The Wargame Shed: December 2019

Blogs I Follow

Dust, Tears & Dice

Lord of the Rings Easterlings. - Hot on the heels of a rare human victory.... just what the forces of Sauron needed..... Some reinforcements. :-( These GW Easterlings were a Christmas gi...
9 minutes ago
Wargame news and terrain

Morgue Miniatures: New 28mm Mouse Adventurers Kickstarter! - Morgue Miniatures: Welcome to the latest Kickstarter from Morgue Miniatures. Following up from our previous successful Kickstarters - Hellions, Fantasy Rac...
3 hours ago
Wargames and Railroads

Cartoon Wednesday -
6 hours ago
Felix's Gaming Pages Blog

Warhammer Dwarfs - These old Warhammer Dwarfs were on display at Warhammer World. Dwarf Miniatures Gallery The post Warhammer Dwarfs appeared first on Felix's Gaming Pages.
9 hours ago
Don't throw a 1

Almansa 1707 - 2mm Dutch - L'Isle Marais' Brigade - Oh how I wish during the War of Spanish Succession, the armies had a splash of colour on their uniforms. Grey, grey, grey and more grey.........Here we...
10 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

No2 Grenadier Battalion von Redeken - With some encouragement from Spanner on the Loose Association of Wargamers forum I've already created a converged Grenadier regiment for my small Hanover...
13 hours ago
Dreispitz - Mike´s miniature wargaming blog

FIW - Battle on snowshoes - A little step to complete the range - *Manufacturer: JohnJenkins Design* *Scale: 1:30* *Hi again,* *today I got a delivery of two missing figures to my collection of JohnJenkinsDesign...
13 hours ago
Kelroy Was Here

98. Space Station Zero - Having seen a play-through on the Lead Adventure Forum about this new game called Space Station Zero, I had to check it out. It's blend of horror, sci-f...
16 hours ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

The Road to Rawnsla - After the Isabelino forces cleared the pass in the previous game the advance on Rawnsla can commence once more. The Carlist forces, to buy more time for th...
1 day ago
KEITH'S WARGAMING BLOG

Things Go Wrong In The Western Desert, 1942 - So, a few weeks ago, I headed over to Roy's full of anticipation for a WW2 game set in the Western Desert. I had been working on my WRG-derived rules - I h...
1 day ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

The Comms Station: The Journey Home (part 3) - The next morning, the situation kind of hit us. Three days home just turned into weeks, on foot, across the wastes. We had maybe three days supplies, d...
1 day ago
PanzerKaput's Painted Review

Test Sprues for the New Plastics for Gangs of Rome Kickstarter - Well I’ve finished playing with the new test Sprue from Warhost’s and Footsore’s Gangs of Rome Kickstarter and they are great. Wargames Atlantic have ...
1 day ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze

Seven Years War in the Czech Republic - Austria v Prussia. Photos by Klára Bartošova
2 days ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

The Gauls at Roll Call - 5 new ADLG match reports - Having wheeled out (*see what I did there..?*) the Assyrians in a 25mm period at last year's Roll Call tournament, this time around I had resolved to di...
2 days ago
Meeples & Miniatures

Operation Market Larden IX – 3rd June 2023 - Saturday 3rd June 2023 saw the ninth gathering of gamers for Operation Market Larden – a gaming day dedicated to having fun gaming with good friends using ...
3 days ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Has IGOUGO had its day? - Has IGOUGO had its day? Is it time for this tried, trusted but a flawed system to step aside for random activation rules systems?
3 days ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

Last Train to Baluchistan, 1980’s Pulp Game - Our most recent game I ran a 5 player 1980s Pulp game centered around a speeding train heading for the Baluchistan border with a hard drive from a downed S...
3 days ago
Adventures In Lead

Gangs of Rome - Butcher and Warehouse - I was delighted to receive a large box of goodies courtesy of Sarissa Precision and Footsore Miniatures earlier this week for my Gangs of Rome project. A...
3 days ago
Herkybirds nest

