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Populating the Zone

November 15, 2021

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Modern Skirmishers

October 27, 2021

28mm Modern Pig Iron Productions Zona Alfa

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Mixed Modern Skirmish update

September 14, 2021

28mm Cold War Footsore Miniatures Zona Alfa

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A variety of pests and beasts

28mm Rangers of Shadowdeep Skirmish Zona Alfa

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Scorpion

28mm Footsore Miniatures Modern Zona Alfa

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Mish mash of Skirmish figs

February 21, 2021

28mm Science Fiction Zona Alfa

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Cold War II - Even Colder

November 29, 2020

28mm Chechnya Cold War Russia Zona Alfa

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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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Palouse Wargaming Journal

Biblical Camel Archers - The purpose of this post is twofold. One to show the latest figures loping out from the painting desk, and two, to see if what I discovered about a workin...
4 hours ago
Army Royal

Further buildings for the collection - Something of a detour from the norm in this post, some real estate for the collection. This was inspired by a few things really, a recent family holiday...
3 days ago
1866 and all that

Villages for the Franco-Prussian War - Part 8: Another Alsace House - Well Blogger's ongoing RSS feed issue all but buried my last post, so here's hoping that one displays a bit more speedily. EDIT : Wouldn't you know, this...
4 days ago
The Land of Counterpane

Ebor Lard Report part two - I was so busy during the day at Ebor Lard that I had virtually no opportunity to observe the other games in progress. However, here are the pictures I t...
4 days ago
The Games We Play

Tigers at Minsk - The Road to Beaumont, 15 May 1940 - Time for some more TaM, and yet another Fireball Forward scenario converted to TaM. Once again the map looks identical in style to a Skirmish Campaigns ...
4 days ago
Javier at war

Battletech Alpha Strike first painted mechs - On a nostalgic whim I ordered the box Battletech Alpha Strike. I remember having bought the original box from FASA in the eighties. Later I also played ...
4 days ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

West German Heimatschutzbrigade 52, 53, 54 and 55, plus 60 Series Heimatschutzbrigades Battlegroup - Again, as promised, today I'm adding the newest army list for AirLand Battlegroup. This list covers the four 50 Series Heimatschutzbrigades (52, 53, 54 a...
5 days ago
WAB Corner

Warlord Games ECW Foot - WIP - Working on an additional 3 foot regiments. The one on the left will be Hopton's in blue coats, the center one the King's Lifeguards, and the one on the r...
5 days ago
Grimsby Wargaming

Antietam at the Grimsby Wargames Society - Last Saturday saw me partake in a multiplayer game for a period I've only played once in my entire wargames life. Andy H & John P had organised a restag...
5 days ago
Blunders on the Danube

Coalitions by Phalanx - War and Diplomacy in Napoleonic Europe, and... before and beyond! - I supported the Kickstarter for *Coalitions*, which was fully funded July 14, 2026. Delivery was originally estimated to be November 2022; There were in...
6 days ago
Bleaseworld

Italian Wars: Imperial Landsknecht Pike Block II - It's taken a little longer than planned but I finished a second Landsknecht pike block for my Imperial army for the Italian Wars. Like the first the mini...
6 days ago
Carryings On Up The Dale

A new regiment of Spanish horse for 1672 - Just to prove I am not dead and can still wield a brush/paint pen..... What we have here is a generic Spanish regiment of horse. Their uniform is conje...
6 days ago
Moiterei's bunte Welt

Germanic Archers for Midgard Heroic Battles - Once again I lost my Mojo and to be fair I'm still struggling on that front. But on the bright side I actually finished a base of figures that were gatheri...
1 week ago
20mm and then some....

