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Ceorls
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Here comes the first of 3 units of Anglo-Danish Ceorls for Earl Ethelstones
warband to SAGA.
As I used what minis I had my Ceorls might have a little to m...
Relics rulebook now available on Wargames Vault
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[image: Relics rulebook now available on Wargames Vault]
Tor Gaming releases the Relics Rulebook on Wargames Vault. From their
announcement: We have been th...
Crusade 2012 (Penarth) 6mm Napoleonics - Polemos
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Well it was that time of year again.....the annual visit to Penarth Leisure
Centre to have a look around Crusade. It's not a bad little show, but to be
hon...
Hordes - Way of the Wilds: Morvahna the Autumnblade
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I've spent the last several weeks diverting from Kaya and her band of furry
friends and into another Circle Orboros warlock; Morvahna the Autumnblade.
She...
Jason and the Argonauts!
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* Atalanta, Zetes, Jason, Cepheus, Herakles and Argus*
Well, this year's skirmish project will be Jason and the Argonauts using
the Steve Saleh sculpted ...
B is for Beton or the Bergan Toy Company
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These are late and common soft ethylene examples of a line of toys going
way back, much better described on Ponylope (link to right) or in O'Brien's
books ...
My Army Painter Method
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I have finished my main unit (I have painted an extra unit in secret that
will be revealed at the same time) for the Les pinceaux de la guerrecontest at La ...
HOME CAST 28mm ROMANS
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I have been home casting 28mm Romans using Prince August molds. Here are
the first results - the first cohort finished and based for Hail Caesar. I
have be...
The BIG project...ooh er!
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The new 15mm birthday present inspired WW2 project has finally landed on
the doorstep. As if you hadn't worked it out already, this will be the
later st...
Landknechci z halabardami/ Landsknechts with halberds
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Halabardy były jedną z ważniejszych broni na XVI wiecznych polach bitew. Formacje landsknechtów składały się częściowo z uzbrojonych w nie żołnierzy. Ich zad...
An Alliance Formed...
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"YOU DID WHAT?!?" screamed Sir Ulric
"You said we needed funds for this expedition, I provided them" pointed out
The Mad Monk, in one of his unusually luci...
I know its poor excuse but it’s true…
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*I know its poor excuse but it’s true…*
Totally not related to the hobby, and everyone runs behind in projects.
Hell I have seen many a thread about how n...
Wargaming Bugbears #5 - waiting for a package
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This is relevant at this particular time as I'm waiting for a particular
manufacturer to send me a host of Republican Romans and Imperial Romans so
I can a...
Some 15mm 1859-1871 images ...
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Dave says "*Time to take over the blog again and post a few images of my
15mm goodness*". First let's look at the Brunswick troops from 1866 who
fought for...
What Platoon Is THAT Tank From?
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In my game last Saturday against Don casualties and time pressures (in the
battle) required that I intermix my two platoons of captured Italian tanks
and ...
Kursk Campaign 2012 - by Mário Laranja (5)
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It is done!
Check out how the Soviet farm that ML has been working on turned out.
This dio can turn out to be a perfect environment for a few infantry ...
Rooting out the Insurgents: More Combat Cards
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After their initial clash, medics of the Kilburn High Kings gave the bodies
of the PDF a closer examination. An alien parasite was found attached at
the ...
Battle of Torrente – Move 10
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*1700-1800 10 August 1813*
*Table at the start of move 10*
Top left – 4th Spanish corps advance in square towards Italian cavalry
Right – Italian corps hav...
Armia Nowego Państwa Egipskiego 1/22 do DBA
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Obiecane fotki całej armii Nowego Państwa Egipskiego do DBA. Figurki
produkcji Venexia Miniatures, część odrobinę skonwertowana, żeby nadać
nieco większej...
Wargame Rule
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*Sentry
Alertness*
At
night one sentry is on duty in every piece of important territory in
military
zones. In addition, every headquarters, company leve...
Another progress report
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I have been quite busy again today working on my next 'How to ...' blog
entry. This one explains how I build the larger model ships that I use with
my figu...
DBMM at Munster 2012
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Hugely enjoyable couple of days gaming with Dbmm rules at Cork in Munster
S.Ireland over weekend.
Usual excellent hospitality from Richard and his family...
Medieval Ships for Sale
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I will have from wed this week a small number of the above medieval ships
for sale. I'll have cut away and based the bottom of the models and added
some wa...
How to build a deck for Magic: The Gathering part 4
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It took me a while to write the next installment of this series because I
had to play some games in order to test various ideas I had. Most of those
idea...
Hammer Time- Custom Ironclad Dreadnought
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Welcome to Army of One, where I display a great looking painted model from
stuff I've done or amazing figures I've seen around. If you click on the
Army of...
