An Intermittent Firefight: December 2016

Blogs I Follow:

Tides of War

New Game Table - Actually all I did was redo the grass paper and gave it some character. The old table was really scratched up. I used weathering dust and spray adhesive. ...
2 hours ago
Mann's Model Moments

Building the 40k Dark Imperium 2-Player Boxed Set - Last time we took a first impressions unboxing look at the Dark Imperium 2-player boxed set for Games Workshop's new edition of Warhammer 40k. This time we...
5 hours ago
Flintlock and tomahawk

Led Mousquets du roi - My favourite French marine unit recreates the troops of the 1690s. They do it very well. From Montreal. If you live in the region why not join up? Facebook...
5 hours ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Zero Hour - The bombardment Tommy gave us was devastating, two of my sections suffered very badly and refused to leave their shelters for a long time and when they did...
6 hours ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

Giant Commission -- Complete Prussian Army - The Prussian army is finally done! Here it is in all its glory. Line Infantry, Jager These are regiments 1-12, with two musketeer, one grenadier, and one ...
8 hours ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze

Attack on Landguard Fort 350th - The *Battle of Landguard Fort* or the *Attack on Landguard Fort* was a battle towards the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War on 2 July 1667 where a Dutch ...
10 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

Reaching the half way point - It was too hot to paint for a while back there, but I did my best over those few very warm days! The second part of the *Eureka* 'Field Bakery' set is fini...
10 hours ago
I have wrought my simple plan...

Dunkirk Joe, Wargames Illustrated's Latest Giants-in-Miniature - Dunkirk Joe Wargames Illustrated have their latest Giants-in-Miniature figure up for pre-order here...this time Dunkirk Joe. Would work well for Pulp, VCBW...
10 hours ago
Lost Wargamer in HK

Bolt Action Battle Report - Partisan vs Germans - Retreat through the Mons Pocket scenario - *In the last days of the occupation, a group of Belgian try to stop a force of German to escape their fate.* Last Friday saw the Germans trying to sneak a...
11 hours ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

More Troops for Prospero - More defenders of Prospero - archivists with guns! Here in the Canadian prairies we always like to say summer can be "brief". Usually we mean three months...
12 hours ago
All Bones About It

War Dog: Bones 3 Figure - This past week I finished up the War Dog from the original Bones 3 *Core* *Set*. I had long needed a proper War Dog for my Frostgrave warbands, having...
12 hours ago
My Ever-Growing Armies

Spanish Militia - These are the spanish militia, the other half of the Spanish Guerilla set from Hat Industries. There is enough on that set to come up with these 3 small un...
13 hours ago
Mac's Little Friends

Oscar Sierra Charlie in Soviet help Afghanistan - This was our second game of the modern and near future skirmish rules, *Oscar Sierra Charlie* (OSC) from Evil Bear. This game was a clash between a Sovie...
14 hours ago
Wargaming Miscellany

German Flakschiff: Niobe - HNLMS *Gelderland* began life as a *Holland*-class cruiser of the Royal Netherlands Navy. She entered service in 1900, and had an active career representin...
16 hours ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

A recent trip to the physiotherapist - Image from Wikipedia. CK: *walking back and forth while waving one of his hands in front of his face* You know, your profession must be a terrible tempt...
17 hours ago
Lord Ashram's House of War

My 1,001th post... my son paints his first soldier! - Hey all! Well, for post #1,001, here is something new... my son painted his first toy soldier! Now, I think he did a great job... for being only five an...
1 day ago
Scrivsland

Action at the outskirts of Talavera - September 1936 - Following our game at Little Wars we arranged another Chain of Command Espana big bash, so yesterday I picked up Drew, Bruce and Sasha and we set off for...
1 day ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

Cycling the Palouse - Beat the Heat - With only a few days into summer on the Palouse, temperatures are expected to heat up today. A forecasted Sunday high temperature in the mid 90s F means t...
1 day ago
Warfare in the Age of Steam

Whippet tank - One of my favourite WW1 tanks
1 day ago
Dampf's modelling page

An Industrial Narrow Gauge Adventure - For the past six months, I have been working on the new* Pen and Sword* book that will feature a selection of scratch-built wargame terrain for the Napol...
1 day ago
Vis Lardica

Xarledi Hover Tanks for the Hura Technocracy - According to the Clear Horizons website, "the Hura Technocracy represents an alien species known as the Hura. While possessing traits of both crabs and m...
1 day ago
Matt's gaming page

