An Intermittent Firefight: December 2016

Blogs I Follow:

Dartfrog's Adventures in 6mm and such

More Egyptian Infantry - With Jon pumping out Assyrian Infantry in droves, I thought it best to provide provide some reinforcements to my beleaguered Egyptians. I managed to fi...
41 minutes ago
dwartist's painting blog

WIP: Prodos Games M577 Armoured Personnel Carrier... - ...aka 'Aliens APC'. I had a few issues with Prodos regarding the very late delivery of the 'Cheyenne' dropship but the M577 has arrived as promised and it...
1 hour ago
The Northumbrian Wargamer.

The cavalry save the day. - Now I'm not touching the Confederate statue thing going on in the U.S. with a barge pole so lets get that straight right from the start. I have my views bu...
1 hour ago
Irregular Wars: Wargaming at the World's End

Tiny games! - August is shaping up to be a pretty manic month with work, but last weekend I spent an evening playing games. But not wargames... We played *Tiny Epic Que...
2 hours ago
CAMPAIGNS IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943 and THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940-1941

- *4th BIG Battle of Britain Game* *PILOT BRIEFING #2 {FINAL}* *Date: Saturday August 26, 2017* [*I] SCHEDULE* 3:00 pm Tom C. and Lewis S. Meeti...
3 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

Black cats, broken mirrors and gypsy curses... - I should be on holiday with my daughter, son in law and three of our grandchildren. I'm not. I'm still at home having waited most of the day for the Homese...
3 hours ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Partizan Swag! - Here's what I got at Partizan yesterday A varied selection of nonsense for a variety of nonsensical projects. Northstar spears and Renadra 20mm square bas...
3 hours ago
Wars of Louis Quatorze

For your children or grandchildren - the Old Fritz - Thanks to Udo for this
4 hours ago
JJ's Wargames

York City, Minster, Roman Baths Vikings & Ghosts - I thought I would end my series of posts on our trip to York this June with a look at some of the other places visited during our stay that didn't make t...
5 hours ago
Dampf's modelling page

Ford's Hospital, Coventry - Earlier today, Sue and I visited Coventry City Centre with Holly. While I was waiting for them to finish shopping I started exploring some of the many si...
5 hours ago
Xin's Lair

Starting a Vampire Counts Army. - A few months ago, I bought a collection of Vampire Counts from someone on TMP. Sadly I forget who. Anyway, it was a nice collection of old figures. I bough...
6 hours ago
All Bones About It

Wild West Wizard of Oz Scarecrow: Bones 3 Figure - Last week I started the Bones 3 Wild West Wizard of Oz set and posted the Tin Man mini. This past week I continued working my way through the set by pa...
7 hours ago
One More Gaming Project

Three Wise Monkeys Idol Jungle Terrain Piece (Ghost Archipelago) - My mom used to collect these old dime-store souvenir figurines of the the classic three wise monkeys from the Japanese fable. (See-No-Evil, Speak-No-E...
7 hours ago
Vis Lardica

Gaming Models' Polski FIAT 621 Truck - The chaps at Gaming Models very kindly sent me a few samples of their WW2 Polish vehicles to have a look at. First off the painting table is the standard...
8 hours ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Hauptkampflinie Gebrochen - Yesterday myself and Mike had the next game in our Martlet campaign, this was our 7th game and my second attempt the to overcome the German line of resis...
8 hours ago
NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Partizan II Part One - Two words will suffice "bloody brilliant" Too many fine games to photograph them all, here is a selection. Crecy - The Bodkins With contributions from the li...
8 hours ago
Flintlock and tomahawk

Rochefort France event - details here. Here are some of the reenactors on site.
9 hours ago
Joy and Forgetfulness

Vivandieres & Why I hate Lady Macbeth - NOTE: This is a repost of an entry I wrote in 2012. I was discussing it with a friend last night and went back to it to refresh my memory what I had wr...
11 hours ago
Wargaming Miscellany

