The Wargame Shed: December 2024

Blogs I Follow

Storm and Conquest!

Wehrmacht transport - Wehrmacht Trucks A few pieces completed this week as additional transport for my 708th Infantry Division. Two resin and one plastic, I have another res...
20 minutes ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

Battle of the Five Armies with DBF - The Battle of the Five Armies from The Hobbit. Well, more or less. The actual terrain layout based on the book has the Goblin Hordes storming up a valley...
26 minutes ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze

British grenadier caps of the 18th Century - Thanks to Stephen Tindle for this. He says 'Spread over the January and February 1987 issues of Military Modelling was a two part article by W.Y.Carman, il...
2 hours ago
Don't throw a 1

Partizan 2025 - The Rejects on Tour - I'm a bit late in posting about Partizan, life has just got in the way this week. Most other gamers, bloggers and vloggers have already posted up the...
3 hours ago
Dreispitz - Mike´s miniature wargaming blog

Toysoldiers - A quite huge addition to my collection of FrenchIndianWar figures from JohnJenkinsDesigns - *Manufacturer: JohnJenkinsDesigns* *Scale: 60mm (1:30)* *Hi,* *on our trip to England I met a guy who was selling his FIW-ranges of JohnJenkinsDes...
7 hours ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

The Colonel's Recovery Repeats: Seize the Bridge (Part One), A Battle of the Anglo-Russian War - *The action starts in the finest tradition of Hollywood movies. Originally published on May 8, 2021:* *Major Elliott Naple-Cooper Stone of the Royal Fu...
9 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

Cossack Frippary - Having enjoyed a bit of a nostalgic diversion into painting two regiments of *Dixon Miniatures* ACW figures recently I looked around the infamous *Lead P...
23 hours ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

20mm War of 1812 Work in Progress II - Here are the latest figures for Bill's commission. I am nearing the end now!Kentucky Mounted MilitiaUS Light ArtilleryNew York DragoonsBritish 19th Light ...
1 day ago
Felix's Gaming Pages Blog

Eldar Harlequins - Harlequins are the Eldar followers of Cegorach, the Laughing God. They are the performers and entertainers of the Eldar, the self-appointed protectors of...
1 day ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Note to Self: Source David M. Glantz - WWII Reports, Free PDF - https://discover.dtic.mil/results/?q=glantz#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=glantz&gsc.sort=date Col (Ret) David M Glantz is an impressive author on military matters, in ...
1 day ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Hanging Out The Washing - A cracking World War Two game today here in OHQ, Dave took command of an American armoured infantry force in an attempt on the German West Wall. The ear...
1 day ago
Trouble At T'Mill - a wargaming blog

Still not dead :D - Yup - very much still alive, and mostly emerged from under the kitchen fitting and getting Jamie through his web dev course (despite the best efforts of ...
1 day ago
BigLee's Miniature Adventures

Partizan 2025 - Best Demo Games photo review - Join me for an in-depth photo review of the best demo games at Partizan Wargames Show 2025, one of the UK’s premier historical and tabletop miniature gam...
1 day ago
Meeples & Miniatures

Recent TV viewing inspires purchases… - Having just wrapped up Star Wars: Rebels and Season 2 of Andor, I found myself in the mood for more adventures from a galaxy far, far away – not letting th...
1 day ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Historicon: "Romans, Come Out to Play-yay" - *My reconfigured Roman town for Historicon games.* CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO ENLARGE I entered three games for this year's Historicon convention and re...
2 days ago
One man and his brushes.

Gaming - Wake Island 192? - This weekend saw the first Partizan of the year . I was with the guys from The League of Extraordinary Kriegspeilers . The game was a imaginary 1920’s f...
3 days ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

LT TURNBULL'S STAND: A D-DAY SCENARIO - In preparation for the anniversary of D-Day coming up next month, I wanted to get my thoughts down for a scenario I'm planning to host for my buddy Dave...
3 days ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

Wargaming Show - Partizan 2025 - Had a great day today at the Partizan wargaming show at Newark (UK). It's a bit of a trek to Nottinghamshire from Oxfordshire, but it is well worth i...
3 days ago
Andy's Wargaming Blog

French Indian War British Rangers for Fistful of Lead Horse and Musket -
3 days ago
A Wargaming Gallimaufry

