The Wargame Shed: December 2019

Blogs I Follow

Wars of Louis Quatorze

Revocation of the Edict of Nantes - Dragonnades Another 300th celebrated in 1985 was the arrival of the Huguenots to these islands. There were a couple of regiments in the army later on.
45 minutes ago
the Man Cave

- Somewhere in Korea October 1951 Darryl Cox and I kicked off our foray into Chain of Command Korea with a Patrol Mission. The Australians from 3 Bn R...
3 hours ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

3 more games of Devilry Afoot - The gaming group decided on some more Devilry Afoot for this month’s get together. The first game we played was an All Hallow’s Eve scenario Our hunte...
11 hours ago
Herkybirds nest

Fighting in Midgard - Today, Tony brought down the Vikings and Saxons from the main Midgard Rulebook for us to try! - Lawrence and I randomly got the Vikings and Phil got Ton...
19 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

Sir Edmund Hampden & Sir Thomas Everyngham - Two new additions to the Lancastrian faction of my Wars of the Roses collection in the shape of a base of bowmen and a retinue command base. The figures...
1 day ago
Wargame news and terrain

Alternative Armies: Wyrde Obelisk (Any Scale) Free Until End of Mega Event! - Alternative Armies: The Ancient Obelisk has joined all of our Formerly Free Codes Collected its role as the auto free in all orders model completed. Now it...
1 day ago
Don't throw a 1

The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge 16 - The Start - Yes, its that time of year once again, so if you fancy some Challenge action, head on over to Curt's blog and sign on the dotted line......... The Bas...
1 day ago
Devon Wargames Group

Halloween Rampant, a nod to good old Beowulf. - This is not a typical AAR of the game I put on at our club's October meeting. I thought that those of you who are familiar with the Dragon and Lion Rampa...
1 day ago
The Ooh Shiny Complex

Rasalhague Dominion / Clan Ghost Bear Mechas (Battletech) - I was supposed to be painting 15mm fantasy, so, as is the way of things, I wound up painting my first clan star for Battletech instead. Why is it so har...
1 day ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

Robert 'Guiscard' Hauteville takes the field against the Byzantines.... - In his first action to begin carving out his new fiefdom, in imitation of William 'Iron Arm', Robert 'Guiscard' sent his rampaging Normans to the south an...
1 day ago
Wargamingnz

VSF Prussians complete.. for now - I'm going to call this one finished, for now anyway: the Victorian Science Fiction Prussian army for HotT (Hordes of the Things). It is composed of : 3 x...
1 day ago
Felix's Gaming Pages Blog

Inquisitorial Henchmen - Across my workbench (or in storage) I have quite a few Inquisitorial Henchmen. Witch Hunters are grim, cold individuals who have dedicated their life to ...
1 day ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

The Singapore Sling - Final Edition - Our naval defence correspondent "Neptune" offers another column from his vantage point at the Empire Lounge, Raffles Hotel (*reflecting state of play in ...
1 day ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

And Now Onto Something Completely Different: Trenton Project - *General Nathaniel Greene consults with John the OFM about what game Der Alte Fritz should host at next year's Historicon.* Nobody on the road, nobody...
1 day ago
A Wargaming Gallimaufry

Hellas - Unusual boardgame last night ( I seem to playing more boardgames than anything else at the moment). This was Hellas, a boardgame dating back to 2002. ...
1 day ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

New Book from the Battlefields Trust - My friend and colleague on the Northamptonshire Battlefields Society committee, Simon Marsh, is also the Research and Threats Coordinator for the Battle...
1 day ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

Never say never again... - Yes, I crumbled and did another ship for Black Seas. This is a French First Rate, giving me a pair of French 1st Rates to match up aganst the British 1s...
2 days ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

Epic Revolution, Part 5: The 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) Painting Guide - *The 71st Regiment of Foot (Fraser's Highlanders) in 28mm from Perry Miniatures.* *I can definitely tell you that I am not going to paint my 12.5mm Epi...
2 days ago
Baron's Blog

TaKtiCon 2025 - We had a great time (and a few sales) a couple of weekends ago at TaKtiCon in Kansass City (see what they did there with the K and C in the title?). Whi...
2 days ago
Wargames and Railroads

New kit! Foggy Mountain Models - Barbose Mining Co. Stamp Mill. - In other news I'm still working on a layout plan for my O scale buildings. While the majority will be from Stoney Creek Designs, I have pretty much given u...
3 days ago
Storm and Conquest!

Wip Wednesday- lots on the desk - Quite a lot on the desk as I clear bits ready for more painting. As renovations are in full swing this week a bit motivation to get stuff done ready for...
3 days ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Chain of Command II Deux - For the next game here in OHQ, Dave requested a 28mm WWII game using Chain of Command! Yes it's true. Way back in November 2020 during lockdown I started a ...
3 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Crusader Spearmen - Fire Forge Games. - Another unit off the production line for Outremer and Lion Rampant. I figured this time around I will make these more of a templar feel to break up the f...
3 days 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 days ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Warfare 2025 Show Report - Day Two of the Warfare Show at Farnborough has its own distinct pace, and this year’s Sunday had that familiar mixture of relaxed browsing and last-minut...
4 days ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

KulbaCon Fall 2025: Epic Hail Caesar, Epic Pike & Shotte and More! - KublaCon Fall 2025 has wrapped up and our group had a great weekend full of miniature gaming. This convention only just started last year and while on the...
5 days ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