A brief progress report - Despite the diversions that presented themselves over the weekend (a trip to Faversham and a lunch out with friends that involved the purchase of a new boo...
14 hours ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

Newline Designs' Babylonian Spearman - Continuing on with the Assyrian Wars project, a fourteen figure unit of Babylonian spearmen debouch from the painting desk. Unlike all of the Wargames Foun...
14 hours ago
SHADOWKINGS

Baby Alana Rae Yates 20.8. 17 - Baby Alana Rae Yates born Sunday 20th Aug, Baby and Mom doing well a little bundle of joy, everyone so happy. I'll soon have 1/2 a football team
15 hours ago
Lord Ashram's House of War

I've started rebasing the Romans... - Hey all! Well, as I mentioned earlier, I decided to go ahead and rebase my son's Romans. I had originally done them on stands of eight, all together. B...
1 day ago
The Renaissance Troll

Gen Con - Still Rolling - The first two days of GenCon have been wonderful and intense. I am, unfortunately, suffering from the double blows of jet-lag and a cold, and my voice is ...
1 day ago
merseybooks

Dux Bellorum turns five! - Well, according to the Osprey Publishing website, Dux Bellorum turns five today. Wow, how time flies! Happy birthday DB. Dark Ages gaming has come on lea...
1 day ago
WAB Corner

Another Box of Perry WotR Foot Knights Painted - Finished painting these guys after taking a break in between painting their armor and their surcoats. Wanting coats of arms for both First St Albans and Bo...
1 day ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Chasseurs Ste Domingue - Trent Miniatures - After what seems like weeks, finally some paint time and some extra's for the Haitian Project a small skirmish unit of Chasseurs Ste Domingue from Trent Mi...
1 day ago
Irishserb's Miniatures Adventure

The Soviet View of the Uwanda-Mugabia War - In the hours following Uwanda's initial advance, word of the results were conveyed to Soviet and Cuban leadership through their advisors and various other ...
2 days ago
Pijlie´s Wargames Blog

Rogue Stars Review The Sequel - As I promised you a sequel to my earlier Rogie Star review, now with a few games under my belt. Although the font type is still a bit harsh on my 50+ eye...
2 days ago
Storm of Steel

Chartrand's Young Guard - As life has settled down, I have been able to tackle more 6mm Imperial Guard, these next brigade being Chartrand's 1st Brigade of the Young Guard. This was...
2 days ago
Natholeon's Empires

Excited - Just as I thought I was almost over my 'oooh shiny!' addiction. This looks like the most important wargaming item in my 2018 calendar! More here. And whi...
2 days ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Elysians VS Viet-Crons - "For our game this week we will crack out the 8th edition 40k rules and return to the unfortunate Imperial planet of Toxo IV. This time, trouble has emer...
2 days ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

Giant Commission -- British Line Infantry - The last of Glenn's armies is the biggest: the Anglo-Allied army at Waterloo. I started with these 226 British line infantry. 69th Foot 1st Foot 32nd Foot...
3 days ago
Jimbibblyblog

A VSF walker - This was quite a simple little build for a mate who has some similar vehicles, but smaller. The only brief really was to make this one bigger. The original...
3 days ago
Paint-it-Pink

Gencon BattleTech - Over on the BattleTech Facebook page there is announcement about new products from Catalyst Games. I pulled these four pictures from their post to spr...
3 days ago
The Occasional Ambush

And now, a brief diversion for something different - We have had a fairly big celebration at this end recently, a pretty darned reasonable amount of Champagne has been imbibed. I've held off blogging this as...
3 days ago
Anatoli's Game Room

Merchants & Marauders: Seas of glory review - I had been looking for this expansion to Merchants & Marauders forever when Caroline spotted it by accident in our LFGS and called me to confirm this was ...
4 days ago
War Is the H-Word

