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The last ride of the Pope.
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It was a warm summer day with a gentle breeze rushing over the fields. The
Pope and his army readied themselves to meet the Holy Roman Emperor in
battle. ...
Back at it!!
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Well almost 100%, at least I can paint now. My table is back up, using
shelves now instead of the display cabinet and book cases which will save
me room fo...
March Objective - 15mm WW2 and SciFi
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My primary objective for March is to paint my late war British troops for a
forthcoming game or three of USEME WW2 from 15mm.co.uk. I only have a
couple of...
Best Month Ever - Thank You!
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I've just looked at the Blogger Stats for *Bleaseworld** and it appears
that February 2012 has the highest number of page views in one month
(9,399) beatin...
AlienDungeon has new Frightmare terrain pieces
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[image: AlienDungeon has new Frightmare terrain pieces]
AlienDungeon, an offshoot of Architects of War, has new Frightmare terrain
pieces. Go check 'em out!...
Going large
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I suppose that I should have called this blog entry 'I blame Ken H' ... but
I decided that all he had done when he made his comments yesterday was to
put i...
Guise 1914
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I played thought this Op14 game over the course of several evenings. The
total playing time was probably about two hours. The photo above shows the
init...
Warhammer 25th Anniversary model
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Here's an unboxing and assembly video of the Rogue Trader tribute model GW
released for the 25th Anniversary of Warhammer 40,000. I first started 40k
in t...
Deathwing In a Week, Complete!
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And it only took me 5 days! All ready to be shipped off tomorrow after I
give the client a game ;) And I’ve just spotted that cyclone missile
launcher I mi...
40K SHOWCASE: Space Wolf Fellblade
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by Adam Wilson Inspired by the other Fellblades shown on this site, I
wanted to have a go at a Space Wolves version for my army. Lets take a
look! I felt t...
Get the New Tyranids & Space Wolves Models Cheap!
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Want to order the new SPACE WOLF and TYRANIDS models Cheap??!! We got em,
and they are 20% OFF! Give us a call at (804) 464 1873, or EMAIL US and
we'll get...
'The West Kingdom' PbB RPG
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Used with Bard's permission
My latest adventure is participating in my first ever RPG. I was invited
to participate by Bard who runs a couple of great blog...
The old mercenary
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This is one of my favorite (maybe THE favorite) Reaper sculpts. I only now
got around to purchasing it (along with my last order.) I had waited to buy
it b...
Skinners horse and Mysore cavalry
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Tonight when I came home a parcel from Ingo surprised me. He has now casted
the figures I ordered and of which I have shown the masters before. Well
late ...
Formigny: 15 April 1450
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Our latest Hail Caesar battle was to be a late medieval re-fight to allow
Richard to field his new acquisitions for a fledgling War of the Roses
army. To ...
From Curt: 28mm Norman Archers (60 points)
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Have you ever had those figures that just sit on your table, half-completed
for months on end? You know, the ones that you started with the best
intentio...
Back to the Brushes 14
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Another Dwarf for Songs of Blades and Heroes was completed this morning
before venturing out to an in-service training day. There are thankfully no
picture...
Koth-Indola Highway - Cut and Run
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*"Orders are not interpreted, Naaman; they are followed. Remember that." **-Ravenwing
Sergeant Aquila*
(taken from The Purging of Kadillus by Gav Thorpe)
T...
Source books for Samurai information
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I've had a quick scan of Amazon to see what would be a good selection of
books to better understand samurai warfare - especially in the Golden Age.
Here's ...
Bases for the BEF
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As I mentioned in the last post, I wanted to do something slightly
different for the bases of my latest batch of BEF. For bases I usually do
something like...
Air War over Khalkin Gol
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The SAM book arrived today in the post, which was pretty quick as I only
ordered it a couple of days ago. It's an 112 page softback book and
features a l...
Reinforcements arrive from England
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898 10mm figures in Perry boxesThe latest troops are just off the boat from
England ready for battle. A bit disorganised they need to assemble into
units a...
Heavy Metal
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Finally happy with the green on the US armour, started doing the tracks now.
I think I am still on target to get these finished before the WMMS show on
t...
The Pledge for Feb & more KGN stuff!
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once more time passes me by at a rapid rate of knots and managed to get the
following bits and bobs done for Kampfgruppe Normandy,
Starting with the mortar...
Long time no Post
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Well February turned into a poor month for me. At the start of the month my
employer entered into redundancy meetings with all the Warehouse
Supervisors of...
