I have been gaming since school, moving from historical figures gaming through role playing and back again. I decided to Blog after being persuaded by some friends that it's time I joined the digital age properly. The plan is to showcase various goings-on in my gaming life and keep it updated as much as I possibly can, barring work and real life. Speaking of which - now that I have been on Bogger for a while - I have decided to expand my blogging acxtivities to my work life as well.
More animal antics
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So after completing the first batch of figures I got straight to work on a
few more. These six will add even more variety as I begin to plan a warband
for ...
More Sumerians and a Bit of Shopping
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Close upon the heels of last week's Sumerian reinforcements (see *Sumerian
Reinforcements*), a similarly sized batch of Sumerian javelinmen departs
from t...
No Video Today 😔
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No video today I'm afraid. The gastrointestinal bug that I have had for the
last three weeks has not gone away and if anything is making me feel even
wor...
Cyprus 1974: A Wargamers Guide
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I have a new book out today, *Cyprus 1974: A Wargamers Guide*. The subject
will be familiar given the number of scenario play tests I have covered in
th...
French Gendarmerie Alouette III
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Completed a little side project this weekend. A very old Heller kit. I
plan to use this in an upcoming scenario. The kit is a little vague on
assembly i...
Campaign Maps
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*Germany*
My campaign has been designed to provide interesting battles to wargame,
with the minimum of administration. To this end I have created a
...
Greyhawkery Comics: Saga of Valkaun Dain #6
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Well met citizens of Greyhawk! *Valkaun Dain* has a love-hate relationship
with the *Free City of Greyhawk*. Greyhawk gave him so much but also gave
him ...
Turning Point Stalingrad - Concluded
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Took another two sessions to complete, but I feel our game was just a
learning exercise as we made some serious errors around rubble and groups
taking ca...
Christmas Rampant 2024
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Just got back from another great Christmas (Dragon) Rampant game day at
Bruce (Company B) Meyer's place in Gig Harbor. Used a smallish warband with
reduc...
20mm War of 1812 American Regulars
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The commission of Frying Pan and Blanket Amalgamated is coming along. I
continue to be impressed with the quality of this line. William owns this
figure li...
Jon Hodgson Backdrops Books
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I’ve recently received a couple of new books from the ‘Backdrops’ range –
artwork by Jon Hodgson, distributed by Handiwork Games – following their
second s...
Magic Village Child with reindeer
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When Christmas is coming I can't resist painting some figures of Lemax,
Luville, Dickensville or Magic Village. The figures are so nice but the
factory p...
Wereboars
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I think? Or just wild boars? Or some creature from the monster manual that
I no longer remember because I am now one of the ancient ones?
Pretty nice scu...
I have been to... Alfriston and the South Downs
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It was my birthday a couple of weeks ago (feeling old now!) and my main
birthday pressie was a mystery trip away somewhere. My wife and j used to
do th...
This weeks progress, Hungarians
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Hi guys
This weeks progress on the 1/72 Hungarian HQ and Storm Pioniere detachment,
have done some pin washes, chipping and dry brushing, painted some d...
Beja completed!
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This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've
halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a
while lon...
Some toasters
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Another batch of battlemechs, which my wife christened "toasters" because
of their resemblance to the Cylons from *Battlestar Galactica*.
These guys were...
New Galleys and Sea Mat
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Here's the first group shot of my 1/1200 scratchbuilt/homecast galleys, on
a piece of dark blue cotton cloth (size 140x100cm) I got from a
haberdashery....
Al-Andalus invade the kingdom of Castile
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Invading Castile, the Arab-Berber army of al-Andalus met the Iberians on an
open plain, to one side a small hamlet and opposite a forest line.
Castile pl...
Retrospective: Nomads of the World-Ocean
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I recently mentioned that I'd be devoting more space on this blog to
coverage of *Traveller.* I thought a good way to start making good on that
pledge is ...
2024: A wargaming retrospective
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Mercifully, perhaps, this will be a very short post, since I have made a
video of all the Wollongong Wargamers' games throughout the year:
But I just wan...