Galley v Galleon? - Today, we returned to doing Galleys and Galleons at the club, its been a while and we found we had forgotten some rules! - still, they all got ironed ou...
4 days ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Can Interactive-Dynamic Influence Diagrams (I-DID) be helpful for Clarifying Rules? - I came across this interesting concept and thought it should be applied to manual wargames rules (see below, forget the highbrow writing and text - do the ...
4 days ago
Devon Wargames Group

Battle of Mohrungen, 25th January 1807 - Carnage & Glory - Followers of the blog will have seen that David has been very busy building a gorgeous collection of 18mm Napoleonics for the Russo-French conflict in ...
4 days ago
iron mitten

Black Uruk Captain - This giant Black Uruk will lead the new units into battle. He also claims to be the king of Moria... although that is up for debate. His dark flesh is act...
4 days ago
dead lead project

Insert joke about head here - Finished not long after the last guy, is this pair of terrors: Penanggalans are a type of Asian vampire wherein as far as I have gathered they soak in a ...
4 days ago
Wargaming Girl

Wednesday Workbench 31 May 2023 (aka 27 Days Later) - Oh dear. It seems that I dropped away from posting for much longer than I should have done. Sorry about that. I haven't picked up a paint brush since fi...
6 days ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

15mm French Guard Cavalry - My favorite rules for tactical Napoleonics are "General de Brigade" by Dave Brown. They have enough chewiness to satisfy me while still moving quickly.They...
1 week ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

Up in the air - the prequel - Richard took us back to 1916, with some older and more awkward planes. We had seven players, three Germans and four Brits, with four in the room and thr...
1 week ago
Storm and Conquest!

Napoleonic French Mamelukes of the guard wip 2 - Underway with the painting of my band, a lot more to go on the 12 figures. The miniatures are from Gringo 40s, Another week at least before they get to ...
1 week ago
Olicanalad's Games

Mid War Spanish Additions (cont. 15) - Garrochistas and more commanders - First up, a few posts ago, I mentioned that I had two more command stands left in the lead pile but, looking into my bits and pieces box, I found two mor...
1 week ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Historicon Pre-registration Info for Khartoum! The War Game - *The Battle of Abu Klea* Historicon will be releasing the Preliminary Events List ("PEL") later this week and I now have the time slots and event sign ...
1 week ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

It happens a lot......Muscovites!! - I was sitting here one day admiring my Ottomans. I do that a lot.Then, as is my wont- I started admiring my Renaissance Poles. I do that a lot too.Then......
1 week ago
The Blog With No Name

Hougoumont Diorama - This piece is currently available for 100 pound collected or 120 within 40 miles. Please contact via email on the link attached or other channels that yo...
1 week ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

KulbaCon 2023 - KublaCon has come and gone. I've just returned and unpacked. I headed out on Thursday at lunch with Dan Kerrick. We got checked in and went straight to ...
1 week ago
Joe's Delaware Area WarGamerS (DAWGS)

Cavalry Prep - French Hussars and Austrian Dragoons - I purchased the Cavalry set from Revell which is actually Seven Years War Prussian Hussars and Austrian Dragoons. I soaked the figures overnight in Dawn...
1 week ago
Steve's Paintingshed

New Napoleonic Rules - As mentioned I have put up a page on the blog with the new version of my napoleonic rules (Napoleonic Squares v2), which I tested out at Partizan last we...
1 week ago
A Wargaming Gallimaufry

Star Wars Miniature Starship Battles - A bit of a blast from the past last week with a game of Star Wars Miniatures Starships Battles. These rules came out way back in 2006 (*in my head that'...
1 week ago
View from the Duck Pond

Hunting for the perfect T-26 tank - Spoiler alert It does not exist. I ranted in a previous post about the readily available T-26 models. This time I decided to rant on video. More wailing...
1 week ago
Blood, Fire and Death

Paimon Miniatures Chaos Dwarves - It's official. I am now a miniatures company. After long years of plotting, planning and general mucking about, my first commercially available figures are...
1 week ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

Painting Styles: A Thirty Year Journey - This week a new unit was mustered into my 18th Century Russian army, and a suitable parade was organized. The First Grenadier Regiment’s new banners (fla...
1 week ago
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog

A tale of seven suppliers - So, I've been doing a bit of shopping of late, because... reasons, to follow in another post (or actually, probably podcast!). Various items, from seven ...
1 week ago
Unlucky General

