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Horvat Hussars and another Zorndorf Milestone!

18mm Eureka Miniatures Honours of war Russia SYW Zorndorf

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Samurai Archers and some Test of Honour Terrain.

28mm Samurai Test of Honour

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3rd Grenadiers

18mm Blue Moon Honours of war Russia SYW Zorndorf

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Dismounted Dragoons

18mm Eureka Miniatures Honours of war Russia SYW Zorndorf

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Breaking up the outline

28mm Cold War US Army

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4th Observation Corps Regiment

18mm Eureka Miniatures Honours of war Russia SYW Zorndorf

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2021 Figure Count

10mm ACW Infantry - 96
28mm Creatures and Monsters - 19
28mm Dark Age Infantry and Command - 2
28mm Fantasy Cavalry -1
28mm Fantasy Infantry -7
28mm Modern Infantry -5
28mm Modern Vehicles -2
28mm Renaissance Cavalry - 8
28mm Samurai Cavalry - 6
28mm Samurai Infantry -7
28mm Scatter terrain -3
28mm SciFi Infattry - 11
32mm Fallout Infantry - 6
3mm Modern Armor - 210
3mm Modern Infantry - 200
3mm WWII Aircraft - 30
6mm Battlemechs - 34
6mm Battletroops - 35

2021 Monthly Roll-Up

JAN - 100
FEB -248
MAR -216
APR - 247
MAY - 93
JUN - 212
JUL - 397
AUG - 71
SEP - 153
OCT - 162.5
NOV - 92

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2 months ago
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
All Bones About It

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1 year ago
Furphy's Brush with History

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1 year ago
chrisfigurines

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1 year ago
Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil

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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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2 years ago
Lair of the Uber Geek

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2 years ago
Astro Anarchy

Sharpless 114, a Cosmic Dragon, is now the Ukrainian Ironbelly - This cosmic photograph is dedicated to Ukrainian people and a deadly fight they are forced to. The whole world is now witnessing the barbaric actions of...
2 years ago
Italian Wars Flags

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2 years ago
Loki's Great Hall

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2 years ago
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2 years ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

Hessian Jagers - I keep finding little bits of American War of Independence projects hidden in interesting places. these guys were on bases, primed or partially painted, in...
2 years ago
No Duff Gamer

1982 Lebanon War: Operation Peace for Galilee. - On 6 June 1982 the IDF (Israeli Defence Force) launched a military operation in Lebanon aiming at removing the military threats from northern Israel, de...
3 years ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario - 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, ...
3 years ago
michas figuren

Neue Figuren bemalt - Hi ich habe nach langer Zeit noch mal Figuren bemalt für mein Projekt Baltikum Sturm des Kreuzes 😉 Micha:-))
3 years ago
DwarfCrypt

My second most beautiful miniature! / Moja druga najpiękniejsza miniaturka! - *Janek / Johnny* *urodzony / born 15.11.2020*
3 years ago
Lonely Gamers

326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes - 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...
3 years ago
Jimbibblyblog

Martian whimsy - I fancied making something a little more whimsical for Mars... Why not a bandstand and some gardens. For the bandstand the roof was printed and most of t...
3 years ago
Raglan's Samurai Wars

Japanese Buddhist Monks -
3 years ago
The Wargaming Depot

JUNE 2020 UPDATE - Its time for monthly progress report and update. As a reminder I have 6 projects I am running with: 1. Tier 1 15mm Napoleonics 2. Tier 1 20mm Moderns 3. T...
3 years ago
The Miniatures Man

Aerosan OSGA 6 - More stuff for Whiteout, this time 2 Aerosans from Baker Company. In Whiteout you can have Sno-Cats as equipment or find them as terrain-encounters. My ta...
3 years ago
da Gobbo's Grotto - Wargaming blog

2 Fanitball, 2 Furious - Hi all My apologies for the late post, but this Saturday (when I normally post) I took part in my first Blood Bowl tournament, the delightfully titled "2 ...
4 years ago
Wargamer Blue

15mm Canadian Platoon -
4 years ago
merseybooks

Battle Ravens in Tabletop Gaming's Best Games of 2019 - I've been tipped off that my Battle Ravens boardgame features in TABLETOP GAMING'S BEST GAMES OF 2019 issue, publishing at the start of December! This is ...
4 years ago
Dragon Rising, Bear Resurgent