New Commission : 15mm ACW - It feels like ages since I have painted any American Civil War figures. Mitch Erickson comes to the rescue with a new commission: Heth's division on 1 Jul...
5 days ago
Geordie's Big Battles

All (Ancient) Greek to me! Mortal Gods - My Reboot - I purchased Mortal Gods a while back in pre-Covid days with noble intentions of painting up a warband or two of Ancient Greeks but alas it languished on th...
6 days ago
Andy's Wargaming Blog

Roman Pilani (proto-Triarii) for Dux Italica - The last infantry for the core Roman/Latin force for my Dux Britanniarum adaptation, Dux Italica. These are Pilani, the wealthiest infantry in the army. ...
6 days ago
dead lead project

The adventures of Tim the Necromancer: The Mausoleum - For the first time in over a year, Tim ventured back into the frozen city! After his last outing, Tim has heard tell of a fabled lost library filled wit...
1 week ago
One man and his brushes.

Back of Beyond - British forces - Another catch up post for stuff completed a while ago for my British and Indian army for the Back of Beyond campaign. First up a 3d print from MarDav of...
1 week ago
Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

Your Friday Thing for November 14, 2025 -
1 week ago
DROPSHIP HORIZON

15mm (1/100th Scale) Project KampfHund Light Battle Titan - Launch Day for the 1/100th (15mm) Project KampfHund Light Main Battle Titan Free PDF Instructions for the 15mm/1-100th scale KampfHund (the 28mm ver...
1 week ago
iron mitten

Warfare 2025 - I'm off to Warfare tomorrow to help run a fun zombie game set in the 16th Century. It's a clever game put together by the clubs chief game designer, Sim...
1 week ago
KEITH'S WARGAMING BLOG

The Fog of War - In Cardboard - If you go back a couple of posts you'll see a report on a Crimean War wargame I played in October. This was in my good friend Roy's lovely wargaming room, ...
1 week ago
Unlucky General

FIRE & DICE: Making Unit Cards - Because *FIRE and DICE* relies on unit cards for ease of play, I've been asked about my unit cards for the game. So, I've uploaded all that I have create...
1 week ago
MAIWAND DAY

KAM DAKKA Pt.4: The Final Chapter (turns 9-11) - First off, my sincere apologies, as it has taken me much, much, MUCH too long to post this 4th and final chapter of the Battle of KAM DAKKA, which I play...
1 week ago
A J's Wargames Table

Remembrance Day - They shall not grow old, As we who are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, Nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun, And in the morni...
1 week ago
One of My Men Became Restless

Fall In 2025 - Saturday Morning - Just a handful of observations and even less commentary than usual. I brought number 2 with me again and together we had a good time walking around, cha...
1 week ago
Din of Battle

Vauban's War Playtest for Historicon Game - G'Day wargamers! We just completed my last playtest for the Historicon convention. Should be one helluva adventure at Historicon! Pre-work The sweatshop...
2 weeks ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

Risen from the Dead - I shall spare you all the overlong preamble regarding a lack of balance in my life, suffice to say that we are essentially well and I am still pootling ...
3 weeks ago
Delta Vector

Mechs are Back - While I am still working on weird west rules and have setup for test games, THIS time the distraction was my son's fault - he found some random Alpha Str...
4 weeks ago
Quindia Studios

Beneath the Lily Banners QRS - Here's the quick reference sheets for Beneath the Lily Banners (2025). After a couple of games, these are all you'll need to run the game! You can a...
4 weeks ago
Cor blog me!

Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket - After weeks of work, we finally played our first game of Fistful of Lead: Horse & Musket with our Napoleonic figures. It occurs to me that despite Napole...
5 weeks ago
Crac des Chevaliers

28mm Merrill's Marauders - Warlord figures, a couple of boxes of there Merrill's Marauders figures. Marauders, USMC Dog Teams on the far right. CdlT
5 weeks ago
Meeples & Miniatures

Elves, Chaos, and Curry: The Perfect Oldhammer Weekend - Last Saturday saw the fourth in what has become an annual gathering of friends for a mass battle day at Boards & Swords Hobbies in Derby. As in previous ye...
5 weeks ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

28mm - Wars of the Roses - Command Stands - Sir John Wenlock, 1st Baron Wenlock - Here we have Sir John Wenlock, one of the more famous personalities of the Wars of the Roses. Of an era with some pretty colourful characters, Sir Jo...
1 month ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

Dusting off the Dwarves - I started going through stuff in the basement, trying to purge odds and ends that will just never get used, when I happened on the box with my old GW Dwa...
1 month ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

Playmobil with Bear - The convoy sets out. The Kinchlets and I were gifted a rather magnificent 18th century Playmobil set by my friend Stefan. We've been playing games w...
2 months ago
Rebel Barracks

War of Spanish Succession scenarios. - Recently I came across this scenario book. Battles of the War of Spanish Succession. It has been writen with Volley & Bayonet rules in mind but cou...
2 months ago
Adventures In Lead

Some more gladiators for Blood on the Sands -
2 months ago
Kelroy Was Here

101. It's Been A While, Hasn't It? - Hello. Let's skip the usual rig-a-ma-role and get straight to the pictures. I've painted some things and haven't shown them here yet. So here we go. ...
3 months ago
18th Century Sojourn

