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Halloween Prep V - What Lies beneath.

October 30, 2015

28mm Father and Son gaming Halloween

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Halloween Prep IV -Samurai Skeleton Cavalry

October 29, 2015

28mm Fantasy Halloween Undead

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Halloween Prep - III Chimera

October 25, 2015

28mm Father and Son gaming Greeks Halloween Reaper

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Halloween Prep - The Brass menagerie

October 16, 2015

28mm Father and Son gaming Greeks Halloween Reaper Warlord Games

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Halloween 2015 Prep - The Gorgon

October 13, 2015

Fantasy Father and Son gaming Greeks Halloween Reaper Warlord Games

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An Early start on Halloween 2015

28mm Fantasy GW Halloween Lion rampant Nostalgia Undead

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Halloween 2014 - Skirmish Games

November 11, 2014

28mm Fantasy Father and Son gaming Halloween

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Games I am playing

Pike and Shot (video game)
Skyrim Adventure Game (Board Game)
Command and Colors: Samurai Battles
A reign cut short (ECW)*

What I am currently working on

15mm Thirty Years War
28mm Imjin War Koreans
28mm Landsknecht
28mm WFB Beastmen
28mm WFB Empire

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Javier at war

Hürtgen Forest with Five Men at Kursk - I have painted four companies in 15mm during Summer to play Five Core Company Command from Nordic Weasel, but this is my first foray into WWII in this scal...
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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...
4 days ago
A figure painting therapy project.

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My Brave Fusiliers!

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Paint-it-Pink

Bad Dog Army Combat Engineering Mech - I promised some friends I'd post some macro shots of my RAFM conversions. Here's an Army CAS-1-Mod-1EV Ape, engineering mecha. Rear view. Towing cable...
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Polemarch

1600-Something: The Muscovite Civil War - For reasons of current events and general mayhem in the world, I have, I think, somewhat shied away from wargaming involving Russia in the last few years...
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18mm Old Glory: SYW/WAS Prussians: IR 24 Schwerin Musketeers 1st BTN - Another battalion done with pretty flags from Dave Morfitt.
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Obscure Battles

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5 days ago
Fencing Frog

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6 days ago
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Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

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Grimsby Wargaming

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1 week ago
The Renaissance Troll

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Ed M's Wargames Meanderings

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III/63b Ghaznavid (2) - 1002 AD - 1186 AD DBA 2.2 15mm Essex Miniatures Army Composition: (Gen) 1 x 3Cv or El, 1 x El, 3 x 3Cv, 1 x 2Lh, 2 x 4Sp or 4Bw, 1 x 4Ax or 2Lh or El. 1...
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Realms of Chaos

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Here's no great matter

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4 weeks ago
Astro Anarchy

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5 weeks ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

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1 month ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

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2 months ago
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My WoFun plans - *WoFun Bavarian Foot*It will take time to sell off the armies I've decided to let go, and completing what remains of the lead mountain is even more uncert...
2 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...
2 months ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

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2 months ago
Association - Les Riflemen

1914, une escarmouche fatale. - *Des tirs de loin se font entendre en ce début de journée.Shots can be heard from afar at the start of the day.* *La réponse ne se fait pas attendre, en...
2 months ago
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Kickstarter Has Launched and ... - Already hit our 1st Stretch goal! Luck of the Draw
2 months ago
Rough War (of the Ring)

Mordheim incoming -
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SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

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3 months ago
Saxon Dog

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3 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...
3 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...
3 months ago
Pushing Tin

The start of something big? 2mm Sikh Wars - Inspired by the release of the BBB Bloody Big Battles in India supplement I have ventured into something even smaller than my usual 6mm scale...2mm! I'v...
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...
4 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...
4 months ago
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5 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 ...
5 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...
5 months ago
Moiterei's bunte Welt

AHPC#5: Lanciarii - Winter is finally drawing to a close and neither have I been as productive as I had planned -not that I was expecting much, mind- nor have I been as active...
5 months ago
It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog

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6 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 ...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
9 months ago
ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION

'Cold War Roadshow' PBS 'The American Experience' - ... this is a great documentary! All of the PBS 'American Experience' programs are excellent! It is an accurate and well crafted look which brings histo...
11 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
On Wargames and Such

Helm's deep table complete - Ok, so this table is sort of a compromise. I have the official resin GW walls of Helm's deep and I wanted to use that in a 4x4 table. I also didn't want ...
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

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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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Paul´s Bods

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1 year ago
The Wargames Table

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2 years ago
Badly Lead Men

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2 years ago
Dots of Paint

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2 years ago
The Monkey that Walks

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2 years ago
All Bones About It

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3 years ago
Furphy's Brush with History

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3 years ago
chrisfigurines

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

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3 years ago
Loki's Great Hall

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3 years ago
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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

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5 years ago
Jimbibblyblog

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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

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5 years ago
1000 Foot General

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5 years ago
Canister & Grape - A Website for Wargamers

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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

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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...
6 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, ...
6 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 ...
7 years ago
World War II Central

More photos of past painting :) - And... here are some more. Pacific USN early war and late war.
7 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...
9 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, ...
10 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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