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.
Epic ACW battle.
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*Last night we had a 100% turnout for this fascinating game.Presenting a
solo concept into a club concept was always going to be difficult,in that
when I...
Pulp Fantasy Library: Witch of the Demon Seas
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I frequently reflect on my own lack of industry, especially when compared
to nearly all of the writers I discuss in my Pulp Fantasy Library posts.
These ...
Landing the Wargames Butterfly
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What motivates me to play the periods that I collect? Like many wargamers,
I'm a bit of a butterfly when it comes to flitting from one period to
another. B...
Kashmir at the Crossroads
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I needed a book for a couple of flights and a layover this week. I have
been reading many military history books about the Pakistan-India conflicts,
and ...
Llanes Campaign – Day 8
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*18 May 1813 – North Spain – Day 8*
Soult orders reorganisation and resupply
10th army hold Torrelavega
11th army reorganise and resupply
12th army oc...
Later Thracians
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I'm planning a very large Successor To the Strongest! game for Salute, and
as such I need several more units of light horse of various nationalities.
Th...
40mm SYW Prussian Cuirassiers
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Here is a single squadron for my new Prussian Cuirassiers KR1 Buddenbrock.
I will do the other 4 squadrons soon.
These are resin-printed from Chris P...
Travelling South…Yet Again
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The original plan was to get away last weekend for our wedding anniversary
on Sunday and my birthday on Tuesday, but since a key member of my team was
on...
Tyrrell's Foote
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These merry chaps finally get a coat of mat varnish to dull down their
strong tone dip.
Below is an idea I had for creating tassels on the standards. Th...
More paper soldiers
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...and a new scale!
Well, having managed to avoid Covid for the last 2 years we've all managed
to catch it when it isn't trendy anymore! My son was w...
2nd Day of Gettysburg, with Table Battles
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With some Civil War reading on the go at the moment I had a hankering to
play an appropriate game. As most titles of that ilk on my shelf are of the
'nee...
Rubik at Zursk
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All Klingons are taught from an early age that there is a tide in the
affairs of war, and what is now being called the General War is no
exception. Havi...
Bolt Action Western Desert/North Africa Game
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Thanks to several of my gaming crew, got in a nice Bolt Action game using
the recently completed Wargames Atlantic Italians and French Tirailleurs.
The P...
Summer Arrives!
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Barracades in place for Hoopfest.
Downtown Spokane.
Finally! For now, the rain has stopped and temperatures are beginning to
rise. With sunny skies and ...
Haitian Revolution buildings
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I'm sure you've all seen at least some of the figures I've been painting up
for my Donnybrook Haitian Revolution project. Well I've got loads of
figur...
Horus Heresy AAR - Alpha Legion vs Ultramarines
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I had a test game of Horus Heresy 2.0...
Well this was played before we had the official rules but we got by with
leaked rules. Im sure we made lots of e...
US Cavalry
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To add a little variety to the various gangs in use at the club for a bit
of Wild west gaming, I decided to paint up a few US cavalry troopers. Just
the 6 ...
The campaign that never happened
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Following the Battle of Utus 447, Attila withdrew from Rome eastern
territories to replenish his army and plan his next campaign. In 450, one
such plan w...
Greyhawk Mini Map: Adri Forest
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Greetings Greyhawkers! It's Low Summer, everyone I know but me has vacation
plans, and this week there is no* Legends & Lore* stream. So for this post
I ...
15mm British Foot Guard, Rifles, and Rockets!
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The blog has been quiet, but I have been busy as a (bzzz) bee. John's
Waterloo army will have two battalions of foot guards and two battalions of
rifles.3...
Timpo 4005 Union Infantry
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Painted again a set of Timpo, this time the American Civil War Union
Infantry figures. It contains only 4 poses like the other Action Packs from
this bra...
Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy
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I've added some another Fast Attack choice to Waaagh Scrivs with
a Rukkatrukk Squigbuggy joining the Mob.
The current painting malaise continues and t...
Lasercut building
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As a former member of the woodworking-industry I
now has taken a new step into the lasercut-community.
My friend Mats helped me to test this because it ...
Black Seas and the USN
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Here's my story. Many, many moons ago I purchased Black Seas and expected
to dive into the "age of sail" in 1/700 scale and be a Horacio Hornblower
reborn....
28mm Napoleonic British 95th Rifle Regiment
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Hi there, I finished these miniatures last week so I popped them on eBay
today hoping for some extra cash.
The 95th Rifles Infantry Regiment has an impre...
Eyes in the Sky
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These little fellas will serve as Void Rippers for Five Parsecs from Home.
Possible also giant bats in The Liche's undead army and other roles as well.
Fig...
Indian War Party
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Back with some more French and Indian Wars for my Sharp Practice
collection. Some of these Indians I painted before and some of them are
newly painted...
3-D printed Cylons
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Awhile back, I painted up some Cylons from Crooked Dice. I noticed that
Tangent Miniatures was also offering some 3-D prints so I bought both sets.
Thes...
Lucid Eye Publications Root Elves
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I had the chance to paint a set of Root Elf Skyclads from Lucid Eye
Publications. I really enjoyed it as they are quite easy to paint. The guy
with...
Book review -Tilly-sur-Seulles 1944
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Tilly-sur-Seulles
Finally back from our holidays in the lower Loire and some packages were
awaiting me when I returned home. First up was a bunch of books...
