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Rebel Minis shows off new releases for February
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[image: Rebel Minis shows off new releases for February]
Rebel Minis shows off some completes and some greens for February. "And
what do they have to say ab...
28mm foundry figures completed
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You'll notice that some of these guys aren't completed to my normal basing
standard
that's because a friend of mine, Richard has bought them and wants to b...
Supply Depot
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I've been meaning to build some sort of supply depot for a while. It can
act as an objective for a small game, or just as part of the general
scenery duri...
Cavalier 2012 - Photo's
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I got back a little earlier than expected from Cavalier so I had tome to
work through my pictures in double quick time to get them posted here. Its
was a g...
Playing with Wings
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I would like to welcome new reader Palsgrave to the blog. I hope this gives
you some ideas of your own.
Sometimes I buy some of the wooden shapes from the ...
Alchemy Of The Salamander
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*Recent back and forth email on Salamanders and their current place at the
end of 5th edition- still "good" or better passed over for a more auto-win
typ...
Expanding the fleet
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This morning my wife and I went to the local shopping centre, and whilst I
was there I was able to pop into the local branch of ModelZone. I visit the
bran...
Gorilla
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Black fur is tricky to paint … I used Vallejo Black 169 as a base for this,
then highlighted with Vallejo Black Grey 168 and finally gave a second
highligh...
"Tidy your Man-Cave"
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Do you ever get that feeling that you need a clearout?
After a massive amount of recent hobby time spread across several different
projects at once the mes...
The Rent is too D@#n High
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Hello all. I haven’t posted in awhile, but we saw something while playing
in a local tournament that really caught my eye. Now this isn’t the usual
game st...
The tower of Signa-Dûr
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Finished…and entenred for the Wamped II contest! I was looking back at the
WIP posts; the first one was on the 25 of September 11. It took bloody
ages. It...
my first mould
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made my first mould! needed some more howda's for my undead elephants. and
just buying a couple of boxes just for the howda's seems a little bit too
much. ...
The Sky Warriors of Fenris - Wolf Guard (4th one)
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Hi all
Here is my newest Wolf Guard. And for now last one, I still trying to build
1000 pts army so I won't need more before I'll get more tactical packs ...
Painting Allmoge Soldiers
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I thought it would be perfect to show how I paint my Allmoge Soldiers using
the per-production sample I got from Claymore Castings.
I paint on a basecoat o...
Quiet Weekend
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Not much to report.
- Scotland seem to have held their own in the first half against France;
let's see how things finish.
- Next 12 Caesarian Rom...
Mutie Kul
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*Mi bolt slug becriepeth yer brainpanne mid ease. Drie groet met yer deth
bodde en **blionesse**, yer brainne painteh waelles greie ond roed. Hi' is
yer...
Assaults, Going to Ground, and Grenades- Oh My!
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Welcome to the segment here on Spikey Bits, where I go over some
rules clarifications and "gotchas" for 5th Edition. I realize that there
may only be less ...
40k: Battle Report - Necrons vs Tau - 2,000 points
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Mercer here from Imperius Dominatus with, a recent battle I had again with
Necrons. Got a game in last night with Poddy at Powerfist gaming. This is
Poddy'...
More BEF
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Here's another 14 BEF, including 2 command stands for my Company Command
groups and 2 Highlanders.
If my calculations are correct this should mean that I n...
Vorwärts!
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Hoi,
My 7YW Austrian army is coming along nicely. A while back I've based all
models for the Austrians I had lying about and am now by and by basing,
coat...
Thoughts on a New Kind of Campaign
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I thought I would have a bit of a ruminate if you'll bear with me.
My 40k campaign has stalled almost completely while my Fantasy campaign
over on Last ...
Things that make me go grrrr!
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Some time last year Steve the Wargamer started a series on things that got
him annoyed about wargaming. I remember his well argued rant about people
who p...
What I'm Reading Right Now
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My buddy Mike likes to prowl through charity shops and sale bins always
looking for hidden treasures. One of his recent finds at our local Goodwill
Shop w...
Soviet Medium Tank Battalions 1944
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I had another two GHQ WW2 tank battalions to paint. These were a very quick
job in the late fall before the temperature starting reaching below 10C
during ...
Ste. Justine-du-Mont
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Progress to-date on Ste. Justine-du-Mont These 15mm resin buildings are
pretty much done. I’ve got to work on fading the the lettering on the
cafe. I did...
Judean Slingers.
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These figures are a mixture of Foundry and Warlord Games (Roman/Greek
Slingers).
I bought the Warlord Games ones from eBay a while ago, they had qui...
First game of the year!….sort of…
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Today I had my first game of the year, though it wasn’t quite what I had
planned! My lad Zach has been pestering me for a while about how I play MY
games a...