B is for Bell
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And so to a mates house with two other friends for a chin-wag and an
all-day breakfast in the local cafe, one of our number bringing a few items
from his p...
Begrüßen Alle!
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Well once again another month draws to a close and the wargaming muse ( I
assume there is one?) has been pretty active in this neck of the woods,
with a b...
Ebay - Marquis of Carrabas
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posted by roman, jarhead, kong
Smart Max's *Marquis of Carrabas* in 54 mm, painted by me is hitting ebay
tonight.
May he find a good new home! Cli...
GnomeCon, Recon and the status of the games
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Hello everyone in gamer internet world. I have been really busy since
coming back from Megacon and have been remiss in posting. Please accept my
apologizes...
Linden Way the "Mass Battle"
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One of my design goals with Warrior Heroes Armies and Adventures (hereafter
WHAA) was to allow players to easily handle games with just handful of
figures...
Linden Way the "Mass Battle"
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One of my design goals with Warrior Heroes Armies and Adventures (hereafter
WHAA) was to allow players to easily handle games with just handful of
figures ...
SO:KZ team Armored Might Wolves
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The keen and studious might have seen these fine and nefarious fellows slip
into the last post, in which I described the thinking behind themes like
Ar...
Warhammer 40K 6th Edition Shooty Tyranid List
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So here is a Tyranid list that I have been evolving for a while, have
gotten in some play testing, and was thinking about for 40K 6th edition,
but now ha...
Dune Raider Decurion
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I painted it for the company Urban Mammoth for the range Urban War
It was sculpted by John Roberston
I used Model Color, Game Color, WASH, Inks and...
Hovelly Versatile
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The great compound building spree starts to grind to a halt as all three
near completion, spurred on by me discovering Channel 5′s “Royal Marines:
Mission ...
Fireforge Games: Teutonic Knights Cavalry
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Hi, today I'm privileged to review the wonderful Teutonic Knights Cavalry
set made by *Fireforge Games*! This box caught my attention at Crisis 2011
when ...
Fulliautomatix
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Here you see the smit from the small Gaul village from Asterix and Obelix.
This guy always has a quarrel with the fish seller from the village.
From this...
Check out our Facebook Bulletin board!
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To create more dialog and allow more readers to post their own stuff
without having their own blog, John and I have started up a facebook group,
called San...
I'll just leave this here....
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From the factory floor of M3 Aircraft Works, where our intrepid engineers are diligently working on a improvements to a rather poorly designed aircraft. Whet...
Orc Civil War (2) - Summer 382 (RRtK)
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*YEAR 382, Summer, orc territory*
*During the first strike of the orc civil war, Barad was slain in a
surprise attack. After that, Grishak went quickly to B...
the gates of hell broke loose...
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Task Number 1 from our 2012 Guild Groupbuild is...
Dirlewanger Battlegroup..
time to gather the piccies, here is the Devil himself..
Campaign reboot - and then there were 3
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The "First Contact" battle that was posted was meant to be the first battle
in a new Dwarves vs Beastmen Songs Of Blades and Heroes campaign. But a
mutual ...
First Wave of Prepped Galctic Citizenry
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On the heels of last week's debut of Galactic Citizens sculpted by Eli for
15mm.co.uk I began prepping them for painting. I've gotta hand it to these
figs...
Hole Beast
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The Hole Beast
From the Scrolls of Eos: The Hole Beast
The Hole Beast is recognized by its mouth parts and graspingtentacles that
emerge from the gro...
More Maurice
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Bruce put on a game of Maurice last night, using the updated card deck in
the light rules. I believe the battle was Fontenoy (?) which was one of the
Wars ...
My Father's War
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The Shropshires in a quiet moment at Anzio. This was my father's battalion
so it is strange for me to know that he was somewhere very near when this
phot...
The inevitable has struck…
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Mixed blessings really. Firstly and happily, the Lad has discovered his own
gaming buddies at his new school. I felt a bit left out actually, when he
advi...
Deerfield 1704 graphic novels
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Here. My Italian is non existent so I am not that certain what's going on
but it looks like a series of graphic novels on Deerfield and various other
fron...
An Apology and an Opportunity
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Yesterday I realised that my Blogroll wasn't working properly and that some
of the Blog's I thought I was following weren't appearing in my reading
list. I...
Cavalier Swag!!!
