The Wargame Shed: Maidstone Wargames Society: Open Day

Blogs I Follow

iron mitten

Dark age Irish - I have to say after the mad month of painting for the Partizan show, my painting mojo is well and truly fried. So I thought I would ease back into things...
8 hours ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

"It's a game of skill" SOAC 2024 - After missing a year in 2023 I returned to the Society of Ancients Convention (formerly Conference) at Madingley Hall near Cambridge. I didn't go last ye...
9 hours ago
Cor blog me!

The Men Who Would be Kings at Campus Game Fest 2024 - Other than my usual home RPG group and my wargaming group, I have been off and on with a public gaming group at a community centre these past few years....
11 hours ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

Valour and Fortitude Pick-Up Game - A rare blog post and an even rarer solo game as I put the venerable "Valour & Fortitude" through their paces on my tabletop with my newly re-based (again)...
23 hours ago
Scrivsland

Prussian reinforcements (1) - Fresh from the inspiration of last weeks game I've been working on some more Prussians for the 6mm Napoleonic collection. All the miniatures are from ...
1 day ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

The Rebellion, Double Trouble, Glimmer, and Frosta - I’ve finished a few more members of She Ra’s lead Rebellion against Hordak’s Horde. Camera left to right, Frosta, She Ra, Double Trouble, and Glimmer ...
1 day ago
dead lead project

Zomtober 2024 Week 4 - Another Sunday, another painted zombie: The last of the TTCombat zombie halflings that I had prepped, this time wearing a fancy hat. I did have plans ...
1 day ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Carthaginian Army in 54mm - Progress So Far - *A portion of my 54mm Carthaginian army shown above.* *Click on pictures to enlarge* Well now that I seem to have jumped into the Second Punic War Proj...
1 day ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Painting White - White is often a tricky colour, especially for new or inexperienced painters. But it doesn't have to be a challenge. Mastering the interplay of shadow an...
1 day ago
2 Hour Blog

NUTS and Compendium Deal of the Day Tomorrow on Wargames Vault - $15 gets you both. Heck, that's even cheaper than buying either one of the rules by itself. Deal of the Day!
1 day ago
Tales From GHQ

Late Roman Cavalry - This unit of *Foundry* Late Roman Heavy Cavalry is the last of the mounted figures I sourced from *Colonel Bill's* to expand the collection. They are a m...
1 day ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze

Bouillon infanterie 1757 - Read about this French regiment here What song might they be singing? My guess is 'Auprès de ma blonde' which dates from the 1700s.
1 day ago
Dreispitz - Mike´s miniature wargaming blog

Tyrolean Rebellion - A suitable house for the gaming table - *Manufacturer: Chickens Tabletop Crafting* *Scale: 28mm* *Hi,* *yesterday we went to the "RheinMain-Multiversum" in Nidderau near Frankfurt - a sm...
1 day ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

1/72 US Infantry in Vietnam, Mid-war - I was a gen-X kid, and the Vietnam War seemed a very recent event growing up. Many of my friends' fathers had served in the war. One of my childhood frien...
2 days ago
Herkybirds nest

Trying some new troops - Today, with Lawrence and Phil away, it was just left to Rhod and myself to attend the club. Rhod was keen to do Test of Honour again, and I was perfectl...
2 days ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

28mm Numidian elephant - Victrix sell a rather clever multi-use elephant kit, with 2 elephants and crew for Roman, Greek or Numidian armies all included. For my Numidian allied ...
2 days ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Republican T26 - I picked up another T26 from Empress Miniatures while I was at Partizan for the Republicans, not as though they need it with the current run of victories a...
2 days ago
The Ooh Shiny Complex

The Thrappled Lemmings and the Incantation Lock (Rangers of Shadow Deep) - "What now?" cursed Aethelwyrd in response to Ash's wittering. "No, look. I found some food and not all of it is bad!" Aethelwyrd cheered up. The Lemming...
2 days ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Gloster Vampire Video - Hmm, just prowling the internet and You Tube and this came up after an unrelated video .. (see below, teh previous video was the final battle scene in th...
3 days ago
KEITH'S WARGAMING BLOG

Cotswold Wargaming Day 2024 - Another Success! - I had a good feeling about the new venue for the CWD, and it turned out I was right. Andy and Derek at Big Battles Ltd in Cirencester had set out the var...
3 days ago
Wargame news and terrain

Alternative Armies: Winter Mega Event 2024! - Alternative Armies: Winter Mega Event 2024! Click to article for all details. 115 new miniatures, blanket 20% discount on all orders, free code in every pa...
3 days ago
Felix's Gaming Pages Blog