Ogre revisited - Squeezed in an unusual daytime, mid-week game this week. Usually my gaming is pretty much all confined to evenings (*the joys of working for a living!*) ...
3 days ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

April Hobby Summary (Mostly Star Trek Related) - I'm still limping along with a crippled computer, a problem that I'm likey to fix next week given that all of my work travel cancelled for next week. So...
4 days ago
Wargamingnz

Victorian Science Fiction action with HotT - To finish off a week of HotT games, Jim and I played a Big battle HotT game. Jim was keen to see how BBHotT played when compared with our first foray int...
4 days ago
Tarleton's Quarter

AWI Plans - I completely missed the 250th anniversary of the "short heard around the world" on 19th April. I saw excellent posts on Facebook from Jim Purky and Stev...
4 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

10mm Terrain - Time Cast Models - It's terrain week, I had hoped to get a game in for Lexington and Concorde back in April but needed some more fields, walls and buildings to flesh out th...
4 days ago
Herkybirds nest

Blown up out of all proportions? - Today we returned to Wings of Glory WW1, and as Rhod had only done dogfights before, I set up a Balloon Busting scenario for him to try, Rhod volunteered ...
4 days ago
2 Hour Blog

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4 days ago
The Ooh Shiny Complex

A couple of games of Battletech: A Game of Armo(u)red Combat - There is much satisfaction to be had from marking off hit boxes on mecha sheets. I set up the first of the scenarios in the rulebook that comes with the...
5 days ago
Devon Wargames Group

A Round-up of some of the other Games run in January-February 2025 - The Devon Wargames Group has grown rapidly in the last five years and we now have some fifty members on our mailing list and regularly host around twent...
5 days ago
iron mitten

Giant Reaper Bones Troll. - I saw this big brute a few weeks ago and thought he would fit into my Fomorian army. His scaly skin makes him look quite aquatic and I can imagine him cl...
5 days ago
With Zeal and With Bayonets Only

Pickett's charge AAR2 - On the right wing of Confederate army our players put weak divisions from Hill's corps. View from initial positions. On the right - haunting line of co...
1 week ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

The Persians are Coming! - Last month my mostly-Legio Heroica 15mm Sassanid Persian army fought its way out of the Bisley storage cabinet* for the first time in almost 8 years (!!)...
1 week ago
KEITH'S WARGAMING BLOG

Line of Departure is Dead - Long Live Startline! - The simple WW2 rules I have been developing under the working title *Line of Departure* seem to be working out, and I have decided to set aside the more ...
2 weeks ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

A Horde (almost) of Hummers - One of my (ridiculously too numerous for words) projects that has been plodding along in the background for a long time is finally starting to see the li...
2 weeks ago
Baron's Blog

May the Fourth Star Wars gaming - In honor of one of my favorite holidays, I hosted a series of Star Wars games last Saturday. The first was a *Fistful of Lead: Galactic Heroes* game,...
2 weeks ago
Delta Vector

The Secret Workbench - Just thought I'd share how I've been infiltrating my hobby bench and gear into our home arranging my workbench. We often have visitors with toddlers, who...
2 weeks ago
the Man Cave

Stuka Ace: Blitzkrieg in the West - *Christmas 1939 — Voss Family Home, Braunschweig* Snow fell in soft curtains outside the windows of the Voss family home, blanketing the garden in white ...
2 weeks ago
Cor blog me!

Blotz Dark Age Watchtower - After our first game of Ruckus, I wanted to use my other LOTR figures with the rules too. I own a small force of Rohirrim, but I needed some terrain piec...
2 weeks ago
dead lead project

May the Fourth be with a really big gun - As is traditional, May the Fourth means I’ve painted something Star Wars themed, and this year it’s ‘Mandalorian with large weapon, Paz Vizla’: I have a ...
2 weeks ago
Wargame news and terrain

Alternative Armies: Fomorian Axe Warriors New for 28mm Erin Celtic Mythology - Alternative Armies: From the cold sea brine come...Fomorians! New 28mm Celtic Myth. Final new release of the Spring Mega Event (20% off auto on all orders ...
2 weeks ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

Curse of The Black Cypress, Where Heroes Dare! Game - We held a send off game for a friend who is leaving the country to rejoin his family and asked if we could host a pulp game. The table, the cursed swamps...
2 weeks ago
18th Century Sojourn

