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Fort Delaware
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Narrowsburg. Thomsomfeld sent me these images of a great wooden fort from
the F&I and Revwar era. Info here
http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=23934
ht...
The Great War Batrep
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Hoi,
On February 23rd Koen came by and we played 3 The Great War games; one
regular 1200pts battle and two trench-raid games. Now it has taken me ages
to ...
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Played another game of No Retreat with Mein Fuehrer (ie my Dad) last night
and another excellent game it was too (despite our getting bit confused
with th...
If a little is good....
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Contrary to my expectations, I found a little time to playtest yesterday.
The table was still set up from the last game but I thought the armies and
Oberh...
C21 and Cincycon
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Well after a long dry spell I got back into it. The Dayton Ohio convention
Cincycon was yeld recently. I hosted Dave S. (Naval Gazing) Taiwan vs.
China scena...
Northern Barbarians!
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Hi!
As promised heres some pictures of my first barbarian unit:
All the figures are PETER PIGS Conquerors and Kings ancient Germans and
paint up reall...
TUSK TERRAIN PT 1
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I have started work on the terrain I will use for my Tusk Project, Its
basically going to be an open valley surrounded with small Pine forests,
plenty of...
Diversity
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If, as the saying goes, variety is the spice of life, then my modelling
table has little to worry about. I took the photo when I realised that the
toys I'...
WW2 GAME MALAYA 1942
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On Thursday night the group played a WW2 game set in Malaya 1942. The
scenario was an Australian/British battalion group acting as a rearguard to
cover the...
Battle of Toulouse - Move 1
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Table at the start of move 1
Centre - Soult has three corps deployed in and around Toulouse
Bottom - Hill will arrive on centre road
Left - Picton and ...
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I spent yesterday in a Lambshead Family Picnic at the Imperial War Museum
at Duxford, Cambridgeshire and took lots of pics, the best of which I shall
fe...
Got to find me some 6mm Koreans!
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I am of course getting well ahead of myself BUT I think the addition of
some Korean opposition for my samurai armies will provide an added
dimension to a c...
Saga First Game
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A bit late in posting this.
Last Monday saw me take part in my first ever game of Saga. The fledgling
warband I've put together joined a Viking band against...
Sci Fi game and movie convention 2012
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The annual Sci-Fi convention in Malmö was held this weekend, so I went
there with a couple of friends. Actually had a minor adventure in the
morning prior ...
Welsh Warriors for Saga
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Here are eight more warriors completed for my expanded Welsh Saga warband.
This unit is worth one point in Saga terms. Sorry the photos aren't great.
Most ...
Project Progress
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Regimental engineer company for my 43-45 panzergrenadier unit
Various lighting experiments here, the figures have also had a little more
work done since
...
Ottoman Reinforcements - Bashi Bazouks
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This evening sees the first real outing of my Ottoman Turk Army vs that
of the Russian Empire.
The plan is to use a scenario generated from the excellent Pl...
Wybrane z tygodnia 42
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Codwutygodniowa porcja tygodniowych linków do czegoś fajnego...:) Dziś
niemal same poradniki, dotyczące rozmaitych aspektów hobby - myślę, że
każdy znajdz...
Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy
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I got my hands on a new, at least for me, wargaming magazine: Wargames,
Soldiers and Strategy.
I have had the chanse to look at two of their latest issue...
Podcast hits new download milestone
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The podcast achieved a new milestone overnight, as it went over 300,000
total downloads – something of a mind-boggling figure! Many thanks to
everyone for ...
Buddenbrock Cuirassiers
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The 1st Prussian Cuirassiers of the WAS/SYW period, also known as the
Buddenbrock Cuirassiers. Figures are by Foundry and are the old charging
figure...
Byzantines, Blood Bowl and Shermans
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I promised my mate, Alan, a full after action report of Friday night's
Blood Bowl game between his Norse and my valiant Dwarrow Boys Dwarf team,
and I will...
My Mysoreans painted bei TK
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And this morning Krisztian sent me photos of my Mysorean infantry which I
gave him as a paintjob.