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Several followers asked what I spent my hard earned dosh on at the Cavalier
Wargame Show last Sunday, so here goes!!!!
1. 27 packs of Essex 15mm NYW fi...
Apollo 18 review
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Finally got around to watch this movie, I generally like the horror in
space movies but this movie had received mixed reviews and I kind of lost
interest f...
Revisiting Swiftclaw Bikers
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As you might have read in my battle reports from Jolly Toys, my Tau army
came up against a unit of swiftclaw bikers. They were very effective in
dealing w...
EBay - I love you again ! ! !
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After literally years of searching, I've finally managed to get hold of a
copy of Duncan Head's *Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars*.
For a number...
So now, maybe..
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...I can get down to some wargaming.... ah..... only 37 days to
launch...... and a shed load of jobs to do on the boat between now and
then...
50,000 Hits
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It seems a bit of a tradition for blogs to celebrate the milestones, which
I did last week for the blog turning
1 year old, but I didn't want to let 50,000 ...
Tyranid Spore Mine, my first sculpted model
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I'm not sure how I ended up choosing a Tyranid Spore Mine to be the first
model I sculpted from scratch using nothing other than greenstuff. Maybe
because ...
15mm Modern Painted US Marine Humvees.
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Some US Marine Humvees (they have a deep wading exhaust and intake unlike
the army version seemingly) from Peter Pig, not too bad a model (a lot of
mold li...
Obstacles rather than a Canal
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So I failed with getting my canal done. I actually couldn't find any
material that suited my purpose to make the tow paths. I had seen a nice
set of bricks...
Mapping Napoleonic Europe
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My campaign maps have undergone pretty major changes since the first hand
drawn one I used when the campaign started in November 2009.
I had searched for...
Dark Age Rules Mechanics
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The latest instalment of our Dark Age campaign set around fifth century St
Albans turned out to be a crushing victory for the Saxon warlord, Cyddic. I
thou...
Pub !
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Le nouveau VV est paru. Et Rava est de retour en couverture !
En dehors des critiques habituels de nouveaux jeux et livres, les deux
articles "Art de la ...
Another three mutants
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Another three mutants for the tribe. All three are resin miniatures from
Ramshackle games. That's pretty much it for mutants for now. I'm painting...
Lead Painters League Season 6
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If you're reading my Blog and are not familiar with the Lead Adventure forum.
Then I am not doing justice in talking enough about one of the best pl...
Prepping the Next Batch
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I have a lot of miniatures. I'm always buying more. Part of it is because I
like the appearance of them or get a good sale or gifts. One of the things
I've...
One more vintage figure review found
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I stumbled across an eBay auction for a June 1980 issue of *Military
Modeler *magazine, a now-defunct periodical. What articles did it contain?
Of releva...
Father and Daughter Paint Session
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Presenting Reaper's 2679 Mushroom Men...
Just like with the hounds, Elizabeth declared she wanted to paint
something. So I found the 2 item Mushroom Men ...
PF Da Man!
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[image: Image swiped from Brigade Models website]We are fans of PF, that
French Master of the Putty Arts, here on the Dropship and so it is with
great plea...
RED BOX GAMES, Belegast the Bloodthirsty
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Red Box Games recently previewed a new sculpt from their forthcoming
Helsvakt Expansion, Belegast the Bloodthirsty. This is by far one of Tre’s
most techni...
The Rawdon Gap Stakes
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*FIERCE RESISTANCE BY BLUE REARGUARD*
Word has just been received of a short but fierce battle this afternoon. It
seems that Brigadier Zinn has taken char...
A Victory Lost with Andrea, Turn 5
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*Turn 5: January 28th - February 5th. *
*
*
Carrying on from the earlier report (which can be found here) the current
situation sees the Germans trying to...
The brave Roosters
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Here they are, at last. It tok slighlty more time than expected to paint
the banners, but I'm rather proud of them. In the Chinese cosmology, the
roosters ...
Warlord Games Phalangites
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The boxes of plastic phalangites that I pre-ordered from Warlord Games Hail
Caesar line came in a couple of days ago. I've since assembled some of the
fig...
New "Table Top Teaser" Mini-Campaign
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Not everyone has access to Charles S. Grant's wonderful "Scenario" books .
. . so Conrad Kinch (Joy and Forgetfulness) has crated a "Table Top Teaser"
mini...
They were soldiers - once
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But after a dose of Vergeltungswaffe 4.........
