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Winged Lancers ~ Winged Hussars

December 05, 2025

28mm GW Polish Renaissance Warhammer Warlord Games

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Mission Creep in 28mm

December 03, 2025

28mm Fantasy Renaissance Warhammer Warlord Games

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The first few pebbles in the avalanche

November 14, 2025

28mm Imperial Impetus Renaissance

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How did those goals work out?

October 23, 2025

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Father and Son gaming rants

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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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wargamesinthedungeon

Battle of Iuka September 1862 ACW - Monday I travelled across to play an ACW battle at Martins. He had set up the Battle of Iuka not one I was aware of but a good sized battle with three br...
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Palouse Wargaming Journal

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A figure painting therapy project.

Wars of The Roses - Learning as I go! - I'm making good steady progress on Noels WoR commission, having painted the 'Household' troops I have just completed the 'Retinue' consisting of 4 bases...
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20mm and then some....

Blotz Order Interlude - Hobby Night 17/12/2025 - Received the order yesterday after paying a rather painful amount of Euros to Customs. Still things. Well packaged, but a signed for envelope (as PostN...
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Megablitz and more

1914 Belgians - part 2 - A few of my Belgians are pre-painted metal castings. These would normally be vastly expensive but were bought at a discount. We've already seen the two...
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Javier at war

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1866 and all that

Back on the Tools Again...More Buildings... - I have been asked to make a batch of ruined buildings based around some that I made more than a decade ago. These were made for a WWI game and were never...
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The Games We Play

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Blunders on the Danube

AWI: British Artillery in "Saratoga" uniforms - Here we have a pair of guns (a 6lber canon and a Howitzer), with the crew wearing "sdaratoga" uniforms. Guns and crew are by Perry. After taking thes...
2 days ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Dragon Rampant Campaign - The Valley of Jeff - Game One - Martin and I have embarked on a Dragon Rampant campaign using the campaign rules from the new second edition book. I was hoping to use my old metal Dark ...
2 days ago
Carryings On Up The Dale

The Køngens Livjaegerkorps - Just to prove I am getting back into actually painting some miniatures, no matter how obscure they might be. Køngens Livjægerkorps (The King's Life Jäg...
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Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Bad Squiddo Soviet Sniper Team - Well, winter has certainly arrived on the Canadian Prairies so why not reflect that with some quick painting. Accordingly here are a couple of models to ...
3 days ago
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Field Of Glory: Renaissance a Christmas game - Spain vs France - Annual game at Johns with Mr P, Le Duc and Stephen using FOGR. Game was 1000 points per side using French and Spanish circa 1643ish Troops ...
3 days ago
Warfare in the Age of Cynics and Amateurs

The Christmas Bash...30 Years War Action. with 'Field of Glory: Renaissance' - The annual Christmas Argument ...I mean Game, kicked off with some 30yw FoG:R action. Now, I was convinced that I would not like these rules, but ac...
4 days ago
Fencing Frog

Dream (Nightmare)in Orange play teat - Arofan, Frank and Mark joined me for a play test of a scenario I hope to run at conventions last year. It's a battleline engagement after a less effect...
4 days ago
Polemarch

1600 – Something: It Is All a Bit Crim.. - In spite of multiple distractions, both wargaming-related (rebasing and pondering AI) and non (I do have a bit of a life which is not wargaming, you know...
4 days ago
Painting Wargames Figures

18mm Old Glory: SYW/WAS Prussians: IR 5 Braunschweig 1st BTN - Another battalion done with fab flags from Dave Morfitt. There seems to be some dispute on Kronoskaf about the facing colour, either white or buff. I'...
4 days ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Black Powder AAR: France vs Austria - Last weekend my friend Tobias and I had a game of Black Powder with our growing Napoleonic forces. My Frenchmen would be facing his Austrians. We too...
5 days ago
The Land of Counterpane