Congo Forest Tribes Reinforcement set (Foundry) -
1 day ago
dwartist's painting blog

Antenociti's 'Meerkat'... - ...Light Scout Vehicle.
1 day ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Three more Frostgrave soldiers - This (finally) completes the soldiers I had assembled many moons ago for my own Frostgrave warband. A pair of thugs and a crossbowman. Though now I...
1 day ago
Skull and Crown

Summer Reading Stack - A compilation of books in my summer reading stack. Some classics, some classics retold, some research, and some sci-fi pulp. What's on your stack?
1 day ago
Talomir Tales

Spring 1001 - Tereken vs Altengard - Pfannkuchen Flachland - Feels like it's been awhile since I did one of these. Sorry for the delay, my hobby stuff has become a shambles and I had trouble finding various things an...
1 day ago
Up River...one nerds trip to a miniature heart of darkness

A Couple of Troopers - Hello everyone, Just a quick post...as I continue to paint through my Imperial Assault figures, I finished off the 'straight' troopers for a section of St...
2 days ago
WAB Corner

Perry War of the Roses Infantry - WIP - Here are 108 of the 120 infantry from the three box "Yorkist Battle." The other 12 figures are the command in plate armor and will be painted separately - ...
2 days ago
STALKER7

Zona Perestrelki – Zone Firefights - Fast-play war game rules for skirmishing, salvaging, and surviving in the Exclusion Zone. Sorry no Bat Reps this time. I’m slammed with real life obli...
2 days ago
Don't throw a 1

Broadside 2017 - Well I've certainly taken my time getting this post on!!! My last post was all about the Rejects game at Broadside so its only fair to show off the rest o...
2 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

2nd post of the day - RJW All dayer.... - Dashing in to save the day - The Japanese dismounted cavalry make an appearance just in time for tomorrows game. Let's hope they don't suffer the fate of mo...
2 days ago
Herkybirds nest

Vikings return - Today, we had a rematch after THIS GAME - where my Vikings had driven Lawrence from his village. Being the Earl of Sneakiness, rather than try to retake his...
2 days ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Fallschirmjager Platoon, plus Back of Beyond - It has been a while since my last post as I have been spending most of the last five weeks back and fore to Wales sitting in a hospital ward but I have m...
2 days ago
Lonely Gamers

Late Imperial Romans - Wargames Foundry - Over the last couple of weeks I have been slowly repainting and rebasing some great Wargames Foundry Late Imperial Romans I had purchased from Barry Lee ...
2 days ago
SHADOWKINGS

Sons of Horus Leviathan Dreadnought, Marines and Assassins - Finished off these a Forge world Leviathan dreadnought I wanted to my collection for along time some heave weapon Marines and Terminators , also 4 Assas...
2 days ago
Pijlie´s Wargames Blog

VIPs in miniature - Over the years I have collected a respectable amount of "VIP" miniatures. Inspired by movies, games or books they have found there way, licensed or not, i...
2 days ago
Worlds In Conflict

THRUD! THE BARBARIAN! - Usually when I personally talk about gaming nostalgia it's around role-playing rather than miniature games. The truth is over the years because casting te...
2 days ago
Olicanalad's Games

Simple applique terrain pieces to denote rough terrain - When using a cloth thrown over hill shapes to form the basic topography for a battle, small pieces of applique terrain pieces to differentiate one type of ...
3 days ago
Dalauppror

Transporters - Dragon Rampant AAR - Here is the second chapter from the Chronicle of the 4 heroic adventurers seeking fame and fortune in the north. After they so heroicly saved the village...
3 days ago
Xin's Lair

Building Aspern-Essling Battlefield, Part 2 - We are back again with some more updates on our table for Historicon. No matter how much time we think we have, it is never enough. And life is always gett...
3 days ago
Anatoli's Game Room

Frostgrave, new Wizard and apprentice duo - When I was ordering some additional monsters and creatures for Frostgrave I also ended up buying a new wizard and apprentice, picked out by Caroline. No id...
3 days ago
Irregular Wars: Wargaming at the World's End

More Flytrap Factory cavies - I'm delighted to say that three more brave (if not bright) hunters are almost ready to join my tribe. All three are from the second pack to the original...
3 days ago
Paint-it-Pink

RAFM Mambas - Until recently I only had two Mambas. One a brawler variant and the other was less than complete: no head and engine. Now I have two more: a Black Mamb...
3 days ago
Minairons miniatures

