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.
700,000 and 14 years
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*Introduction*
700,000 and 14 years. It seems like only a year ago it was 600,000 hits. That
is because it was! I had a huge increase in hits (an orde...
15mm Eleven Archers
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I've been thinking about expanding some 15mm fantasy/medieval armies that I
have. Most of my figures are from the old Battlelore game, which includes
hu...
50 years in the Dungeon
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A very interesting interview with David "Zeb" Cook about his time at TSR
Hobbies, in which he talks about the* D&D Expert Set, Oriental Adventures, *and
Se...
Flagging the Piedmontese
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In the name of efficiency and economy, I typically wait to print flags for
newly-raised units once I have enough flags to fill a full sheet of photo
pape...
Grenadiers
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I have started to add grenadiers to my Prussian and Russian, Seven Years
War collection.
Here are the '13/26 Finck' converged grenadier regiment. These...
Japanese mortars and soviets
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On the web-page Flames of war - Sweden I stumbled over
some nice soviet bits and figures together with a medium
japanes 86/94mm mortar platoon(4) and ha...
FOAN - The road to Damascus
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Our Fate of a Nation games tend to stick to a routine reflecting the better
known tank battles of the Arab Israeli Wars: The Valley of Tears, Chinese
Far...
Parsnip people
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The parsnip people...
I wanted to get some rotlings for my Turnip28 collection and had a handful
of goblins from GWs the Hobbit game in my collection ...
War of the Roses (project)
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Last year, the revised board game Kingmaker was purchased with a plan to
combine a campaign system with DBA battles, however, other priorities
postponed ...
Nikephorian Byzantine versus Ghaznavid
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A friendly game with Mark B to try out my new cataphract unit and also
perfect GIF making technique.
My army was out scouted but deployed in a central po...
French 76th Regiment of the Line
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I recently finished up rejuvenating some vintage 1960s or early 1970s 1/72
scale Napoleonic Alberken (early Minifig) figures, representing the French
76...
X Wing fighter Blue Leader
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Blue Leader
As this side project has been on desk since last month I thought I would
get some paint on it. A Revell small kit of the iconic X Wing, a simp...
Here's the Ruckus
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Popped into our local WH Smiths this afternoon and nabbed a copy of the
latest Wargames Illustrated which, this month, has a free rule set
included... H...
Wizzard
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This month I am starting with a detail of a figure
that I have had lying around for a long time.
It comes from Reeper Bones, these figurines don't cost ...
The Magnificent Seven - Part 03 - Chico
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As said that it is my intention to post the figures like they appear in the
movie and the third one is Chico played by Horst Buchholz. Again it was the
s...
Spring Clear Out
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The following lots are now surplus to my requirements. All are priced to
include 2nd class postage (with proof of postage) within the UK.
I'd prefer, if...
First unit for the Italian Wars
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This is sort of a refurbishment, as I had these four Perry men-at-arms from
a previous collection, most of which I sold. All they needed was a new base
...
Convoys
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My holiday reading was Roger Knight's, *Convoys: The British Struggle
Against Napoleonic Europe and America*. My research for the HMS *Ambuscade*
book fl...
DAK Vehicles
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After my Normandy trip, I finally managed to pick up a paint brush again
and get a few more vehicles done for the DAK. These are a mix of tanks and
trans...
Review of Wismar Campaign
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*Battles fought during the Wismar campaign phase*
The campaign covered the period 11 to 18 July 1813, and took eight weeks to
complete. It was a fa...
Action on the War of Spanish Succession
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Today for four and a bit hours, eight of us played a War of Spanish
Succession game.
I need to be upfront and state that none of these figures are mine. Al...
Trojan War Skirmish Using Tribal Rules
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Just got back from a game day up in Kent (Washington) at Wizard's Keep.
This has been a monthly event for at least a couple years or so, but my
first tim...
Ahoy Ship Mates!
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*Having had a hearty tea of ship's biscuits and a tot of rum,my thoughts
strayed to the high seas and Naval wargames-well they would wouldn't
they???*
*...
3 Million Hits!!
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I just noticed that "Don't Throw a 1" has just passed the unbelievable 3
million hit mark!!!
This is just a quick thank you to everyone who takes the...
Chancellorsville and Glory II
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If there's one thing I love about boardgames, it's setting them up. I may
not get through a whole game, but I do like to get the maps on the table,
weigh...
Decepticon Medic
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After playing the first game of Xenos Rampant with this guy's and using the
Medic rule for the Autobots, I thought it would be a good idea to create a
D...
15cm sFH Lorraine’s finished
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Hi guys
2 x 15cm sFH Lorraine SPGs and 2 x Lorraine artillery observer vehicles of
the 155 Pz artillery regt finished, these guns will be attached to th...
28mm Classical Greeks: Cavalry
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I had set a goal of June 1st for my Greek and Persian project. Here it is
April 19th, and it is done! These four Greek cavalry units complete the
project.T...
The Relief of Norchester at Salute 51
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Here are some super photos of the Relief of Norchester game that my friends
helped me take to Salute last weekend. The photos were taken by chum Ian
Not...