Review Book - Dragon Strike, (context for South China Seas conflict?) - Fictional accounts of Future conflict can provide a useful geo political context for gaming near future conflict without having to put much thought into th...
4 years ago
Z pola walki

Franciszek II Gonzaga/ Francesco II Gonzaga - Kolejna praca w projekcie Wojny Włoskie. Franciszek II Gonzaga był markizem Mantui oraz włoskim dowódcą w bitwie pod Fornovo 6 lipca 1495 roku. Poprowadził...
4 years ago
Baconfat Log

Saxons, Robots, Romans, Survivors, Dogmeat, Junk, and More - Happy Sunday Distinguished Viewer, I've recently finished painting 33 more little guys. There's recently been no rhyme or reason behind any of the ...
4 years ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

US Infantry speed painting - Sort of painted this platoon by accident. Started it a few weeks ago while messing around with contrast paints on the light green kit.
4 years ago
The Veteran Wargamer

Kriegsspiel: Big Trouble in Little Lardas - Two weeks ago, I participated in a week-long online Kriegsspiel run by Nick Skinner and Richard Clarke of Too Fat Lardies fame. With a total of 13 particip...
5 years ago
Iron Cross Miniatures - News Blog

New: 80mm mortar (Granatwerfer 34) with crew - We are proud to present the 80mm mortar with crew! The Granatwerfer 34 (or GrW 34) was the standard medium infantry mortar for the whole German army thro...
5 years ago
Cold War Gamer

Review Book - Red Armour an Examination of the Soviet Mobile Force Concept, R Simpkin, 1984 - So this was the summer reading, all part of a project called Deep Battle that I have yet to really start writing about or indeed executing but have bee...
5 years ago
World War II Central

Bargain basement, unpainted miniatures! GHQ, Pico Armor, AB, Hallmark 1/6000 - I've had several unsuccessful attempts at painting this past year, and it seems likely that I'll never paint at the level I once did. With that, I'm clea...
5 years ago
15mm paint shack

Greek Light Cavalry Final Victrix review finished painted -
5 years ago
Eldritch Epistles

Sons of Horus Sicaran and Leviathan Dreadnought finished - My last post was an update on my progress with the Questoris Knight and the Sicaran tank I've started painting; since then the hobby butterfly struck and I...
5 years ago
Impetus News

New url for the forum - The new url for the Impetus forum is http://impetus.darkbb.com/
5 years ago
The lead mountain

Shiny website - Apologies for the lack of posts of late, I have not forgotten, I seem to be in a small whirlwind of setting up Hardline Miniatures tasks, a list that seems...
5 years ago
Red Storm Rising

BLUE on BLUE Training EX - AAR by Dan Mclean - 64 point BLUE on BLUE Training EX by Dan McLean Warsaw Pact Forces Armoured Calvary Troop HQ Call Sign RED HAT IPM1 PL (4) RED HAT 11 4 M113 Scout S...
6 years ago
Mickey's Minis' Blog

- Hi All, Christmas is almost upon us & Ive completed my last commission of the year! More Kappadokians to add to the army I painted earlier this year & a sm...
6 years ago
Par la bouche de mes canons

Cobra High Speed Sentry (H.I.S.S.) (80s Pulp) - Today we have the iconic Cobra High Speed Sentry (H.I.S.S.) tank. It was quite possibly my favourite vehicle in my youth, it looked super cool and looked f...
6 years ago
CODENAME: Wargaming!

The Walking Dead All Out War - Solo AAR nr.1 - Witam serdecznie Jako, że cały czas siedzę nad figurkami do Żywych Trupów i maluję je sobie powoli, dzisiaj postanowiłem zagrać sobie solowy scenariusz z...
6 years ago
Modern Warfare

12th legion Angry Boiz - While working on the noble lads of the azure 13th, I was also expanding the footprint of their temperamental cousins in the 12th. At this point this is my ...
6 years ago
Luke: hoti to kratistos

More Modern Spearhead - 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...
6 years ago
Zinnsoldatengeneral 1

Brickman Recon Marine 1970 Vietnam - Ich habe ein neues Hobby gefunden ........ich missbrauche unschuldige Lego Figuren aus meiner Kindheit und mache daraus Figuren des Todes ! :-) Mein erstes...
7 years ago
Painting Landsknechts

Case Study II, Landsknechts / Swiss in French Service - Over the past few months I have been working upon some Landsknechts or rather *Lansquenets* in French service. Each time I work upon a unit of Landsknec...
7 years ago
Atomic Skies

