number of Warlord Caesarean Romans
recently and have now begun to bring them in lone with my standard format.
Painted ...
Quick Force Gazette issue 1 out!
-
Issue 1 of Quick Force Gazette, featuring the War of Spanish Succession, is
now freely available from Wargame Vault.
https://www.wargamevault.com/en/prod...
Communal Italians
-
I started this army back in 2018, and I can finally field it; it’s not
quite complete, but the last three elements of spear are underway. I had
done the sh...
Border Reivers 2026.
-
Yesterday I travelled to Sunderland, well actually the Nissan Sports Centre
near Sunderland, for the Border Reivers Wargames Show.
I took John and that i...
Why is the Ogre there?
-
Joe's post on the Quantum Ogre raises an old question about sandbox play:
when does moving an encounter around interfere with players' freedom to
decide...
Updates coming
-
A lot of activity has been going on our Facebook page and it was quiet
here...
Facebook, initially, had the great advantage of being easy accessible and ...
The Ottomans are coming update
-
As I mentioned, I had to leave the recent game early. Steve and Phil
carried on and Steve kindly sent me some more photos.
The Ottoman right continued ...
Oldhammer: White Dwarf 131 Townhouse!
-
In White Dwarf 131 Dave Andrews and Phil Lewis set up a perfect little
modeling project: A townhouse for your Warhammer battles. I decided to
build one...
D&D Chainmal Miniatures Game Zombie Minotaur
-
As part of a team effort to collect all the stats for creatures in the
Dungeons and Dragons Chainmail Miniatures game, I recently bought the
Zombie Minot...
Game Design #118: The Advantage and Melee
-
In my "haunted Forest/Medieval STALKER" world I've been investigating RPGs
for ideas (even since someone pointed out *Symbaroum* kinda covers what
I've ...
A kick in the Urals
-
In the summer of 1919, somewhere in the foothills of the Ural mountains,
the Reds and Whites clash over a small farmstead.
This was a quick game to ref...
Dwarf Project for Dragon Rampant
-
I had so much fun playing my first game of Dragon Rampant with my friend
Mike at Historicon that after returning home I started thinking about
painting a...
15mm Napoleonic French Cavalry
-
As a break between commissions, I have been working through some Napoleonic
that have long been primed and ready. These four regiments contain 82
mounted f...
Star Wars : The Return Of The Jedi
-
Hey boys! Last games of Star wars 80's campaign. The target is to play
games with my son and stick as much as possible of the movie. It very
enjoyable to...
New Newline Designs - Thorakitai
-
In June I received some lovely samples of some brand new Newline Designs
20mm Hellenistic Thorakitai. Filling in a much needed troop type in this
scale, ...
The Siege of Volganoff at Warhammer World
-
The Siege of Volganoff pitted the disciplined defenders of the Empire
against a massive, besieging Orc and Goblin army. At first, the defense
held strong...
1800 Ottoman vs Janissary Sword and flame rules
-
I have always had an interest in the Ottoman armies of the 1800, many years
ago an article in a war games magazine related to the demise of the
Janissar...
Flying Time
-
So they say time flies when you are having fun. Well it also seems to fly
when you are busy 'making it work' too.
So its been nearly a year, what the h...
Web Site Outages
-
Following recent site outages my hosting company has finally found the
cause - an attack-fleet of bots firing thousands of messages to
non-existent email...
Back to the Brushes 422
-
Painting cavalry has always been a bugbear for me. The horse it's self is
not an issue; it the bloody harnesses! Cutting in a contrasting colour to
the ...
A Cabin in the Woods
-
"The Cabin in The Woods"
*It's been some time since a new edition of the Beaver Examiner was printed
out and we apologize to the 42 people in town literate...
It’s been nearly 20 years…
-
This project first saw the light of day back in 2008. Since then the range
of available miniatures and the surge of available 3d printing machines and
d...
VBCW: Of Monowheels and Telephones.
-
One of the joys of VBCW is fielding 'what-ifs' and 'bloody unlikelys' in a
homely atmosphere. Never-used prototypes and crackpot militias running
through p...
-
Traders booked so far for the show on May 9th are -
Athena Miniatures
Blotz / Charlie Foxtrot
Dorset Georgian Miniatures
Exmouth Wargames
K&M Trees...
Painting a unit in 28mm
-
Recently I was asked about my approach to painting a unit of 28mm
figures. These days I am mostly working with plastic figures - a trend I
had avoided ...
Return to the Hobby
-
It has been quite a while since I last posted here. When I started my tool
truck business back in 2021, most of my hobby time disappeared almost
overnigh...
NEW BLOG
-
Hey folks,
I have decided to move my superhero gaming content over to a new blog -
RIPPING THE FASE.
As the name implies, at least to those n the know...