They have become the Walking Dead, mindless automotons, whose only purpose
is to add the living to the...
Flames of War: Third Edition
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Goodness, are we up to third edition already? I picked up one of the last
copies of the Third Edition mini rulebook from Modelair in Newmarket this
weekend...
Big Exam Two Weeks Away
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Just to let you know I am still alive, but studying for a big exam on the
13th March.
I admit I have left it far too late to study properly so I am now bus...
More Connoisseur Sudan
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Painted by me this time, but 25 years ago (so be gentle). As part of the
most newsworthy north/south transfer since Dalglish moved to Liverpool
these ...
Get on yer chaps n ride!
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Here are a few pictures of the Club Participation game we put on at the end
of each month, February's game was put on by Lawrence "cow poke" Widdecombe.
...
Medieval Scots Impetus list.
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*Andrew and I would like to thank everyone who has sent in pre-order forms
for the Claymore Castings new figures. Friday, 2nd March will be the last
day ...
2012 Gathering in the Desert Battles
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I really meant to post up my battle reports for the Gathering last week
but, I got lazy. Here is a quick over-view of each of my games along with a
few pho...
White Dwarf 387 & Wargames Illustrated 293
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My monthly look at the two wargaming magazines I subscribe too, lets see
what march has to offer.....
As always we'll start with white dwarf, this months...
Dark Age Playtest
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I have been looking for a good set of Dark Ages rules for some time.
Whilst I like Saga it is really a two player game and so doesn't provide a
complete a...
Finished Allmoge Soldiers
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Here are some picture of the Finished Allmoge Soldier base.
I used my newly painted backgroud... I hope that it was ok?
Minis from Perry, Claymore Casting...
Marking strength/casualties
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I thought I'd put up a photo showing how I'll be recording strength or
casualties (depending on the rules used) for my rebased ancient and dark
age armies....
Leviathans Update
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Hey True Believers, Yes, I know, ripping off Stan Lee, how dare I…but at
this point, it feels appropriate to label you guys as such…can’t thank you
enough ...
The sorcerers
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A bit more of “Super Dungeon Explore” love. I just started to tackle the
bad guys. I decided to keep it simple and will probably keep that scheme.
I’m not...
Dark Age DBA Campaign… Some thoughts…
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Lessons learned, etc….
As Christian has mentioned in the comments of one of the other posts I
think this was the most successful of the campaigns I’ve run ...
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Following what was finally adjudged to be a resounding Russian victory in
our last game we spent most of the evening of the 16th clearing away troops
and p...
What should I do with these beautiful figures?
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I recently received these Prussian Medic figures from Schrumpfkopf in
Germany. He had commissioned these figures and had a limited number cast. I
was luck...
Japanese Bike Troops
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Generally my armies are unpainted.
I have too many to paint and I don't really like painting them much.
I have painted these white plastic figures to a solid...
Aventurers
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Hola a tothom,
Un amic em va demanar que pintés una sèrie de miniatures de Caesar per als
seus jocs. Aquestes són les primeres.
*Hola a todos,...
Sales Report, and a Church
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*Just to let you know that many of the items for sale from the mid-18th
century collection have now been sold, and I've updated that page (see
navigation b...
Leaaaaving, on a jet plaaaaane!
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The time has come for the trip to England to attend the Tempus Fugitives
Age of the Emperor Event "Hammer of the Gods"!
My friend David and I will be boar...
Some Ladies
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Copplestone Barbarian
A couple of minis I've done lately, both ladies. The first is a Copplestone
Barbarian, who I painted like the Marvel comics version of...
A Renaissance Diversion
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The latest of my troops to be based up for Impetus are these, well,
cheveaux legers? I bought them years ago second hand and they've been
rebased a couple...
Tabletop Teaser Campaign
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*"Kinch has written a new mini campaign!"*
*"The swine!"*
I was very taken with Jeffs suggestion that we attempt to cobble campaigns
together from the avai...
Nowości z Amercomu 14
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Szesnasty odcinek kolekcji "Helikoptery świata" przedstawi historię
powstania oraz budowę włoskiego helikoptera Agusta A119 Koala. Do pisma
dołączony zost...
Reaper Half-Orc Pirate
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As I make my way through some pirate-type minis, I had to paint up this guy
I found at Phantom over the weekend. Typical Ben Siens figure--he's totally
bu...
2 ° Reggimento Fanteria - Fusiliers WIP
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Now the weather's settled down a bit, I've had a chance to finish the last
4 figures of my Italian project for the La Bricole painting comp.