Building a Spaceship in Dungeons & Dragons, Part 2.5 - This is an update to Spaceships in D&D Parts I and II. I had hoped to give you an update to Rock to Hide Me instead, based on a paper I found on a governme...
7 years ago
Cjcaston's 4FPM

Ivar the Boneless - Este es el primer tutorial que hago y voy a intentar que sea lo más ameno y útil posible, tanto en los consejos como en los colores y mezclas a utilizar. L...
7 years ago
WARGAMING THE AGE OF WARS

- My Takeda clan still continues to grow. Not decided on a rule set as of yet, just enjoying the painting :)
7 years ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

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7 years ago
Akrotiri Nomads Wargames

The Wargames Room in Stockport - Snowing in Cheadle but all calm on the Afghan front.... Using adapted donnybrook rules Also building up Highlanderrs and Covenanters
7 years ago
Lead Death

Halo Fleet Battles. Muster time - I really enjoy this game. Its got some work to do, but its fun, you roll buckets of dice and most importantly the rules give the subject matter a great nar...
7 years ago
STEEL FIST

SALE!!! - STEEL FIST MINIATURES SALE!!! In the next two days I'm going to start reducing the prices of most of the packs on the steel fist miniatures website for TWO...
8 years ago
Horse and Musket Wargaming.

ACW 8th South Carolina update. - Hope you all had a good Xmas. Just a quick update on the 8th Carolina. All the figures have been painted, just waiting on the flag and base work. It's com...
8 years ago
Back to the Minis

A lot on the painting front - Hello everyone. Today's post might be a bit brief, but who knows. Up until a few days ago, I was engaged in a French bloggers painting competition, an equi...
8 years ago
Very Tiny Wars

Yes, France had an aircraft carrier - Well, sort of. The Béarn was laid down in 1914 as a Normandie class battleship, but WWI interrupted her construction. By the time work recommenced in 1922,...
8 years ago
Þorsteinn á Heiðini

Secret Santa, Year Three - I have been remiss about posting. I always tell myself I need to, but yet don't find the time to. Once more, I will change that. ;) Secret Santa is comin...
9 years ago
Mitch's Wargaming and Modelmaking

Royal Yugoslav Air Force Hawker Fury II - Here's my latest effort: a Hawker Fury II in the markings of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force. The Fury was, of course, an iconic fighter of the 1930's RAF, ...
9 years ago
6mm Wargamer

Life, Life, life! - *Well *its been over a year and unsurprisingly this has been as a result of life! That old enemy kept getting in the way of me and my hobby. Changing jobs,...
9 years ago
Geektactica

Legends of the Old West: Playing with New Objective Cards - Some of you might be familiar with the Secret Objective card system I developed for *Chaos in Carpathia*. I decided to try a similar (yet completely differ...
9 years ago
Too Much Free Time

D&D Fifth Ed. Starter Box - 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...
9 years ago
DECODED: The Cold War in Europe 1945-1995

Commandant's Corner Update 6 July 2014 - Greetings Cold War Enthusiasts, It has been a while since I have been able to contribute articles to this site as I would like but I wanted to stop by and ...
9 years ago
The Inevitable Spark

Taking Stock - 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...
9 years ago
Stopping the Red Tide - Wargaming in 15mm

My House Move - As some of the longer term readers will know, I've been waiting for my new house to be completed... Well it's finally done and I've moved in, but you guys...
10 years ago
Little Soldiers

Happy New Year 2013 - Happy New Year to you all. Due to the illness and subsequent passing of my dear sister Kate this blog and my Arctic Strike blog have been neglected. Now 20...
11 years ago
Across the Table:

Moving Locations - Well, the title says it all. I've decided to revamp my websites and as part of this "Across the Table" is on the move. To visit my revised site please vis...
11 years ago
Peeler's Wargaming & Wittering Page

Byzarbia at Ayton Game. - Once again it's been a while, though in my defence I plead that I have been busy painting figures for our second Ayton Weekend Game, even forgoing two of o...
11 years ago
1%FUTURE

Alternative models: Zvezda "The Beast" - Now here's something really different. It got posted on Dakkadakka in a discussion about Russian plastics and immediately drew my eye. Apparently it used t...
11 years ago
Gods Own Scale

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Raglan's War of the Roses

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Battles in Miniature

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