28mm WW2 German Fallschirmjager Army Project
-
I've spent last weekend going through a large shoebox of 28mm WW2 German
Fallschirmjager that my friend Rob gave me. It came with other boxes full
of W...
Presenting ... Bob Moss
-
When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted
Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it
came strai...
First wargame in quite a while!
-
I spent a delightful afternoon with one of our grandsons playing a
miniature wargame using the Johnny Reb 3 rules system written by my late
friend John Hil...
THW Football on Wargames Vault Deal of the Day
-
50% off for tomorrow's Deal of the Day at Wargames Vault. Just in time for
the playoffs. 😀 Scroll down the Vault page to see the how to video.
https://...
Looking at the year ahead
-
With so much of 2025 taking up with preparing to move, moving and
reorganising following the move with most of my gaming paraphernalia being
in storage f...
Kings of War - Fields of Battle
-
Another night at the old games club and another Kings of War battle. I will
admit that last week I was playing Warhammer Old World and while the two
game...
On the Defense
-
Just a shorter than normal post today. Based on an off-line discussion I
started looking at my Napoleonic troops again, and realized that I'm short
of ...
ETMW Games Day, October 2025
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[image: Aerodrome WW2]
Aerodrome WW2
I ran the sixth East TN Miniature Wargaming Games Day last Saturday. The
full schedule can be found here. Tracking a...
Hessian Jaegers
-
During the American Revolutionary War, Great Britain employed thousands
of German auxiliaries to supplement its military forces in the colonies.
A...
Ths Spartan Project Revisted
-
*The army so far...* I am not sure why I recently decided to revist this
twenty year old project but I am back painting Spartans again. It may have
someth...
-
How is Battle Command Ancient and Medieval different?
Battle Command (as a series) - as well as Field of Battle, have at their
core the focus on key dec...
Midgard - Heroic Battles
-
Short post about my favouritr wargaming rules for the moment, Midgard -
Heroic Battles by James Morris.
I am not totally objective as I been involved in...
Old Games & Old Guys
-
So,
This week I have been thinking about a few things going on with me and
gaming. No I am not getting out of it, but were my recent thoughts have
been...
-
Denim 1
This guide is based on the original Vallejo Game Color (VGC) paints. These
colors may no longer exist by these codes/names, if at all.
*Base/Shad...
Most of my collection now on sale
-
I've decided to drastically thin back my massive collection.
Most of my Africa and Middle East miniatures will be posted in the coming
weeks and there...
Warp Speed into 2025
-
The last year has been quite challenging. I suffered a stroke in November
2023 and have spent the last year or so in recovery. I'm not there yet, but
do...
Blog problem
-
* So, I'm cleaning up the sidebars of the Chronicles. Removing defunct
links, creating new ones...somebody has to do it.*
Here's the problem: there are a...
MCP: Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (2)
-
As I mentioned in my last post about 'Ancient One', I have been undecided
on which Affiliation to play next, but have been leaning towards trying out
Defe...
Derek’s Wee Decals
-
I have been designing and laser printing waterslide decals for my own use
for a number of years and now that I’ve retired from full-time employment
I’ve de...
100 Hours War Scenario
-
Having picked up a Helion title on this conflict, I have come up with my
own Check Your 6! scenario, entitled "Soto Gets Three." It has not been
playtested...
Flames of War Projects for August
-
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...
Auction Of The Late Peter Cushing’s Toys
-
I came across this notice:
https://www.thecanterburyauctiongalleries.com/home
At the bottom right it mentions “toys”.
Mr. Cushing was an avid toy sol...
This is Minuteman: Two-Three
-
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...
Reiksguard Unit Complete!!
-
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...
I am leaving but no one fucking cares
-
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...
Review: Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders
-
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...
Richard Ansell. Very sad News
-
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...
326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes
-
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...
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...
Gaslands and Kill Team
-
Those are the two projects I am spending my time on right now.
Oh, and I am doing fine, just incredibly busy. Dealing with a lot of
things, but its improvi...
Marvel Crisis Protocol
-
A whole bunch of scenery for Marvel Crisis Protocol..It makes for a nice
change from GW stuff. It's all been painted on a side each time I was free
to do...
Witcher 3 "Geralt" painted up
-
And the second miniature from the SAGA collectibles from Stronghold
Miniatures is painted up.
Pretty happy with them both, I was thinking how to use them in...
Titan Terrain Factorum Painted
-
I’ve finally finished another Titan Terrain NZ building. This is their
excellent free-standing ‘Factorum’ kit. I haven’t reviewed this particular
building,...
Airplane stands for my Aeronefs
-
I've been working on different ideas for my aeronef stands - and finally
got a solution I'm happy with.
For the Aeronef and Imperial Skies rules, hexago...
British Vickers Machine Gun team.
-
Painted a British Vickers Machine Gun team. The miniatures are from
Battlefront and 15mm. To bad the mini on the right had a dis-formed face.