Deadcember 2024 - The Plan
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My plan for Deadcember 2024 is to paint these (mostly) old vampires. And
the one dreg, because vampires need a minion. I also have a couple of newer
"ac...
British 13th Light Dragoons and Friends
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It was past time to bolster the British Cavalry arm, which has been
woefully understrength compared to their French counterparts, so it was the
turn of th...
Billmen WIP
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Still in my WOTR phase, I ordered some Front Rank Billmen from eBay. I was
really impressed when they arrived. The detail is excellent and the scale
fits...
Workmen and Generals
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Astute regular readers will think that they have seen the last civilians of
below before...well you have, because when I placed this order I put down
the w...
Battleground 2024
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More views of a great show
And my purchases included these beauties
Finally, big thanks to Colonel Bill's, their last show
They're still onli...
into the Dark Side - A Star Wars Legion batrep
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Yes you read that right.......Star Wars!!!
What the hell is Rousell doing playing Star Wars, he's a purly historical
gamer??? I hear you shouting...
...
Lothern Seaguards
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Here we have a freshly painted unit of Lothern Seaguards for my High Elf
collection.
The miniatures are a mixture of the "new" plastic Seaguards from th...
Playing Phil Sabin's Phalanx
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It's not a secret that Phil Sabin is one of my favourite game designers.
The evolution of my 15mm Ancients figure collection, for example, has been
direc...
King David
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Had a solo game today of King David, an older game that was the precursor
of Basic Impetus.
Today was just a trial run to give the rules a go, and spot ...
Back to the Brushes 395
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A little update on the Romano British javelin men.
The front two stands of Psiloi are ready for varnishing and basing and the
larger stands to the rear ...
Prussian reinforcements (1)
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Fresh from the inspiration of last weeks game I've been working on some
more Prussians for the 6mm Napoleonic collection. All the miniatures are
from ...
The Miller's Tale - Episode 10
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Episode 10: In which the podcast reaches double figures, and Mike has his
first ever guest, namely James Morris!
Links from the episode:
- James' we...
Seven Years War at Partizan
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Sorry for the lack of posts this last few weeks! I have been very busy
getting the, Seven Years War, demonstration game ready for the 2nd Partizan
show ...
"Lust for Glory" at Colours
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Here are a few shots of the first test game of the "horse and musket" rules
I've been working on, tentatively named "Lust for Glory."
This was the fir...
Mounted Wizard
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This month I alsopresent a figure from
Reeper Bones that I still had in my stash.
It's the Dwarf Mounted Battle Mage and judging
by the packaging I've ...
If You Go Down To The Woods Today.......
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It was already afternoon when the column came into view of the border
tower. The eerie quiet put the old soldiers on their guard.
Suddenly the Queen's c...
Again with the delays...
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Welp, still here although hard to tell that recently!Seems to be one
problem after another and sometimes compounded - work getting worse with
personnel sh...
Late Companions
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The title refers to the fact that these have been sat waiting to be
finished pretty much since Victrix released them! I think I fell out with
them becau...
Tabletop Terraformation
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Only God, the poet writes, can make a tree. But you can make or buy all
manner of miniature facsimiles that will enhance your wargame table and
make your...
ACW Command Stands
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Finally got around to adding some command stands for my ACW armies although
to be honest I've had these done for a few weeks already. Although I
haven...
Flames of war - Halmstad game-tournament, May 2024
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Early May this year I attended to one of the bigger and nicer
events in my opinion, Flames of war - game tournament!
The tournament was situated in a ver...
Littoral Commander - First Impressions
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Littoral Commander is a modern to *futuristic* (more on this later) era
wargame, focused on a potential conflict between US Marine (USMC) and
Chinese Peo...
Battle of Jena 1806
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A view across the battlefield showing the state of play at the end of turn
six
We are currently in the midst of fighting a wonderful 1806 scenario
genero...