Scenario test - Capture a strongpoint - A defensive position overlooking an important supply route is the objective for this scenario. Held by a battalion of infantry, a small brigade of infant...
3 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 ...
3 months ago
Dreispitz - Mike´s miniature wargaming blog

NaukNauk - Another test to bring miniatures to life - *App: NaukNauk* *Miniatures: PianoWargames in 60mm* *Hi again,* *seems to be that I have found a new toy for some time. Here is another animation ...
3 months ago
SquadPainter

Speed Painting Napoleonic Russians - In a previous post I detailed my successful experiments painting French Napoleonic line troops with some old- and new-school techniques. Perry 28mm Napol...
3 months ago
DRESSING THE LINES

Making a photobook of my miniatures - As I get older, the realisation comes that one day my miniatures collection may need to be reduced. Not any time soon I hope, but possibly within the next ...
4 months ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

New Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicles - Sticking with my recent North American theme, I've also managed to finish a few vehicles for my Canadian battle group. The first of these were amongst ...
4 months ago
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog

The Miller's Tale - Episode 13 - Episode 13 - in which Mike finally gets to catch up with former Dux Brit partner-in-crime and rock god Andy Hawes, in a wide-ranging discussion covering ...
4 months ago
Tarleton's Quarter

Nizam-i-Cedid (1) - This is the first unit of Ottoman infantry I painted - a unit of "boustangee" musketeers from the Nizam-i-Cedid army. This was a corps of infantry tra...
4 months ago
2 Hour Blog

Kickstarter Has Launched and ... - Already hit our 1st Stretch goal! Luck of the Draw
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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 months ago
With Zeal and With Bayonets Only

Pickett's charge AAR2 - On the right wing of Confederate army our players put weak divisions from Hill's corps. View from initial positions. On the right - haunting line of co...
6 months ago
GREG'S WARGAMING BLOG

D-Day Project - I currently working on some D-Day Beach terrain and thought I'd share my progress. MG Tobruk Emplacements Mortar Tobruk Emplacements VT600 Emplaceme...
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 ...
7 months ago
The Warbard

BSC 2025 – Wirelizard’s Shuttle, Part Six - The last of this project’s posts until I can show off the painting work in progress photos and all the extra finished photos I didn’t use for the Lead Adve...
7 months ago
Spartan Wargames Armies

Ths Spartan Project Revisted - *The army so far...* I am not sure why I recently decided to revist this twenty year old project but I am back painting Spartans again. It may have someth...
7 months ago
Ilkley Old School

DBSYW - Fontenoy - I played another game of DBSYW. The set up was based on the Battle of Fontenoy and I used my Prussians to represent the British and Allies and the Austr...
7 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
Scrivsland

Colonel Claude Runciman and Josefina Lacosta - I was suffering with "the Lurgy" this week but had a quick change from 6mm to 28mm. So I pulled out a couple of figures in the 28mm Napoleonic backlog t...
9 months ago
Roundwood's World

The Potentially Simmering Rivalry of Ping-Xi and Pong-Li - ******** "They're *just* the latest fashion. Everyone, and I mean *everyone* at the Imperial Court has taken a pair of Chinese bodyguards into their reti...
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...
11 months ago
PanzerKaput's Painted Review

PanzerKaput's Slow Descent Into Madness and Warhammer The Age Of Sigmar ... - Here is the last of my videos for my Age of Sigmar Spearhead Nighthaunt Slasher Host, showing my whole force fully painted and completed. I hope you enjo...
1 year ago
The Emperors Blog

New stuff - MACEDONIAN CAVALRY GERMANIC CAVALRY
1 year ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

Littoral Commander - First Impressions - Littoral Commander is a modern to *futuristic* (more on this later) era wargame, focused on a potential conflict between US Marine (USMC) and Chinese Peo...
1 year ago
Joe's Delaware Area WarGamerS (DAWGS)

Cold Barrage was Fantastic - My son and I had a great time at the one day event. I played "Save the Montcalm" a re-skinning of another game "Save the Wellington". Save the Montca...
1 year ago
SYW6mm

小狐狸钱包插件安装问题解决方法 - 摘要：本文将详细介绍小狐狸钱包插件安装问题的解决方法。首先，我们将从几个方面进行阐述，包括下载与安装、兼容性问 […]
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...
2 years ago
Drunken Samurai Painting Blog

Flames of War Projects for August - August was a great month for me and the hobby. I painted lots of stuff and managed to get in a few games as well. August saw a return to Flames of War...
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
much ado about nothing

AWI: current state of affairs - As I've just recently stepped over the 50% mark on my AWI project for Sharp Practice, a couple of roll-call pics are appropriate.
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
Wargaming Addict

What's In A Name? - Why the change of title you may well ask? Well when I set up this and my previous Blog, my wargaming consisted pretty much of just WWII battles, using Flam...
3 years ago
Military History Blog on the Web

P.Z.L. 18 - The P.Z.L. 18 was a design for a heavy torpedo-bomber that never got beyond the design stage.
4 years ago
Der Feldmarschall

The Cynical Seven - Desperados Gang - *"The liquor's all gone boys..."* Finished up my Desperados gang for Dead Man's Hand. Just a few pics to share as I didn't get too many to turn out that ...
4 years ago
John's Toy Soldiers

Review: Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders - The Goblin Wolf Riders are the first Oathmark models I have bought and I purchased them specifically to add hobgoblin light cavalry to my Chaos Dwarf a...
4 years ago
Thomo's Hole