New British Battalion flags! - Some time ago, we placed a poll in order to let users decide which new SCW International Brigades flag set we should release first. Following poll results,...
3 days ago
Shed Wars

Warlord Games British Heavy Cavalry Review - Hi Folks Given Warlord Games have just released their boxes of plastic British Heavy Cavalry and I am building both British & French Napoleonic armies I th...
3 days ago
merseybooks

Availability of my Wargamer's Guides book - I've noticed that Amazon's stock of my Wargamer's Guides seems patchy at best - sometimes they are in stock, other times they show up with a 'despatch with...
3 days ago
Jimbibblyblog

Another Chinese building base - I should've posted this when it was finished but typically I forgot :-/ It's a smaller one than the last but the same principles apply. I've also got anoth...
3 days ago
JJ's Wargames

Talavera 208 - Video Tour - With just one day to go before the first game of Talavera 208, it's all getting rather exciting, with the players swapping last minute comments, monies c...
4 days ago
Not just old school wargaming

Battle for Hoeke Valley - the wrap-up - Sorry for the delay (and Tony has been hassling me over it! :-) ) but this post will attempt to wrap up what we saw and have learned from my battle report ...
4 days ago
Lard Island News

Bloody Bucket Pint Sized Campaign Arrives - When it comes to the Battle of the Bulge, much is made of the defence of Bastogne. However, US troops were preforming valiantly before then, defending the...
4 days ago
Wargames & Stuff

That's my beer! - Following my previous post on my lovely new Dwarf Brewery model, here are some pictures of it in action. I played a smallish, 2,000 point Warhammer game in...
5 days ago
Storm of Steel

Grenadiers of the Middle Guard - Following on from the Old Guard Grenadiers the next *Blücher* unit I finished is the Middle Guard Grenadiers. It is formed of the 3rd and 4th Middle Guard ...
5 days ago
The Renaissance Troll

Spellcaster: The Frostgrave Magazine - *Coming next Friday, June 30* For anyone who can’t get enough *Frostgrave*, I’ve got an exciting announcement. Next Friday, June 30, I will be releasing th...
5 days ago
1000 Foot General

Blood and Plunder: First Thoughts - With my jungles finished, my lanceros painted and my Spanish dwellings ready to be raided, one of my usual gaming buddies Chris and I finally got some o...
6 days ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Blucher Waterloo 202 - This Sunday the 18th June, the 202nd anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, the Wollongong Wargamers held our now traditional *Blucher* ruleset game of W...
6 days ago
The Miniature Mayhem

ACW, Kettle Creek 1862, Black Powder, Scenario and AAR - *Forno´s Brigade moving along the broken up railroad. Bristoe Station is in the background* The Little Wars Stockholm Wargaming Club held a club meeting l...
6 days ago
Baron's Blog

Dragon Rampant: Everybody hates the Undead - In our last game, the Forces of Chaos and Darkness triumphed and moved ever forward into the lands of the Good Peoples. Thursday saw a Next-to-Last Stand b...
1 week ago
Buck's Blog

Sally 4th Photorealistic Pub - Some weeks ago, I started work on this pub from Sally 4th. When I originally ordered it, I ordered the photorealistic sheets for the interior, but not the...
1 week ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

The FBI and TSR - In case you missed it, here is an FBI report mentioning TSR, Inc. from 1995. Long story short: Agents interviewed someone at the company about any connecti...
1 week ago
The Sharp End of the Brush

Western League Defeat in the Spaetzelthal - Sometime during the War of the Western League, some years before the outbreak of the Not Quite Seven Years War, a League army advanced down the Spaetzelth...
1 week ago
Ilkley Old School

AMG 17 - I have just got back from AMG 17 annual gathering. Next year I understand the gathering will be called The Officers Mess. So roll TOM 18. We have had a gre...
1 week ago
much ado about nothing

War of 1812: US rifles - So, I'm riding the 1812 painting wave. I've learned over the years to just ride the wave as it comes. Fighting it only leads to heartache and resentment. I...
1 week ago
Usul's Homeworld

Enemies strengthen you. Allies weaken...... - So I finally bit the bullet and decided to re-base my chaos dwarves to abyssal dwarves for Kings of War. I have been putting it off for a long time but I...
1 week ago
Natholeon's Empires

