Dartfrog's Adventures in 6mm and such

Analogue Hobbies

The 15th Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge - It's time! Head over to the Challenge blog to see the full announcement for Challenge XV. It's going to be hellishly good fun! :) Curt
4 hours ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Wargames Atlantic - 28mm BEF Figures - Reference Material - I think Wargames Atlantic have surpassed themselves with their 28mm WWII BEF kit. I am bowled over with their quality and the ease at which things fit to...
8 hours ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Midgard: Late Romans v Saxons - I got together with Midgard author James for a game using my Saxon and Late Roman armies. James took the hairy invaders and I took command of the brave def...
12 hours ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

Mikata Ga Hara #3 w/Player Commentary! - Game #3 in the Mikata Ga Hara series took place ten days ago in a two-player game between Mark (*Blood Mud and Steel*) and Tony (*Prometheus in Aspic*). ...
14 hours ago
Kampfgruppe Willow

Winter Wargames Escape Plan - Winter Wargames Escape Plan It’s a dull time of year, my insightful wife has suggested we gather for all day wargaming! Escape winter with our all day wa...
16 hours ago
20mm and then some....

Upgrading the Warbases Brick Workshop - Just finished the upgrade of the Brick Workshop. Styrofoam offcuts for the roof and dormer, cardboard and newspaper for the roof, scrap MDF for other de...
20 hours ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Eureka Miniatures Chaos Army Gang for Idols of Torment! - Finally finished another "gang" for the local game Idols of Torment. We've blogged lots about this game, it's very cool, takes very few models to play, an...
1 day ago
Blunders on the Danube

Sir John Grey's Regiment of Foote - Time to put down the Napoleonics for a bit, and finish up my ECW Scots Covenanter army... The decision for a temporary change of gears was made easier by...
1 day ago
The Land of Counterpane

Steel Lard 2024 - part two the aftermath - Steel Lard 2024 ended with the Wee Derek Awards. These were presented in memory of our friend Derek Hodge, who passed away this year and who was a stalwa...
1 day ago
wargamesinthedungeon

Battle of Port Republic : Shenandoah Campaign 1862 - Full of enthusiasm we played the final of our Shenandoah campaign battles at the weekend, Port Republic. As always with Jackson Valley campaign lots of i...
1 day ago
WAB Corner

Perry Napoleonic French Skirmishers - Here they are ready for the gaming table - skirmishers from the two sets of Napoleonic Infantry. I clipped off the longer coat tails from the 1807-14 set...
1 day ago
STORM AND CONQUEST

Winter Wargames Escape Plan - Winter Wargames Escape Plan It’s a dull time of year, my insightful wife has suggested we gather for all day wargaming! Escape winter with our all day wa...
1 day ago
da Gobbo's Grotto - Wargaming blog

Mansions of Madness - hi all, A late post and a very quick one as we go into traditional winter pressures in the NHS and my work/life balance tips toward the work side. In a...
1 day ago
Now for wrath...Now for ruin...and the Red Dawn

Ghostbusters roleplaying game - a Halloween one-shot - I've been remiss in keeping the blog up to date. But that's been for good reasons. I was developing a homegrown d20 version of the Ghostbusters rolepl...
1 day ago
The Games We Play

D Day Tank Hunter - John recently lent me another WW2 memoir, this time 'D-Day Tank Hunter' by Hans Hoeller. Despite its rather sensationalist title, it is actually an exc...
1 day ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Valour & Fortitude: Borodino! - The Battle of Borodino, at the time the largest battle of the modern era, has long held a fascination for me. In conjunction with the *Illawarra Horse...
2 days ago
Olicanalad's Games

More new units for the Sudan - So, continuing with the Beja contingent, I've added two more sword/spear units (each 33 figures); a unit of camel warriors (11 figures - should be 12 fi...
2 days ago
A figure painting therapy project.

