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.
Five Games a Week
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When I discovered remote gaming a little over two years ago, the thought of
participating in a wargame on a weekly basis was a novelty. Some weeks
would...
WSS game 2
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So on club night we decided to give the Tricorns another run out. Once
again the French and Russians would clash. I even had two extra players
keen to lear...
Labyrinth Repair Shop
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Long ago – more than a decade now, if you can believe it – I wrote a
Retrospective post in which I talked about the *Dungeons & Dragons Computer
Labyrint...
ACW action at Marty’s
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Great looking table put together by Young Martin
Just for a nice change over the holidays a few of us got together to play a
great Black Powder game of Am...
Gaslands Crocodile
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Gaslands Crocodile
Another entry for the Analogue Painting Challenge, a repaint of a matchbox
crocodile car, drilled a hole to add a spare cupola from PSC...
Nikephorian Byzantines versus Classical Indians
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In a competition game for the club's Basic Impetus League, my Nikephorians
faced Mark Woods' Classical Indians.
The Byzantines were outscouted so that put...
French 1st Hussars Regiment
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The French 1st Hussars are an iconic regiment resplendent in their fur
lined pelisses encrusted with lace worn over the shoulder of their laced
dolmans, ...
Balkan Glory
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As if the title of this book by Julian Stockwin needed to be more for
purchase - it is based on Sir William Hoste's Adriatic campaign during the
Napoleo...
Greyhawk: Let's Fight Iuz
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Welcome Greyhawkers to another rousing edition of *Let's Fight... *Previous
installments like the bone-breaking encounter with* Ulaa*. can be read in
the ...
Painting Challenge Report #6
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January is gone and I'm happy with my progress so far in the Painting
Challenge. Usually, by this time in the competition my painting mojo
suffers; but ...
First Battalion, Regiment Froon, Number 54
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This is the first of my Austrian Napoleonic infantry.
From what I can gather Regiment Froon was established in 1769 as Regiment
Graf Callenberg. Renamed...
Back to the Brushes 366
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Cataphractii update
The next series of pics show some progress with the three stands of War and
Empire Cataphract figures.
The horses on two bases are no...
Dwarf Thief
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This month another figure
from the Reaper Bones Dark Heaven range
I always look for a non violent figure,
this one had more guns than I thought.
Just ...
Project 2023
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Of the 150 DBA armies in the collection, more than half have not seen any
use. I have given thought as to how best to reduce the collection to an
enjoyab...
Detailing the Hungarian Csaba Armoured car
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Hi guys
I’m eternally grateful to those such as Bergmann (who created and suppled
for free the Csaba files on thingyverse) and Aidan
https://www.thing...
1/700 WW2 Naval gets its Convoy On
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I've not put anything on the blog for a while and in the meantime the 1/700
WW2 Naval Project keeps on growing.
First up is a Trumpeter Models kit of...
Irish vs Vikings.
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*Last night,after a delay of weeks due to bad weather,illness and lots of
Rum(!) we had a game involving Brian's newly painted Dark Age Irish against
my ...
Basing Night
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Confederate artillery gets based up and flocked.
These were a group I bought off eBay a while ago and tweaked slightly. I
added a few old Dixen figures ...
Who chooses the games you play?
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Who chooses the games you play? Are you a consumer of other people's
choices or do you regularly choose what you play? Or maybe you are a
provider of games...
Merida Campaign Day 2
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*10 June 1813 – Southern Spain – Day 2*
French attack the walled town of Manchita
In the north 1st Spanish army retreat to Adjucen having lost the b...
28mm SYW: French Horse Fitz-James
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This is a very interesting French cavalry regiment. It was raised in 1691
from English exiles although Kronoskaf records it as an Irish regiment. I
...
Vive le revolution!
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A friend dropped me by this 54mm figure that he picked up in, I think, Cuba
(that is the marking on the bottom, anyhow). It is a pre-painted collector
fi...
New Year, new Phalanx
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I've been working, in the background, on a new phalanx for my huge Ipsus
game at Salute in April. This will consist of ten units, each 72
men-strong, dr...
The Shrinkage Effect,
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The problem with an ever expanding universe is what happens when it begins
to shrink again?
......especially when you've expanded to fill that univers...