M is for Morris by Matchbox
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Further to the Matador below, this is a similar exercise in 'slight
enhancement'...I'm no great modeller, but it's always nice to give your kit
a little bi...
Smelly Hovels and American Armour
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Last week I picked up a couple of the Gripping Beast resin buildings, they
are nice solid and reasonably priced. These will be great for SAGA and the
early...
Another GW Snakeman
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Finished another in time for last night's game, but I never got around to
needing them! The role-play suff was so good we burned a lot of time on
what I in...
Campaign Move 12
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1600-2100 10 August 1813
Battle of Torrente at nightfall
16th Italian corps have fought a hard battle, but must withdraw during the
night
They have suffer...
Burgundian Ducal Guard - test figures.
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I've started a couple of figures that are planned to form a contingent
representing Charles the Bold's household bodyguard...
15mm Desert buildings (set 1) - review
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This is something my friends Patrik and Thomas have been working on this
year. They made a bunch of desert buildings from scratch and made silicone
moulds ...
A company of followers!
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Thanks to Benjamin of Wight I now command a Company of Followers, or more
accurately, my blog has the honour of being followed by *100 *people who
find m...
Sudanese Archers
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Here are some 15mm Sudanese archers for my Ayyubid Muslim Arab army. The
figures are from the fantastic Legio Heroica Muslim Crusade range . The
gentlema...
Day of Days 2012
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The weekend was a succcess, I really enjoyed all the games vs great
opponents. Perhaps we had slightly too large forces and 1000pt would have
been better (...
Quiet here isn't it?
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I'm very sorry for the long delay in getting new posts onto the blog. I can
only cite a prolonged period of being ill as my excuse (fortunately it
appears ...
Seaplanes!
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My last set of Shapeways models included some seaplanes. I've already
posted pics of the Sopwith Baby, but at the time I'd not snapped the
others, so here ...
Pictures from Games Night at Deeside Defenders
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A selection of pics from our ancients campaign (including the great ACW
debate), some of Russ' 10mm Ancient Briton chariots from TB and his H&R
Dutch army,...
Zone Mortalis or bringing Space Hulk into 40k
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With Forge World releasing their new "Zone Mortalis" rules, I cannot tell
you how excited I am. I've played games before using makeshift rules to
best repr...
Dominant Species
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Tonight a couple friends and I finally got to play Dominant Species from
GMT Games. The goal of the game is to protect your species from being wiped
out by...
Airfix StuG IIIG Final
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Back from a long training weekend so no joy on the progress front, however
I am able to post the last of my Assault Gun Battery StuG's.
This is my Comman...
Army Hospital Corps - Sudan Perry Miniatures
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The next stand I commissioned Leroy to paint is the Army Hospital Corps
(code SU9) from Perry Miniatures. Leroy was not sure how to paint the
little patche...
Tutoriel table de jeu : La Porte Noire du Mordor
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Voici comment j’ai créé la Porte Noire du Mordor. Une vision assez
personnelle... Beaucoup de choses seraient à refaire. Mais dans l’ensemble,
ça peu donne...
CANCON GOODIES
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Hi all, took a bit of a break from it all, between the hot weather and my
laziness not a lot could get done, so I'm just going to show off some of my
Ca...
15mm Not-Invid Invasion - Concept To Battlefield
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I've made some progress on my 15mm Sci Fi interpretation of the *Invid
Invasion* storyline. Most of it is planning and shopping lists, but I do
have a few...
WW2: Pacfic - Japanese Rifleman
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Hi Folks,
As seen over on Adams Blog there are some USMC and some WIP Diggers are to
be found on Poochies Blog.
This is for a World War II: Pacific 28mm ...
MW AAR: Soviet Infantry vs German Panzergrenadiers
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Today my dad and I got together for a 1750 mid day Mid War madness
showdown. It saw my Panzer Grenadiers facing down his Soviet Infantry in a
breakthrou...
27th (Inniskilling) Regt. - AWI
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27th Regt. of Foot - Fife & Drum figures with GMB flags.
I completed the my first British regiment of foot using the new Fife & Drum
Miniatures for the ce...
Captains Log...
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It was just a matter of time. I finally got my grubby little hands on some
Star Trek minis and of course I decided the way to break them in was for
the En...
Adepticon 2012
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Just a quick note to let folks know that I will be teaching two hobby
seminars on weathering with pigments at Adepticon this year!
Saturday night from 10 P...
Adepticon 2012
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Secret Weapon is very happy to announce that this year we will be one of
the on-site sponsors for Adepticon. The first 1,500 people through the
doors will ...
10mm display case
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I found a new case on eBay for storing and displaying 10mm armies - an
acrylic jewellery display box.
It has 5 draws 31 x 21 x 3cm in size and is 20.5cm hi...