Tie Defender of the First Order - Lately most of my gaming was X-wing miniatures game. Great little game that I actually liked to play in tournaments (and I was keeping distance from such w...
4 days ago
Trailape's Wargame

The French Imperial Guard Cavalry - Hi Team Like most wargamers interested in the Napoleonic era I eventually found myself drawn to attempting to recreate at least some part of Napoleon's 'Gu...
4 days ago
Association - Les Riflemen

1857 - Napoleon III in Kabylia : at the 11th hour... Napoléon III en Kabylie : à la onzième heure... - *From the rooftops of the village of El Jayr, the sentinels see suspicious clouds of dust.* *Des toits du village d'El Jayr, les sentinelles aperçoivent de...
4 days ago
Wargaming in Sverige!

Miniatures for Palaeo Diet - Hi everyone! Well it has been a busy couple of weeks. I recently bought a new set of rules, Paleo Diet. I had some miniatures for the hunters and the hunti...
5 days ago
15mm Wargaming for Fun and Sanity

OAAH Beta Test Black Sails or Hammer Horror. When pirates die they go to Devon - *This is my proposed participation game. First draft for playtesting. Now we are using beta- (test version) rules- this one will use the 3rdversion. There ...
5 days ago
Buck's Blog

Announcing the New South Pacific Supplement for Combat Patrol(TM): WWII - Announcing the Release of the South Pacific Supplement for Combat Patrol™: World War II. Like all the previous supplements for Combat Patrol™, this supplem...
5 days ago
Vehiculos y blindados de la guerra civil española Spanish civil War Armored truck

- Vulcano 3ª série, recién salido del tallaer
5 days ago
Don't throw a 1

The Battle of Schlosshugel 1760 - A SYW Batrep - The Rejects got together last Sunday, for a Seven Years War game, using a newer version of Posties new SYW rules. Some of the lads have already played Po...
6 days ago
Dalauppror

Prussian Infantry - Franco-Prussian War - *I planned to post these pictures about a week ago but was interupted by a phone call... my son David and my wife had been in a severe car accident, some...
6 days ago
I have wrought my simple plan...

Intermission - Moving house this week. And we're going to be without broadband until the end of August beginning of September...it seems calling BT two weeks before the...
6 days ago
Mann's Model Moments

Firestorm Armada 2-Player boxed set - What should we have got? - Someone (Daniel Jones) asked on Facebook what ships people think we should have got for the core race expansions, so I thought I would share my own opinion...
6 days ago
Miros' Blog

28mm Firefly Crew, Rogue Agents and Vehicle - Some more additions to my 28mm collection I use for Doctor Who and 7TV games. Three of the ‘inspired by Firefly’ minis by Heresy. From left to right: Mal...
6 days ago
Baron's Blog

Maneuvers Con: After Action Report - We had the great pleasure of attending the Maneuvers Wargaming convention in Tulsa Oklahoma last weekend. It was their first year, and only our second con...
1 week ago
My Ever-Growing Armies

2nd Regiment of Lanciers de la Garde - The Dutch Red Lancers - Here is another famous unit of cavalry in the french army, the Red Lancers. These are painted from the Zvezda Polish Uhlans kit, just as the Polish Lancers...
1 week ago
Skull and Crown

Triumph of Death: painted stretch goal minis - As soon as I got the first review casts of the last stretch goal minis, I primed them and put paint to them! Zweihander attacking. The Abbot Both...
1 week ago
Baconfat Log

Lancers, Saxons, and Saxons - Hello, Today I've managed to finish 60 models. First are a twelve pack of the Perry Dutch Red Lancers. Their lances are plastic broom bristles, with the ...
1 week ago
Worlds In Conflict

Jaqar Thief of Vornheim and Space Pirate - Following the 5th season of the Dungeon Crawl Classics game I'm playing in it was definitely time for an update to my character model. Jaqar started out as...
1 week ago
Scrivsland