Once upon a time in Spain - I haven't managed to paint all of the figures for this yet, but I thought I'd do a little set up to see how the Marlburians in Spain would perform. This sc...
1 week ago
Wades World of Wargaming

8th edition of 40k. - You might wonder why I am suddenly talking about 40k? Well in the late 1990's early 2000's I collected quite a bit of kit. Most I sold off as I only manage...
1 week ago
Rebel Barracks

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 ...
1 week ago
Javier at war

The Relief of Karbutzal. A Warmaster game. - A few weeks ago and after a few years, me and my buddy played a game of Warmaster with 2.000 points armies. I played with my Orcs as usual, and as usual I ...
1 week ago
Dartfrog's Adventures in 6mm and such

Operational Design in Wargaming Chapter 5 -Principles of War - "A serious problem in planning against American doctrine is that the Americans do not read their manuals, nor do they feel any obligation to follow their...
1 week ago
Association - Les Riflemen

12 septembre 1213, Muret - *Muret, 25km au sud de Toulouse, est assiégée par les milices toulousaines.* *Muret, 25km south of Toulouse, is besieged by the militias of Toulouse.* *Mais...
1 week ago
A frightful bestiary...

A list of projects - On going project lists: *Active* (have been worked on in the last 6 months) Skaven - Finish painting up everything I have built Mordheim - Finish paintin...
1 week ago
The Northumbrian Wargamer.

Malta visit 2017. The In Guardia parade. - My wife and I just returned from a weeks visit to Malta last night, god bless the woman, she put up with me trailing her about Valletta looking at all of t...
1 week ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Général d'Armée: Vimeiro Hill 1808 - I thought I would see how GdA works with less then the recommended number of brigades, so I took the Vimeiro Hill scenario from the General de Brigade Sc...
1 week ago
Trailape's Wargame

My Sharp Practice Participation Game. - Hi Team Recently I hosted a Sharp Practice Participation / Demonstration Game at a Local Gaming Convention, BADGACON. The showcase for the Bendigo And D...
1 week ago
War Is the H-Word

LPL 2017 final round - This post concludes my LPL series (I will return to some of my entries in more detail but as own projects) Here is my entry for round X: Slavers of the Pur...
1 week ago
Mars-Miniatures

Warfare Minis - More Marienburg Infantry Arrive In Bree - Oldhammer LOTR - More Floppy Hats in Bree Buddies... welcome to another post. More Marienburgers have crossed over the Misty Mountains Pass and are h...
1 week ago
One More Gaming Project

"One More Gaming Project" Hits 200,000th View! - I'm happy to announce today that over the weekend "One More Gaming Project" received its 200,000 view! I just wanted to thank all my readers for their...
2 weeks ago
15mm Wargaming for Fun and Sanity

Rogue Stars: The Metebeetlejuice Fulcrum. Death vs Sanity Klaws - Life, oh my froody hoobs, can get in the way of wargaming. I know, that's a shock, but unfortunately true. Loyal readers will know that I try and have a ca...
2 weeks ago
Roebeast's Magical House of Sunshine

Steampunk Photo Reference. - *This felt a bit like being in a Piranesi drawing.* *The old iron still supports tons of rail traffic every day.* Here are some pictures that I took of an ...
2 weeks ago
I Live with Cats

BTGOA: Algoryn heavy hoverin' metal - Sh*t just got real for the Algoryns for *Beyond the Gates of Antares*. The latest release from Warlord Games gives them a jump ahead of the hated Concord...
2 weeks ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

Paint Table Saturday: North West Frontier, Rolls-Royce cars, their famous mascot and some young ladies - Well, it always cheers me up when I finish a few figures, although it's nothing compared to Eric the Shed's complete French Chasseur brigade this week! ...
2 weeks ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

15mm RPG Characters - IF I ever get around to doing Gammaworld or Dark Matters or Cyberpunk RPGs, I have a few 15mm player characters painted. Family shot, I think all or mostly...
2 weeks ago
Lace Wars in Tin

First Artilley Castings - The blog has been very quiet as of late as the moulds are taking a long time - and I have to confess to my recent wargaming currently being in other scales...
2 weeks ago
Wargaming in Sverige!

