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.
"Abandonment of D&D"
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The publication of the *Dungeon Masters Guide *in 1979 completed the rules
for *Advanced Dungeons & Dragons*. This event was heralded in the pages of *Dra...
Don't Mention The War - Part 18
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May/June 1942 started with bad weather, but then the sun shone and fine
weather was upon us and time to liberate Eastern Europe from the grip of
the Comm...
1st South Carolina Infantry Regiment
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This unit is the 1st South Carolina Regiment, the second of the two South
Carolina regiments I am doing for this AWI collection.
Organised in the summer ...
Painting Black Uruks
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These Black Uruks have been painted using a Dark Elf paint triad from
Reaper miniatures. The second, midtone colour is perfect for a black wash.
These we...
Cornwall 2022 - Pendennis Castle
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On my recent trip to Cornwall I dragged my family to Pendennis Castle near
Falmouth. I certainly enjoyed the trip, not too sure about my wife and 2
da...
There Was Such Great Promise
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On Sunday, Matt (*wargamesinthedungeon*) and I met on the remote fields of
Bassignana to witness the third playing of the battle. For those following
ea...
Lasalle Day at the Uni
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On Sunday a dozen Napoleonic wargamers congregated at the Uni for a day of
Lasalle 2 gaming. We had set up 7 tables, with a variety of themes.
The whol...
Against All Odds - Pakistan Air Force in 1971
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I have long thought the Indo-Pakistan wars deserve more attention. Helion
Books obviously believe the same as they keep feeding my interest! The
latest ...
Dutch Vickers 152mm Howitzer
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Vickers 152mm Howitzers
The next piece off the table is my heavy battery for my Dutch. 32 guns were
purchased from the British government in 1920. One ...
Too many choices
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Do you play a period because you like a set of rules? or do you like a set
of rules that fits the period you want to collect? And of it's the latter,
how d...
Rebasing 28mm ACW
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Texians
This is something I've been thinking over for quite some time and I finally
pulled the trigger. I've wanted to make my units smaller for interm...
Kufstein Campaign Day 4
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*24 May 1813 - Southern Germany - Day 4*
Marshal Massena moves to support Sankt Johann
7th army retreat to Oberaudorf
8th army attacked at Sankt Johann...
15mm BT Raven, Jenner and Locust
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Hi guys
My 3D printer has sat quiet for about a year, I’ve done a lot of the
printing I had wanted to do, and have piles of resin to paint, but I have
...
Water water every where
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August games day and it rained, poured and generally made for a great day
of gaming (once we got the heating on as it was a bit of "shiver me
timbers").
...
German Asia Korps
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In between sorting out scenery, I did manage to paint up the other 6
models I had for the German Asia Korps. These are just from Wargames
Atlantic. Once ...
Star Wars Legion Rebel Troopers
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A fellow nearby was selling a bunch of Star Wars Legion rebel figures on
Facebook a few weeks back so I snagged them along with the paints he was
using. ...
World of Greyhawk Campaign: Anne Brown 1993
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Welcome back Greyhawk mavens! I've been going through my RPG collection
recently and trying to decide which stuff I should sell/trade off and which
to ke...
Kievan Russ
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I have painted a large unit of Kievan Russ Vikings. As a Swede I think its
mutch more interesting to look to the east and what the Vikings did there
i...
War of the Ring and giant cats
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One of the problems with many boardgames is that they take ages to play.
When I was younger I would happily spend most of a day and evening playing...
Back to the Brushes 347
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In between work, complaining about the weather being very good - it's a
Scottish thing - and being more active painting continues on the Crusader
spear a...
To the Strongest Punic Wars action
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My Carthaginian central command with units of Scutarii and Numidian lights
Steve and I played a wonderful game at the NWS on busy Wednesday night. His
...
15mm Anglo-Allied Artillery
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John's Anglo-Allied army will have 18 guns, and here they all are!British
Foot ArtilleryBritish Horse ArtilleryDutch Foot ArtilleryBrunswick Horse
and Foot...
Swiss army- first muster!
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This is my Swiss army, forming up for its first outing at the weekend.
At the moment I have four decent pike blocks, a couple of units of
halberdiers, ...
T'au starter force
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It's been over seven weeks since I last posted. In the meanwhile I have
played many great games but have not had the time to record them.
I've also bee...
Enemies of the Pre-Feudal Scots
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The following technical and tactical tips are meant a reference tool for ME
when playing historical games or designing scenarios. Against each
opponent, ...
Scatter Terrain - Collapsed Columns
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Wee bit of scatter terrain posting on this one, having recently painted up
these plastic bits from GW AoS range for some fill in bits.
Took me a while to...
Greeks part 4
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After a confusing week of work, I was not able to get much done.Here is
the mostly finished base of skirmishers for the Spartan army. You can see
the ext...
Warhammer -1313
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I've had this idea lingering for years, and it has bubbled back to the
surface. Oldhammer. No, not like that. This is Warhammer set in the
in-universe ...
First Post in Over a Year
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Many of you will know that my wife died last September and my interest in
maintaining the blog waned.
Two things have really helped me in coping. One i...
French in Egypt - Rebels and Patriots Game
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Hello all! I've been off the blogosphere for a while, but actually hosted a
Rebels and Patriots - French in Egypt game today. The game played out well
en...
Soldiers of Napoleon - First Games.
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Because we are still exploring the rules I'm not going to do a battle
report on what we have played. Rather, this is very short report about my
own perso...
Aztecs
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The book
Eagle Knight
warriors
Conquistadors
All painted by DJ
These figures are a cross over from the Malta collection.
Still a fair bit of this to see.
Sacile North 1809 - Bonus Pictures of a Disaster
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I found the photos of my great embarrassment the first battle we did of
Sacile North. Ironically I found them when documenting Sacile North.
So...sit bac...
Storme - Anicius
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This is a figure from a very old collection of figures that came with a
pack of coffee from the brand Storme. I believe in other countries they
came with...
Wizzard of Frog
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This month a special figure...
A frog, and no it's not Kermit
but a real Wizzard!
It was a Father's Day gift from my bonus son
He printed it in resin ...
Battle of Testiculum.
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*Because Brian and Malcolm couldn't make it,I had to rejig and rethink the
planned game,but it turned out to be a real classic!*
*One move into the ga...
Haashaastaak is promoted
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The Romulans press their attacks beyond Midketh, attacking our depleted
forces at one of the border Battle Stations. This is the next phase of
their off...
Decal Frustrations
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So I was able to put the Chapter Badge on the Space Marines in the
previous post without too much trouble. Then I tried to figure out how to
print out ...
Stranger things
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*The Stranger*, long one of Seattle's more colorful weeklies (the other one
being *Seattle Weekly*, which was never colorful at all) started
publication ...
R'lyeh, Acolyte of Rooth, or Human Thane
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R'lyeh, Acolyte of Rooth, Lucid Eye's exclusive Shadows of Centralis
miniature, only available from Lucid Eye. Featured within Shadows of
Centralis. I'...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
These are some shots of Theban command figures. I've deliberately taken them at a distance, so that clicking on them will give a decent close-up: I find that whether or not an image turns out to be clickable is rather random, but it's worth a go.
These two are on separate small circular bases, to represent notional command elements in Tactica II.
The next three photos are of a pair on a single larger base, to function as the overall army command stand:
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