War of the Spanish Succession French(5) - It's 13th August and therefore the Battle of Blenheim day so I thought I ought to get my finger out and update the blog with the latest updates from the...
1 week ago
Lonely Gamers

The Battle of Stephenson's Depot - 15th June 1863 - Last Sunday Myself and Dave Hancox played a fantastic little game of ACW. We were play testing the soon to be released Basic Battles from Dadi &Piombo. T...
1 week ago
Warfare in the Age of Steam

Scenes of Halen 1914 - These are by Belgian artist James Thiriar (1889-1965) Thanks to Francis Hendriks (see below)
1 week ago
Ilkley Old School

French Artillery - Following my recent post on French Hinchcliffe Artillery I was contacted by Les B who kindly offered me some 20mm French Artillery he had got as part of an...
1 week ago
Doctor Merkury's Lab

28mm Gi Joe Dragonfly Helicopter - Finished assembling and painting a 3D print of the Gi Joe Dragonfly. The Dragonfly is based off the real life Cobra Huey that saw service in various theat...
1 week ago
Minairons miniatures

First Naval Flags released - The three first sets of our new 1:600 Age of Sail range are already available. Each consists of a DIN A7 sized paper sheet with several maritime flags and ...
1 week ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

Ogre UAVs - Here are a couple of unmanned aerial vehicles I plan to use for sci-fi armor gaming in general, and for *Ogre*/*GEV* in particular. These castings started ...
1 week ago
Highlander Studios, Inc.

You Can Ride Herd if You're a Zulu - Yesterday I received the stock for two new 15mm products. First up is a herd of cape buffalo. There are 3 adult male, 2 adult female and 2 youn...
1 week ago
STALKER7

Recent Brushwork - Trying to change my palette if not my technique to achieve a different look on my minis. I read a ‘How To Paint Military Miniatures’ book ages ago, and set...
1 week ago
Matt's gaming page

Blue Moon Robin Hood -
1 week ago
Cornflower Blue & Corduroy: Wargaming the German-Herero & Nama Wars of 1904-1908

Doctors and Nurses at the Marine-Feldlazarett in Okahandja, 1904 - Here is an image from 1904 of German medical personnel at the *Marine-Feldlazarett *in Okahandja, Southwest Africa. The identities of all six individuals...
1 week ago
Irish Army of James II and other things

Stalled Indian Mutiny Project - Hi, here's a couple of pics of my stalled Indian Mutiny project using (mainly) Iron Duke figures; which are excellent, even if the odd one is a bit on the ...
1 week ago
Mars-Miniatures

The Mouth Of Sauron - The Mouth of Sauron has come to Bree! This figure has the Citadel code: ME-55 Mouth of Sauron, Evil Warrior Mage Apparently, he has great knowledge of the...
1 week ago
CAMPAIGNS IN GERMANIA

What Happened At The Battle of Madras - *THE BATTLE OF MADRAS* Date: 5-6 August, 1757 (2017) Location: Southeast India, The Carnatic, Inland From The Port of Madras Situation: The Battle Rules: B...
1 week ago
Wargames & Stuff

Shadow War Campaign House Rules - We previously established that the Shadow War rules are exactly the same as the old Games Workshop game Necromunda, right down to the wording. However, the...
2 weeks ago
Kropotkin's Page | Adventures In Lead

Hott in Hyboria: Aquilonia vs Nemedia - The Keep of Tor stands on the Red River that flows out of Nemedia and through Aquilonia. It has been the site of many struggles between these two arc...
2 weeks ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Beersheba 1917 preps... - The 100th anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba falls on the 31st October this year. This battle is something of a legend down under. Whilst not exactl...
2 weeks ago
Not just old school wargaming

A Bevvy of Hussarettes - Count Gruzinsky peered out of the window of his Prague lodgings into the warm June night. Wherever had his daughter got to?....and then by the flickering l...
2 weeks ago
The Sharp End of the Brush

Portable Fantasy Campaign, Part 3 - As I noted previously on this blog, some gaming with my elder son in March left me with an itch to do a campaign. I therefore sat down to do some reading,...
2 weeks ago
WARGAMES & WIPS!