Tenoch/Slann forced labour party
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Tenoch Enhanced Warriors, or slaves for my Slann. Unfortunate
neighbours or prisoners of war, they do the dirty work for their overlords.
Gunslinger - take 2
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So New Year's been and gone and I've managed to fit in one game so far...
another outing for the old Avalon Hill game Gunslinger which I played just
befo...
Selling my GNW project
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Selling all I have of my GNW, as a single package.
Some 550 painted 28mm. If you follow my blog you know what's it about. Just
check my GNW tag and y...
Black Seas: Run the Blockade!
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Black Seas Scenario #7 *Run the Blockade* appeals because I enjoyed Quintin
Barry's book on the blockade off Brest so much. The excitement and awe on
...
Wars of the Roses the Percy Neville feud
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Here is a short write up of a "Lion Rampant" game that I have been making a
scenario for.
Lion Rampant is a set of rules published by Osprey Publishing...
More 'Shrumans & Shroomfolk
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Two more 'shrumans painted. I definitely like how these have turned out and
will be making some more. I only have a few more zombies worth of bits from
t...
Personal update
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The best laid plans, as they say...
Currently 100 miles from home looking after mum because her full-time carer
(dad) is in hospital. Wandering the labyr...
Happy New Year!
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Hi all,
It's been a busy year in Monkeyland, In addition to a range of life events
(back to work in-person, promptly getting Covid, the birth of my nep...
Solo Salamanca, Turn 1
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The scenario for this game can be found: *HERE*
In accordance with the scenario notes the British get ten free initiative
points to resolve their surpris...
Painting table January 2023
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Happy New Year everyone!Well, here is the usual chaos on my table at the
moment:The now-commonplace assortment of genres and scales - fantasy,
sci-fi, and...
2022 in Review
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I was able to commit to much more painting time this year, but all of it
was for commissions. I painted a whopping total of six figures for myself
all year...
Orktober AAR
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So October has come and gone, and I now that I have some time to take a
few photos, I decided to provide an update on the painting that I was able
to ac...
Christmas Rampant 2022.
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A good number of us were able to gather at Bruce's place in Gig Harbor for
our annual (except for 2020) Christmas Rampant game. Bruce is, as some may
kno...
Snitgob the Mountain Troll
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Hi everyone, I've managed to complete this Mountain Troll, part of my
Goblin Army for the 'Dragon Rampant' fantasy rules.
Acquired from Ral Partha miniat...
Meerclaw and the Gunboats - Part Four
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The Count and I return to the main conference chamber. The fleet Captains
greet our arrival with another shout of "Honor!" and R'Rorash calls the
meetin...
Food Basics Flyer Dec 8 to Dec 14, 2022
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Browse through the latest Food Basics flyer December 8 to December 14, 2022
on this page. This weekly flyer from Food Basics has found amazing price
for yo...
More Auxilia
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This week i have finished 2 units of Auxilia Palatina from Victrix
miniatures:
1.The Honoriani Attecotti Iuniores
2.The Exculcatores Iuniores Britan...
Not Dead Yet!
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Being at loose ends, I decided that it was time to add a few more 1/72nd
figures to round off my portable, card table, ancient/medieval/fantasy
collectio...
Some more Union and a house
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My blogging is very touch and go the past couple years, but it's still
going which is a positive. Need to catch up on what the everyone has been
doing...
Halloween Candle Jacks
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It's been over two and a half month since I last posted anything and what
with the house move and everything the painting mojo has been low and the
ti...
A chance to say thank you
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The rules in the flesh…so to speak
Hi to all.
Thanks for the wonderful feedback and comments from Ken Reilleys great
podcast show of which I had the gre...
II/5e Aitolian or Akarnanian Army for DBA 3.0
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II/5e Aitolian or Akarnanian Army for DBA 3.0. Metal warriors from Xyston
Miniatures. Resin & metal ruined oracle stretch goal from the War and
Empire I...
Raygun Rayborn and the Red Planet: Factions
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As promised, here are photos of the factions I mentioned in my previous
post about the Raygun Rayborn game from Recon 2022. My son will playing in
the R...
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...
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.
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
-
... 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...
Only the four of these. The guy who bought them did so when there was a massive discount, I believe when the company that owned Clan Wars was going bust or something. So he grabbed as much as he could at random; I've ended up painting them...
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