The Wargame Shed: December 2019

Blogs I Follow

Wargame news and terrain

Mortian: New SciFi Armoured Walkers Preview -
1 hour ago
A J's Wargames Table

Island formation - A little more progress on the island project... More pizza box card cut to size and shape filled in the sides. From what I can see, at one time the upper...
1 hour ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Overcoming Painters Block - Years ago I wrote an article about writer's block and realised that a lot of the advice in it could equally apply to painters block. This is the dreaded ph...
6 hours ago
Wargaming Addict

The Eagle Has Landed - Back in April of this year, my good friend Keith Flint released his Napoleonic ruleset, 'Shadow of the Eagles'. Normally in its gestation I would have spen...
7 hours ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

And now for something completely different - I was looking at a pile of rule books recently (mine, of course, not anyone else's) and I thought that the covers did look rather nice. Then Kevin T, who...
7 hours ago
Delta Vector

Spider & Quad GZG Mechs (Diary of an Average Painter) - In my hunt for suitable mechs - inspired by *Gamma Wolves* - (actually, I've decided to make my own hitpoint-free house rules) I've gone back to my 15mm ...
7 hours ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze

Minden 1759 - Today's anniversary. Wiki
7 hours ago
Military History Blog on the Web

No Moon as Witness, - Missions of the SOE and OSS in World War II, James Stejskal - A nice mix of a history of the SOE and OSS, allowing to compare these two fairly similar British and American organisations, and see how they interacted,...
9 hours ago
the Man Cave

July Hobby Roundup - Well July continues and COVID lockdowns in other parts of the country mean that there have been no gaming with Reilly or my usual mates in Sydney. But we...
10 hours ago
Unlucky General

Likely the Last: I may never paint 5/60th Riflemen again - The following handful of miniatures and photos represent a relatively quick turn-over of two six figure companies of 5/60th Rifles for my Spanish Penin...
12 hours ago
DRESSING THE LINES

Tree-ferns for colonial New Zealand Wars - To play the colonial New Zealand Wars, you need lots of trees to form the bush-covered landscape that was a feature of so many of the actions. Whilst any o...
12 hours ago
Einar Olafson Painting

The Shaman, The Old Blind Fool - Behold, the Tenoch Shaman, Priest of the Dead God on beast, a really nice sculpture. Again another *Tenoch from The Little Soldier Company.*
20 hours ago
Herkybirds nest

In the woods of New York state - Today, Phil and I had a small French and Indian war game at our club! It was..Interesting, and as always looked nice!!! Todays tabletop! I thought t...
22 hours ago
Wargaming Girl

Paint Table Saturday 31 July - As you can see from the photo above, I haven't done very much over the past week. As a matter of fact, most of this was done today. I've spent this pa...
22 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

The Voluntaires de Bykli muster into Typoo's army - The last planned infantry unit to rally to Typoo Bhyka's cause are the regiment of European volunteers/mercenaries, styled the Voluntaires de Bykli afte...
1 day ago
One man and his brushes.

Gaming - D-Day Sword beach - It’s been a long lock down , and even longer since we did a big club game . To kick off some normality we have a 15mm WW2 D Day game set up for tomorrow...
1 day ago
Saxon Dog

- Started a small WWII project. Here are some US Airborne troops by Warlord Games.
1 day ago
A Wargaming Gallimaufry

The Battle of Hexham 1464 - A couple of weeks ago we fought the next instalment in our ongoing project to fight out all the major Wars of the Roses Battles using Never Mind the ...
1 day ago
The Wargames Table

Union Regulars (3) - Well, you’re probably getting a bit bored of seeing chaps in dark blue jackets and light blue trousers… but here’s another group of eight figures and an NC...
1 day ago
Scrivsland

Tirailleurs Sénégalais into action - It's been a long time coming, but the Tirailleurs Sénégal that I painted back in 2019 finally hit the table on Thursday evening when James came around...
1 day ago
The Ooh Shiny Complex

The Saucy Sue in Space (Five Parsecs from Home) - So, I recently picked up *Five Parsecs from Home 3rd Edition*. I love the digest-sized hardback rulebook. Aesthetically, this is my ideal. This probably ...
1 day ago
Storm and Conquest!

