The Wargame Shed: December 2019

Blogs I Follow

Wars of Louis Quatorze

Khurasan 15mm Militia/Monmouth types - The 15mm late 17th century range by Khurasan Miniatures continues to expand. Next to be released will be Karl XI Swedes, but here’s a sneak preview of A...
2 hours ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

The Elizabethan Zombie Chronicles #3 - The Batlle of Barnford - Having regrouped after the attack on the camp the Spanish under Captains Fanez and Cabanellas marched towards the Hamlet of Barnford, they had to clear the...
4 hours ago
Crac des Chevaliers

Team Yankee Chieftains - 15mm Team Yankee Chieftain by Battlefront. An HQ and two troop with Stillbrew armour, plus a third troop with normal Chieftains. 7x Sillbrew Chieftains ...
4 hours ago
Thomo's Hole

Armies of Celtic Europe — 700 BC – AD 106 by Gabriele Esposito — Review - This particular book is a follow on from Gabriele Esposito’s previous books in the Armies of the Past series, Armies of the Late Roman Empire AD 284 to 476...
6 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

The Sands of the Desert... - ...are red with blood, etc. In other words, a return to the Sudan War, pitting the Barmy Bykli against Robinson Pasha. First off, an overview of the table,...
7 hours ago
Don't throw a 1

Cavalier 2020 - The Rejects on Tour - Postie, Lee and myself all visited Tonbridge on Sunday for our annual trip to Cavalier Wargame Show. Don't know if was me but numbers did look down on la...
8 hours ago
Baron's Blog

Fistful of Lead: Big Battles play test- 15mm ACW - Not often I get some wargaming in with the Boy, so when he announced he had Sunday afternoon off, we jumped at the chance to get another play test in for ...
9 hours ago
John's Toy Soldiers

Hellenistic Ersatz Legionaries - Hellenistic 'Legionary' Infantry At a parade in 166BC, Polybius refers to a 5,000 man unit of Seleucid infantry as armed 'like Romans'. The question is h...
10 hours ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Cavalier 2020 photo report - It was a case of Déjà vu for me yesterday when I drove through Tonebridge towards the Cavalier show. I've been on holiday on the south coast and due to roa...
10 hours ago
Military History Blog on the Web

USS Laub (DD-263) - USS *Laub *(DD-263) was a Clemson class destroyer that went to Britain under the terms of the Destroyers for Bases deal and became HMS *Burwell*.
13 hours ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Brexit and GMT Shipping: Consequences for Shipping Games from America - To quote from their last email newsletter: *"A Brexit Update (Updated Feb. 20). *As I mentioned last month, now that Brexit is a reality, we are modifying...
17 hours ago
Felix's Gaming Pages Blog

Fantasy Gaming Table - This is a lovely fantasy gaming table making use of 4Ground buildings. They also had a winter type game in progress as well. As seen at Firestorm Games i...
21 hours ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

28mm Revanche Strike Team - A Revanche Kill Team arrives to its target. This team Alpha, we are moving in on target- Sensors are jammed, but we suspected they would be Enter into ...
23 hours ago
iron mitten

Wolf Army - Tonight has been a night of basing and trying to finish old projects. This is half of the Wolf/Warg army and it has sat on my work shelf for long enough, ...
1 day ago
A Wargaming Gallimaufry

A flurry of painting! - It's been a couple of weeks since my last post but it's been a remarkably productive spell. I'm really slow at painting usually but somehow seem to have...
1 day ago
Analogue Hobbies

The Great Siege of Malta: Azab Militia and Supporting Archers - Continuing along with my Great Siege of Malta project, here are some Azab infantry supported by a few North African archers. The Azabs, or 'the bachelors...
1 day ago
Steve's Paintingshed

AWI 4th New York, 1777 (Saratoga) - This weekend I’ve completed the 4th New York Continental regiment for Saratoga (1777). Figures are a mix of Perry plastics and metals with a few Foundry fi...
1 day ago
Wargame news and terrain