IR #4 - 28mm Austrian Napoleonics
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I Battalion, IR#4 - models from VictrixAnother batch of recruits have
joined my Austrian collection. This the first battalion, IR #4. The
models are plas...
Adeptus Mechanicus Master of the Forge on bike
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This is my most recent painting project, my Techmarine "Master of the
Forge" on a bike. He will be the commander of my techmarine army. The army
is themed ...
A small adventuring party
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We finally returned to the Hill Cantons this weekend, our first tabletop
campaign session since before Thanksgiving. There were five player
characters: a ...
Carronade 2012 Updates
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Having just updated the clubs (Falkirk and District Wargames Club for those
of you don't recognise the logo) website for this years show, I thought I'd
le...
Going mad on icicles ...
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posted by roman, jarhead, kong
Today it is truely getting cold in Augsburg, our hometown ...
I am drinking tea once in a while and spent most of the day ...
Carthaginian mercenaries in Southern Gaul
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Just a quick report to keep the campaign up to date. Last Tuesday the
Carthaginians took Gaul as a precursor to Hannibal's assault on the Romans.
The Gau...
Freshly Based. . .
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*Whoops! I still need to paint the edges of the various bases green.*
Finally made myself sit down and attach those 60-odd Luebecker Musketeers
to their ...
The schedule for 2012 and the Alamo at Cancon
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Had no sooner finished my FPW Prussians and French then discovered I
require more of 'em! (and who'd a thought THAT right?!?) Well, I've
committed to doin...
SoBH Campaign 2 - Initial Warbands
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The first Campaign was so much fun we decided to go again. This time
however I wanted to get some other models from my lead pile on the table,
so a fresh b...
Topic: Its That Time Again
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It's that time again folks, work continues on the Zombieville Post!
Submissions gratefully accepted - Pictures of Painted Hordes, Scenario
Ideas, Zombie Re...
January
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January is almost over, so what have I managed? Quite a lot really, Dwarven
Army, complete, Yorkist Army, complete, and the one I'm most happy with, my
AWI...
Under starter's orders ...
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Rounday campaign is just about to take off again; will have series of posts
with key events and will have game report on Parliament's attack on Devizes
and...
How do you like your fantasy?
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This Friday, on the main stage of the SFX Weekender, I’ll be taking part in
a panel called Elf Preservation (3pm, if you’re going to be around). Rather
tha...
Chitón
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Escala: 1/8
Tamaño: 75mm
Scale: 1/8
Size: 75mm
Pintado por Eduardo Sánchez.
Figura hecha para Adalid Models.
Painted by Eduardo Sánchez.
Figure made for ...
40k Hopefuls, #2
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Hey guys, Huron here again. Time to let you in on what the above minis is
for in my second 40K Hopefuls of 2012 post. Last November I posted a
couple o...
RoboFire: Blue Moon Walker
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I decided to add a little variety to the Knights of Saturn RoboFire force
with a Blue Moon walker.
It's a very different style from the Rebel Miniatures fi...
40K 25th Anniversary (Space Marines)
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February marks the 25th Anniversary of *Warhammer 40,000*, a game that has
changed somewhat from its humble *Laserburn* inspired beginnings. Rumaging
aroun...
Saxe Märchen tallies the cost of War
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*Baron Malthus, commander of the Saxe-Märchen **Leib-Dragoner regiment and
owner of the largest moustache in the land *
"We have to WHAT!" bellowed Duke...
Podcast & Vidcast Update
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I just wanted to give you a quick ‘Heads Up’ on what is happening regarding
Podcasts and Vidcasts, as it is the end of January and a Podcast episode is
not...
ACW skirmish rules playtest
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This week, lacking Lawrence and his lovely hills and woods, we did the best
we could and tried a first draft of my ACW skirmish rules...
The scenario invol...
We Hammerers Three
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*Reinforcements trickle in.
(Click me, I'm awesome!)*
Short and sweet. Got three more Hammerers done last week. It's taking me
far too long per figure to ...
How to paint Eldar Dire Avengers grim dark style
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I've decided to take a fairly dark approach to painting my Dire Avenger
here. More often than not, it seems like Eldar are treated almost like
cartoons and...
Heroquest miniatures
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Hello all,
something completely different, this time!
A long time ago at a fleamarket we found the excellent game of Heroquest.
All the minis were included ...
15mm Peter Pig Dictator and Bodyguard and......
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....Franonia!
Good weekend as I saw 2 movies on Sunday at the cinema (3 in total last
week) as my friend turned up (Vinnie) and we hit the movies (Haywire ...
Some Bones to Grind
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These have been sitting on my desk three quarters complete for years.
Finally getting the Farrow Bone Grinders done is a pretty good feeling. I
am lazy and...