The Idoneth Deepkin - The Idoneth Deepkin are aquatic aelves who rise from the abyss to raid the land and harvest souls. There are some really interesting concepts and models ...
3 days ago
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog

The Miller's Tale - Episode 10 - Episode 10: In which the podcast reaches double figures, and Mike has his first ever guest, namely James Morris! Links from the episode: - James' we...
4 days ago
Tarleton's Quarter

American artillery (8) - This should really be "American artillery (7)", but then that wouldn't include my Rhode Island artillery sets, which were the last American artillery bi...
4 days ago
Don't throw a 1

Mad For War - 2nd Anglo-Dutch War, 1/1200 Dutch 38's - Here are the next size ships down from the ships in my last post, 2 x 76's and 3 x 60 gunners. All of these ships are Dutch Frigates, all carrying 38 ...
4 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

The Battle of Ascalon 1099 - Cotswold All Dayer - Part 2 - Last Sunday saw the annual trip to Cirencester and the Cotswolds Wargames Day held this year at Big Battles. It's always an enjoyable affair with some gr...
5 days ago
Wargames and Railroads

Benchwork for Warehouse Row - Time to take the next big step in getting Warehouse Row up and running...benchwork! I made a trip to two different big box DIY stores in search of 1/2" ply...
5 days ago
Baron's Blog

Grandpa Gruesome's Weird War Stories - It's that time of year again! The veil between the living and dead is at it's thinnest. Time for the World Revenent Hunting Social Club to meet once aga...
1 week ago
Storm and Conquest!

Imperial Roman Praetorians - Completed some Warlord Miniatures Praetorians for a commission in Australia. Cheers Matt
1 week ago
One of My Men Became Restless

25/28mm Things From the Basement - Livestock Buildings - Great set from Thing From the Basement! My trials and tribulations are detailed below, I screwed up the priming twice! For the fencing, I mixed up some d...
1 week ago
A Wargaming Gallimaufry

Button House - I've occasionally posted about visits to castles but haven't been to one for a really long time so instead here are some pics from yesterday's dog walk ...
1 week ago
Devon Wargames Group

Chain of Command - Normandy Training for Version Two. - Inspired by recent news of the forthcoming v2.0 for the stalwart WW2 ruleset Chain of Command by Too Fat Lardies, a game was laid on at club to teach one...
1 week ago
Din of Battle

3D Printed Roman Marching Fort from CentrionStudio on Etsy - Hi folks, I wanted to share my experience with the 3D printer terrain company, CentrionStudio, on Etsy. I was browsing 3D terrain on Etsy and came across...
1 week ago
Saxon Dog

Seven Years War at Partizan - Sorry for the lack of posts this last few weeks! I have been very busy getting the, Seven Years War, demonstration game ready for the 2nd Partizan show ...
1 week ago
One man and his brushes.

Gaming - Gettysburg at The Other Partizan - The weekend saw our group trip to Newark for The Other Partizan show. We put on a Gettysburg game using the 10mm collections. A good team effort with co...
2 weeks ago
SquadPainter

Steel Fist Cavalry with GW Contrast Paints - I just finished up a two quick stands of Steel Fist English Civil War cavalry. The figures were primed with Tamiya Light Gray spray primer. [image: Steel...
2 weeks ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

Pulp!: Episode 3 of The Return of the Mad Guru (originally published 10/24/23) - *And now, the stunning conclusion of the play test of the solo rules for Pulp!.* (*Game Note: The Princess has the Life Experience Profile "You kill...
2 weeks ago
The Warbard

Monsters abound: a review of Devilry Afoot co-op horror gunpowder skirmish - We love a good coop skirmish game, playing a lot of Sellswords & Spellslingers and dabbling in quite a few other games. And we both love gunpowder fantasy,...
2 weeks ago
MAIWAND DAY

OPERATION MARKET GARDEN +80 Full AAR, PART I - *Market Garden After Action Report* Pic showing 9 of the 11 players & GMs who started the game, clockwise from Left to Right: Chris (82nd Airborne), Alex...
3 weeks ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

28mm - Napoleonic French Infantry - Peninsular War- Perry Miniatures - Followers of this blog might be particularly pleased to see that I have gone back to historical miniatures after a couple of posts of odd fantasy and ...
3 weeks ago
Wargamingnz

A few Victorian Science Fiction shots - I've been plying a few HotT (Hordes of the Things) games over the past week. Last night veteran 'gamer Nick came around and we played few more. I love th...
3 weeks ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

US 9th Infantry Division (Motorised) AFV Data Cards - Well, I'm a little embarrassed. I thought I had posted up the Data Cards for the US Army's 9th Infantry Division (Motorised) a while back, shortly afte...
3 weeks ago
Unlucky General

