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HAPPY NEW YEAR
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The Shadow of the Torturer - Bruce Pennington
Wishing everyone a (belated) happy and prosperous 2025
and Best Wishes for the coming year!
Think it's ...
Beginning And End?
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First unit to be completed this year is the fifth French battalion for the
Peninsular project, the first base for the unit I showed in the previous
post an...
Jasta 18 Extras
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Jasta 18 was re-equipped almost entirely with the Fokker DVII in early 1918
but retained a few Albatros DVa scouts and at least one Fokker DrI
triplane. ...
Burgundians Siege works (I)
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As I obliquely referenced last time, there is plan afoot to put on a demo
game at Partizan show in May, based on the Battle of Morat. This will
include usi...
Blob Counterattack
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A giant amorphous blob is found in the countryside.
After attacking cattle, farmers, and several motor vehicles the local
sheriff called for the National ...
A Disc that Slipped (the mind, that is!)
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*A Disc that had slipped from my mind….*
No, I haven’t injured myself - I am instead referring to a CD I purchased
way back in 2010! The CD is a compilat...
Plastic Arvus Lighter on pre-order next week
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One of the reveals at the World Championships Preview back in November was
a plastic Arvus Lighter for The Horus Heresy. This week we found out that
it g...
Printable Napoleonic flags
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Hi guys
As I plan to re start my 1/72 Napoleonic projects this year, I decided to
print some flags up for the troops, back in 2010, I review the downloa...
Trollblood Krielstone Shrine
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This tutorial was originally published in No Quarter issue 21 featuring Dr.
Twitch. A massive obelisk of carven stone rises from the rocky ground and
domin...
15mm is Back! +Tanks
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*Why 15mm are great: *
Firstly, they are pretty kid-proof/cheap. A fall from the table may
separate them off a base but rarely cause damage unlike a resi...
Portuguese 9th Line, "Viana"
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Here's the next line infantry unit for "Project Portugal", in the 1806
uniform.
The 9th Regiment was termed "Viana", and recruited in Minho providence. ...
Such a Good Boy - Cerberus of the Third Circle
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Hi there!
'Gluttony' is the Third Circle of the Abyss. Dante describes that it's
guardian is a giant three-headed hound named 'Cerberbus'.
Most of th...
Shiny, Shiny, Shiny Cuirassiers. . .
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Still must touch up the edges of the green bases, hit the places most
likely to be touched with another spot of the Liquitex acrylic high gloss
varni...
A happy new Year plus scoring some books!
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A belately happy and healthy New Years wish from the Alde Garde (Peter and
Jan).
We hope that you enjoy your wargames, paint succesfully all the figures ...
1/16 Pershing tank walk-around
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(I invite you to click on the photos for larger views)
This is a follow-on to my post from yesterday.
In late November I decided to buy another tank (the...
Mass Brutality game test and thoughts
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I have always have a fond respect and love of the Brutality rules by Scott
Wainwright since the first book came out; I have got I believe most of the
lat...
1982 Lebanon in 28mm
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I’ve returned to my Lebanon Civil War project and have been adding some
new terrain.
I started on some buildings just using foamcore
Balconies which ...
Rebasing the French and Indian Wars
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I bought these nicely painted figures early last year off eBay and have
finally got around to basing them. Originally, like most FIW figures they
were ba...
Plans for 2025
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* Plans for 2025*
These really do depend on how we get on with the hotel conversion to HMO
back in Swansea! Last year I spent nearly 180 days in the UK a...
Lego Fieber? 6354 Police Pursuit Squad von 1990
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Mal wieder ein Post, wer hätte gedacht das es sowas nochmal gibt :-D
Warum? Was ist passiert? Ich bin in meinem Weihnachtsurlaub total in das
Thema Le...
Fighting in Oerberg resumes!
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Very useful aides are those readers who comment now and then, especially
when I'm looking for inspiration for the next game. I had almost forgotten
tha...
Expanding Season 18
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One thing I did notice about the recent panel was that some of the heads
did begin to get larger, although this makes for better detail it will mean
I'll...
Designing Historical Scenarios
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What follows is an article I originally wrote for Lard Magazine. In the end
I didn't submit it because I decided I'd be preaching to the already
converte...
Serendipity
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*Serendipity*: *noun* "the fact of finding interesting or valuable things
by chance"
During the "jaw-jaw" session of last week's game for some reason it ...
Christmas with Napoleon
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We spent Christmas with my son and his family. He has never been
interested in Wargaming, nor anything to do with the Napoleonic period. His
passion...
Kato Kiyomasa
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1562-1611
My primary hero for my Midgard warband will be Kato Kiyomasa. If interested
click on the link which will bring you to his Wikipedia entry.
...
KoW- Orcs vs Kingdoms of Men
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I popped up to Timaru today and had a game of Kings of War vs my old
gaming mate Nigel. Nigel hasn’t played since Onslaught IV in 2023 and was
using the...
Return to Zikanga - Not quite operation Barras.
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New Year and the prequel to a number of forthcoming linked scenario's.
Based loosely on *Operation Barras**: 2020*
A patrol of 12 soldiers from the Royal...
Sword Weirdos 3
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Today we were asked to play Sword Weirdos again. We had a couple of games
in a sort of knockout format with the winners of the first games playing
each ...
Into the Sackwald .... Day 1: There wolf !
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After a nights rest the expedition prepared to depart; the pack horse
attendants and the two guards hired in Eisern refused to go any further -
they left...
Some adventurers
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I turned my hand to a random selection of adventurers.
I have been trying to expand my palette of colours and went for some
pastels. I was super nervous...
Furniture for 15mm fantasy games
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This week I have mostly been making flat-pack furniture. Fortunately, not a
single allen key was required, and there were no unfortunate incidents with
p...
Boots on the Ground
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A while ago I picked up Boots on the Ground by Worthington Games in a
trade. It had been sitting in a trunk for the best part of 2024, but while
I was se...
Battle of Peterwardein 1716
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After a longer time, our hobbyfriend Stefan Meyer found back to the
greatest hobby on earth and created a new diorama:-)
I was impressed to see the firs...
Austrian General Staff
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I've just finished another two of the lovely *Hinton Compatriots* Austrian
commander sculpts recently sent to me by Don. These have been such fun to
pain...
First miniature purchase of 2025…
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…is…A Frost Giant. Yes, I know, it’s not likely to hit the table
immediately, but I was thinking about the various different armies I own
that I can adapt ...
Sir Thomas Glemham's Regiment of Foote (ECW)
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This guide is based on Vallejo Model Color (VMC) paints.
This is one method I've used to paint the coats of Sir Thomas Glemham's
Regiment of Foote for my...
Ardennes 44. Skorzeny Kommandos and Oddball
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Cough, splutter, wheeze, rasp - that damn Lurgy has me by the throat at
the moment. My first proper post of the New Year sees a revisit to the 15mm
Arde...
Holidaze 2025
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Well hello again.
Happy New year and Merry Christmas to you my dear reader(s)!
Hopefully everyone is well, and you got what you wanted from Santa.
As fo...
Gallic Chariots
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A pair of Gallic Chariots. These came to me second hand many years ago.
I’m uncertain who the manufacturer is (Foundry?). And can’t take credit
for the ...
The Whole Bloody Regiment
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First post of the year, so happy New Year to all of my readers.
These are actually the leftovers of 2024's painting queue, as I ordered
most of the figu...
Raised Market Hall - Miniature Wargames issue 502
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The latest issue of* Miniature Wargames* (issue 502 for February 2025)
features this raised market hall or store. The model was originally built
some ti...
Escape from New York board game
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Our friend Graham came round again recently for a game of Escape From New
York by Pendragon Game Studio, based on the 1981 John Carpenter film of the
sa...
Yuki and Makiko
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*Yuki and Makiko waiting for the bus.*These are a couple of civilian
figures that I got with some Maschinen Krieger kits, oh, quite some time
back. I a...
Beau Geste 1926
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Silent version with Ronald Coleman, Wiki Due to be filmed in Algeria the
Rif War intervened.
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins ...
The Year in Review - 2024
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I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and may your 2025 be bless with
lots of laughter, love and gaming!
*In 2024 I was able to play 18 miniatures bat...
New Year 2025
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Happy New Year!
A couple of quick updates.
First off, my goal for a vampiric Deadcember was a pretty big flop. But I
did get this lovely couple and their...
Another patrol
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During Xmas holidays I came back to my house rules and tinkered with them a
bit and then tried a scenario.
I don't know about you guys but tinkering wit...
Q is for Quickie!
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I've literally just found this - below shot - looking for something else to
post quickly before I go to work, and as it's 12th night/the last day of
Christ...
On the workbench - January 2025
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yes another year starts and unlike a "usual" year end there are a lot of
unfinished bits so here's a picture of some of the remnants
So I'm working on:-
...
Woodland Gnomes (part 2)
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Hot on the heels of my first Warp Miniatures gnomes, we have more gnomes
from Warp Miniatures! These fellows round off my Christmas break painting
blitz (...
Three products that change how I paint forever
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I've been painting miniatures for over forty years, so it is inevitable
that my style of painting and the products I use will have changed over the
years...
French & Indian Wars: Gorham's Rangers
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The other day Lance at* Galloping Major* kindly asked for permission to
include one of my photos of my *Gorham's Rangers* unit in an updated
Rangers Guid...
Where was I in 2024?
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I hardly posted in 2024, and barely looked at anyone else’s work too, the
latter I feel worse about. The long story short is health related… without
oversh...
2024 in review
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Slightly delayed, but here is my annual look back at the previous year, and
comparing it to the plans that I made at the start of the year…
*Tally*
A...
More Roman Civilians: 54/60mm King & Country
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*The new Roman civilians from King & Country.*
Today in my email In Box I received an update on some of the new figure
releases coming from King & Cou...
Japanese Crossfire force
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Last of the Crossfire Japanese for the Pacific for now is the completion of
the solitary Type 97 Japanese medium tank. This entire project has been a
bit...
Brutalquest Project: Hall of the Orc King
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Hi!
I have been footling about trying to settle on a suitable project to start
the year and happened to be perusing Game in Perth when I spotted they ha...
2024 in Review
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2024 saw me painting more for myself than in previous years. I worked in a
couple of smaller commissions, but most of my energy went to rounding out
my 18...
2025 Projects, Plans and Musings
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What does one do having relocated 5,000 miles accompanied by <1% of your
hobby stuff?
Redefine what your hobby looks like I guess, and examine some of t...
Remodeled Loser Shed Workbench for 2025
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Happy New Year to my blog followers!
For some time I've been thinking that the work space on my *"Loser Shed" *workbench
was too small. It was fine for ...
Hello 2025 and some ACW Causalities to start off
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Happy New Year everyone! I've decided to enter the AHPC once again this
year in the hopes it will get my painting back on track. It did feel odd
not bein...
Warp Speed into 2025
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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...
Into the New Year!
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*Happy New Year one and all! Best wishes for 2025!*
My other gaming blog has a fulsome wrap-up of my hobby year for those
interested: https://tasmancave...
2024 in review
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The best laid plans, as they say, once again... (and we'll see how 2025's
plans look in the next post!)
There's a big 'ole right outside
my bedroom window...
This Quar's War take 2
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The shop is closed this week as well, but Mrs. Rabbitman is back to work,
so I spent Monday indulgently rolling dice and pushing Quar around to do
anothe...
