Dartfrog's Adventures in 6mm and such

Palouse Wargaming Journal

Paradox of Modern Wargaming - The paradox? Speed vs. Journey in the Digital Age. As the *Palouse Wargaming Journal* passes its thirteenth anniversary, these anniversaries often brin...
43 minutes ago
Megablitz and more

Quick minefields - I needed a couple of unmarked minefields for the Foy-Notre-Dame game recently. Luckily I remembered I had a few of the 15mm Peter Pig minefield castings...
1 hour ago
Astro Anarchy

ICARUS, the final flight - My latest photo shows a small portion of the Veil Nebula supernova remnant in Cygnus. I have wanted to photograph this tiny, knot-like object for a long ...
9 hours ago
20mm and then some....

BSSCF2025 - The (off) White House - And that is the last pic of the whole building for now. Hope to get most of it done by the end of the weekend so I can focus on other builds and do the ...
21 hours ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Warmaster Kislev Axemen - With the 25th birthday Warmaster event just around the corner I'm racing to get my Kislev force finished in time. Here's some axemen Quick and dirty pa...
1 day ago
The Land of Counterpane

Germania libra! - One thing I'd like to do in the coming year is to learn how to run games of *Infamy Infamy*. This is a large-skirmish rule set from *Too Fat Lardies*. You ...
1 day ago
Sgt Steiner's Wargaming Blog

Essex Regiment Museum - Over in Chelmsford, England visiting with offspring Steven and he and I visited the local Chelmsford Museum which also houses the Essex...
1 day ago
The Games We Play

Panzergrau Zvezda Pz IV F2 - I had an eye to late 1942/early 1943 battles and thought a grey Pz IV (lang) would be in order to go with my shiny new grey Pz IIIJ/L. And what could b...
1 day ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

Epic Hail Caesar: First Units - First units for Epic Hail Caesar are getting done. Making fast progress here. Punic Wars coming soon. Just a quick post. Painting is done on a large for...
1 day ago
Blunders on the Danube

Snappy Nappy Campaign in a Day, Spain Spring 1813: The Scenario - We fought the latest Campaign in a Day with Snappy Nappy this past Saturday October 18, 2025. The Portal, a wonderful game store in Manchester, CT, was o...
1 day ago
1866 and all that

Ironclads in Action - Continuing my recent efforts to turn some rarely used collections out of the comfort of their storage boxes, I decided to get the 1866 Italian and Austri...
1 day ago
wargamesinthedungeon

An update on lots of stuff…… - Quiet on the gaming front at the moment with a couple of games postponed due to seasonal colds and illness. I’m just back from another week helping to deco...
2 days ago
Carryings On Up The Dale

Something New: Grand Duchy Of Baden - The first units of my Baden contingent. In this post we have the Baden jäger btn, a battery of foot artillery (guns on the way), a command stand, the Bad...
2 days ago
WAB Corner

Mycenaean Lion Gate & Wall Sections - Finished the additional wall section, and also drybrushed the stone work with lighter colors to better replicate limestone. EDIT: I'm still not satisfied...
3 days ago
Fencing Frog

Tree House Up date - Just a dad in his natural enviorment building a tree house in his Bluey T shirt The tree house is coming together now. I've got two "walls" up. Now its t...
3 days ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

MOAR!! Flames of War 8th Army Tanks and Artillery - Cleaning up a few remnants of boxed sets I've bought for the Western Desert project. I'd already painted the Grants from the "Monty's Desert Rats" box bu...
4 days ago
Here's no great matter

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit - And this particular hobbit seems to have found himself pulling back from adventure. I'm not sure how I would diagnose it, but I seem to have lost that se...
4 days ago
A figure painting therapy project.