Prussia - The project of rebasing and refurbishing the Seven Years War collection is nearly complete. There remain 25 elements of cavalry, these are slowly being ...
3 weeks ago
GREG'S WARGAMING BLOG

D-Day Project - I currently working on some D-Day Beach terrain and thought I'd share my progress. MG Tobruk Emplacements Mortar Tobruk Emplacements VT600 Emplaceme...
3 weeks ago
Shed Wars

Large Napoleonic Cavalry Battle - 28mm - Afternoon Folks Last Monday the shed hosted a Black Powder Napoleonic Game with a slight twist. The game featured more Cavalry units than Infantry. To b...
3 weeks ago
DROPSHIP HORIZON

15mm (1/100th Scale) CAT Commanders - The Cybernetic Automated Troopers, or CATS, are hulking combat cyborgs. However, despite their fearsome firepower, they require guidance and coo...
3 weeks ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

Some More Thoughts About a Great War Naval Campaign - Kapitän zur See Karl Von Muller, Emden's captain. Grateful to Thomas Brandsetter, a reader of this blog, and with a cracking good blog of his own, for s...
3 weeks ago
Wargaming Girl

Salute 2025 - OK, it's two days late but here is my photo round-up of Salute 2025. You can also take it as proof of life, given that I haven't posted here since last ...
5 weeks ago
The Warbard

BSC 2025 – Wirelizard’s Shuttle, Part Six - The last of this project’s posts until I can show off the painting work in progress photos and all the extra finished photos I didn’t use for the Lead Adve...
5 weeks ago
A J's Wargames Table

Pugnacious Peasantry! - After too long a time away from gaming the mojo is beginning to trickle back. I recently finished slapping pigment on the 15mm Blue Moon medieval peasant...
1 month ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

Normans at it again - Two evenly matched Norman armies clashed one afternoon - and it had the makings of a bloodbath.Rampaging knights, crossbow men , mercenary spearmen and ar...
1 month ago
Wargames and Railroads

Cartoon Wednesday -
1 month ago
Spartan Wargames Armies

Ths Spartan Project Revisted - *The army so far...* I am not sure why I recently decided to revist this twenty year old project but I am back painting Spartans again. It may have someth...
1 month ago
Ilkley Old School

DBSYW - Fontenoy - I played another game of DBSYW. The set up was based on the Battle of Fontenoy and I used my Prussians to represent the British and Allies and the Austr...
1 month ago
Quindia Studios

Project Collection 2025 - I suck at blogging these days. I've been painting a fair amount, just can't seem to post on a regular basis, so here's a photo dump from 2025 so far... ...
1 month ago
Unlucky General

Reformation: EIR Army Part 2 - I've been painting figures down to the wire before my deployment. I do not feel I have sufficient time to complete the bases, however, so the putty, pa...
1 month ago
One of My Men Became Restless

28mm North Star - Silver Bayonet - from the 1st French Unit - These are my possible entries for North Star's Army Painter: John Blanche Series - Painting Contest. One can only use paints from the two sets in that s...
1 month ago
Saxon Dog

Napoleonic Prussian - Pictures of some Perry Napoleonic figures I have painted a while back. The pictures have went missing from my blog here, when I had a tidy up..or I forg...
1 month ago
Analogue Hobbies

The Alcanti Fellowship and The Birdmen of Catrazza - 10mm Dogs of War - Today I undertake a short return visit to my 10mm Warhammer Fantasy project. Over the past few years I've had a lot of fun creating massed bases of 10mm ...
2 months ago
Dalauppror

Midgard - Heroic Battles - Short post about my favouritr wargaming rules for the moment, Midgard - Heroic Battles by James Morris. I am not totally objective as I been involved in...
2 months ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Ragnarok Miniatures - New Figures to the collection - 'The Stahlsons' Armoured Trolls The Ragnarok Miniatures above and following are some of the first miniatures I've added to my collection this year. The Fi...
2 months ago
Crac des Chevaliers

US Marines - 28mm US Marines and an M3 Stuart: Warlord figures (Marine Raiders box) and vehicle. CdlT
2 months ago
Din of Battle

Gallic Wars - Battle of Sabis River - 57 BC - Good afternoon, I'm running this game at Historicon in July so I thought I would do a dry run in preperation for the game(s). I had to scale back the f...
2 months ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