Grit Gregson: Grit’s Problem Pal
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Here’s another Grit Gregson story to finish the year off. This one
appeared in the 27 February, 1954, issue of the UK Comic Lion. The plot of
course is s...
2024 review
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Happy New Year!
2024 is done and as before, I like to do a little retrospective of the
year, of what I've played and what I painted. The bulk of my early...
Happy and Healthy 2025 to all!
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Last post of this year and again some Magic Village figures to stay in the
mood. Last pictures show how they looked like before they hit my brushes!
...
A New Year Bonus - a video of a lot of tanks!
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As a pre-New year treat, I've uploaded to YouTube a rolling montage of
photos taken during my visit to the Kubinka Tank Museum outside of Moscow
all the ...
Market Hall WIP 6
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The Market Hall gaol gets some straw and a slop bucket. The straw is
bristles cut from an old toothbrush, the bucket from a very handy set of
market good...
English Civil War: New Model v. Scots
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English: Jim & Mark
Scots: MIke & ChrisThe Scots are on the far side of the table.
The Scots attack with their cavalry on the near flank while forming a
d...
Modern Imagi-Nations
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Working on some more modern games for *Fistful of Lead*, but I wanted to be
more in line with Imagi-Nations. What's Imagi-Nations?
It's using historic...
Making Oldhammer Box Dioramas...an absolute joy!
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For most of 2024 I worked on the painting of an oldhammer Dwarf Army, but
after a while it got tiring, painting up many minis that all look pretty
simi...
SCW Asturian miners
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I needed a detachment of coal miners from the region of Asturia for a game
in which such chaps would dig siege works. I rummaged in the box of random
fi...
Christmas Score
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Yep, no picture of our Christmas tree this year for reasons that fall under
boring real life problems sucking the life out of living.
Instead, what we sc...
Landsknecht Command
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This unit has been a little delayed, I meant to complete this command when
I revived my Landsknechts last year, more of that here.
However, in the int...
A 3D-printed Japanese castle
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This was a real impulse buy. I came across this wonderful model castle when
New Zealand 3D-printing company Potbelly Miniatures advertised it on
Facebook. ...
15mm King Tigers
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15mm King Tigers, the last bit added to the Waffen-SS Infantry, half-tracks
and Pumas. Plastic models by Battlefront, and they are very nice indeed.
Initi...
Sassanid force as it stands now
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This is not all of them - but it is where we are at the moment. I have a
whole bunch more units in the lead mountain and also a few bases that have
been...
2024 Merry Christmas
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Baby Jesus!
The reason for the Christmas Season
and the rest of our lives.
He quietly grew....
Into a carpenter to build a planetary way of life and.....
Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XV
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Winter has arrived and the prep for this year's Analogue Hobbies Painting
Challenge is underway. Having joined the lists again I am needing to find
500 p...
Warlord ECW Cavalry Conversion
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About time for some hobby time - been a while. I'm near finished my first
Warlord ECW cavalry regiment yet I've started my second. I've had a bee in
my...
Mark's Game Room reviews Blood on the Sands
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The excellent YouTube wargaming channel, Mark's Game Room, has done a
review and a quick explanation of Blood on the Sands. Please show them some
suppor...
7TV - WW2 (1)
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7TV as a system breaks down into "genres", each of which have their own
sub-rules and terminology. These genres are currently undergoing a bit of
a reva...
All At Sea - Sea Voyages on Lohwand
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* Sea Voyages*
Being a system for adjudicating the fate of fleets and supply convoys and
the like around the seas and oceans of my Lohwand campaign. The...
Open Museum Day at the Dutch Artillery Museum
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Already some years a tradition is the open day at the Dutch Artillery
Museum at Oldenbroek/'t Harde which is situated at the Army Barracks there.
It is ...
Beja completed!
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This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've
halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a
while lon...
Some toasters
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Another batch of battlemechs, which my wife christened "toasters" because
of their resemblance to the Cylons from *Battlestar Galactica*.
These guys were...
Getting started with La Bataille de Kulm
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Regular readers of this blog know that I post on non-miniature wargaming
topics such as how to make counters, hurting myself, and WW2 with cards.
This is...
A New Project Takes the Field
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My first outing with a new project. It's not finished and there's still a
lot of lead to paint (an awful lot) but at least there is enough for a
decent ...
Turnip28 - 5th Deathcap Line Infantry Tester
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It's been quiet on the Mumblings of late. I've been deep in the mud of
Cyst, the setting for the eccentric, delightful game; Turnip28. A dystopian
Napol...
What A Tanker! - Dashboard & Dice Set
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I recently purchaed Qty 4 of these Dashboard and Dice Set from Sabotage 3D
for 'What A Tanker!'. These are really excellent and especially useful if
you...
Mexican Adventure: Dancers
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I was looking for some interesting characters for Mexican Adventure/Old
West games, and I found the Pulp Figures PMH-07 'The Night Caravan.' It's a
lovely ...
The Battle of Prokhorovka
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We’re re fighting the battle of Prokhorovka at the moment using Memoir ‘44.
This was the giant armour clash between the 11th SS Panzer Korps under
Mans...
More Little boats: Poleacre and America's
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A polacca through it's first stages before basing, priming, and painting.
A little houy.
I finished assembling and rigging a few more ships including a lit...
Fire Forge Samurai Minis
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After watching the new vesions of Shogun I was once again hooked in the
Feudal Japanese history and the later Sengoku period 1540 -1600.
Ofcourse the...
Seven Years War at Partizan
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Sorry for the lack of posts this last few weeks! I have been very busy
getting the, Seven Years War, demonstration game ready for the 2nd Partizan
show ...
OPERATION MARKET GARDEN +80 Full AAR, PART I
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*Market Garden After Action Report*
Pic showing 9 of the 11 players & GMs who started the game, clockwise from
Left to Right: Chris (82nd Airborne), Alex...
More Sci-Fi City Estate
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I've been making a a push to get my Sci-Fi City towards a place of
"completion", as in finish the buildings and scenics I already have (which
is more...
"Lust for Glory" at Colours
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Here are a few shots of the first test game of the "horse and musket" rules
I've been working on, tentatively named "Lust for Glory."
This was the fir...
Dronningens Livregiment
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Another unit for my growing Danish army... Warfare Miniatures, of course!
The mounted officer is from one of the Cuirassier Officer packs (tricorns &
fro...
Some D&D 50th Anniversary Miniatures
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For the 50th Anniversary of D&D, WizKids has released a set of Icons of the
Realms figures representing creatures from 1st ed. AD&D and the current 5th
ed....
Mounted Wizard
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This month I alsopresent a figure from
Reeper Bones that I still had in my stash.
It's the Dwarf Mounted Battle Mage and judging
by the packaging I've ...
Again with the delays...
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Welp, still here although hard to tell that recently!Seems to be one
problem after another and sometimes compounded - work getting worse with
personnel sh...
Trouble At Egershavn
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*While the King is away on one of his adventures, the Queen and her son are
on their way to Egershavn by ship. The Queen has a small escort including a
c...
Röknauts Revolution
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[image: Röknauts Revolution]"Behind each bike blasted knotwork treadtrack,
and ahead blasted scarlet tracer rounds. Forging together iron wills and
iron wh...
Tabletop Terraformation
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Only God, the poet writes, can make a tree. But you can make or buy all
manner of miniature facsimiles that will enhance your wargame table and
make your...
Updated Bloodybacks! rules for the AWI
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I have revised and updated these rules and changed these on the "pages"
section of the blog.
So, we are now up to version 9.
There are some key additi...
Voidfall
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After some cancelled attempts to get it on the table, some of my game group
managed to sit down last night and play Voidfall. I will come out and say
that ...
The Package (2024)
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Ketika dunia dilanda virus alami yang menyebar ke seluruh makhluk hidup,
manusia mulai berubah menjadi zombie yang tak pernah puas. […]
The post The Pack...
The Dead Rise in Warhammer Quest 95!
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Welcome back Adventurers,
Its been a while since I last posted, but had an interesting few months
with lots of stuff going on around the home. But earlie...
MCP: Daredevil (Matt Murdock) (2)
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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...
NUTS Last Knight – None Shall Pass!
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NUTS Weird War Mission Report Campaign area: Czechoslovakia, Player
Starting Specific Area Situation: Early morning, October 1 1938.
Czechoslovakian border...
Littoral Commander - First Impressions
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Littoral Commander is a modern to *futuristic* (more on this later) era
wargame, focused on a potential conflict between US Marine (USMC) and
Chinese Peo...
Old Guard & a Note of Caution
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Hi Everyone!
Here are some pictures of recently completed French Old Guard from North
Star Military Figures Retreat From Moscow range.
Plus, just a hea...
NONTON FILM The Meg 2018 SUB INDO FULL MOVIE LK21
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NONTON FILM The Meg 2018 SUB INDO FULL MOVIE LK21
Jonas Taylor adalah penyelam penyelamat yang mencoba menyelamatkan awak
kapal selam nuklir yang rusak ...
Never saw that one coming (2)
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Well I should have posted on here last week about the Solo Jacobite
campaign I’m running but I’ve been sent a real curved ball.
So last Sunday morning w...
A Reflection on 2023
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Welcome back to Chris' Miniature Woes! It's been quite a journey, and I
appreciate your patience as I navigate through the challenges that 2023
brought i...
100 Hours War Scenario
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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...
Very Sad News
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I'm very sorry to be making this post but I've just learned that Dale past
away from a heart attack on November 5th.
Most of my relationship with Dale wa...
Remote Game of Age of Penda
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Revisiting My *Age of Penda* Review
I used to review rules with giving a playtest, simply analyzing the rules
on paper. That was a big mistake when I rate...
Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes
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This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided
to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme
bein...
New Fantasy sets from Alliance
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I know, I havent been active for..???..a long time but I keep looking at
what´s going on in the world of bods..and today I found
these.....Apparently the...
Flames of War Projects for August
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August was a great month for me and the hobby. I painted lots of stuff
and managed to get in a few games as well. August saw a return to Flames
of War...
Logs
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Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me
(thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to
paint us...
Painting 3mm
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Painting 3mm miniatures
Painting 3mm miniatures is not exceptionally difficult but it requires
methodology.
Here is what I do:
I first prime everything ...
Papercuts 2023 at Cardboard warriors is GO!
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The categories are up so go upload your creations and pictures of your
builds in the appropriate area here;
https://cardboard-warriors.proboards.com/boar...
Plastic gladiators review
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When I was a child I was used to play with soft plastic soldiers. Now I am
older and I play with lead soldiers. I’m not so interested in plastic
soldiers a...
Hurricon 2022 Photo Report: A Bit Late...
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It has been several months since my last post, which was photos from
HMGS-South's Recon 2022 convention. I thought I had deleted the photos in
this post,...
Judge Whackins, Halfman of the future
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*Lissen up perps, the LAW is here and he´s hangry for JUSTICE!*
Judge Whackins is the latest version of my IOL Minis mascot, Bingo Whackins,
who I first sc...
Forgotten Figures!
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So I finished these a month ago and completely forgot to post them up.
First up is a pair of Ashigaru with yari bases for my lifetime Samurai
project. Thes...
Tallarn
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Tallarn troops for the Imperium!! these are 3d scans of the original metal
miniatures I got from a friendly guy on facebook. scaled down to 20mm scale.
Reiksguard Unit Complete!!
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For my January submission to the Call of the Crown painting challenge I
have produced a unit of 15 Reiksguard knights to act as the elite heavily
armore...