Keeping busy - ACW wagons. - Not my favourite time of year, that's for sure, nights drawing in, grey skies etc but I'm keeping busy painting and modelling. I'm gradually finishing ...
4 days ago
Obscure Battles

Leuthen 1757 - Seven Years War December 5, 1757, a Monday Prussians under Frederick II, approximately 28,600 and 165 guns Austro-Imperial Forces under Prince Charles of ...
4 days ago
Warfare in the Age of Cynics and Amateurs

Aughrim 1691 - with Field of Battle 3 - Field of Battle, as with Volley & Bayonet, delivers a very efficient, enjoyable and exciting game. Both are very different however; where V&B offers ele...
4 days ago
Moiterei's bunte Welt

3rd Century Romans - All those months later and I‘m still continuing with my 3rd Century Romans for use with Midgard by James Morris. As usual I'm not overly productive, but I ...
4 days ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

More 15mm Late Romans - The rest of Bill's infantry are done! These figures were a joy to paint.German WarbandsLegion ArchersLegion Light InfantryLegion Unarmored Heavy InfantryL...
5 days ago
Polemarch

The Re-b**ing Post - Apologies for the bad language in the title of this post, but for most wargamers, the topic is one in bad taste, if not taboo. But first, a little backgr...
6 days ago
Painting Wargames Figures

18mm Old Glory: SYW/WAS Prussians: 1/23 Bandemer Converged Grenadiers - These are converged grenadiers of IR1 and IR23, both with silver-faced mitres, and they featured in most of the major SYW battles. The officer of IR23...
6 days ago
STORM AND CONQUEST

Gallic Chieftain Chichester - Another item on my list for my visit to the Chichester museum and their unique well preserved Celtic helmet and tomb of a 1st century BC grave goods. ...
1 week ago
Wargame News and Terrain

Snarling Badger Studios: Popular SciFi Space Station Zero Rules! - Snarling Badger Studios: Welcome to Space Station Zero, a miniatures-agnostic tabletop wargame where you and your friends explore the hidden depths of the ...
1 week ago
Toy Soldiers Studio

III/25ab Arab Conquest - 15mm Essex Miniatures Completed three DBA Arab Conquest Armies. Two III/25b and one III/25a These armies can be used for L'Art de la Guerre, Impetvs and C...
1 week ago
ALY'S TOY SOLDIERS

The Other Partizan 2025. - Greetings… At the weekend I paid a flying visit to the Other Partizan…. This years show was certainly a busy one with many splendid games to see… I only...
1 week ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

A River Runs Through It - Making River Terrain - *The Coa River and the Santiago Monastery, built by me.* I finished making river sections for the main table of my game at this year's Fall In convent...
1 week ago
Lace Wars in Tin

Partizan 2025 - Battle of Kolin 1757 - Well, that's the Partizan game sorted! We were play testing Simon Miller's proposed 'Lust for Glory' rules, which will cover warfare in the 18th Century....
1 week ago
The Renaissance Troll

Warhammer 40,000 Combat Patrol - 4th Edition - This weekend I met up with a couple of friends for a big round of gaming. We started with two games of *Warhmmer 40,000 - 4th Edition* - Combat Patrol! ...
1 week ago
Kampfgruppe Willow

The Other Partizan 2025 - Well another Partizan done and dusted, as always fabulous and I think the best event in the UK for historical Wargaming. This year I helped set up and p...
1 week ago
Now for wrath...Now for ruin...and the Red Dawn

Vyvyan and SPG ready for PopulationZ - *"SPG, get off the car now you silly hamster!"* Vyvyan Bastard of Scumbag College, a medical student, with his pet hamster SPG (short of Special Patrol...
1 week ago
On Wargames and Such

Kev Adams night goblins - Happy orctober everyone! Kev Adams' goofy night goblins were the figures I most fell in love with back in the 90's, but of course I couldn't afford the ...
1 week ago
Paint-it-Pink

Russian Combat Group - Just a quick post of the Russian quad mechs I've been working on. You can see the old scheme here. I call these walkers Pokhodnaya Boyevaya Platforma, bu...
1 week ago
Devon Wargames Group

American Civil War Action using Pickett's Charge. - As is usually the case with me the scenario is not from a Civil War battle but from Napoleon vs the Russians. The Union taking the French and the Confede...
1 week ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Golan Clash! - Daniel suggested experimenting with using Clash of Steel rules in a Fate of a Nation setting. The only models we have for FOAN are 12mm 1:144 so somew...
2 weeks ago
Javier at war