Sadly enough ...
Warhammer Quest Silver Tower - Trial of Azyr
-
Byron Manfred and his wight king companion each carry two pieces of the
Gaunt Summoner's shattered amulet. Together, they are half-way toward
completing th...
2019 a Review!
-
Hoi There,
You guessed it, it's that time of the year again: time for a Year Review!
Overall 2019 seems to have not been everyone's favourite year with
po...
Le Bucentaure!
-
I give you one of my son’s GHQ ships. His research and details are second
to none. When he’s home from college he takes over my painting bench! I
don’t rea...
Dricheans for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago?
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*Some Yan Koryani*
*Painted by Akarsh*
I was disappointed when North Star cancelled (or put on hold?) the plastic
box of Dricheans, the Bronze Age c...
TANKS The Modern Age Battle At The Crashsite
-
After the last battles were lost by the NATO, their morale got low and some
US troops deserted and tried to reach France, but the French army will not
to...
The Navy's very own game!
-
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...
DreadTober 2019 Week 4 - To Done!
-
Got all the little final detailing done on the Contemptor Achillus over the
weekend, just in time to hit the finish line for DreadTober! Without
further ad...
Old School Transport
-
This one has been around a while, no major mods by me, bar adding the
reigns. Had a disaster with the picture session, but you'll get the idea!
Neil, all...
Health Update
-
Hi folks, Just a quick post here rather than spam everyone's inbox again!A
week or so back, for the best part of a month I was suffering from near
constant...
FallCon 2019
-
This past weekend, I went on my annual visit to Calgary for the FallCon
gaming convention. This was the third year that they've had the convention
at SAIT,...
INQ28: Two Hired Guns....
-
The Curst wear their sins writ upon their flesh, and undertake various
tasks that they might be absolved of them.... Hunters come in many shapes
and spec...
Camel Corps continued...
-
Back to my hobby...apologies for not posting sooner...job...work and all
that stuff...plus breaking my wrist in 8 places...nice!
So to kick off a new era....
Dreadnought: Great War at Sea
-
This is my prototype box, with the Battle of Coronel tucked away inside!
Hi all, big news today!
As you've no doubt been aware, I've been furiously making...
688 - Painting Chart Updates (Part 1 - WWII)
-
Hullo All,
Well, I'm back at work (which sucks) but I'm also partway through a pretty
productive summer!
I thought I'd mark this by updating where I am wi...
Irregular 6mm Chinese
-
A question came up on the ColonialWars Yahoo Group about 6mm Chinese troops
for the period. As luck would have it, I happened to have one of the
Irregular...
Fistful of Lead- Victorian sci fi battle.
-
Dateline 1889. British Colonial Mining operations on Venus.
An account of the action at Riverbend summarized from excerpts taken from
Lieutenant Morris's...
Legendary Dragon from Mythic Games
-
“Smaug lay, with wings folded like an immeasurable bat, turned partly on
one side, so that the hobbit could see his underparts and his long pale
belly cru...
German Grenadiers vs Brit Tanks in Encounter
-
A target rich environment!
Game 3 of the Lords or War MW 109 pt tournament was against Craig and his
Brits. As always the painting level for Craig's army ...
Paint Table Sunday and a Martian
-
It's Paint Table Easter Sunday and, thankfully, the family have gone down
to Hampshire for the usual family Easter Egg Hunt, leaving me in peace. I
cou...
Mortal Gods - First Playthrough
-
So my mate, Alan, has been waiting with fevered anticipation for this to
arrive and so when the postie delivered Mortal Gods (originally by a
company ca...
Dick Dale
-
I'm sad today because one of my personal heroes has passed away today. Dick
Dale was 81, and to me that's too young for a man who was such a giant
talen...
Warlords of Erehwon: the Aftermath
-
Guest Post: My friend Albert wrote a great little short story recounting
the aftermath of our first game of Warlords of Erehwon, which I posted
about a cou...
March Update - Good year so far...
-
We are already into March of 2019...another year just flying by it seems.
I'm just doing an update on what I've been able to get done so far this
year, an...
King Kreel's Grand Hunt: Idoneth Deepkin
-
The Grand Hunt at the Warhammer Citadel
The Eidolon of Mathlann
King Kreel’s Grand Hunt
Pah’rah, the Living River, pours across Ghur like a snake, eter...
British SYW Artillery
-
This is now the start of my earlier expressed intention to arrage a number
of scale drawings illustrating British ordnance fielded during the War of
Aust...
Kicking it with the Homies
-
The feared El Taco Cartel homies are kicking it Southside, plotting and
scheming on ways to get product across or under the border. Figures are
28mm S...
Age of Sigmar Tale of Gamers - Month 5
-
My choices for Month 5 and 6 are going to be more Skeleton Warriors to
build up my other two units of skeletons to 20-strong each. This will also
allow me ...