Front Rank Pavlovsk Grenadiers - Completed
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Well I broke down and used a hair dryer to speed up the Minwax drying time
- it seems to have worked as the Testors Dullcote is pretty flat. Added
some hig...
Goal Update
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After the whinge-fest I indulged myself with on Friday, I thought I
would Do Something About It today. The results were favorable, for a first
day of g...
Back in the Saddle Again!
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I'm baaaack, in the saddle again! (Those of you who like Aerosmith can hum
the tune in your heads.....)
My last posting was January 28, and a combination ...
Rasputina
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The Rasputina re-sculpt tempted me for months; the past weekend saw her and
her crew painted.
The Malifaux models are a pleasure to paint. The ability to ...
AdMech Factory Ruins (First Batch in!)
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Quick Update while at SVDM,
First Batch of the Adeptus Mechanicus bases are in.. Time to paint them up
and pre-sales should be up in the next couple days.
...
The Otterburn Campaign
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A few people have asked me about the period our Claymore Castings Scots
figures are based around.
I have created this timeline as a guide. It's just a pot...
TA-DAAA! Introducing: Fawcett Schwag
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Members of our group attend lots of local and not-so-local gaming events -
from the Winnipeg 40 Kegger to PrairieCon to Partizan in the UK.
When we do, i...
Airbrush, and the next generation continued...
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Well I finally managed to get my halftracks completed yesterday, adding all
the decals and varnishing them on. Just waiting for the this evening to go
dark...
Dark Age Apocalypse - Brood vs Forsaken
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I had a 750 point game today. I think 750 may be too much until we learn rules but only had one game so hard to tell. The brood had to "converge" on the obje...
FOW 3rd edition!
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I found out recently that The Warstore was giving away a free copy of the
new 3rd edition rules with any Flames of War purchase. Well, rather then
waiting...
Tenting tonight
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*The Lafeyette County Volunteer Rifles proudly parade with their new
colours as they march off in search of an elephant.. *
*
*
Spring has come early and...
Reinforcements on the way
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I've now officially painted more than 650 points for my FOG army. Shame on
me I didn't want at first to spend more than required. Ah well. So I've
almost f...
ANAKRON MINIATURES STUDIO, New Website
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Anakron Miniatures Studio launched a new website recently. Anakron’s new
website is a testament to his high standards for aesthetics, functionality,
and de...
Z półki Mormega: Blood of Aenarion
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Omawiana dziś książka musiała na moim bracie zrobić *naprawdę *duże
wrażenie, skoro jej recenzję przysłał sam z siebie, bez zwyczajowego,
tradycyjnego już ...
It's The Rozzers!
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Painting in *Bleaseworld* has been quite productive of late with inroads
made into Lead Mountain including a platoon of 1987 era Imperial Guard and
support...
Move Three Orders. . .
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*Here is another sketch map of the battlefield, showing the new situation
at the start of Turn Three, drawn by General de Latte between puffing on
his Cub...
Aliens on Acheron The Assault on Hadley's Hope
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The United Americas Allied Command has selected the brave and stalwart
marines of the Secondhand Lions wargame club to participate in the
play-test of an A...
Beer Review - Dark Horse Perkulator.
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Had intended spending today at the Michigan Winter Beerfest (even had
tickets to the sold out event and transportation to and back in a bus) but
instead I ...
A Serious 'Little War' - 'All Quiet'
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The 'pause' in play continues... due to the inclement weather and the
pressures of work. The good news is that orders are in, and the next phases
should ...
Please Advise
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An American contractor has been captured and is being used as an unwilling
technical advisor on use of The Package. A small group of elite operators
is sen...
Damsels and Indians!
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Well! - at least I remembered my camera this week!
We did a French and Indian war skimish this week, the scenario being a
rescue of 2 ladies being held by ...
Command and Colors Ancients - Spartan Army
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I recently ordered the latest Command and Colors Ancients board game
expansion from Milsims, for $56 plus postage, and have just finished
putting the st...
Miniatures: Police Vehicles
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On a trip down to *Tesco*'s to pick up a lorry (more of which soon) I
discovered a couple of packs of emergency vehicles which will be great for
games incl...
The Demise of the Jaeger
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Newsflash, Zichenau Central:
Caught in the open, a company of ineptly led Stollen Jaeger was caught by
our brave hussars and slaughtered almost to a man an...
40k: Fateweaver Is Here!
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Well it seems I won the campaign league/sector! I played my final game
against the kid who was drawing points wise. His army was basically the
contents of ...
Even more Chasseurs
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There must now be over 125, now, and 42 more, imminently expected in the
post from Shaun Duncan. A couple still need finishing touches, and they'll
all...
At last, something to do with wargaming
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The advice from some people has been to give myself permission to relax and
take some time out. Easier said than done, but probably good advice.
I never th...
25mm Carthaginians Part 4
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Today I finished off a 25mm Carthaginian army that I have been working on.