Together with the one I painted myself I already have over...
Bren Gun Carrier
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Good evening,
Should be ironing for the coming week, but, well...
Recently won me a 1/72 Airfix Bren Gun Carrier and 6 Pndr off Trade Me, and
am slowly pu...
Greek Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider
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[image: Photobucket]
Like I mentioned in my last post I have got a bunch of figures done in the
last month, but I was not able to get them ready to post ...
Stone Lurker small update
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The tentacles are attached. I think they've improved the look of my lurker;
I really think the paint will bring everything together. Time to prime!
US firepower WIP
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Next up in the US build is a mixture of tank destroyers and artillery.
Models are MMS, SHQ, Milicast and one of those rare beats - a Cromwell.
SHQ M12 and...
Chapter XI Terra Incognita
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*EXPEDITION TO ALEXANDRAPOUR*
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Date: 22 September 1900
Location: Into The Uncharted Interior
Situation: The March and the 3rd Sikh's Ca...
WFB RUMORS: Empire Latest
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So, Empire is said to be headed our way in April. Its time to bring
everyone up to date. via the always reliable Harry LATEST EMPIRE RUMORSBoLS
Lounge ~Yo...
Kroot, Sneaky Gits? War Torn!
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Welcome to a new segment here on Spikey Bits called War Torn, where I try
to capture a perhaps pivotal moment in a battle, or a frame that shows an
ongoing...
General de Brigade Game: Eckmuhl, 1809
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Today I hosted a miniatures game for the first time since June. In fact, I have not played a miniatures game since October! We fought though the first scen...
Panzer-Grenadier Pioneer Battalion Company 3
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The last in the Pioneer's line Companies is No3 Company.
The Heavy Weapons Platoon is once again from the Revell DAK set. I choose
these poses as they ar...
The Smell of Tharks in the Morning
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Working up my native VSF force, a labor of 3 years now. Tracking down
Mageknight Shyft Fiends to be my 4 Armed Tharks first was .... very trying
in that I ...
Little Bitty Buildings
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A couple of posts back I mentioned that I was starting to create some of my
own card stock building designs for 6 to 10mm scale. I have several things
in ...
The heaviest Romans
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Now. They're done. Though I like painting, Ididn't like tose minis from
Eureka. They're either too smooth and hard to paint/highlight/wash, or they
have to...
Water Sports
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I've spent a little time this evening making watery terrain for some
projected games here at the Duchy of Alzheim. Above is my swamp and below a
picture ...
WAB Early Dark Ages Campaign Kick Off - 3/3/12
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We kicked off a WAB Early Dark Ages Campaign today at The Game Matrix -
only a few of us were able to make it - although a few others managed to
swing by l...
Eden - My thoughts
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I have had a few comments re is Tabans skirmish game Eden any good? So instead of replying to each comment I will try and give my opinion. This won't be abou...
Kharn the Betrayer 360 Spin
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Think I might have the angle a little wrong on this one, and the lighting.
Can try again tomorrow! :) VIEW Related posts: Commission: Kharn the
Betrayer, p...
Bag The MiG B29's
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I spent most of this afternoon chopping down a very reluctant tree in the
garden, as we're having a new patio built and it was in the way. This
meant I w...
Tinkering...
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Revised Armour and Shield Protection Chart for Barbarians of Lemuria.
I find I am always tinkering with rules; I don't think there is a rule set
that I ow...
Old Stuff Day+1: More Vietnam
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There was some interest in my Vietnam figures yesterday so I though I'd
expand a little on that. Comrade James and I got into the genre 5 years
ago to pla...
The Long Search
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I've been gaming since I was 12 years old. Since the beginning, I've
tried many many different terrain techniques and methods. Starting at the
beginnin...
New Additions to the Lead Pile
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Before I get cracking on the next Lead Market Report, I thought I'd post a
few pics of some recent additions to the lead family. Let's get things
started b...
Orders Issued for Turn Four. . .
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"Right you are, old biscuit," said General de Latte, "Turn Three is
finished then. Here are my orders for Turn Four. . ."