Hypaspists at the charge and other stuff
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Slowly working on adding to my Hellenistic troops and couldn’t resist the
new Victrix Hoplite set. They’ve been lightly converted with head swaps and
so...
Prep Market Garden No. 3
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Completing the stash is at once the most satisfying, daunting and
optimistic thing we wargamers do. (never chuck anything, never chuck
anything...)
Ther...
All Hell Let Loose 20
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Final submission for this year's AHPC below:
Marder IIs and Sd Kfz 10/4 with 20mm AA all from Pendraken Miniatures.
There are decals in the post for i...
Bataljon Jagers No. 27
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I have been cracking on with a larger unit of Dutch-Belgian infantry for
the Hundred Days collection.
The 27th Light Battalion was part of van Bylandt's...
More additions to horde…
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As previously reported, I’ve painted a sizeable Orc & Goblin army. Whilst
I’m keen to move onto other projects, at the same time, I’m conscious that
I stil...
The Miller's Tale - Episode 9
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Episode 9: in which Mike once again attempts to remember how the heck the
Heath Robinson-esque collection of RSS feed generator, local webspace and
heave...
Working on some terrain
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Something a bit different - 28mm terrain:Assorted conifers from Bachman,
tree bases from Charlie Foxtrot, foreground ruins, runestone, and stela
from Fenr...
Let’s get the wagons rolling again
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A favourite print reimagined in the Wargames room
Just a quick note today as I received a great deal of correspondence when
I took down my two blogs in...
They Shall Not Pass!
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*OOPS! * I just discovered that I did not finish this battle report from
last June! Well, hopefully late is better than never. Good thing I have
some pic...
Five Bananas From Home
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When I first played Sellswords & Spellslingers I went through some big
misunderstandings of the rules through the early campaign, but I really
liked the ...
Greyhawkery #1067
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Happy Needfest! Good luck in 2024 Greyhawkers! I'll see you at *Gary Con, *on
*Legends & Lore* or on *Canonfire* (mortellan) and *Discord *(greyhawkmike)...
WFB Tournament Commentary Game One
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This was Game one of the tournament that I described in the post here.
Unfortunately, I did not take any notes, so I won't be giving you a
play-by-play. ...
WELCOME BACK
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After a long break I have decided to try and restart the Blog. Hopefully,
it will attract some attention. Below are some of my Burgundians. These are
Fro...
New Fantasy sets from Alliance
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I know, I havent been active for..???..a long time but I keep looking at
what´s going on in the world of bods..and today I found
these.....Apparently the...
A different kind of convention (for me anyway)
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Earlier this month, my wife and I went to our first ever science fiction
convention: ArmadilloCon here in the Austin area.
My wife did confess that at f...
The Second Star Schlock Kickstarter is LIVE!
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Oh yeah, I have a blog! I've been toiling away for several years to get my
sci-fi skirmish game *Star Schlock* into production. Our Kickstarter is
curre...
The Lyrans are coming!
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Well, not quite - this is my attempt at a Battle Station. It would
actually do for pretty much any of the major powers, but I gave it a base
sandy color...
Shields and Armour in Mycenaean Warfare
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*Introduction*
This article was inspired by Allan JC Smith’s Master’s thesis entitled *Mycenaean
Warfare and the Mycenaean Tower Shield, a foundationa...
Paimon Miniatures Chaos Dwarves
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It's official. I am now a miniatures company. After long years of plotting,
planning and general mucking about, my first commercially available figures
are...
This is Minuteman: Two-Three
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Since my wargaming hobby has taken a back(far back) seat to my simming
hobby, I've gone from reading books about the Napoleonic wars etc. To
listening t...
GW Contrast Paints on 15mm Horses
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My first purchase of the GW Contrast paints was with painting horses in
mind. There are times when I quite like painting them but when you have a
hundre...
Battle of Saalfeld 1806
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*We played Valour & Fortitude in 28mm this weekend. I ran the rules and my
friend Doug played the Prussians & Saxons and Titch played the French. *
*Th...
Hurricon 2022 Photo Report: A Bit Late...
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It has been several months since my last post, which was photos from
HMGS-South's Recon 2022 convention. I thought I had deleted the photos in
this post,...
March Madness
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To some extent, I am feeling like we are in middle of the long decline of
the personal blog, but that might be just because I am having trouble
getting ...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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 a...
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 t...
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 gun...
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 gu...
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...
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 Regl...
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 h...
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
a...
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 ear...
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 ...
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 u...
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 ...
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...
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 p...
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...
Thanks - I think I'm through the angry phase, past frustrated and onto grinding resignation. In other words, the hoplites aren't so annoying because I'm nearly finished them!
Painting the Immortals will make a really nice change...
Hopefully the plan comes together my friend...
ReplyDeleteBlimey, that was quick! You must have been lurking...
ReplyDeleteYes... angrily, no doubt. Good luck with the painting targets.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice when a plan comes together...fingers crossed. Look forward to see the Immortals.
ReplyDeleteThanks - I think I'm through the angry phase, past frustrated and onto grinding resignation. In other words, the hoplites aren't so annoying because I'm nearly finished them!
ReplyDeletePainting the Immortals will make a really nice change...