These four mounted stands are Old Glory and were the only parts I had to
purchas...
Spanish Scutarii Finished!
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At long last I've managed to find the energy to paint the bulk of the
remaining Spanish. Initially I was planning on having 14 scutarii units,
each on 4 s...
German Bikes
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My paint was a bit old, so I had to use a lot of thinner on it.
This is my brush cleaner of choise for enamels.
The Germans getting painted a little bit at ...
Austrian Napoleonic Dragoons and Chevaulegers
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* The Austrian Cavalry was reorganized in 1798. After the reorganization,
there were 12 regiments of Cuirassiers, 15 units of Light Dragoons (merging
the ...
OGRE 6th edition in 2012?
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Image from Steve Jackson GamesSteve Jackson Games recently released its annual
Stakeholders Report on the company's performance in the previous year and
go...
This Quar's (Tomorrows) War
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Once again, taking a short break from Ancients, I've painted up some of the
wonderful 15mm Quar figures produced by Zombiesmith Miniatures. These guys
are ...
A Cattle Raid
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Last Tuesday my freshly painted Viking army got their first outing on the
table and it was a really fun, tense game. George had intended to bring his
Saxon...
John Carter - Step by Step - Swordplay
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Swordplay, the Final Version will be released next week. This free rules
set does for ancient, medieval and fantasy combat what Chain Reaction does
for m...
Bag The MiG [2]
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I've done a quick stock check on the 1/600th *Tumbling Dice* Korean War
aircraft collection, cross referenced to the seven scenarios for *Bag The
MiG* in...
Canis Wolfborn painting video
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I decided to pull this out of the archives and put together a commentary
video since the new plastic thunderwolves are coming out. I've got mine on
preord...
Transporting The El-Gin Marbles (2)
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The positions of the Fetaland opposing forces where diced for randomly and
it seems by their dispositions that the Treborians had stolen a march on
them ...
AK47 Peter Pig Mercenaries and Militia
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Hi,
I crept into the garden to take these pics of my last few painting session
endevours. I am seriously enjoying painting 15mm, so much so that I may
even...
Barter Bucket: 2/25/12
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The year, 2012. From out of space, come runaway bits, hurtling between the
Earth and the moon, unleashing unlimited modeling opportunities. Two
thousand y...
299 After the War - Regimental Mascot
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Well then, the next post is the big 300, but having finally based him after
*only* three years, I proudly present to you...
*'AFTER THE WAR'*
- Regimenta...
148th MVA Ordnance - WWII -
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Historic home made film of the 148th Ordnance Motor Vehicle Assembly
Company that was a part of in WWII. They assembled GMC trucks for the
Redball Express.--
Medieval Children (at Play)
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Possibly my Favourite set in 1/72nd...Alex has really brought the
expression of happiness and joy of children at play!!!!
The whole set together including o...
The Barabolya Horde
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Infrequently, Ogres have made an appearance in my Dogs of War army; one of
the reasons they didn't appear more often has been that, I only had a unit
of fo...
Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler
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I know books are not good for me. Good historical fiction is really bad for
me.
I enjoyed Andy Johnson's book Seelowe Nord so much that I just had to
warg...
News!
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Hi All,
I would like to write a few words since after many months I finally got
around to understand a very useful function of the Blog that Robert added a ...
Pavis journal 4
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Vous en aviez déjà vu certaines, mais j'ai rajouté un peu de flocage entre
temps...
*You've already seen a few but I flocked them and took better picture...
Flames of War Ironman Progress
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Despite missing out on 'Day of Days 2012' and generally not actually
playing Flames of War at all last year, I've been plugging away at a new
army. My cont...
Duchy of Fenwick - Wittenberg Legion complete
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Two more battalions for the Duchy of Fenwick; these complete the Wittenberg
legion, troops supplied by Fenwick as allies of Wittenberg..
A closer in short o...
Games for 29/02
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Space is a little less green today.
Games for 29/02 are Smugglers Shiv with Brett, Robin, Bookmark, Trainset,
Roddy, Andy and James; Volley and Bayonet 187...
Saxons for Saga
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all plastic, mix of Wargames Factory and Gripping Beast
all may be seem at
http://thecybercarbootsale.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/saxons-for-saga.html
and are ...
A Saxon force ...
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*Saga*
the force
leader 1 and his hearthguard
the second leader and his hearth guard
hearth guard
Ceorl group 1*
*
Ceol group 2*
*
slingers*
*
Reich Duchy of Beerstein welcomes 20,000th visitor
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Reich Duke Wilhelm was just informed by the Minister of Tourism that the
20,000th visitor to the realm arrived sometime after midnight. A twenty one
gun sa...
40mm de Ligne 1st Battalion
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This fine Walloon regiment (ie raised in the Austrian Netherlands) has made
many, but not all, of the official uniform changes ordered between the WAS
an...