Australian light horse - Australian Light Horse Not a lot of time for painting this week as I have been renovating another bedroom. Did manage to get some time in the bench to knoc...
1 day ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

Great Northern War Russians - So the Swedes need someone to pick on and these boys are the ones. I intend to get a few Saxon battalions- a change of flags from my War of the Spanish Su...
1 day ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Stargrave - A 4 Player outing - Tin Can Alley. - Club night and a 4 player dust up. Tucked away on a jungle moon 4 competing factions look to grab a treasure haul.... But watch out for the sentry bots.....
1 day ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

The Anglo-Russian War: The Long Delayed Conclusion of Grab the Guru! - *In our last episode, Kavik, evil and slimy Siberian Shaman successfully created a sheet of ice . . . * *Note: What you are about to see is not necessar...
1 day ago
MAIWAND DAY

Night Attack at Chakdara - FROM: Sgt. Oliver Crood, Yorks & Lancs, Acting Commander Chakdara Outpost TO: Higher Echelons Concerned RE: Status Report DATE: July 18, 1890 I regret...
1 day ago
2 Hour Blog

Deal of the Week 5150 Citizen Soldier Half Off! - Deal of the Week 5150 Citizen Soldier Half Off Sale https://www.twohourwargames.com/5150stararmy1.html
1 day ago
Wargames and Railroads

First Laser Project Complete! - Finishing a project is certainly a rare thing these days but since there was a very specific deadline involved I was definitely motivated to finish it on...
2 days ago
Baron's Blog

Dr Who and the Mysterious Case of the Silver Knights - We wanted to show once again the versatility of the *Fistful of Lead* rules by crossing the new *Horse & Musket 2nd edition* rules with *Galactic Hero...
2 days ago
Don't throw a 1

An Ancients Batrep - Romans v Germanic Tribes - The Battle of Alara River 16AD - Some of the Rejects got together for a Roman v Germanic Tribes bash last weekend. We wasn't expecting such a big game? The setup My pal Neil came to t...
2 days ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

Vietnam Terrain - Here are a few pics of some of the Vietnam terrain that I've been working on. Just generic jungle filler thus far, with some Britannia figs for scale. ...
2 days ago
Lead Warrior

Test of Resolve Scenario Book 2 now available - Now on sale on our website testofresolve.com it covers 8 battles in the latter half of the Wars of the Roses namely Hedgeley Moor, Hexham, Edgcote, Empin...
2 days ago
Olicanalad's Games

Peninsular Project: Stage 2, part 1: The Spanish Infantry - The last of the five orders I placed with Front Rank Miniatures arrived this morning. Everything has been checked and everything seems to be there: 26 un...
3 days ago
Cor blog me!

Uthuk Viper Legion - A while back my brother managed to get me a box of these Uthuk Viper Legion figures at a discount of Amazon. I got the starter set for the Utuk Y'llan f...
3 days ago
iron mitten

Standard Bearer from Essex miniatures - I came across a great early medieval standard bearer the other day whilst looking through Essex miniatures. He looks the part for Lake Town and so I boug...
3 days ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

15mm French Guard Voltiguers - Here is the first foot unit of John's French guard. These Young Guard voltiguers are certainly colorful!
4 days ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

The Eylau Project: 33rd & 51st Ligne - More progress with the Eylau Project as 2 x more French "Brigades" of Davout's III Corps march out of the depot. Smartly dressed, these fellows are bas...
4 days ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

#Terrain Tuesday: Barrage Miniatures Kickstarter Goodies Have Arrived! - I'm not a big Kickstarter guy, but th offer from Madrid-based Barrage Miniatures seemed too good to pass up - modular resin/rubber terrain for the minia...
4 days ago
18th Century Sojourn

Melniboné in battle array - The figures are from a diverse number of manufacturers; infantry, cavalry and artillery figures are for the most part Old Glory 15mm Russian, Witch Elve...
5 days ago
Der Feldmarschall

Tacos, Rum, and Pirates! - *"Abandon hope all ye who enter here..."* *"Jacob you swab, urry up. It's late in the afternoon."* *Jacob looked up the hill at his fellow cutth...
5 days ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Short And Sharp - Dave tootled over to OHQ today for our scheduled First Carlist War game. The Carlist forces are in retreat with the Christino forces in hot pursuit. To ...
5 days ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

WHAT LURKS BELOW?! Dino Hunt Game - Our last game day was a Dinosaur Hunt at the Earth’s Core using Where Heroes Dare! Tim of The Safe Hole blog’s German Team A view down the table Rob’s...
6 days ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