Fresh off the workbench - Regulars at The Land of Counterpane will know that I always try to run couple of games here at Stately Counterpane Manor over the Xmas holiday period. Th...
5 days ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Fjord Fiesta! - For our last game of the year, the Wollongong Wargamers decided on a bit of light hearted fun - and what can be more light hearted than Vikings enjoyi...
6 days ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

The Hummer Horde continues to grow.... - I'm not exactly sure why it's been such a long time since I posted here - it feels like the last few months have been a bit of a blur. Anyway - I'm rec...
1 week ago
Wargame News and Terrain

Pen and Sword: Wargaming and Tabletop Miniatures, Scenery Books! - Pen and Sword: Wargaming and Tabletop Miniatures, Scenery Books! Check them all herePen & Sword's new wargaming books will offer original sets of rules and...
1 week ago
ALY'S TOY SOLDIERS

“Go To” Books… Napoleonic French. - Greetings… A question by Glen in my previous post prompted me to consider what were my “Go To” books for French Napoleonic uniforms…. And whether I had a...
1 week ago
STORM AND CONQUEST

XVIth Analogue Painting Challenge - plans - XVIth Analogue Painting Challenge - plans I have entered the 16th analogue painting challenge again this year, I have elected to accept the challenge to p...
1 week ago
Ski's Wargames

AAR: The Russian Revolution in Central Asia - My miniature voyage to the Transcaspian Oblast has finally arrived! Ziggy and I put *Setting the East Ablaze* on the tabletop yesterday afternoon for a f...
1 week ago
Now for wrath...Now for ruin...and the Red Dawn

Slimer & the Gruesome Twosome Pulp Alley cards - *Spud, aka Slimer* Work as once again gone nuts. But in my spare time, I have been experimenting with some campaign rules for Ghostbusters, Pulp Alley st...
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WAB Corner

Northern Front Gameday - Just got back from a small game day gathering up in Shoreline - about 30 minutes or so (without traffic) above Seattle. It was great to see old friends a...
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The Single Handed Admiral

Captain's Log SMS Emden 1914 Part II - Continuing with the *Emden*'s voyage. *Escape From the Sydney* As *SMS Emden* and her prize sailed from the Dutch East Indies to the Timor Sea, she enco...
1 week ago
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Devon Wargames Group & Friends - Fleet Air Arm Museum 2025. - This weekend just gone, the Devon Wargames Group together with friends spent the weekend doing what wargamers do best, gathering around a large table, ...
1 week ago
Lace Wars in Tin

New Releases and Future Plans - North America I'm sure most of you will have seen this - but just in case............ 'Prussian' Standing Command I think the next figures will be the st...
1 week ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

Classic Toy Soldier Napoleonics: French Infantry 25mm - I have two commissions cooking at once. In addition to Mitch's 15mm ACW army, I'll be painting 25mm Napoleonics for long-time patron Glenn Drover. We're go...
1 week ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

Hail Caesar (2nd Edition) Rules Reference - I've put together a good rules reference for Hail Caesar 2nd Edition that is helping greatly with making our games easy to play through. The rules are cov...
2 weeks ago
Camisado

"a fray took place between the Germans and the English", the riot in the English Camp outside Thérouanne, August 1513 - Last month Stuart visited for a couple more wargames and as I have recently completed a set of tents to make a sixteenth century camp we felt we had to ...
2 weeks ago
My Brave Fusiliers!