Guanche army (Canary Islands) for DBA 3.0 - Although I have no ancestry from the Guanches, I was born and raised in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and since childhood I have been taught at school abou...
2 weeks ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Turnip 28, AAR - This weekend we had a blast and hold a small Turnip28 get together. It was a long time since I last played Tunrip28 and I felt a bit rusty about the ru...
2 weeks ago
Bleaseworld

Cold War '85: Soviet T-72 Tank Battalion - Following closely behind the recently painted 6mm T-64 tank battalion, I have now polished off a T-72 one in (for me) quite quick fashion! The models ar...
2 weeks ago
Ski's Wargames

The Next Big Thing - Good morning. If you haven't heard of it or seen the stuff, Trench Crusade has been been getting some good run lately and to be fair, it does look rathe...
2 weeks ago
Pushing Tin

Super Troopers, Battle of Kalisz 1706 - Yet another long drought between blog bulletins and battles finally broke yesterday as we went through a neat little action at Kalisz from the Great Nort...
2 weeks ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Bots - Are we back to normal "hit levels" again? - Last post was only 56 hits after the first 24 hours. Which I think are probably real people! Compared to the thousands previous .. what has changed? Ask ...
2 weeks ago
My Brave Fusiliers!

If World War One War Pub Fight - Germany, Austria and Italy are standing together in the middle of a pub when Serbia bumps into Austria and spills Austria's pint. Austria demands Serb...
3 weeks ago
Association - Les Riflemen

WW2 Soviet Sailors - *Les marins russes débarquent!Russian sailors are landing!* *Bonjour à tous,* *Des figurines de deuxième guerre mondiale au menu du jour, * *Aux pincea...
3 weeks ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

German Vehicles in 1/72 - I have had my resin printer busy recently filling in some gaps for my WWII German vehicle collection. I have a Mar 3 Pro and am using water washable AB...
3 weeks ago
Camisado

Mid 16th Century Tudor Billmen - Following on from last month's 1540s games with Stuart for this month's post we are staying in the mid 16th century. To bolster the ranks of my 1540s En...
3 weeks ago
Grimsby Wargaming

Myth & Hollywood on the Tabletop - After several months of painting and collecting I was ready to put a game on at the Grimsby Wargames Society last week. I had originally planned this fo...
3 weeks ago
Ed M's Wargames Meanderings

SERBS FOR ONE HOUR SKIRMISH - The latest contingent in my Balkan collection: Serbs, circa 1877-78 (and later) Greetings, dear reader(s). I am gratified to report on the addition of...
4 weeks ago
doctorphalanx

DRP 3mm 1940 forces for Eisenhower - completed - *Four complete divisions ina shallow A4 Tuff box.*I completed my 3mm armies for *Eisenhower*. Painting is now getting quite difficult for an old chap li...
4 weeks ago
ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION

... very HEAVY construction! - Looks like a jail to hold Superman! Wrong! It will be the Control/ Command center for an underground missile site. Notice it's at the bottom of a big hole...
4 weeks ago
Army Royal

Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle - Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle c1462-1523 This post is very much a continuation of the last, as Edward Stanley is a commander at Flodden, I feel he is de...
5 weeks ago
Great Ming Military

Military systems and hierarchies of the Ming Dynasty — Part 1: Wei-Suo System - *Note:* English translation of the titles are taken from *Chinese-English Dictionary of Ming Government Official Titles, Third Edition*, with minor modif...
5 weeks ago
Bunker Hill

Late Romans vs Late Romans To The Strongest! (Solo) - The rival warlords Nexiust and his loyal legions face off against his rival Primus and his Burgundian allies. I finally decided to have my first solo g...
5 weeks ago
Realms of Chaos

SIEGE - Hey gents! Second chapter of Cry Havoc serie, Siege! New rules to manage Castle wall, towers, keep and also to use war engines like Bolt Thrower, Mangone...
2 months ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Future Wars Update 012 - Additional Buildings 3 - Following my last update quite sometime ago on the Additional Buildings for my Future Wars Project, I have recently been getting some progress on these ...
2 months ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

New Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicles - Sticking with my recent North American theme, I've also managed to finish a few vehicles for my Canadian battle group. The first of these were amongst ...
3 months ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