Trung Sisters - I was searching for some information in the Internet and I am not sure how, but the Trung Sisters turned up. Briefly, these ladies were responsible for the...
4 years ago
Lard Island News

Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
4 years ago
Lonely Gamers

326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes - Just posting a few images from the game we played yesterday afternoon, The Battle of Hydaspes, where Alexanders veteran army fought the Indian King Porus...
5 years ago
Jimbibblyblog

Martian whimsy - I fancied making something a little more whimsical for Mars... Why not a bandstand and some gardens. For the bandstand the roof was printed and most of t...
5 years ago
Henry Hyde's Wargaming Blog

Sittangbad and Mollwitz for Partizan In The Cloud - Today would have been the Partizan show at Newark Showground. But of course, whilst we are in lockdown and social distancing conditions due to the Coronavi...
5 years ago
Blood, Fire and Death

Warlord Games 28mm Panzer IV Painting Guide Ambush Camo - This model was kindly donated to me by my mate Robin. I had committed myself to a Monday night game of Chain of Command - under condition that I brought...
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
Lead Warrior

2020 Plan - A little late but here we go Playing games is always the most important part of wargaming for me and the target remains 100 games. I think I may struggle...
5 years ago
Adventures In Miniature Gaming

Warhammer Quest Silver Tower - Trial of Azyr - Byron Manfred and his wight king companion each carry two pieces of the Gaunt Summoner's shattered amulet. Together, they are half-way toward completing th...
5 years ago
Arlequín's Worlds

Cara Melacak Handphone Android yang Hilang Melalui Gmail - Smartphone ialah salah satu benda yang hampir seluruh manusia di dunia ini memilikinya, setiap elemen kehidupan memang sangat dimanjakan dengan lahirnya ...
5 years ago
Operation: Wargaming!

Marvel Crisis Protocol: The Hulk and M.O.D.O.K are completed - Finished the first two figures from the new game Marvel Crisis Protocol. Both of these were rather fun to do. I did about 80% of the Hulk's painting with...
5 years ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

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

Battle Ravens in Tabletop Gaming's Best Games of 2019 - I've been tipped off that my Battle Ravens boardgame features in TABLETOP GAMING'S BEST GAMES OF 2019 issue, publishing at the start of December! This is ...
5 years ago
The Angry Lurker

15mm Savage Northmen Cavalry........ - *.....from the north and Copplestone Castings!* *Lots painted but blogging is becoming a little harder to achieve lately but anyway let's be getting on......
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
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Sign Up To SETTING THE SCENE Volume 2. - We are getting closer to finishing the 2nd book, Setting The Scene Volume 2. If you would like to sign up for a copy of volume 2 or add your details to ...
6 years ago
Fine and Dandy

42 Murray regiment of Foot - Since I am concentrating on battlefields around our Maison for battlefield tours and wargaming them I am selling off my English units for the French Indian...
6 years ago
Monsieur le Rosbif & Johnny Frog

A Tale of Two Battles - Part the First - The Italian infantry brigade. The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high. This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French ...
6 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - 20mm Wargaming

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
Anything but a One

Re-PAINT - I decided to "Re-Paint" the BRMDI painted earlier in the week. I can hear you already screaming at me (And with some justification). I am Happier now. I s...
6 years ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

Pulp commission -
6 years ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

Paint Table Sunday and a Martian - It's Paint Table Easter Sunday and, thankfully, the family have gone down to Hampshire for the usual family Easter Egg Hunt, leaving me in peace. I cou...
6 years ago
'Victory V'

Deal Wargames Society - Rapid Fire Game Last Night - Well for only the third time ever I have attended a Wargames club meeting ! This was my second visit to the ever accommodating Deal Society who are a ve...
6 years ago
Platoon Fire

The Doomlords Revenge! - One day, in the distant past (aka January 2019) I was reading Ye Olde Undead army book. Therein I discovered a tale of Woe from the heart of the Empire; th...
6 years ago
Kevin's Miniatures & Hobby Table

Some New 40K Terrain - Today I finished off some more terrain for Kill Team. First up, this building from the Sector Frontiers set. Very serviceable piece, and a fun model to ...
6 years ago
Maverick Models

Again with the Transfers - Hello All, now I really am going to get myself into gear. I have had a few Transfers sent out to a couple of testers and just awaiting their feedback, but...
6 years ago
Horse and Musket

les Mousquetaires gris - My latest unit is the *Mousquetaires gris* of the Maison du Roi. This is of course the regiment of the "Three Musketeers" fame, but in the uniform in which...
6 years ago
Itinerant Hobbyist

Paratrooper Drama Series - Fellow wargamer and professional filmmaker, Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen, is busy working on the pilot for Paratrooper https://www.facebook.com/Paratrooper...
6 years ago
Glory Eagles de l'Empereur!

[Review] Age of Hannibal - Those who read my last post will know all about littlewarstv and their youtube channel, and will have seen me mention a new game they’ve just released (wel...
6 years ago
Raglan's English Civil War

Mori Samurai Cavalry - *Westwind and Perry Miniatures*
6 years ago
Cigar Box Heroes

ACW Campaign - The Battle of Nashville - Dec 21, 1864 - I've been running an ACW campaign based on Hood's historical Franklin to Nashville Campaign of 1864. We have multiple players from the USA, UK, Austra...
6 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
Do You Have A Flag?

