28mm Age of Sigmar - 19 (1 Mortis Engine, 7 Cav, 2 Realmgates)
28mm Napoleonic - 1
28mm Necromunda - 14
28mm 40K - 32 (17 Terrain)
Total - 278
Game Record to date:
Bolt Action 1-0-0
Gaslands 0-1-0
FoW Great War0-2-0
FoW Mid-war 4-6-0
Team Yankee 1-0-0
Kill Team 2-0-0
Necromunda 4-3-1
Warhammer Underworlds 0-2-0
Warlords of Erehwon 2-0-0
Games
Here are the games I play regularly.
Necromunda Underhive
Warhammer Age of Sigmar
Fate of a Nation
Flames of War
Kill Team
These games are played every so often.
Black Powder
Warhammer Underworlds
Bolt Action
Speed Freaks
TANKS
These are the games I dream of playing or am building forces for.
Warhammer Quest Silver Tower
Warhammer Quest Balckstone Fortress
Great War
Then there are the games that have been retired. Not all of these are bad. In fact some are really great. The reasons for retirement are varied.
SAGA
Warhammer 40,000
Frostgrave
Battlegroup
CAV Strike Operations
Shadow War Armageddon
Wings of Glory
Kings of War
The Great War Empire of the Dead Clash of Empires Lord of the Rings:SBG Warhammer Ancient Battles Battleground World War 2 Arc of Fire Johnny Reb III Crossfire Rules of Engagement Rate of Fire Legends of the High Seas Necromunda Waterloo Legends of the Old West
Berlin – Soviets The Command Cards
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Today Martin picks out a few of the Command Cards to look out for in the
Berlin-Soviets release. My first comment is that
Set up for the Battle of Bisham Abbey
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On the wargames table is the 5th "For King and Parliament" scenario from
the fictional ECW Scenario book , "Bisham Abbey."
This battle sees the first...
Basing Night
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Confederate artillery gets based up and flocked.
These were a group I bought off eBay a while ago and tweaked slightly. I
added a few old Dixen figures ...
Rohan Building
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Been painting a lot of minis for the Games Workshop Middle-Earth Battle
Strategy Game the last couple of month, thought it was time to show at
least s...
Weekend Workbench
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Thought I'd post one of those "what I'm working on" posts that seem popular
on Other Blogs.
So here is the workbench as it stood on Saturday lunchtime
...
Recycling and Repurposing
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While searching through the bits box I discovered the two chaps painted up
as Confederates, it is a piece from the Foundry Indian Mutiny range I had
repurp...
More Like Foxes than Lyons
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This ARR was wrtine by Arofan I run the half of the French Army
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A bit of an AA...
New Year, new Phalanx
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I've been working, in the background, on a new phalanx for my huge Ipsus
game at Salute in April. This will consist of ten units, each 72
men-strong, dr...
“Get your kicks from Route 1866!”
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This post is a bit late but last Saturday the guys were here at the Burrow
to play an 1866 game using modified Picket’s Charge (largely done by Neil
with...
'Chaff' Light Infantry for Turnip28
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Hellooo,
So, another small post from me for my T28 project. Moving on from the
rank-and-file of the 'Fodder', we now consider the much-abused 'Chaff'.
A...
Relic Dealer and Kiosk - 40k
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I built a bunch of 40k civilians when I had some free time, and I'll be
working through them periodically. First up is another relic dealer, with a
small...
Crete Campaign Game Six
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Another instalment of our ‘what if’ campaign to prevent German airborne
forces from capturing the island of Crete. In game four, the first attempt
by the 2...
Sir William Howe's dog
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As happens far too often in my life a little fact lead me down a rabbit
hole of inquiry. Here, a little meme found me doing a but of research on a
...
The Disciples and Acolytes of "The Celestial Path"
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The monk, Makoto, looked at both Lord and Lady Fuchida. Makotos's company
of poor ronin, former retainers and impoverished tradesmen had been
t...
Battlereport - Raupenhelm Rhein vs Prussian
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A game this week between my Confederation of the Rhine forces (Bavaria,
Baden, Wurttemberg), and Matt's Prussians (with a few Russian allies). For
this ...
Black Seas: Run the Blockade!
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Black Seas Scenario #7 *Run the Blockade* appeals because I enjoyed Quintin
Barry's book on the blockade off Brest so much. The excitement and awe on
...
Dark Lord of the Sith!
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Welcome intrepid adventurers!
Well I am back to Star Wars again, sort of! So just before Christmas I
painted up a few Up scaled Skull Forge Studios figu...
Wars of the Roses the Percy Neville feud
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Here is a short write up of a "Lion Rampant" game that I have been making a
scenario for.
Lion Rampant is a set of rules published by Osprey Publishing...
Donnybrook Essentials is Here!
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*Clarence Harrison* - You can now order a physical copy of *Donnybrook
Essentials* in North America (or the PDF anywhere in the world). If you
order t...
Giant servo-skull
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Hey all ! I was looking at the Stargrave rulebook the other day, thinking
of what specific encounters would suit each scenario until I figured out I
need...
Donnybrook Essentials
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It's been ten years since Barry and I published *Donnybrook*, our skirmish
rules for 1660-1760. The book has been sold out for a while. We intend to
rele...