Meet Emrim
-
Meet Emrim. For a dwarf (and a thief*) he's a good sort, and a fine shot to
have alongside you in a fight. Not *behind* you, mind, he's not a perfect
shot ...
Scenery Forge Gothic plaster and resin build
-
I decided to try using the Scenery Forge Gotic mold again, but this time
using regular Plaster of Paris for the casts, then infusing it with resin.
It is...
3rd edition Warhammer Norse army update
-
Way back in pre-history (1986), a 13 year old version of me started a
Warhammer Norse army. I bought it one blister at a time, using the money I
earned fr...
Team Yankee
-
Ok Mark Piper and I played our first game of Team Yankee in nearly 3 years
and had a ball. We play in 20mm but don’t make any changes to ranges but
usual...
Win a WARLORD TITAN
-
I have so much to show you guys... I've been working so hard! More soon
about my own stuff...
But for today I wanted to talk about the Nova Open Charitabl...
Lundella's Lane, 1814
-
*Marching to the sound of indecision* *Unusually*, my friend Giovanni and I
both had the day off last Friday. That gave us a rare opportunity to get
in ...
GASLIGHT at Heroicon
-
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...
Visit to Waterloo
-
I was incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel to 1 of our
Napoleonic bucket list battlefields this month. With 3 other Napoleonic
daft chaps we ...
Dark Sun Dwarf
-
What seems like many moons ago, I sculpted a Dwarf that represented what I
felt one from the D&D Dark Sun world would look like. It took awhile, but I
thin...
Imperial Guard get their first run
-
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...
Saga of Painting WTJ Ships - Part 2
-
Well it has been a while since I published Part 1 of this tale. I finally
completed the three British battleships and mounted them on the "sea" bases
that...
Funcken
-
[image: Armies-and-uniforms-of-the-first-empire-volume-one]
Was there ever a book more suited to a place in the war gamers bathroom
than this one? Lilia...
Old Warhammer Plastic
-
Hello there! I dug out my old plastic Orcs from the 80's. Not many left of
these classics... But enough to make a regiment for Kings of War. Few
goblins al...
I am writing a BOOK!
-
That's right, fellow blog fans! I've decided to write a book about painting
wargaming collections. It will be going to Kickstarter this *Friday, March
1...
Panzergrenadiers
-
Long time, no blog...but here's an update...
I've been playing a lot of D&D and card and counter games lately, so not
much miniature stuff to post. However...
Battletech: The Novels, Oh So Many Novels!
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Howdie.
So, over the past few months, I have been re-reading (or in the case for a
handful, reading for the first time) the series of Battletech novels. I...
Probsthain for Lasalle. The Scenario
-
*O*ne of my best wishes for this year 2018 is to return to wargaming after
almost two years of absence, in which work and family obligations have left
me w...
Victrix War Elephant part 1
-
I decided that I needed a Christmas project to get me back into painting
again and the Victrix war elephant, which came out last month, seemed to be
j...
Lessons from 2017
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“I never heard of a puppeteer refusing to face a problem. He may merely be
deciding how fast to run, but he’ll never pretend the problem isn’t there.”
– La...
New Releases - November 2017
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*Time for some news!* Is a busy time for us here at Scotia HQ. After a long
break, we decide to attend some selected wargames shows. So far we visited
C...
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...
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Just a few lines to let you know I'm well. After three years of silence, I
could be back to wargaming and game design in a short time. People change,
life ...
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 ...
Taking stock
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Now that TFM has a new manager, Nick, and the Kickstarter is finally
starting to move forward once more, it’s time to start sorting out the
store. Not all ...
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'...
Two more rifle-dreads
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I finally managed to take pictures of the other two dreadnoughts. They are
also venerable and armed with twin autocannons. This makes three in total
which...
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
Wydar...
Orc Riding Beast
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It has been a few years...
Since the first time I saw the riding beasts from Fraser Gray and Michael
Immig in White Dwarf all these years ago I wanted to p...
Eleventh of Fifteen: MonkeyCon Blitz Visit
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On my way home from a holiday abroad I was able to do a quick whirlwind
stop at MonkeyCon, the first games show hosted by our friends The Wargaming
Monkeys...
3mm Madness – DAK Panzers
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I was looking back at some of the research I had done for the Historicon
Opearation Battleaxe 3mm game and realized that I had read the dates wrong
for the...
Otherworld Idol 2
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Deuxième vidéo, avec le travail sur les éclairages : c'est pas vraiment un
truc que j'ai l'habitude de faire, en tous cas en dehors du zénital et des
éc...
Manfaat Daun Salam Dan Buahnya Untuk Kesehatan
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Daun salam acapkali dipakai selaku bumbu makanan karna ada bebauan yg
eksklusif. daun salam lazim ditemui pada makanan berkuah serupa goreng
alias gulai. m...