Next up, basin...
Latest FPW figures - Wurttemburg Jaeger
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Part of the deal for painting the Turkos was a few battalions of Foundry
Wurttemburg infantry. Unfortunately Foundry only made four poses; the
officer (wi...
Arquebusiers de Bergerac pass though Saxe-Märchen
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*Arquebusiers de Bergerac en route to their new bases *
*
*
The buildup of the French army continues, the Arquebusiers de Bergerac
(from St Maurice) mov...
Beasts Of War reviews Force On Force core rules
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Check it out: Beasts Of War have made a review on Force On Force
http://www.beastsofwar.com/spotlight/force-force-latest-modern-combat/
In my opinion they ...
A Comission Work - Damaged House
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Um trabalho encomendado para um amigo.
Um edifício danificado em construção "scratch" à escala 1/144, para
utilização em jogos da WWII.
A costumized comiss...
Scout Soldier on sale.
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This is the day !
We receive a very little stock of our new miniature : female scout soldier
(only 30 casts)
We wait the rest of our stock in a few weeks (a...
Some costumes & props from Gunga Din
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There's been a lot of excitement lately in the Colonial miniature wargaming
world, thanks to the first pics being posted online of Bob Murch's PULP
FIGURES...
Bitwa pod Koroneją/ Battle of Coronea (1)
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Poniżej kilka fotek z bitwy, którą rozgrywaliśmy jakiś czas temu - bitwy pod Koroneją (394 p.n.e.)Pod Koroneją spotkały się armie Spartan, wspieranych przez ...
More fluff from the Perry brothers
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Saw these this morning. Now since I really love the fluffy stuff that has
been announced by the Perrys recently this got my interest, too: And some
more re...
The inevitable bodge up
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I spent the past couple of days putting together a second Doooooom Wheel
for my Skaven. This thing was on track to look real good. I had a new
recipe for w...
Ephemora but funny.
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I just had to re post this, from SD Forum...... click for bigness
Looks pretty accurate from where I'm sitting, the last photo should be a catalogue .......
Bits and bobs
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Just a few bits and bobs today. As you can see from the picture above,
I've taken delivery of some Amera vac-formed terrain. In my case, five
straight an...
Armoured Panzer Grenadiers
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Based on experiencesat Day of Days, and using my gepanzerte at the World's
last year, I've decided to take a serious look at my armoured panzer
grenadiers...
Goals Update, II
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Just a quick rundown:
- *Ironclad Steamtank Goal:* 100% complete.
- *Zulu Basing Goal:* About 60% complete. Not sure I will make this...
- *FOW I...
TPK
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Last Friday we played yet another session of D&D 4E. It began as a bit of
roleplaying, which was a nice change of pace except that my mother called
right ...
German Trucks
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These arrived the other day, the very good quick-build Opel Blitz by
Pegasus. As you can see one has had a light wash of black. They come with
covers and...
Six More Anglo-Danes for Saga
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This represents the final few needed to complete a 4-point warband. I will
be painting more though. I quite enjoy this era. These figures are Old
Glory wit...
Background: You're a WHAT wizard?
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With a force hastily assembled, Sir Ulric set forth to reach Mount
Bloodhorn. He had a lore of life wizard in tow, who promised to use his
ways to draw his...
The Humvees arrive, courtesy of Irishserb!
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Howdy folks!
Well, my two humvees arrived in the mail today!
I got them from Irishserb, who makes resin vehicles in 15mm. I had seen a
few of his pieces...
Non Hobby Related, But…
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My Buffalo Sabres acquired today at the NHL trade deadline a player I had
hoped that they would have had the chance to draft back in 2008…Cody
Hodgson! I c...
6th Edition Space Wolves
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Space Wolves could rise to the top of the pile in 6th edition if the leaks
and rumours are true.
Considering how easy tanks will be to hit and damage tha...
Cool Mini or Not 12.08
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Cool mini or Not news letter eye candy for you guys. The first model is a
great CMON official model and I personally already have gotten one of
these. ...
MaxMini Large Shoulder pads (10) Review
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Without wasting too much time on the reasons (found here) I am looking for
a good shoulder pads to save time with upcoming conversion projects.
After a d...
The Gladiator Project week 1
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I've been looking for an ancients-related project to change things up a
bit, something that can be played quickly before or after a club match.
Then I cam...