Medieval German Knights -
2 weeks ago
Lard Island News

The Road to Stalingrad – Getting Cross - As part of the on-going Stalingrad build project, I am still very much on the road East. The plan is to have a campaign covering the drive Eastwards rom K...
2 weeks ago
Two Marshals

Rearguard at Dalian 1904 RJW using Blood Big Battles - This scenario, Rearguard (2) from Scenarios for Wargames, follows on from the successful Russian defense of Dalian. The Russians have been ordered to evacua...
2 weeks ago
Lace Wars in Tin

Artillery - Released today - Just a couple of photos to show you the painted figures which will go on the packaging. Prince August went for the Prussian variation on the gun. Probabl...
3 weeks ago
Up River...one nerds trip to a miniature heart of darkness

TRUCKS!! and a few more TRUCKS... - Howdy everyone, I hope you all have been enjoying the summer...it occasionally hits here every week or so, but it has been rather nice. So, between tryin...
3 weeks ago
LOST SOUTH PACIFIC ADVENTURES

Hunter and Grandpa Bill's Expedition To - *ISLA INCOGNITA* {Hidden Island} *Cast* *****************************************************************************************************************...
3 weeks ago
Sarcophagi

Instagrammed: sarcophagi_yetisyell - I filled up my modem with interweb fluids to the top and I am moving onto Instagram: sarcophagi_yetisyell Find me there for WIP pics on stuff I have going...
3 weeks ago
Herkybirds nest

Our end of season bash! - Today was our last club meet till September (sigh!), and we decided to do a dark ages skirmish. Our scenario was Lawrence and I are Viking raiders attacking...
3 weeks ago
Kriegs' Corner

Battlefronts T34/85. - Hey All. Moved the T34/85 that I have been working on to its own post as its getting pic heavy. Put together an early version of the T-34/85 obr. 44. Bat...
3 weeks ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

SOLDIER, SAILOR & HORSE - Back of Beyond - The Reds. - My friend Steve Lygo will be pleased that I have just finished painting some Reds for his Back of Beyond collection. I will be going back to WW2 plus so...
3 weeks ago
Mac's Little Friends

Tribal Primeval Campaign - game 1 - We have been enjoying the *Primeval *expansion to Mana Press' *Tribal *rules. So we decided to try out "The Hunt" campaign starting with scenario 1, Tracki...
3 weeks ago
Brooklyn Wargaming

French and Indian War: French Canadian Militia from Blue Moon Manufacturing - 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...
3 weeks ago
Lost Wargamer in HK

Darker Omen: Part 4. Leader's gathering (AAR) - Special rules played: - Blue Chief had to convince the guard at the entrance to let him in. - Blue Chief and Red Baron would need to ...
4 weeks ago
Olicanalad's Games

Zorndorf 1758 - A Black Powder Game - Whenever I think of Seven Years War battles, the first on my list is Zorndorf. I'm not sure if it is because it involves the Russians (never has the expres...
4 weeks ago
Saxon Dog

De nanteuil - More work on the Crécy project.
4 weeks ago
Wargaming.info

Rorke’s Drift Update - Well it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything directly to do with my own wargaming, and an even longer time since I posted about my 28mm Anglo-Zulu...
4 weeks ago
MAIWAND DAY

Return to the Logar Valley - In Force - As rumored, a substantial Field Force was dispatched on a PUNITIVE EXPEDITION to chastise the Logar Valley Tribesmen for the still-unexplained disappearanc...
4 weeks ago
With Pyjamas through a whiff of grapeshot!