War of the Ring: Update #3 - War of the Ring troops continue to come off the painting line. This batch is from the talented Bohdan Mykhaylyk. Basing continues for the Gondor forces. ...
6 days ago
Shed Wars

The Battle of Hexham - a 28mm wargame - Whilst Mark K, Mark F and myself were bashing about with the battle of Hedgeley Moor (see previous post) Alastair and John were refighting the smaller e...
1 week ago
KEITH'S WARGAMING BLOG

Wargaming In History - Featherstone and Grant - It all started with an ebay purchase of a copy of *Practical Wargamer.* I have a soft spot for this old magazine, and now and then a cover will catch my at...
1 week ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

News - I'm sure like most of you, the last 18 months plus have been both trying pretty weird. I've been very fortunate in that I have a reasonable job in the ...
1 week ago
Roundwood's World

"With Flashing Blades" - Crossing Swords in Paris - Since May this year, I’ve been working on a discrete project which is a lot smaller than my current Laarden 1688 obsession. It’s far from being a complet...
1 week ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

4th New York Regiment At Saratoga - *The 4th New York RegimentFife and Drum Miniatures* This week I finished the painting and basing of a 30-figure Continental Army regiment, the 4th Ne...
1 week ago
Devon Wargames Group

Battle of St Albans 1455 - 'Never Mind the Billhooks' - Following the disastrous defeat at the battle of Castillon, Henry VI of England suffered a mental breakdown. The Dukes of York & Somerset vied to rule ...
1 week ago
Geordie's Big Battles

The Armchair Dragoons Website - Well Worth a Visit - https://www.armchairdragoons.com/ I have listened to their podcasts (they helped me through endless stints of DIY painting a large kitchen and for that...
1 week ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

START OF THE ARTILLERY, PLUS MORE CAVALRY - NAP WIP 5 - Although the bigger part of this collection is aimed towards General d'armee, the sabot basing allows me to skirmish game using Sharp Practice. As I ...
1 week ago
Din of Battle

Formula De - The Beer Mug League has formed! - Hi everybody, After an exciting month of Napoleonic Gaming (post coming in the near future), we have moved onto playing one of my *favorite *games, *For...
1 week 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 week ago
Tarleton's Quarter

Paraguay: 5th Infantry - This is my second Perry Miniatures firing line battalion. This largely uses the same rank and file figures as the previous unit, although with fewer ...
1 week ago
Wargamingnz

DBA and the 100 Years War - The past weeks haven't been entirely game free... last Thursday Keith and I played a couple of DBA games with my French Ordonnance vs his 100 Years War E...
2 weeks ago
The Blog With No Name

First Game In........................... - Finally got a game in and it was against Matt, a Macedonian V Seleucid tilt, only 500 points to get back into it and were we rusty! I had the Macedonian'...
2 weeks ago
The Monkey that Walks

Action at Sackville Creek - Hi all, Stop the presses, hold the ketchup, and pass the parcel, because an honest to gum, real-life, against a human with miniatures, HISTORICAL game j...
2 weeks ago
Felix's Gaming Pages Blog

Lockheed SP-2H Neptune - This Lockheed SP-2H Neptune was on display at RAF Cosford. The P-2H Neptune is a land based maritime patrol and anti-submarine aircraft. It was designed ...
2 weeks ago
Dalauppror

Objective markers from Wiley Games - I ordered 2 different packs of Objective markers from Wiley Games, one Sci-fi themed and one Wild West themed. it was 10 in each pack, the home page stat...
2 weeks ago
Analogue Hobbies

'Boris the Bunny Summoner', his Murder Bunnies and the dreaded Jackalope - I know, I know, I said I'd do an update on the gaming clubhouse, but I'm waiting for some stuff to be installed, so I thought I'd wait and do a post aft...
2 weeks ago
Crac des Chevaliers

KV-1s - KV-1 and KV-1S, plastic BF models. With some work, both turrets can be used. CdlT
3 weeks ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

Brand New Battle Reports! - Yes, after a near-18-month hiatus I have actually played in a real live competition and almost-immediately written up 5 all-new battle reports from the r...
3 weeks ago
The Emperors Blog

My huns -
4 weeks ago
dead lead project

…and Wells! - And here is the third post, a well posed here with some miniatures: Nothing says fantasy village like a well does it? While I could just as easily start...
4 weeks ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