Army Transport?
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*Hi Fritz,*
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*Long time reader, short time emailer/commenter.*
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*I was wondering, since you have a much larger model collection than I do,
wh...
Discovery of Museum
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I just received my small order from Museum miniatures. I'll remind you that
up until tomorrow, they're having a 25% sale. I had ordered some stuff to
compl...
Polish cavalry regiment command (BF&S)
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The guy in charge of all the cossack style cavalry, winged hussars and
pancerni that make up the Polish cavalry regiment. Really enjoyed painting
this stan...
Mons, 1914 - part 2
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Carrying on from part one of this report, we rejoin the action as the two
mighty armies come to grips.
The Germans close on the Mons salient. The approach ...
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...
Crusade 2012 - Penarth
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Been off for the last week on holiday in Pembroke, but luckily my return
coincided with the Crusade show in Penarth, Cardiff, so I got chance to pop
in and...
Proxie Models releases DBA bases
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After a little prodding from me Ken decided to produce a lovely set of
bases in 40 x 15mm, 40 x 20mm, and 40 x 30mm to go with the other bases in
his line...
Photos of Abu Simbel, Egypt
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The Great Temple at Abu SimbelClose up of the colossal Ramses on the left
Relief outside the temple
Syrian prisoners Nubia...
155mm Schneider M1917
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I am getting closer to owning just about everything I will ever need when
fielding my Etaireia Pezikoy, Greek Rifle Company, for Flames of War. One
of ...
A Look At Secret Weapon
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The video is pretty self explanatory. I ordered the washes because I like
the ones I have from Vallejo, Reaper, and Games Workshop as a nice 'cheat'
and Se...
Rush to capture the town.
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We decided to try a scenario of Allied armour trying to cross a few bridges
and capture a small Normandy town. The Allies had as usual vast amounts of
ar...
My Wikipedia Problem
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*Some *months back I started getting a lot of traffic from the Wikipedia
page on Lanchester's Laws. It seems that someone had noticed my efforts on
the sub...
Castellan Of Dol Guldur
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For this model I wanted to have a different look than the typical black
shroud wrapped around silver armor, so I initially went with a brown/bronze
theme. ...
Kampfgruppe: Normandy Mods for 28mm
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Let me start off this post by stating that I think KGN works fine for 28mm
as is. It is a game with some rather large abstractions that allow the
player to...
CANCON 2012
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As previously posted I planned a trip to Cancon 2012 it is located in the
suburb of Mitchell in Canberra, Australia, this was my first visit to a
major c...
Advanced Basing Techniques (The Ian Files)
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Ian was a local part of our gaming group, a friend, and someone I wish I
got to know better. You can read about him here if you haven't before. (Ian
Tribu...
Another Zombie and Survivor painted
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Hello, again. I managed to paint a couple more minis today. One Studio
Miniature Zombie and one Hasslefree Minis Adventurer.
Zombie coming up, ladies first...
Pre-Feudal Scots Warband and Army Marker
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A few more elements for my Pre-Feudal Scots – now half finished!
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
These are the Warband elements fo...
A Brief Report and a Beautiful Ogre Army from Cancon
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Well gang I survived my 4th trip up to Canberra to enjoy the good times at
Cancon. Unlike the last two years I decided to play Warhammer Fantasy this
year...
Pictures (of a fashion) at last!
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Hi Chaps
its been fairly hectic here but I have purchased a battery charger and
rushed off a few pictures. The Ashanti are a bit fuzzy but when I have
com...
CANCON Eye Candy
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Here are some of what I thought were the best looking games on display
around CANCON 2012:
The very impressive Alamo participation game 6 March 1836 was a...
Epic Ork army list
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I am testing out various Epic: Armageddon army lists prior to some
painting. The only thing I need for this list are the air assets and I have
those on ord...
Happy Meal Mystic Portal
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My latest terrain project is this Mystic Portal made from a McDonald's
Happy Meal toy. It's intended to be similar to the Stargate, or the portal
seen in t...
F-35B on the USS Wasp
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Some very cool footage here of the new F-35B (Lightning II) doing trial
take-off and landings on the USS Wasp. The sheer size of the door that
opens above ...
Combat Cards.
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Two weeks ago I saw on the excellent blog Tiny Solitary Soldiers a post
about a new ruleset called Combat Cards. As I read it I instantly got
interested as...
Is this the road to Amblève?
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Ahead of Skorzeny's Panzer Brigade 150, this party of English-speaking
German commandos in American uniforms will be causing trouble for the
yanks. You hav...
Radar Installation
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At the Goodwill the other day, spotted and bought a GI Joe personal track
vehicle for a whopping whole dollar. The 2 pieces that caught my eye will
save me...