Alternative Armies: Kitoka Villagers New Pack Released In The Kitton Range - Alternative Armies: Alternative Armies last news and release for February is a new pack for Kitton! Four 28mm scale Catfolk Villagers to add to the Ronin a...
1 day ago
Scrivsland

Hundred Years War: French (21) - Even though February has not been as productive as January I'm still cracking on nicely at a fair rate, mainly with the inspiration from being a part of ...
1 day ago
Devon Wargames Group

Teutons and The Battle of the Snowman - Hail Caesar - Battles in snow clad terrain tend to be rather eye-catching affairs especially in periods of yore when gaily coloured forces often as not lined up to fac...
1 day ago
Wargaming Girl

AHPC X Day 65 - Sixteenth Entry - Doyle's Dockers - It appears that my sixteenth entry got posted late last night: [link] Just the four figures, but I needed a bit more palette cleansing between batches of ...
1 day ago
PanzerKaput's Painted Review

My Journey Into VBCW, Art and All Part Twenty Five - Some of the early battles and campaigns *The Kent Campaign* Mosley’s British Union of Fascist forces attempted to march on the head-quarters of the Anglica...
1 day ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

Classic Warhammer: The Empire, Part 2 - * The Grand Duke!* I was going to do another Empire contingent using GW figures until the prices got prohibitively expensive for me and the change to Age...
1 day ago
The Blog With No Name

CGS Miniatures Polish Lancer WIP - I started this bust about two weeks ago, still got a fair bit left to do but happy with the progress so far. The bust is by CGS Military Figures and depict...
2 days ago
A J's Wargames Table

SMSs Roon and Yorck join the fleet. - *War looms on the horizon as SMSs Roon and Yorck sail a sunlit North Sea en-route to join the fleet.* *Station keeping needs a bit of work.* Making these t...
2 days ago
KEITH'S WARGAMING BLOG

Bataille Empire - A review of the latest big rules thing in Napoleonic wargaming from someone who hasn't played them might seem a bit problematic. But this book interested m...
2 days ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

Bringing home the bacon. - Well I'm not sure where the half term break has gone? It has been lovely to spend time with the Saintly Mrs. Awdry, but here I am contemplating the retur...
2 days ago
Wargamingnz

Les Guerillas.. Spain 1809 - Four bodies swung from gibbets as if the hot Spanish wind had rocked them to sleep, whistling its sweet lullaby through the branches of the nearby trees....
2 days ago
Olicanalad's Games

Soor point - A War of Austrian Succession Battle - A recent Crusades battle set up for To the StrongestHaving played a WW2 Western Desert over a three week span, plus four weeks gaming battles from the Cru...
3 days ago
Meeples & Miniatures

Review: Painting Wargames Figures – Early Imperial Romans - Having recently played the forthcoming ‘Infamy, Infamy!‘ rules from Too Fat Lardies, it seems an opportune moment to take a look at a book which gives a de...
3 days ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

New Mohawk Indian Figures From Fife & Drum Miniatures - Some of the new Fife and Drum Miniatures Mohawk Indians Fife and Drum Miniatures is adding 14 new Mohawk Indian figures as part of its AWI Saratoga figur...
4 days ago
much ado about nothing

War of 1812: The Fox Inn - While at Fall In! 2019, Michael and I came upon the Things From the Basement booth. This small operation started out with a FaceBook page and I had greatly...
4 days ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

ACW Scenario: Siege of Vicksburg, 1863 - Here is my official write up for my Vicksburg game. I have a small supplement for This Hallowed Ground I'll be publishing that covers the Ironclad rules. ...
4 days ago
Wargaming Addict

The Battle of New Market 1864 - This week's game saw us play the another scenario from the 'Glory Hallelujah!' supplement, namely the Battle of New Market. It seemed a nice size for a mid...
4 days ago
One man and his brushes.