Back to the Brushes 343
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Prep the beginning of all figures and in this case Arab Infantry from Old
Glory and an elephant from Museum Miniatures. This is affectionately known
by s...
Framed, part 24 (last instalment)
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*Denmark, October 772*
Nanthilde was standing in the door-opening, gazing at the rectangular sails
of some Danish *knerrir*[1] getting smaller again...
Undead Knight
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This is a fantasy-ish Perry conversion. I took a foot knight of their
English(?) HYW set, and modified it a little. I drilled out the eyeholes
and made ...
An Ancient Tragedy
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We were so incensed by the rocks we through down our clothes in disgust
Well that was pretty ugly!
Steve and I cracked out To the Strongest for a rumble...
28mm French Indian Wars
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Myself and fellow wargamer Rob recently started talking about reviving our
French Indian War projects. We both had a pile of unpainted Warlord Games
figu...
Vlaai for FIGZ
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Mhmmm what is that nice smell?
This must be that pretty lady my good friend Peter always orders his
vlaai from,
before he comes to FIGZ, and now w...
Muskets for Vicky
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Hi all,
Last year, Queen Vicky's day saw a solo game of Pikeman's Lament. This
year, we have a (slightly belated) game of Maurice against an actual
op...
Chef-du-Pont update - turning to 6mm
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So, after a couple of evenings of largely Myk and Andy poring over maps,
aerial photos and our boards, we've reached a major decision over the
Chef-du-Po...
To the Strongest: War of the Roses in 15mm
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On Saturday afternoon April 23 at HMGS-South's Recon 2022, I sat down for a
"Learn to play *To the Strongest*" game hosted by Daniel Moreno and Curt.
(So...
Xyston 1:600 Galleys For Sale
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Firstly, I must apologise for not posting for quite a while now. The
reasons are many and varied:
- I've undergone an operation on my hand to repair...
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...
Let's try again
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Yes, it seems that my keyboard does work...It has been a struggle to keep
up with the plethora of social media these days, and blogs can be left
behind in...
Long Time Coming in an update.
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Alexa, how do you spell Negligence. Sorry folks, you should know by now
that real life got in the way of things. Nothing too important, just the
usual ...
Time to get the column moving again!
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A little bit of fun with the rules and some odds and ends I had in the
Wargames room for just such a frivolous occasion!
Hi to all those faithful and du...
TYW Additions
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Hi Gents,
A few bits and pieces for the TYW collection all painted by
the very talented DJ.
Prayer group for the nobility.
Some tethered ...
Future Wars Update 011 - Urban Fencing & Planters
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Just a small update on some of the terrain bits being worked on over the
festives for the Future Wars project with the Modern Fencing set from
Warmill...
The Tanks are ready...
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After several starts and four US tank battalions on the go the first one
is finished.....well, just the commander to be added but he's getting a
hair cu...
A Bit of Whimsy
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Today Rob (Sharp End of the Brush blog) and I played a remote game to
test the draft of the Gathering of Hosts rules. There were a few little
hitches l...
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...
Done with 2021
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Since everyone else is doing it, I might as well offer my own year-end
retrospective. Personally, 2021 was a horrible year, as old age claimed two
close ...
Mésaventure au Mexique
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Kevin Smyth has had a large and growing pile of 28mm Maximilian in Mexico
figures for decades. It started back sometime in the 90s(!) when we had a
few C...
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...
Test of Resolve Scenario Book 2 now available
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Now on sale on our website testofresolve.com it covers 8 battles in the
latter half of the Wars of the Roses namely Hedgeley Moor, Hexham, Edgcote,
Empin...
Leela and Roberto ready for battle
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Hi guys
Leela and Roberto ready for battle, both 3D printed and converted, the
Futurama crew is coming along nicely.
In the Glen
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Today I caught up with old friends in the Glen. To get there I passed the
palace and other historical sites. I thought some of the readers of this
blog ...
STERLING PRICE AND THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD 1861
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*28mm Sterling Price and the Missouri State Guard 1861. Price is a
conversion of the Front Rank mounted Napoleonic civilian gentleman. The
Missouri ...
1806 Prussians, Saxons & French
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The 1806 Prussian campaign has always been one of my favorites. It’s the
consummate “what if?”. The battles of Saalfeld, Jena and Auerstedt were
close a...
24 Hours Left on my Kickstarter
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I'm counting down the hours until the end of my first Kickstarter and it
has been quite a ride. I was worried we wouldn't even make my initial $1000
fun...
Mike Hobbs – Funeral Webcast
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It was Mike’s funeral today. Due to COVID restrictions, attendance at the
service was strictly limited, and I know so many people would have wanted
to pay ...
Black Riders
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12 bods and 10 Nags.
10 of the bods, 9 mounted and one on foot*, are the "run of the mill" and
hard to tell apart Nazgûl / Ringwraiths. each one dresse...
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...
Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario
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Battle of the Falklands
A Full Thrust Scenario by Phil Broeders
*Authors notes*
This scenario is based on the The Battle of the Falkland Islands, ...
Lard Magazine 2020 is out!
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As usual just before Christmas, TooFatLardies has just released today its Annual
Lard Magazine. This is HUGE 180 tome of scnearios, special rules, ar...
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 al...
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 th...
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 gunb...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Almost nothing was achieved in February - working too hard and too knackered afterwards to do much. So I'm just starting a legion I was hoping to start a month ago. Onwards and upwards, as they say...
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