Hilltop Hovel - 15mm
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In truth, this is more than a hovel. I picked up this resin kit on sale
years ago, and finally painted it about 2017. I am in a state of having to
downs...
Last Day!
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This is it. Tomorrow is the launch of the Kickstarter. We actually made it
everyone. What a long journey it has been. I will cover one last subject in
this...
Figuring out 3d mapping some more
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Hi All,
Just a quick one. I've been noodling around with Blender more, trying to
understand how the various nodes work and get them to achieve the loo...
Car Insurance Sioux Falls
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*Car Insurance Sioux Falls*. The best price for comprehensive car insurance
in sioux falls for most drivers is from state farm at an average annual
premi...
Terrain Workshop Sorted (at least for now)
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Well I've managed to clean out the Terrain Workshop. Sadly, the bulk of
the "debris" consisted of various shipping boxes that were retained for
storag...
It's been a decade, now...
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This is a tough time of year for me. So, with your indulgence, here's this
link to a post I did a decade ago... EDIT: I have no idea why it didn't
take. S...
Vallejo Guides Broken
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It has recently come to my attention that the LINKS on my vallejo paint
guide pages are not currently working as expected and readers are not able
to vie...
I am leaving but no one fucking cares
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This blog is done.
No one interacts and i'm tired of begging the world for connection.
If you have a blog that people connect to, comment on (like I did...
The Cynical Seven - Desperados Gang
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*"The liquor's all gone boys..."*
Finished up my Desperados gang for Dead Man's Hand. Just a few pics to
share as I didn't get too many to turn out that ...
Review: Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders
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The Goblin Wolf Riders are the first Oathmark models I have bought and I
purchased them specifically to add hobgoblin light cavalry to my Chaos
Dwarf a...
Printable Simple Sbar Template
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Pin On Templates
Pin On Most Popular Template
Free Download This Is A Full Size Sbar Nursing Brain Report Sheet 1 Patient
Per Page Perfect For Rns ...
Tips for Using Your Vinyl Cutter
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For a while when we’d work on a tabletop terrain, I’ll be honest, we’d
absolutely dread it. There would be endless painting, sculpting, and in the
end, e...
326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes
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Just posting a few images from the game we played yesterday afternoon, The
Battle of Hydaspes, where Alexanders veteran army fought the Indian King
Porus...
This Blog Will Close in December 2020
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This blog will close in early December and it will be taken down
altogether. This is part of my retirement plan.
The original content is still availabl...
George Cross for NHS
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I've noticed over the net that various folks have been suggesting that the
NHS as an organization be awarded a George Cross.
The people certainly qualify f...
Kessel Run Game Project Part II
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from prototype to hero model
Of Ships and Space and Sealing Wax... Continuing to build all the parts for
my upcoming Kessel Run Race game,
Last time we...
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...
Sister's Chapel Display Base
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Hello out there! New base for a display commission in. This will have a
Sisters chapel sort of structure up top, about the same proportion as the
botto...
Mordheim mercenary band - More puff and more slash
-
Hey there, still working on the mercenary band for Mordheim, I've decided
to go with the big hitters now with a champion and 2 sword players.
This guys s...
Yesteryear Y-14 Maxwell Roadster
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Hi Chaps,
I was rummaging around my bits boxes-I have a lot of those as I am sure
most war gamers do when I came across a rather worn looking model car. My...
Marvel Crisis Protocol
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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...
Review: Elven Earthbound
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Hi!
I was recently fortunate enough to be donated a rather spiffy Earthbound
Dragon!
This badboy is one of the iconic figures from the Leviathan range and...
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
buildin...
Some things I've learned from a heart attack
-
Some of you are aware that one year ago today I survived what my
health coach calls a major heath event. The physical recovery has been
fairly strai...
Airplane stands for my Aeronefs
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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...
Painted Models in January - Gallery
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A quick snap of all the models I got painted this month!
Total Models: 46
- Bonereaper Soulreaper
- 5 Death rider Kavalos
- Mortek Crawler
...
Epic 2.0
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Ahiahi marie (Good afternoon in Māori),
Oh my, but it's been a long time since I posted anything here. Too much
work, not enough games, you know how it is...
The Crew of the Betty - 28mm Sci-Fi
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Models by Hasslefree, Heresy, and Moonraker. Vehicle Bay by Sarissa.
Work on assembling the bitz for a *Five Parsecs from Home* game continues;
presente...
A new direction on an old road
-
Bern front ranks
In the early 1980s, I, like many others were enormously inspired by the
pictures in the early editions of Miniature Wargames of Pete...
Warplan 5/5 Campaign System
-
I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to reproduce the snazzy double headed
arrow in 5/5 in the text so will have to do with this instead.
Warplan 5/5 came o...
Vampifans Views 126 - Enforced Absence
-
On Friday December 20th, I was admitted to the Freeman Hospital in
Newcastle, as an emergency patient, for an operation which resulted in me
having my big ...
Warhammer Quest Silver Tower - Trial of Azyr
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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!
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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...
Printing a warlord Titan!
-
Yea you read that title right....
So what started off as a crazy suggestion from one of the Phosphex party
chaps made me think "I wonder" and so it beg...
Still here (kind of)...
-
G'day All,
A number of people have reached out to check on me knowing we have awful
bushfires here at the moment. The scale defies explanation and what the...
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...
Seasons Greetings
-
*Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas *
*& Happy New Year.*
2020 is a new decade in both life & wargaming. I might do a reflective
piece on that as w...
Merry Christmas from the Duke of Tradgardland
-
Father Christmas has enlisted some help in delivering the presents this
year in the Duchy. I do hope these fellows can be relied upon..
Merry Christmas to y...
Caestus Assault Ram
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FLY THE UNFRIENDLY SKIES Each time I start a new loyalist or traitor force
I pick a theme to anchor the rest of the force around. It doesn't have to
be coh...
Veterans’ Day Game (Its Been Awhile)
-
Yes, it is has been awhile since I posted. I think life just got in the
way. I have been playing some solo games, mostly American Revolution and
American C...
Tribute to Stuart Asquith
-
Whilst it is not news that we have recently lost one of the hobby's
best-known figures this past week, I thought it would be appropriate to add
my own trib...
Solo DBA Rules
-
Solo DBA for DBA Version 2.2 With kind permission of Richard Lee, I am
reproducing here the full version of the solo variant rules for DBA v2.2.
These rule...
Hobby catch up Halloween 2019
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Hi all, just a quick post to say I'm still alive and kicking!
I offer some pictures of work I have completed since last time, some of
which are rather appr...
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...
15mm Savage Northmen Cavalry........
-
*.....from the north and Copplestone Castings!*
*Lots painted but blogging is becoming a little harder to achieve lately
but anyway let's be getting on......
Clear Acrylic Base Saves The Day (And The Mini)
-
My fantasy miniatures have always been game pieces, to be handled and used
from one campaign to the next. Some of my favorite minis are 30 to 40 years
old,...
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....
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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...
Returning from the Warp
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*It is a darker time. *
*The galaxy is riven, beset on all sides by implacable foes who seem
without number; without end. *
*Our allies and comrades-in-a...
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....
Underworlds Eyes of the Nine
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Another warband painted up for Warhammer Underworlds. These guys were a
combination of contrast paints and standard methods to get a decent outcome
in a r...
Gen Con 2019 purchases
-
Well here is the pile of loot garnered from Gen Con 2019
*Detective L.A. Crimes*, the follow up to Detective a Modern Crime Game. A
game that my wife (a...
Tripod Terror
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Time to wheel out the Martians for a couple of games of Tripods and
Triplanes at the club as I teach the rules to some first-time players.
Mark the Martia...
688 - Painting Chart Updates (Part 1 - WWII)
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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...
Still around, still not gaming much at all
-
Well, I am still alive. There are personal issues in my life, mainly
work. I have a relative with a serious health issue, I am working a second
shift, I ...
I'm invading Old Blighty!
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Hi, All!
Wouldn't you know it, but I'm heading to Merrie Olde England for a few
weeks!
And since I have family in the Newark area, I thought I'd pop me he...
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...
42 Murray regiment of Foot
-
Since I am concentrating on battlefields around our Maison for battlefield
tours and wargaming them I am selling off my English units for the French
Indian...
2019 update
-
(Naseby Battlefield – a poignant reminder on a field of conflict) This is
by way of catching up. It has been a busy year both on and off the
battlefields....
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...
Saga AoM Great Kingdoms
-
Saga Age of Magic is taking off in the Twin Cities and I just finished my
1st fantasy warband, the Great Kingdoms. I'll be taking them on the road
next wee...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the First
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The Italian infantry brigade.
The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high.
This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French ...
Saying hello: Jean-Pascal Tran
-
Hi, and thanks for following. This blog isn't very active at the moment,
because my figure gaming life is pretty much moribund. When I moved to this
part o...
What the hell's a Piraqua anyway?
-
Ever since the episode of *Black Sails *where the Character Jack Rackham
mentioned the word Piragua, I've been searching for a way to make one of
these fo...
Cavalry Days 20% discount
-
Valid till 31st May 2019, more than 60 sets available at 20% discount, not
only the French Austrian and Baden cavalry sets, but also all the spare
horses...
Bauge replay at Partizan - grave undertakings
-
We're going to replay the demo game of Bauge 1421 at the Partizan show in
Newark on 19 May.
Going to make some slight adjustments to the layout. This is t...
The Ion Age returns to Alternative Armies
-
*Please read this major announcement from The Ion Age. Thank you.*
*'This galaxy has decided to gorge upon itself, to consume its vitality
once more in po...
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...
Deal Wargames Society - Rapid Fire Game Last Night
-
Well for only the third time ever I have attended a Wargames club meeting !
This was my second visit to the ever accommodating Deal Society who are a
ve...
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...
17th Lancers: My Representation
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Took me a week longer than it should have but here is my fourth light
cavalry regiment done for the Light Brigade - the 17th Lancers. All shots
are take...
Monster Rider (4)
-
Hi all,
finally an update!
I was blocked by some health issues and then catching back up with
real-life work.
But now I finally have some time at hand.
unf...
Painting my Crimson Fists – Blue Armour
-
After the success of my terrain sponge painting, I pondered the prospect
of using the same technique for painting space marine armour. The 7 members
of my...
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...
Rashaar
-
I have finished painting up my Rashaar starter crew/warband. I have had
great fun painting these up and yes they are all stood in puddles it helps
them mov...
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...
Back Again!......With Updates
-
So.....I see it's been a while since my last post.
Lots of things happening. Real life and hobby wise - both!
Oh yeah, and the Broncos managed to suck...
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...
Legends of the High Seas Resources
-
Legends of the High Seas cover Just a short update: After a recent request
I have just uploaded some old resources for *Legends of the High Seas* to
the ...
The Royal Navy Marines, Part 2
-
To continue, Redcoats on the Royal Navy Marines always look so intimidating
on the table...
Crew (can be used as Privateers or even Pirates)
Marines and ...
Year's end
-
Well. That was it. Swoosh - 2018 is almost dead and gone. Freaking quick,
the year passed by.
Unfortunately, this year became so much filled with business,...
The Devil In Your Head – Part 3
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Well I wasn’t planning on writing anymore on my mental health issues but
sometimes things conspire against you and the only way to battle it is to
be open,...