Eastern Front JG54 Campaign begins! - Hi everyone! Well it has been a long time since I played CY-6 (Check Your Six) but this past week, Jesper and I started the JG54 Eastern Front campaign...
2 weeks ago
The Occasional Ambush

Summer fun outside - Go me a couple new toys! Swapped the Santa Cruz chameleon for this: A Stanton Switchback. I've been riding alloy hardtails for years, but its just not th...
3 weeks ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

AWI - 1st Foot Guards 1781 - It's American War of Independence time again. I really enjoy painting figures in the fine uniforms of this period. In this instance the uniforms are heav...
3 weeks ago
Kropotkin's Page | Adventures In Lead

HOTT in Hyboria: Zingara vs Argos - Today saw the clash of the mercantile powers Zingara and Argos. I wanted to make this something new so I made some galleys. I decided to make these moving ...
3 weeks ago
Saxon Dog

Late Romans... Again - Some single based Late Romans. These will get their first outing in a "Dux Britanniarum" game on the 15th.
3 weeks ago
"It's Them! Blast 'Em!"

Looooooong Overdue, But Here's Somethin' New! - Well, some odds, sods, and such to give you all some eye candy to enjoy! Been so busy on multiple fronts I could scream! So enough with the kvetchin'! Here...
3 weeks ago
Alde Garde

New additions for Phalanx - As you know, the Alde Garde will travel in mid June to the Phalanx show in St Helens taking with us our Medieval demogame of the siege of Venlo in 1372. O...
3 weeks ago
Ambushed in the Alley

Tracked or Hover? - While perusing the Darkest Star Games site, I came across their (somewhat) recent releases of 15mm armor for their Federation sci-fi faction (think Travell...
4 weeks ago
Dulce et Decorum Est

Memorial Day II - Oliver Wendell Holmes - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. "In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire" [An address delivered for Memorial Day, May 30, 1884, at Keene, NH, before Joh...
4 weeks ago
Baconfat Log

Germans, Prussians, Robots, Deep Ones, Space Marines, Minenwerfer, Dacians, Adeptus Mechanicus, and some Walls - Hello Dearest Viewer, It's been six weeks since I posted anything, but at least this time I'll show you 61 things I finished.. Here are seven little robot...
4 weeks ago
With Pyjamas through a whiff of grapeshot!

Napoleonic Naval - Wonderful to look at and even better to play with - Langton Miniatures at their best!A quick post to prove that all is well and that life has not complete...
4 weeks ago
Two Marshals

FWC Bootcamp 2017 - The 8th annual Future War Commander Bootcamp, a weekend of 6mm Sci-Fi scenarios, took place at the Tudor Arms in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, organised by ...
5 weeks ago
I Mostly Paint At Night...Mostly.

- My ork force grows.
5 weeks ago
Vehiculos y blindados de la guerra civil española Spanish civil War Armored truck

- A pesar de tratarse de material de los "rojos", el ejercito nacional en la postguerra y hasta entrados los años cincuenta, utilizó los carros T 26 B de f...
5 weeks ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

Reactivating in 3, 2, 1.... - So It's been quite a while since I posted anything on my blogs. after moving out here i found it hard to game. I worked evening(2:30pm -11:00pm) and all t...
5 weeks ago
Picts from the Front

Frontier World Lawmen - Hello again all, Finally painted my 15mm GZG Lawmen ( Armed civilians see links below). Great minis , full of character. I did some head swaps & Milliput ha...
5 weeks ago
Chariot Gamer

King Saul - Here is King Saul with his men of valour. They are ready to fight the dreaded Philistines, confident in victory. The day will not end well for defeat will ...
5 weeks ago
Last Stand Dan

Get To the Boat! (TSATF Small Unit Street Fight) - This was the second battle I put on at Recon 2017 in Orlando. Thanks to Sgt. Guinness for providing all his buildings and Walls for this scenario. I real...
1 month ago
CAMPAIGNS IN GERMANIA

SYW Battle of Arcot, India - =============================================== *Date: 6 May 1757 (2017)* *Location: Arcot, India in The Carnatic* *Situation: French at Arcot Attack The Bri...
1 month ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

The Mesa (Part 1 of 2) - I have a number of ideas for post apocalypse scenarios involving a small mesa-like formation, and set out to build such a critter. I spent some time searc...
1 month ago
Kriegs' Corner

PSC 251/10 - Hey All! Got my 15mm Plastic Soldier Company 251 Ausf C Halftrack boxed set WW2V15003 along with some other goodies last week and put one together as a 25...
1 month ago
Sarcophagi

40K: Valhallan Governor/VIP - I had a request from my buddy Joe over at my gaming club PAGE, asking to borrow a model to represent a VIP objective like a Political Officer, Planetary ...
1 month ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

