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.
New army lists!
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Since the beginning of September, I've published 13 new army lists for To
the Strongest! and edited and extended many others. There are now 217
different...
Trondhjemske Grenadier company.
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Second unit for my Norway vs Sweden 1808-1809 project, I had done half the
unit before I started on the light troops, but found out my bases were too
big....
My Night's Watch
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Being reminded by a comment on a previous post that my Night's Watch got
very little love on this blog, I shall rectify that, having dug out the box
and ti...
Serious Frigate Building Going On
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After completing the Heller La Couronne, I've started working on other
similarly sized ships. On the Schultze-Böhnstadt blog I have been posting
about th...
The Battle of Beaumont Castle - War of the Roses
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Saturday saw the Rejects gathering with the return of another one of our
long lost members in what will probably be my last game of the year. John
moved u...
Survivors, or not.
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I finished up eight more figures from the Toxic Mall expansion box. There
were four new survivors in this zombie game.
The interesting wrinkle in the expa...
Continuing the theme...
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What a busy week it has been. What with work, storms, erupting volcanoes
and a brief trip to smoky Sydney, not much has made it off the basing tray
on the...
Faroche Del Mar 1070AD. Spain.
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*Last night's game was a "CRACKER"-all action from the word "go",and played
in a grand spirit!*
*Top photo is scenario,bottom is the table as the "boys" ...
SYW Prussian Artillery and Earthworks
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Although not off the production line in time to see action at Zorndorf, two
Prussian howitzers and a 12 lb battery roll out from the painting desk.
These ...
Liberian Napoleonic Stamps
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Not a gaming post, but somewhat of interest for Napoleonic fans and/or
philatelists. Found these old stamps while rummaging through old stuff I
collected a...
GW LOTR Balrog (Post 2)
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From a collection of shiny parts to an assembled model (see below, it is an
ill fitting beast that will require a great deal of additional filing and
Milli...
La Reine French line infantry Regiment 7YW
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Off the desk this week La Reine line infantry regiment, 28mm Front Rank
miniatures, just a joy to paint.
The regiment La Reine was raised in 1634 as a gent...
Batrep - The Battle of Beaumont Castle 1460
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Long lost Reject John made an appearance at Reject HQ over the weekend. He
was visiting some pals in London on Friday night and came down to Gravesend
on...
Carthage’s Other Wars
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Outwith the Balkans, I am always drawn to a new book about Carthage. It was
my very first wargame army, although, like most wargamers, it was a Second
Puni...
Ju 88 - Props of Indecision
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To paraphrase Mr Eddie from Lost Highway, this is where the search for
perfection and excessive freetime really pays off, or not. Having been
impressed by...
Italian Wars - The Movie
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The last post on the blog covered our first on table adventures in the
Italian Wars and in that piece I did some written explanations of the rules
we wer...
Rosenheim Campaign – Day 15
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*Campaign Map on 17 October 1813*
Although he won the battle of Bad Tolz, Oudinot now finds himself in an
impossible position. Three of his four corps h...
Early Deadcember Progress Plus Others
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Happy Birthday To Me!
(Born on Pearl Harbor Day)
I got a quick jump on Deadcember painting...
These four skeletal beasts plus one other all painted the ...
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 fro...
Lysander Captain of the Imperial Fists
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Ostatnio nie pisałem za wiele, w sumie to w ogóle. Przyczyną była
kilkumiesięczna przerwa w malowaniu, ale w listopadzie zdecydowałem się
pomalować Lysande...
SH.A.G
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My part of this years Whif GB over at the* Airfix Tribute Forum*
*"It´s early 1944, the Invasion planning is well underway when, P.King,
Special Agent of t...
The King of Jerusalem Re-Based
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I was not happy with the original command stand so I have added another
figure (the Kings Holy advisor) to the stand as the King of Jerusalem would
not b...
Meeples & Miniatures – The End is Nigh
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The title of the post says it all really. After 12 years of Meeples &
Miniatures, I have decided that it is time to turn the page on this
particular chapte...