DundraCon 2025 ACW - The DundraCon weekend has come and gone. I hosted an ACW Fire and Fury game using my slightly modified rules that allow me to play at 28mm using my collec...
2 months ago
DRESSING THE LINES

More 3D-printed goodies for my Japanese castle - I thought my lovely Japanese castle that I had 3D-printed recently by Potbelly Miniatures was looking a wee bit lonely without external walls and a gatehou...
3 months ago
Scrivsland

Colonel Claude Runciman and Josefina Lacosta - I was suffering with "the Lurgy" this week but had a quick change from 6mm to 28mm. So I pulled out a couple of figures in the 28mm Napoleonic backlog t...
3 months ago
Roundwood's World

The Potentially Simmering Rivalry of Ping-Xi and Pong-Li - ******** "They're *just* the latest fashion. Everyone, and I mean *everyone* at the Imperial Court has taken a pair of Chinese bodyguards into their reti...
4 months ago
SquadPainter

Basing & Transport of 15mm Wargaming Miniatures - Last year's Historicon game of For King & Parliament's English Civil War Battle of Montgomery posed many new challenges for me. One of them was basing. W...
4 months ago
Adventures In Lead

Mark's Game Room reviews Blood on the Sands - The excellent YouTube wargaming channel, Mark's Game Room, has done a review and a quick explanation of Blood on the Sands. Please show them some suppor...
5 months ago
Olicanalad's Games

Beja completed! - This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a while lon...
5 months ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

The Battle of Prokhorovka - We’re re fighting the battle of Prokhorovka at the moment using Memoir ‘44. This was the giant armour clash between the 11th SS Panzer Korps under Mans...
6 months 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...
7 months 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...
7 months 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...
8 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...
10 months ago
The Emperors Blog

New stuff - MACEDONIAN CAVALRY GERMANIC CAVALRY
10 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...
11 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...
1 year 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 […]
1 year 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
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
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...
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
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
Thomo's Hole

Trung Sisters - I was searching for some information in the Internet and I am not sure how, but the Trung Sisters turned up. Briefly, these ladies were responsible for the...
4 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...
4 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
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
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...
5 years ago
Blood, Fire and Death

Warlord Games 28mm Panzer IV Painting Guide Ambush Camo - This model was kindly donated to me by my mate Robin. I had committed myself to a Monday night game of Chain of Command - under condition that I brought...
5 years ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

Airplane stands for my Aeronefs - I've been working on different ideas for my aeronef stands - and finally got a solution I'm happy with. For the Aeronef and Imperial Skies rules, hexago...
5 years ago
Lead Warrior

2020 Plan - A little late but here we go Playing games is always the most important part of wargaming for me and the target remains 100 games. I think I may struggle...
5 years ago
Adventures In Miniature Gaming

Warhammer Quest Silver Tower - Trial of Azyr - Byron Manfred and his wight king companion each carry two pieces of the Gaunt Summoner's shattered amulet. Together, they are half-way toward completing th...
5 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 ...
5 years ago
Operation: Wargaming!

Marvel Crisis Protocol: The Hulk and M.O.D.O.K are completed - Finished the first two figures from the new game Marvel Crisis Protocol. Both of these were rather fun to do. I did about 80% of the Hulk's painting with...
5 years ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

WW2: Early(ish) Soviets - So here is the last of the WW2 armies that I currently own. I've had most of these soviets for about a decade now. most have been painted for that time. ...
5 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 ...
5 years ago
The Angry Lurker

15mm Savage Northmen Cavalry........ - *.....from the north and Copplestone Castings!* *Lots painted but blogging is becoming a little harder to achieve lately but anyway let's be getting on......
5 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 ...
5 years ago
The Anderson Collection

Crusades revisited - Hi Gents, A miserable day here in Scotland which led me to the games room and a few pics of the Crusade collection (my personnel favourite) this will be g...
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
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Sign Up To SETTING THE SCENE Volume 2. - We are getting closer to finishing the 2nd book, Setting The Scene Volume 2. If you would like to sign up for a copy of volume 2 or add your details to ...
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 First - The Italian infantry brigade. The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high. This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French ...
5 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - 20mm Wargaming

AVP: UNLEASHED - some small scatter terrain - Painted some small scatter terrain for Unleashed. I am quite happy with the results.
5 years ago
Baconfat Log