Cross of Sant Jordi to King of Wittenberg
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Following a suggestion of Princess Elisenda, the Galatan *Corts* or
Parliament have agreed awarding His Majesty King of Wittenberg (*) the *Cross
of Sant ...
Captain's Close-Ups
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As promised, I took couple of close-up photos from Space Pirato Captain Gaga,
Spiky Rat Pack's joint-project...
You can clearly see some of the brush...
Successor Readings
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Over the last several weeks, I have read a couple of books on the
Successors, one of which has been on my want to read list for years. The
first is a recen...
Elves of Another Kind
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This week I finally took the plunge into my bag of unpainted lead and came
up with a ton of Reaper miniatures that I've been intending to paint.
These mod...
LOTR: Expanding the Uruk-Hai
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With all the new source books announced this weekend, I decided to add a
few new models to my Uruk-Hai Scout force. I was also given a big toolbox
of STUFF...
Rolica - The First French Position - Act Two
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*As the redcoats consolidate their position on the French right (just out
of shot on the right), the 4th Dragoon Guards led by General Ferguson sweep
into...
Mould line bonanza
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I use grey magic sculp, try to find out where!
I have been looking for good fantasy zombies for quite a while, without
much luck, but I never thought of GW,...
The Russian Ironclads
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An interesting (and short) essay regarding the development of the Russian
ironclad fleet from the Crimean war onwards:
http://www.neva.ru/EXPO96/book/chap...
Otterburn 1388 Flags
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Iain from Flags of War has started to create a range of flags to complement
our Medieval Scots range of figures. The first release will be a set of
fl...
296 On the Painting Table...at the moment
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Hullo, All,
Just to reassure you that I *am *painting again despite the parlous state
of The Shed and the lack of updates...and this is what I am reduced t...
Making Hungarians
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For no good reason the conversion bug hit me last night and I felt the
desire to start working up some RSM Croats for the seven Years' War into
Hungarian ...
Sticking the Sticks
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A short one this week, it occurred to me as I started to stick the wooden
sticks on to cover the second of these two models that I switch methods of
stick...
15mm Hellhound Critical Mass Games
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Some mixed media here of some Critical Mass Games models and a couple of
Hellhounds. One of these Hellhounds is a commission that I have been sat
on for...
Mantic Activity
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The chaps over at Mantic are being busy bees at the moment getting various
things organised; the general sense I get from their plan is that there is
an on...
Villers Bocage
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I have spent the last week painting Cromwell's, Fireflys, and repainting
Corgi diecast half-tracks to try out a game of Kampfgruppe Normandie at the
club i...
The wastelands are a dangerous place....
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A few more painted miniatures.
At the top we have a Hasslefree youth painted up in a colour scheme
demanded by my six year old daughter. A very ...
War Rocket & CCN
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Yesterday I finished the first batch of my War Rocket Imperial faction.
These are Class 1 War Rockets and are made by Hydra Miniatures.
Also last night I h...
Purchased the supplies for the Moderns collection!
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Howdy all!
Well, I purchased most of what I need for the moderns. One pack of 20 US
soldiers (I may get another), two packs of insurgents (maybe I didn't...
Necromancer + Tower WIP
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I had this tower on construction for a couple of months now. I decided to
enter it for the WAMP II competition. The deadline is around the 15th of
Februar...
A Pie Post.
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As you may be aware, a lot of our group's general wargaming hobby enjoyment
comes from food - and in particular, from the joy of pies. We went along to
The...
Kursk: Drive on Prokhorovka Playtest 2.1
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This was the first non-solo playtest of my Kursk: Drive for Prokhorovka
scenario using Piquet's Field of Battle: WW2 (FOBWW2) and 10mm miniatures.
4 game...
Minicon 2012
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Today was the inaugural Minicon event in Gloucester, a gaming event
focusing on games rather than trade. The hall was a reasonable size with
two side rooms...
42mm samurai: Painting has begun
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I started painting the new batch of samurai. I've finished applying the
flesh layers as well as almost finishing my swordmaster. I was thinking
about what ...
The Haddenogres' First Action: Sharke's Halfling!
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Wanted to get the new Mahdists stuck in straight away.
As it happens my Rifle company was already out on the table ready for
another project.
So...The Rif...
This Head Crab Makes Me Smart....
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I had a few metal Destroyer Lord torsos sitting around, and so decided to try my hand at a Cryptek or two. Unfortunately, the chin being tucked in makes it ...
Italians to the Rescue!
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Yes, I did say Italians, and yes, I'm talking about WW2! My work is still
keeping me away from my normal gaming levels so to keep me going I have
been sne...