Old v new technology, 3D prints by Hoplite Miniatures. - I have to say that I am staggered by the quality of these 13.5mm (Warlord Epic compatible) prints of Dutch Belgian infantry. Stephen has sent me 8 x 80 ...
2 days ago
ALY'S TOY SOLDIERS

Shiny Napoleonics… The Wellington Way. - Greetings… Here we have a Prussian gun and crew painted in the ‘Wellington Way’. One of my biggest influences when I started my Shiny Napoleonics collect...
2 days ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Belov's Breakin-A CoC Virtual Encounter - MORE TO COME! Last week I had my first Virtual Wargaming experience for quite sometime. Patrol Phase Final Positions Thanks Tom, for inviting me t...
2 days ago
The Renaissance Troll

Knock Knock - Knock knock Who's there? Moo. Moo Who? I hate it when cows cry... *The walk to school with my daughter produces another classic!*
2 days ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

6mm civilian vehicles - Having recently returned to *Battletech *via the more streamlined *Alpha Strike *rules, I find myself in need of some 1/285 scale terrain suitable for th...
3 days ago
Camisado

"the King of Scots had sieged, 'saulted and in a great stormy night scaled and won the castle of Norham", James IV's siege of Norham, August 1513 - This weekend I visited Stuart and we played a couple of scenario's written to showcase his two new Scots guns: https://stuartsworkbench.blogspot.com/202...
3 days ago
Painting Wargames Figures

28mm SYW Hessians: IR7 Leibregiment 2nd BTN 1763 - This is the last of the Hessian battalions for my army. The figures are from a Ukrainian designer/manufacturer Vladimir Zhiko which I bought quite a...
3 days ago
Wargame News and Terrain

Wayland Games: Black Friday Sale - Up To 80% Off - Wayland Games: Black Friday Sale - Up To 80% Off - Check them here - This Black Friday, we have some outstanding deals and huge discounts ranging from 20% ...
4 days ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

Resin Gun Emplacements - Blogger is still giving me fits on uploading images. I'm afraid this is the best I can do.These resin terrain pieces were a Christmas gift from my friend ...
4 days ago
Polemarch

To ECW or not to ECW? - For some reason, while I have a number of campaigns chuntering along, the English Civil War (Wars of the Three Kingdoms) do not seem to be one of them. ...
4 days ago
Devon Wargames Group

The Senussi Little War, Libya 1916 - Fistful of Lead - The little known North African Islamic sect called the Senussi (named after it’s founder Sayed Mohammed Ibn Ali el Senussi). Stephen H. picks things up fr...
4 days ago
Lace Wars in Tin

SYW Moulds Offer - Just in case anyone not on the PA mailing list is interested there is an offer on the SYW moulds ending on 19th Nov.
5 days ago
Sgt Steiner's Wargaming Blog

Catch up on another disrupted gaming week and a blast from the distant past - No face to face game again this week (boo hoo) as wifey needing car for last minute dentist visit, and Stephen off to Warfare at weekend. ...
6 days ago
doctorphalanx

Eisenhower: First game impressions - *Surrounded German lorried infantry* Although I hadn't expected to be able to play it so soon, my good friend Ian agreed to give *Eisenhower *a try. Altho...
1 week ago
Ed M's Wargames Meanderings

CHOCOLATE BOX WARS INTRO GAME: DANES V PRUSSIANS - Danish Army Command Stand Ready to Be Deployed Greetings, dear readers. Recently, I ran a game to introduce Charlie, a member of our gaming club, to *...
1 week ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Aethon Heavy Sentinel - I have painted a second Aethon Heavy Sentinel for my Solar Auxilia collection. Its not a beautiful vehicle by any mean but and I really didnt like them w...
1 week ago
Toy Soldiers Studio

III/38 Arab Indian 751 – 1206 AD - 15mm Essex Miniatures DBA 2.2 Army Compostion: 1 x 3Cv(General) 3 x 3Cv, 2 x 4Sp, 3 x 2Ps, 1 x 3Bd, 2 x 3Bw Two painted DBA army packs
1 week ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

KublaCon Fall 2024 - ACW, Epic Pike & Shotte, and more - KublaCon is usually a large convention held in May (now called KublaCon Prime). This was a new convention the same Kubla team decided to put on for Rememb...
1 week ago
Moiterei's bunte Welt

Early War French Colour Guide - I've been away from Blogger for more or less two and a half years now. Admittedly sometimes I've felt the urge to share some of my work again, but than rea...
1 week ago
Paint-it-Pink