7TV Post Apocalyptic Survivors, Randos, Tech Gangers, Fallout Mutant Hounds, Graves, and a Corrugated Junk Pile - Hello Distinguisher Viewer, Today there are fifteen small things for you to look at. First are three minis from Crooked Dice's 7TV Apocalypse game. Rev...
5 years ago
Anything but a One

Re-PAINT - I decided to "Re-Paint" the BRMDI painted earlier in the week. I can hear you already screaming at me (And with some justification). I am Happier now. I s...
6 years ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

Pulp commission -
6 years ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

Paint Table Sunday and a Martian - It's Paint Table Easter Sunday and, thankfully, the family have gone down to Hampshire for the usual family Easter Egg Hunt, leaving me in peace. I cou...
6 years ago
'Victory V'

Deal Wargames Society - Rapid Fire Game Last Night - Well for only the third time ever I have attended a Wargames club meeting ! This was my second visit to the ever accommodating Deal Society who are a ve...
6 years ago
Platoon Fire

The Doomlords Revenge! - One day, in the distant past (aka January 2019) I was reading Ye Olde Undead army book. Therein I discovered a tale of Woe from the heart of the Empire; th...
6 years ago
Kevin's Miniatures & Hobby Table

Some New 40K Terrain - Today I finished off some more terrain for Kill Team. First up, this building from the Sector Frontiers set. Very serviceable piece, and a fun model to ...
6 years ago
Maverick Models

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

les Mousquetaires gris - My latest unit is the *Mousquetaires gris* of the Maison du Roi. This is of course the regiment of the "Three Musketeers" fame, but in the uniform in which...
6 years ago
Itinerant Hobbyist

Paratrooper Drama Series - Fellow wargamer and professional filmmaker, Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen, is busy working on the pilot for Paratrooper https://www.facebook.com/Paratrooper...
6 years ago
Glory Eagles de l'Empereur!

[Review] Age of Hannibal - Those who read my last post will know all about littlewarstv and their youtube channel, and will have seen me mention a new game they’ve just released (wel...
6 years ago
Raglan's English Civil War

Mori Samurai Cavalry - *Westwind and Perry Miniatures*
6 years ago
Cigar Box Heroes

ACW Campaign - The Battle of Nashville - Dec 21, 1864 - I've been running an ACW campaign based on Hood's historical Franklin to Nashville Campaign of 1864. We have multiple players from the USA, UK, Austra...
6 years ago
Einar Olafson Painting

The Id, grey aliens - Lucid Eye Id.
6 years ago
Wargamer Blue

Kicking it with the Homies - The feared El Taco Cartel homies are kicking it Southside, plotting and scheming on ways to get product across or under the border. Figures are 28mm S...
6 years ago
Do You Have A Flag?

The Naval Battle of Cherbourg 1904 - The entire French fleet present (mostly) at Cherbourg, bar the *Henri IV -* curresntly MIA... Last weekend I had the privilege to command the French fle...
6 years ago
15mm paint shack

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
6 years ago
20th Century Wargames

work in progress - not much - Various small projects on the go..... but not too much to show :( Maybe this week will be little more productive ?
6 years ago
View from the Duck Pond

Partizan....Just a quickie -
6 years ago
Castle by Moonlight

A wreck! - More Gaslands terrain! My last posts have been consumed by Gaslands, and this one is no different. The simple fact is that the terrain and cars I been putt...
7 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...
7 years ago
Wargame History

Field of Battle Napoleonics - Playtesting Grand Battery Rules - Chris makes his move, flanked by John and Rodney After a slow winter, we are back to playing Field of Battle 2 at Brent's house. This time, Brent was pla...
7 years ago
Cold War Gamer

Review - Book, AFM Volume 2, Part 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art - This was a truly great find by Andy Miles who kindly posted it onto the Red Storm Rising facebook page. It's not quite the British equivalent to the FM...
7 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.
7 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.
7 years ago
Kriegsbuch

Pieter Snayers, The Battlepainter of the 17th Century - Pieter Snayers was in many ways the premier battlepainter of the 30-Years War as he excelled in making large, detailed and often surprisingly accurate "...
7 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...
7 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...
7 years ago
Morts 1938 Scrapbook