Grognards 1
-
La Garde; a joint project with David Imrie and Lionel Bechara. These chaps
will eventually be going to the big Waterloo anniversary do in Glagsow in
the ...
Blink Dogs
-
AD&D Blink Dogs This month I have been entirely focused on sorting through
my storage and rebasing all my figures to Renedra 25mm bases. Boring
stuff. ...
Saga Kilku Warlordów - Ironjawz, wpis drugi
-
Dziś dużo krócej niż kiedyś czeka się teraz na potrzebne i pożądane
figurki. Pamiętam czasy, gdy z wiszących na ścianach różnych warszawskich
sklepów bli...
Books
-
Not much is happening here on the hobby table as far as naval projects go,
but hopefully that will end soon enough. I have purchased a few books to
help st...
The Song of the Dodo
-
Yes, nice to see you too. Where have I been? Nowhere really, but I've been
reading and ruminating and the like. Been cautious about what to get
involved w...
Necromunda Bounty Hunter
-
So while the picture shows off the Bounty Hunter I just painted it is also
an experiment with getting a better background for photographing my
Necromunda...
Blucher Revisited
-
Hi Team
It's been a few months since I played a game of BLUCHER so Rowan and I
decided to have another game.
We settled on 250 points each and Rowan comman...
My Double Trouble 4 Battle Reports
-
I was thrilled to be able to play in my last ever event. Not least because
I'd spent a decent chunk of time in the run up to the event getting my army
read...
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...
15mm Gladiators
-
This post is literally Years in the making. I started this project in 2010
and have finally got round to completing it to some degree this weekend.
Like ma...
Blog Address Change
-
Need More Tanks started out as a blog about my Guard army, but one of the
first things I did with the blog was run a Tale of Four Gamers for my new,
second...
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...
Hugo 2 Casino Game
-
Probably one of the best and the most popular slot games, Hugo 2 must be
reviewed. The game indeed has a lot to offer. It is modern, sophisticated
and load...
The Naval Battle of Cherbourg 1904
-
The entire French fleet present (mostly) at Cherbourg, bar the *Henri IV -* curresntly
MIA...
Last weekend I had the privilege to command the French fle...
Blood Bowl Orc Team - Orcland Raiders
-
Hello everyone
After what seemed (and probably was) a lifetime of hiatus this is my latest
blog update. I hope there are still people out there willing ...
Progression du projet... work in progress
-
Le projet avance petit à petit...on commence par une boite de Guerriers de
Carthage de Victrix
*Little by little the project is going on... we start with a ...
New YouTube Channel "Little Wars TV"
-
First off I haven't died. I've had a bunch of life changes but I'm
committed to bringing Daddy's Little Men back to life starting by sharing
what I've been...
Like Hungry Wolves - Jacobite Rebellion of 1745
-
Last weekend I had the opportunity to playtest my Historicon game with the
club. The period is the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Miniatures are Old
Glory ...
Companions
-
It has taken me six months to get these Companions done. Victrix from their
"Macedonian, Greek and Successor Heavy Cavalry" set. I hate painting yellow!
...
Paint table update
-
Another Saturday and another update.
These miniatures are for the Osprey rules Scrappers. They are from EM4
miniatures and they paint up well. Just used so...
I' m back...
-
Hello to all of you...
It' s a long time from my last post.
Life was really strange with me.
So many things happened, so many things changed but now, all...
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...
Weekly updates - #13-16 (Dog Bowl VI)
-
Hi.
Nothing to see here. Haven't spent any time playing games or
painting/assembling/converting minis. Take a look at this sad scene from my
dusty work sp...
CRISIS POINT 2018 - Richard P's AAR's
-
Links to the four parts of my Crisis Point 2018 AAR
http://atomicrenegade.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/crisis-point-2018-part-one.html
http://atomicrenegade.bl...
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...
Necromancer and his Zombies
-
Just finished this little group of freaks. The Zombies are made by Mantic
and the Necromancer is a Games Workshop miniature.
Huggable Cactus
-
My Daughter started her first blog today, she's a very talented painter, so
her talents don't fall far from the tree. She's possibly a better painter
than ...
Hitting the Social Media with new logo
-
So as I start down the road to my new full time commission painting I have
set up a FaceBook page
FaceBook cover picture. I have also set up an Instagram a...
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...
Coppelius
-
Finally filling in this model after ages. It's legitimately the last
Neverborn model I needed for my collection. I actually completed this model
in under ...
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...
The Elves !!!!
-
Hello Everyone ! Long time since coming back in Here ! You may have seen on
Facebook or Twitter that I worked with Lumberjacks Studio on a very special
pro...
More stuff
-
Has these done for a while now. Mamelukes for Sharp Practice 2, Spain. 28mm
Essex on Front Rank horses. I had to add some to the original unit of 6 as
cava...
Little Wars - Blood and Plunder
-
Its been a few months since posting and I have been meaning to post on
Little Wars and our Blood and Plunder game.
Little Wars is a display and participa...
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
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*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...
2017, a review
-
This won't take long, I ran through last years post, to pick a few of my
favourite minis painted over the year. Here's my top ten.
Ummm, ok. I guess that'...
Zvezda's KV-1 Obr.40
-
2017...'Bye Felicia!
Hello All and Happy 2018!
I've been working on a 15mm plastic Zvezda KV-1 Obr.40 tank has the option
to build an earlier Obr.39 (simp...
Epilogue
-
udate2017/I've noticed this blog is now rendered useless because of new
photobucket image sharing rules. I hope to recover images sometime in the
future....
French Line Infantry
-
Here are two battalions of 1812 to 1815 French Line Infantry. The figures
are all Perry Miniatures, a mix of plastic and metal and most of them...
15mm Fantasy Chariot racing
-
A few years back I played a fantasy variant with miniatures of the old
Avalon Hill board game Circus Maximus. The guys putting on the game were
using plain...
Conquest is on Saturday: ADLG Late Romans
-
I'm finally attending a Conquest again. I always used to play Flames of War
but this seems to be AWOL. If it is there, it must be a secret club. So
here i...
-
Third, a Marklin Class Destroyer like USS XENOPHON, Captain Garth of
Izar's first command during the Four Years War. Still a work in progress,
but coming ...
Completed Deff Dread for Dreadtober 2017
-
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?
-
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...
-
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
-
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 ...
State of My Forces
-
Well it has been too long but family and health got in the way, so what
have I been up to? Well not a lot Been prioritizing my painting table and
have clea...
Painting Summer 2016
-
Here we are again. Seems like about every other year I get distracted by
life and skip updates on my painting progress for about a year or so. This
time I ...
Things and Sculpting: Footguards and Stuff
-
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'...
Millennium Con XX Prep, Part 2: Quadcycle Stats
-
I think I have decided upon the minions of Otto Maton to be the fourth
faction in my convention game, just because I like these guys so much. I
will pr...
Tips to become a better painter
-
If you're reading this blog then chances are that you've painted a mini or
two in the past, or otherwise you're thinking of making a start. Either
way the...
Two more rifle-dreads
-
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...
Stirrings From the Scrapyard
-
Hi!
Well it's been a long journey but I've almost got the full background
written up for the world of Rusty Robots and have begun work on fleshing
out the...
Wild Beast Shipping Crates
-
So … I bought these Wild Beast Shipping Crates from 4Ground and I’m very
impressed. They come flat packed in laser cut card form and could be
pushed free...
Capture the women.
-
Recently we played a game set in the Dark ages.
Rival claimants to the local throne met in battle with their followers
beside them. The battle, to a large ...
Orc Riding Beast
-
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...
TYW - Imperial Standard bearer - finished
-
Yesterday night I finished my work on the standard bearer of the Imperial
infantry during the Thirty Years War. The figure is out of the Revell box
02...
The Red Army at my doorstep
-
They are here now. The first platoon of my russian battlegroup. Organised
into squads, support units, HQ, ‘spare bits’ and then put neatly into a
box, wher...
Skulldred Kickstarter Plans
-
The Hey Dredlings,
Over the coming months I will be building a Kickstarter to allow me to
focus solely on Skulldred and bring it to publication.
As you...
3mm Madness – DAK Panzers
-
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
-
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...
Let's try again
-
After quite some time, I have found myself a copy of this: This is the
fourth (or maybe fifth) book set in the Monster Blood Tattoo setting. Not
easily av...
Mangu versus Mirish - Magic Unleashed
-
Mangu has drawn together the most Magic Users I've ever seen assembled on
one side. A Level 3, a Level 2, and 3 Level 1s giving the Mangu virtual
unlimited...
Manfaat Daun Salam Dan Buahnya Untuk Kesehatan
-
Daun salam acapkali dipakai selaku bumbu makanan karna ada bebauan yg
eksklusif. daun salam lazim ditemui pada makanan berkuah serupa goreng
alias gulai. m...
Painted Irish Brigade Relief Sculpture
-
I was pleasantly surprised to receive an Email from Bernd Rummelein of
Germany. Enclosed was a photograph of the Irish Brigade relief I sculpted
for the A...
Roads Reflocked
-
I bought a tonne of roads and rivers from an eBay seller called Fat Frank.
They are great but I didn't realise they would come already painted and
flocked ...
Lords&Servants new edition
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Yes, it has been a long time since last update. We were busy to release
other games like Baroque and Basic Impetus 2. Now, back to the
Smooth&Rifled family...
Fun in the AWI, a 50th Birthday Bash!
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Down't club a few weeks ago having a most excellent AWI game (re-fighting
Germanstown) with all of Doug's magnificent AWI collection for his 50th. We
did t...
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...
Small time Buccaneer loses a leg. Hearthstone
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So if you haven't seen a few cards in Hearthstone appear to be getting hit
with the old nerf bat. I have a link to an article that has the details for ...
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...
WIP: German Calvary
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While things have been quiet on the posting front, things have actually
been limping along in the background.
Most of my efforts have been going on label...
'The Pikeman's Lament' arrives
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In today’s post I received a familiar shaped cardboard package. It was, as
I hoped, the latest release from Osprey Publishing, ‘The Pikeman's Lament’.
Thi...
Rebel Centre Ward: Knights
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*LtoR: John de Grey, John de Vescy, John de Vipont, William of Birmingham,
Squire to Hauteville, Thomas de Hauteville (Leader), Geoffrey de la Mar,
Hughe...
Medieval Japanese Miniatures
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Here are some of the medieval japanese figures painted in 2016. Mostly
Perry miniatures and some Clan War miniatures. Buildings are from Plastcraft
Games.
...
Sylvos Tahl'Veras the Huntsman of Ashen Lorenthal
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The five hooded riders tore across the frigid, blasted landscape of the
cold lands of Narfell. The sun rose high in the frigid winter sky bathing
the froze...
Workbench 16.10.M3
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Now that the blog's machine spirits have been placated, images have
returned. Thank you to everyone that let me know they weren't working.
The strangeness ...
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*- Alkemy -*
- *Bey~Saa's, E'Dhu~Egir de Al~Eph - Naashti*
*Aller plus que le socle !!! A suivre, de l'Eden avec les photos d'un
starter Matriarcat.....
Short tip: Use your own distilled water
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If you live in a region like me where tap water can be pretty chalky you
can have some problems with thinning your paints because the chalk and
other min...
Heldrake Sliviliths
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Planet of the Hoojibs runs deep.
One angry avian.
I liked the GW heldrake kit, but I thought the pose was wrong. I flipped
the wings, ...