TYRANNY of DISTANCE - Wargaming in Australia is an expensive hobby – far more expensive than for hobbyists in the UK, the US or just about anywhere for that matter. For New Ze...
2 weeks ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

What a Cowboy! A First Take - Never say never... when Too Fat Lardies announced the publication of a new set of rules to play with cowboys, my inner historical wargamer soul said: "B...
2 weeks ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

Partizan Wargaming Show - 21 May 2023 - This is a rarity for me, a write up after a wargaming show. Well, I made my first visit to the Partizan wargaming show yesterday with Ian, my regular wa...
2 weeks ago
2 Hour Blog

5150 New Beginnings Bat Rep -Where Is She? Part 2 - Part One Billy found the girl he was hired to Escort. She was working as a Hostess at a restaurant in Middleton. Now he has to bring her back to the Mover....
2 weeks ago
Delta Vector

LoTR, Samurai & Tanks - Not simultaneously though. But is is a cool idea for a setting... be right back... Due to reading my 7-year-old Lord of The Rings (just finished RoTK, w...
2 weeks ago
Sapper Joe's Wargaming & Toys

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

4-11 Klarmont - The sweet smell of being crushed by predatory plants - Broneslav leaves the room he was in and heads back to the corridor with the sweet smell coming from it. The smell gets stronger as he goes down the corr...
2 weeks ago
Saxon Dog

Update on the SYW - If you have been following this blog you will know that I'm working towards playing a small scenario using the 'Honours of War' rules. here are some pic...
2 weeks ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

My (Semi) Historical Late 19th Century Indian Army (Part One) - *Yep. My games have a bit of Hollywood flair to them!* *As I have mentioned before, I'm a big Dave Mersey fan and my choice for gaming Colonial conflict...
2 weeks ago
Tarleton's Quarter

Navarre Infantry - 1st battalion - This is the third unit of Carlist infantry I painted towards the end of 2020 (I was determined to erase my Carlist War lead-pile). I assigned it to Nav...
3 weeks ago
The Warbard

Back To Gaslands - We played a lot of Gaslands in 2020/2021 when COVID restrictions meant we couldn’t game in person, because Gaslands is fairly simple to organize over webca...
3 weeks ago
One man and his brushes.

Gaming - Nam - Martin and I managed to get another couple of games in today that did a bit of scenario play testing. A village search , and a landing zone with a seek ...
3 weeks ago
Wargamingnz

Refight of the Battle of Sarakamis December 1914 - The Great War in the Caucasus is something we don't read too much about, nor do we as 'gamers undertake too much from that theatre. The Turkish foray int...
3 weeks ago
Baron's Blog

May the Fourth Extravaganza! - Saturday we had a 3 game StarWars May the Fourth celebration. The festivities began with a jetbike race around Covid Prime. Dirty tricks were played,...
4 weeks ago
DRESSING THE LINES

New blog for my art - Now that I have prints for sale from some of my paintings, I thought it was high time I split my blog into two. This one will remain my wargaming blog, but...
4 weeks ago
The Wargames Table

Happy Star Wars Day - Normal posting to resume shortly, all being well. In the meantime…
4 weeks ago
Cor blog me!

Thalassa and Dystopian Fleets - For our session in April we did a naval double-bill, starting with Thalassa, a free set of wargame rules that came with Wargames Illustrated #421. When ...
4 weeks ago
the Man Cave

April Hobby Wrap Up: Black Templars - During the recent AHPC 13 I got into some more of my slow grow Black Templars force but forgot to post them here. While I was in the zone I kept going an...
5 weeks ago
Cigar Box Heroes

Battle of Saalfeld 1806 - *We played Valour & Fortitude in 28mm this weekend. I ran the rules and my friend Doug played the Prussians & Saxons and Titch played the French. * *Th...
5 weeks ago
Andy's Wargaming Blog

Wiglaf Miniatures Unarmoured Anglo-Saxons and Skirmishers - Real life got in the way a bit lately but here is the latest batch of Wiglaf 18mm Angles from Edwin's retinue in the army of Raedwald of East Anglia. ...
5 weeks ago
much ado about nothing