Upcoming Greyhawk Events at GaryCon XII
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Hello fellow Greyhawk fans! Today I'm giving an early preview of some
Greyhawk events that will be available at *GaryCon XII* on March 26-29 at
Lake Genev...
Making orc helmets
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This standard bearer was always moaning about the cold so I bought him an
early Christmas gift...yes orcs do celebrate Christmas!
These were great fun t...
Phillippeville (3)
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Last week my copy of Setting the Scene arrived and I will say I was
enthused by reading it. At the moment I'm not working on any more
Mediterranean terra...
Alpha Legion Veterans
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The pictures did not turn out ass good as I had hoped. Much of the details
and the highlights cant be seen. But they are good enough so I think I dare
t...
So Frustrating!
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This is what I always dread with the dip. The figures turned out HIGHLY
glossy. I painted them with a clear flat acrylic, waited for them to dry,
and spr...
A Wollongong Wargamer's retrospective on 2019
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In some ways 2019 got off to a slow start for some Wollongong Wargamers,
but it soon revved up and put down some milestones!
In our first Sunday big g...
The March To Battle (Cavalry action)
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Continuing with the latest theme ‘March to Battle’ places the next test
somewhere in the steppe north of the Crimea. Here, the Alani confront a
Hunnic rai...
Pics from MillCon day two
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The first full day of this year's MillenniumCon had plenty of eye candy.
There was the World War II game which spanned several tables (above) and
this *Wi...
15mm-collection completed
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Last week I very nice package arrived to my
little village.It contained the last remaining
items to make my 15mm-collection complete.
To be able to launch a ...
28mm Napoleonic French Generals II
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*28mm French generals from Perry Miniatures.*Just released a few weeks ago,
I purchased these really neat French Napoleonic personalities from Perry
miniat...
Joseph, Marquis de Séguiran
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This month I did paint a fantastic sculped figure..
Joseph, Marquis de Séguiran, Sieur de Bouc.
Colonel du Réggiment de Maine.
Killed at the Battle of Eeck...
Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge X
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Tomorrow is December 1st and that means just one thing... the Analogue
Hobbies Painting Challenge is just around the corner once again. OK
actually two t...
Visit to Glasgow Phoenix
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I try to get over to the Phoenix club a couple of times a year to play DBA
or HOTT.
On Tuesday I had 4 games of DBA against Mark. I normally take along a...
9th November, Tarrington
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After our weekend in Kenilworth, the following Saturday saw us head off
towards the Welsh border for the first round of a new* Society of Ancients*
spon...
15mm Colonial Marines painting started
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Hi guys
These are not finished, just a base paint and a wash so fare, will go over
the camo colours again, then highlight, paint details, and weathering, a...
Back to the Brushes 248
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Started on the next group of Confederate infantry for Fire and Fury and the
like.
Additions to the growing Confederate force are coming on at a steady rat...
Wars of the Roses 28mm project (part two)
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This evening I completed the second mixed unit of Warwick's retinue. This
was managed partly by taking some of my paints to work and doing a bit
during my ...
ACW - CSS Albermarle
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In April 1864 the newly commissioned Ironclad CSS Albemarle got underway,
her mission was to clear the Roanoke River of all Union vessels. The
Confederates...
Hitting things. For Khorne.
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Hi all,
Fear not, those of you who pay attention for the historical content, all is
not lost. I've still been puttering with the 6mm Russians, and have so...
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 th...
Whither 1672?
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I've been reevaluating my projects lately. It's just November, but I'm
looking back on a kind of banner year for gaming, both in the number and
diversity...
Border Reivers - En Garde
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Well the collection saw its second run out at the club using the En Garde
rules. Both forces came out at 135 points.
The game saw 2 families, the Grahams a...
Bits and pieces, and a wargame.
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As must be fairly obvious from the lack of postings on this blog, there
hasn't been a lot of recent action on the wargaming front for the relocated
Prufroc...