WFB Tournament Commentary Game One
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This was Game one of the tournament that I described in the post here.
Unfortunately, I did not take any notes, so I won't be giving you a
play-by-play. ...
WELCOME BACK
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After a long break I have decided to try and restart the Blog. Hopefully,
it will attract some attention. Below are some of my Burgundians. These are
Fro...
New Fantasy sets from Alliance
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I know, I havent been active for..???..a long time but I keep looking at
what´s going on in the world of bods..and today I found
these.....Apparently the...
The Second Star Schlock Kickstarter is LIVE!
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Oh yeah, I have a blog! I've been toiling away for several years to get my
sci-fi skirmish game *Star Schlock* into production. Our Kickstarter is
curre...
The Lyrans are coming!
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Well, not quite - this is my attempt at a Battle Station. It would
actually do for pretty much any of the major powers, but I gave it a base
sandy color...
Shields and Armour in Mycenaean Warfare
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*Introduction*
This article was inspired by Allan JC Smith’s Master’s thesis entitled *Mycenaean
Warfare and the Mycenaean Tower Shield, a foundationa...
Paimon Miniatures Chaos Dwarves
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It's official. I am now a miniatures company. After long years of plotting,
planning and general mucking about, my first commercially available figures
are...
This is Minuteman: Two-Three
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Since my wargaming hobby has taken a back(far back) seat to my simming
hobby, I've gone from reading books about the Napoleonic wars etc. To
listening t...
GW Contrast Paints on 15mm Horses
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My first purchase of the GW Contrast paints was with painting horses in
mind. There are times when I quite like painting them but when you have a
hundre...
Battle of Saalfeld 1806
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*We played Valour & Fortitude in 28mm this weekend. I ran the rules and my
friend Doug played the Prussians & Saxons and Titch played the French. *
*Th...
Hurricon 2022 Photo Report: A Bit Late...
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It has been several months since my last post, which was photos from
HMGS-South's Recon 2022 convention. I thought I had deleted the photos in
this post,...
March Madness
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To some extent, I am feeling like we are in middle of the long decline of
the personal blog, but that might be just because I am having trouble
getting ...
Tenoch/Slann forced labour party
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Tenoch Enhanced Warriors, or slaves for my Slann. Unfortunate
neighbours or prisoners of war, they do the dirty work for their overlords.
Happy New Year!
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Hi all,
It's been a busy year in Monkeyland, In addition to a range of life events
(back to work in-person, promptly getting Covid, the birth of my nep...
Snitgob the Mountain Troll
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Hi everyone, I've managed to complete this Mountain Troll, part of my
Goblin Army for the 'Dragon Rampant' fantasy rules.
Acquired from Ral Partha miniat...
II/5e Aitolian or Akarnanian Army for DBA 3.0
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II/5e Aitolian or Akarnanian Army for DBA 3.0. Metal warriors from Xyston
Miniatures. Resin & metal ruined oracle stretch goal from the War and
Empire I...
Aztecs
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The book
Eagle Knight
warriors
Conquistadors
All painted by DJ
These figures are a cross over from the Malta collection.
Still a fair bit of this to see.
A Return of Sorts
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It's been a pretty horrible couple of years, hasn't it?
We've lost loved ones, been beset by fires and floods, and found ourselves
in the middle of a pand...
Blood Angels Chaplain
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Witam witam !
Człowiek zaczyna się rozkręcać w malowaniu starych metali od GW i dodatkowo
nabiera dużej, jak na mnie, prędkości :D
Kolejna figurka skońc...
Victrix Gauls
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Saga Age of Hannibal gave me a reason to finally paint naked Gauls in
28mm...bucket list item checked! Seriously, these Victrix plastics are
quite lovely...
Book of the year 2021.
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May I first whish the few readers here a HAPPY AND HEALTY NEW YEAR!
While I used to read many books in the pre internet era, that number has
crumbled slo...
The Dam in the Hills
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*Sir Blanque* - swordsman and handsome, dashing noble half mer-person
*Marion* - stabby stabby dagger specialist; Nihrain who currently carries
the Runes...