Worst Rabbit Hole: Rapid Dice - I hereby declare that I may be on the verge of madness and about to start something which may well get away from me if I'm not very careful. After a fa...
4 weeks ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

Crocodiles in the Congo! - I had hoped to post a full and detailed account of Dr. Jones' adventure in the Congo, but with the end of the long summer holiday and the start of the ac...
4 weeks ago
Kelroy Was Here

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5 weeks ago
Delta Vector

Game Design #108: RTS Wisdom (Balance not Boredom, "UI" Rules/Mechanics) - While I enjoyed old skool titles like *CoH, Command and Conquer, Supreme Commander *- I rarely play RTS anymore. Most RTS, the first 1/3 of the game is b...
5 weeks ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

"Take That, You Beast!": Getting Ready to Chase the Graf Spee - Fans of old British war films may remember that line, uttered by Anthony Quayle playing Commodore Harwood in the 1956 film, Battle of the River Plate. It'...
5 weeks ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

Warhammer Old World New Units - Big picture dump of units completed and battle ready over the last few weeks. Many more coming soon including my Dark Elf and Ogre Kingdom armies. First u...
5 weeks ago
Olicanalad's Games

Combat at Reichenberg 1757 - My main source for this set up was the Kronoskaf SYW project aided with maps from volume 1 of Horace St. Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in t...
5 weeks ago
Quindia Studios

Dronningens Livregiment - Another unit for my growing Danish army... Warfare Miniatures, of course! The mounted officer is from one of the Cuirassier Officer packs (tricorns & fro...
1 month ago
Dalauppror

37 years of waiting... - *1987* - 37 years ago, i was 15 years old and read Sinkadus the only Swedish RPG magazine . The no.1 swedish RPG writer Anders Blixt anounced that "Parti...
1 month ago
With Zeal and With Bayonets Only

Sickles' salient - Few weeks ago we recreated 2nd of July at left Union flank at Gettysburg. Two divisions of Longstreet's corps assaulted overstretched line of Federal III...
1 month ago
Meeples & Miniatures

Ebor Lard 2024 - A trip up t’North was made this weekend, into the heart of Yorkshire for the annual Ebor Lard event. This was my first time attending this event, but I had...
1 month ago
PanzerKaput's Painted Review

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

Back to War - So after seven months away from the game table, last night I went downstairs and refreshed my memory about the battle and units set up on my table since ...
1 month ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

French Ordonnance vs Maximilian Imperials - I've been lucky to get four or five games in over the last few months and this might be the last one for a while- so it was gonna be a good one.Ross's ear...
2 months ago
Roundwood's World

"When the Last Sword is Drawn": Bringing a game idea to life - ******** "*Something terrible has happened at the small mountain monastery of Ikoto. The monastery is under the protection of the House of Akiyama, and i...
2 months ago
the Man Cave

Rediscovering Thunderbolt Apache Leader - Got some hobby supplies sent up from the Canberra Strategic Reserve, including a few games. Amongst them was this gem by GMT Games in 1992: *Thunderbolt ...
2 months ago
Andy's Wargaming Blog

4th Century BC Republican Romans - Antepilani (Proto-Hastati) - The first of my 4th Century BC Republican Romans (Latin, Etruscan, Gallic and Samnite wars in Italy). Victrix plastics. These will be used for a home-wr...
2 months ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

Heroquest - the best thing about it. - *Balin the Dwarf contemplating his next move, while Sophia the Sorceress considers her Spell cards*. One of the pleasures of children is sharing somethi...
2 months ago
Shed Wars

Battle of Chaeronea (338BC) - A 28mm Wargame - Afternoon All Following my last post which focussed on my completed Macedonian/Successor army (HERE) , it was about time that this force saw some action...
2 months ago
Steve's Paintingshed

Updated Bloodybacks! rules for the AWI - I have revised and updated these rules and changed these on the "pages" section of the blog. So, we are now up to version 9. There are some key additi...
3 months ago
The Emperors Blog

New stuff - MACEDONIAN CAVALRY GERMANIC CAVALRY
3 months ago
A J's Wargames Table

East Coast armoured train - 1914-1918 - A feature on an interesting armoured train that protected my part of the world during the Great War. It could be useful for a *what if* scenario in the G...
3 months ago
DROPSHIP HORIZON

What Does This Button Do? *Ancient Blog Powers Back UP* - Howdy. John Bear Ross, here. I used to freelance for Rebel Minis, Critical Mass Games, Khurasan, Reaper, Wizkids, Conflict Horizon, ClearHorizon Game...
4 months ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