UPDATED: Competitive Tau Tournament List (1850)
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It has been quite some time since I played Warhammer 40k. I've been very
busy with RL. But next weekend my group is having another tournament. I
took out ...
20 bahaya radiasi HP kamu harus tau
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Bahaya radiasi Hp bagi kesehatan tubuh merupakan dampak buruk dari
penggunaan ponsel yang tidak benar dan tidak mengenal batas waktu.
Hp memiliki gelomban...
5 months on - and back to some gaming (part 1)
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A quick summary Wow - 5 months with our new daughter Alice has just flown
by.
Between her and work, its been hard to get any serious gaming in :-).
Still ...
Converging on Convergence
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Ever since the launch of Warmachine MK3 some of my friends here have been
muttering about running a Journeyman League. Well, June turned to July,
then Augu...
Leman Russ Competition: Vote
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Cast your vote and help us to choose the winner of our Leman Russ
Competition.
12 battle reports were submitted, 8 were deemed worthy to be published on
t...
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...
Lords of Ruin 2016 - Commentary and Results
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Hello all,
Once again we have completed another Lords of Ruin, and once again,
due to the amazing attendees, it has been a huge success.
I’ll get ...
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...
August 2016 Pub Con
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Recently we've had a lot of great content on our Facebook page. Please
check it out of you are interested (facebook)
最近フェイスブックでのコンテンツの方が多いので、是非ご覧ください。(fac...
15mm Great Swamp Lizard
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We are very pleased to release our latest 15mm fantasy model -- the Great
Swamp Lizard. This towering beast can eat his way straight through entire
enemy ...
Reverse Engineering: Line 6 FBV2
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The Line 6 FBV2 is a control pedal for use with older Line 6 amplifiers and
effects processors. I bought it to use with our Line 6 Amplifi 75 guitar
amplif...
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...
Experiment: Introducing new blood #1
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Once in a while I try to play a game with the boys. I usually let them play
a game of Heroquest or let them fight it out against a couple of monsters
on a ...
-
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...
Quick 'N Dirty Tournament Tray
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...so one of the booths I stopped at and chatted for a while during
Adepticon was Broken Egg Games. They make various cool items, but a big
focus is their...
All Marvel and DC Movies Listed until 2020
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Wow! I am stoked! I just need a time machine.
http://moviepilot.com/posts/3869610?utm_source=desktop-amp&utm_medium=fb-amp&utm_campaign=every-superhero-mo...
some FIBUA sequences 20mm
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some piccies from a Battlegroup battle
fought in a city of east germany early 1945
germans dug in behind some antitank obstacles.
can you spot the sniper?...
Here there be dragons!
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Back again. My absence was not force upon me by lack of painted lead, but
rather because I did not have the time to sit and write anything. Finally,
after...
Russo-Turkish encounter via Maurice.
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Recently I completed a late 18th, early 19th century Turkish army. They
made an interesting change of opponent for my SYW-era Russians. These new
Ottomans ...
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...
All quiet on the Eastern Front.
-
I realized I haven't updated any of my blogs for ages, and this one for
over three whole years. This is partly because I've already been having to
spend ...
Wargamer wspiera Adasia!
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Ostatnio nie piszę bloga. Należą się Wam słowa wyjaśnienia. Mój syn jest
chory i jest leczony eksperymentalnie w Krakowie. To dość kosztowne i
czasochłonn...
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 ...
Cara Menurunkan Berat Badan
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*Cara Menurunkan Berat Badan* - Banyak orang bertanya bagaimana cara
menurunkan berat badan secara alami, dengan cepat, dalam seminggu, tanpa
olahraga, dan...
Pig Iron Stock update
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Hi all, just a quick one to let you know we have received a box of show
stock back from The Bunker yesterday - this has all been added back onto
the site. ...
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...
Olivers Army: Part 1 'Our Kid'
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I admit it, I got carried away and spent all of last week writing new rules
and games and all things *Winter of '79*.
What had started out as a short and...
Martian Patrol Airship
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A big Martian 25mm game is planned sometime this year. So I pulled out a
Parroom racing airship and did just a small big of converting. Had to add a
heavy ...
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...
Hullcutter III
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(This post was actually drafted many months ago, and somehow languished as
a draft. Things have moved on since then, but I have decided to publish
this u...
1/19/16: Good Golly, I Forgot I have a Blog!
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Howdy folks!
This is easily my worst period without a post over here! Those of you who
follow me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram know that I haven't be...
Warclouds: Craig Parker FTW!
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Hey Folks,
So 2016. I wont bore you with a "New Years Post" as I am notoriously bad at
posting anyway...but plan to keep up a bit this year anyway.
This...
End of May, 1876 -- Situation & Medical
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May saw both a substantial battle *(see here) *in the Tyger; and a small
skirmish on the Cango as well as a few mishaps here and there.
Alex is in Derf; ...
Spotlight On: Kataphron Battle Servitors
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For the next unit in my Adeptus Mechanicus force, we have these Kataphron
Battle Servitors.
I was desperate to get them but strangely went off them as s...
New Iron Cross army list PDFs
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Great Escape Games have released additional force lists for Iron
Cross. These cover NW Europe 1944-45, including British Airborne, US
Airborne, Waffen SS, ...
Napoleonics. Old School
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A few (bad) photos of my Napoleonic figures.
I came across a great set of old school rules called 'Muskets & Marshals'
which upon reading took me right ba...
Last post
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After a fair bit of consideration, I have decided to transfer all of the
content from this blog over to my main blog at Pewter Pixel Wars. If you
are not ...
Eldar Falcon Grav Tank
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Still moving forward with my Eldar army restoration, the next model is the
first of my three Falcon grav tanks. I've found that alternating between
the ...
Combat Patrol: WWII, First Impressions
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Lately I have gotten the bug for WWII skirmish. I saw that Buck Surdu was
publishing a new set of WWII skirmish rules called Combat Patrol: WWII.
Now, ...
The Last Post
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The South London Warlord blog has moved to Wordpress on the main SLW site,
address is over here
or, in cut n' paste format http://www.salute.co.uk/blog/
Début de mes chinois - dynasties du sud
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De magnifiques figurines de chez essex
J'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à les peindre
Un début donc pour une armée qui n'a pas fini de grandir...
*Fiesta p...
Dwarves for the World Cup
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Here's the first 15 members of the scratchbuilt dwarfteam! They are going
to the world cup in Italy next week - I hope they do well!
There still remain...
Cowboys vs Monsters vs Aliens in Blackwater Gulch
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Last week at Charcon 2015 I ran a theme game for the convention. The theme
was Monsters vs. Aliens, so I added in come cowboys and threw the whole
mess int...
Dust Tactics: Custom Terrain - Ruin
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This custom terrain piece represents a collapsed structure for use in Dust
Tactics.
The in-game rules are exactly the same as for the two small rubble piec...
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...
Sorry...
-
I have seen that I did not post for more than a year, seems that I have
switched to facebook to reach more people. so you can follow me on facebook or
like...
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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...
elegant wedding shoes in 2015
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[image: awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi]
you are now visiting* awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi* , And in
this page we have more than 5 be...
Catching Up
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Wow, I have been slack here. No new posts since February. But I have done a
ton of painting and completed several projects, not least of which is my
Tallar...
A visit on board the Russian Frigate Shtandart
-
The other weekend we were down in Cowes for a long weekend to watch the
Cowes Torquay Cowes powerboat race. We were all having dinner on Friday
night in...
Kings of War First Impressions
-
As I mentioned in the August update, I have been playing a bit of Kings of
war lately. With Games Workshop pulling the plug on their fantasy
community, th...
New Blog for Age of Sigmar
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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...
Hordes and Heroes on Hexes
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Alliteration FTW!!
Wow! Doesn't time fly? It's hard to believe it's been nearly a year since I
posted anything here, but there's been a fairly good reason ...
Battle of Katzbach (26 August 1813)
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Battle of Katzbach
From Wikipedia:
The Battle of the Katzbach occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the
Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz ...
Railroads and Lizardmen
-
Unfortunately due to my work schedule, Martian Empires has only made an
occasional appearance at Treefort Games this year. So yesterdays game was a
joyous ...
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...
I am still alive!
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and this time I am painting Prussians!
It has been a long time since I posted anything so let me say that I am
glad to be back again!
2014 was a busy...
A couple more Landspeeders
-
It has been a while since I posted any of my Star Wars stuff - my
lanspeeder race project has been on hold for the last couple years.
However, I have 2 com...
GBR Collection on Google Plus+
-
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...
Modular Lego Dungeon in the Works
-
I'm working on a modular Lego dungeon set for my kids and I to game with. I
had several castle sets as a kid, so I have lots of grey pieces to work
with. I...
Ottoman Artillery
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Hi Guys
Not managed to do much painting, too many other things to do in the nice
weather, couldn't base anything either, my base supplier got orders mixed
...
Cara Promosi Online Yang Menarik
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*Cara Promosi Online Yang Menarik*
Cara Promosi Online Yang Menarik | Online promotion services According to
the data we gain obtained from the survey i...
Affordable Wedding Halls
-
Creating a beneficial property inner surface or maybe exterior layout will
be the imagine every single persons. Naturally, while using numerous
patterns th...
A quick update.
-
Just a quick update as I've not posted in a while. Work on the 15mm Feudal
English army for DBA continues (photos to follow) and should should be
complet...
A Farewell to Hamster
-
This will be my last post on Mechanical Hamster and that’s the sort of
occasion that gives me the excuse opportunity to look back over the past
years and r...
20mm WW2 - M20, M10 and M8
-
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...
Last call, all aboard.
-
If you're still a subscriber to 'Drop-Pod' this is pretty much the final
call to hop across to the shinier and much more frequently updated Studio
Dropsh...
Maelstrom's Edge
-
Over the last couple of years, hobby time has been at a premium, and what
time I've had has been dedicated to a project that I can say I'm very
excited ...
Hope everyone is well. Keep creating.
-
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...
Plateau de jeu - Troisième étape
-
Les weekends de 3 jours ont toujours du bon. Rendant visite à mes parents,
j'en ai profité pour avancer sur le plateau de jeu : j'ai posé les
caillebotis a...
Top (TV) Duels
-
To go with my posts on top one-on-one fights (in films) here's a quick
selection from television.
*#5* Agents of SHIELD (May vs. Ward)
This was a fascinat...
What's Happening
-
Over the past couple of weeks I've managed to get a couple of board game
sessions in with some good friends. Whilst not miniature gaming but at
least it's ...
Update as of May 16th
-
Well, here we go folks. The resin shipment came in last Friday. I've been
putting in about 4-6 hours a day on resin, but the weather has not been
kind here...
Battle in a box UPDATE
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After another long hiatus I've finally got my act together to post
something! The pictures above are of some factory - industrial building
terrain ba...
Summary of 1814 Campaign
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1814 Campaign Strategic Map
This was a fictional campaign set in 1814
The objective was to produce interesting battles for us to wargame.
It was desig...
Put together Military truck parts
-
The military truck is a very complete kit.
So to help you to put together the parts of the truck we realized some
picture who permit you to found the good...
Moving On
-
It's been a long while since I've posted here. Since I've started this blog
four years ago, you guys and gals have given me a tremendous amount of
inspirat...
Salute Loot
-
So I picked up a few things at Salute this year (it seemed rude not to):
1. The new Perry Light Cavalry for the WotR / 1450-1500 - three boxes (I
m...