The Dam in the Hills
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*Sir Blanque* - swordsman and handsome, dashing noble half mer-person
*Marion* - stabby stabby dagger specialist; Nihrain who currently carries
the Runes...
23rd October, Hampshire
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Alton DBA and the 2021 UK DBA League
After nearly 2 years (since Tarrington 2019), with a trip down to Alton,
we were able to wind up the DBA League's...
Vallejo Guides Broken
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It has recently come to my attention that the LINKS on my vallejo paint
guide pages are not currently working as expected and readers are not able
to vie...
Kuliah Cepat Dan Mudah Dengan Tips-Tips rodswan4
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Jika kamu lumayan beruntung untuk beroleh diri kamu ke perguruan tinggi,
selamat! Percaya atau tidak, itu adalah bagian yang mudah; kamu miliki
jalur pa...
Prussian Horse Artillery WIP1
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Just started the last of my Prussian artillery, this time AB horse
artillery loading crew.
These are some of my favourite Prussian figures, I'm guessing...
Route Updates
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Space Wolves continue momentum and are nearing completion of a second-batch
paint job. I’ve started a new basing method and am using a Martian theme
in ...
326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes
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Just posting a few images from the game we played yesterday afternoon, The
Battle of Hydaspes, where Alexanders veteran army fought the Indian King
Porus...
Great Wargaming Survey
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It is on again! Karwansaray publishers are running the seventh edition of
their Great Wargaming Survey, under the banner of Wargames, Soldiers &
Strategy m...
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Dear friends, I open a new stage in my taste for the Napoleonic era with
my videos of Napoleonic Campaigns with the main nations of this period .
Althoug...
Return of the Menagerie
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(With Apologies to George Lucas and Lucasfilms)
Well, it's been a while, but in the words of Sam Gamgee - "I'm back"
So where have I been I hear you a...
GENERAL D'ARMEE on CYL TV
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Hi Team
Here are the videos I've created thus for covering some General D'Armee
games:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VX1GJ37NUyDgdO1lmE6rAzo87zT...
15mm Battered Markers for Dragon Rampant......
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*........and some ladders!*
*The gravestones are leftovers and MDF from Blotz, these are used to
signify a unit in distress marker for the rules, rather t...
Keluaran Togel Hongkong (HK) Terbaru
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[image: togel hongkong] Data pengeluaran togel hongkong dan keluaran result
hk pada tahun 2017 merupakan tahun pertama dimana hongkong pools mengalami
pe...
Project Update
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Okay, so I haven't been entirely idle. But things have been a little slow
on the Battle of Exeter project front. I have managed to finish painting my
frenc...
42 Murray regiment of Foot
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Since I am concentrating on battlefields around our Maison for battlefield
tours and wargaming them I am selling off my English units for the French
Indian...
Rescue mission - South China
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A week ago Tuesday we played a game based on a fictitious river in China
during the late 1800's. The game had a British flotilla made up of a
powerful gun...
Battle Ravens Preview - PSC games
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Battle Ravens is a brand new boardgame created by Dan Mersey and produced
by the Plastic Soldier Company (http://www.pscgames.co.uk/). Apologies to
both as...
Moving To www.
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For the last month or so I've been working on moving my blog and web
presence over to www.iowagrognard.com . Blogger has been kind to me as
have all ...
Things are rumbling along!
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So, the launch of the Kickstarter for my book ARMIES & LEGIONS & HORDES
went off with a bang! It funded in three hours, and has continued to go
great gu...
Mernoth - Political Map
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A map of the Kingdom of Mernoth situated within the southern central
portion of the continent of Fayrenneth.
The Realm of Mernoth is one of the oldest n...
Challenge Ate Entry #1 - Doomdiver Hunt
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The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge is on yet again, and my first
entry is here!
70 points (15 for the vehicle, 5 for the pilot, and 50 for the bonus...