Soviet 152mm Howitzer
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Recently added to lower the tone of my 20mm Soviet forces were this 152mm
howitzer and it's tractor. The gun is a Matchbox toy with some minor
modificatio...
More elli and the camp
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The Elli is complete except the tower crew and his base is green now:
and the next camp WIP pics:
Hope you like it. Comments, hints and critics are...
The Ironmen's Strike - Spring 382 (RRtK)
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*Starting of the campaign in the **Annürien Marches...*
*
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*YEAR 382, Spring, Border Kingdoms (Drenlock Duchy / province "D")*
Mirholme's roll is a Go to Wa...
Dark Age DBA Kick Off
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As per tradition we’ve started our campaign weekend with a big battle to
allow people to try out some of the armies we’ll be playing with tomorrow.
We WER...
Fantasy Aerial Combat Revisited
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Hi!
Looking at my blog stats I see that by far and away the most popular post
has been the one I wrote on fantasy aerial combat. Ive recently been
reading...
Happy Day, Rulebooks are on the way!!!
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Next week I should be receiving 60 copies of Brink of Battle! The book
turned out much better than I had even thought possible. I'm one happy guy.
Yesterda...
C'est le Congo
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Many, many moons ago, I started doing 15mm post-WWII African conflicts.
Some of those figures are among the first ones on this blog. Less than ten
year...
25 More Zombies
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Hi, folks. Been working on more Zombies. These are hybrids made from
Wargames Factory Zombie legs with Mantic Zombies heads, arms, and torsos. I
think they...
WIP Mangler Squigs and Ugly Pump Wagons
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Soooo... As I horde bitz for the chaos dwarf project to continue I thought
I would do something novel and try and finish an army. Conquest in coming
up E...
Plastic Conversions & the new Airfix British
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Back again with another post; I tend to wait until I have finished
something before I post, and that can take me a while....
In this post I have an assor...
Jumping with the Poles III [Hypothetical]
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Tea-break over and the the battle resumes.
The main force of Polish Paratroopers take on the two remaining German
platoons in the wood. Note the attacking...
BMP 2s from Shaun
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*A shot from the top, I think I've put the ATGM in the right spot*
A package from Shaun at S&S arrived a few days ago and I finally managed to
take time to...
Crossing the Yalu River - 1904.
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From Wikipedia: "The Battle of Yalu River, (Japanese: 鴨緑江会戦, Ōryokkō
Kaisen) 30 April to 1 May 1904, was the first major lan [...]
Utimately 20 Questions
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Brendan, author of the blog Untimately, has created this questionnaire in a
effort to create a list of rules which might change from campaign to
campaign. ...
Trades / Sales
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We're nearly done with Turn 3 of The Shadow of Koles Lorr, but whilst we
wait for that to complete, I thought I would use your rapt attention to
flog my...
One Small Step For Man...
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Laser Troopers (left), Deck Officers (right), Hostile Environment Suit
(front)
Miniatures Painted by Ernie Baker
I wanted to take a moment and introduce you...
Wordle of my Blog
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Nothing too earth shattering, but I did find it interesting to see the
frequency of words on my blog. I also found it interesting that the word
"fantasy" ...
Char B.1 bis Company
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My latest addition to my French collection
Simple paint scheme copied from pictures off the web
No washes, ink or dry-brushing
Decals are a mixture of ...
Three more Star Wars aliens
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These guys are a bit better known in terms of Jabba's retinue, if anything
because one of them falls into the Rancor pit. These are two Gamorrean
guards...
Very Funny - Very True !
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Saw this on
http://philbancients.blogspot.com/2012/02/wargamers-shamelessly-nicked-from.html#!/2012/02/wargamers-shamelessly-nicked-from.html may
of orig...
EW North Africa Escalation League (7)
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Last night was what might be my final game in our soon to be completed
early war North Africa Flames of War Escalation League. Before the games
some of us...
Mahdist War: 10th Hussars
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The next addition to my Sudan collection is some men of the 10th (The
Prince of Wales's Own) Royal Hussars. Once again they are from the
excellent Perry Mi...
Zone Mortalis
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Zone Mortalis could be the best Warhammer game expansion yet, basically by
bringing plenty of line-of-sight blocking terrain to the game as well as a
numbe...
Book Review: Space Hulk
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Every once in a while I troll the Black Library site looking for ebooks
they have published that may have not got as much press as some of the
flashier ...
Forge World - Zone Mortalis Set
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Now this is interesting. With whispers of a new 40k expansion concerning
combat inside buildings, now we see this from Forge World. I like the look
of it...
The many angles of a wargamer
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I borrow this from Grog News blog, I found it particularly funny
Talking about which, are you rally open with your friends, relatives and
work colleagues ...