Normandy 44 - The tank top up! - Part 2 of the 15mm painting plan seeing the factories of Detroit filling up the ranks of the US army in Normandy and beyond , M4 Shermans. - most of these ...
4 days ago
The Wargames Table

Desert British So Far - I’ve had a few requests to show the British Desert War collection so far. So, “meet the gang, coz the boys are here, the boys to entertain you ...” 🎶😉 (...
4 days ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

Soviet Intervention! (African Imagi-Nations) - The President stood, looking out of his office window, shortly after receiving the good news about the latest battle with the Uwandan dogs. He stared out ...
5 days ago
Wargames and Railroads

Cartoon Wednesday -
5 days ago
the Man Cave

AHPC X - Warped Wiggles - Anyone who has parented in the last 20-30 years is probably aware of the Wiggles. Starting life as a conventional band called The Cockroaches, they convert...
5 days ago
Herkybirds nest

Pattons of glory!? - Last Saturday, we had a trio of games of What a Tanker, using my Arab - Israeli wars variant rules. Lawrence was off this week on family business (as I will...
1 week ago
Lonely Gamers

Another Battle During the Dutch Wars of Independence - 1598 - Last Sunday the lads at the club played a fantastic Pike & Shot game based on the Dutch/Spanish 80YW, however focused on the transition period of the Dut...
1 week ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

End Game At Rahnstadt - Dave came over today for the last game in our mini campaign using Battlegroup, Fall Of The Reich, the assault on Rahnstadt itself. Due to their run of succ...
1 week ago
Ilkley Old School

Action dans la vallée de Plattville - South West France in 1814 the British and French are locked in combat. With each side manoeuvring for an opening the important of the pass through the Vall...
1 week ago
Storm and Conquest!

Gaullic Oppidum Moulay - Very close to our Maison is one of the ten largest Oppida, walled Gallic cities in France and the largest so far located. I thought I would share a few pho...
1 week ago
The Warbard

Tiny Ships: A Game of Coastal Patrol - As mentioned last weekend after our game of Narrow Seas, we also wanted to try out Coastal Patrol, available in the Summer 2011 Special from TooFatLardies....
1 week ago
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog

A good day on the Compendium - ...when I wasn't dealing with work (ugh) and not-work-but-work (don't ask, but fun).... I've sorted out a bunch of stuff (with the inevitable 'damn, I've a...
1 week ago
Din of Battle

SYW - The Russians are Coming and some others too - Several months ago I purchased Brian's SYW Russian army, which was one of the few armies I didn't have! They required re-basing (to match my existing basi...
1 week ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

More February WIP: AWI "Jersey Blues" & 10mm SYW Prussian Regiment - This year I've really been trying to stick to my plans and that means painting American War for Independence troops. The good news here is I only have a v...
1 week ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

More Great War - 28mm Imperial Germans - I'm still at it! I'm keeping the momentum going and painting my WW1 figures while still reading books on the topic, and this is keeping me on track so far...
1 week ago
DRESSING THE LINES

Motorised Foreign Legion security patrol in 1930s Morocco - Based in dispersed forts in the southern wilderness of Morocco and Algeria during the 1930s, the French Foreign Legion’s motorised companies ‘maintained an...
1 week ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

1/300th US Moderns on eBay - The seemingly interminable modern 1/300th recycling/refurbishing project grinds on, this installment being a rather low-tech announcement of the sale of ab...
1 week ago
Drunken Samurai Painting Blog

Gamma-Zhul-881 - My first Finish it February project is done. This is the Gamma-Zhul-881 kill team from the orginal 2018 Kill Team box set. I build and painted these to m...
1 week ago
SquadPainter

A Song of Ice and Fire - Stark Sworn Swords - A couple of years ago, Cool Mini or Not (CMON) Kickstarted a miniatures game called A Song of Ice and Fire. Ever since the early days of Warhammer, I've wa...
1 week ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

Winter trees on Ebay - Selling off my 6mm winter tree collection...
2 weeks ago
Jimbibblyblog