Littoral Commander - First Impressions - Littoral Commander is a modern to *futuristic* (more on this later) era wargame, focused on a potential conflict between US Marine (USMC) and Chinese Peo...
5 months ago
Analogue Hobbies

Ick the Mage, his homunculus Funnel and Nick aka 'The Red Right Hand' - A trio of fantasy characters for this week. First up is 'Ick the Mage' with his long-suffering but faithful homunculus, 'Funnel the Scroll Caddy'. ...
5 months ago
Adventures In Lead

Blood on the Sands at ShireCon - Had a great day at ShireCon, or the Little MOAB, as I like to call it. Had a lot of interested people play a game or two and got to play test some new g...
6 months ago
Crac des Chevaliers

28mm WWII British Late War Force - 28mm Late War British. Warlord figures, guns and vehicles. Infantry & Support Weapons Guns Armour CdlT
6 months ago
Wargaming Girl

Salute 2024 - The Games (Lots..and lots...and lots of pics) - As promised yesterday, here are the photos I took of all* the games. * I may have missed some I will apologise in advance for the quality of some of the ...
6 months ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Battle for Blackside - Mordheim Season 4 Turf War Round 3 - Had the third round PvP game of our fourth Mordheim Campaign back in the end of January and had the full complement of players attending, Ian with his Ca...
6 months ago
DRESSING THE LINES

Napoleonic British 3rd Battalion of Detachments - OK, anyone who knows their Napoleonic history will immediately be scoffing at me, saying there was never was a British 3rd Battalion of Detachments. And th...
6 months ago
GREG'S WARGAMING BLOG

Rail System Update - Here are a few additions to my rail system. Blown up track Railway crossing
7 months ago
Joe's Delaware Area WarGamerS (DAWGS)

Cold Barrage was Fantastic - My son and I had a great time at the one day event. I played "Save the Montcalm" a re-skinning of another game "Save the Wellington". Save the Montca...
7 months ago
Ilkley Old School

Combat at Zinnberg - I had my first game using my Zinnfiguren this morning. The Combat at Zinnberg was played using the DBSYW supplementary rules for DBN. The game is a simpl...
9 months ago
Lead Warrior

A quick update - what happened in 2023 and some plans for 2024 - In 2023 I was able to play 201 games across a lot of recorded and imagined space and time. What particularly pleased me was that my last game of the ye...
9 months ago
SYW6mm

小狐狸钱包插件安装问题解决方法 - 摘要：本文将详细介绍小狐狸钱包插件安装问题的解决方法。首先，我们将从几个方面进行阐述，包括下载与安装、兼容性问 […]
10 months ago
18th Century Sojourn

Field fortifications - In September of this year, one dozen scenarios were designed and tested for a mid-17th century map-less campaign. Scenarios are randomly selected with ob...
10 months ago
Paint Pigs Blog

Things Photographed: PERRY UNION INFANTRY - I'm getting some quite abysmal quality photo's of my work, I hope these do a better job of representing the colours used. Unfortunately it wont improve ...
10 months ago
The Blog With No Name

Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes - This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme bein...
1 year ago
Drunken Samurai Painting Blog

Flames of War Projects for August - August was a great month for me and the hobby. I painted lots of stuff and managed to get in a few games as well. August saw a return to Flames of War...
1 year ago
The Wargames Table

Logs - Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me (thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to paint us...
1 year ago
Maverick Models

FINALLY SOME SCENERY - Hello to all, sorry for the long delay in posts, but time has flown and I have been very busy. Over the last few months I have bought a 3D printer and s...
1 year ago
much ado about nothing

AWI: current state of affairs - As I've just recently stepped over the 50% mark on my AWI project for Sharp Practice, a couple of roll-call pics are appropriate.
1 year ago
Doc's 'Art' of War

Time for another post! - As I haven't posted since August last year I feel it's probably high time I posted again (maybe now a sort of bi-annual thing?) No sooner recovered fro...
1 year ago
View from the Duck Pond

Ebro Miniatures-Review - I may have had one or two items in the post, so why not share the excitement? The next video will be more organised, and I will attempt to do something ...
1 year ago
Blood, Fire and Death

Paimon Miniatures Chaos Dwarves - It's official. I am now a miniatures company. After long years of plotting, planning and general mucking about, my first commercially available figures are...
1 year ago
Sapper Joe's Wargaming & Toys

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

Battle of Saalfeld 1806 - *We played Valour & Fortitude in 28mm this weekend. I ran the rules and my friend Doug played the Prussians & Saxons and Titch played the French. * *Th...
1 year ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