Update & House Cleaning - Easter week holidays and some domestic priorities among my gaming buddies has brought a temporary break in our Vietnam games. However I have not been ...
1 month ago
Flint and Feather Playtest

Multi Warband Game - We playtested our first of several mutli War Band games over the past two weeks. These games will be large scenarios that will appear in the rulebook. Our ...
1 month ago
Brooklyn Wargaming

French and Indian War: Colonel George Washington from Eureka Miniatures - By the time open conflict between French and British forces erupted in the French and Indian War in 1754, the French were well experienced with the chall...
2 months ago
Highlander Studios, Inc.

Victorian Street Furniture - I've been practicing my digital skills a few hours each day by selecting a random item and working on it. Each one has taught me a some new or more e...
2 months ago
LOST SOUTH PACIFIC ADVENTURES

Japanese Attack Clark Air Field - Date: December 8, 1941 (April 5, 2017 Weeknight Game) Location: Clark Air Field, Luzon, Philippines Situation: Japanese Aircraft Surprise Clark Field *BACK...
2 months ago
Forage Caps and Shakos

Second Seminole War - Pushing Ahead - Eeeck, not getting a lot accomplished on the miniatures front recently, So I decided it was time to start basing my Second Seminole War figures for the Da...
3 months ago
Deep Dark Dungeons

SLAMBO! - (Note: All references to SLAMBO! in this post will be in all caps and punctuated with an exclamation point. This is because his name must always be shouted...
3 months ago
MAIWAND DAY

The Painted Tower - After posting 200+ pics showing the rather involved and time-consuming build of my Afghan/NWF Hill Tower/Mud Fort, I am back again, with a short-but-sweet ...
3 months ago
Marching in Colour

Spaceships 2: First home-made fleet! - Howdy folks,Since my interest in Spaceship wargaming, I've found a number of manufacturers which produce amazing looking ships. Until I can decide just whi...
3 months ago
Din of Battle

RJW - Battle of Fushun - G'Day! Last night my crew and I fought a Russo-Japanese battle pitting the Japanese 2nd Division from the 1st Army, against the 3rd East Siberian Rifle Di...
3 months ago
Dale's Wargames

Third Time's the Charm - Twice I started to write a post and twice I threw them away because they did not feel right. If you are reading this then the third time's the charm. Guilf...
3 months ago
Tales from the Maelstrom

Space Slann Warleader - Finished this Space Slann War leader today - you might have guessed I'm a huge fan of this lost, enigmatic species!
3 months ago
Campaigns of General William Augustus Pettygree

Diary of A Subaltern in the Sudan #2 - 23 February 1896 Our scout of the 21st. instant found a Dervish screen south of our post at the village and ruins of Akasha. Thinking the enemy mighty bol...
4 months ago
Irish Army of James II and other things

Perry Cape Wars - Another British officer from Perry Miniatures
4 months ago
TinyTanks 3mm Blog

Combat Mission: Black Sea - This post is a bit of a divergence from the main topic of the blog, but hopefully people will see the linkages with 3mm gaming by the end of the post?! ...
4 months ago
SquadPainter

On the Painting Table - February 2017 - I have not had a lot of time recently to paint, but I have been putting in a few minutes here and there. This is what I have been working on in January and...
4 months ago
The Angry Lurker

15mm Caravan,possible Meth Lab or just a home with outdoor plumbing....... - *........from Gamecraft Miniatures!* *A nice piece of resin scenery plus a plastic outhouse with a SUV for quick getaways? A couple of 15mm miniatures to s...
4 months ago
Tempests in a Teapot

15mm Zhodani Lift Infantry Platoon - GZG - After nearly 30 years of gaming, I've decided it's time to update my 15mm Zhodani Lift Infantry. Originally, I had started with early resin Ground Zero Gam...
4 months ago
TALES FROM RHANZLISTAN

Bhurpa Gold - Earlier today Phil and I played out the latest game in our ongoing Tales from Rhanzlistan, our imaginary setting on the North West Frontier in the early 19...
4 months ago
CAMPAIGNS IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943 and THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940-1941

4th BIG Battle of Britain - *4th BIG Battle of Britain Game* GHQ 1/285 Hurricanes from the collection of Bill P. Our RAF and Luftwaffe pilots will take to the sky again..... Date: ...
4 months ago
WARGAMES & WIPS!