Russian Quad Mechs WIP - It has been a moment too long since I last posted any what's on my workbench. What can I say? I've been distracted by real life. It is what it is. So, a...
1 week ago
Ski's Wargames

An Actual Game! - After what seems like forever, I finally got to push toy soldiers around and throw dice on Saturday night. My nephew is in town so he joined Ziggy and I...
1 week ago
Warfare in the Age of Cynics and Amateurs

Lest we forget -
1 week ago
Javier at war

DBA 2.2 Siracusans II/9 army. - The miniatures are from the range March to Hell from 3D Breed, and I quite like them because they are biffy, sharp, detailed and easy to paint. I have pa...
1 week ago
My Brave Fusiliers!

Park Signs you wish you saw - Here is a little humor to brighten up your day. I will be taking a but if time off my blog. Fact us the election has caused a major depression in...
1 week ago
Here's no great matter

Commands and Colors: Ancients mat. The jury is out - After the disaster that attended my attempts to get the Commands & Colors game mat I ordered from Tiny Wargames delivered, I gave up and decided to make ...
2 weeks ago
Dalauppror

Fire Forge Samurai Minis - After watching the new vesions of Shogun I was once again hooked in the Feudal Japanese history and the later Sengoku period 1540 -1600. Ofcourse the...
2 weeks ago
1866 and all that

A Bit of Scenery Work - Stew is going to be disappointed with me. In an exchange of comments of an earlier post I said that in my next batch of terrain tiles I was going to make s...
2 weeks ago
Carryings On Up The Dale

Royalist Newark 1642–1646 - Royalist Newark, 1642-1646. Sieges and Siege Works by Stuart B. Jennings is another one of those books that covers specific aspects of the British Civil W...
2 weeks ago
Great Ming Military

Classical oared warships of pre-modern Chinese navies - Artistic impression of the epic spectacle of Battle of Red Cliff, erroneously depicting the iconic junk rig, which probably hadn't been invented during T...
2 weeks ago
Astro Anarchy

Methuselah Nebula, MWP1, project finalized - Planetary Nebulae are like candy of the cosmos, small and colorful treats to the eye. MWP1 is a Planetary Nebula in constellation Cygnus, the Swan, it's rar...
3 weeks ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

Valour and Fortitude Pick-Up Game - A rare blog post and an even rarer solo game as I put the venerable "Valour & Fortitude" through their paces on my tabletop with my newly re-based (again)...
3 weeks ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Carthaginian Army in 54mm - Progress So Far - *A portion of my 54mm Carthaginian army shown above.* *Click on pictures to enlarge* Well now that I seem to have jumped into the Second Punic War Proj...
3 weeks ago
2 Hour Blog

NUTS and Compendium Deal of the Day Tomorrow on Wargames Vault - $15 gets you both. Heck, that's even cheaper than buying either one of the rules by itself. Deal of the Day!
3 weeks ago
Saxon Dog

Seven Years War at Partizan - Sorry for the lack of posts this last few weeks! I have been very busy getting the, Seven Years War, demonstration game ready for the 2nd Partizan show ...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks ago
Rough War (of the Ring)

#Herohammer - 1500 points local one day team event tomorrow. Army guidelines probably should have just been ‘no dragons’. https://www.facebook.com/share/yT3UJgEeonoY...
1 month ago
It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog

More News, Shameless Plug Alert! - Hey, I am a working author, and a working author has to sell books! I am proud to announce my second collaboration with Cannon Publishing, and my first ...
1 month ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

US 9th Infantry Division (Motorised) AFV Data Cards - Well, I'm a little embarrassed. I thought I had posted up the Data Cards for the US Army's 9th Infantry Division (Motorised) a while back, shortly afte...
1 month ago
Megablitz and more

Panzer 38(t) - part 2 - Here are the finished tanks. The rivet detail is arguably overdone but to me it adds to the charm of these vehicles.
1 month ago
Fencing Frog

Spanish First Rate one of los Meregildos - The ship has been on my hobby desk for way too long. I was trying a new aproach to rigging that didn't work out and I had to touch it up and start over.....
2 months ago
Grimsby Wargaming