Age of Warring States
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The Sengoku period (戦国時代 Sengoku jidai, "Age of Warring States"; c. 1467 –
c. 1603) is a period in Japanese history marked by social upheaval,
political i...
Pressing on with the auxilia
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*I think I have fallen out of love with my Warlord Games’ Early Imperial
Romans … looking longingly at the Victrix offerings, while really enjoying
the exp...
French Line Infantry
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Here are two battalions of 1812 to 1815 French Line Infantry. The figures
are all Perry Miniatures, a mix of plastic and metal and most of them...
We've moved
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We are now blogging on English at the University of Gloucestershire and our
new Twitter address is @EnglishGlos. Thanks to all who read, followed,
comm...
Another Custom Dice Bag from Saddle Goose Designs
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I have a bit of a thing about dice. I've got quite a few. Few
hundred...that is. Maybe even several hundred. I know...I need help. But
with so many dice ...
On it goes.. :-)
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Two more 10mm ECW units for Baroque. London Trained Bands-Blue Regiment and
the first for the King- Sir Allen Apsley Regiment of Foot.
ACW Project - Union Part 1
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Well, time for another post; I'm doing quite well this year! :-)
Up now is something else I've been working on over the last year is my 28mm
ACW project. I...
19 part 2.... As I missed 18 out
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Hobby News ... No games this week, 4 sleeps til LARPCommission Painting
.... Started 27 Norman knights for Simon Millerown Painting... Base painted
some gl...
VILLA RUSTICA II
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La *villa* in età *romana* era essenzialmente una casa di campagna.
Sviluppatasi in Italia in particolare a partire dall'età tardo-repubblicana,
sorgeva co...
Impetus , Antignous the one eye vs Eumenes
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Tried the full game today and will play again. All photos by Randy, a good
write up of the game on his blog.
http://candiedscorpion.blogspot.com/2016/0...
Defense in Depth - Testing L'Art de la Guerre
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So, how effective was Roman deployment in multiple lines anyway? Or,
more specifically, how well does deploying in depth work using the *L'Art
de la...
The Wargames Room in Stockport
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Snowing in Cheadle but all calm on the Afghan front.... Using adapted
donnybrook rules
Also building up Highlanderrs and Covenanters
Inminente publicación de SAGA en castellano.
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[image:
http://www.breakingwar.com/store/es/home/250-reglamento-saga-las-cruzadas-en-castellano.html]
Señores, debido a la inminente publicación del Regl...
El Cid - Reconquista pt 8
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I have just finished up four bases of Skirmish bow. I have been busy with
school - still - so I have not had too much time for painting. I am at
least on t...
Gone Painting
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Once again I have decided to join in the madness that is The Analogue
Hobbies Painting Challenge, which has become the biggest online painting
event of the...
Hordes and Heroes on Hexes
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Alliteration FTW!!
Wow! Doesn't time fly? It's hard to believe it's been nearly a year since I
posted anything here, but there's been a fairly good reason ...
20mm WW2 - US M3A1 halftracks
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Well, these took me a while to finish. They were 90% done in Januari and
I've been staring at them on my workbench since. Until last month... I
finally h...
No Mean City Session 1.1 "National Express"
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Session 1.1 THE NATIONAL EXPRESS
* Take the National Express when your life's in a mess It'll make you smile
All human life is here...
The Men of the North
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Wow, it's been a REALLY long time since i've posted anything on the blog. A
lot has happened since the last post back in October. Besides the usual
festivi...
I'm Back!!!!!!
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Back burner project, have had this on hold for so long now, it really needs
finishing off, and with the advent of the new plastics from Victrix, the
possib...
Noble Knight games comes through again!!!
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I have just concluded several transactions with Noble Knight games, the
first being some ASL stuff mainly and then some miscellaneous hex and
counter games...
Euron Grejoy and a Braavosi bravo
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Just a quick post to drop pictures of a couple figures I have semi-finished
(i.e. basing time has not come around yet: I usually wait until I have a
signi...
Is this the End? Maybe for a While.