CANCON booty
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A great cancon haul for me. I got a whole bunch more kryomek figures in a
bargain bin, including aliens, chunky cyclos and swat. Cannot wait to paint
those...
The Battle of El Gordo
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I like modern fictional countries for my wargames, because I can make use
of whatever cheap model I can grab on e-bay, supplemented by other units
from my ...
Debbeler 1870 range
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As I have seen from the number of visits how much you are interested in the
range, I thought it would be interesting to put some of the figures online
whic...
Creating New Game Settings from Existing Worlds
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I've noticed something about us 15mm Sci Fi gamers. We suffer from tunnel
vision.
It's not something to be ashamed of, and it's certainly not exclusive...
Banna Tyrant, HSOTD, NY3K and Reaper
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Worked on the Ny3k rules with some art work and ideas , and recived some
goodies in the post , thnaks to slyvann and Tony, .Good to see some
character in ...
The Inhabitants of Sporewood
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Sporewood is a great mushroom forest. The name comes from the famous one
located in Dagori Inkarth, or *Shadows Dance*, in the Rockwood Mountains of
Gloran...
Town and County Levy (RedBox)
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It seems that RedBox have really upped their game in the area of sculpting.
This is the second set in thier WotR´s series and another good one.
The set div...
White Dwarf 386 & Wargames Illustrated 292
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Febuary's Gaming Magazines have arrived, so lets have a looky...
White dwarf's main theme this month was a suprise (to me anyway) return to
the Lord of th...
Splittertarn 31 1/72
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While the third PSC Panzer IV is on it's way, I'll show you a test-paint
figure.
As I said wrote before, I bought some Ceasar German Infantry with Camo-Cape...
Three regiments of Dragoons
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Willie Anderson was asking yesterday for a pic of the 3 regiments together,
so here they are (it is clickable). The 2eme and 6eme lead the 19eme
Dragon...
The Birth of Byzarbia
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At the same time as I’m finishing the account of last year’s Grenouissian
Intermezzo campaign and games, it’s time for me to get started on this
year’s for...
In the works...
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Hoi,
There has been a lot of Dystopian Wars madness over here lately and while I
understand that most of you people are more historically inclined, I like ...
Descent Props and Pumping Action
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Hello! Not much hobby progress recently... I´ve been working on my Descent
Dark Priest minis, and they´re almost ready. I also got some WHFB minis on
the p...
Terrain
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Wargames illustrated has a number of excellent terrain photos on its web
site (We come for your cattle). There is also a copy of their old darkest
Africa r...
Of Maps and Warnings.
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Sven and Ivaar sat together at the stern of Svens longship, and discussed
their findings to date.
The map, recently gained was strange indeed, in two parts,...
Feeling productive!
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So I have that Predator underway (primed it this afternoon). I also have a
Razorback kit I was going to do after the Predator, but I figured why wait
and p...
3.2 post cancon thoughts
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Yo, Dredlings,
Before I release 3.2 I want to check a wild idea out...
I always intended Stardred to use D8 dice, thus giving models 7 possible
sizes and...
Qualinost and Sla-Mori (with the not-so-big kids)
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Back at the campaign with the kids last week. We covered a LOT of ground!
After the Ambush of the Slave Caravan, the heroes gathered their equipment
and f...
It's ALIVE!!!
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Currently adding in all the sweet artwork Gib & Alan have turned into
diagrams.
Should be ready to shoot off to Lulu by next weekend.
If you are going to...
Origins of our fantasy games.
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Even though I wargame the fantasy genreusing the HotT (Hordes of the Things)
wargames rules (and more recently the 'Kings of war' rules from Mantic), I
ha...
1980's Cold War British Bn Pt4 Support Coy
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The final posting about the 1980's British Infantry Battalion. Above the
Battalion Command Stand and Land Rover. Matchbox figure.
The Anti Tank Platoon e...
6th Maryland Regiment - AWI
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6th Maryland Regiment - Fife & Drum Miniatures (click to enlarge).
Here is a picture of the 6th Maryland Regiment in the American
Revolutionary War, circa...
Heresy Era Thousand Sons - Land Raider Spartan Build
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As I've managed to get virtually the whole 2000 point army painted for the
Tempus Fugitives event in March, I thought I'd treat myself to some build
time. ...
28mm Ecw cav update
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Yesterday i finished painting three layers on all the 90 horses so now
it's to actually painting the men, here's the first batch of 12 figures
which i p...
Movie Review: “The Iron Lady” (2012)
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I liked this movie! Meryl Streep well deserves every award and nomination
that she gets for her role as Margaret Thatcher. This movie is about
Margaret...
Something Like Salamanca Black Powder Playtest
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Pulled off a nice Black Powder game today with the assistance of a few of
the local Black Powder enthusiasts (okay Pat L. likes Waterloo better). The
set u...
