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.
Starship Geomorphs
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It's yet 2025 yet and I've already started to make good on two resolutions
for the new year: to post more (though not exclusively) about *Traveller* and
to...
It's all in the planning
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After 2 weeks at the club, re-fighting 1st Manassas or Bull run if you
prefer, organised by Neil B. It was great to dig the collection out of its
storage...
Terrain Tuesday - ww2 bits
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Terrain Tuesday
A bit of terrain completed before Christmas. A few roadside shrines, the
cross is metal and possibly Ral Partha the Madonna is plastic. Th...
Weimar Take 2
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We lined up for another go at this game. We went for a random allocation
and I again was the SPD. Peter also was the DNVP again while Russel was
Zentrum...
The Berber War Galley 'Aga Pasha'
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Soon after I built the 1/1200 scale galleys I started thinking about larger
ships for the same period. My rule set 'Block Galleys' sort of counts on
rem...
On the Table
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Having cleared the table from the last of the Samurai Azukizaka battles
(yes, I am now behind *two* battle reports!), time to head off in a
different dire...
Lt James Calhoun in 20mm
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Painting Company L of the 7th Cavalry. What did Lt Calhoun look like on
the day of the battle? Well I thought the information boards dotted around
the...
A Rage of Regents
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The latest in my Nigel Tranter project covers the period after the Battle
of Langside in 1568 when Mary Queen of Scots fled to England, and Scotland
was...
Devils and rogues
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I finished some more of the 28mm fantasy figures Chen traded me.
From the monster side of the box, I pulled five demons of some kind. I had
previously pa...
Bookshop haul
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Yesterday we popped into Hatchlands in Surrey for a quick dogwalk and
lunch on our way back from some shopping. One of the bonuses is that it
has a sma...
Warlord Games Prussian Landwehr
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These are supposed to be with the 4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment. Not sure
if they wore the stovepipe shakos, but added a few for variety.
Picked thi...
Jecsan Daniel Boone
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I first thought that this figure was Davy Crockett, but then someone said
this was Daniel Boone. Daniel Boone is this then and he's from the brand
Jecsan...
And the year is almost done.
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It has rushed by like a freight train, hasn't it?
At the stage of life I'm in the successes that count tend to be those of
our children rather than my ...
Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XV
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Winter has arrived and the prep for this year's Analogue Hobbies Painting
Challenge is underway. Having joined the lists again I am needing to find
500 p...
WIP Union artillery
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Hi guys
Mocking together some artillery teams, 3 deployed, 3 towed, I’m converting
the airfix crews, except 1 of each pose for nostalgic reasons, I’ll p...
Last games for 2024
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From the Saturday Games Day sadly missing the big Mortem et Glorium game:
And from last Wednesday:
Huns besting Illyrians in a semi-final game
of the ...
Nimitz: The Fight for the Fjords
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For our last game of the year I wanted to put on something big and fun and
not too demanding. Nimitz rules always give a fast and exciting game but
just ...
Greyhawkery Comics: Graz'zt Show #1
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Season's Greetings Greyhawkers! Today's comic is a surprise present for my
readers. I used to do annual *Needfest *comics around this time of year
(those...
Last Game of the Year
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Sunday's game (yes I know that was three days ago, but its been a busy
three days), the last game for 2024, was a Napoleonic battle - a
Franco-Bavarian ...
Jean Campaign – Day Seven
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*Campaign Ma*
Main French depot at Hellin – 18 days supplies
French occupy Je
Spanish attack Huelma
Guerrilla brigades active
13th French army – regrou...
Ellyrian Reavers Nobels
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I wanted to have some Nobels for my High Elf collection joining the
horsemasters of Ellyrion.
I managed to trade some more Ellyrian Reavers with a frie...
66 AD - Rebellion in Judaea
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Protest against excessive tax measures brought Judaeans to the point of
rebellion. The Roman governor Gessius Florus issued orders for the various
garri...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Airplane stands for my Aeronefs
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I've been working on different ideas for my aeronef stands - and finally
got a solution I'm happy with.
For the Aeronef and Imperial Skies rules, hexago...
A wargames show in Belgium.
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There are not a lot of yearly wargames shows in Belgium, only three I
think. Yesterday, 8 february was the day for Warcon at Merelbeke, near
Ghent. It is a...
Crimson Fists Chapter Master Pedro Kantor
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I kolejna figurka skończona:).
Tym razem żywiczny Pedro od Games Workshop. Zamysł był taki aby pancerz był
podniszczony by był był... stąd wszelkie rozja...
Fighting for Hearth and Home
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When word came from the Watchers that the host of Iron Men in the pass had
taken the North East road, the Elder of Smawlton was quick to send word to
Duke ...
2020 Plan
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A little late but here we go
Playing games is always the most important part of wargaming for me and the
target remains 100 games. I think I may struggle...