The Next Project - Crimea 1854 - A long while ago, when Covid was keeping us all in the house, I posted some photographs of a few test figures for a, then potential, new project. Fast f...
2 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...
2 months ago
Pushing Tin

A Rollicking good time at Rolica - It's been a while since we've pushed some tin around, yesterday the stars finally aligned and we were able to get something on the table, trying out m...
2 months ago
The Single Handed Admiral

Carisbrooke Castle - One of the best sites we went to in the UK was Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, a place known to anyone who has ever played Kingmaker. The full ...
2 months ago
Army Royal

Scots Artillery - James IV's army continues to grow. To support the existing pike I thought it was about time they had some artillery to represent the 'Seven Sisters' whic...
2 months ago
Bleaseworld

Chain of Command: They Don't Like It Up 'Em, Me Babber! - Last month Phil organised a *Chain of Command* *Operation Seelöwe* game for Jen, Jim, Andy and myself, with the Fallschirmjäger (commanded by Andy and Ji...
2 months ago
Shed Wars

Battle of Chaeronea (338BC) - A 28mm Wargame - Afternoon All Following my last post which focussed on my completed Macedonian/Successor army (HERE) , it was about time that this force saw some action...
3 months ago
Realms of Chaos

Realm of Chaos Campaign : Battle reports - Hi, two weeks ago with Slaanesh_Child and I, we played the four last battles of the campaign started in February this year. A great campaign finish with ...
3 months ago
Steve's Paintingshed

Updated Bloodybacks! rules for the AWI - I have revised and updated these rules and changed these on the "pages" section of the blog. So, we are now up to version 9. There are some key additi...
4 months ago
No Duff Gamer

"At my signal unleash hell." 28mm ancients. - Some photos from a game John and I played recently. 28mm Imperial Romans vs Germans. First time I've had a chance to put these miniatures on the board. ...
4 months ago
Bunker Hill

ACW Command Stands - Finally got around to adding some command stands for my ACW armies although to be honest I've had these done for a few weeks already. Although I haven...
4 months ago
Obscure Battles

Castiglione 1796 - War of the First Coalition5 August 1796 *French: *Napoleon Bonaparte, 26,414 (22,764 infantry, 2,466 cavalry, 32 guns) *Austrians*: Dagobert Sigmund vo...
4 months ago
Association - Les Riflemen

VAE VICTIS! - *VAE VICTIS!* *SALVE!* *Quelques photos de notre dernière partie antique, * *Malheur aux vaincus dans ce IIIème siècle tourmenté et propice aux combat...
5 months 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 ...
5 months ago
Dulce et Decorum Est

Memorial Day - Here in the States, today is Memorial day. For most people it is a Monday off work. There will be lots of grilling, parties with families and friends an...
5 months ago
Diniums Loft

Rictus Bay Grinners - Did I not tell you about my obsession with the Citadel Miniatures golden era skeletons of the 80s. It never really went away. These two recent Ebay wins ...
6 months 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...
6 months ago
Wargaming Girl

Salute 2024 - The Games (Lots..and lots...and lots of pics) - As promised yesterday, here are the photos I took of all* the games. * I may have missed some I will apologise in advance for the quality of some of the ...
7 months ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Battle for Blackside - Mordheim Season 4 Turf War Round 3 - Had the third round PvP game of our fourth Mordheim Campaign back in the end of January and had the full complement of players attending, Ian with his Ca...
7 months ago
An Intermittent Firefight

Long Silence... - Hello all! Long period of silence. Lots of interesting changes. In the interim, I have retired from wildland firefighting, traveled, moved to various p...
8 months ago
Converj - David's Blog

Fuentes de Onoro - This weekend it was time for the 4th Rose Hill Wargaming Group annual wargame, and our 2nd in the Peninsular. We had over 2000 20mm figures and a play...
9 months ago
Flying Gorilla

28mm U.S. M151A2 1/4 ton Utility Vehicle and Marine Recon reinforcements - New for 2024 is an additional team of United States Recon Marines representing troops as they would have looked in the early 2000s and thus matching the...
9 months ago
Je Lay Emprins

