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.
A modern skirmish
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In a slight change of direction, I picked up some modern German army
figures from Empress miniatures for some skirmish gaming. So Thursday saw
them get the...
More MDF buildings in progress...
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Look what the postie brought!This time from Timeline Miniatures (now
distributed by Hoka Hey Wargaming).
With perfect timing (thanks Alan), since I've jus...
The Classical Indian II/3a,b
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These took about a month to paint and I am pleased how they have turned
out. This is the second time around for the Classical Indians as I sold off
the fi...
Some Celts/Gauls from BTD
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The recent game of Telamon has motivated my painting aspirations back
toward the Punic Wars project. With that new found inspiration, a dozen
Celts from B...
Sturmgeschütz III
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*(Saturday DRAFT) From LeeH - Battle hardened Sturmgeschütz III (8pts)*
The Sturmgeschutz series of Assult Guns was based on the proven chassis of
the Panz...
Monopolis article is live
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I am pleased to announce that my article on Building Your Own Monopolis for *Ogrezine
II *(the online magazine for *Ogre*) is now up. While the subject will...
Back to the Brushes 216
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Continuing to work on the Late Romans just now with a horn blower from
Foundry now ready for basing. On reflection glad this figure never sold on
previous ...
The hobby craft weekend
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We have a great weekend of painting, terrain making and sculpting seminars
and tutorials planed for this event. Please share and support.
The location is ...
Knights to Chalgrove!
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Last night, I finally managed to finish the basing of my army for
Chalgrove, the To The Strongest! World Championship, on Saturday. I've
photographed al...
Weathered Boarded House
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The weathered boarded house from Hovels terrain is a nice little piece made
out of resin that I had for awhile in my to do closet. I first tried an
ai...
France October 1940
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This post has been a while in coming, the reasons for which will soon be
apparent,
The light green is areas held by Belgium, light blue is France while dar...
Taxes in Greyhawk
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Greetings Greyhawkers. They say in many parts of the prime material plane,
nothing is certain but death and taxes. In the* World of Greyhawk* setting,
dea...
Jungle-fighters and bikers
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After my son has been born I have been
really busy but eventhough this fact I have
been managed some time for my hobby.
My third child has also gained some ...
Battle of Sedgemoor 1685
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With a couple of hours to spare before my flight from Bristol, I stopped
off at the Battle of Sedgemoor site. One that I have passed many times, but
never ...
Different types of built up areas
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When one is creating 'built up areas' the obvious always springs to mind -
a shop, an inn, a house, a church, etc. But, sooner or later the list runs
out a...
SYW Hanover: IR 1A Scheither
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These lovely figures are from Siege Work Studios in Australia and very nice
they are too. The range is a specifically SYW Hanoverian range and it has...
Kill Team & Memories
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Over the weekend I played my first two games of Kill Team and enjoyed it
quite a bit. There's a lot to like in the game. It was also great seeing
old fri...
Jetpack troopers and a fountain
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Some more Tatooine figures from Imperial Assault this. These are four
jetpack troopers.
Nice models. What they need are flames come out of the jet pack (r...
News from a distant isle
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I can't claim to have done any wargaming of late, but there has been a
hemisphere shift, which went about as well as it could have been expected
to. I've b...
28mm Victorian Victim.........
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*...........was his demise murder or drowning?*
*My entry for the water feature round of the painting challenge , he is
part of a foundry set which I had p...
Scrum Con 2019 is in the Bag
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Hot damn, we did it! Forgive my crowing, but I'm thrilled we managed to set
up and launch our one day con within six months of the idea first
percolating...
1/2400 Baden and Bayern
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If I was a chef Naval ships would without doubt be my signature dish, some
of you may have seen Project Jutland a couple of years back where I painted
al...
Battle of Marathon.
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*Last night,by way of a change,we re-fought the famous battle of Marathon.*
*Dave and I were the Persians,and Graham'Paul and Brian were the Greeks.*
*If I w...
Heavy VTOLS
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I'm not quite sure what I will actually make these guys, at the moment I
see them as Heavy VTOLS carrying two squads of infantry. The smaller craft
are ei...
Ancient Spanish
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A few new units added to the war cabinet for my 'To the Strongest' armies.
I have Roman and Carthaginian armies for the Punic wars but no Spanish
troops...
Clearance Continues - Let's Make a Deal!
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All inquiries to David.L.Crenshaw@gmail.com
54mm All the Kings Men collection for the American War of Independence. A
great start to a collections with...
Hundred Years War: French (9)
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A feast of images this week as the work on the Battle of Agincourt project
continues with more French mounted men at arms and a selection of casualty
fig...
Inventory & Competition Results
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I managed to make an almost complete inventory but had to go by memory at
some places. All the figures presented here are stashed at a known location
and a...
The 12th Foot.
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I finished my 12 foot.
The figures are Crann Tara and so modeled for War of Austrian Succession
and 45 rebellion.
But for me, they will also gun down thousa...
A Question of Scale
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*Map of Europe*
I know that a lot of wargamers feel that scale is very important. Whether
it is to determine movement, ground covered by a battalion, m...
Char B1 BIS by Warlord Games
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Sometime ago, in a moment of impulse, I picked up a sizeable Early World
War 2 German force in 28mm. Now in fairness to me, it wasn't quite an
impulse bu...
Another quiet week on the production line
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The flattening of the lead pile is still having its impact on production.
The two battalions of French Revolutionary infantry from Eureka seem to be
takin...
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 261 – Corps Blimey!
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Download Episode 261 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest Sir Sidney
Roundwood for this episode of the show 00:00 – Introduction – Sir Sidney
introd...