An old obsession ... - ... *Ogre*! I had the urge to play the venerable hex-and-counter sci-fi tank wargame at game night last week, so I brought my Classic Counters and two m...
3 months ago
2 Hour Blog

Kickstarter Has Launched and ... - Already hit our 1st Stretch goal! Luck of the Draw
4 months ago
Rough War (of the Ring)

Mordheim incoming -
4 months ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

Another Crack at Neuville - I wanted to re-run the Neuville scenario (LT Turnbull's Stand) but this time with the Flames of War rules as originally intended, to see how the scenari...
4 months ago
Saxon Dog

The SYW game - *Prelude to the Battle. A table set up for a game.* *A fictional encounter loosely based around the Siege of Kolberg 1761.* In the evening of October 2...
4 months ago
Steve's Paintingshed

Wagram 1809 at Partizan 2025 - Hi all After a very long hiatus, here is a fresh blog post to describe the game I staged at Partizan in Newark a couple of weeks ago. This was a resur...
4 months ago
da Gobbo's Grotto - Wargaming blog

The Asrai Awake - hi all, I've been super busy trying to prep for an Old World tournament coming up in July, which has meant that I've not been concentrating on other pr...
4 months ago
The Single Handed Admiral

Ironclad Naval Game - Myself with British commanders Jeremy and Sylvain Cropped photo of French admiral Curt It’s been five months since my last post…but I’ve been regularly...
5 months ago
Shed Wars

Large Napoleonic Cavalry Battle - 28mm - Afternoon Folks Last Monday the shed hosted a Black Powder Napoleonic Game with a slight twist. The game featured more Cavalry units than Infantry. To b...
5 months ago
Wargaming Girl

Salute 2025 - OK, it's two days late but here is my photo round-up of Salute 2025. You can also take it as proof of life, given that I haven't posted here since last ...
6 months ago
Analogue Hobbies

The Alcanti Fellowship and The Birdmen of Catrazza - 10mm Dogs of War - Today I undertake a short return visit to my 10mm Warhammer Fantasy project. Over the past few years I've had a lot of fun creating massed bases of 10mm ...
7 months ago
Dalauppror

Midgard - Heroic Battles - Short post about my favouritr wargaming rules for the moment, Midgard - Heroic Battles by James Morris. I am not totally objective as I been involved in...
7 months ago
It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog

And the book is out!! - It's actually been out for several days, I've just been remiss in getting it posted here. That said, I am happy it's out. And, it seems to be doing well...
7 months ago
Converj - David's Blog

Albuera - 16 May 1811 - *I really ought to post here a bit more, especially having left Twitter, but seem to be using LinkedIn for most work and even work/PhD adjacent hobby ...
7 months ago
Dulce et Decorum Est

Painting - GW Mordor Orcs - This week's entry is twenty five GW Mordor orcs. They are a combination of plastic and metal and include two of the ooooold metal orc models from when th...
8 months ago
Je Lay Emprins

Burgundian Siege (2) - I'm on the cusp of recommencing painting more Swiss & Burgundians - I've totted-up howmany figures I need to do for a large Berne pike block and some suppo...
9 months ago
Olicanalad's Games

Beja completed! - This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a while lon...
10 months ago
The BigRedBatCave

"Lust for Glory" at Colours - Here are a few shots of the first test game of the "horse and musket" rules I've been working on, tentatively named "Lust for Glory." This was the fir...
1 year ago
With Pyjamas through a whiff of grapeshot!

Battle of Jena 1806 - A view across the battlefield showing the state of play at the end of turn six We are currently in the midst of fighting a wonderful 1806 scenario genero...
1 year ago
Natholeon's Empires

WSS in Spain forces completed - It isn't Napoleonics, but at least it is horse and musket! A couple of months ago I repossessed my old Spanish Succession armies and decided to finish t...
1 year ago
Dale's Wargames

Remote Game of Age of Penda - Revisiting My *Age of Penda* Review I used to review rules with giving a playtest, simply analyzing the rules on paper. That was a big mistake when I rate...
2 years ago
The Blog With No Name

Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes - This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme bein...
2 years ago
Paul´s Bods

New Fantasy sets from Alliance - 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...
2 years ago
The Wargames Table