Still Shambiling around
-
I am still shambling around.
Due to some real life situations I was without reliable internet access for
a while there. Hopefully everything will work out ...
Doc Killingsworth
-
Doc is a fun character in the Iron Kindgoms/Warmachine world. Serving as
both ship’s cook and surgeon, his stew was suspect and his presence made
sailors ...
Checking In...
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Friends I have lost my focus.
Since my last post my Mother became ill and passed away. I guess I am the
proof that regardless of how old you are, losing a p...
A new deployment
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New Deployment:
By 749.M41 the 291st Death Korps of Krieg had received the bulk of its
draft of replacements from Krieg. The replacements had been integr...
C21 Air War Vietnam
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Slowly getting things done.
MSD Games Target Terrain, although only 1in, I placed them on a Litko 1.5in
hex.
I used MSD Games Target Terrain, although...
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 ...
The Broken Contract Kickstarter
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Restraint Drone plucking a Breaker helplessly out of a rioting mob.
Right now there is a *Kickstarter* running for the Broken Contract
Miniature Starte...
New Product: 32mm Adapters
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[image:
http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=79_30_135&products_id=761]
This is a new direct only item from Secret...
Waterloo, Braine l'Alleud
-
Was lucky enough to visit the Waterloo battlefield in Belgium last week, it
has been on my bucket list for a long time. I wasn’t disappointed, 200
years ...
The Watchful I Studio
-
A good friend and fellow gamer, Joe Krone, has started a new venture in the
gaming arena with the founding of his new company Watchful I Studio. He
has...
The Battle That Never Was
-
After much planning and work on those of us involved real life took over
and forced us to cancel our planned Battle of Marston Moor game. So
instead, we ...
The blog is looking for an "editor!"
-
Hi folks
I need to face it: after more than 4 years of running this little blog, it
has become obvious that I can't keep up - other interferences, you know...
Empire of the Dead - Burke & Hare
-
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 ...
TIME TO SWITCH!
-
This blog is going down soon, maybe take a moment to update to the new
www.darklinggames.blogspot.com?
Go on, you will feel all organized and stuff. Do it...
Jacdaw 30mm WAS Austrians by Leftbank Workshops
-
A bit of painting I did quite a few months ago for Leftbank Workshops who
have now acquired the molds for these figures. Nice Old School feel to
these figu...
CONAN , the board game
-
Some friends who bought into the Conan board game kickstarter printed out
the starter gameboard, cards an other items, made a dice conversion sheet
and we ...
Word to the wise!
-
"Don't start a new job and a new miniature project at the same time"
-The Doc
But boy are these fun to paint!
I've finally decided to go full Warlord f...
-
If you want to know a secret What are you waiting for? If you want to ask
me somethingI can tell you so much more If you want to cause me
trouble It's not ...
1 Divisione corazzata "M"
-
My first post for a very long time. Thought I catch up and post pictures of
an old little diorama depicting a Pz IV serving the Italian unit 1
Divisione co...
Some reinforcements for SoBaH
-
Hey Guys,
I have painted some miniatures as reinforcements for my Song of Blades &
Heroes warbands.
The whole group together. On the left two Norse or...
An old project returns...
-
The monstrosity from the front. Way back in 2011 I posted my plans for an
improvised tank killer on an old 38(t) chassis. Following a move of house
it w...
D&D PLAYER CHARACTERS
-
Made a start on my D&D project, these are the start of my player
characters, this group is the Magic User/ Thief and Assassin set, Thief on
the left the...
Protect the King!
-
"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...
Gaming Boards
-
Hi!
in the past weeks I tried to put together some terrain elements and some
different gaming boards, mostly focusing on 15mm stuff.
My main goal was to cr...
News Update
-
Yep... here we are February is here and I am too. While the studio has
officially been put on hiatus for the time being because I officially
started school...
Iron Sleet: John Blanche – The Voodoo Forest
-
Hi ya'll!
Just thought to remind you of our new home *Iron Sleet* (www.ironsleet.com).
Don't miss all the great things happening in there! For instance, ye...
I'm Back!!!!!!
-
Back burner project, have had this on hold for so long now, it really needs
finishing off, and with the advent of the new plastics from Victrix, the
possib...
Fenris Games Goatkin - Ernie and Vic - Beastmen 5
-
Hello all,
last two of the Fenris Goatkin - the Goatkin Warrior Ernie and the Goatkin
Scout Vic.
[image: Goatkin, Fenris, beastmen, painted, Scout, Vic, ...
Looking Ahead to 2015
-
Time for my obligatory attempt to state what I'm going to work on this
year. I think it's pretty safe to say I'm probably going to get involved
with som...
Sorscha2 vs. Bradigus’ Tier
-
Let’s beat Brad! A tournament battle report of Sorscha2 vs. Bradigus’ Tier.
– I just played at a small but pretty well-staffed 17 players holiday’s
tournam...
Finished Gaming Table
-
Over the summer I found the time and resources to paint my city fight
terrain and fix up a base board from an old model railway board. The
pavements were ...
French Dragoon, Retreat from Moscow
-
A dismounted French dragoon during the retreat from Moscow, Winter 1812-13
This is for sale on eBay-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-Painted-Perry-Miniatures-D...
Lion Rampant
-
Last week I got a copy of Lion Rampant that I had on pre order for a while.
The reviews sounded right up my street and having some WoTR figures I
already h...
New(ish) man cave.
-
Hello all,
A few months back the wife wanted my son to have a larger room so I was
kicked out of the guest room into a smaller room. The bribe was it would...
Happy Halloween
-
Happy Halloween from A Gentleman's Ones and from Anvil Eight Games. Let's
hear it for High Fructose Corn Syrup!
complements of Chris "one take" Tavonatti
Noble Knight games comes through again!!!
-
I have just concluded several transactions with Noble Knight games, the
first being some ASL stuff mainly and then some miscellaneous hex and
counter games...
Machiavelli summer 1457
-
This turn saw a massive swing in fortunes. I had realised that my
aggressive assault on Florence was going to make me a threat to my
neighbours but I had...
El Chupacabra - "Planes"
-
This fine fellow is El Chupacabra from the "Planes" movie, built with the
Zvezda snap-fit kit.
The kit comes with simple solid color plastic compone...
Warhammer Fantasy Battle Database Update
-
Current edition army books only filter, 5,000 searchable battles archive,
double batrep notes and more exclusive member accolades.
Hi folks, I've been twe...
Back to School Sale
-
Save 50%! Sale ends soon!
Back to School Time! Start Learning to Sculpt NOW! We are happy to announce
we have released the second course in our three part ...
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Priest and two dreadnought Ultramarines to complete my 2nd compagny
The painting level is ok according a table top principles.
I didn't make any peculiar ef...
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Released on 1983-10-21 MPAA Rating is...
Finally...A Simple Tutorial For Cool Canopies.
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Well, I promised a video some time ago, but my attempt at a video was
literally as boring as watching paint dry. So I went with the simple
solution- a step...
Closing down the blog....
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I am going to consolidate blogs and merge my articles with my "Dice of
Legends" blog as I have not been doing much 40k or Fantasy of late. I could
launc...
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...
Shiny Goodness
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As a break from the normal stuff, I've been painting some 42mm toy
soldiers. They are from the Little Britons range produced by Spencer Smith
Miniatures an...
Moderns and Cold war for sale
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The clear out continues.
I've put my 20mm Afghan theatre modern British and my British Army of the
Rhine on ebay this week.
I'd love to think they are all...
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...
Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru
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*Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - **Lowongan Kerja
Terbaru* kali ini akan memberikan informasi *Lowongan Pekerjaan Terbaru* .
Lowongan K...
D&D Fifth Ed. Starter Box
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Another package waiting for me today when I arrived home from work; the D&D
fifth edition starter box. A bit of an impulse buy when I ordered it, but
a...
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 ...
Tintin au Congo
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Another entry from the Colonial Painting Expedition on the Lead Adventure
Forum. Can't believe we've had sixty-two entries already. A little
tongue-in-che...
LARRYCON Begins!!
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A really nice scene I caught on my phone the other night while out for a
stroll. The harvest is upon us!!
Well it has been a wonderful spring and ear...
Quick Note
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This is just a quick note, to make sure that everyone sees I have a new
page up, with figures I am willing to part with. That is trade or sell to
anyone in...
Lunar Peltasts
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These are *Black Tree Design* Persian Guards. I've replaced the shields
with peltast-style ones from the spares box.
These guys represent the Silver Shi...
Figure basing - Whatever structure you want!
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Hi all,
while making my TDQ-Figs, I had some trouble covering up those Slotta bases
without making them even higher. I was breeding about this problem quite...
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...
Back to the Desert
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I have recently been reading Patrick Macrory's excellent history of the
First Anglo-Afghan War, titled "The Fierce Pawns." This got the colonial
juices flo...
Wallpapers de autos muy bonitos (10 imágenes)
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Algunos les llaman *autos, otros coches, ...
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...
David's Tyranids
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It's been a long, long time since I lat updated this blog. I had thought
about closing it down a I mainly focus on my Napoleonic collection however
1 day ...
Zombie! Survivor Sheet Update
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Still a design made in Google Drawing: version 5 of the Zombie! survivor
sheet has been updated with 4 new attributes, as well as some more flavour:
calls...
IG Wyvern built and ready to paint
-
I've got my Wyvern put together and I've got to say, it's a very nice
little kits. I love the look of it and it was a pleasure to put together.
My only ...
Virginia Provincial Regiment.
-
Months ago Galloping Major Miniatures were doing a deal on their new
FIW range- so I went ahead and bought some of their very nice figures -
'but its 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 ...
Panzer IV F1
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I am still around and I am still painting. I may have to 'reboot' this
blog as I know bunch of pictures arent showing up.
Any way here is what I was wo...
No Longer an Active Blog
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I am no longer actively maintaining this blog. I have been blogging and
writing articles for WWPD.net and Boltaction.net for the last year.
However I don...
Adepticon 2014 - Post Mortem review
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*FOR GAMERS - BY GAMERS!*
Yet another Adepticon has come and gone. Truly one of the biggest events
in the 40K hobby. Believe this was my 7th year no...
Top Best Pillow For Side Sleepers
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A terrific day starts having a wonderful night of slumber, and also the
pillow you select influences the real quality of your slumber. The best
pregnancy p...
Reichenberg 1757 part II
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In Piquet Field of Battle wird zu Anfang jeder Runde die beiden Command Die
gegeneinander gewürfelt, respektive D12+1 für die Preußen und D12 für die
Kaise...
War of 1812 Attack on Ft. Erie
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My good friend Bob (who's a painting machine) wanted to put on a large War
of 1812 game at the Hotlead gaming convention this past weekend. Because
the h...
The Mission, by Larry Hunter
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* Devin Hester, a great player, is off the Bears for 2014, Sad to see him
go*
Well, it has been another season, and now the Bears besides letting
Urlacher...
Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm"
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Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures
painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm
metal ma...
Fortified Chapel
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Hi, folks. Here's another bit of terrain for our Kings of War table. It's a
fortified chapel made from a Pegasus Hobby Gothic City Building Large Set.
I ad...
First game of Bolt Action
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On Friday night we all met up at John's place for a couple of games. This
was to be an all World War II affair, with one table running Germans vs US
Flames...
Bolt Action – The Rock of Anzio
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My next major project has been involved in a brand new game for me – Bolt
Action by Warlord Games. I’ve never been much of a history buff so despite
many ...