Halloween - Bring out your ... lead?
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Well, slightly overdue, but here is yet another update of me painting!
The title of this blogpost is obviously linked to the well known movie,
Monty Python ...
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...
Trojan War, part 4
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A little more progress on this project: Here is another comparison picture
between various manufacturers of Trojan War figures, with a Victrix hoplite
incl...
Hordes of the Things (or...Today in Parliament)
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Tom, a veritable Jules Verne of war-gaming, thought it might be a wheeze
to have a quick game using our, now defunct, scenery of the last action. I
decid...
Sassanid Persians v Byzantines TtS
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Two commands there folks - bloody expensive these elaborate cavalry units
you know.
It was time for a revenge game.
You may recall dear reader that the l...
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*I had a great visit with the Jackson Gamers. I travel about 150 miles to
game with my old friends. I have been gaming with the Jackson Gamers since
the ...
Re-Imaginings
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A couple of old type figures which have seen sterling service but needed
brought up to scratch for current use with a re-paint and re-basing.
The figure ...
The Battle of Argentium Bridge
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To the scholars and Wisemen of the Midlands, it is a Mystery that there are
still Free Lands in the West who live without a King and nobles. As the
long co...
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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...
Caesarian Roman Legion
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A few images of my latest project a Legion for the "To the Strongest"
wargames rules by Simon Miller. Figures are mostly Warlord games with a
coupl...
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
ge...
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...
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...
The Sands of Sudan at Legendary Wargames
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Looks like the brave Hadendowah and Ansar are in for a tough time of it!
Great to see that Andy Lawson and his dedicated team have gotten Legendary
Warg...
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 cal...
NAPOLEONIC SPAIN IN 28MM PENINSULAR WAR
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Dear friends, I am very anxious to show you all the battalions I have
painted of the War of Spanish Independence / Peninsular War very soon. Here
I leave...
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 gunb...
Russian Napoleonic Officers
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About a year ago I traded some miniatures for a large collection of Front
Rank Napoleonic Russians and just finally got around to trying them out.
I've n...
Going to Rapier Con Febuary 8-10
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My son and I will be going to Rapier Con in Jacksonville, FL during the
weekend of February 8-10. It's the first time I'll have played real
miniature games...
Santa's Gold Mine!
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Just a small post today, with a message:
Merry Christmas to all of you!
This little work I made in 2017 for one of the painting competitions on
Bennos Fig...
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...
Summer Painting Challenge 2018 was a failure.
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For those who have been paying attention, yes I tried to do another
painting challenge this summer, and it did not end well. Unfortunately I
got caught up...
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 command...
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 ...
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 m...
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 gun...
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 ...
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...
The End of an Era
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Hello everyone and sorry but I must inform you that I will no longer be
updating this blog. My time is short and the creation of blog posts
requires more t...
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...
More Modern Spearhead
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We played 3 more games of Modern Spearhead, all based in the mid-70s,
meaning ATGWs were much less prevalent than RCLs. First up was half a
Polish Division...
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 wa...
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...
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/...
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...
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 t...
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 Regla...
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...
New CoC Campaign - Operation Martlet
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Hi All,
Just a quick update this time. Rich has been madly researching away and has
released the latest in his series of ridiculously low-priced 'Pint Size...
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 ha...
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...
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
as...
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 early...
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 a...
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 us...
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 d...
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...
Pulp Fantasy Library: Pigeons from Hell
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For his creation of Conan the Cimmerian alone -- never mind Kull of
Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, and many others -- Robert E. Howard
enjoys a pr...
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 pl...
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...
Yet another Roman legion. However, I will need to buy a new painting tray for them because I've just moved to England. I did leave another legion, an Aventine Nellie, and some Aventine Parthians in various stages of completion in Scotland. I'll finish those when I go back for the winter holidays. I only have five legions' worth of Companion Miniatures still to paint in total, which will keep me going...