Forest Death King - Sounds a lot heftier than what it is.....a tree with a face. Printed this off at 120% after slicing off the wargaming base in the STL file. Glued it to ...
1 week ago
Ski's Wargames

Viking Terrain Bits - Since the playtesting lest weekend, I've been steadily working on a couple of bits of scenery for the games at Southern Front. I started these fence sect...
1 week ago
Paul´s Bods

New Model Army Pt14 - Female camp followers. From left to right: 1. Lady of the camp. Caeser Elves, head from Italeri´s Medieval challenge. 2. Imex Eastern friendly Indians...
1 week ago
Sgt Steiner's Wargaming Blog

Vimierio 1808 with Field of Battle 3 - Game at Hughs to blood his newly installed wargames table and his Napoleonic British. Used FOB3 (shock ! horror ! gasp!) and an adaptation of a GDB scena...
1 week ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Three Million Views -
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Polemarch

1600 – Something: Patience is a Sort of Virtue - As you might have noticed, the Spring 1606 campaign move has just finished. There is a little outstanding business, however. Firstly, the Muscovite / Sw...
1 week ago
Kampfgruppe Willow

Mayenne liberation part two - A month ago we celebrated the liberation of ville Mayenne, a photo dump of photos I have collected over the last ten years
1 week ago
Wargame News and Terrain

WIP Games and Miniatures: The Sea Peoples Have Arrived! - WIP Games and Miniatures: The Sea Peoples have arrived! As we've been showing over the past week or so, lots of work has been going on at WiP HQ to re-orga...
1 week ago
STORM AND CONQUEST

Stargrave - The Brethren - Another unit for Stargrave that will double for judge dread games also. Quick and easy, I had these done in a day and a bit, the skin tones and basing t...
1 week ago
A figure painting therapy project.

ECW progress video - 14 seconds! -
1 week ago
Ed M's Wargames Meanderings

DANES V PRUSSIANS: 1st SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN WAR - The Prussian Advance Greetings, dear reader(s). Recently, I wanted to introduce fellow *Chocolate Box Wars (CBW)* enthusiasts in the club to an altern...
1 week ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Solar Auxilia - Hermes Light Sentinel Squadron - I just love the looks one the Hermes Light Sentinels. They are built so I can swap weapons and ammo with magnets or pushfit. I think I will mostly p...
1 week ago
Camisado

Gaelic Warriors - Todays post shows a work in progress rather than a finished unit. Not content with producing excellent flags for wargames armies of the 16th century Pet...
1 week ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Legions Imperialis Whirlwind and Support Marines - A few more bits for Legions Imperialis! Summer is winding down, and it's time to finally organize a few blog posts showing some of the stuff I have painte...
1 week ago
Warfare in the Age of Cynics and Amateurs

Hondeghem: May 1940, with Battle Command WW2 - This scenario, again fought with Field of Battle WW2's cantankerous little brother - who keeps putting chewing gum in his work-shoes - the superlative '...
1 week ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

Order and Fury: Rules for Ancient Wargaming - I'm happy to share with you all my new rules for ancient wargaming called Order and Fury. While I say "ancient wargaming" - which is true - this first iter...
1 week ago
Here's no great matter

Trebia - the fight - Without further ado, here is the report of our Lost Battles playthrough of Trebia from the other weekend. SP took Rome, DS took Carthage, and I was umpir...
2 weeks ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Battle of Zorndorf: August 25, 1758 - *Karl Rochling painting of the Prussian king Frederick II grabbing the standard of oneof his regiments to encourage them to make another attack again...
2 weeks ago
My Brave Fusiliers!

Be sure that all the C's are destroyed, so that the rascals cannot any longer abuse my name." - Admiral Cockburn accompanied General Ross and recommended burning the entire city. Ross decided instead to put only public buildings to the torch, in...
2 weeks ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

15mm Napoleonic French Cavalry - As a break between commissions, I have been working through some Napoleonic that have long been primed and ready. These four regiments contain 82 mounted f...
2 weeks ago
Devon Wargames Group

Bir el Gubi, 19th November 1941 - 'O' Group - The Background Our engagement took place at Bir el Gubi, Libya, on 19th November 1941. The action was fought as part of Operation Crusader, a major Britis...
3 weeks ago
Painting Wargames Figures

28mm ECW Royalist: Lord Carnarvon's Horse - The third and last unit on the Royalist right flank. This is the first time I have painted a plastic regiment from Warlord Games and they are decent. ...
3 weeks ago
wargamesinthedungeon

Al Andalus : Encounter battle at the border - For what is likely to be my last game for a while George came up to the dungeon. He had suggested something medieval so I dug out my Al Andalus Arabs. As...
3 weeks ago
Realms of Chaos