Figures for sale Part 2. - Pic 1. Footsore figures £4. These are my catholic royalist's, a well used unit I want to remake using newer figures. All the figures have been converted...
7 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'...
7 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
20mm Nostalgic Revival

Struck on Ebay Again!!! - Great use of Airfix Waterloo buildings, ideal for many periods, and as I got a few weeks back from same seller more farm fields, walls, figures, win...
7 years ago
Wargaming Buildings

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7 years ago
Unboxed: The Board Game Blog

Weekend Warrior: Dreamin' of Electric Sheep - Way back in 2007 Fantasy Flight games attempted what can only be described as an ambitious project and a labour of love for designer Kevin Wilson. That’s...
7 years ago
Irish Army of James II and other things

Anglo Sikh Wars 20mm - I've had an interest in the Sikh Wars for some time now and after reading Amarpal Singh's book on the first Sikh War I decided to take the plunge and put...
7 years ago
Rebel Barracks

Capture the women. - Recently we played a game set in the Dark ages. Rival claimants to the local throne met in battle with their followers beside them. The battle, to a large ...
7 years ago
Watching the Paint dry

Nnnnnnineteen, nineteen - Hobby News ... salute a distant memory, LARP moot1 done, the GEF approaching, hopefully a game of CnC naps this week to break the draughtCommission Paintin...
8 years ago
Hardtack and Coffee

Hello Again - Well, it has been a very long time since I posted anything. I lot has happened in my life ... moved from Virginia to Texas, bought a new house, and chang...
8 years ago
Threwdish Ways

Let's try again - After quite some time, I have found myself a copy of this: This is the fourth (or maybe fifth) book set in the Monster Blood Tattoo setting. Not easily av...
8 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...
8 years ago
Herefordshire 1938

Saving 'Buffy' Blowhard - *“Mayday! Mayday! This is flight 5W4Nfzzzzttttkk en-route to Hereffffzzzzzkzzfffzzrodrome. We are experiencing difficzzzztties and must make a forzzzd lan...
8 years ago
Doc's 'Art' of War

Fun in the AWI, a 50th Birthday Bash! - Down't club a few weeks ago having a most excellent AWI game (re-fighting Germanstown) with all of Doug's magnificent AWI collection for his 50th. We did t...
8 years ago
Wargaming the Zulu War

Rorke's Drift at the Shed - * Rorke's Drift. It's quiet. Too quiet* After the epic recreation of Isandlwana at the Shed on Sunday morning, the table was re-dressed for the battl...
8 years ago
Plastic Warriors

WIP: German Calvary - While things have been quiet on the posting front, things have actually been limping along in the background. Most of my efforts have been going on label...
8 years ago
Ubique

'The Pikeman's Lament' arrives - In today’s post I received a familiar shaped cardboard package. It was, as I hoped, the latest release from Osprey Publishing, ‘The Pikeman's Lament’. Thi...
8 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 ...
8 years ago
Monty's War Gaming

Battlefield 1 Beta PS4 - Painting is resuming in the background while I am indulging in the frenetic, open beta demo of EA's upcoming world War 1 shooter, Battlefield 1, currently...
8 years ago
Kelroy Was Here

78. The Power of a 5-Year-Old's Imagination - I backed Dwarven Forge's first Kickstarter, their Game Tiles Dungeons. I got them unpainted, then painted them myself. They arrived in October 2013. I a...
8 years ago
A-Historical Wargaming

Battle of Benjamin Bridge - With its release just a cover design away, I decided to play a game of *Tree of Liberty* with a friend after our Sunday lunch last week. The game is spec...
8 years ago
WARGAMING THE AGE OF WARS

Samurai project rebooted! - Samurai Project has been rebooted! first three figures shown below. Not sure what rules set I will be using, just enjoying the painting at the moment :) ...
8 years ago
A Conflict of Interests

Ruined Columns - Here are the last terrain pieces I picked up at Salute back in April. Some ruined columns by The Square. They're maybe a bit more on the fantasy side, r...
8 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 k...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
Winter of '79

Olivers Army: Part 1 'Our Kid' - I admit it, I got carried away and spent all of last week writing new rules and games and all things *Winter of '79*. What had started out as a short and...
9 years ago
Miniatures & Terrain

Emhar Set 7206 Saxon Warriors - Hi chaps! Just a quick update in my blog. Some figures, from Emhar's excellent set (Saxon Warriors), I recently painted. The colour variation is not ver...
9 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 ...
9 years ago
Regeln des Krieges