1) The Ermland Garde and von Fli...
Castillo de San Marcos
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Constructed and maintained by the Spanish from 1671 through the
Revolutionary war the Castillo de San Marcos is now maintained by the
National Park servic...
Transporting The El-Gin Marbles (3)
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The Treborian Hussars charge the Fetaland cavalry but are repulsed and
retreat into the Mounted Constabulary .
The Treborian Dragoons dismount and defen...
Saracen camel riders.
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Here's the latest unit for my Saracen army,Camel riders. Although it is
highly unlikely they were really used in battle, they where used to guard
baggage t...
More Wargaming stuff and a Reality Update
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When I was last unemployed, - during Mrs Thatchers recession, for the sake
of clarity - I realised it was important to have a work/recreation balance.
Cons...
Cataphract progress
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I have managed to finish the block painting on the Late Roman cataphracts.
They have now had a coat of Army Painter Strong Tone which I am using as an
inte...
Tau!
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Philip's ongoing interest in Warhammer 40K is rubbing off on his poor old
father. I've had a soft spot for the Tau since seeing the launch of the
range and...
Blogs of Note #2: Early Dark Ages Campaign
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Today, several of my friends will embark on a *Warhammer Ancient Battles*(WAB) campaign sponsored by NWHistorical
Wargames (NWHW).
They're using the late...
WWII Aerial Game Test II
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Did the second playtest with another set of rules, Scramble!
They seemed to work better than I recalled based on our first experiment
with the rules. Actu...
Grey Knights Odds & Ends
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My Grey Knights have been seeing some more action on the table due to an
influx of Chaos Marines and other daemon taint at the club…
Has the codex been b...
The Demeskeen's Invasion - Summer 382 (RRtK)
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*YEAR 382, Summer*
The Demeskeen roll to Go to War (RRtK, p.58) in summer 382. They attack the
only reachable territory: the Border Kingdoms. The Kingdoms ...
Monster Attack
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The monster sucks in his first victim.
Three more men are pulled into the maw of the monster.
The other men keep up a steady fire at the monster.
...
Site News
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Art I'm making my first few very large art pieces which will get their
first airing to the big bad world in around July/August. Yes we are talking
model ba...
Wild Weasel
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Family issues have meant that I've not got near my workbench for the past
few weeks but this morning I managed to spend an hour or so painting this
USAF Ph...
Apocalypse Scenario for the Second Table
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Building on the apocalypse scoring from yesterday, below is the setup and
the individual scenario for our second table: Moon World – An ancient
Interplanet...
Black Crusade Announcement - Tome of Fate
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It's like I'm psychic (or a Psyker!) Days after Hand of Corruption arrived
in the Man Corner, FFG have announced the next book in the Black Crusade
s...
Barter Bucket: 3/3/12
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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...
Stalingrad Campaign: Conclusion
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In the biting cold of a grey-clouded afternoon, the last bullets were
fired... 9 months after it started, the Stalingrad Campaign played by the
Lardie se...
A Day Late Old Stuff Day
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Back before I started up LEGO Thursdays there was a short stint I did
called "Mik's Moment of Zen". Basically I just dug into my phone photo
archives and ...
Dragonlance - Attack of the Goblins Finale
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We had an absolute blast! The airship Harkangel lookout Sawtooth Sam
shouted attention on deck as he described the battle of the scene below.
Capt Frost an...
Elven Druid
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A while back we had a woman player in my D&D game who was playing a drow
druid. I got her a miniature, another figure from Reaper, but before I
could ge...
Normans (STRELETS) another duel...
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*I post it to show my first duel on Benno's ("Knights on horse duel"): *
*I've won but honesty, I'm not sure that my work was better than my
duellist's one!...
Star Wars by steam – a fabulous steampunk walker
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Making a model steampunk machine requires the same care with credibility as
writing an effective steampunk novel. A mate of mine here in Kapiti has
done ju...
Battling on with 4E
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The Delvers met up on Friday after a four week hiatus. We missed the last
session because the Evil GM was away on holiday (shocking!). The rest of
the grou...