Semaphore - Nice little project this one and I was quite pleased with how the arms turned out. They are removable and have a separate little box so they don't get dama...
2 weeks ago
Andy's Wargaming Blog

Sindar Kingsguard - I've been busy with the Greenstuff again last night... Here are the Sindar of Thingol's Kingsguard. They'll be included in a unit with the king's command b...
2 weeks ago
Delta Vector

Dreadball (1st Edition) ...in 2020 - I know I'm a bit late to the party, but my *Dreadball* set has been sitting untouched in my shed since 2016 or so - I remember picking it up for around $50...
2 weeks ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

Boxer Rebellion - 1900! New project ...yes another one. - Well we've all seen '55 Days in Peking' with Charlton Heston and David Niven. There have been some great games replicating the siege of the Allied Legation...
2 weeks ago
Adventures In Lead

"The Petite Race for Africa" Photo Dump - These photos are all from the Petite Race for Africa game that we put on at MOAB 2019. I intended to upload these last year but of course never got around ...
2 weeks ago
Dreispitz - Mike´s miniature wargaming blog

New sections for my FIW fort - *Hi again,* *here are two more sections for my selfmade FIW fort.* *Maybe more to come.... :)* *More to be seen here... https://dreispitz.blogspot.com/20...
2 weeks ago
2 Hour Blog

After the Horsemen - Coming soon! - Coming later this month. *After the Horsemen*, our Post-Apocalyptic set of minis rules gets an update. Eight years ago it made it's debut. Check out thes...
2 weeks ago
Shed Wars

10mm Napoleonics - Time for a clear out - Over the last few days I have been taking stock of what is in the shed and ultimately what do I actually need. A couple of years back I built my 28mm Napol...
2 weeks ago
Blood, Fire and Death

28mm Colonel John Frost WW2 using Contrast Paints - I have been dabbling with the Contrast paints again. Despite being highly sceptical at first they've now finally won me over. I think once you get used t...
2 weeks ago
Quindia Studios

Adeptus Titanicus - Legio Fureans, Part Three - Right! Here is my Warlord Titan and leader of the maniple, Rakarth Mors! I love painting these models. The basic paint job is so quick and it allows you ...
2 weeks ago
MAIWAND DAY

c.18th Field Works & Siege Fortifications - My friend the 18th Century enthusiast bought a bunch of siege-works for me to paint and use in the game I hope to play before packing up and shipping him h...
2 weeks ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

New Commission - 20mm Wayne's Legion and Native Confederation - I'm pretty excited to tackle this project! Bill Hupp, the owner of Thistle and Rose Miniatures, sent a few hundred figures for me to paint. I will readil...
2 weeks ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

Going Dotty in the Pacific - As promised last week we had a return to the Pacific War Naval Campaign. The late 19th century one, not the 20th century one with the aircraft carriers. Th...
2 weeks ago
Adventures In Miniature Gaming

Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team - Small teams of T'au operatives have managed to sneak onto the surface of the feudal Imperial world of Beresinia, which is currently engulfed in internecin...
3 weeks ago
Dalauppror

New York Street - Today a bunch of pictures of the Street Wars NYC gameboard and terrain I been working on for the last weeks. All setup for a game later today. J ...
3 weeks ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

X Painting Challenge - Exploring Unchartered Territory - The rules of engagement of this year’s Challenge (marking the 10thAnniversary) have changed… and for good in my view. The main novelty is the contest ...
3 weeks 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 weeks ago
The Monkey that Walks

A New Hope - Hi all, Finally managed to meet up with the local historical crowd, for an honest-to-goodness historical game. I keep pinching myself to make sure it rea...
5 weeks ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

Limbering Up: Perry Brothers 28mm ACW Union Limber Team - Hello friends: I've been limbering up at the gym as well, but that gets harder as I get older and painting this delightful kit from Perry Bros over Christm...
5 weeks ago
dead lead project

A short essay on self-control and focus - Me, not long ago: right, I’ve got my projects set for the year, now to scratch that cyberpunk itch with some Reality’s Edge. Bloodbeard posts A short, info...
5 weeks ago
Cor blog me!