AWI: painting mojo has returned - Over the last few weeks, I've been riding a wave of painting enthusiasm (always best for me to go with it when it comes). The unfortunate part was this ...
1 month ago
Shed Wars

Some very exciting news!! - Good Morning All Delighted to announce some very exciting news today. As of this morning *the Shed Wars Experience* is live. What do I hear you ask is *...
1 month ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

A slightly disappointing vist to Salute... - I was very excited to go to Salute again today as the last one I attended was, thanks to the Chinese, four years ago. I hadn't even been on the London ...
1 month ago
Analogue Hobbies

10mm Empire Hellblaster Volley Guns and Swordsmen - I took a short break from the blog after the hurly burly of this winter's Painting Challenge. Nevertheless I've not been a complete laggard, beavering aw...
1 month ago
MAIWAND DAY

CAMERONE 160th Anniversary game Sat 5/21 @ Sand Wars 2023 in Mesa, AZ - Hard to believe it's been more than a year since the last time I posted here. I'm pretty sure that's the longest stretch since I started this blog back ...
1 month ago
A J's Wargames Table

Brothers in Arms: Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry - I'm on a bit of a Second World War kick at the moment. After quickly finishing the book covering the Madagascar campaign I found our local library has th...
2 months ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

Sticking to the Dutch 3D Print theme... - Just as the title says, today I'm sticking to the Dutch 3D printing theme. As part of an ongoing, soon (I hope) to be revealed project, I needed a coup...
2 months ago
Quindia Studios

King of Buccaneers - So this was an epic undertaking. When Barry first unveiled the 4Play scenario pack concept, he invited me to join in. While I had a pile of ideas, I qui...
2 months ago
Din of Battle

Siege of Augusta 2023 - Siege of Augusta We really had a wonderful time at Siege of Augusta this year in Augusta, GA. I arrived with my new gaming fellows from the Wilmington, NC ...
2 months ago
Crac des Chevaliers

28mm US Paratroopers - 28mm US Paratroopers painted here in the M1942 jump uniform. A mix of Warlord Games and Artizan Designs figures, all metals. The 101st Divisional marking...
3 months ago
Dalauppror

Building - Built me a Mordheim inspired ruined house.
3 months ago
Drunken Samurai Painting Blog

Jordanian M47 Patton Tanks - My first Finish it February project is done. These are some 3D printed M47 Patton tanks for my FoaN Jordanian army. My friend, Tom, printed these for ...
3 months ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

QUATRE BRAS in 28mm - Well, you may think I have been quiet on the hobby front with no posts on this blog for over 9 months but you would be wrong. I have been busy working ...
3 months ago
The Emperors Blog

My new Barbarian Army. - From Foundry Huns, Franks and Saxons ranges, all 28mm
3 months ago
Ilkley Old School

Prussians Garde - Well it's been over a year since I have done any painting on my classic Napoleonics. So this morning I dug out some figures and got them ready to go. I ...
4 months ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

The World War II Rules Mission Statement - *Seven years ago, I attempted to write my "mission statement" for gaming and what I wanted to get out of my tabletop games, specifically Horse & Musket era...
4 months ago
Einar Olafson Painting

Tenoch/Slann forced labour party - Tenoch Enhanced Warriors, or slaves for my Slann. Unfortunate neighbours or prisoners of war, they do the dirty work for their overlords.
4 months ago
One of My Men Became Restless

25/28mm Old Glory - 1812 French Voltigeur Company Command Elements - Big progress on this 1812 campaign game I'm building. It starts with an improbably full strength voltigeur company ~120 figures and begins in October aft...
4 months ago
Roundwood's World

The Disciples and Acolytes of "The Celestial Path" - ******** The monk, Makoto, looked at both Lord and Lady Fuchida. Makotos's company of poor ronin, former retainers and impoverished tradesmen had been t...
4 months 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...
4 months ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

HAPPY NEW YEAR - *Wishing everybody a happy and prosperous 2023.* *Best wishes for the coming year.*
5 months ago
SquadPainter

Bicorne English Civil War Cavalry using Base–Wash–Highlight - My Pikeman's Lament forces lean heavily toward infantry so far. I decided to remedy that with some splendid cavalry from Bicorne's 28mm line. My first de...
5 months ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