Sci-Fi Hangar by Impudent Mortal
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I don't like MDF building kits. There are so many minor details that irk me
— the perfect 90 degree accuracy, the little pegs that show through on
corn...
Still here (kind of)...
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G'day All,
A number of people have reached out to check on me knowing we have awful
bushfires here at the moment. The scale defies explanation and what the...
Merry Christmas from the Duke of Tradgardland
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Father Christmas has enlisted some help in delivering the presents this
year in the Duchy. I do hope these fellows can be relied upon..
Merry Christmas to y...
Project finished...........well, sort of.
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Nice little group of Afrika Korp vehicles to choose from now for a game of
Bolt Action. This lot are resin Blitzkreig Miniatures.
50mm anti-tank gun fr...
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...
The Battle of Valcour Island, October 11th 1776
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My visit to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History back in
August, in particular the exhibit on the gunboat Philadelphia, gave me a
little bit...
15mm Savage Northmen Cavalry........
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*.....from the north and Copplestone Castings!*
*Lots painted but blogging is becoming a little harder to achieve lately
but anyway let's be getting on......
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Hello Everyone (if anyone is still linked to this blogger account)
I haven't posted in a very long time. I have been active doing alot of
stuff but ive bee...
Crusades revisited
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Hi Gents,
A miserable day here in Scotland which led me to the games room and a few
pics of the Crusade collection (my personnel favourite) this will be
g...
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...
Saga AoM Great Kingdoms
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Saga Age of Magic is taking off in the Twin Cities and I just finished my
1st fantasy warband, the Great Kingdoms. I'll be taking them on the road
next wee...
Sharp Practice AAR Enfilade 2019
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Well my two table Sharp Practice Scenario previously presented here, went
well at the NHMGS ENFILADE Convention this past Memorial Day weekend. It
achieved...
Mortal Gods - First Playthrough
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So my mate, Alan, has been waiting with fevered anticipation for this to
arrive and so when the postie delivered Mortal Gods (originally by a
company ca...
A wonderful surprise!
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Saturday morning at Adepticon my oldest son Gregory and his very creative
wife Rebecca surprised me by coming to see my game. In addition to this
most wel...
A New Painting Studio and Workshop
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All things must come to an end and time waits for no man. I have been
ousted from my outbuilding by my wife, and have been banished to the top of
the house...
Blucher Revisited
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Hi Team
It's been a few months since I played a game of BLUCHER so Rowan and I
decided to have another game.
We settled on 250 points each and Rowan comman...
Visit to Waterloo
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I was incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel to 1 of our
Napoleonic bucket list battlefields this month. With 3 other Napoleonic
daft chaps we ...
I am writing a BOOK!
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That's right, fellow blog fans! I've decided to write a book about painting
wargaming collections. It will be going to Kickstarter this *Friday, March
1...
NAPOLEON ET LA RUSSIE ( Nº 2 ) 1805-1807
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DEBIDO A LA FALTA DE COOPERACIÓN , NI AYUDAS EN METÁLICO, DEBO SUSPENDER LA
PUBLICACIÓN TEMPORALMENTE , PARA DEDICARME A UNOS TRABAJOS DE PINTURA QUE
...
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...
Cohors I Numidarum: composition
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*I have been making slow progress with the auxilia, while being distracted
by recent Victrix EIR releases … and seduced by their forthcoming African
war e...
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...
The Skinwalker Tribes for Dracula's America
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Just a quick post as I managed to get around to digging out my *Dead Man's
Hand* figs so I could add them to my North Star figs and so take a pic of
my ...
More Pic's - 10mm ECW Project
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London Auxiliaries- Green Regiment for the Government
London Trained Bands- Yellow Regiment for the Government
Sir George Booth’s Horse and Owen Cambrid...
Some BBDBA
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For a change of focus, we pulled out Rhys' 15th-century figures to give
them an outing using DBA, version 2; I'm not sure if either of us own a
copy of ver...
AWI Project: Beginnings - The Rebels
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Following on from my post on the British side of the AWI, here are some of
the American troops. 1st Maryland, some mounted command, Southern Militia,
and s...
Huzzah! More hussars!
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*CR Nr. VI, von Labradoodle's Hussars*
Not to be outdone by their scarlet cousins, CR Nr. VI von Labradoodle's
blue-coated hussars are every bit as dashing ...
Hussite War Wagons
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War wagons are one of those things I've often wanted but had shied away
from for many years. I think I bought the first of these at a show where
there w...
Hougoumont at 1:3 scale - a late report
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*West Country Hougoumont*
There were such a lot of photos on this game that it took me over 18 months
to get round to doing a proper report on my blog. Ja...
KublaCon 2017
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So, last weekend I was at KublaCon, a four day Con at the Hyatt Regency in
Burlingame, CA.