German Noble - This chap has been sitting on my desk since God knows when, which is a real shame as he is my favourite medieval figure of all time. Not sure who he w...
4 months ago
Horse and Musket

A Coat of Steel - On January 23, 2017, our monthly Craft Day was devoted to a Wars of the Roses wargame using the rules of The Perfect Captain: "A Coat of Steel". This is no...
5 months ago
Victoria's Boys in Red

New Tracks - Received in the post this afternoon, a small box of Battlefield in a Box railroad tracks. These will let me vary the layout a bit, adding switches, curv...
5 months ago
Miros' Blog

Final 2016 Purchases - My final wargaming packages of 2016 both arrived Friday, so I thought I'd share the contents. They should keep me busy for a while. The first package was ...
5 months 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...
5 months ago
"By the Orders of the Great White Queen"

Congo - The Last Queen of Aksoum (Adventure 2). - Played two games of the excellent new Darkest Africa game Congo: Adventures in the Heart of Africa. This was the second game of the day. For the first ga...
5 months ago
Painting Landsknechts

Case Study II, Landsknechts / Swiss in French Service - Over the past few months I have been working upon some Landsknechts or rather *Lansquenets* in French service. Each time I work upon a unit of Landsknec...
5 months ago
Carmen's Fun Painty Time

Zombicide Black Plague: Scenery and random figures - Well, first of all, I should probably explain my months-long absence. It's an easy explanation: I'm in a new relationship -- my first serious relationship,...
6 months ago
Cornflower Blue & Corduroy: Wargaming the German-Herero & Nama Wars of 1904-1908

Owikokorero Officer Casualties and Medical Personnel in Bivouac. - I've been looking for an un-watermarked version of this historic image for a long time. It was taken during the German-Herero War in 1904 shortly after ...
6 months ago
RTB AT LARGE

Campaign dressed Poles - We've been working on developing Poles in campaign uniforms that can be used for Retreat from Moscow, Germany in 1813 and the Peninsular. The idea was to ...
7 months ago
Gaming the German Colonial Wars

Update - I've added a couple of links to the Resource page, but beyond that I haven't accomplished much on the German Colonial front over the last few months. Oh, ...
8 months ago
Emperor vs Elector

The Great Blue Bear now on his way to the summerlands. - Emperor vs Elector readers, one of the originators of this group blog, Jeff aka Blue Bear of Saxe-Bearstein has passed away. Jeff had been in hospital sinc...
8 months ago
Zangali

A new term.. - After a brief period of peace the African and international media once again focus their attention on Zangali. With the upcoming presidential elections co...
9 months ago
Return to Darkest Africa

Congo cancelled! - *"I say, you chaps, any sign of breakfast yet?"* Well, for me anyway. I was due to go to Eric the Shed's for my first game of *Congo*, as organised by A...
9 months ago
Pendragon Without

Lincoln Steampunking Part the Second - Greetings Gentle Readers, More costuming from Lincoln, including the birth of a new league of superheroes! *The Revengers* - From Right to Left, The De...
9 months ago
View from the Duck Pond

The Return of the Idiot - It seems like an age, since I posted anything, of any relevance, on here...... Life has an unfortunate way, of placing various obstacles into your path, an...
10 months ago
Marengo 1800. The Austrian army in 15mm.

Hannibal Marchese Sommariva - painting by Francois Xavier Fabre - The wonderful painting of Hannibal Marchese Sommariva was on view in a temporary exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Milano when we visited. I felt e...
10 months ago
Wargaming.info

How Not To Play Crossfire Video - Following on from the “Operation Crossfire: Smoke & Close Combat” video is yet another useful introductory video by Nikolas Lloyd, covering How Not To Play...
10 months ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

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11 months ago
Cavegirl Wargaming

Mini prehistoric Project 2: Cavegirls and cavemen, a dinosaur book and a flashing girl - *The new pack of cavemen characters under way with the three unfinished cavemen from years ago* Well, I have managed quite a bit of painting over the la...
11 months ago
Keith's Wargaming / Painting Blog

Castles of Cornwall - I had a week in Cornwall this year in early June, and it's a fantastic place, we were gifted with good weather as well which allowed us to get out and abo...
11 months ago
Fist Full of Seamen

Vauban Forts KickStarter. - Finally someone is making the Vauban Forts of the 17th and 18th century accessible to the public. Matthew Green of Laser Dream Works is Kickstarting the dig...
1 year ago
..........Williamite Warfare..........