Review: The Wargaming Compendium by Henry Hyde - I have started experimenting with YouTube a little, mainly because it offers the chance to record something short and to the point without too much prep....
5 months ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

Craters! - Having made it to the Christmas holidays, I was keen to try and share what limited progress has been made on my Soviet Army since the summer. Without go...
5 months ago
Scrivsland

Halloween Candle Jacks - It's been over two and a half month since I last posted anything and what with the house move and everything the painting mojo has been low and the ti...
7 months ago
The Camlachie Wolfe

Return of the Mack!!! - Hi Bloggers I have recently been listening to Ken at Yarkshire gamers podcast and it had me pining for my old Camlachie Wolfe blog. I neglected the blo...
7 months 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...
8 months ago
Doc's 'Art' of War

More Recovery Capers - The last lot of post Covid recovery capers has now been superseded by yet another another bout of health-related recovery consisting of mini-painting the...
9 months ago
Lead Warrior

First Post in Over a Year - Many of you will know that my wife died last September and my interest in maintaining the blog waned. Two things have really helped me in coping. One i...
10 months ago
The Anderson Collection

Aztecs - The book Eagle Knight warriors Conquistadors All painted by DJ These figures are a cross over from the Malta collection. Still a fair bit of this to see.
10 months ago
Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil

Another Gendarme Unit. - Recovering from a bit of a post Covid wobble I have finally picked up a paintbrush to complete these chaps. Yes ANOTHER gendarme unit, albeit Burgundian ...
11 months ago
18th Century Sojourn

A Chinese Village - Hot on the heels of my last construction project (a medieval village), I began the construction of another, this time a Chinese village. Of the 146 DBA a...
1 year ago
Adventures In Miniature Gaming

Blackstone Fortress - 2nd Expedition - Rogue Trader Janus Draik, Imperial Navigator Espern Locarno, Eldar ranger Amallyn Shadowguide, and Kroot tracker Dahyak Grekh unite to once again enter the...
1 year ago
Interbellum

Wargaming the interwar period - *CROSSPOSTED FROM WARGAMING MISCELLANY* This year’s VCOW (Virtual Conference of Wargamers) took place over the weekend, and I was able to take part in se...
1 year ago
DROPSHIP HORIZON

Ion Age 15mm new Hazelwurm and Colabreta Lifter vehicles released! - The Khanate break out from the Belkan expanse saw an ever increasing mass of aliens boiling towards the capital city of Camarthan Prime. While the bulk ...
1 year ago
SmallScaleOperations - 20mm Wargaming

Bretonnians for Age Of Sigmar -
1 year ago
A-Historical Wargaming

Cardstock Campaign - Second Interlude - Totally, 100% fazed by what happened to my precious trio of heroes, I rolled up a whole new party of characters. Led by a commandingly capable halfling,...
1 year ago
Wargame History

FOB 3rd Game in July - British approach in two commands. The time had come to playtest FOB 3rd before taking it to the club. The game was set up as a French vs. British battl...
1 year ago
Maverick Models

WATERSLIDE DECALS FINALLY HERE - Hello to all, after much research, and buying 2 different printers, I can now do Waterslide decals.. I have started off with WWII, of which both German...
1 year 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.
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

Hessian Jagers - I keep finding little bits of American War of Independence projects hidden in interesting places. these guys were on bases, primed or partially painted, in...
2 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...
2 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...
2 years ago
Paco fait le zouave !

1870 : L'Artillerie - A l'occasion des premières photos de la future artillerie française de Perry Miniatures, je fais un petit point sur l'artillerie française en 1870. Il...
2 years ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario - Battle of the Falklands A Full Thrust Scenario by Phil Broeders *Authors notes* This scenario is based on the The Battle of the Falkland Islands, ...
2 years ago
With Zeal and With Bayonets Only

Stone house - The Stone House, Manassas National Battlefield Park. Model by Timecast, painted by my friend, Michal. It's hard to belive, but this is 10mm scale model ...
2 years ago
Winter of '79

Terrain & Tokens - A small parcel of OO scatter terrain purchased on eBay arrived this morning from Pete at *Model Railway Scenes*. The casting/printing is impressive. ver...
2 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...
2 years ago
Horse and Musket

