The Wargame Shed: December 2019

Blogs I Follow

Wargames and Railroads

Remember - 80 Years Ago -
1 hour ago
Scrivsland

Gaslands: The fast ones! - I've been taking the power tools to some Hot Wheels again, this time with a quartet of fast looking cars that I can use. Electric Silhouette This firs...
2 hours ago
Wargame news and terrain

Fighting Hedgehog: Rise of Eagles - Clash of Spears Rules - Fighting Hedgehog: Rise of Eagles is an expansion to CLASH of Spears. This book expands the forces available in the core book adding 13 new lists. The list...
4 hours ago
PanzerKaput's Painted Review

The Completed Force, So Far - Here is all of the first wave of the Barons’ War range fully painted up and jolly please I am with the look of it. I think I have captured the look and...
5 hours ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

Scottish Regiment of Foot for the English Civil War - *"Lads! we hae finally bin mustered!" * *Wow. This is probably the longest I have ever taken to paint a unit; ironically, it is one of the easiest unit...
9 hours ago
Felix's Gaming Pages Blog

French and Indian War Demonstration - One of the other games I liked at Warfare 2021 was this French and Indian War game. Alas there was some sun streaming through the window, which made phot...
9 hours ago
Kelroy Was Here

86. Feudal Patrol - Scratching a Fantasy Itch - I decided to break out Feudal Patrol again. I really like it's double-random activation, especially playing solo the way I do. It helps to break up the m...
10 hours ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

The Raising of The Tree - Yesterday, we decided that it was time to go out and purchase our annual Christmas tree and put it up and decorate it. The global supply shortage has...
23 hours ago
Olicanalad's Games

What if: Vimeiro 1808. Battle Report part 1. - I'm playing this solo using my Sacre Bleu! rules - basically heavily amended Piquet. Consequently, quite a lot happens in a multi-initiative turn. Initia...
23 hours ago
Wargaming Addict

OHW Scenario 10 - Late Arrivals - A few days ago I decided to have another game with my mdf figures and once again turned to the OHW scenarios, this time using Scenario 10: Late arrivals. T...
1 day ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Broadside Show 2021 - Posties Rejects went to the Broadside Show on Saturday at its new venue in Gillingham. We had an excellent day and ran a long overdue Demo game - The Battl...
1 day ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Waiting For The Bus - Readers may recall that I had purchased the Roden Models Vomag with 8.8cm flak gun mount, here it is together with a couple of other additions to the 20...
1 day ago
Shed Wars

Shed Wars is 10 years old today ! - Good Morning All It is the Shed Wars 10th Birthday - I cannot believe that I started this blog exactly a decade ago. Looking back over the years writing...
1 day ago
dead lead project

Christmas, a time for… Daleks? - Work continues apace on finishing miniatures to drag my annual total up to one a week before the end of the year, but I did take a brief diversion to pai...
1 day ago
The Wargames Table

Confederate Cavalry - More troops for the Confederacy! Yes, the infantry now have some mounted support in the form of eight cavalry figures and a leader. All Perry figures, th...
2 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Excalibur 28mm - Songs of Arthur and Merlin. - Now for something completely different. Back in February I was tempted to put together a bunch of knights to play out John Boorman's Excalibur an 80's cl...
2 days ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze

Leuthen 1757 - Today's anniversary is the famous Prussian victory. Wiki
2 days ago
Dalauppror

It is something rotten in the city of Stralsund - Osprey Games have more or less just released their latest skirmish rules The Silver Bayonet, written by Joseph A. McCullough, I was very impressed by t...
2 days ago
Doc's 'Art' of War

Final post for the year - Its been a considerable break since the last post what with all that Covid lockdown crap (hopefully) behind us, I've saved up the bits and bobs of Doc's...
2 days ago
Wargaming Girl

Paint Table Saturday 04 December - Figure prep is going well. In the photo above you can see the figures I've got done since Wednesday, and some that I'm still working on. Eureka 28mm J...
2 days ago
Herkybirds nest

Galleys ahoy! - Today, after missing a week's club for Storm Arwen! - we were back for a game of naval warfare using Galleys and Galleons - which our friend Lawrence ha...
2 days ago
2 Hour Blog