Now that's a piece..
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...of wargaming terrain... I wonder if anyone else had the exact same
thought I did when they saw it.... 54mm perhaps??
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/...
Kiss Me Hardy
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I purchased these rules some time last year but have only just got around
to playing. All the models are from Langton Miniatures and held up well to
the r...
Goreham's Rangers
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By 1761 Goreham's ( or Gorham's) Rangers had adopted a reversible uniform
that was a red coat with brown facings and linings. As a result I have
painted ...
Medieval Market Stalls
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You can´t have a town without businessmen and you can´t have businessmen
without a Market and you can´t have a market without market stalls (or is
it stand...
Wellington's Battles
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Table at the start of the battle of Toulouse
Having fought three campaign battles on the same day, it looks like there
will be a lull in the fighting as th...
MechWarrior Tactics
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It's the year 3025. Hostile enemy lances are closing in all around you. As
Commander of an elite mercenary company, it's up to you to ensure swift
victory ...
Humvees assembled and undercoated
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Hey all!
The hummers are assembled and undercoated... the gun turrets have to dry
separately, but here they are.
I would normally NEVER do this, btw... b...
Reille's II Corp
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Reille's II CorpsComte Honore Charles Reille commanded the II Army Corps of
the Armee De Nord. The Corps numbered some 20,000 men in three Divisions of
inf...
New Blog (of Void and Stars)
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From the Void and Stars blog.One of the creators of *Song of Void and Stars*,
the upcoming starship combat rules from Ganesha Games, has started a blog
to ...
More Irregular play testing (and a 3 for 3 result!)
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That's right, we tested out three of the new scenarios of Irregular Wars:
Conflict at the World's End last night - and I continue to be hampered by
the aut...
Gardes te Voet, the Dutch Blue Guard, 1690
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This is a unit I started a few months ago, but, as with other projects, has
been slowed down quite a bit because of my illness. The unit represents the
Dut...
Old Stuff Day, the 2nd.
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Old Stuff Day original art by http://firstkeeper.deviantart.com/
Another March 2nd has come upon us, and thankfully I can just squeeze in
this "Old Stuff...
20mm WW2 Soviets!?
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And now for something completely different…
I knocked these off in an evening. I feel like a cheap point whore… I
totally did them just to gain some points...
Real Adventure Comics
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I found this item unexpectedly while browsing around the usenet groups.
It’s Issue #1 of Real Adventure Comics that was released in April of 1955.
Beside...
Old Stuff Day
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Seems there is an 'Old Stuff Day' going around. I haven't been at this
blogging long enough to have anticipated it, but I do like the sound of it.
I've als...
More Fantasy
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With no major projects lined up, I've been digging into my bag of unpainted
Reaper miniatures. I went a little crazy after discovering Song of Blades
and ...
Beer Review - Heavy Seas Loose Cannon.
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* Heavy Seas - Loose Cannon (Hop3 Ale)*
*Beer Type: *American IPA
*
*
*Appearance:* Six pack of 12 oz. brown bottles with a purple label and
nautical/pir...
Forward Observer & Vickers Team
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I have finished my first Forward Observer team along with their jeep, plus
another Vickers HMG team.
The FAO blokes are from AB, the jeep is from Revell (e...
2K12 Kub SA-6 Gainfull
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Today something smaller.:)
I love Oddział Ósmy models in 1:600. I think they are pure perfection for
modern combat, and while I have considerable numbers o...
And the winner is...............
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As some of you are already aware The Rejects made the long drive to
Tonbridge (ok 35 minute?), to spend their hard earned dosh at the Cavalier
Wargames S...
In the Dawghouse Now...
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Yup, they tossed me into the hoosegow over on TMP for five days.
Honestly, I didn't think what I said was such a biggie, but someone must
have complained...
Team Secret Weapon: Tournament Time!
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posted by Sirus
Pre-tournament insanity! I've been working on my army to the exclusion of
all else, getting it ready for the Bay Area Open this weekend. It...