Deperdussin TT -
2 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...
2 years ago
Raglan's English Civil War

Japanese Buddhist Monks -
2 years ago
GREG'S WARGAMING BLOG

New Battle Mat - Purchased an Olive Green fleece blanket the other day. Perfect battle mat. Pin\Shock Marker placed on it to show how the ground cover matches the mat.
2 years ago
Rebel Barracks

Oosterbeek 1944 - The other day the lads got together for a small Chain of Command game. We took the scenario from Wargames Soldiers and Strategy 107. An SS German force was...
2 years ago
Project Auldearn 1645

Wargaming Montrose's Campaign (1644-45) - Montrose’s 1644-45 campaign offers plenty of scope for the war-gamer. The numbers in the forces involved are fairly small, the battles varied in scope and ...
2 years ago
Operation: Wargaming!

Working on United Empire Miniature's 1/6 Scale bust of Plato - I've started work on a 1/6 scale bust of Plato by United Empire Miniatures. I've been using acrylics for this project. I think the eyes and skin tones tu...
3 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...
3 years ago
Wargamer Blue

15mm Canadian Platoon -
3 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 ...
3 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 ...
3 years ago
The Angry Lurker

15mm Battered Markers for Dragon Rampant...... - *........and some ladders!* *The gravestones are leftovers and MDF from Blotz, these are used to signify a unit in distress marker for the rules, rather t...
3 years ago
Irish Army of James II and other things

More Empress Vietnam painted with contrast paints - other than the skin and the highlights on the black painted with citadel contrast paints
3 years ago
Baconfat Log

Saxons, Robots, Romans, Survivors, Dogmeat, Junk, and More - Happy Sunday Distinguished Viewer, I've recently finished painting 33 more little guys. There's recently been no rhyme or reason behind any of the ...
3 years ago
Andy Ihnatko's Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)

The Day After - “I smell smoke” is the worst First Thought Upon Waking. Close behind it (for me, at least) is “I recall having a Clever Idea at about 2 AM last night and t...
3 years ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

US Infantry speed painting - Sort of painted this platoon by accident. Started it a few weeks ago while messing around with contrast paints on the light green kit.
3 years ago
'Victory V'

The Hottest War & Peace Festival Ever ! - Probably the most impressive and unusual 'kit' at this years War & Peace extravaganza was this superb Marder 111. This was very interesting to see close...
3 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...
3 years ago
Monsieur le Rosbif & Johnny Frog

A Tale of Two Battles - Part the Second - After the battle recorded in the previous post, I felt I had unfinished business with Paul and his Russians, so I challenged him to a game the followin...
3 years ago
Kevin's Miniatures & Hobby Table

40K Terrain Bits and Pieces - While I have not posted much so far this year, there have been plenty of projects underway on the hobby table. The biggest driver has been our group's 40K...
4 years ago
Anything but a One

Another big (well small)gun - I continue with my alien 15mm army of Snakemen (Astragar). Just a few figures painted. The are of course 15mm CRITICAL MASS Games. Yes I do have some more...
4 years ago
Platoon Fire

A Nation Sundered Part the Fourth; The secret of the shattered City - * Lord Edwin Dufflecoat pondered the wreckage before him. Clearly it had once been a house, possibly quite a grand one to judge from the stonework...
4 years ago
Itinerant Hobbyist

The Blog has moved... - Blogger is becoming more difficult for me to update via mobile, so I moved over to Wordpress to find a more mobile friendly home. Please come check it out ...
4 years ago
Glory Eagles de l'Empereur!