1 ° Reggimento Fanteria - Fucilieri
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The last 4 figures of the battalion painted and ready for the shading
treatment, then all will be set for basing.
PS. I spoke too soon, though! I've totall...
Comparing Baccus Old and New 6mm Sculpts
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First off, let me welcome the new readers Daniel Gurule, William, Steve's
Wargame Stuff, and Henry. Glad to have you aboard and I hope you enjoy the
posts....
New releases confirmed
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My caster just took away a box of greens that I have had for aaaaaages home
from CANCON, heralding imminent new BeDerken releases!
First wave of spell toads...
Perry French Imperial Guard Horse Artillery WIP
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I finally got started on the French Imperial Guard Horse artillery from
Perry Miniatures. I've said it before and I'll say it again - there is
nothing like...
LEGACY MINIATURES, Viens voir les miliciens
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Haekel & Jaeckel has a great article comparing the recently released (and
now sold out) box set of Cadwallon militia from Legacy Miniatures. The
article is...
I could Haradly say no!
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Before returning to Old Blighty, to live in London, Shas'El'Hek'Tryk made
an offer I couldn't refuse, as he finally gave in to my requests to paint
the fi...
Is history important?
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No matter how entertaining I find history, I wrestle with the idea that I
should find history important. I enjoy history as a pursuit, as an
entertainment....
Malifaux - Rebasing Ramos
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I purchased the new "Avatar of Invention"for Ramos and 3 more steampunk arachnid and I had no bases. So I got some MA bases the "Ancients" and rebased my Ram...
Thrilling Tales - British Commando
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Another mini done with the intention to speed things up. The pic brought
out some of the rougher bits like the highlights on his jacket and the eyes
but ov...
WOMP day six!
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Yep, hadn't planned today as part of the week of mega power, but ended up
with an hour spare and thought I'd crack on with the remaining conversions
for Ha...
Blood, Bilge and Iron Balls
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“Blood Bilge and Iron balls” is an interestingly named set of age-of-sail
Wargames rules written by Allan Abbey and published by Pen and Sword.
They mark...
Arachnarok Painting video
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Here's the follow up to the assembly of the Arachnarok... the painting
video. To save time on the spider I airbrushed the base coat, and I think
it worked...
World of Tanks
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Ugh, I am the worst tank commander in the world. But that doesn't stop me
from getting back into the thing after I've welded all the armor plating
back on ...
Napoleonic Game Summary!
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I'm a little behind on reporting on the game from last Saturday - a
coalition force of British/Spanish/Portuguese (Ed, Chris, Terry) taking on
a French arm...
Numidians Army Journal 9 - test game -
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The army is not 100% done, but I had a game yesterday night to try it at
WAB2. This explains why my numidian infantry looks the same as my Spartacus
infan...
the best WFB Special Character - voting has started
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A debate to find the most powerful and influential (on a point for point
basis) Special Warhammer Fantasy Battle characters.You have a week to
debate and v...
Cannon Ball
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Earlier today I had to visit a house in Worcestershire to do with work and
got to talking with the owner about my hobby of constructing historic
building w...
Herding Cats
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*An idiomatic saying that refers to an attempt to control or organize a
class of entities which are uncontrollable or chaotic. Implies a task that
is e...
Plans for Jan/Feb
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Hi all
The Battle of Neustadt will be fought as a game on Wednesday at the Newark
Irregulars. Anyone who can make it along is welcome. Kick off should be b...
Progress Report 1/28/12 - Rolling away...
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I haven't put paint to mini in about two weeks! Been busy working on a
position change at my job, reading a ton of books, and playtesting an upcoming
board...
Sam's Club Selling Babylon 5 Cheap
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Last night, I stopped by our local Sam's Club here in Central Florida. They
are selling all the DVD sets for all five seasons of Babylon 5 plus the DVD
of...
Mobile Painting - The Results
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As promised here's a few pictures of what I was able to paint using my mobile
kit while up in Leicester this week. I only had two nights away from home
but...
A Quick Update
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Just a quick post on this weeks progress.
We had another game of Dystopian Wars at the club (which has been packed
the last couple weeks) with my Empire o...
Laying down the (hobby) law for 2012
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I can't let the month of January go without copying my fellow gaming
bloggers and posting a New Year planning post. So, after much soul
searching I think ...
Altenburg (September 1813) The AAR
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*A*fter a long delay, I have uploaded to main site the Scenario and the AARof the
*combat of Altenburg for Lasalle.*
Unlike the real battle, the *French ac...
About Time Table
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Here’s me, the Boy Slug and Captain Stinky at the grand opening of our
table, with Blondi as special untertischehund. Well it’s not the grandest
of gaming ...