28mm foundry ECW infantry and gun crews
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Here's a couple of shots of the last of my ecw army other than two figures
they are all 28mm foundry I've done these guys up as a rag tag mix of
colours ...
301 Old Stuff Day
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Hullo, All!
It's March 2nd - it's Old Stuff Day...the brainchild of Warhammer 39999.
Less activity over the past year, so I'll only include a couple, but ...
MW Kiwi lorried Infantry- WIP
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I'm hoping for a game vs Kent next week using the new 3e FoW rules and as
he has no allied forces anymore I need to get my kiwi's battle ready. I am
either...
ForgeWorld SKIN WOLVES - ARCANE FROGS
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I know that all over the blog sphere its old post day or something of that
nature. I have old posts that people enjoyed that I could have thrown up,
and I...
Claymore Castings Packaging Department
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Our highly trained and dedicated packaging manager is collating the figures
for all the people who
pre-ordered our new figures.
Orc's Drift: The Opening Moves
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King F'Yar astride his wyvern
Opened the ball today with the first few turns of the Orcs Drift mega-game.
The hounds of the Severed Hand clan approach Ashak...
Suomenlinna Island Fortress, Finland.
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Just back from a trip to Helsinki where I visited both the Suomenlinna
Island Fortress and the Helsinki Military Museum (for which I'll make
another pos...
Followers .....gone
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Greetings fellow ledheads...
As of yesterday I had 300 followers...as of this morning I have 185 . 115
followers....poof gone. Anyone else having this prob...
It's Alive!
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Continuing our series of excellent new Frightmare releases, here is another
variant paint job for the Hole Beast. For my creature, I went with a
sickly, hu...
Einar's saga. The end of the way.
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After fleeing from the dungeon where Fafnir lost his life, and escaping
from a several days pursuit by the Orcs, Einar and his friends reached the
frontier...
Arooo! - New wolves not just for 40k.
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I'm very happy about a new 40k set that's just out. No, wait, let me
explain.
The new Fenrisian wolves have just been released, and boy, are they
fantas...
Old Stuff Day
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You may have heard mention that today is Old Stuff Day, so ordained by Rob
at the recently remodeled and reworked Warhammer 39,999. To honor his
inspiratio...
February Out of the Way
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February was a month that felt like it was getting away from me at most
times. Even after double checking the frequency of my updates in February
and findi...
Thinking Napoleonic
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Well at least that is what it seems is happening, it has been a long time
habit of mine not to approach the new year with plans for my hobbies, this
year ...
Regiment de Grancy
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Didn't quite make the end of the month deadline but the first company of
the Regiment de Grancy is finished and awaiting a matt varnish but I
couldn't wait...
Apocalypse Scenario for our First Table
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For our upcoming apocalypse game we will be using three seperate tables and
the teams will be at a minimum of 32,000 points each. I wanted to add some
flav...
Book Review: Know no Fear
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Right on the heels of Deliverance Lost, we have Know no Fear by Dan Abnett,
and I was feeling so good about DL, that I *knew* KnF was going to be a
great b...
25th Model WIP
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Not finding much time this week to paint, but here's the starting of the
base colours on this guy. Just some necron abyss on the blue, scab red and
khemri...
Mantic Warpath Box Arrives
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After all my strong willpower over the last couple of months I've fallen
foul of that classic downfall - the Ebay bargain impulse buy. In this case
the Man...
16 Years
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Just a quick note, today is my anniversary of 16 years. She is really and
honestly, the finest person I have ever met. We've had our rough times and
our sm...
TFA Part 2
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This list is getting some love lately! I appreciate the comments on the
previous TFA post. I have spent the last several days reviewing the list,
talking...
Old Stuff Day + 350th post contest!
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350 posts!! For some it might not be much (***cough*** Mik ***cough***)
but for me it's a pretty big achievement - so best to celebrate it in
style!! Ano...
Free Official Scenarios for USE ME Sci Fi
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After receiving numerous requests from players, Gavin Syme has authored a
series of free scenarios for the *USE ME* Sci Fi game! He developed a
generic ba...