Had a spare day to play with some toys!
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Well, play.. I'm still here, still alive, and still working 60+ hour weeks.
so while i'm getting a little gaming in on my PC (played a little for Honor
and...
Rorke's Drift at the Shed
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* Rorke's Drift. It's quiet. Too quiet*
After the epic recreation of Isandlwana at the Shed on Sunday morning, the
table was re-dressed for the battl...
German Noble
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This chap has been sitting on my desk since God knows when, which is a real
shame as he is my favourite medieval figure of all time.
Not sure who he ...
Batman vs Superman Trinity Rules for DC Universe
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Hey folks,
With this new BvS set being the launch of the DC side of Knight Model's
Superhero Universe, I thought I would point out a couple of things on...
Weird War One: Electric Weaponry
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During the First World War, technology advanced at a great pace with
machines and devices rapidly becoming obsolete as they were superseded by
events or...
Dreadtober - Build week
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I joined the Dreadtober challenge hosted by https://brokenpaintbrush.com/
It seemed like a perfect challenge for me since I have four Dreads that has
been i...
Character Figures and Settlers for the FIW
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Conquest Miniatures put out a nice little blister of the main characters
from the Last of the Mohicans, also released by Warlord Games. I had fun
painti...
Back again! 1st Update: More painted Sets
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First post after the long break! :-)
Some more updates are due over the course of the next couple of days,
including six new sets for the Russo-Japanese Wa...
Somewhere In Lowest Germany
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*A Small Matter Of Supply*
Jim Wannop lay on his couch beside his swimming pool. He frowned: there was
surely something he had meant to do. For a while he ...
Congo cancelled!
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*"I say, you chaps, any sign of breakfast yet?"*
Well, for me anyway. I was due to go to Eric the Shed's for my first game
of *Congo*, as organised by ...
Battlefield 1 Beta PS4
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Painting is resuming in the background while I am indulging in the
frenetic, open beta demo of EA's upcoming world War 1 shooter, Battlefield
1, currently...
Blue Bear had some challenges
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Hello readers, this is Murdock writing from Jeff's desktop.
Jeff has encountered more than the usual Gout and had complications from
the treatments of the ...
Early War French
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having been bitten by the battlegroup rules bug, I decided to go for early
war French.
Using the Pegasus French and German infantry as a basis for my two a...
Borodino - taking Utilisa
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Last weekend we fought our annual game, this time focusing on the Poles and
the village of Utilisa at Borodino.
We think we may have set a world record for...
Dungeon Saga: The Infernal Crypts Painted
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The Dungeon Saga continues and we are in the middle of playing the Infernal
Crypts campaign featuring a couple of new heroes and the forces of the
Abyss. ...
WW1 zombies - part 5 gathering items
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In preparation for the game I have gone through my lead pile and hobby
supplies and come up with the following:
Almost a complete infantry section of late ...
Reglas básicas de la Serie Fleet (vídeo)
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Últimamente me ha dado un hype con la serie "fleet" de victory games, una
serie de juegos de los 80 que representaban batallas navales contemporáneas
a una...
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It's been a while since my last report. No apologies, just a nod to the
vagaries of life.
So to spring myself back into action, a short look at a projec...
The Descent of the Teutonic Order
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I want to introduce my second Project for 2016:
I am building up a 1410 Teutonic Order force for Lion Rampant. I always
wanted to paint up some high or la...
Julio 1936
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Dimanche dernier, j'ai eu l'occasion de tester à nouveau la règle *Julio
1936* écrite par mon pote Romaar (Romu pour les intimes). Je ne vais pas
rentrer d...
Sources For The Interwar Gamer
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I have been meaning to add some content here for a long time, apparently
three years of a long time in fact, how time flies. So with this post I
hope to k...
"...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...
Dessau 1813. Chasing Tauentzien
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While Bernadotte is heading Leipzig, Napoleon is trying to catch the weak
Tauentzien's corps, left behind to screen Berlin...
Read more...
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...
Yet another long gap between updates!
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So... what is new?!
In a single word - 6mm.
And here is the story:
I love FoW in 15mm. I really do! I can accept the ground scale and
compression in t...
Rules: Living on the Frontline
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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...
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
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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 ...
2016 - The Year of Mediocrity
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Hi.
Happy New Year, I guess.
Better late than never. I mean, if you wait long enough, it will be a new
year somewhere, right? Now that I think about it...
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...
The Big Winner!
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The Gamer's Armory, a game store in North Carolina, recently held a gaming
marathon to benefit the Turner Syndrome Society of the United States. I
live ...
Frostgrave
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So I have been looking at Frostgrave for some time now, another fantasy
skirmish game to tempt gamers to part with their monies. I am a lover of
skirmish...