The Naval Battle of Cherbourg 1904 - The entire French fleet present (mostly) at Cherbourg, bar the *Henri IV -* curresntly MIA... Last weekend I had the privilege to command the French fle...
7 years ago
15mm paint shack

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
7 years ago
20th Century Wargames

work in progress - not much - Various small projects on the go..... but not too much to show :( Maybe this week will be little more productive ?
7 years ago
View from the Duck Pond

Partizan....Just a quickie -
7 years ago
Castle by Moonlight

A wreck! - More Gaslands terrain! My last posts have been consumed by Gaslands, and this one is no different. The simple fact is that the terrain and cars I been putt...
7 years ago
The Camlachie Wolfe

Kickstarter: 28mm 1745 Jacobite Rebellion Miniatures - LINK HERE Flagsofwar.com is looking to raise money via Kickstarter to launch our new 28mm Jacobite Rebellion miniatures range. Most folk will have heard...
7 years ago
Wargame History

Field of Battle Napoleonics - Playtesting Grand Battery Rules - Chris makes his move, flanked by John and Rodney After a slow winter, we are back to playing Field of Battle 2 at Brent's house. This time, Brent was pla...
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
FunkyBrush's Painting Blog

Necromancer and his Zombies - Just finished this little group of freaks. The Zombies are made by Mantic and the Necromancer is a Games Workshop miniature.
7 years ago
The Old Gamers’ Den

HELSREACH: The Movie - Vol. 1 - So I’ve had a bunch of requests for this and I figured with 10 episodes in the can, now would be a good time to do it.
7 years ago
Kriegsbuch

Pieter Snayers, The Battlepainter of the 17th Century - Pieter Snayers was in many ways the premier battlepainter of the 30-Years War as he excelled in making large, detailed and often surprisingly accurate "...
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
Satrap Miniatures

French Line Infantry - Here are two battalions of 1812 to 1815 French Line Infantry. The figures are all Perry Miniatures, a mix of plastic and metal and most of them...
7 years ago
Morts 1938 Scrapbook

Figures for sale Part 2. - Pic 1. Footsore figures £4. These are my catholic royalist's, a well used unit I want to remake using newer figures. All the figures have been converted...
8 years ago
Paint Pigs Blog

Things and Sculpting: Footguards and Stuff - Things? Things are slow, so slow I haven't been bothered to post about them till now. Bit sick of painting.... it was actually boring, tedious even! Didn'...
8 years ago
Birmingham Wargames Society

Scrabble Sprint Online Game - This game of the year watch will comprise of my main five games of the year up until this point, and in addition greatest amazement, greatest disillusion...
8 years ago
20mm Nostalgic Revival

Struck on Ebay Again!!! - Great use of Airfix Waterloo buildings, ideal for many periods, and as I got a few weeks back from same seller more farm fields, walls, figures, win...
8 years ago
Wargaming Buildings

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8 years ago
Unboxed: The Board Game Blog

Weekend Warrior: Dreamin' of Electric Sheep - Way back in 2007 Fantasy Flight games attempted what can only be described as an ambitious project and a labour of love for designer Kevin Wilson. That’s...
8 years ago
Irish Army of James II and other things

Anglo Sikh Wars 20mm - I've had an interest in the Sikh Wars for some time now and after reading Amarpal Singh's book on the first Sikh War I decided to take the plunge and put...
8 years ago
Watching the Paint dry

Nnnnnnineteen, nineteen - Hobby News ... salute a distant memory, LARP moot1 done, the GEF approaching, hopefully a game of CnC naps this week to break the draughtCommission Paintin...
8 years ago
Hardtack and Coffee

Hello Again - Well, it has been a very long time since I posted anything. I lot has happened in my life ... moved from Virginia to Texas, bought a new house, and chang...
8 years ago
Threwdish Ways

Let's try again - After quite some time, I have found myself a copy of this: This is the fourth (or maybe fifth) book set in the Monster Blood Tattoo setting. Not easily av...
8 years ago
saltflats1929

Moving on - For some reason i can't connect to this blog from my phone, and since that's where 99% of my photos get upl o aded from, I've decided to start another blog...
8 years ago
Herefordshire 1938

Saving 'Buffy' Blowhard - *“Mayday! Mayday! This is flight 5W4Nfzzzzttttkk en-route to Hereffffzzzzzkzzfffzzrodrome. We are experiencing difficzzzztties and must make a forzzzd lan...
8 years ago
Doc's 'Art' of War

Fun in the AWI, a 50th Birthday Bash! - Down't club a few weeks ago having a most excellent AWI game (re-fighting Germanstown) with all of Doug's magnificent AWI collection for his 50th. We did t...
8 years ago
Wargaming the Zulu War

Rorke's Drift at the Shed - * Rorke's Drift. It's quiet. Too quiet* After the epic recreation of Isandlwana at the Shed on Sunday morning, the table was re-dressed for the battl...
8 years ago
Plastic Warriors

WIP: German Calvary - While things have been quiet on the posting front, things have actually been limping along in the background. Most of my efforts have been going on label...
8 years ago
Ubique

'The Pikeman's Lament' arrives - In today’s post I received a familiar shaped cardboard package. It was, as I hoped, the latest release from Osprey Publishing, ‘The Pikeman's Lament’. Thi...
8 years ago
Life In The Past Lane...

