This blog needs a doctor... John Watson at your service! - It's far too long since I posted some lines here. Maybe a last attempt to bring this blog to live again... At Tactica 2018 some fellows and me presented a ...
Three Cyclop giants. Monster March. - These three lads are from Puppets War, made of resin and, they have a ton of character. Well done to the sculptor for these excellent designs. I have had t...
Working on my Photography set up - Been taking a few test shots, need to up the light a bit but as a first try on my new set up I am happy. My targets today were some Modern 28mm Figures and...
Some of my recent reading: dark ages Frisia - Another couple of books I read the past moths were triggered by plans for some medieval wargaming. Somebody suggested that we should try the Battle of Vlaa...
Long Time No See - Oh hello, fancy seeing you here. It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything (almost a year in fact and well over a year since I’ve posted any new mod...
8th Challenge - Entry 4 - BFG - Hundred Years War Bombard and crew (Zvezda and BTD) - This is a 20mm Bombard from Zvezda. I left off the small crew and added 28mm crew from some Hundred Years War artillery from Black Tree Design. The bombard...
Wargaming Auldearn - *Introduction* Auldearn offers a twist on the classic encounter battle. Although often claimed as Montrose’s greatest victory, its result changed little i...
Wargame Hobby Bingo 2018 - Regular readers will have noted that I like to give myself challenges to aid with keeping the motivation going in terms of finishing projects and making my...
Eagles of Empire Miniatures wishes you all a Happy New Year! - *A sneak peak at what's to come in 2018Zouaves and Turcos* Dear fellow wargamers and Franco-Prussian enthusiasts, as 2017 is fast coming to an end, it’s ...
Cobra High Speed Sentry (H.I.S.S.) (80s Pulp) - Today we have the iconic Cobra High Speed Sentry (H.I.S.S.) tank. It was quite possibly my favourite vehicle in my youth, it looked super cool and looked f...
The End of an Era - Hello everyone and sorry but I must inform you that I will no longer be updating this blog. My time is short and the creation of blog posts requires more t...
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...
Another Custom Dice Bag from Saddle Goose Designs - I have a bit of a thing about dice. I've got quite a few. Few hundred...that is. Maybe even several hundred. I know...I need help. But with so many dice ...
Hail Caesar - Greek Javelin Men - So I've now gotten some paint on my skirmishing javelin men, they kind of painted up the same way as the unarmoured hoplites, but with the shorter javelins...
The Battle of Sourpuss Plain: AAR - Yes its been an interminably long time without a post. Lets just move past that shall we... My Royalist left Brigade deploys under the command of Sir Perci...
To Blog or Not to Blog, that is the question - It's been a while since I last posted anything on here. Tbh , since my work changed from painting to sculpting, I never seem to have any spare time for blog...
Tiger 1E Normandy 1944 - Now then, Here is another of the big cats that operated in Normandy. This time its a Tiger 1E. And here are both the Tigers together. Thanks for loo...
Chasseur à Pied Completed. - Well here is my completed Chasseur à pied. He is depicted has the Jon Smith Modellbau instructions suggest waiting an early version of the horizon blue ...
Hobby in general - Modular tiles for a gaming table - WIP - Part one - *Hi,* *in my last post I showed some pictures of a selfmade terrain plate for Dead Man´s Hand.* *But one plate is not enough and I always have the problem...
Feeling a bit Mahdi.... - Well, less Mahdi, and a bit...., well, mardy...... For those of you who aren't aware, 'mardy' is a dialect word used (as far as I know - and I use it), in ...
France III - The light cavalry so far.. Line lancers 5th hussars in front of the lancers Vistula lancers 5th hussa...
Zulu attack - Recently we had a game of TMWWBK using our Zulu wars figures. This was just a trial game for the Southern Strategists game that was played just a few days ...
Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge VII (belatedly) - *Oh crikey, is it June already? I started drafting this post weeks ago, and just never got around to finishing it...* Here's my belated wrap-up on what I m...
Hobby catch up... - Six months since my last post... but I've still been busy! After the last posts Antares odyssey, I have found myself pulled in many hobby directions. I hav...
Undead Shamblers - Almost finished? - Well I have come to the point where I need to call this beauty finished. At least for now. My energy levels are already quite depleted and so putting eff...
Blitzkrieg Commander III pulled and Rewrite - What a crazy couple of weeks. Release to pulling all product for a rewrite. Leon and the Pendraken team have been stellar. http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/...
Battlegroup Tobruk Goes Strong into the Desert - Pavlov's dogs, famously, were conditioned to salivate when hearing a bell which they associated with food. I have been similarly conditioned to associate...