Back from Scale Model Challenge 2015
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Back from Scale Model Challenge! I didn't take part in the competition this
year and due to circumstances I only visited briefly in the afternoon, so
it wa...
Adalbert von Strunten den Sammen with friends
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There's something happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear. I am
making a little series of scenes concerning the totally fictional German
Medieval fa...
Work and Toy Soldiers
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I've been at my current company for 8 years I work on a system management
team I also provide training for our online applications to internal staff
a...
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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...
A visit on board the Russian Frigate Shtandart
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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...
New Blog for Age of Sigmar
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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...
Song of Blades: Hammer and Forge on Kickstarter
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Ganesha Games launches Song of Blades: Hammer and Forge Kickstarter. The
kickstarter has begun with enormous success, being already over basic
funding, but...
GBR Collection on Google Plus+
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I have a collection of games related posts on Google+. Most of these are
things I would write about if I could make the time. Stop by and browse a
bit.
U...
Historicon 2015 Pictures Part Two
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Hi Kids, Here's the second installment of the latest con in Fredericksburg
VA.
Here's the long view of the 25mm Joe Hack ancients game. Better rig up ...
Waterloo (1970) the souvenir programme
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Everyone else on the wargaming blogosphere seems to be celebrating the
200th anniversary of Waterloo today with quite a few posts featuring the
poster ...
A Farewell to Hamster
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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...
20mm WW2 - M20, M10 and M8
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There we go again. I had a long break from painting but a trip to Salute
and a vist to Normandy in May did the trick this time. I've sort of
finished the A...
Space Marine Command Tank Rules
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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 ...
Hope everyone is well. Keep creating.
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My daddy "Captain Richard" love creating burning or destroyed buildings.
This is one of my favorites. He had since dismantled this one as everything
was i...
Salute Loot
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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
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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 ...
Warriors of Chaos Khorne Lord - End Times (Part 4)
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[image: Warhammer - The End Times Khorne Banner]
A short post this one. Really just to prove that I have been continuing to
work on this project and even ...
Mage the Awakening: No Mean City
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Way, way back in 2011 I spoke about starting a Werewolf: The Forsaken Game
chronicile in Glasgow. It kind of fell through, but I've about to start
DMing a...
Empire of the Dead - Burke & Hare
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So the last theme round was anti-hero, at first I thought this meant
villain but a quick interweb search revealed that it is in fact "a main
character in ...
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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...
An old project returns...
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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...
Protect the King!
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"Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, trusting their
words."
For me these words entered legend in my youth. The 300 Spartans fighting
fo...
Lion Rampant test game - Angry Highlanders!
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We managed to get a quick test game of Lion Rampant played at the first of
our monthly 'Friday Night Firefight' at Wayland Games. Chris (the only one
t...
It's time for a Christmas parade.
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Seeing as I haven't put a full army pic of my Tunnel Fighters up here, now
is as good a time as any. The one remaining vehicle to be finished is the
comman...
Ogre Project
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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
y...
French Dragoon, Retreat from Moscow
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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
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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
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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...
Machiavelli summer 1457
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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...
HAPPY NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!!
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NATION CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE AND PROSPERITY! (Sudekia) The morning sun
usually greets our country, but on this day of days, it was greeted by the
peo...
Unit of Beardlings
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
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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...
1910: The Battle of Purleigh (part two)
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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...
Great Customer Service!
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Guys this is not a paid advertisement. I want to give a big nod to Gavin
who owns Irresistible Force in Brisbane, Queensland.
Last week I called Gav to a...
Sungem Run Review by UndeadViking
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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...
Hail Mary .....of the LIVING DEAD!!!!
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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 ...
Moving: Now posting at 4+ Tough
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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...
Schwinn Turismo Swivel Jogging Stroller
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Pacific Cycle, read the full Schwinn Swivel Double Jogging Stroller Review
The Turismo Double Jogging Stroller from Schwinn, is an amazing stroller
for acti...
The Reason for the Silence... such as it is.
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As per usual I begin with an apology - and this the most earnest of those
so far: so very sorry for the abruptness and the length (!) of my silence.
I am i...
Casting Season
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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...
Virginia Provincial Regiment.
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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 ea...
10mm A.W.I. Unit Finished.
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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
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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...
Germany on Mars in 1889, in The Dream Forge
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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...
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 ...
The Three Amigos...
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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!
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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
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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...
SUPERS!
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NORAD reports the crash of an extraterrestrial object deep in the
Appalacian mountains. The Guardians are dispatched to report on and recover
any possible...
Christmas “Domes” for 2013
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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...
Happy Xmas & all the various holidays
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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
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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
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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 ha...
Voyages Diabolique
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Soon after the release of *Wessex Games*' *Voyages Extraordinaires*,
Victorian Adventure Gaming rules in 2000, I planned to release an
accompanying set for...