Congo: Sultanate of Zanzibar Expedition - This is the finished 'Sultanate of Zanzibar' expedition box set from Foundry for Congo. They have a very Arabian feel to them, and the figures would not ...
9 years ago
Monty's War Gaming

Battlefield 1 Beta PS4 - Painting is resuming in the background while I am indulging in the frenetic, open beta demo of EA's upcoming world War 1 shooter, Battlefield 1, currently...
9 years ago
A-Historical Wargaming

Battle of Benjamin Bridge - With its release just a cover design away, I decided to play a game of *Tree of Liberty* with a friend after our Sunday lunch last week. The game is spec...
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
A Conflict of Interests

Ruined Columns - Here are the last terrain pieces I picked up at Salute back in April. Some ruined columns by The Square. They're maybe a bit more on the fantasy side, r...
9 years ago
Interbellum

Sources For The Interwar Gamer - I have been meaning to add some content here for a long time, apparently three years of a long time in fact, how time flies. So with this post I hope to k...
9 years ago
Tabletop Wargames Blog

"...There is Only War." - On a personal note, I recently moved from the lovely state of Virginia to the wonderful state of Ohio. Things are different here. I miss my gaming partners...
9 years ago
England Prevails...

Rules: Living on the Frontline - Well, there's life in the old dog yet! It's been a while since I last posted anything here but the creative juices are starting to stir, least of all bec...
9 years ago
Winter of '79

Olivers Army: Part 1 'Our Kid' - I admit it, I got carried away and spent all of last week writing new rules and games and all things *Winter of '79*. What had started out as a short and...
9 years ago
Miniatures & Terrain

Emhar Set 7206 Saxon Warriors - Hi chaps! Just a quick update in my blog. Some figures, from Emhar's excellent set (Saxon Warriors), I recently painted. The colour variation is not ver...
9 years ago
Dispatches from Multan

Finally completed the Fauj-I-Khas, The Guards Brigade - After a few years of gathhing up the figures needed, I have finall y completed my Guards Brigade. Originally raised and trained by an ex-French Napoleonic ...
9 years ago
Regeln des Krieges

Bolt Action pictures - I've been slowly rebuilding my WWII forces up over the past few months using fool old school 1/72nd plastics and this week I had a little time to start a ...
10 years ago
Flags of War

Secret Santa - I have signed up to the bloggers secret Santa again this year and i have been sent the detail of the person who i need to send a present to. In return we a...
10 years ago
Green Fields Beyond

Nautical Porn - The title of naval porn was my first thought for this piece, and than I Googled it. Not a good idea. Don’t try this at home with the kids around. By naval ...
10 years ago
Waterloo to Mons

elegant wedding shoes in 2015 - [image: awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi] you are now visiting* awesome satin wedding shoes by shoekandi* , And in this page we have more than 5 be...
10 years ago
Wargaming the Great Northern War

A visit on board the Russian Frigate Shtandart - The other weekend we were down in Cowes for a long weekend to watch the Cowes Torquay Cowes powerboat race. We were all having dinner on Friday night in...
10 years ago
The Tapestry- A Site Devoted to Saga by Gripping Beast and Studio Tomahawk

AAR: Franks v Welsh in Champions of God - I managed to get a very quick game of SAGA in recently. Four points of Franks (all mounted) versus four points of Welsh Warriors. Four pieces of scenery we...
10 years ago
The Repple Depple Club House

Pimp my ride! - A while back I posted about the first of several LAV-25's I intend to build. That post can be found here. Now if you read yesterday's post (if not go and r...
10 years ago
Project Auldearn 1645

Pike & Shotte Reprise - Been a while since we have posted on the blog. The flurry of activity getting the boards ready and then getting the article out took a lot energy. Howev...
10 years ago
1699 ! Well ? ish !

Ottoman Artillery - Hi Guys Not managed to do much painting, too many other things to do in the nice weather, couldn't base anything either, my base supplier got orders mixed ...
10 years ago
The Anglo-Irish War in Miniature

Resep Nasi Kuning Khas Manado - Telah pernahkan Kamu men-coba nasi kuning? Hampir seluruh dari kita pernah men-coba olahan nasi yang satu ini. Bagimana dengan nasi kuning khas Manado? ata...
10 years ago
MiniStories

20mm WW2 - M20, M10 and M8 - There we go again. I had a long break from painting but a trip to Salute and a vist to Normandy in May did the trick this time. I've sort of finished the A...
10 years ago
A Little From Leofwine

MHWC Painting Competition 2015 - Part 1 - How'do Folks, Leofwine here after a long hiatus. As anthropomorphic personality of Milton Hundred Wargames Club I currently find myself out of sorts. It's ...
10 years ago
Captain Richard's Miniature Civil War

Hope everyone is well. Keep creating. - My daddy "Captain Richard" love creating burning or destroyed buildings. This is one of my favorites. He had since dismantled this one as everything was i...
10 years ago
... an inconvenience rightly considered.