[Review] Baccus 6mm Punic Wars Range - Another review, this time of my latest batch of figures (a present from my wife) which arrived this week. After being impressed by the new Age of Hannibal ...
4 years ago
Ubique

Battle Ravens Preview - PSC games - Battle Ravens is a brand new boardgame created by Dan Mersey and produced by the Plastic Soldier Company (http://www.pscgames.co.uk/). Apologies to both as...
4 years ago
Morts 1938 Scrapbook

Battle of the Cokers - I'm putting on a Sunday game at the end of October set in my South Somerset campaign. The game will start with all the players having fought for up to 24 h...
4 years ago
Cold War Gamer

Review Book - Red Armour an Examination of the Soviet Mobile Force Concept, R Simpkin, 1984 - So this was the summer reading, all part of a project called Deep Battle that I have yet to really start writing about or indeed executing but have bee...
4 years ago
20th Century Wargames

Boarding Parties - A couple of stands to represent RN boarding parties or sailors with small-arms put ashore For CD3 the count as 'other' so of limited use, expecting spec...
4 years ago
Kriegsbuch

The Swedish Army in the battle of Wittstock 1636 - *Commander in Chief: Fieldmarshal Johan Baner* *The Artillery:* The sources have very little to say about the number of guns present at Wittstock, ex...
4 years ago
Do You Have A Flag?

The French Fleet at Cherbourg 1904 - My last post was a look at the Battle of Cherbourg game that we played a few weeks ago, I thought I'd take a look at the French fleet with this one. Myse...
4 years ago
Wargaming Buildings

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4 years ago
Castle by Moonlight

Best in Show... - Our little local convention, ShepparCon, entered its second year this year and it turned out to be a fantastic weekend of great games and more importantly,...
4 years ago
Threwdish Ways

Turkemen, part 1 - The first post regarding some of my Half-Continent hobby work in a long time can be found here < link
4 years ago
15mm paint shack

Greek Light Cavalry Final Victrix review finished painted -
4 years ago
Flags of War

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 o...
5 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.
5 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.
5 years ago
Wargaming the Zulu War

Perry Miniatures plastic Zulus: Part 1 - I have a lot of unpainted Zulus but none of them are really satisfactory. Empress' British metals are marvellous but their Zulus are small, anatomicall...
5 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...
5 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'...
5 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...
5 years ago
Unboxed: The Board Game Blog

Game Night Reviews: Mysterium - Continuing our adventures into the world of Cooperative gaming the next game I introduced to my fledgling group of non-gamers was Mysterium. Mysterium tak...
5 years ago
20mm Nostalgic Revival

More Farming stuff - Had these for a few weeks off Ebay , reminds me, must get outside and do some weeding!!! Also got me hands on from a German pal nearly a complete collectio...
5 years ago
Evilginger Shield Walls clash

The Resurrection - After leaving this blog alone, for dear god has it really been five years, I have returned to it largely because I have taken up the brush to earn my livin...
5 years ago
Johnno's Miniature Projects

- So here they are! In all their glory! 20 Infantry and a standard bearer, leader and Lewis gunner for the HQ element. I picked up a 2nd banner bearer off of...
5 years ago
Watching the Paint dry

19 part 2.... As I missed 18 out - Hobby News ... No games this week, 4 sleeps til LARPCommission Painting .... Started 27 Norman knights for Simon Millerown Painting... Base painted some gl...
6 years ago
Hardtack and Coffee

Additional Blue Regiment Units - Here are the last units for the Blue Regiment. One unit of elite commanded shot and two units of gallopers.
6 years ago
Herefordshire 1938

Spoiling a Good Walk – Golfing VBCW-style! - *Sir Alan McGuffin and the Committee of the Hereford Golf Club (which is neither Royal nor Ancient) welcome you to the County Cup Charity Challenge and w...
6 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...
6 years ago
Gjallarhorn

Blood Eagle - First Warband. - Pointed up the first warband for Blood Eagle. A pretty simple process but each individual needs to be thought about and the figure looked at. Meet the s...
6 years ago
Plastic Warriors

Stalingrad Pt5: Combined Ops - After a seemingly refreshing break from the bloggasphere, Stalingrad is back! While the previous games had been some classic infantry attacks, we noted ...
6 years ago
Monty's War Gaming

Chivalry - Medieval Warfare PS4 - I am very conscious of my continued sporadic posts of late and that my much heralded return has fallen somewhat flat. However, here I am and I thought I'd s...
6 years ago
A Conflict of Interests

Happy New Year! - Hello everyone! Despite what some of you might have suspected I've not fallen off the face of the earth, but rather taken a break from the hobby. Since lat...
6 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 ...
6 years ago
Captain Richard's Miniature Civil War