Here I Stand AAR - February Game
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Once again our group played Here I Stand from GMT over the last three
weeks. We had a truly spectacular time, with England winning on the final
New World e...
Wulfen Conversion Tutorial
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With the hopefully soon to be released Bran Redmaw model(s) from
Forgeworld, I wanted a Wulfen model for the scout rule Grey Hunter s pack.
I wanted som...
Managing Inflection Could Be Petition In Color!
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Managing Inflection Could Be Petition In Color!
Lifespan with accent and sprightliness without stress- they are poles
obscure!
Both types of express are f...
Fire and Fury Thursday
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That pretty much says it all.
Initial set-up
Union Line advances
Rebs charge right up the middle.
The fight for one of the towns begins.
A view of the ri...
Monday is long gone ...
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posted by roman, jarhead, kong
We did ask for your favourite tutorial oin the article section and are very
grateful of your oppinions. 20 people took t...
First Contact
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Battlefield: Hill Land
Weather: Strong Wind
Scenario: Burn 'em Out
Defender: Johan's Beast Herd
Forces: See initial forces post
Setup:
The beastmen had a ...
Warlord Games Sarmatian Cataphracts
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Warlord Games Sarmatian Cataphracts. Again I should take more pictures but
I didn´t. It would be nice to have a couple of them of the command but you
can s...
The Scene goodies
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So Useful!
The postman brought me a delivery from The Scene this chilly morning. I
ordered some wasteland bikers and zombie body bags.. But I also got this ...
"A Game of Thrones" - a review..
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.... ookkaaaayyyyyyyy... this is the strangest book - for one thing it's
almost 900 pages long and when I looked back after 3 weeks of reading I
wasn't...
Year of the Apocalypse
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The last 12 months have been a tremendously challenging time for me on many
levels. Truly a year of apocalyptic change and upheaval. Divorce...job
loss.....
Welcome to Friday Rucht Hour
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Hello all!
You'll notice that this is not your regularly scheduled blog post. But do
not worry. We are in control and all of that.
This is Rucht Lilavi...
Cavalier 2012 Show and Generation Kill Book.
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The Rejects will be at Cavalier 2012 this Sunday and hope to see some
fellow gamers and bloggers there, it's the first show we attend every year
and it's a...
Locomotives & War (Vietnam) - by Carlos Briz
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(Class GP 20 locomotive - U.S. Army Transportation Corps)
Good morning Vietnam!
CB brings us another outstanding king-size dio, this time related to the
...
Malcontent on hiatus
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Yes, I've made the decision to take a break from the bases for a couple of
months.
The reaction to the bases – Bamboo series especially – has been great ...
TRASH BASH 2012 - part four
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This morning I e-mailed my entry to the Trash Bash 2012 modelling
competition, see; this link for full details.The competition rules state
that work-in-p...
Space Wolves Display Board
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Yeah, I went there. Why? well, I don’t do tournaments, and we don't really use display boards in the UK anyway, so why did I build this? Partly because ...
Cavalier 2012, well are you?
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Just a short post for today, anyone else going to Cavalier at Tonbridge on
Sunday??? Myself, Fran, Big Lee, Rich and Postie from the Rejects will be
ther...
Step to Step ( Dune Raider Decurion)
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Hi guys
I am makeing a step to step with this miniature
you can see the progress here:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Urban-War/354426834569501?sk=wall
Feudal French WIP +3
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After a long time, my feudal French amry is growing again, cause the first
two bases Defensive Spear are ready now.
Hope You'll like them, if so, write me a...
The Saga of Ceallach ui Móráin
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I got a little time to jet up to Your Hobby Place recently and was able to
get in a Saga game against the store owner Dave at the head of his
Normans. I a...
More Miscellaneia: Grenadier, White Wolf, and Others
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That's a Ral Partha Giant (Storm maybe) and a White Wolf figure. I didn't
initially have the Trinity figure from White Wolf set up, but one of our
regular...
ECW Parliament green regiment of foot
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Over the last week I completed my third regiment of foot for my Parliament
army. I need this unit and one more for my MayDay game. I decided to do
these g...
Martian Civil War
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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 w...
D&D ochres, oozes and slimes
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No D&D game would be complete without an ochre jelly, gray ooze and green
slime. These were easy to make. I used a bit of Sculpey to bulk out the
"body" o...
Colour scheme ideas needed for my merc mechs
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Hi guys, here are the mechs ready for painting, I need some advice on the
paint scheme for my Japanese Merc Battalion, please vote for either of
these idea...
Black Brunswickers!
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At the February club meet Boyd and myself decided to have a game of
Napoleonics instead of ACW as planned.
Boyd has recently finished his Black Brunswick 1...
Action at Schlauterhausen
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The second battle of the 1813 Campaign to be fought at the club, occurring
near Calbe, which had already seen action previously, but now at a location
that...