The Hero's Journey 2e Kickstarter - My gaming calendar is actually filled all the way to the end of the year. That's right: I've actually got a Word document calendar on my computer on whic...
5 weeks ago
Roundwood's World

"Shattered" French bases: Sint Vaalben, 1688 - From the letters and diaries of the Marquis de Montchevreuil, Grand Écuyer to His Highness The King of France, French Flanders, 1688 *"When an entire Vic...
1 month ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Middle Earth SBG - Fords of Isen - A bit of a late post as this was my last game of 2019 but hey, that's the way things roll recently. With the release of the recent War in Rohan supplemen...
1 month ago
Unlucky General

Battle for Quebec: Anstruther's 58th Foot - What was on-track to being the last unit for 2019 became the first for 2020 - my interpretation of Ansthruther's 58th regiment of Foot. I had painted the...
1 month ago
Wargamer Blue

15mm Canadian Platoon -
1 month ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

28mm Napoleonic Prussians - about 3 years ago I painted a Napoleonic Prussian brigade to act as the flanking force in a Battle of Kulm scenario I put on at MayDay, the Local conventio...
1 month 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 ...
1 month ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Front Cover Lard Magazine 2019 - Christmas has come early for me when I discovered that the Too Fat Lardies have used one of my images for the front cover of their recently released act...
2 months 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...
2 months ago
Lard Island News

Lard Magazine 2019 Arrives - Bulging waist lines are no strangers to Lard Island, but this 2019 Lard Magazine isn’t just fat, it’s morbidly obese when it comes to content. A WHOPPING ...
2 months 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 ...
2 months 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 th...
3 months ago
18th Century Sojourn

France vs. the Hapsburg (DBA-HX3) - The War of Devolution lasted two campaign seasons (1667-68), is better known for its conflict in the Spanish Netherlands and elsewhere. It is in the Franc...
3 months ago
One of My Men Became Restless

Tufts, Glorious Tufts! [Edit - Oct 21 - Added another score of sheets with notes) - The title of this entry should be sung to this old tune from the big cheese lobby: I'm in a bit of a revelry having finally gotten a chance to break out ...
4 months ago
The Ooh Shiny Complex

Dodgson's World: The Hellfire Campaign Part 5 - *I seem to be missing an AAR and the accompanying photos. Hmm. Ah well, never mind. Last time around, we fought a battle north of Alacrity. The insurgents ...
4 months ago
Paco fait le zouave !

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4 months 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
4 months ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

My Unofficial Battlegroup: Cold War - UPDATE - New and Edited French Lists - Time for another update. It's been a while I know but I've recently completed my revision of THREE French lists and I now feel they are in much better sha...
5 months ago
Saxon Dog

Caesarian Roman Legion - A few images of my latest project a Legion for the "To the Strongest" wargames rules by Simon Miller. Figures are mostly Warlord games with a coupl...
6 months ago
Henry Hyde's Wargaming Blog

The Current State of Siggins - Popular wargames writer Mike Siggins returns with a surprise update on his current wargaming activities. Note: The opinions expressed here are Mike’s own a...
6 months 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 months 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 ge...
6 months 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 c...
6 months 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...
6 months 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.
6 months 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 ...
6 months 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...
7 months 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 following...
8 months ago
SmallScaleOperations - 20mm Wargaming

AVP : Unleashed - WY container #2 done - ... And another one done.
8 months ago
The Emperors Blog

Late Roman Cavalry - Heavy Cavalry on the left are Schola Scutarorum Prima. The Light Horse Archers are the Equites Sagittari Parthi Iuniores
8 months ago
DROPSHIP HORIZON

Ikwen Uprising Kickstarter is Live! - Apologies to the community here, I thought this post had already been made. Our new 15mm Ikwen Uprising Kickstarter is live https://www.kickstarter.com/p...
8 months 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 ...
8 months 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...
8 months 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...
9 months ago
View from the Duck Pond