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

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

Tenoch/Slann forced labour party - Tenoch Enhanced Warriors, or slaves for my Slann. Unfortunate neighbours or prisoners of war, they do the dirty work for their overlords.
1 year ago
The Monkey that Walks

Happy New Year! - Hi all, It's been a busy year in Monkeyland, In addition to a range of life events (back to work in-person, promptly getting Covid, the birth of my nep...
1 year ago
The Camlachie Wolfe

Return of the Mack!!! - Hi Bloggers I have recently been listening to Ken at Yarkshire gamers podcast and it had me pining for my old Camlachie Wolfe blog. I neglected the blo...
2 years ago
Wargaming Addict

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

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

Another Gendarme Unit. - Recovering from a bit of a post Covid wobble I have finally picked up a paintbrush to complete these chaps. Yes ANOTHER gendarme unit, albeit Burgundian ...
2 years ago
Adventures In Miniature Gaming

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

Wargaming the interwar period - *CROSSPOSTED FROM WARGAMING MISCELLANY* This year’s VCOW (Virtual Conference of Wargamers) took place over the weekend, and I was able to take part in se...
2 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - 20mm Wargaming

Bretonnians for Age Of Sigmar -
3 years 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 years 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 years ago
Military History Blog on the Web

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

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

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

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

Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
3 years ago
Paco fait le zouave !

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

Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario - Battle of the Falklands A Full Thrust Scenario by Phil Broeders *Authors notes* This scenario is based on the The Battle of the Falkland Islands, ...
3 years ago
Winter of '79

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

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

Deperdussin TT -
4 years ago
Jimbibblyblog

Martian whimsy - I fancied making something a little more whimsical for Mars... Why not a bandstand and some gardens. For the bandstand the roof was printed and most of t...
4 years ago
Raglan's English Civil War

Japanese Buddhist Monks -
4 years ago
Rebel Barracks

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

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

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

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

15mm Canadian Platoon -
4 years ago
Arlequín's Worlds

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

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

15mm Battered Markers for Dragon Rampant...... - *........and some ladders!* *The gravestones are leftovers and MDF from Blotz, these are used to signify a unit in distress marker for the rules, rather t...
4 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
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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.
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
Monsieur le Rosbif & Johnny Frog

A Tale of Two Battles - Part the Second - After the battle recorded in the previous post, I felt I had unfinished business with Paul and his Russians, so I challenged him to a game the followin...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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 ...
5 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 ...
5 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...
5 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...
6 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...
6 years ago
20th Century Wargames

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

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

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

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6 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,...
6 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
6 years ago
15mm paint shack

Greek Light Cavalry Final Victrix review finished painted -
6 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...
6 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.
6 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.
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 o...
7 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...
7 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.
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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 ...
7 years ago
Captain Richard's Miniature Civil War

Macro shots of the Undead Pirates and a Zombie? Creepy! - It was amazing to see the detail through the lens.... Captain Richa...
8 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 :)
8 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...
8 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. ...
8 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!
8 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...
8 years ago
England Prevails...

Rules: Living on the Frontline - Well, there's life in the old dog yet! It's been a while since I last posted anything here but the creative juices are starting to stir, least of all bec...
8 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...
8 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 ...
8 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...
8 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...
9 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 ...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
MiniStories

20mm WW2 - US M3A1 halftracks - Well, these took me a while to finish. They were 90% done in Januari and I've been staring at them on my workbench since. Until last month... I finally h...
9 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...
9 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 ...
9 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...
9 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...
9 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...
10 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, ...
10 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...
10 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...
10 years ago
Tank Girl

Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - *Kabar Lowongan Kerja Manado Agustus 2014 Terbaru - **Lowongan Kerja Terbaru* kali ini akan memberikan informasi *Lowongan Pekerjaan Terbaru* . Lowongan K...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 years ago
Project Arnhem

A thing! - I've posted a thing! But it's not here, it's over there.
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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 ...
11 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...
11 years ago
Confessions of a Wargamer

Super Fresh – short film -
11 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
11 years ago
The Disgruntled Fusilier

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12 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...
12 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...
12 years ago
Terrain Monkey

More Lead Adventure Brugelburg painted - Couple more finished, really enjoying these figures.
12 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.
12 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
12 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...
12 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...
12 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 ...
12 years ago
little legions

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

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12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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 ...
13 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 ...
14 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...
14 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...
15 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 ...
15 years ago
A la Outrance!

And of course I need to think of artillery... - *Batterie Honneur de l'Artillerie* *Uploaded by musee-artillerie*
15 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" ...
16 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...
16 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...
18 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 20 June 2023

Maidstone Wargames Society: Open Day

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