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Some of you are probably wondering why there hasn't been any updates on the
website for a while? Well, it's because I'm winding down Lead Legion
Painting S...
D&D Fifth Ed. Starter Box
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Another package waiting for me today when I arrived home from work; the D&D
fifth edition starter box. A bit of an impulse buy when I ordered it, but
a...
LARRYCON Begins!!
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A really nice scene I caught on my phone the other night while out for a
stroll. The harvest is upon us!!
Well it has been a wonderful spring and ear...
Quick Note
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This is just a quick note, to make sure that everyone sees I have a new
page up, with figures I am willing to part with. That is trade or sell to
anyone in...
Taking Stock
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After six months of being away I needed to take stock of where I am on my
Punic Wars project and set some new goals for getting some things
completed. I ha...
Reichenberg 1757 part II
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In Piquet Field of Battle wird zu Anfang jeder Runde die beiden Command Die
gegeneinander gewürfelt, respektive D12+1 für die Preußen und D12 für die
Kaise...
Thracian Mercenaries
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Those are the somewhat recently released Warlord's Games 'Thracians
with Romphaia' metal miniatures. I figured those would be quick to paint up
but ...
Fortified Chapel
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Hi, folks. Here's another bit of terrain for our Kings of War table. It's a
fortified chapel made from a Pegasus Hobby Gothic City Building Large Set.
I ad...
THE DEATH AND RE-BIRTH of a gaming blog
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Hello everyone... if anyone is even still reading this blog!?
It's been a long time since I have posted anything here, Sunday, October
30th, 2011 to be pre...
Paper buildings
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This post shows my first and rough attempts to use paper buildings for
scenics. On the web you can find plenty of them both free and to pay. The
ones I u...
Fotos Jornades Alpha Ares 2013
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Hola a tothom,
Com que encara estan reparant la meva càmara; no puc oferir fotos pròpies
de les Jornades de Portes Obertes del club Alpha Ares que es van ...
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Tatra 815 trucks and tractors - Recently I've been experimenting with using
the Shapeways service - they will print out models for you in 3D, using
vario...
When in Rome: Paint and Decals
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Didn't have much time to get much in the way of painting completed but at
lest I managed to get some of the Aventine Miniatures into a new coat of
paint an...
Trying out a kickstarter
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If you frequent TMP much you'll have noticed that Kick-starters have taken
off in a big way the last year or so. Up until now I have quite happily
avoid th...
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
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... and with strange aeons even death may die.
I'm not dead, just working on something else. That "something else" should
be released before the end of the...
Metal finishes
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Here's the first model painted with the Alcald line of metallic paints.
It's a Korean war era fighter. F-86F
Been pretty busy working on scale models t...
Talisman Boardgame
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Recently, "Fantasy Flight" company re-published old classic - "Talisman"
boardgame. I was aware of the game but never played it before. Few months
ago I p...
Huns
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Here we have some dastardly Hun allies for my Gothic led raiding party.
Here are the armies I have lined up for next Tuesdays game.
Goths
no Name
1 ...
28mm terrain for AE Bounty
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hello,
just a progress shot of some modular terrain boards Im working on for AE
BOUNTY.
these are 2 out of 4 boards im working on. each is 24 b...
Update
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There are many of you good fellows out there for whom painting 28mm figures
is a dawdle, and you will have your figure painting techniques honed to
perfec...
MY SECOND ATTACK AT THE ROMANS
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The wounds received at the battle of Zama on Saturday have now healed and
once again I am about to attack those pesky Romans, this time with a paint
brush,...
Shops – Hanoi, Vietnam – Thai Duong Fine Art
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While on vacation, I ran across this shop in the Hoan Kiem section of
Hanoi, Vietnam. The girl behind the counter was bored and playing video
games, but s...
Byzantine Army - Part Two
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Well, I will start this blog episode with a hearty thanks to Jim aka
ColCampbell from TMP! Thanks to his advice on how blog the pictures and the
descripti...
Very nice. Thanks for the reference.
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