Macro shots of the Undead Pirates and a Zombie? Creepy! - It was amazing to see the detail through the lens.... Captain Richa...
6 years ago
WARGAMING THE AGE OF WARS

- My Takeda clan still continues to grow. Not decided on a rule set as of yet, just enjoying the painting :)
6 years ago
Land War in Asia

Sky Pirates of Venus - Teaser - Sky Pirates have been the scourge of the Worm Empire of Venus for years, and the Great Worm has had enough! He sends a team of four crack worm commandos to...
7 years ago
From Matchlock to Dog Lock

The Sealed Knot in Mayfair 1970 - Here from the October 1970 issue of *Mayfair *magazine is an article on the, then, relatively new English Civil War re-enactment society The Sealed Knot. ...
7 years ago
Lou's Toy Soldiers

Thank you Tabletop Commanders - I painted most of this lot and then some, over the past few weeks while listening to the Tabletop Commanders "paint and chat" sessions. Thank you gentlemen!
7 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...
7 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...
7 years ago
Miniatures & Terrain

How to make: Saxon Huts - Hi Chaps, Hope you are all well. These past few days, I've been working on some new projects, for a new game, that I think you already know, it is called...
7 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 ...
7 years ago
Regeln des Krieges

Napoleonic units : Taking Stock - A few (bad) photos of my Napoleonic figures. I came across a great set of old school rules called 'Muskets & Marshals' which upon reading took me right bac...
7 years ago
Little Tin Men

New CoC Campaign - Operation Martlet - Hi All, Just a quick update this time. Rich has been madly researching away and has released the latest in his series of ridiculously low-priced 'Pint Size...
7 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 ...
7 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...
7 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...
7 years ago
1699 ! Well ? ish !

Dukes Soldiers - Hi These are the first of the Dukes troops for his flying column, they are Newline figures from their late colonial range, again all 20mm, I need some supp...
7 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...
7 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...
7 years ago
MiniStories

20mm WW2 - US M3A1 halftracks - Well, these took me a while to finish. They were 90% done in Januari and I've been staring at them on my workbench since. Until last month... I finally h...
7 years ago
The Anglo-Irish War in Miniature

Resep mie titi lezat - Resep Mie Titi Mie Kering Makassar, kita harus bangga sebab Indonesia ialah bangsa yang terdiri dari banyak suku dan juga ras yang berlainan. Perbedaan beg...
7 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 ...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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, ...
8 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. Th...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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 ....
8 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...
9 years ago
SYW6mm

The First French Regulars for the FIW - I’ve just finished up my first French regulars for FIW gaming. I have been wanting to game the Battle on Snowshoes for quite some time and many of the com...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
Project Arnhem

A thing! - I've posted a thing! But it's not here, it's over there.
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
10 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...
10 years ago
Confessions of a Wargamer

Super Fresh – short film -
10 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
10 years ago
The Disgruntled Fusilier

disgruntledfusilier -
10 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...
10 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...
10 years ago
Terrain Monkey

More Lead Adventure Brugelburg painted - Couple more finished, really enjoying these figures.
10 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.
10 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
10 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...
11 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...
11 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 ...
11 years ago
little legions

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

marksleadheroes -
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
Spartan Wargames Armies

Some more plastic hoplites - *The three legged symbol is that of the Alcmaeonid clan* I have just finished four more Immortal Miniatures plastic hoplites which, as usual, were prett...
11 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...
11 years ago
Scott Pasha's Wargames Blog

Boots on the Ground-- a sort of review - from Worthington's BotG pageSeveral months ago I received *Boots on the Ground* which I had pre-ordered from Worthington Games. It is a very rules-light g...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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 ...
12 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 ...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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 ...
14 years ago
A la Outrance!

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

WHIRLWIND HITS IMELDA! - Whirlwind Milly hit the town of Imelda last night, a quick but deadly assault which took out the water tower and the backyard of "the spirit of the times" ...
14 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. This...
15 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...
17 years ago
O BRIGADEIRO

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Lenin’s Library

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Wargaming the War of 1812

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Battles in Miniature

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"The Zone"

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Wargamer's Odds and Ends

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The Death Guide To Life

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Musketeer Miniatures

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Grimsby Painter

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Desperta ferro!

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