2 Minute ATZ End of Days Video - How to Play! - ATZ Kickstarter ends tomorrow. Check out the video.
2 days ago
Devon Wargames Group

Hardee's Attack, Atlanta, 22 July 1864 - Fire & Fury Brigade ver.2 - This club game was based on the Confederate attack on the Union force undertaking the siege of Atlanta. The rules used were Fire and Fury Brigade (ed2), ...
3 days ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

The Road to War: An Interuption of Progress During the Golden Age of the Hobby (- or Part 1-1) - I woke up stupid early this morning full of child-like excitement and enthusiasm for my current big gaming project, the construction of terrain tiles for...
3 days ago
Wargamingnz

The Battle of Alexandria 1801 (sort of) - Last week Jon and I played a second game based around Napoleon's campaign in Egypt. It was very loosely based around the Battle of Alexandria 1801 (very lo...
3 days ago
The Ooh Shiny Complex

3 Yarthmont - Welcome to the Magi - Broneslav awoke in a room full of snoring people. It took him a moment to realise where he was. "Well," he thought, "At least I wasn't murdered in my sl...
3 days ago
Cor blog me!

Deepnight Revelation #9 - *Captain's Log - T155* Our refueling operation at the last system was interrupted when sensors detected a large object headed for Deepnight Revelation...
3 days ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

The Rescue - Even more Western Front aerial combat - After a hiatus last week we were back on the Western Front for another of Richard's continuing series of aerial combat games. After the last game the Bri...
4 days ago
Tales From GHQ

I have been to... - ...Hay-On-Wye, second hand book capitol of Britain. As you can see I bought some books. Well, why wouldn't you when the price is right - unlike the rip ...
4 days ago
Unlucky General

Playing Black Powder Cavalry - Marshal Grant and I have been developing a few select House Rules for how we play *Black Powder *games with Napoleonics in mind. One which we have been w...
4 days ago
Don't throw a 1

Donnybrook - 25mm Polish Pancerni - For the Challenge this year I plan to paint up a Polish/Imperialist Donnybrook force to take on the Ottoman Turks I painted in Challenge 11. After a ...
5 days ago
the Man Cave

November Hobby Roundup - A busy month but other than the separate Shamrock Cup report there wasn't much on the Hobby front, having moved job/house once again and relocated the Ma...
5 days ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

Getting to Grip with Honours of War - Hello friends: As I’ve said here recently, the SYW painting muse has captured my attention lately, and her sister muse of SYW gaming paid a visit recentl...
5 days ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Stockton Battleground (2021): Battle of Britain "Double Blind Game" - *Stockton Battleground Wargames Show 2021* Cinderella you shall go to the "ball" (well it is actually a "wargames show"). Myself and fellow wargamer Ian to...
6 days ago
Storm and Conquest!

Israeli Armoured Recon unit part 1 - Israeli Armoured recon unit Next addition to my Israeli army for my Arab-Israeli war collection is a recon platoon of 10 figs, I also plan to add three...
6 days ago
iron mitten

Seaside fun - I had a spare ball of green stuff today and so I used it to try out some ideas. The green stuff was split up and pressed on to small stones. Then I used ...
1 week ago
Ilkley Old School

Ayton Wargaming Weekend - I have been away this weekend in East Ayton, near Scarborough, for a weekend of wargaming with the LAOW I arrived on Friday and joined in an ACW game us...
1 week ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

Dark Age Vikings - My daughters and I have continued to work on our Dark Age project. This ship's crew of Vikings will make a fitting opponent for our Saxons!12 Archers25 Wa...
1 week ago
A J's Wargames Table

Raid on the Village ~ Part Two - The End - The raid on Coccium in Carnutii continues, and it's not going the Saxon's way... *The raiders begin to retire with their spoils.* *Lord Cynbel the Magnif...
1 week ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

Dismounted Companions - or Hypaspists? Figures too nice not to use.. - A rather lightweight painting session to share this time, as a set of the rather lovely Xyston Theban Generals and Leaders pack finally makes it onto the...
1 week ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

DAVOUT'S CORPS DONE! Here we go again... again! - I know, I know. We finished Davout's III Corps in September, right? Well, with the big decision arrived at a few weeks ago, I'm decisively engaged with ...
1 week ago
A Wargaming Gallimaufry