Fimir - Unit Filler
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Here we have the latest addition to my first fimm unit. As unit fillers go,
it was great fun to build and paint, and I think it adds a lot of
atmosphere ...
Napoleon's Triumph
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My New Years boardgame treat to myself for 2012 was a game from Simmons
Games called Napoleon's Triumph. This is a game that covers the battle of
Austerlit...
My Health, Painting, and Other News
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I thought I would write an quick update to let everyone know what’s going
on and what’s coming up. Probably the biggest thing going on right now
concerns m...
Three Campaign Battles
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Campaign Map 10 August 1813
It has taken 10 moves, and two months, to arrive at the first campaign
battle. This is mostly because I have changed the campa...
Time to make some better hills 1
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I decided during last year that the hills I made back in 2009 don’t really
cut the mustard when used in a game. I had collected some polystyrene foam
used ...
Mecha For VSF Gaming
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Just a quick post, I ran across these over at my local gamestore but didn't
pick them up. But they would be perfect for VSF wargaming! Originally
they...
Flagrant Cross-blog pimping
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Right now, I'm in the midst of a huge creative surge on the roleplaying
side of the hobby. You can check out the idea behind my superhero RPG over
at Grap...
Morr progress (pardon the pun)
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Finally, some progress has been made on my Army of Morr. I threw caution to
the wind and painted up the concept model for the Corpse Handlers,
primarily ...
Shore Party
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Haven't done much lately but did find some time yesterday to finish this
stand, which represents between 25-30 men of a RN shore party
CD3 scenarios som...
Plastic Soldier Company's Allied M4A2 Sherman Tank
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Recently I purchased for the first time a kit from Plastic Soldier Company.
I picked up their Sherman Tank box. There are 5 tanks in the box for
$30.00 w...
Lord the Rings SBG New Releases
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* The Gorgoroth, if your recall this is what's pulling the Grond Ram in
Return of the King*
The cat's out of the bag more of less as the Feburary White...
The SAGA of Halfdan the Dane
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Lots and lots of SAGA today. Or rather, my 'Week in SAGA'. It began the
Monday before last, where Halfdan clashed twice with some French Git with a
double...
Two Gangs of Four and a Ship
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The Citadel "wash" experimentation continues:
Note: A run of DIY jobs comes to assist my wargaming modelling, the mixture
left over from grouting the til...
Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention
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I can't say this post is an actual book review. I haven't actually seen Frank Reade: Adventures in the Age of Invention in person, but I thought you guys wou...
KGN - Get on the supply train....
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So my new bits for KGN started to arrive earlier this week and this is some
of what I got...
So a very shiny SdKfv 252 with ammo trailer, the detail on thi...
GunBeryl’s MG bunker video tutorial
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Good old GunBeryl has been making a bunker following Harvey's excellent
tutorial. Whilst your there, check out his other videos. I'm lovin' the
stop-motion...
Method Painting
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You're probably familiar with the term "method acting." In case you are
not, method acting is a technique used by actors to immerse themselves in a
charact...
Action at Bou Denib: Part 1
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I finally was able to pull together a good run-down on the combat that
occurred around the upper Guir River (the Haut Guir) in 1908. This
fighting involve...
The Joy of 28mm Scale!
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Hi!
I know I've already mentioned that I't taking a break from my Leviathan
project but I have been frothing over some of the beautifully painted
miniatur...
Creating a participation game Part 3
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A day to go and I think we are there.
Having run through the game on a couple of occasions, I have made a couple
of tweaks to the running of the game. The ...
The Proof is in the Reading
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There is no doubt that a good proof reader would be handy.
Having fixed all the errors yesterday, I've just correct a sluagh of typos,
obsolete references,...
Awaiting V3
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Like everyone, I would say I am simply waiting for the new rules to hit the
stores. There have been many "rumors", as well as facts (see WWPD podcast)
tha...
Confederate Signal Station
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My latest unit is a Confederate Signal Station that I saw earlier on the
Redoubt Miniature web site and knew I had to have it! I can't say enough
how mu...
Dealing with burnout.. Plus ORCS!
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There has a been a lack of updates lately, my apologies. As usual around
here, I had a lot of stuff on that I couldn't post.. Some new sci-fi
soldiers an...
Caesar, British Infantry, 1:72
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Today an update of my british Infantry. I´ve got 25 Figures at this stage
of paintwork but they won´t fit in the photo. The Minis still need a little
drybr...
Rallying the Troops…
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So with a (contested) draw and two very heavy losses so far with Kirai
there is a lot to think about. As you can imagine I have done a lot of
researching...
Perry Crusader spearmen III
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One done and one WIP:
The left one's shield is a freehand. The right one's a decal.
I am not very pleased with both of them, but i can't say why. Maybe t...