Cruel Seas - Wooden Liberty Ships
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I still haven't actually managed a game of Cruel Seas yet (although I have
a couple lined up in the next week or 2) but I have now painted up all the
sta...
Movement Trays
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They aren´t included in the old Airfix rules but moving 16 Regiments with
10 individual bases @ 2 bods a base per Regiment was time consuming so I
had to ...
Battlestations Second Edition Miniatures
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Happy Weekend,
I've painted a bunch of Battlestations miniatures for a friend.
Battlestations is an incredibly fun multi-map tabletop space ship table t...
Plug for a new blog
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The Chauvinistic Blog is a new blog that I have started that is dedicated
to all things Napoleonic.
Napoleon at the Battle of Friedland, Horace Vernet, Wik...
23rd Hussars done
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They say moving home is one of the most stressful times in life...well
the newly refurbished 23rd Hussars have been put in a brand new box
(GASP!). The o...
Vapnartak 2019
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Last Sunday was the 2019 Varpartnak show in York and once again the FDWC
put on a bus for all interested to take a jaunt down to the show and I
managed t...
Ev's Challenge - The Saga Continues
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Day 49 of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge, and we're past the
halfway point.
I'm just past the halfway mark on my own 500 point target as well, so ...
40mm ACW Gun and Generals
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Here are the rest of my first batch of 40mm ACW. These figures will go out
in tomorrow's mail! I enjoyed painting this scale much more than I thought
I wo...
Vapnartak show report
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Since the 2013 show the Falkirk club has sent a bus down to Vapnartak. It
is our only club day out of the year and it is paid for by club funds. About
2...
Loyalists in the family tree!
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I found another surprising branch of my family tree yesterday. Not through
Ancestry.com, but while reading Volume 3 of Patrick O'Kelley's highly
informat...
Liveries of the War of the Roses
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Compiled Liveries of the War of the Roses
I have been putting together liveries of knights and lords that I have come
across while researching WOTR, all I...
Hengist and Horsa
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Today's post is a quick bit of fun that turned out nicely! These are
Gripping Beast's "Penda the Pagan" and his second. I based them up
separately to run ...
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...
I want to break free
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Yeah another conversion, meet Fredix Mercurix!
The idea came after I did visit the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody.
On my hunt to Romain solders I had to buy...
The Painting Challenge Progress Report (2)
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This is the second report of my participation in Curt’s Annual Painting
Challenge.
Over the last three weeks since the previous blog entry, I continued f...
2018 - Review of the Year
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*2018*
It's that time again.
*Although I remain essentially an ancient/medievalist who collects toy
soldiers, plays wargames and explores historical batt...
Delays
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Activities are at a stand-still here at my hobby table as of late, due to
'Real Life' getting in the way, but it is for the good of all involved.
Way back...
In the Shadow of the Black Tower
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Many months had passed since Sir John of Raven's Wood Tower, Captain of the
Pass, better known as the Black Knight, had led his men across the
mountains t...
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...
The Rising of the Dark
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Characters being played:
Nadjana (escapee from Pan Tang)
Marion (Nihrain Shadowdancer); she carries most of the Runestaff, an
artefact of cosmic significan...
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...
Black Powder - Dresden 1813
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On Sunday, as consolation for having to postpone our Wagram mega-game yet
again, we got together at the Hall of Heroes to refight the second day of
Dresd...
Bosworth Battlefield Tour 2018
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At the suggestion of fellow club member Chris, we decided to sign up to the
Battlefields Trust Tour of Bosworth last Sunday. This was partly influenced
b...
Gribbly
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Hi all,
Way back in March, I picked up a smallish starter force for the Flesh Eater
Courts, and got as far as assembling them, and slapping on a few base ...
Eastern Front WW2 winter operational battle part 3
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Part 2 is here
I should have mentioned that at 11am precisely we stopped and stood for a
minutes silence to honour the fallen of all sides in WW1.
So the ...
WIP War rig
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Hi guys
This is my WIP war rig for all Post Apoc scenarios, sorry, forgot to take
pics before I base coated it, I masked the flames of the original cab
be...
French Arrival...
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Having been off with flu all week I have managed to venture out of bed and
take a couple of photos of my growing French force. These will be used in
part f...
The Sands of Sudan at the Wargames Holiday Centre
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The wonderful Dave Docherty has certainly one of the best Sudan collections
on the planet. Photo borrowed from WHC site - please see the link below.It
has...
I'm back! Again! Is there anybody still out there?
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Hi folks,
No nice pics for the moment as I've been very busy with both my parents
being very ill. I don't think I've picked up a brush in a few years!! i'm...
15mm WWI Casualties and Accessories
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I'm in the process of running a 15mm WWI campaign at the local club, and
now that I have about a platoon's worth of infantry for the French and
Germans com...
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...
Just a short notice and some pictures.
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As the title says, some pictures below of what I've recently painted.
Two units of French infantry, 24 figs each.
They are Perry Mins plastics and the start ...
Magnificent Seven 95% complete!
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Wow, I am almost at the end of this project. Here are the pictures at this
point. All that is left to do is to create some scatter terrain, finish
painting...
Bad Day at Black Rock(An AWI Skirmish with SPv2)
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Our local Group of wargammers indulged me with another game of Sharp
Practice, this time an American Revolution period scenario. I used Scenario
One fro...
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...
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
M...
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...
NAPOLEONICSPAIN.COM NEW WEB
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Hello dear friends and followers I want to introduce you the new web of
napoleonicspain miniatures Many novelties and surprises await us in the
world of ...
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...
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