Blog shut down - new club site
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After some efforts, we have now moved beyond a blog site. We may yet have
to cut off it's head and stake the heart; but this site is now dead.
Ceased to ...
28mm Dutch Belgian Army (SOLD)
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*Dutch Infantry*
5th Militia x 16
7th Militia x 18
8th Militia x 16
27th jäger x 20
*Belgian Infantry*
7th line x 18
*Nassau*
2nd Light 3 x 20
Orange Na...
THE DEATH AND RE-BIRTH of a gaming blog
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Hello everyone... if anyone is even still reading this blog!?
It's been a long time since I have posted anything here, Sunday, October
30th, 2011 to be pre...
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...
Deadzone: Enforcer Missile Launcher Conversion
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OK. Completed the conversion of the Enforcer Missile Launcher. Overall I
think he came out well. I am not an expert on Green Stuff, but I think I
gave an e...
Happy Xmas & all the various holidays
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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...
Paper buildings
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This post shows my first and rough attempts to use paper buildings for
scenics. On the web you can find plenty of them both free and to pay. The
ones I u...
Fotos Jornades Alpha Ares 2013
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Hola a tothom,
Com que encara estan reparant la meva càmara; no puc oferir fotos pròpies
de les Jornades de Portes Obertes del club Alpha Ares que es van ...
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...
SCW's Latest Fundraising Project
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Please check out our latest effort for the holidays at Santa Cruz Warhammer and
you can help up make this holiday wish come true.
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...
Beauty & the Beast
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It’s been a while since I updated this blog; what with working on FPM and
it’s also been a while since I finished a miniature. So here it is.
[image: 01]...
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 ...
WWI German Uhlans
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Blimey times flown since my last post here!!! Here's a few pics of a unit
of WWI German Uhlans the 18th Saxon Uhlans to be precise.from Great War
Miniat...
Sunday Sermon: Learning to say no!
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We all suffer from varying degrees of what psychoanalysts call "shiny toy
syndrome" (it's not actually a condition in the DSM V, but it ...
Campaign's End - CampaignHammer fluff
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Some Dwarf vs Undead fluff over on CampaignHammer.
We decided to end the campaign at the end of year 7.
The Undead faction battles to hold the city and k...
Blue Moon Foreign Legion miniatures.
-
I have not had a chance to update the Prehistoric Zoo in some time. Life
and lack of funds have gotten in the way of idle blogging. Though
stretching the t...
Painting station moved
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So been a couple of weeks since my last post. Was on vacation last week and
flew out to Santa Cruz, CA. Also spent a couple of days in San Francisco
and ...
A New Project
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I am very conscious that it has been a while, a very long while since I
posted anything. Life seemed to overtake me for a very long time. I have
painted a ...
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...
Link to 1814 Campaign in France
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This is the last of the mini campaigns fought as part of the overall 1813
campaign
The next campaign will be set in France in 1814. It is loosely base...
Hear ye hear ye
-
It has been some time since I last chronicled the comings and goings of the
populace of Hesse Kassoulet this has been due to unduly long bout of the
dreade...
Robots – Sentry Guns and Drones
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My first post after an extended hiatus is a new project area, Robots, and
series of three different sentry guns and robot sentry drones. I decided
to crea...
Alaitoc Eldar
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Alaitoc Wave Serpent. First finished Eldar model. More to come!
For those interested, I went with GW Bone, Alaitoc Blue (with various blue
shades), Yriel...
Dawn – Rise of the Occulites Kickstarter is Live!
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G’day guys, Just wanted to share the link to the Kickstarter to my first
game Dawn – Rise of the Occulites.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2002188924/...
Back Again!
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Real life has a nasty habit of getting in the way sometimes, and the last
six months plus has been busy to say the least, meaning that I haven't been
posti...
Raphia - the game
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Just a few quick and dirty shots to give an idea of how the game looked.
The Seleucid line
The Ptolemaic line
Initial deployment.
Close up of the Sel...
Battle Report
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I have been asked about how the quarry game went.
Marines did well at start due to their high training factor and morale.
Opening shots with TOW launchers ...
A bit of wet work
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A couple of weeks ago Mexican Dave dropped into the conversation "I quite
fancy doing some historical Naval gaming." and as usual I jumped in with
both fee...
It has been a while...
-
Here are a few pictures from our last Pulp game that I ran a few months ago:
The board before the action began.
The Players
Indie Found a Genie!
The Chin...
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...
Steam Navvies
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Managed to spend a few hours on Sunday painting. Here are some figures I
painted some time ago but finished off yesterday with a very quick base job.
These ...
Link to 1813 Linz Campaign
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The next phase of the 1813 campaign will be in Southern Germany and will
deal with the French invasion of Austria.
I have started a new blog for the ne...
"Jeb" Stuart's Letters
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Mitchell, Adele H., ed. The Letters of Major General James E.B. Stuart.
[S.l.]: Stuart-Mosby Historical Society, 1990. As one who has studied
General Stua...
Napoleon: a Kickstarter
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Found this on Kickstarter the other day. While not in the block buster
league of some of the projects (Reaper Bones for example), it seems a good
value fo...
1/72 Giant Spiders Construction
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I wanted a set of giant spiders to use as nuisance monsters. I was not
wanting really giant bugs, but for my first set some thing about the same
size as m...
I’m moving my blog
-
I’ve been having some technical issues over recent weeks with my blog posts
so I’ve decided to move my blogging efforts over to Google Blogger, and my
new ...
Gamer Voodoo- Sacrificial dice!
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Welcome to a new segment here on Grotzilla! where I discuss certain
things people do to improve there game in an unusual manner. (or so they
think!)
T...
First Works under new Label
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Hello,
after a very long Time full of planning and preperations now the Time has
come.....
WikingPaintworks now becomes an "official" Paintstudio! So are ...
Reviews of Worlds of Arthur
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Some nice words from James Palmer (of the University of St Andrews) on the
subject of my book can be found here. I think he’s very satisfyingly got
the po...
Back from AWOL.
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Hi everyone, it has been too long. I got a chance to kick around the house
today for the first time in months and decided I would make it a priority
to po...
Hawkmoon Figures from Eureka Miniatures
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A little bird tells me that Eureka Miniatures have permission from Michael
Moorcock to do a "Hawkmoon" figures range.
I have seen some test shot casts and...
-
Howdy Y'all. Well I've been busy with going back to college but I have been
working on some wargaming stuff. A big project, my Late Romans for Impetus
& Sa...
Ral Partha Orcs
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Here are four Ral Partha orcs I painted late in 2012. I have an bunch of
minis from the old AD&D line, and decided to paint a few up. The
BattleSystem S...
Toodle-oo Dahlings
-
It is bye bye time for Blogger as the stupendous Gemigabok blog heads off
to the actual Gemigabok site. So see you all there!
http://www.the-ancients.com/g...
Try This! The Hipster
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Sometimes as women, we feel like we can't get made love to rather than
with. Why? Missionary is so awesome, but there isn't much leverage unless
you chang...
28mm Victrix British Foot Artillery Of Waterloo
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Before the year end I just want to share a new project. Here's is 28mm
Victrix British Foot Artillery of Waterloo. The first figure is the
officer, many...
-
And time to break my hiatus again! (In deference to the last post - I've
started using FB more too.) Thanks to an agreement with a friend, I've
started pa...
Stepping away from blogging for a while
-
I know, this isn't exactly 40k related, but I wanted to break from the
normal stuff and talk about something that has been following me in the
shadows for...
Carden Me?
-
Having a sort through the lead mountain is always a joy, forgotten pieces
are revealled with all the excitement from buying them in the first place.
This C...
Orks in 2mm scale
-
After a rather long pause, here is an update in the blog, about my new 2mm
Fantasy army: the Orks. The Irregular 2mm Fantasy range has some specific
strips...
Buste zombie
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Un petit travail en cours, commencé lors d'un stage avec le grand Cyril
Roquelaine, et tiré d'une sculpture du non moins grand Aris Kolokontes.
Alfred the Great - 1969 Film
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Its very disappointing when one gets a chance to relive a cherished
childhood memory, and it doesn't live up to one's recollections. That is
the case for ...
To get the best porn videos
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With a larger number of people becoming more and more interested in porn,
many of them have resorted to looking for free porn movies and videos from
variou...
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 ...
Former Armies
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So recently somone asked to see some of my old army works so I thought I
would post some quick pics of the Blood Angels I did a while back as well
as the ...
Link to 1813 Burgos Campaign
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The next phase of the 1813 campaign will be in North West Spain and will
deal with Wellington’s attempt to take the city of Burgos from the French
I h...
Blowing one's own horn
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I decided to take part of my day off to do a tiddly bitmore on the beast of
Gorgoroth. As I find chains the most annoyng thing to paint, I did them
firs...
They came from the north
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Out of the chaos wastes of the north - daemons. Some figures I've done
recently for our Warhammer RPG gaming - these cover the most commonly
encountered da...
More Vikings....
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Finished the next two Vikings. Gripping Beast and Artizan.
Pictures still aren't the best, but for the moment that's all there is.
The next pair ar...
Dux Brit army nearing completion
-
After having given the new TFL Dux Brittaniarum rules (see
http://toofatlardies.co.uk) a spin during the playtest time I've been
working on painting my Gri...
Star Wars X-Wing unboxed!
-
Well, it has been quite some time since a posting here.....OK, so Paul from
the Man Cave has a lot to answer for! He has caused me, yet again, to
succumb t...
What's better than a Citadel Giant?
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2 Citadel Giants! Wheeeeee!
Here they are along with a slightly intimidated Marauder skeleton for scale.
I'll stop now. I promise.
-
So, I've made the frequent disclaimer I pretty much suck at keeping my blog
updated. But it does happen on occasion and hopefully those of you still
payi...
Eden - Horde models painted...
-
Well sort of, at least I have tried to base coat and ink something.... I
need to get these up to standard so I can finish my Resistance crew.
Assembled res...
End of an era...
-
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...
Reviews
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Some new reviews of Neutron York 3000 are up:
- on Mattblackgod's blog. Danny's the mighty overlord of the post-apoc forum,
and he's posted an NY3K game rep...
Six player corps sized game
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This Tuesday six of us gathered at our club for a "big game" of General de
Brigade. We had set up a table 180cm deep and 480cm long (6x16'). I, Nisse
and M...
The Last Post
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That's it. All done. I would like to thank Baccus 6mm, Freezywater
Publications and The Lance and Longbow Society for their generous support
with this proj...
A Couple of Short Scraps
-
It's been a couple of weeks since my last post but we have still been
playing out the campaign in the meantime. Our battle at Markendorf
finished prematur...
Lancers forward!
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Some Imperial Mexican lancers looking to skewer any poor republicans that
happen in their way. First Corp figures converted from their Rush's Lancers
pa...
Model sale off on eBay
-
Dear readers, it’s been a while from my last post. The reason is that not
only I had switch to another, more demanding job back on 2008, but the
birth...
The Complete Flash Gordon Library
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*Titan Books* are releasing *The Complete Flash Gordon Library*, collating
all the newspaper comic strips in a series of hardback books. A welcome
release ...
Dick Garrison Rapid Launch Released
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*Dick Garrison Rapid Launch*, the basic rules from our forthcoming Pulp SF
rules *The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Dick Garrison* are now
available...
[Project News] Back on Track...