Task Force A
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Ah, the joys of V3. Learning new rules, trying to see if your list was
completely gutted (my Crocs will never see the table again) and then
analyzing old ...
Welcome to CP Belt
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I've been working away from home, and only just got back to find that CP
Belt has joined (blog here). The WWII Soviets on show are lovely; some of
the im...
First Sample Venusian Amazon Cavalrywomen Painted
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In my previous blog entry I described how I had made a Venusian Amazon
Cavalrywoman by using pieces from the Wargames Factory Roman Cavalry and
Amazon Warr...
Something to make me feel better
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Got laid low by some damn chest infection last Tuesday which is refusing to
budge and has prevented me going to the club and has slowed down the
painting! ...
Spotlight On: Pimp & the Gimp Harem
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Meet Pimp and the Gimp Harem!!!
(Titter)
These are some of the nicest models around - really simple but just kind of
gloriously cool.
I have a mi...
Not So Scary Old SYW Baggage
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While waiting for the glue and gesso to dry on more mobs of Fuzzy-Wuzzy
warriors I got some baggage done for my SYW era armies. Since Hotlead 2012
is comin...
Lapsed Again
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Oh well started off OK. Sorry for lack of posts, a heavy painting schedule,
raising money for Salute by digging out unused items, photographing them
and pu...
Chaos Space Marine Lord: WiP 1
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Well it appears I forgot to do a little write-up when this
post originally went live. I doubt many will come back to read this, but
I'll do it anywho.
...
An Important Announcement
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Warhammer Tau is preparing for the fourth sphere expansion of the Tau
Empire and will be bringing you the very best in conversion guides,
painting tutorial...
Fow Tournament App Moving Along
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I haven't disappeared. I've been diligently working on the FoW Tournament
app over the last 2 months. Working with Joe Krone to get it the way
Battlefron...
Epic Squat Thunderers
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Squat Thunderers, one of the most contentious units in the various Epic
Armageddon Squat lists. One base with five heavy weapon armed Squats – how
do you s...
Cyclops!
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*Reaper Cyclops squares up to a Foundry Argonaut*
Well, this is an unusual sort of figure for me. It is a Reaper Miniatures
Cyclops which I picked up re...
Auction Find!
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Hi!
Well I was at a local auction last night to drop off a load of tat for my
girlfriends mum and while there I spotted a big box of old White Dwarf
magaz...
No Peace Without Spain initial play
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Managed to get some time to put this game up on table and have a quick
play. Really impressed with this as a game, whilst reasonably simple and
abstract (...
Medieval Businessmen
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The set is actually called Medieval Citizens and is created by *Erik Traune*r
of *Nikolai*. There´s loads of his work to be seen at his Site Diorama
Dreaml...
New Dwarf Regiment - part seven
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After a shaky start The Pledge is back on track and the first group of
miniatures is complete; based, varnished and flocked.
Photo One - The finished group...
Incoming--a Good WW2 Shooter Game
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*Incoming Review*
This is a fun little game for WW2 shooting, that you can play right out of
your browser right now.
*Incoming* just came out this month o...
WINGS OF WAR PROJECT
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By now from my previous posts I'm sure you all know that Wings of War has
become a favorite and it is a game I really want to play again as quickly
as po...
On The Table Tonight
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Since I have completion of the StuG Battery under my belt, and probably
much to the relief of some viewers, it's time to move on to my next
project...Jag...
A Cracker Day on the Field
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My lad Reilly captained his Cricket team for this week's U/12s match. A
great game on a hot day, here is the match report, posted by a proud Dad
(BTW Reill...
Kirai vs McMourning
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After a quick visit to the Cavalier 2012 show in nearby Tonbridge, myself
and Bull negotiated the 'Annual Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon' disruption
of th...
Dr Grordbort Presents: The Deadliest Game
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Not much to report on the gaming or modelling front - I'm back at school,
so all else is pretty much on the back burner - but I did come across this
that I...
More WW2 in 6mm
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2 stugs - my total stug force!
Much needed anti tank support
again, painted and photographed by Tanner and sitting in my collection for
a few years now...
Dark Age Apocalypse - Bio Gen
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Murtros has a RE(4) weapon. The RE(4) ability on the Kitache Staff provides the ability to CA even though not in BTB or reach past a BTB model to attack some...
WIP: The Decapitator
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My friend Scott has had this awesome resin cast model of the "decapitator"
by the talented Randy Bowen in the box, in his cube at work... for.. ever.