- I'm Baaaaaaccccckkkkkkk :-)
10 months 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 coul...
10 months ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

Mind Bullets - *Being a psychic demands skill, talent and an interest in amateur dramatics* I've been neglecting proper toy soldiers of late and doing nothing with my St...
10 months ago
Tarleton's Quarter

Salute 2019 - Having failed to post about Salute 2018, here's a summary of this year's show. It was the second time I'd taken Hugo - one's experience and view of a sho...
10 months ago
With Zeal and With Bayonets Only

Nowy projekt 15mm - Pacyfik Chain od Command
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
Raglan's English Civil War

Mori Samurai Cavalry - *Westwind and Perry Miniatures*
1 year 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, Austral...
1 year ago
Kelroy Was Here

80. Back to the Dungeon! - Hello. I vaguely remember writing things on this blog, long, long ago. You know the drill: Real Life. Meh. I've had the following things painted up fo...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Einar Olafson Painting

The Id, grey aliens - Lucid Eye Id.
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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 speci...
1 year 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, excep...
1 year 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. Mysel...
1 year ago
Wargaming Buildings

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1 year 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,...
1 year 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
1 year ago
15mm paint shack

Greek Light Cavalry Final Victrix review finished painted -
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year ago
Wargame History

Field of Battle Napoleonics - Playtesting Grand Battery Rules - Chris makes his move, flanked by John and RodneyAfter a slow winter, we are back to playing Field of Battle 2 at Brent's house. This time, Brent was playt...
1 year 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.
1 year 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.
1 year ago
GREG'S WARGAMING BLOG

Wood Pile - Some more scatter terrain. A wood pile to give some extra cover in and around supply depots or in and around farm yards.
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 years ago
Project Auldearn 1645

Wargaming Auldearn - *Introduction* Auldearn offers a twist on the classic encounter battle. Although often claimed as Montrose’s greatest victory, its result changed little i...
2 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...
2 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'...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 years ago
Rebel Barracks

Zulu attack - Recently we had a game of TMWWBK using our Zulu wars figures. This was just a trial game for the Southern Strategists game that was played just a few days ...
2 years ago
Der Feldmarschall

That is sooo Last Year (Part 2) - Continuing from *Part 1*: In September is was time for the third *SAGA Storm* event. (Previous 2015 and 2014 coverage HERE and HERE.) Same location an...
2 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...
2 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.
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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 t...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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 ...
3 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 Richar...
3 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 speci...
3 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 :)
3 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...
3 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. ...
3 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 ki...
3 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!
3 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...
3 years ago
Winter of '79

New Lannies from S&S Models - The Saturday morning post brought a clutch of Land Rovers I ordered from S&S Models two weeks ago. There's a 1/2 ton 'Airportable' Recce, 1/2 ton FFR (Fitt...
4 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 beca...
4 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 ...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ha...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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...
5 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...
5 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, b...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 Ke...
5 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 ....
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
Project Arnhem

A thing! - I've posted a thing! But it's not here, it's over there.
6 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...
6 years ago
Joe's Delaware Area WarGamerS (DAWGS)

Run - Figures: Rackham 28mm Rules:Tomorrows War GM: Jerry Acord Well its about time I got a game in. After fighting a cold off and on for 4 weeks and missing se...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
7 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...
7 years ago
Confessions of a Wargamer

Super Fresh – short film -
7 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
7 years ago
The Disgruntled Fusilier

disgruntledfusilier -
7 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...
7 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...
7 years ago
Terrain Monkey

More Lead Adventure Brugelburg painted - Couple more finished, really enjoying these figures.
7 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.
7 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
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
7 years ago
little legions

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

marksleadheroes -
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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 ...
9 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 ...
9 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...
9 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...
10 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 ...
10 years ago
A la Outrance!

And of course I need to think of artillery... - *Batterie Honneur de l'Artillerie* *Uploaded by musee-artillerie*
10 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" ...
11 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...
11 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...
13 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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