Great War 1918 - Chain of Command Battle - 28mm - This is not so much a battle report but a brief overview of a game I had at the weekend using the WW2 Chain of Command rules produced by Too Fat Lardies....
4 weeks ago
One of My Men Became Restless

Citadel Contrast Paints: Flesh and Hair Variants - My obsession with Citadel Contrast Paints continues! This time for some peasants for no particular game - though most likely fodder for any number of F...
5 weeks ago
Dreispitz - Mike´s miniature wargaming blog

SYW - The Bavarian Regimen Minucci - *Manufacturer: A mix of DreispitzMiniatures, FrontRank and CrusaderMiniatures* *Scale: 28mm* *Hi again,* *in November I posted a WIP about the Bavar...
5 weeks ago
The Anderson Collection

15th Century Byzantines - Emperor and retinue. Some conversions Perry miniature's conversion Top work by DJ again. Inspiration for the parasol.
5 weeks ago
The Warbard

BCS 2021 & A Blog Update - Well, “a few weeks” in my last update apparently turned into two months of radio silence here. Oops. Build Something Contest 2021 over on LAF had the end d...
5 weeks ago
Ilkley Old School

Prussian Artillery - My latest unit is a 6LB Prussian Field artillery battery. These are recast Hinton Hunt figures and are manning SHQ artillery pieces. Napoleonic Prussians...
1 month ago
Steve's Paintingshed

WW2 rules ideas and some M10 GMCs - It's been a while since I last posted about my 20mm WW2 games. In the last few weeks I have been toying around with some ideas for rules and have filled...
1 month ago
Quindia Studios

Captain Morgan - Following on the heels of my last command vignette, I present Captain Henry Morgan! Though Henry Morgan is often thought of as a pirate, he considered h...
1 month ago
Wargame History

First Post COVID Game - POST COVID GAME Is it finally time to get together for a game. By early June, most of us had received our second dose of vaccination. Brent declared i...
1 month ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

Evil Robots - *A group photo for the album* I picked these guys up a few weeks ago for two reasons. Firstly, I thought they looked really creepy. And secondly, becaus...
1 month ago
Doc's 'Art' of War

Finishing forces: Vichy French in the Levant and 1914 BEF, Germans - Lot of different odds and sods to finish off over the last month or so. My Vichy French Armee l'Orient - at least the Perry's figures/Blitzkrieg armour ...
2 months ago
Adventures In Lead

Sarissa Precision Old West Buildings - In preparation for a mate's birthday weekend of gaming, coming up in July, I have decided to put on a couple of games of something Old West. I put an or...
2 months ago
Cigar Box Heroes

1806 Prussians, Saxons & French - The 1806 Prussian campaign has always been one of my favorites. It’s the consummate “what if?”. The battles of Saalfeld, Jena and Auerstedt were close a...
2 months 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 months ago
Blood, Fire and Death

WW2 Home Made Scatter and Battlefield Terrain - This is partly inspired by a Youtube video I watched some weeks ago where a guy made some post-apocalyptic terrain pieces using a similar method. I've m...
2 months ago
PanzerKaput's Painted Review

New VBCW T-Shirts from Geek Villain Designed by me - I am very happy to Announce that you are able to get a new range of VBCW T Shirts and Hoodies from Geek Villain Geek Villain Ltd tagged products from th...
2 months ago
Andy's Wargaming Blog

Andy MacTaggart's Bolsheviks for Back of Beyond - Getting Started... - Following on from my recent post about my British infantry for the Back of Beyond/WW1 project, my good gaming buddy Andy MacTaggart has sent me some phon...
2 months ago
Meeples & Miniatures

Mike Hobbs – Funeral Webcast - It was Mike’s funeral today. Due to COVID restrictions, attendance at the service was strictly limited, and I know so many people would have wanted to pay ...
2 months ago
much ado about nothing

FIW: colonial militia - My last order from Galloping Major included some non-uniformed colonial militia, and lovely figures they are (as are all the GM figures). *One group loose...
2 months ago
Drunken Samurai Painting Blog

Q1 2021 Update - a bit late - Well I am almost a month late on my first quarter update. It's easy to forget to do this when you haven't posted anything or done much hobby related st...
3 months ago
SquadPainter

ASOIAF Lannister Guardsmen - Base Colors Applied - Here are the Lannister Guardsmen in progress. I am applying the base colors to the different miniatures. I am roughly following a speed painting method I ...
3 months ago
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog

Mike Hobbs - photo by @Ralph_PlowmanNeil Shuck phoned yesterday evening with the dreadful news that Mike Hobbs had passed away suddenly. Mike started out to me as a ...
3 months ago
Kelroy Was Here

84. Feudal Patrol - Into the Dungeon! - A while back I played another game of Feudal Patrol, but I wanted to see if it would work for a dungeon crawl. The main difference I introduced was maki...
4 months ago
Thomo's Hole

Trung Sisters - I was searching for some information in the Internet and I am not sure how, but the Trung Sisters turned up. Briefly, these ladies were responsible for the...
4 months ago
View from the Duck Pond

T-26 Tales - Ok, yes I know, Spain again...will he ever get this project to a decent stage, where it all looks fabulous on the table top? There is always that distin...
4 months 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...
5 months ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Oathmark Army Update - Peter the Giant - Here's an update on a little bit of progress on troops for my Oathmark Army currently under construction. Namely 'Peter the Giant'. The model is, for tho...
5 months 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...
6 months 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, ...
6 months ago
Adventures In Miniature Gaming

Warhammer Quest Silver Tower - Final Trial Conclusion - After defeating a magically empowered Ogroid Thaumaturge, Byron Manfred and his wight king companion charge headlong into a pulsing portal of flame that ap...
7 months ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

Lard Magazine 2020 is out! - As usual just before Christmas, TooFatLardies has just released today its Annual Lard Magazine. This is HUGE 180 tome of scnearios, special rules, ar...
7 months 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 ...
7 months ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

Paint Table Sunday: Jazz Age Imperialism - I haven't done any hobby stuff for months for a number of reasons but the principal one is that I was just not inspired by anything on my workbench. So...
7 months 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...
8 months ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

A castle update! - My apologies one and all for it has been far too long since I have posted here. I am pleased to report all is well, but such is the pace and involvemen...
8 months 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...
10 months ago
Horse and Musket

Deperdussin TT -
10 months 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...
11 months ago
Raglan's English Civil War

Japanese Buddhist Monks -
11 months 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.
1 year 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...
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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 tur...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
A-Historical Wargaming

The Drake of Bonemire Howe - So, I fell in love (or in froth) with 13thAge. I was hacking the Black Hack for a more “heroic” feel, and I realised while working on it that 13thAge was ...
1 year ago
Wargamer Blue

15mm Canadian Platoon -
1 year 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 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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
1 year 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 ...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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.
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 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 following...
2 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - 20mm Wargaming

AVP : Unleashed - WY container #2 done - ... And another one done.
2 years 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...
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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 ...
2 years ago
Maverick Models

Again with the Transfers - Hello All, now I really am going to get myself into gear. I have had a few Transfers sent out to a couple of testers and just awaiting their feedback, but...
2 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 ...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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...
2 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 speci...
2 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, excep...
2 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. Mysel...
2 years ago
Wargaming Buildings

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2 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,...
3 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
3 years ago
15mm paint shack

Greek Light Cavalry Final Victrix review finished painted -
3 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...
3 years ago
The Camlachie Wolfe

Kickstarter: 28mm 1745 Jacobite Rebellion Miniatures - LINK HERE Flagsofwar.com is looking to raise money via Kickstarter to launch our new 28mm Jacobite Rebellion miniatures range. Most folk will have heard ...
3 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.
3 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.
3 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 ...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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'...
3 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...
3 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...
3 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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.
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
4 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...
4 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 :)
4 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...
5 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. ...
5 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...
5 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!
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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 ....
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
Project Arnhem

A thing! - I've posted a thing! But it's not here, it's over there.
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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 ...
8 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...
8 years ago
Confessions of a Wargamer

Super Fresh – short film -
8 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
8 years ago
The Disgruntled Fusilier

disgruntledfusilier -
8 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...
8 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...
8 years ago
Terrain Monkey

More Lead Adventure Brugelburg painted - Couple more finished, really enjoying these figures.
8 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.
9 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
9 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...
9 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...
9 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 ...
9 years ago
little legions

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

marksleadheroes -
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
10 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 ...
11 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...
11 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...
12 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 ...
12 years ago
A la Outrance!

And of course I need to think of artillery... - *Batterie Honneur de l'Artillerie* *Uploaded by musee-artillerie*
12 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" ...
13 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...
13 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...
15 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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Tuesday, 24 December 2019

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