Abo...
Move Three Orders Excecuted. . .
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*Zichenau's General de Latte has ordered what appears to be a general
advance. Above, you can see his front line of infantry almost within
musketry range...
Snow Storm
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This Cult of December model was a real pleasure to work with.
Here is a solo shot of the Rasputina re-sculpt. I love the model, but due
to how I base...
February 2012 Long Rifle Games
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Yesterday Mark and I were able to get together for another game. We usually
don’t play in December due to the holiday break and my having to grade
piles of...
Battle of Sarmizegetusa
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View of the table with the Dacian walls on the left
The Romans attack the walls while Dacians counterattack from the right and
left flanks
Romans on the ...
Magnetic Terrain
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I saw this idea on someone's blog ages back, so if it was you - thanks.
As we all know, it is annoying playing a game with nice terrain where you
have to k...
Flanking Metz
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Flanking MetzPatton never one to let fuel shortages get in the way had
bounced the Mosselle to the south of Metz in a bid to encircle the city.
The 5th U...
10mm Roads
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I’ve had several people ask me what I was using for roads ever since I
started to share my Civil War game photos. I will use this post to answer
that quest...
Swapping Tanks- British Armor Soviet Courage
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I recently trade Steve from WWPD some terrain for a batch of Game ModelsMatilda IIs and Valentine VIIIs.
At first I thought about starting a British desert...
APACHE Quick Review (Waterloo 1815)
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*I received this week a box of "APACHE" - WATERLOO 1815. *
*(see **here), so I propose to you a quick review of the set.*
*I'll not loose my time (and yours!...
Hamburger Tactica 2012
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This Saturday I've had a great time at this year's Tactica wargaming
convention in Hamburg. As always it was a great event with amazing gaming
boards and p...
28mm Elizabethan Swashbucklers & Sea Dogs
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Reading the Pike Shot & Zombie Rules led me to dust off a couple of Blister
packs of Foundry Elizabethan's. The rules are set in the Thirty Years War,
but ...
Free Trees 2
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Steady progress on the sedum trees, the top picture shows the first three
stages, the bare twig on the left, with added masking tape on the central
one. ...
28mm WWII: German Reinforcements
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Last year I picked up several packages of Crusader WWII Germans in 28mm.
It is a good thing that I did, as the Crusader line is no longer carried in
the U...
Chinese on Chinese Action
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Promoting pages which are not even on this blog, here's a report of a gamein our current club competition featuring my army comprised of 650 points
of Han C...
Night Goblin Spear Chukka´s WIP
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Spear Chukkas are done. Still some work to do with the bases... and the
crew is still under construction. But here´s some pics :)
Pics aren´t too good....
Resin Diorama Base: The Trenches No.1
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Hello again! For a while now I've been working on some small diorama bases
with the purpose to produce a whole series. The great news is that the
first one...
Slow progress
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I've been a bit distracted, and if you examine the current contents of my
workbench you can see why.
- front right- Paras - not bad progress, just need ...
Men of Daring: Prince Aage
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One of the most famous Foreign Legionnaires was the Dane known as Prince
Aage or more formally Count Aage of Rosenborg. (He has a short bio on
Wikipedia) ...
Sunny Sunday Building the Ghost Town
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It is the last weekend of February, we should be under several feet of snow
in the UK but instead this Sunday offered brilliant sunshine, so much so I
was ...
HAIL CAESAR DACIAN WARS GAME
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Here are some photos from today's Hail Caesar game. This game is the last
game in a campaign that has brought the Roman army to the walls of the
Dacian cap...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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*
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Ceol group 2*
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slingers*
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Lead Market Report - January 2012
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I've been dragging my feet - well, at least my right foot (still in a cast
for another 11 days). As February winds down, it's time to recap January's
lead ...
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...
Top Medieval Re-enactorisms
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Last weekend was the AGM of the MSS (Medieval Siege Society) and I ran a
session about Reenactorisms. This was not a lecture more an open
discussion. The f...
Holiday Sale!
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Well, since everyone else is doing it, why not :-) This time around, let's
have a sale on the SNAFU expansion. $10 instead of the usual $25. The sale
wi...
Holiday Sale!
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Well, since everyone else is doing it, why not :-) This time around, let's
have a sale on the SNAFU expansion. $10 instead of the usual $25. The sale
wi...
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For technical reasons, I have moved to a different host with this blog,
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