*Friday 3PM Speed-Painting!:*
*Speed-Painting contest! Can yo...
Nnnnnnineteen, nineteen
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Hobby News ... salute a distant memory, LARP moot1 done, the GEF
approaching, hopefully a game of CnC naps this week to break the
draughtCommission Paintin...
Summer Painting Challenge 2017
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So in my infinite wisdom, I have decided to embark on doing something
different with my time than the usual, which was to get bored watching
Cable TV. ...
Otherworld Idol 2
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Deuxième vidéo, avec le travail sur les éclairages : c'est pas vraiment un
truc que j'ai l'habitude de faire, en tous cas en dehors du zénital et des
éc...
Finding My Brush - Turkish Pirate
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After a long lay off from painting, about 6 months, I've again picked
up the brush. The painting desk has been dusted, paints organized, brushes
clea...
More World War Two Stuff for Syria.
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Having actually played a second game of Chain of Command and enjoyed it I
decided to spend some hard earned cash & add some extra support elements
for my ...
Samurai - Introduction - Dual Charge Gaming
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Love the KoW look and fitting the models to the scene. Don't foeget to
check out Warlord Games for the models.
http://www.dualchargegaming.com/2017/02/...
German Noble
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This chap has been sitting on my desk since God knows when, which is a real
shame as he is my favourite medieval figure of all time.
Not sure who he ...
'The Pikeman's Lament' arrives
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In today’s post I received a familiar shaped cardboard package. It was, as
I hoped, the latest release from Osprey Publishing, ‘The Pikeman's Lament’.
Thi...
Tollandor - Political Map
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The erstwhile Kingdom of Tollandor, situated in south eastern portion of
the continent of Fayrenneth is one of the group of young kingdoms which
sprang ...
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...
Aksesories Untuk iPhone 6 di Yogyakarta
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IPhone 5.5-inch 6 A rilis akan mengambil tempat cepat Than diharapkan
[analis] desas-desus besar diletakkan untuk beristirahat awal pekan ini.
Kami telah ...
A Naval Project?
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Hi everyone. Been a long while since I did an update here on the Wall of
Shields. For one thing I had to shut the blog down for a while as I was
attempting...
DRAGONES DE NUMANCIA 1808 15mm / Lasalle based
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Queridos seguidores,
Os presento mi visión de los Dragones de Numancia en la Guerra de la
Independencia .
Aunque no participo en la batalla de Bar...
¡Imagenes Borradas! Deleted Images!
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Parece ser que muchas de las imagenes de este blog han desaparecido. Se ve
que Inageshack me la ha jugado, así que en cuanto pueda arreglaré todos los
post...
AD NAVALIA
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Sin autem propter fluctus aut impetus aperti pelagi destinae arcas non
potuerint continere, tunc ab ipsa terra sive crepidine puivinus quam
firmissime stru...
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 - M20, M10 and M8
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There we go again. I had a long break from painting but a trip to Salute
and a vist to Normandy in May did the trick this time. I've sort of
finished the A...
Hope everyone is well. Keep creating.
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My daddy "Captain Richard" love creating burning or destroyed buildings.
This is one of my favorites. He had since dismantled this one as everything
was i...
Mage the Awakening: No Mean City
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Way, way back in 2011 I spoke about starting a Werewolf: The Forsaken Game
chronicile in Glasgow. It kind of fell through, but I've about to start
DMing a...
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...
Dead Zone
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Hi Guys
Ed came down last week with a new game from Mantic called Dead Zone. He
had picked it up the week before and assembled all the models etc so we
w...
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 ...
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...
Raphia - the game
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Just a few quick and dirty shots to give an idea of how the game looked.
The Seleucid line
The Ptolemaic line
Initial deployment.
Close up of the Sel...
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,...
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...
In June I managed a dozen Cataphracts plus the Surena figure. This month I'd like to complete 30 Gallic/German cavalry I'm going to use as Galatians for Magnesia, but it will be a bit of a tall order. Time will be scarce this month due to heavy work commitments.
I've found my painting quote has been boosted a lot since I set myself the challenge of painting an average of a miniature a day over the course of each month. You should try it.
Hi Brian, that's a good idea. In the past I've been able to manage around 50 foot or a couple of dozen cavalry figures in a a month, but it just seems a bit more difficult to keep going at that rate nowadays. Your suggestion is a bit more manageable!
I've found my painting quote has been boosted a lot since I set myself the challenge of painting an average of a miniature a day over the course of each month. You should try it.
ReplyDeleteHi Brian, that's a good idea. In the past I've been able to manage around 50 foot or a couple of dozen cavalry figures in a a month, but it just seems a bit more difficult to keep going at that rate nowadays. Your suggestion is a bit more manageable!
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