Star Wars : The Return Of The Jedi - Hey boys! Last games of Star wars 80's campaign. The target is to play games with my son and stick as much as possible of the movie. It very enjoyable to...
3 weeks ago
Now for wrath...Now for ruin...and the Red Dawn

Pirate Borg Adventure - The Jolly Roger and Friends (part 2) - The Jolly Roger and Friends - part 2 The scenario breakdown for last weekend's Pirate Borg game can be *found here*. But I kicked the lads off by having...
3 weeks ago
Great Ming Military

Lun Chuan (輪船) - Drawing of a Lun Chuan, from 'Liang Zhe Hai Fang Lei Kao Xu Bian (《兩浙海防類考續編》)'. Following the end of the Song Dynasty, China’s once-dominant paddle-wheel ...
3 weeks ago
ALY'S TOY SOLDIERS

Samurai W.I.P…. Another Done - Greetings… Another Samurai waiting for his Mon. Slow and steady with these… But very enjoyable. All the best. Aly
4 weeks ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Dragon Rampant Campaign - The Valley of Jeff - Game Seven - As with the previous game, time and real life have taken their toll on my memory, so this film will have to do for summary. And here are some pictures ...
4 weeks ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

The Battle of Elchingen 1805 - With the recent release of Valour & Fortitude Version 4, the next Horse and Musket theme night at the Wollongong Wargamers was eagerly anticipated. Ab...
4 weeks ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Inquisitor Eisenhorn - WIP - WIP pic of the iconic GW 54mm Eisenhorn model for the old Inquisitor game that I'm just now getting round to painting after around 20 years or so. Hav...
4 weeks ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

Orklandz! - [image: Uploaded Image] [image: Uploaded Image] [image: Uploaded Image] [image: Uploaded Image] Sent from my iPhone
5 weeks ago
Converj - David's Blog

COW 2026 - As the (hopeful) end of the PhD hoves into view (I've got about 6 months left), I really ought to start blogging more again. We'll see how I go.... Warg...
1 month ago
Paint-it-Pink

Small Stumble - Just when I thought I was crossing the finishing line, I stumbled when I was marking out where to drill the holes for the secondary guns. Doh! What with ...
2 months ago
Pushing Tin

Mudki 1845 - Yet another long drought between posts. It's been more than 8 months since we last managed to form up and march out onto the tabletop. In a quick batt...
2 months ago
It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog

Got a Surprise! A New, Free, Twilight: 2000 adventure. - *The Sanctuary at Millbrook — A Free Twilight: 2000 Adventure* There's a place in central Iowa the bombs missed. Before the war it was one of those "trou...
2 months ago
Association - Les Riflemen

Expédition archéologique - Prêts à entrer dans la pyramide. *Bonjour à tous,* *Expédition britannique en ce jour en Egypte.* *Nous sommes en 1884, d**es archéologues vont faire ...
2 months ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Hinton on AI - Hinton on AI - already conscious? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7t1Q_p2gZs
2 months ago
Lace Wars in Tin

10mm Great Northern War - Just a quick update for any of you considering trying the 10mm figures. Swedish Infantry Incomp have recently added some Swedish infantry for the Great ...
2 months ago
Steve's Paintingshed

A is for Amusettes, B is for Boardgame - I think I have just about recovered from Partizan and am now counting down to my summer holiday, including a trip to Rhodes. While at the show I was pret...
3 months ago
Fencing Frog

The Second Assault: Frankenthal, 1621 - The second assault on the Frankenthal demi-lune begins our lines are a little closer and more heavy guns have been brought up to support the attack. The...
3 months ago
doctorphalanx

Bloody Big Battles! with lighter-coloured hills - It was pointed out in the *Bloody Big Battles!* Groups.io group that the hills in my last post ought to appear lighter than the lower ground, and certai...
3 months ago
The Renaissance Troll

Dol Amroth Captain - It's been awhile since I added anything to my Dol Amroth forces. Recently a friend sent me a *Guards of Traitor's Toll *sprue. It's a really nice spru...
3 months ago
Bunker Hill

Berdan's Sharpshooters - Switching gears a bit and doing some ACW additions with Berdan's Sharpshooters.I need some skirmish elements for my ACW collection and thought Berdan's w...
3 months ago
Analogue Hobbies