The Ambush
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No game this week, but last week we played our third game in the new Tour
of Darkness Campaign - I just never got around to typing up the report.
Rick ...
Lady Aiyana and Master Holt – diorama start
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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 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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
My new little photostudio....
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Last week I found a post in my favorite Wargaming Forum about a small photo
studio. It looked inetersting and so I purchased one for about 25 €.
It contain...
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 ...
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"...
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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...
Did you guys back the Up Front Kickstarter?
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Obviously, this is about 2 weeks too late, but still, it's worth noting the
success of the Up Front Kickstarter, which easily hit 10x its funding goal,
and...
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...
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...
Hamburg Tactica 2013
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Hamburg Tactica 2013 am 23./24. Februar. Die Liste der Veranstaltungen
klingt wieder sehr interessant. Nur noch drei Monate, ich denke ich fange
besser an...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
India Travel
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bеautу of the bеachеs, саѕcading beauty оf thе rіvеrѕ and thе thrill оf thе
јun...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Plastic Soldier Company 15mm - Sdkfz(s) - part 2
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Hi there,
Bonjour à toutes et tous,
This week I had a lot of work but could find some spare time to work on my
Sdkfzs.
I decided to go for the 5 Sdkfz C, s...
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 ge...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sniper vet
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A small side project, one Yukoni sniper veteran. I built him initially as a
one-off for a competition, but I think he just became the prototype for
what my...
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 ...
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...
Amazons and a SpellSinger!
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Hi
Here are some pictures of some AMAZONS my dad painted.
He is going to use them for his TROJAN WAR game, but he said I can use them
for my Fantasy games ...
CRITTER COMMANDOS REVIEW
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Hi!
Folks have been asking for a review of critter commandos so I thought I
would give it a bash!
Critter Commandos!
*Review*
The book is separated into...
Some more scenics
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So, I’ve finished the last of the commissioned pieces my friend Rodney
asked me to paint. One was a nice ruined resin Spanish home in 28mm by
Vac-U-Form (I...
Time to say goodbye.
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You may remember last year, during Icecrown progress, that I spent weeks
and months grinding for an achievement. Specifically, I wanted the title
"Payce th...
if it ain't broke...
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Having read through *Iron Cow* again I realised that it didn't need much
tweaking following the feedback Some I took on board so there are subtle
changes t...
New early Byzantines in prospect
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This, my most unloved blog, hasn't see a post for three years, largely
because I was unhappy with the figures available for the middle Byzantine
period...
Super Shader results
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Super shader Black
Group - blocked colours and then black shader on uniform. Dry - highlight a
touch
super shader dark
For this greatcoat I used montan...
A new project scale
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For X-mas I got a series of 54mm home casting molds. They are US Army and
Middle Eastern opposition. The gaming potential for these is rather
obvious. But ...
Happy New Year 2011!
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Another year is upon us and I've decided it is time to consider my gaming
resolutions for 2011. Without further ado, here they are:
1) Thin my miniatures c...
I’ve been a good boy.
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Santa brought me some stuff for xmas. He thought since I’m starting a new
game this 2011, I might as well start two. Templates set and Khador counter
set f...
Algonquin Scale Creep
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I hope everyone had a great Christmas, the run up to which saw any real
chance to proceed with this project come to a grinding halt!
I did receive the *Eur...
last post b4 xmas
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no doubt this will be my last post before Xmas, with some international
brigade figures finished and a republican HMG team.but on the paint table
from toda...
Buying 20mm to small 25mm scales
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Im interested in buying one pose each of any figs you have in 20mm to
classic small 25mm scale. I collect and wargame all periods! Please send a
list of wh...
The "Waynes Junction campaign"..
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I've decided to revive this old campaign diary project blog to record the
unfolding of events in a new campaign that DG and I have just started...
One of ...
Time
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Seems I don't post as often as I should, I really have been doing things
related to gaming including trying one of the largest projects I have ever
tried. ...
An Excuse for my Absence
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Well, last week I flipped my truck. For that I received thirteen staples in
my head along with much of my stuff destroyed, just wonderful. There was
some t...
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hey i haven't posted anything for a while so i thought id show you my zeds
the painted
and the unpainted hoard
i have a few zeds not shown here but...
Battle Report: USMC vs Taliban (FoF)
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Well I christened my new double sided grass mat this morning, as well as
the middle eastern building I built over spring break. I realized that my
Taliba...
Moving over to Wordpress
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I am saying goodbye to this blog and moving over to blogging all about my
hobby on Wordpress.
Why? Well my hobby has changed over the past couple of mo...
FLASH GORDON Space ships
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http://www.hangar18fasa.com/
MONGO
Within a pocket of space known as a vortex, another dimension artificially
created long ago by a great empire. Beyo...
www.jcfigures.com is LIVE!