The great snowball fight at Harvard Yard 1775: or Virginians vs. Yankees - Following the outbreak of fighting on 19 April 1775 the local New England Army of Observation placed Boston under siege. Among the various regimen...
2 weeks ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Cyber Monday Sale continues the Black Friday Sale Through December 6, 2025 - We are extending the 20% discount on all items purchased through the Fife and Drum Miniatures web store. Several of our long time customers could not ...
2 weeks ago
Emperor vs Elector

Saxe-Bearstein v. Stagonia in a meeting engagement - The wonderful BloodAxe minis collection of Bluebear Jeff was in action on the tabletop this November. Details can be found at MurdockS MarauderS
2 weeks ago
Bunker Hill

2nd Continental Light Dragoons - As is often the case with me I find myself behind on posting figures I've painted and this is no exception. I painted these a few months ago, but just no...
2 weeks ago
Paint-it-Pink

A Blast from the Past - Apropos of a post on Facebook about resin buildings, I made a few buildings back in the day for running demo games. The owners of Fantasy Forge saw the...
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Kampfgruppe Willow

French & Belgian Artillery Tractors - French Artillery Tractors While researching 155mm artillery tow vehicles for my Belgians I was pleasantly surprised to find a number of photos of tractors...
3 weeks ago
Here's no great matter

Learning rules well - When I look back on some of the better gaming experiences I've had, they have either been planned and executed extremely ably by the game organiser, or t...
3 weeks ago
Bleaseworld

Sharp Practice: Relieving Dojjibotti! - So 1st February saw the big day arrive - *Winter Wonder Lard V*! '*The Relief of Dojjibott*i' had been tested and seemed to work ok, fingers crossed that...
3 weeks ago
Astro Anarchy

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3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago
Ed M's Wargames Meanderings

FIGHTING IN THE SWIEPWALD, 1866: A ONE HOUR SKIRMISH SCENARIO - The Prussian jager officer with his bugler looking at the action from behind the cover of a log pile. Greetings, dear reader(s). There has been gamin...
3 weeks ago
Shed Wars

Images - crazy situation - Hi Folks Just discovered that all my blog pictures for the past five years are no longer available to readers in the UK. As a result of recent legislat...
4 weeks ago
Toy Soldiers Studio

III/4b Early Byzantine 550 AD - 578 AD - DBA 2.2 15mm Essex Miniatures *Army Composition: *1 x 3Cv(General) 1 x 2Lh or 3Cv, 5 x 3Cv, 1 x 3Kn // 4Sp or 3Ax or 4Wb, 2 x 4Bd, 2 x 2Ps - 1x C...
4 weeks ago
Army Royal

Landsknecht Arquebusiers part II - You can never have too many ! This is part 3 of a re-basing project for the Landsknechts in my collection, some of which were painted quite a while back....
4 weeks ago
An Intermittent Firefight

Start of the Trojan War - This is where I am going to start up and finish the project... GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS Scale: 28 mm This means contrast and clarity matter more than perfe...
1 month ago
Realms of Chaos

SIEGE : Wargame show - Hi! This week end, I participated to a local wargame show and ran a huge game of Siege (and Cry Havoc) with my gaming partner Alex, thank to him! We playe...
1 month ago
Great Ming Military

Military systems and hierarchies of the Ming Dynasty — Part 2: Ying Bing System - *Note*: English translation of the titles are taken from Chinese-English Dictionary of Ming Government Official Titles, Third Edition, supplemented with so...
1 month ago
doctorphalanx

Hannut for Eisenhower - *The Germans have taken one Objectivebut they are Worn and time is running out.*Ian and I are working on the Hannut scenario I converted from *Rommel *to...
1 month 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 ...
1 month 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 ...
1 month 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 ...
2 months 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 months 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...
2 months 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...
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 ...
4 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...
5 months ago
2 Hour Blog

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

Mordheim incoming -
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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 ...
8 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 ...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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 ...
9 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...
10 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...
10 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...
1 year 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...
2 years 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:-))
5 years ago
DwarfCrypt

My second most beautiful miniature! / Moja druga najpiękniejsza miniaturka! - *Janek / Johnny* *urodzony / born 15.11.2020*
5 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
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. ...
6 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...
6 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 ...
6 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
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...
7 years ago
Raglan's Samurai Wars

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

The Id, grey aliens - Lucid Eye Id.
7 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...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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. ...
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...
11 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...
13 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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