Modern Spearhead Game Report: Czechs vs Poles
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Last Sunday I ventured up to Luke's with rules and OOBs for 1979 in hand.
I'm not quite sure what the back story was, but it was not my job to worry
about...
Zulu Dawn
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Towards the end of last year I gave in to the temptation of Warlord's
plastic Zulus. I went for the 5 box deal (165 figures) which came out to a
mere $125 ...
Viking Reinforcements!
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Just finished this unit of 12 bowmen for my Saga Viking warband. The
figures are Wargames Factory plastics - not my favourite figures in the
world, but th...
I'm alive!
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I just wanted to say that I'm alive and kicking. I have been inactive
lately due to loads work and life situations but all these are soon about
to chang...
Space Demons and Garn and Felids oh my!
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Well, just imagine how pleased we were to find out, accidentally, that the
readers of *The Miniatures Page* had nominated *three* of our ranges for
Best ...
Reforestation efforts
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After much delay, I finally sat down to spruce up (so to speak) my aged
trees bases. These fellows usually sit on an area marker or in a hex so are
designe...
Aeronef over the Aegean - Photo-Report
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We played this game absolutely ages ago and I have been promising myself
that I shall publish it here, but I have never got round to it until now.
Both Ste...
Time for a Break!
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Hi!
Im taking a bit of a break from my other projects to get some work done on
my long lamented STAINLESS STEEL RAT project. I've neglected the exploits
o...
Bought Some Foam
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As part of my generally not very successful life and career post Sauder
MBA, I had to move, putting all my stuff in storage until I can find a
permanent jo...
Blast !!!!!!!.
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No second part to the Russian Civil War game I'm afraid ! , the bulb in the
only light in my wargaming room has failed and to replace it you have to
bala...
Trouble in the Sudan 1883
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Yesterday I got a few of my old Townsville gamer buddies over for a good
dusting in the Sudan and to introduce them to the Fortune & Glory rule set.
Peter...
Some more 15mm madness
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Hi all,
these are few new things ready for next 15mm games (still wondering which
fxxxx rules to use)...
Firts is a gun turret from Critical mass games, o...
6mm Titans
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Good morning,
Here are the last efforts of my holiday before I go back to school. Some
old Nexus 6mm Mechs, back from when I used to sell 'em - though for ...
The Battle of Logan's Cross Roads
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Confederate probing attack with all kinds of disadvantages:
-Overall commander who was drunk as a skunk during the battle
-Nearsighted brigade commander des...
Why I love the Blogoverse (part 4)
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*IV. That Guy James. *
That Guy James. He is aquasi-mythical figure in my zodiac.
Fortitudinous.
Epic.
Talented.
He recently posted a “clean slat...
Hands-On Weathering Workshop 12-Feb
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I will be teaching a half-day hands-on weathering workshop at
Great Escape Games
1250 Howe Avenue, suite 3A
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 927-0810
The class w...
Some new French Line Horse Artillerymen 1800
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Here 3 new figures of the French Horse Artillery of the line 1800, i want
to do 2 sets of seven servants each , firing and loading, and a set of
mounted ...
No January Game
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You may have noticed (or you may not; perhaps no one cares) that there's no
write up of January's Saturday Afternoon WargameTM. This is because there *
was...
1/72 Dark Age Northumbrians
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Four of Six.
Back to the plastics! Having written earlier that I had changed over to
20mm metals, two of the remaining three armies in the project are now ...
PSC Panzer IVs
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I won a box of PSC panzer IVs at Southcon last year. Nigel wants to run a
panzer company at Day of Days with a mix of Panzer IIIs and IVs- which at
1200 pt...
Front Rank Bavarians
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Front Rank Bavarians painted as a commission last year.
Bit too over fed for my tastes but nice figures all the same.
These arent display shots but rathe...
Promised some Backdrop test shots
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As promised some backdrop test shots.
The first is the office building setting. I did a staged shot for this
setting.
Rita Reporta of Channel 13 (WMCB) in...
Lotek Rattler Gun Truck
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I’ve been forcing myself to keep making progress on my older models before
I’m allowed to work on the new ones. I finished converting this one two
years a...
Fantasy Modeling magazine & other recent additions
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*Fantasy Modeling *magazine was first published in the fall of 1980 by
Fantasy Modeling Inc. and lasted just six issues. I'm pretty sure I saw ads
for them...
Refurbishing Old Models Part 3
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As posted in Part 2, where the Maintenance Bots were featured, I'm continuing
my quest for additional scenic items to populate my Sci-Fi table. I've been
w...
Moon Walker
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Does Star Wars count as historical gaming since it happens 'A long time
ago...'?
It does seem to cause even more arguments over 'historical accuracy' than...