Logs - Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me (thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to paint us...
2 years ago
Badly Lead Men

Second one done - A bit slower for the second collection but at the weekend I finished the French and Friends for 1813. From top left the guard (somehow I wound up with ...
2 years ago
Dots of Paint

Old Collection, 'new rules' (ACW 15mm) - Years ago we lived in a apartment condo during an occurrence of many fires damaging suites, I told The Wife that should we encounter such an emergency to...
2 years ago
The Monkey that Walks

Happy New Year! - 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...
2 years ago
All Bones About It

The Time Has Come - As many of my regular readers may have noticed over the last couple months, my posts have become less than regular. I have found over the course of t...
3 years ago
Furphy's Brush with History

- Hi all, Star Wars Legion AT-RT a well thought out little kit i was very impressed with the detail and ease of fit . Painted in acrylics by brush . Thank...
3 years ago
chrisfigurines

GALLERY OF MINIATURES PAINTED OVER THE YEARS. - *MEDIEVALS* ...
3 years ago
Lair of the Uber Geek

Terrain Workshop Sorted (at least for now) - Well I've managed to clean out the Terrain Workshop. Sadly, the bulk of the "debris" consisted of various shipping boxes that were retained for storag...
3 years ago
Loki's Great Hall

Vallejo Guides Broken - 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...
4 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:-))
4 years ago
DwarfCrypt

My second most beautiful miniature! / Moja druga najpiękniejsza miniaturka! - *Janek / Johnny* *urodzony / born 15.11.2020*
4 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

Airplane stands for my Aeronefs - I've been working on different ideas for my aeronef stands - and finally got a solution I'm happy with. For the Aeronef and Imperial Skies rules, hexago...
5 years ago
Moruya Marauders

Moruya Marauders seems to have come to an end but a Phoenix will rise. - As some know our club moved to Batemans Bay during 2019, fun was had, games played new members even. Alas a rather nasty surprise hit our venue on 31 .12.2...
5 years ago
1000 Foot General

Sci-Fi Hangar by Impudent Mortal - I don't like MDF building kits. There are so many minor details that irk me — the perfect 90 degree accuracy, the little pegs that show through on corn...
5 years ago
Canister & Grape - A Website for Wargamers

Still here (kind of)... - G'day All, A number of people have reached out to check on me knowing we have awful bushfires here at the moment. The scale defies explanation and what the...
5 years ago
Emperor vs Elector

Merry Christmas from the Duke of Tradgardland - Father Christmas has enlisted some help in delivering the presents this year in the Duchy. I do hope these fellows can be relied upon.. Merry Christmas to y...
5 years ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

WW2: Early(ish) Soviets - So here is the last of the WW2 armies that I currently own. I've had most of these soviets for about a decade now. most have been painted for that time. ...
5 years ago
The Miniatures Man

Pulp Alley AAR – Tomb of the Serpent Campaign – Cairo Caper - I teased about this game more than a month ago and I think it is time to tell the world of what the CSSS (Corpo di Spedizione della Santa Sede, or The Ex...
5 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 ...
5 years ago
No Duff Gamer

28mm Vietnam War Collection - Here are some photos of my 28mm Vietnam War collection of Australian's and NVA. Miniatures were commission painted. Most of the Australian's are from The A...
6 years ago
Little Legions

The Aeldari - Now then, I collected an Eldar army way back in the early 90s when I was but a youth. Since restarting my 40k addiction last year I have tarted them up so...
6 years ago
Sapper Joe's Wargaming & Toys

Still around, still not gaming much at all - Well, I am still alive. There are personal issues in my life, mainly work. I have a relative with a serious health issue, I am working a second shift, I ...
6 years ago
The Anderson Collection

Crusades revisited - Hi Gents, A miserable day here in Scotland which led me to the games room and a few pics of the Crusade collection (my personnel favourite) this will be g...
6 years ago
Flying Gorilla

Retro 80's time + Blog News - *Blog News* I now have an instagram account... I'll be posting lots of miniatures that are already in the Eureka catalogue and stuff I've painted for Eurek...
6 years ago
Z pola walki