-
Well it's been a few weeks since my last update here, but things have been
ticking away in the background at Martians & Machine Guns since the last
time I ...
Prison ball 2072 Official Blog
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Hello all,
*01/06/2012 :* New partner, with Neomics miniatures
In 2072, the world has changed, The new world order command the world. The
6 july 2012 ...
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.
-
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...
Link to 1813 Gera Campaign
-
The next phase of the 1813 campaign will be in central Germany and will
deal with the French attempt to take the city of Gera from the Russians.
I have ...
For sale - Painted 28mm WSS Bavarians
-
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...
Garrisoning the Collina Della Formica
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*You* probably thought this project was dead and buried. Well, it's still
alive.
A pair of *Tiroler Kaiserjage*r manning a *Schwarzlose* MMG on an
improv...
Models for sale and new book!
-
I mentioned before that I would be selling most of my collection. After
much deliberation, I will be keeping some of it (such as my 15mm ECW
project which ...
Corporate Incomes - Mercenary outfit
-
Finally finished my second PA faction this time a Mercenary outfit going by
the company name Corporate Incomes. There are several mercen...
Move Along...Move Along!
-
In case anyone hasn't found out, The Drunken Gamers have become 'Dice
Devils' and can be found at
www.dicedevils.com
Thanks for checking us out, see you...
Martian Civil War
-
My flyer was pulled out of the box for only the second time. It was fun to
run, and was a constant pain to the bad guys. After our last gathering,
plans...
Self promotion
-
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 ...
Painted Cromwells
-
Here are some painted Hät Armourfast Cromwells that will be brilliant to
fight with the Revell British Infantry in the Western Front.
Now that they have bee...
Basing Tutorial
-
Greetings one and all! Hope the new year's treating you well so far.
Been rather busy working lately, so haven't made any progress on the rest
of my Warrior...
Clearing a nest of Sea Rats!
-
*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...
Fantasy Army Design Themes & Bases
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[image: Golden Daemon Winner photos]
For maximum impact hits (before you even charge !) try choosing an army
theme, a consistent colour, painting and basing...
Selling and getting out
-
Hello all! Apologies for the lack of updates but the reality is, I haven't
done anything in the hobby for over a year. I've not really had the time or
spac...
The End of the Frugal Year(s)
-
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...
Spanish Review
-
Sr. Troll, from La Cueva del Sr. Troll (Mr. Troll's Cave), have published a
review of Brytenwalda in Spanish. Of course you can use an online
translator to...
Count down to Crossover Part 4: The pitch
-
So here we are at the end of Countdown but hopefully the beginning of
something great:
Now whether Crossover comes into being or not is kind of in your ha...
NY3K game report
-
For those of you who aren't following the NY3K blog (and should feel
ashamed), here's a link to the first game report.
*Pour ceux qui ne suivent pas le blog...
The Pack Elite - Part 2
-
*I haven't had much time to do stuff with a Bachelor's thesis I'm working
on all the time now, so not much painting progress and I just didn't have
what to...
Link to 1813 Tortosa Campaign
-
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
-
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 ...
More boards
-
Hi all Another update on progress. I’ve been gluing two boards together a
day so after a few days I’ve finished 8 boards. You can see the river
section I c...
Fin des émissions pour un avenir prévisible
-
End of programme for the foreseeable future.
Comme vous avez pu le constater, depuis un certain temps, les mises à jour
de ce blog se sont faites de plus e...
Hold on to your butt
-
I have about $300 worth of Circle incoming right now and I am most excited
about getting this guy and Cormac.
I need to get some pics up soon.
Osprey Issue Harrier Units and Tojo Aces Books
-
*Osprey Publishing* have released two new aviation books this month.
First off is *AV-8B Harrier II Units of Operations Desert Shield and Desert
Storm*, *"...
Lip Beating - Severius hammers Thagrosh
-
Where I live the loser of a fight is often described as having "the lips
beat off of them". This happened on Saturday night when Kenoth of Menoth
brought a...
Some more plastic hoplites
-
*The three legged symbol is that of the Alcmaeonid clan*
I have just finished four more Immortal Miniatures plastic hoplites which,
as usual, were prett...
Indiana Jones
-
Given that there is another Indiana Jones movie in the pipeline, I thought
I would reflect on a few questions.
When Indy selflessly pours the contents of...
Boots on the Ground-- a sort of review
-
from Worthington's BotG page Several months ago I received *Boots on the
Ground* which I had pre-ordered from Worthington Games. It is a very
rules-light...
Pour une poignée de dollars...
-
*...mes blindés US pour le bocage Normand*
Avant de vous présenter mes blindés américains *GHQ* à l'échelle du 6mm,
prêts à affronter l'armée allemande dan...
Hiatus over
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Wow! It has really been a while since I have done any work on the project
and posted any updates on the blog. What initially started as a short few
days b...
Apologies
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Sorry for the dismal lack of new goodies on the blog of late, this solely
being due to me starting a new teaching post which is taking just about all
my ti...
Huns
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Here we have some dastardly Hun allies for my Gothic led raiding party.
Here are the armies I have lined up for next Tuesdays game.
Goths
no Name
1 ...
Two shows down
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First Partizan and then one nearer to home, just completed in two weeks.
Unfortunately either the full time job or space at other shows is
restricting me f...
Selling My Trollbloods
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This morning my computer’s motherboard died. In order to raise the cash I
need to replace my computer I’m selling off my Trollbloods. Here’s what
I’ve got....
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...
Time to evolve
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Though I like the storage capacity of canalblog (5GB), I'm tired of the too
many maintenance problems which block the access to the blog. So I've
decided...
Challenger I Revell 03183 1/72
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Soon... Been out of my working desk for some time, but I'm back with:
Only few minor things to add and the painting will start.
I wanted to take advan...
(PM-05) Cretan Archers - Part 1
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This is a bit of a quickie project. It's part of my experiments with
"dipping." I've posted a bit abour my first experiment at my regular blog.
As a "quic...
A year in review
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Well, its been nearly a year since i last made a post to the blog!
The last year has been so hectic for me that writing the blog was often the
last thing ...
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...
On the way....
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Just a few quick snaps of Road/Sewer/River tiles being worked on at the
moment. Will be including 'T' and '+' intersections, along with dead ends.
Packs wi...
Astro Mag Issue 8!
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Hey guys, Astro Mag Issue 8 is out! Go download it, won't you?
Also, apologies for the lack of activity. I have a lot of Dark Eldar
sitting next to my de...
Cookies...
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Pour info :
les manifestations ayant lieu après le mois de février ne s'affichaient pas
correctement quand j'utilisais Firefox (en fait elles n'apparaissai...
Summary of PBEM Test Campaign
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PBEM Test Campaign
The aim of the campaign was to play test a set of rules which would allow
me to convert my solo 1813 campaign to a PBEM campaign. The fi...
97 - Blood Ravens Tactical Squad "Contemptus"
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Here we have the ten marines who make up my first tactical squad, "
Contemptus." The Sergeant is armed with a Power Fist and the two
specialists are equipp...
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...
Steam Tank - part 3
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Witam w pierwszym wpisie w roku 2011. Wpis ten będzie raczej rozliczeniem z
przeszłością, niż normalnym newsem z mojego warsztatu. Gdy zaczynałem blog
to n...
Ramshackle Releases 2
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Hi!
Heres some more of the releases that Ramshackle have produced over the last
couple of months:
Skeeta
Scrap Tank
Truck
Iron Grumbler
Biker Gang
Al...
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...
The Ghost of Armies Past
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While visiting one of my favorite blogs, Zinnsoldatengeneral, I was
admiring some of Andreas Hofer's latest painting masterpieces. He is truly
an arti...
Gotta Love a Pair of Big Jugs...
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...but the Jerries won't!
Here is the* 761st Tank Battalion* so far- with a little help from some
friends, courtesy of the Republic Aviation Corporation. ...
British Army of Venus 2
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First up is the Brig, commanding his troops from the front. Next up is the
first section of Infantry, still in Greens, they are painted as members of
the R...
Games Day 2010 Pics
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Well, I hadn't planned to go to Games Day 2010, but I happened to win a
ticket. Many thanks to Shelexie over at Wanna B Painter. At first I was
going to gi...
Summary of Passau Campaign
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*20 June 1813 - End of Campaign*
*General*
The Passau campaign is the fourth phase of the larger 1813 Campaign. It
covers the period 12 June to 20 June ...
Second Battle of Song Of Blades and Heros
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For this battle, I used a scenario from Song of Wind and Water. The ratmen
are attempting to summon a demon around an ancient stone circle, while my
trust...
Huginn and Muninn, where are you both?
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And so a sliver of sly Odin's wisdom has helped me enter realm of Blog.
SO what are we doing here and where will this Long Boat of a Blog take us?
Wel...
First unit complete, the 88th foot
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The 24 figures are all Perry, the flags are Victrix. In the end it took me
2 weeks but that's only because life got in the way. As I've said, its
around ...
Terrain: St. Kevin's Church
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I have always enjoyed building terrain to battle over. In fact it was the
terrain section of the 3rd edition Catachan Codex that first drew me into
the hob...
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...
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...
Peter Watkin's "Culloden"
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*The* Battle of Culloden offers a somewhat tenuous clue to the identity of
the unfortunate gentlemen referred to in my *previous post*, but is
certainly re...
French Porte-Fanions.... a little help here.
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Next up for my French is another line battalion, I've started with the
figures left over from my first Victrix box and I'm going to add to that
greatcoated...
MY SECOND ATTACK AT THE ROMANS
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The wounds received at the battle of Zama on Saturday have now healed and
once again I am about to attack those pesky Romans, this time with a paint
brush,...
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 ...
Greek Command Stand
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This photos shows my first Greek command stand for my Spartan
allies/mercenaries. All figures have been painted, varnished and glued to
the base. I reall...
Folding back into TPC
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After some discussion, I've decided that Reinforcements will find itself
folded back into The Painting Corps with a bit more detail as an irregular
feature...
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...
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...
Zombies!!!
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Inspired by this post on Big Lee's blog, I immediately asked my parents to
get me this game for Christmas so we could all play it as a family! I
received i...
Apologies…
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I must apologise for my lack of new content on this site for sometime now –
the reason being is that i am running a online Warhammer 40,000 campaign on
you...
Teutonic Knights - Allies
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We'll its been awhile, but I have actually been painting (at my normal
snail's pace). I recently finished a unit of christianized Baltic Tribesmen
for use ...
The End, Old Chap.
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My Napoleonics project is done.
Well actually not quite, as I'm still awaiting a unit of light infantry for
the French, but seeing as the Brits were done a...
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...
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...
Marlborough
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I brought Winston Churchill's biography of his most famous ancestor with me
to France in an effort to finally get through it.
I've managed to get most of t...
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...
First Unit Almost Done
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Made some progress on my first unit of Perry Crusaders after taking time
off for finals and term papers. I’ve noticed a few things I have forgotten
to do-...
Website Now Live
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Hi,
Just a quickie to say that my website, Darrell Hindley Figure Painter, is
now live. There are still a few teething problems mainly down to my almost
t...
The British Ambassador's Residence in Cairo
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* Lord Cromer's Room*
I spent a few days in Cairo the other week running a meeting with the
Egyptian Government in the British Ambassador's Residence. Thi...
Triarii
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The Elite range has only one Triari pose - and it's a bit limited.
Basically a guy kneeling down. Then I noted that the hastati and principes
figures were...