Bolt Action pictures - I've been slowly rebuilding my WWII forces up over the past few months using fool old school 1/72nd plastics and this week I had a little time to start a ...
9 years ago
Flags of War

Secret Santa - I have signed up to the bloggers secret Santa again this year and i have been sent the detail of the person who i need to send a present to. In return we a...
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
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
Project Auldearn 1645

Pike & Shotte Reprise - Been a while since we have posted on the blog. The flurry of activity getting the boards ready and then getting the article out took a lot energy. Howev...
9 years ago
1699 ! Well ? ish !

Ottoman Artillery - Hi Guys Not managed to do much painting, too many other things to do in the nice weather, couldn't base anything either, my base supplier got orders mixed ...
9 years ago
The Anglo-Irish War in Miniature

Resep Nasi Kuning Khas Manado - Telah pernahkan Kamu men-coba nasi kuning? Hampir seluruh dari kita pernah men-coba olahan nasi yang satu ini. Bagimana dengan nasi kuning khas Manado? ata...
9 years ago
MiniStories

20mm WW2 - M20, M10 and M8 - There we go again. I had a long break from painting but a trip to Salute and a vist to Normandy in May did the trick this time. I've sort of finished the A...
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
Captain Richard's Miniature Civil War

Hope everyone is well. Keep creating. - My daddy "Captain Richard" love creating burning or destroyed buildings. This is one of my favorites. He had since dismantled this one as everything was i...
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
Land War in Asia

Top (TV) Duels - To go with my posts on top one-on-one fights (in films) here's a quick selection from television. *#5* Agents of SHIELD (May vs. Ward) This was a fascinat...
10 years ago
Little Tin Men

The Men of the North - Wow, it's been a REALLY long time since i've posted anything on the blog. A lot has happened since the last post back in October. Besides the usual festivi...
10 years ago
Gjallarhorn

Lion Rampant test game - Angry Highlanders! - We managed to get a quick test game of Lion Rampant played at the first of our monthly 'Friday Night Firefight' at Wayland Games. Chris (the only one t...
10 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...
10 years ago
Paco fait le zouave !

Bilan 2014, projets 2015 - Et voici l'heure des bilans revenu ! Je sacrifie d'autant plus facilement à cette tradition que cela fait 4 mois que je n'ai pas...
10 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. T...
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
Lou's Toy Soldiers

18mm Blue Moon Manufacturing French Foreign Legion - These figures are from codes FFT-106 command, FFT-108 advancing and FFT-109 skirmishing packs, mounted on metal washers.
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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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.
12 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...
12 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...
12 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...
12 years ago
From Matchlock to Dog Lock

Empress Miniatures ECW cavalry 1 - I already have a lot of Renegade's ECW cavalry but haven't painted anything except a unit of cuirassiers. For the English Civil War this is obviously ...
12 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 ...
12 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...
12 years ago
Confessions of a Wargamer

Super Fresh – short film -
12 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
12 years ago
The Disgruntled Fusilier

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12 years ago
Johnno's Miniature Projects

Paths of Glory - This months challenge (due Oct 31) was to paint any two units for my ogre kingdoms army. SKIN: I chose Rakarth Flesh for my skin base coat. A wash Drakenh...
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
Evilginger Shield Walls clash

- *Dux Brittannarivm Campaign * *Stage one, Laudanum & The Raiders * Now I have the full rules in hand I can I feel start the campaign & say something ...
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...
13 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...
13 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 ...
13 years ago
little legions

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

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13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
13 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...
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 page Several months ago I received *Boots on the Ground* which I had pre-ordered from Worthington Games. It is a very rules-light...
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 ...
14 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 ...
16 years ago
A la Outrance!

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

WEEKEND OF WARGAMING WASHOUT... - I was looking forward to last weekend as i had a GREAT one planned. I had booked Saturday night off work a few weeks back and was planning to travel down s...
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. Thi...
17 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...
19 years ago
"The Zone"

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Musketeer Miniatures

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Desperta ferro!

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Wargamer's Odds and Ends

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Wargaming the War of 1812

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O BRIGADEIRO

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Battles in Miniature

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Lenin’s Library

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The Death Guide To Life

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Grimsby Painter

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