Introducing 'ScrapJacks' to PaulOG via Discord - Hi All, I hosted PaulOG for a game of 'ScrapJacks' over Discord the other day and he's written up a terrific post-game write-up. Check it out! Cheers! ...
4 months ago
The Anderson Collection

Been a while, I've been working on my Austerlitz collection, 18mm AB figures. -
4 months ago
Toy Soldiers Studio

De Bellis Magistrorum Militum (DBMM) - DBMM unit types are more detailed than in *Triumph!* or *L'Art de la Guerre*. The game engine uses a mix of *core troop classes + quality grades + spec...
4 months ago
Je Lay Emprins

Burgundian Encampment - So, to sit behind the seigeworks (that have gone on a temporary backburner), I've started some tents and other temproary buildings for a Burgundian encampm...
4 months ago
The BigRedBatCave

Spring Cleaning April 2026 - I'll be selling a few surplus things- here I have 26 Avanpost Thirty Years War cavalry, and two spare horses. They are beautiful, crips resin models, ...
4 months ago
Astro Anarchy

Artemis Moon Flight and Voices of Apollo 11 - Now that our Moon is once again at the centre of global attention—driven by the Artemis mission’s journey around it—I feel compelled to share this artwor...
5 months ago
Dulce et Decorum Est

Painting - 12 Imperial Snow Troopers and Becky - This week I managed to finish 12 Imperial Snow Troopers and 1 Imperial Officer for Star Wars Legion. I'm waaaay behind this year as my work decided that ...
6 months ago
Megablitz and more

WW2 ‘German’ Don Cossacks - I've had these in stock for a while now and as I may have work for them in a forthcoming game it was clearly time to paint them! They're certainly a co...
6 months ago
Little Lead Arms Race

More Cold War buildings - Another base of cold war buildings for 80s gaming. Models are by Leven miniatures, wich are now carried by https://battlescale.com/ . M60s in the back...
6 months ago
ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION

1970 ... French postcards from the South Pacific! - These are sequential photographs of the 1970 French, Force de Frappe, 918 kiloton H-bomb test. It was conducted at Fangataufa Atoll, French Polynesia. Cod...
7 months ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

Presenting ... Bob Moss - When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it came strai...
7 months ago
An Intermittent Firefight

The Stennard Chronicles - A Living World, a Shared Frontier, and the Brutal Joy of West Marches Play There are campaigns where heroes arrive, save the day, and move on. *Stennar...
7 months ago
2 Hour Blog

THW Football on Wargames Vault Deal of the Day - 50% off for tomorrow's Deal of the Day at Wargames Vault. Just in time for the playoffs. 😀 Scroll down the Vault page to see the how to video. https://...
7 months ago
Þorsteinn á Heiðini

Trying this once more! - I'm realising I haven't posted in over 11 years on here. A lot has changed in that time. I'm no longer a student, I've gotten married and had a kid, and ...
8 months ago
The Single Handed Admiral

Captain's Log SMS Emden Part III - When we last saw SMS Emden, she was tied up in a Thai cove when three British warships were sighted. Here's the rough sketch map that I received from o...
8 months 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
9 months 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...
9 months 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 ...
10 months 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 ...
11 months ago
Rough War (of the Ring)

Mordheim incoming -
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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
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...
2 years 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
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...
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 years ago
chrisfigurines

GALLERY OF MINIATURES PAINTED OVER THE YEARS. - *MEDIEVALS* ...
4 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...
4 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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 ...
7 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...
7 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
7 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...
7 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.
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
7 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
8 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...
8 years ago
15mm paint shack

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 years ago
Zinnsoldatengeneral 1

ACW - Kleines Bilder Update 10th Indiana Regiment Berdan Sharpshooters 146th New Yourk Volunteers 30th Virginia sharpshooters Louisiana Tiger Zouaves
9 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. ...
10 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...
10 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 :) ...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
11 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...
11 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...
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...
12 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...
12 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 ...
12 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...
12 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...
12 years ago
Akrotiri Nomads Wargames

Nomads move - Seven Years War Journeying to Stockport Home, & Seven Year War set up
13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
14 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...
14 years ago
Raglan's War of the Roses

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