Saraceni - piechota/ Saracen infantry - Czterech pieszych saraceńskich gwardzistów do Sagi. Figurki Gripping BeastFour Saracen foot guards for Saga. Gripping Beast figures
6 years ago
Twin Cities Gamer

Saga AoM Great Kingdoms - Saga Age of Magic is taking off in the Twin Cities and I just finished my 1st fantasy warband, the Great Kingdoms. I'll be taking them on the road next wee...
6 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - Wargaming Moderns, Historical and Sci-Fi with 15mm, 20mm and 28mm Miniatures

AVP: UNLEASHED - some small scatter terrain - Painted some small scatter terrain for Unleashed. I am quite happy with the results.
6 years ago
Baconfat Log

7TV Post Apocalyptic Survivors, Randos, Tech Gangers, Fallout Mutant Hounds, Graves, and a Corrugated Junk Pile - Hello Distinguisher Viewer, Today there are fifteen small things for you to look at. First are three minis from Crooked Dice's 7TV Apocalypse game. Rev...
6 years ago
Hexsides and Hand Grenades

Team Yankee - Autobahn Defense - Since I'm enjoying Team Yankee so much, I thought I'd write up a quick post so you can enjoy some nice pictures of my awful model assembly and painting s...
6 years ago
Little Lead Arms Race

Rapid Fire Saturday Game. - Played a game of Rapid Fire at the Grimsby Wargames Society club. Danny's Germans vs my Americans. Danny had two Kampfgruppe and I fielded a Combat Comman...
6 years ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

Pulp commission -
6 years ago
An Intermittent Firefight

Brigade Games Vikings Painted awaiting basing... - Recently, I was commissioned by Brigade Games to paint some of their Viking figures. A total of seventeen figures were sent. Packs 12-19. I started them so...
6 years ago
My Seven Year's War

British SYW Artillery - This is now the start of my earlier expressed intention to arrage a number of scale drawings illustrating British ordnance fielded during the War of Aust...
6 years ago
The Historical Miniaturist

The Royal Navy Marines, Part 2 - To continue, Redcoats on the Royal Navy Marines always look so intimidating on the table... Crew (can be used as Privateers or even Pirates) Marines and ...
6 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...
6 years ago
Raglan's Samurai Wars

Mori Samurai Cavalry - *Westwind and Perry Miniatures*
6 years ago
Einar Olafson Painting

The Id, grey aliens - Lucid Eye Id.
6 years ago
Wargamer Blue

Kicking it with the Homies - The feared El Taco Cartel homies are kicking it Southside, plotting and scheming on ways to get product across or under the border. Figures are 28mm S...
7 years ago
Dragon Rising, Bear Resurgent

Modelling - Stowing USMC vehicles in 6mm - Vehicles in most armies carry a degree of external stowage and there always seems to be more of it when they are on operations rather than exercises, ...
7 years ago
Italian Wars Flags

Sir Rys ap Thomas - hi, here's the latest flagsheet which is sir Rhys ap Thomas, cheers and thanks for looking
7 years ago
The Veteran Wargamer

Ep 43: Undercoat it black is live! - Ep 43: Undercoat it black https://soundcloud.com/user-989538417/ep-43-undercoat-it-black Neil Schuck and Jay talk about gaming the Vietnam War. Follow Nei...
7 years ago
15mm paint shack

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
7 years ago
Eldritch Epistles

Questoris Knight Magaera update and Sons of Horus Legion Sicaran Battle Tank - I've made some progress on the Questoris Knight Magaera: ...and started another Forge World project, a Sons of Horus Legion Sicaran Battle Tank: These b...
7 years ago
The lead mountain

A new journey begins - After much consideration I have decided to take the plunge and begin offering my services as a wargames miniatures painter. It's been quite a journey and...
7 years ago
Cold War Gamer

Review - Book, AFM Volume 2, Part 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art - This was a truly great find by Andy Miles who kindly posted it onto the Red Storm Rising facebook page. It's not quite the British equivalent to the FM...
7 years ago
Red Storm Rising

Gaming the Falklands war - part one - Sometime last week me and a mate were chatting about the Falklands war and what types of kit the British and Argentinians had and their platoon structu...
7 years ago
Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil

Boronzio's Guns. - A little off subject but because the crews and guns fit perfectly for the renaissance period I thought I should show followers the final paint job on my...
7 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...
7 years ago
CODENAME: Wargaming!