The Loss of the Hood
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Phil of The Wargaming Site has put up a post about wargaming bugbears. In
this particular post he talks about that nightmare for all wargamers - the
dropp...
The Knight and the Three 'Bears'
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The Knight and his three 'Bears'
Just a bit of fun, having just finished off these generally skirmish types,
I thought I'd post them up on the Warblog.
Whi...
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A few years ago a was commissioned to make a Khador board. Here it is with
the owners impressive army! You can see more pictures on the Privateer
Press ...
The Shop is Back!
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In a development welcomed by literally some people, the Madaxeman.com
merchandise shop is back! Yes,your chance to buy t-shirts and mugs with FoG
and other...
Dip/Single Highlight Welsh cavalry
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Here, in response to Matt, are some pics of my dipped models. The method
is white undercoat, then bright flat basecoat colours (except
armour/helmets, whi...
A bit quiet
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It has been a bit quiet on the zombie wargame front at "Shelldrake HQ"
since the PBB ended.
I haven't forgotten about the zombies, and I hope to play test...
Serendipities and felicitations
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O frabjous day! I quite unexpectedly came across a treasure trove of
Piedmontese-Savoyard regimental flags that I thought I would never find. I
was mindi...
Witchcraft! Well, actually only a wet palette.
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As part of an effort to improve my painting skills, I decided to try an
make a wet palette. In case you're unfamiliar with the term, a wet palette
keeps a...
A Thanks.....with some Mead!
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hi guys it's Right Stuff
Thanks to Comrade James for giving me this board for my birthday-
just in time for my Odinn's Champions match against the wood e...
New Product options MERCS!
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Well things are starting to roll after the holiday season. MERCs Now have
their starter boxes ready for purchase. These are a great deal since you
get the ...
Dreamforge Games... shiney Strumtruppen infantry!
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So way back in September I posted...
secrets-of-third-reich-army-done
now right at the end of the post I whaffled on about a concept that a chap
from drea...
Competition from "le blog dé kouzes"
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Hello !
our friend from "le blog dé kouzes" are launching a painting art
competition. To salute this very good initiative we will offer to the
winner a Man...
Laser Squad Nemesis Marines WIP.
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Laser Squad Nemesis was a fantastic computer turn-based tactical game
developed by the creators of UFO-XCom, now sadly defunct although still
played by s...
Ancients Campaign Rules: Economy.
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Way back in 2007 I cobbled together a set of rules intended to link the
strategic level game Pax Romana with Commands and Colors: Ancients in a
grand campa...
DBMM Minoan versus Hittite
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Played another DBMM game (we seem to be a on a roll with this again) today
at Stephens. Used a nice historical match-up with my 'have not seen the
light o...
2012 Gathering in the Desert Armies
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For this installment of my GiTD coverage I want to chat about the armies.
The Gathering is an event that prides itself on great looking games. We
have alre...
15mm Modern US Infantry - finished!
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Ah ha!
My 15mm Modern US infantry are done!
They were based on very small buttons, which were then built up with
plaster and sanded (although in retrospe...
Flames of War: Test Figure
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Here is the first one out! I have to say that it is much better than I was
expecting. There is definite improvement over what I did two years ago
(scroll d...
Sardinians in the Crimea
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Image from here where there is much on the Sardinians. So PSR have
identified that the Sardinians wore there greatcoats in the Crimea unlike
the figures S...
On the Table 2
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More shots of the heavy weapons teams, Magnetizing the whole lot. I'm
using the Chaos Missile launcher as a static defense platform.
- Cheers!
Recent Gaming (15th February 2012)
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I meant to post this last week, but got distracted with editing podcast
episodes… I’ve been playing miniature games for several weeks at Scimitar
Wargames ...
Nearly there
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After a good old putty session today I am just five shields, one petard and
two sets of legs away from filling the next Dwerg mold, which includes wave
1 o...
Tharn Magic!
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This is actually a WIP as I haven't as yet been brave enough to do the
seeping blood from the heart he is clecnching in his fist. I have used the
now famou...
"In memoriam..."
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*One month ago, my father died ....*
*it was a difficult event for me and my family...*
*Very quickly, I thought that the Valdemar set "Death of the King" co...
Dark Ages Campaign Concludes
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Round 8 of our Dark Age Campaign came to an end last week. With a three way
on territories going into the last round it w...
Ancients For Sale
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*(Edit: Ancients, Medievals, etc. for sale.) *
A list of what I've dug up so far. Only interested in lots, not single
figures. Prices don't include postage...
Warlord Phalangites
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Warlord released their plastic Macedonian Phalangites kit this week. The
box contains figures to make 40 Phalangites, all from a single sprue with 4
bodie...
Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S.C. (1860)
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All things Fort Moultrie on the eve of the Civil War. A remarkable site presenting a great deal of information and some truly splendid graphics. Here: http:/...
What’s going on.
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You may be wondering why such few updates in the past couple of months. OK,
maybe you didn’t even notice if you follow a bazillion gaming blogs like I
do. ...
20mm Platoon 20 vs 1/72 Emhar, First World War
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*The photo above compares three plastic figures from Emhar with a pair of
metal soldiers from Platoon 20. Click on the image to see a larger version.*
*T...
Back to the Brushes 12
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Not that much has happened over the last few days as motivation and
inspiration for painting has diminished greatly. At times like these dry
brushing large...
Szwedzki regiment piechoty/ Swedish infantry regiment
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Szwedzki regiment piechoty ukończony! Składa się z czterech podstawek strzelców z muszkietami, czyli średniej piechoty oraz trzech standów pikinierów, którzy...
Warhammer Vampire Counts Plastic Wight King
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Another addition to my Vampire Counts army today, this time the new plastic
wight king from games workshop. It's a rather fantastic model actually and
the...
ChapterHouse Stuidos Tru-Scale Space Marine Kit
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ChapterHouse Studios just put a new conversion kit – the TRU-Scale Knight
Praetorius Conversion Kit. This looks to be a very promising kit to anyone
who is...
Chepstow castle
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The final castle on my South Wales trip and a really impressive castle
built on a cliff overlooking the Wye. I last visited Chepstow over 40 years
ago and ...
Imaginary Wars: Initial Walk Through!
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….and by “Initial Walk Through” I really mean the very first walk through!
My business partner and I were allowed to get into the store for half an
hour to...
KR Multi-case at Salute 2012
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KR Multicase are pleased to confirm another great reason to attend this
year's Salute.
KR will be giving away 250 of the versatile KR Backpack1 or Backpac...
After Action Thoughts about Tau
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So as you'll have read here I played my first tournament with Tau. Since it
wasn't a complete disaster (yes I lost 4/5 but there was promise) and
because ...
Planning the next campaign
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We have been kept busy wargaming the three campaign battles.
But with the campaign on hold until all three are completed I have found
myself with a lot ...
AWI/ACW for Sale
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An North American style barn based on one used as a makeshift hospital from
the ACW battle of Gettysburg. Its quite a character filled model with lots
of d...
BEF: Black Watch Battalion Completed
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It's been a while since I managed to post, mainly due to lack of a working
camera. They make the damn things waterproof, shockproof, probably
bulletproof, ...
Gathering in the Desert 2012
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I attended the 5th annual Gathering in the Desert (GitD) this weekend.
This is one of the best gaming tournaments you'll ever attend. It's two
days of Lo...
MLRS
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Rocket launchers have had a long history, but it wasn't until WWII that
they really began to proliferate. The WWII era rocket launchers are
adequately repr...
Is there anything dogs can't make better?
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Baggage/camp for my Impetus Mid-Republican Romans. It was fairly boring
until I added the dogs. It's true what you've heard...dogs make everything
better...
Happy Birthday Warhammer 40K
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Hello to everybody!
Following the previous post I will just apologize once more for the
slowness of my posts lately. Hobby time has been less lately althou...
Review: Alternatives to Games Workshop Paints
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I’ll be blunt: this post is about finding alternatives to Games Workshop’s
line of hobby paints. I’ve already discussed replacing their primer and
varnish ...
Rhoninstorm and Nemesis ranges find new home!
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In an exciting turn of events, Crooked Claw Miniatures has acquired both
the Rhoninstorm as the Nemesis goblin ranges, all sculpted by Kev Adams in
his tra...
Old School Fantasy Miniatures - The APA Journal
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Issue #1 of the OSFMapa Journal is out! After months of planning and work,
the various ramblings and musings about all things lead has been printed,
bou...
Chłopski Informator / Peasant Informer
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Pomalowałem kolejną figurkę promocyjną do OiM. To Chłopski Informator,
którego zgarnąłem na ostatnim turnieju. Wkrótce jego statystyki powinny
pojawić się...
The Battle of Barrak Gorge
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*"Count only the dead of the enemy and pay no heed to the fears that
whisper. Every ork you kill is one less that will fall upon your homes and
families. S...
Plastic Soldier Company German Infantry
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Just a quick post today.
Recently I painted a KGN platoons worth of PSC German figures. I'm not a
real fan of plastic 20mm (1/72nd scale) figures, but for...
WWII Aerial Game Test I
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Years ago we hugely enjoyed playing WWI aerial combats with Canvas Eaglesand even played a
campaign for the whole war where one weekly game portrayed one...
The last Spanish Automotive R+D+i contribution!
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A *new traffic sign* has been proposed by Spanish students after the last
experiments carried out at Valencia
Watch *one of the real experiments* that led t...