Well, well, well... - A Flintloque Battle Report - It has been a long time since my last update, mostly for health reasons. Without giving to much detail, you can imagine things are pretty awful when you ca...
10 years ago
Land War in Asia

Top (TV) Duels - To go with my posts on top one-on-one fights (in films) here's a quick selection from television. *#5* Agents of SHIELD (May vs. Ward) This was a fascinat...
10 years ago
Little Tin Men

The Men of the North - Wow, it's been a REALLY long time since i've posted anything on the blog. A lot has happened since the last post back in October. Besides the usual festivi...
10 years ago
Gjallarhorn

Lion Rampant test game - Angry Highlanders! - We managed to get a quick test game of Lion Rampant played at the first of our monthly 'Friday Night Firefight' at Wayland Games. Chris (the only one t...
10 years ago
Pyrrhus In Italy

I'm Back!!!!!! - Back burner project, have had this on hold for so long now, it really needs finishing off, and with the advent of the new plastics from Victrix, the possib...
10 years ago
Paco fait le zouave !

Bilan 2014, projets 2015 - Et voici l'heure des bilans revenu ! Je sacrifie d'autant plus facilement à cette tradition que cela fait 4 mois que je n'ai pas...
10 years ago
Surf Shack Gaming

[1080p] Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) HD - Vollständige Film Guardians of the Galaxy Film streaming. Download Guardians of the Galaxy Vollständige Film HD Mit Dauer 122 Min Und Veröffentlicht am 20...
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
Wargaming The Great War

Bolt Action WW1 from Osprey - The recent slew of WW1 tanks gave it away but Osprey have just officially announced a publication date for Bolt Action WW1 rules of a year from now. T...
11 years ago
Lenin's Library

Projects Update - August - I don't recommend that you hold your breath for regular updates, but I will try… So, in historical order, this is some of what is on my painting table righ...
11 years ago
Lou's Toy Soldiers

18mm Blue Moon Manufacturing French Foreign Legion - These figures are from codes FFT-106 command, FFT-108 advancing and FFT-109 skirmishing packs, mounted on metal washers.
11 years ago
Tank Girl

Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - *Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - **Lowongan Kerja Terbaru* kali ini akan memberikan informasi *Lowongan Pekerjaan Terbaru* . Lowongan K...
11 years ago
Harper's Weekly

More Photos - Here are a few more photos from the Sharpsburg game. Sharpsburg Starting positions. Burnside's Bridge to the left. Looking up the table from the other end...
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
Yockbo's Boardgame Blog

Last Chance for Victory (MMP) - "7.9 The Best Three Hours..." - Game: Last Chance for Victory (LCV) Publisher: Multiman Publishing (MMP) Series: Line of Battle (LoB) 2.0 Scenario: 7.9 The Best three hours of Fighting Anyw...
11 years ago
View from the Veranda Podcast

Time called on the Veranda - Henry Hyde and I don’t get the opportunity to meet face-to-face very often, so when we do, it’s time to chat about all manner of things. One such opportuni...
11 years ago
Basilhare's Game Blog

Christmas “Domes” for 2013 - A few years ago, I began making these for the special people in my life…sometimes they are purely whimsical and sometimes they have a hidden meaning, speci...
11 years ago
Evesham Wargames Club

Evesham Wargames Club now known as Wyvern Wargamers - Wyvern Wargamers finds a new home on the web....http://wyvernwargamers.org.uk/ After weeks in the planning the Evesham Wargames Club have rebranded and wi...
12 years ago
Jon's wargames minis

Trying out a kickstarter - If you frequent TMP much you'll have noticed that Kick-starters have taken off in a big way the last year or so. Up until now I have quite happily avoid th...
12 years ago
Akula's Blog

Back Again! - Real life has a nasty habit of getting in the way sometimes, and the last six months plus has been busy to say the least, meaning that I haven't been posti...
12 years ago
Project Arnhem

A thing! - I've posted a thing! But it's not here, it's over there.
12 years ago
Metal Mountain

Monmouth 'Sythemen' Unit - Some pics of the Sedgemmor 'sythemen' component of the first rebel unit. I've started the musketeers for this unit but nothing to show yet. As I paint more...
12 years ago
La Figoblogotheque

That is not dead which can eternal lie ... - ... and with strange aeons even death may die. I'm not dead, just working on something else. That "something else" should be released before the end of the...
12 years ago
Tim's Wargaming Stuff

US Airborne, Roads and some Tanks - I haven't posted in a while, how unusual I can hear you all say, well I have been busy. I've managed to get quite a lot done in between games of Bolt Acti...
12 years ago
From Matchlock to Dog Lock

Empress Miniatures ECW cavalry 1 - I already have a lot of Renegade's ECW cavalry but haven't painted anything except a unit of cuirassiers. For the English Civil War this is obviously ...
12 years ago
Two Up, One Back - Bard's WWII Blog

WWII Game with Morschauser Rules - Closing out my week off from work this weekend, I had a solo WWII game today using the modern era rules from Joseph Morschauser's *How to Play Wargames in ...
12 years ago
NDC Weblog

The Last Post - All things must pass, and so it is to be with NDC Blog. ‘Why?’ I hear you wail (with murmurings of ‘big deal’ in the background). Well this blog was origi...
12 years ago
Confessions of a Wargamer

Super Fresh – short film -
12 years ago
Kent's 28mm Painting SYW Project

British - Here's a few pics of some British that i've been working on there are more in the British pages above
12 years ago
The Disgruntled Fusilier

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13 years ago
Johnno's Miniature Projects

Paths of Glory - This months challenge (due Oct 31) was to paint any two units for my ogre kingdoms army. SKIN: I chose Rakarth Flesh for my skin base coat. A wash Drakenh...
13 years ago
Flagstaff Adventures

Something blue, something new… - Hooray! Another batch of miniatures finished. I have added a few figures to the Auckland Volunteer Militia. May favourites are figures of the working party...
13 years ago
Adventures in Dark Age Britain

First Campaign Year - It is a sad day in the Great Halls of the Saxon’s camps. The year will come to an end with little to show for it. The Saxon chieftain has only enough to pa...
13 years ago
Terrain Monkey

More Lead Adventure Brugelburg painted - Couple more finished, really enjoying these figures.
13 years ago
Evilginger Shield Walls clash

- *Dux Brittannarivm Campaign * *Stage one, Laudanum & The Raiders * Now I have the full rules in hand I can I feel start the campaign & say something ...
13 years ago
Surfshack games

Might not be near the sea but there are still barrels to be... - Might not be near the sea but there are still barrels to be found out there.
13 years ago
Confessions of a Lead Junkie...