Games for 07/03/2012
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Games for next week - BFG with Mick, James, Trainset & Roddy;
PreDreadnaught Commander, or Predred ops, or something, with Rob, Dave,
Taff and Bookmark; an...
Bazaar Enough
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This was a very quick build using foamboard, filler, PVA glue and a few
pins and set on a piece of MDF to add a little weight. For the shutter I
scored th...
A Knife Wielding Bravo
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Blue Moon Manufacturing and Old Glory have both supplied a lot of minis for
my various fantasy campaigns.
Blue Moon's line of Swashbucklers, Rogues, and De...
Sad Day
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PC David Rathband who, it would appear, took his own life
Please, do not think too ill of me
Though I failed at last
I stood before you
until the danger pas...
Old Stuff Day 2012, a sentimental look back
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Image from the Old Stuff Day Project I've been waiting all year for Old
Stuff Day to finally arrive. Not that I had any idea what I was going to
include in...
Newbie First Game
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Back in November I managed to enjoy a game night with my beloved. We
planned a date night to introduce her to All Things Zombie. She had seen
my blog and...
15mm Painted Franonian (IDF) Centurion Tanks...
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...formerly Israeli but I got them cheap from a guy called Avi and a bit of
paint job later.......
15mm Peter Pig IDF Centurions from their AK47 range and ...
More of the 20mm 1956 project
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I have just picked these up on ebay. Both are resin models by Cromwell
Models, a company that has been very very difficult to obtain models from
in the pas...
Button switched ...
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posted by roman, jarhead, kong
As told in the big Painting Crusade Report I have to switch buttons again -
working mixed with the hobby that you love c...
The Massive Wahankh
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[image: The Massive Wahankh]
Lord Wahankh returns, showing us another type of Squat to have on the
battlefield. If you’re a new reader, you may not remem...
Considering the etiquette of a three-way..
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Often i find myself in three-ways. I’m sure a lot of us do. Okay, my partner is looking at me funny now.. I’m talking of course about those 40k games where ...
Gingerbread Mania
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Back in December 2011 Craig Andrews - he of *Orcs in the Webbe*, ran yet
another Advent Calendar. A series of daily posts which featured gaming
articles, s...
Bitwa pod Koroneją/ Battle of Coronea (2)
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Linie hoplitów zbliżają się do siebie/ Hoplites lines closingTebańskie prawe skrzydło osłaniane przez peltastów atakowane przez spartańską kawalerię.Theban r...
SAGA Iliad: Progress
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We finally got to give my SAGA Iliad mod a run at the Cavs last night.
Poochie ran Achilles (using Ivo the Norman from the Official lists) and I
ran Odyss...
Necrons... It Came from the Swamp...
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Got some Necrons in trade for some commission work, knocked out a test one
here. Going for a newly unearthed/ run-down look...
A lot of folks have be...
Shagrat, Captain of Cirith Ungol
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Miracle of miracles there is a LOTR:SBG tournament this weekend and it is
not being run by Tim and is not part of the GiTD! This will be the first
chance ...
One month to go!
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One month to release date!
Well, kinda.
My attitude is 'it is done when it is done', but having a mooted release
date puts a fire under my bottom. If p...
Resin Diorama Base: The Trenches No.1 part 2
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Hello everyone, Here's the final part of The Trenches No.1. Well now... You
may have expected me to give you a painting tutorial, but I have decided
agains...
On the painting tray: March 2012
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This month I shall mostly be:
- Painting the last eight of a unit of 36 hoplites then basing the whole
lot
- Doing the base on Anne Boleyn, who i...
Prussian Grenadiers
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Continuing my New Years resolution I've got some more Spencer Smith 30mm
figures painted .
These are the Grenadier Battalion Jung-Billerbeck , it compri...
The Bulge in 28mm: WW2 Battle Report
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Last week's game was a 28mm "Battle of the Bulge" scenario featuring some
of the first WW2 models I ever painted (Battlehonours Waffen-SS) against
some of...