Syracuse battle the Persians - To The Strongest - The lines of battle start to take shape as the rival units of hoplites prepare to come to grips! What a wonderful game I participated in last night! Jef...
4 weeks ago
Usul's Homeworld

There should be a Science of Discontent. People Need Hard Times to Develop Psychic Muscles.... - So I had quote a few comments about my bases for my Abyssal Dwarves so I thought I would do a tutorial on how I made them. So without further adu, here we...
4 weeks ago
1000 Foot General

Historicon 2017 - Saturday - Sometimes you join a participation wargame and its not quite what you'd hope for. Tons of downtime, unclear goals and rules, fiddly minutia that leaves ...
5 weeks ago
Picts from the Front

The Original SpaceMarines - Hello again all, was going through my old stuff & found this and couldn't not share , the original Space Marines from 1980. I think I had got them around th...
5 weeks ago
Javier at war

Korean armies for DBA - I bought enough miniatures from Khurasan to make all possible Korean armies for DBA 3.0. Below you can see almost all the miniatures painted and then gathe...
5 weeks ago
much ado about nothing

Workbench Update - July 2017 - Although I've been preparing lately for a move mid-August, I've kept the painting table open and been finishing off some lingering items before the move......
5 weeks ago
Gewalthaufen

FOR SALE: Expertly Painted Foundry Afghans & Artizan Second Afghan War Brits - Hi, It breaks my heart a wee bit but it's time to put these mini's on the market. They are painted to the highest of standards, the Afghans having made it...
5 weeks ago
I Live with Cats

Mind the gap! - Hosting several games of *Queztalcoatl Rampant*, the *Lion Rampant* variant Kevin Smyth and I created, got me thinking about how to better enforce the rul...
5 weeks ago
SquadPainter

War of the Roses Archers Finished - Here is a quick shot of my Perry Miniatures War of the Roses Archers. More images to come when I get them properly photographed.
1 month ago
Wades World of Wargaming

2nd British Company WIP - These figures are ready to base and varnish but just when I finished the Red jackets a parcel arrived the next morning. This parcel contained some figures ...
1 month ago
Din of Battle

SYW - Combat at Reichenberg - Historicon Playtest - G'Day wargamers! It is one week away from when I'm going to run my *Combat at Reichenberg *15mm SWY game at Historicon (Friday, July 14th @1pm). I sculpted...
1 month ago
Talomir Tales

Summer 1001 - Apocalypse Now - "My Emperor," the messenger announced, "I have news of the war with the Mangu hordes." The Emperor paused briefly as he swallowed the soft flesh of the nec...
1 month ago
Shed Wars

40 Years ago - A trip down memory lane - Good Morning All Its a beautiful summer's morning here in SW London and its all right in my little world, that is apart from the fact that I got made redun...
1 month ago
Tides of War

Zombie Apocalypse: July 2017 Greensboro, GA - Survivors have built a fort against protection from the zombies near the town of Greensboro, GA to the north of Atlanta. A zombie herd has just arrived on ...
1 month ago
Forage Caps and Shakos

Well, I'll Be Legioned... - *Dismounted militia - picture from Blue Moon site* After "complaining" in an older post that the Blue Moon 15/18mm range of Legion of the United States fig...
1 month ago
Tempests in a Teapot

Another Excellent NJ-Con Has Come and Gone... - This year's NJ Con excelled itself for attendance, organisation and general coolness. While I was only able to attend the Friday session, I still had a ro...
1 month 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...
2 months 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 ...
2 months 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...
2 months 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 months 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 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months 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...
2 months ago
I Mostly Paint At Night...Mostly.

- My ork force grows.
3 months 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...
3 months 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 ...
3 months 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...
3 months 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 ...
3 months 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 ...
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...
5 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...
5 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...
5 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!
5 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...
5 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?! ...
5 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...
6 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...
6 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...
6 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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...
7 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,...
7 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 ...
9 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, ...
10 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...
10 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
1 year ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

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1 year 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...
1 year 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...
1 year 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
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...
2 years 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...
2 years 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...
7 years ago
Four-Color Figures

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An Intermittent Firefight

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