Still here... - Just an update that I am still around, and will try to get an update here some time soon. Regards, Greg
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
Gebirgskrieg

Garrisoning the Collina Della Formica - *You* probably thought this project was dead and buried. Well, it's still alive. A pair of *Tiroler Kaiserjage*r manning a *Schwarzlose* MMG on an improv...
13 years ago
Black Powder

Models for sale and new book! - I mentioned before that I would be selling most of my collection. After much deliberation, I will be keeping some of it (such as my 15mm ECW project which ...
13 years ago
little legions

stevesblog-yorkie -
13 years ago
Mark's Lead Heroes

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13 years ago
EvilGinger Ramblings

In Reply to Emelio's comment - My reasoning with hose Pistols was thus there seemed to be quite a variety of ways cavalry used fire arms in the period but they seem to boil down two thre...
13 years ago
Soapy's Workshop

Count down to Crossover Part 4: The pitch - So here we are at the end of Countdown but hopefully the beginning of something great: Now whether Crossover comes into being or not is kind of in your ha...
13 years ago
Itty Bitty Battlefields

Nery 1914 game - I hosted my first 1914 game the other day at my store. The game was to represent the action at Nery between British and German Cavalry. The British had one...
14 years ago
For God, England & King Edward.

Running Guns to the Rebels - The *Severn Riverside Wharf Labours Federation (SRWLF) *had been running low on weapons and ammo recent engagements had not gone well, Harry Doyle had arra...
14 years ago
Iron Men and Boundless Land

Napoleon's Old Guard Grenadiers - There are few units in military history that are as esteemed as Napoleon’s Imperial Guard Grenadiers. They were his bodyguard and fierce reserve held ba...
14 years ago
Scott Pasha's Wargames Blog

Boots on the Ground-- a sort of review - from Worthington's BotG page Several months ago I received *Boots on the Ground* which I had pre-ordered from Worthington Games. It is a very rules-light...
14 years ago
Hurry Up And Wait!

Opening Shots OPERATION PARAQUET - I thought that I would just put a couple of shots up of my representation of Captain Brian Young's Task Group 317.9 which was tasked to retake South Geor...
14 years ago
Tunnels in the Mud

Back on the Horse! - Wow! It's been a long time since my last post! The path has largely been cleared for me to share my miniature wargaming exploits, so let's get into it! Ou...
14 years ago
BEF Miniatures

Two shows down - First Partizan and then one nearer to home, just completed in two weeks. Unfortunately either the full time job or space at other shows is restricting me f...
14 years ago
Steve-the-Wargamers Campaign Blog..

The "Waynes Junction campaign".. - I've decided to revive this old campaign diary project blog to record the unfolding of events in a new campaign that DG and I have just started... One of ...
14 years ago
Jon's Military History Page

Malayan Emergency - Ive posted some photos of the time my dad served in the army with the R.A in Malayia in around 1957-58. The ship that took him out to Malayia. Training ...
15 years ago
A Very British Revolution

Workers Militia - Here's a shot of a couple of the workers militia for A Very British Civil War (figures by Musketeer Miniatures) that I varnished this afternoon. I think th...
15 years ago
Craig's War

1914 Battle - Here are a few pics of a small game fought between 1914 Germans and French. The Germans are a mix of the new HaT early war figures and Emhar Fran...
16 years ago
Richard_Hamster

The Stig - Who is the Stig? In this blog post, I think we should take a look at some of the things we know about the Stig, and what this could mean. First though, 10 ...
16 years ago
A la Outrance!

And of course I need to think of artillery... - *Batterie Honneur de l'Artillerie* *Uploaded by musee-artillerie*
16 years ago
THE TOWN OF IMELDA

WEEKEND OF WARGAMING WASHOUT... - I was looking forward to last weekend as i had a GREAT one planned. I had booked Saturday night off work a few weeks back and was planning to travel down s...
17 years ago
19th Century Sudan Wargames Armies 1883-1885

The British Ambassador's Residence in Cairo - * Lord Cromer's Room* I spent a few days in Cairo the other week running a meeting with the Egyptian Government in the British Ambassador's Residence. Thi...
17 years ago
WAR of 1812 Wargaming

Why the WAR OF 1812? - I just received two of the more recent Osprey Men-at Arms books on the War of 1812 in the mail the other day (not really that recent - 1998 and 2000...but...
19 years ago
"The Zone"

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Musketeer Miniatures

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Desperta ferro!

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Wargamer's Odds and Ends

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Wargaming the War of 1812

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O BRIGADEIRO

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Battles in Miniature

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Lenin’s Library

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The Death Guide To Life

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Grimsby Painter

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