Drazhoath The Ashen WIP
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I was taking pictures of some other stuff so I thought I might as well take
these ones as I started a WIP thread. I made some good progress on it
today. I...
Claymore Castings - sample figures
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Dave Imrie very kindly sent me a couple of samples of the Claymore Castings
figures, covering the Anglo-Scottish wars at the end of the fourteenth
cent...
Æthelglyth
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I painted it for the company Maelstrom Games
I used Model Color , Game Color and inks
if you have questions about colors you can ask here ;)
BLLive! 2012
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On Saturday, the hordes of Black Library fandom and authorage (and artists
and editors and salesfolk and everyone else) will be descending upon
Warhammer W...
Space Wolves Thunderwolf Cavalry Raffle!
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$1 ticket buys you a chance to win a Games Workshop, new on sprue, Space
Wolves Thunderwolf Cavalry. Please note: this is a brand new, unpainted,
unasse...
6mm Dwarfs - amazing sculpts
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Hello all,
Still working on the battle report, alas time is limited.
Anyways, I saw these wonderful new minis today:
These are 6mm (!) models and have more...
Spacejacker tattoo
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I don't normally blog about life stuff here, but I'm so pleased with my
latest tattoo that I thought it deserved a mention.
The artist is the tremendousl...
Charity Army Build - The 57th Mordian (Part 1)
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Following the recent passing of my grandfather I decided I wanted to try to
raise some money for the charitable organisations which provided so much
suppor...
The Battle of Ariminum
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The Carthaginians draw 9 *Army Characterisation Deck* cards. They draw 75
morale chips, a 'deft cavalry, command' card and a 'stratagem' card for
which a...
New Desperate Mercenary
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I've been proxying the Desperate Merc for my Sonnia and Kirai lists for a
while now. I didn't see the point in buying the model since he was not on
the t...
FOW: Nebs and a Jag
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Finally some finished mini's!!!
As reported earlier, with the new release of FOW ver 3.0 a return to 15mm
WWII was in order. The first project will be t...
This is Sparta!
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My first unit of Spartans for Basic Impetus is completed. I went for the
8cm frontage and 10 figures per base for the phalanx part of the army. All
the fig...
Kreoss for the Masters
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I already have a Kreoss model painted but as I am missing his staff
somewhere I decided to use that as an excuse to paint up the variant pose I
had picked ...
Roundwood's Wordle 2012
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Here's a harmless (and some may say utterly pointless) bit of fun, and an
echo from last year. I put the URL of my blog from the last few weeks into Wordle ...
Vikings for SAGA point 6: Archers
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Not overexcited with the idea of having to paint the archers I got the job
done. While I have collected hundreds of Vikings over the years I had a
hard...
Reaper's Mushroom Men - 2679
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I'll update more tomorrow with additional views and painting instructions -
just running out of time tonight - so here's the front side view of the
mush...
Starfleet Wars: Carnivoran Ships Part 1
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The next fleet in my collection from the Starfleet Wars/Galactic Knightsrange is the Space Navy of the Carnivoran Republic. The original Starfleet
Wars back...
My painting desk
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I finally tidied up my work area.
I posted the result over on my other blog for those interested is seeing a
before and after photo:
Shelldrake's work area
February WIP
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Since I've been pretty busy over the last month and have managed to get
some bit's and pieces done (yes, it's even surprised me!) I have managed to
post a ...
Philip Sabin's "Simulating War".
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Phil Sabin's new book *Simulating War *arrived yesterday. I've been
browsing through it and thought I'd share some initial thoughts.
My first impression...
German Grenadier 1/35 from Verlinden
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From time to time I like to add some of my other than wargame figures. This
is a Verlinden German Grenadier. I used an old Tiger I had done years ago
tha...
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. ...
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
(9,405) beatin...
'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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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..
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
...
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...
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 ...
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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...
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...
Necron Project Complete
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Here's the proof. Now I just need a more detailed photo shoot to go over
the finished conversions.
It's a funny thing; last year I spent six solid months...
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 ...
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...
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 .......
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,
which can now be found at http://www.henrys-wargaming.co.uk All content has
been mo...