Moja banda do TNT - Witam! Jesień mija, nadchodzi zima, a to bardziej zachęca do odwiedzin dzikich i palących bezmiarów radioaktywnych krain i post-apokaliptycznych bitew. Wł...
7 years ago
Par la bouche de mes canons

The Enemy, part II (80s Pulp) - *File name, unknown. * *Primary military specialty: Infantry* *Secondary military specialty : Sabotage* *Five of the nameless, faceless legions of Cobra com...
7 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 ...
8 years ago
World War II Central

More photos of past painting :) - And... here are some more. Pacific USN early war and late war.
8 years ago
Luke: hoti to kratistos

Some BBDBA - For a change of focus, we pulled out Rhys' 15th-century figures to give them an outing using DBA, version 2; I'm not sure if either of us own a copy of ver...
8 years ago
Modern Wars in Miniature

15mm Tanks added to my collection - A Zvezda Stug-IIIb, painted and decaled as a vehicle from the Grossdeutschland Regiment Zvezda Panzer 38T's ready to roll off to the Russian Front. My ...
8 years ago
The Wargaming Depot

Roads Reflocked - I bought a tonne of roads and rivers from an eBay seller called Fat Frank. They are great but I didn't realise they would come already painted and flocked ...
8 years ago
Zinnsoldatengeneral 1

ACW - Kleines Bilder Update 10th Indiana Regiment Berdan Sharpshooters 146th New Yourk Volunteers 30th Virginia sharpshooters Louisiana Tiger Zouaves
8 years ago
Impetus News

Basic Impetus 2 - Basic Impetus 2 is now available, both printed and digital. The printed version will be available through our shop after Christmas holidays but in the mea...
8 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...
9 years ago
Atomic Skies

Atomic-Powered Tanks, Part 1 - An atomic-powered tank is a terrible idea. But that's never kept people from trying. You may have noticed the "part 1" in the title of this post. This...
9 years ago
WARGAMING THE AGE OF WARS

Samurai project rebooted! - Samurai Project has been rebooted! first three figures shown below. Not sure what rules set I will be using, just enjoying the painting at the moment :) ...
9 years ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

AWI Hessians Are Available For Sale - Hessian Grenadier and Musketeer firing line figures. The AWI Hessians are now in stock and they are ready for on-line sales today (Friday July 8, 2016...
9 years ago
Lead Death

Battle of Borodino 6mm Part 2 - Hello again, This is the continuation of our 6mm Borodino battle fought using Adler 6mm and the Blucher rule set. We fought part one 2 weeks ago and unfo...
9 years ago
wars in miniature

Nuevos Rumbos - Despues de un año sin tocar el blog, vuelvo. Durante este tiempo he iniciado un nuevo rumbo, nuevo trabajo, nuevo pais, nueva vida. Ahora residiendo en Chi...
9 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...
9 years ago
Very Tiny Wars

Mrs. History PhD's new FOW project - Having said that she was ready to begin a new Vietnam War vehicle, Mrs. History PhD has chosen to recreate her 1/285 South Vietnamese National Police Field...
10 years ago
Diniums Loft

Waterloo, Braine l'Alleud - Was lucky enough to visit the Waterloo battlefield in Belgium last week, it has been on my bucket list for a long time. I wasn’t disappointed, 200 years ...
10 years ago
STEEL FIST

Price rise on decal sets - my decal supplier has put the price of decals up, so I'm going to have to pass that price on. So now decal sets are going to be £4.00 each. Also I'm pleased...
10 years ago
Back to the Minis

Protect the King! - "Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, trusting their words." For me these words entered legend in my youth. The 300 Spartans fighting fo...
10 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...
10 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, ...
11 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,...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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 ...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
Akrotiri Nomads Wargames

Nomads move - Seven Years War Journeying to Stockport Home, & Seven Year War set up
12 years ago
Painting Landsknechts

Gallery - Here we have some individual and group photographs from my collection which should give you an idea of the possibilities and colour combinations that work...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
13 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...
13 years ago
Raglan's War of the Roses

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