Photoshop Phun - With a little mucking about you can see the idea coming together. I'm extremely happy with the colour matching: no filters were used in this mock-up. I th...
1 year ago
Bongolesia

Update: An extremely long delay and explanation.... - Dear Readers and Followers of "The Bongolesia Blog": I send this note to you as an apology for the lengthy delay in updating this site. As you are aware of...
1 year ago
Men In Boxes

Sci Fi Installation - WIP 28mm terrain project
1 year ago
Dark Ages Wargames Armies

Blood Eagle - I don't quite know how I managed to miss the development of Blood Eagle, from the team that bought us In Her Majesty's Name. But I have only just found...
1 year ago
The Dancing Cake Tin

On Cottages & Lighthouse Keepers - Regular readers of my irregular offerings may remember the cottages I wrote about late last year. They were plain ornaments for burning or some mysterious ...
1 year ago
Warlords of Mars

So we thought it was going to be a small game. - Ever had one of those game events were you thought it was just going to be a small 6 player gamer but turned into an 10 player event? Well that was out Sat...
1 year ago
Gewalthaufen

Steel Fist, Early Renaissance Kickstarter - I'd just like to make a quick post to point out to anyone interested in adding some Early Renaissance Men at Arms *on foot *to their collection might want ...
1 year ago
Evil Bob's Miniature Painting

28mm Fantasy Terrain and Figures: Acheson's Dungeon World - First update in a while. We've been busy with various projects, family matter, and we are expecting a baby! So here is a long overdue post. This project wa...
1 year ago
Gaming the Forgotten War

New Korean War Gaming Forum - Want to chat about Korea? Come join the new gaming forum for the Korean War. Gaming the Forgotten War I am hoping it will help keep me on track and more ...
1 year ago
Tiny Solitary Soldiers

Clearhorizon Omega Squad - Mr. Harold sent me these a while ago, and I finally got around to painting them. The delay was mainly that the neck length bothered me, so it took a while ...
1 year ago
BENEATH HIS SANDALLED FEET

POITANIAN KNIGHTS - Squeezing one last post into 2015, I have painted up a few more knights as I have an upcoming GAME!!! in early 2016. To bump up the Aquilonians, we have he...
1 year ago
Flotsam and Jetsam

Infinity Terrain - Quiet a while back I got in on the terrain deal on Kickstarter from +Jed Norton at Antenoceti. As you can see it was a huge Kickstarter and Jed really wen...
1 year ago
The 15mm Plunge

Grimlocks in 15mm - Here are 12 grimlocks for dnd 5th ed.....15mm Picts from copplestone. Back from a long break in gaming....looking forward to a little dungeons and dragons s...
1 year ago
Dog of War

A quick guide to easily making hedges - Having recently decided to give my terrain collection a bit of an overhaul and splashing out on some new buildings, I've found myself in "need" of a few o...
1 year ago
Ferrous Lands

Modular Lego Dungeon in the Works - I'm working on a modular Lego dungeon set for my kids and I to game with. I had several castle sets as a kid, so I have lots of grey pieces to work with. I...
1 year ago
G.E.M.

Nova Cara Novo Nome Novo Sitio / New Look New Name New Place - Esta ja a funcionar o novo Blog com a nova imagem e novo Nome It is already running the new Blog with new look an name ...
2 years ago
BAR Napoleon

Relieve Cadiz! - Date: 18 October 1810/2014 Location: Behind French Siege Lines At Cadiz Situation: Allied Landing Force Appears From The Sea Behind The French. Rules: Pri...
2 years ago
the trojan bunny's gaming blog

Back to the Desert - I have recently been reading Patrick Macrory's excellent history of the First Anglo-Afghan War, titled "The Fierce Pawns." This got the colonial juices flo...
3 years ago
Squibzy's Solo Wargames - a wargaming miscellany

Whopping Great European Carnivorous Dinosaur Found Near Lisbon! - Woo-hoo! I *do* love dinosaurs; and the bigger the better, especially when I can relate to them in my own neck of the woods - i.e. Britain or Europe! In m...
3 years ago
Classic wargaming

Claymore Report - The Action at Spurlash Down - For those not familiar with the scenario as outlined in the Pilot Issue of CWJ, the action at Spurlash Down is the first in a series of battles in The Blas...
6 years ago
Four-Color Figures

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An Intermittent Firefight

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