Birthday books - Yesterday was my birthday and I was given an excellent present by my son. He's a keen fan of Folio Society editions of books... they produce really lov...
2 weeks ago
Baron's Blog

Wasteland Warriors mini campaign - We got together for a rare Saturday game to enjoy a few drinks, oh and game of *Fistful of Lead: Wasteland Warriors*. Four games were competing for scav...
2 weeks ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

The Quest for Dr. Luv, Where Heroes Dare! - A friend ran out last gaming night game which was a Pulp game set in South America. Players worked cooperatively, at first at least, with their 500 pt team...
2 weeks ago
Analogue Hobbies

The Twelfth Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge - Hey y'all, it's November 20th, and you know what that means. Yes! It's time for the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge! Head over to the Challenge...
2 weeks ago
The Warbard

Necromancer necro-d, a Sellswords & Spellslingers adventure - We’ve been playing a fair amount of Sellswords and Spellslingers, a fairly light coop fantasy skirmish game. I picked it up on a lark, as I wanted somethin...
2 weeks ago
MAIWAND DAY

SURRENDER (YOUR CHARMING RULES) - Great battle report but the insults you hurl on Mulehead and the One True Rule will return as vipers to strike you on your path to Chitral and the sun...
2 weeks ago
DRESSING THE LINES

Basing the Barryat of Lyndonia’s big battalions - Whilst waiting for an overdue shipment of figures to complete my current painting project (hopefully just held up by the international supply chain issues ...
2 weeks ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Future Wars Update 010 - Additional Buildings 2 - An quick update on the progress on the Warmill MDF terain recently procured for adding some variety to my Future Wars Urban Tables. All the kits are now...
3 weeks ago
One of My Men Became Restless

Tables of Interest - Historicon 2021 - In typical fashion, I am almost exclusively a day tripper. Usual caveats: I may very well have missed a room or to - it was pretty dispersed in my opinio...
3 weeks ago
The Monkey that Walks

Inter-generational conflict - Hi all, Have gotten in a few games with / against the kids over the last couple weeks, including a ripper of a 40k game against the Cub, and a multiplay...
3 weeks ago
Tarleton's Quarter

Salute 2021 - It was good to visit a wargames show again today. I understand that Salute won't return to its usual April slot until 2023, and I wonder if the Novembe...
3 weeks ago
DROPSHIP HORIZON

Ion Age 15mm new Hazelwurm and Colabreta Lifter vehicles released! - The Khanate break out from the Belkan expanse saw an ever increasing mass of aliens boiling towards the capital city of Camarthan Prime. While the bulk ...
3 weeks ago
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog

In Flanders Fields... - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard a...
3 weeks ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

Not there yet... - I had hoped for a much more joyous post than this for my first one back, but the simply fact of the matter is that sadly James, myself and the Castle w...
3 weeks ago
One man and his brushes.

‘Nam 68 - Gaming Hot LZ - Martin and I met up today for a Nam game . We used Bolt Action with a few tweaks . We are planning for the big Xmas game with the Scruton lads. Lots of...
4 weeks ago
Delta Vector

"The Forgotten" - 28mm Sci Fi Horror Alpha Playtest - I kept the weapons, units and gear very vanilla so I could get a feel for the mechanisms. No special weapons, no magic or hacking, no extra rules for dem...
4 weeks ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

LARGE WALLED FARMS, plus MAGNETIZED HILLS & TREES. NAP WIP 6. - It has been a while since my last post but I have been busy on the terrain front both with this and the next blog post. This post covers the four enclo...
4 weeks ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

More Renaissance Poles. - I sent away to The Assault Group a few weeks ago for some more figures to add to the Poles. They arrived a couple of weeks later- Cossacks, Artillery, som...
4 weeks ago
much ado about nothing

TWI: Mexican Permanente cavalry (dismounted) - I'm continuing to plug away at the TWI project with a small addition of one group, a Big Man, and a Deployment Point (using the spare figures)... *Mexican...
5 weeks ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