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Check out my new website. It isn't that flashy, in fact it is pretty ghetto
among website standards, but I am doomed to the KISS principle. Please post
sug...
Painting Service Launched
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Hi Everyone,
The blog has finally been re-named and re-designed (well slightly). I am
happy to annouce that I will also now be accepting painting commisio...
For Sale: Dwarf Army
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Hello guys! I'm afraid the blog has been rather dead of late, but I am
still out there. I'm currently in the middle of a long stretch of straight
working d...
Malayan Emergency
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Ive posted some photos of the time my dad served in the army with the R.A
in Malayia in around 1957-58.
The ship that took him out to Malayia.
Training ...
Colonists
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In preparation for what will hopefully be this summers campaign I have
painted 4 Ground Zero Games (GZG) miniature colonists. Having found myself
constantl...
Workers Militia
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Here's a shot of a couple of the workers militia for A Very British Civil
War (figures by Musketeer Miniatures) that I varnished this afternoon. I
think th...
Zama
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Paul put in a lot of work over the last year to produce the figures for the
Society of Ancients battle Day, Zama.
As with Callinicum last year, we staged o...
First game of the Campaign
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I have been some what slack in writing, only Scott and I have been busy
preparing for the up and coming battle which will take place this coming
Wednesday ...
Painting: My painting method.
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So, the method I have been using for my models is as follows:
prime black
fenris grey
shadow grey
devlan mud wash
general highlight shadow grey
build up to ...
Ironclad updates
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Sorry guys, I do not have as much time today for research. But I was able
to update a few of the Confederate Ironclads. There is a lot of conflicting
data ...
End of Campaign
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End of Campaign
The French withdrew over the river Saale and left the Russians in
possession of the right bank. Despite this setback the French still
con...
The cruiser Powerful, revisited
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If you search with Google Image Search, you will find that there are many
photographs of the 1st Class Protected Cruiser Powerful online. Battleships
and C...
Goals for 2010
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I have one goal for 2010: To complete my Daemons of Chaos army in time to
participate in the Ordo Fanaticus Club Challenge. I believe this is in July
or Au...
Progress with the rules
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In the evening hours of the past weeks I have been very busy converting all
the draft rules from the wiki page to a proper book format. I had been
going ba...
Welcome ..... leave your pride at the door
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Marcus fell into the line with the others of 3rd platoon. A whirlwind of
nerves, excitement and wonder filled his body. His family wished for him
to sta...
Hawker Hurricane Mark 1
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What better place to start than with the aircraft that formed the main
strength of Fighter Command up until as late as 1941, the Hawker Hurricane.
By 7 Au...
Fallschirmjaeger Kompanie, the basic platoons
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Here some pictures of my German Fallschirmjaeger Kompanie, on the pics you
can see the Kompanie HQ standing in the back, with their mortar and schreck
team...
Man o' Man....
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Ok so here's the skinny. I pretty much put painting on the backburner for
the last month or so as soon as I realized that I needed to spend more time
prepp...
Test Miniature
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Finally I am feeling like normal human again after being sick for the past
week. Here we have after a long delay the pictures of the paint scheme I am
goin...
Incursion Progress
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A few free minutes here and there have allowed me to finish one half of my
3D Incursion board basic floor plan. The weird snakelike stain is actually
cemen...
JC IS BACK!
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On the 194th Anniversary of the Battle of Quatre Bras, I wish to inform all
readers that I am in the process of revamping the site and updating all my
warg...
Opinion
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So, where do we begin with the Daemonic Codex for Warhammer 40k?
Well, unlike a lot of reviews done via quick posts on forums or a mention
on podcasts, I w...
Help for the Ministry of Construction
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I've been looking for some buildings for my 6mm guys to fight over, without
wanting to pay a fortune for them - these look like they may do the trick.
And ...
'Blaue' Würzburg IR
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*Inhaber*
1756 Prinz Bischof v. Würzburg
*Unit History*The unit was the sister regiment to the *Rote-Würzburg* which
had red (Rote) facings. The regiment ...
What will you find here?
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(last update on this blog: O5.15."14)
[and probably the very last, since I'm tired of blogger raping my privacy
to 'sell' me to adversiters & spammers]
Apr...
Updates...
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To make updates easier,and to keep content more current, I've moved all the
project data to my main blog page..
Click *here to be taken to the project! [c...
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This Blog will form for me an area where I can drop any and all materials I
put together on my Victorian Science Fiction World the Venus Kolonie.
Why "Venu...
As anyone who usesBloggerknows it can be a little quirky and recently it stopped us adding, deleting or doing anything to the Blog roll. We were not alone in suffering this problem and thankfullyThe Angry Lurkercame across a solution - add a second blog roll! This means a slight format change with there being two columns (which as you can see are not synchronised) but is have allowed us to add 106 new blogs