Mounted Longbowmen (I) - Just managed a quick post, before the Festive break. This is quick update on the Burgundian longbowmen, who are a work in progress. I decided that these...
10 months ago
Moruya Marauders

Moruya Marauders is now Tidal Wargaming. - In Batemans Bay is a friendly gaming group now known as Tidal Wargaming. We play the usual SciFi and Fantasy games and a great number of Historical game...
11 months 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
wars in miniature

Partida de guerra civil americana - El fin de semana probamos las reglas de Principles of War con figuras de 28mm de mi coleccion de guerra civil americana. La idea es tener unas reglas qu...
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
Hexsides and Hand Grenades

Designer's Diary Part 7: Historical Scenario 1 Background - In my game, That Others May Live, the first historical scenario is called “Cauldron of Fire” on page 9 of the TOML rulebook. Here's the description: *It ...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
The Historical Miniaturist

Out of Storage Part 4: A Mixed Bag - Pulling out drawers and giving some of these minis the light of day. AT43 US Army Infrantry and Jeeps US Army Infrantry, Jeeps and Tanks Ditto Star Wars and...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
1000 Foot General

The Second Star Schlock Kickstarter is LIVE! - 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
Modern Wars in Miniature

New African Militia Troops for Peter Pig’s AK-47 Game: The “War Pigs” - Here are 6 new stands of militia, dubbed the “War Pigs.” They are commanded by a special leader figure from Peter Pig.
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Sapper Joe's Wargaming & Toys

Project 28mm Atomic Age Invaders and Horrors Part 2 The Humans (with pics) - We are back with the first blog entry where we show off eye candy. First off, my lighting sucks and I just don’t have good set up for taking pictures of...
1 year ago
Emperor vs Elector

March Madness - 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 ...
1 year ago
Einar Olafson Painting

Tenoch/Slann forced labour party - Tenoch Enhanced Warriors, or slaves for my Slann. Unfortunate neighbours or prisoners of war, they do the dirty work for their overlords.
1 year ago
My Seven Year's War

Austrian SYW Artillery - With this article, I will present the Seven Years’ War periods most celebrated artillery. The new fine ordnance fielded by the troops of her majesty, the...
1 year ago
Little Legions

Analogue Hobbies catch up! - Now then, So ive not updated this blog for a bit, heres what ive completed so far for the painting challenge, in no particular order. So first up is 24...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Little Lead Arms Race

M8 HMC - These have been sat on the bench a while but I've finally got them done. Raventhorpe M8 with a AB miniatures crew figures and stowage by various manufac...
2 years ago
The Anderson Collection

Aztecs - 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.
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...
2 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...
2 years ago
chrisfigurines

GALLERY OF MINIATURES PAINTED OVER THE YEARS. - *MEDIEVALS* ...
2 years ago
Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil

Another Gendarme Unit. - Recovering from a bit of a post Covid wobble I have finally picked up a paintbrush to complete these chaps. Yes ANOTHER gendarme unit, albeit Burgundian ...
2 years ago
Canister & Grape - A Website for Wargamers

A Return of Sorts - 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...
2 years ago
Twin Cities Gamer

Victrix Gauls - 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...
2 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...
2 years ago
Italian Wars Flags

28mm Renaissance Scottish wargames Miniatures available - The first release of the PetesFlags Scottish 16th century range is now available. The packs are £7.50 each and come with shields and include a free set ...
2 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...
3 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - Wargaming Moderns, Historical and Sci-Fi with 15mm, 20mm and 28mm Miniatures

Bretonnians for Age Of Sigmar -
3 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...
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*
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...
4 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...
4 years ago
Raglan's Samurai Wars

Japanese Buddhist Monks -
4 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...
4 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...
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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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.
5 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
15mm paint shack

Greek Light Cavalry Final Victrix review finished painted -
6 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...
6 years ago
Impetus News

New url for the forum - The new url for the Impetus forum is http://impetus.darkbb.com/
6 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...
6 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 ...
7 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...
7 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...
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...
8 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 :)
8 years ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

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8 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
8 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...
8 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,...
9 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,...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
10 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...
10 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...
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...
12 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...
12 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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