Gaines's Mill: ACW Brigade Fire & Fury - Was able to play our first "full fledge" ACW game using brigade Fire & Fury. We decided to tackle the Gaines's Mill scenario from the version 1 Great East...
1 month ago
Din of Battle

WWI - French Assault of German Trench system - Nivelle Offensive 1917 - As I am moving to a new home by the end of the year, I wanted to break out my unfinished trench system terrain boards which have not been used for a game...
1 month ago
KEITH'S WARGAMING BLOG

'Miniature Wargaming The Movie' - Whatever Happened? - One or two of you may remember a post from February this year which I called 'Why We Wargame'. The post had some interesting responses, but its inspirati...
1 month ago
Saxon Dog

French Mounted Knights - I added more bases of knights for the recent demo games. I have lots more to add.
1 month ago
SmallScaleOperations - 20mm Wargaming

Bretonnians for Age Of Sigmar -
2 months ago
Andy's Wargaming Blog

Knights of The Celestial Tower for Dragon Rampant: Painted Lancers - Well, I finally got some paint onto the three converted GW Stormcast Palladors on their resized Mousillon Miniatures 3D printed horses. What a task! Th...
2 months ago
Einar Olafson Painting

The Brute - I got this figure from Knightmare Miniatures, it's a really nice Chaos Champion, sculpted by Kevin Adams. I think he is quite a good match for the pr...
2 months ago
The Blog With No Name

Two Games of August - I have actually played three but only have the pictures from two of them. So just a quick run through based on a failing memory.... Another tilt against ...
3 months ago
18th Century Sojourn

Down the Moonbeam Road – Chapter Two - *“The meeting of the war council reached its end giving the emperor the moment to recapitulate a number of key points. Plans for the upcoming campaign ha...
3 months ago
A-Historical Wargaming

Cardstock Campaign - Second Interlude - Totally, 100% fazed by what happened to my precious trio of heroes, I rolled up a whole new party of characters. Led by a commandingly capable halfling,...
3 months ago
Drunken Samurai Painting Blog

A Gift From An Old Friend - Part 2 - The second half of the items I have inherited from Al is this amazing AIW Jordanian collection. Like the Israeli collection, this army is all Battlefro...
3 months ago
Wargame History

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

More TYW - Hi Gents, A few pics of my recently revamped TYW collection the bulk of the collection is made up of figures previously owned by Barry Hilton and Phil O...
3 months ago
Maverick Models

WATERSLIDE DECALS FINALLY HERE - Hello to all, after much research, and buying 2 different printers, I can now do Waterslide decals.. I have started off with WWII, of which both German...
3 months ago
Roundwood's World

“With Flashing Blades” – Recommendations for Background Books - Since my last Blog post, a couple of people have asked me about reading and viewing material which might accompany the game which Nick, Rich and myself h...
3 months ago
Military History Blog on the Web

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

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

Review: Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders - The Goblin Wolf Riders are the first Oathmark models I have bought and I purchased them specifically to add hobgoblin light cavalry to my Chaos Dwarf a...
4 months ago
Crac des Chevaliers

KV-1s - KV-1 and KV-1S, plastic BF models. With some work, both turrets can be used. CdlT
5 months ago
The Emperors Blog

My huns -
5 months 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....
5 months 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 months 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...
5 months 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...
5 months 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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 ...
7 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 ...
7 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...
8 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...
9 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...
9 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...
10 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, ...
10 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...
11 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...
11 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 ...
11 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Horse and Musket

Deperdussin TT -
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Raglan's English Civil War

Japanese Buddhist Monks -
1 year 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
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 ...
2 years ago
The Angry Lurker

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

More Empress Vietnam painted with contrast paints - other than the skin and the highlights on the black painted with citadel contrast paints
2 years ago
Sapper Joe's Wargaming & Toys

Still around, still not gaming much at all - Well, I am still alive. There are personal issues in my life, mainly work. I have a relative with a serious health issue, I am working a second shift, I ...
2 years ago
Baconfat Log

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

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

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

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3 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...
4 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'...
4 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...
4 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...
4 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 ...
5 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...
5 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 :)
5 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...
6 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 ...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
8 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 -
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
Terrain Monkey

More Lead Adventure Brugelburg painted - Couple more finished, really enjoying these figures.
9 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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 ...
11 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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