2023 Wargaming and 2022 Reflection
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Buckle your seatbelts people, it's 2023! I hope the holiday season has
treated you all well in your part of the world. If you are new to the blog
or have...
Solo Salamanca, Turn 1
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The scenario for this game can be found: *HERE*
In accordance with the scenario notes the British get ten free initiative
points to resolve their surpris...
2022 in Review
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I was able to commit to much more painting time this year, but all of it
was for commissions. I painted a whopping total of six figures for myself
all year...
8 Rads - Gotta love ‘em #1
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So, one of the most popular builds I’ve done, in all scales, is by far the
Sdkfz 234/2 ( commonly, but disputed, aka Puma), so with another queued up,
I...
AWI: Bennington 16th August 1777
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I got the AWI collection out the other day and decided to refight one of
the battles that struck me as being a little different to the many of the
other I’...
Empirical Army update #1 plus a little bit extra
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So I have made some progress on my Empire Army repaint; in this case six
Great Swords who were originally part of a larger twelve man unit. My
original p...
Hellboy: The Board Game Expansions Completed
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With the delivery of the last Hellboy Kickstarter I vowed to get the
miniatures painting as soon as possible so once I finished the last
miniature I was ...
Some more Union and a house
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My blogging is very touch and go the past couple years, but it's still
going which is a positive. Need to catch up on what the everyone has been
doing...
Halloween Candle Jacks
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It's been over two and a half month since I last posted anything and what
with the house move and everything the painting mojo has been low and the
ti...
Болт Экшн в зимнем сеттинге. Первая ласточка
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Отыграли в воскресенье 23.10.2022 первую игру в зимнем сеттинге по
правилам Болт Экшн.
Формат выбрали 3300 очков (очень много - 30 кубов у немцев и 32 к...
Wiley Wargame Weekend
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Amazing Wiley Wargame Weekend full of great games and people. Thanks to
everyone who drove miles and miles to put on games.
Terror Island: I played the...
Gettysburg in Miniature
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The battle of Gettysburg remains one of the most-studied battles in
American history. However, few authors have ever used military miniatures,
wargames, di...
Aztecs
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The book
Eagle Knight
warriors
Conquistadors
All painted by DJ
These figures are a cross over from the Malta collection.
Still a fair bit of this to see.
Blood Bowl Sideline Lizards
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Hot off the printer, it’s a few entirely unnecessary but fun extra
miniatures for my Blood Bowl team! My team of dodgy lizard guys has just
completed their...
Scenes from the Barrowmaze
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My daughter and I started playing thru Barrowmaze , (which if you are not
familiar is a classic mega dungeon campaign for old school style RPG play) ...
CarrierCon 2021 - USS Hornet
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NorCal hosted a small skirmish tournament aboard the USS Hornet in the
ward room, and I brought a recon force with Pumas, backed by Hetzers. In
Round On...
[20mm] PaK 38 & leIG 18
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I‘m currently stuck in a lack of mojo, and also I‘m working on several
units at once. Thus it’s taken me a while to get todays submission
done. The PaK38 i...
MY FIRST HOMEMADE 3D PRINTED ARMY
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I took the plunge to buy into the 3d game, having hovered on the sidelines
watching the mini-hobby develop for a couple of years.
My son and I recently ...
Re-routing - Preparing the Walnut for Assembly!
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Once the various stringers had been laminated together, the next step would
be to rout channels in the wood to add the sheets of maple plywood which
would ...
The Cynical Seven - Desperados Gang
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*"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 ...
Review: Oathmark Goblin Wolf Riders
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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...
Hunters and scoundrels
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Last Christmas, I couldn't resist getting some Star Wars Legion minis -- My
wife and I don't play SW Legion, but we do play Zombicide Invader. So we've
g...
The "Hitari" Brothers, Masters of Death
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Pues tenemos enemigos para el Lobo, perdon Perro solitario y su cachorro,
los famosos hermanos Hidari, maestros de la muerte de Bac Ninh Miniatures.
Bigboss 2020 Year in Review
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Another year has passed and it is time to wrap it up and move on! Blogging
as a platform is still on a downward curve as seen the last few years but
intera...
33 Ford Coupe
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I finished up the video on the 33 Ford Coupe. This is a much cleaner
build than the Mustang I posted last week. I was trying a new paint, Turbo
Dork M...
MORE MARINES
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Hi again!
The summer wasn't a particularly productive period from a hobby
perspective, but once the cold autumn winds started to blow things have
picked...
New post and some Oathmark Goblins!
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Hello all! I reconnected with my old blog! Looking back it was Kings of
war and the like. Now I will be showing you my progress on Oathmark Battles
of T...
326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes
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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...
Gardens of Hecate Studio
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*D*ear readers,
You are looking at the final post of this blog. It's been going for more
than eight years, and time has come for it to shut down... Because...
This is the end...
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So after 16 years of blogging here on blogger, I have decided to end it.
...and have opened a new site here that I hope to turn into a fully fledged
ho...
Hobby - Wargames Bingo - Another square
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The only up-side to me painting the Rebel Speeder when I did is that I get
to check off another box in the Hobby Bingo. In this case, I got the model
and g...
Hobby catch up Halloween 2019
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Hi all, just a quick post to say I'm still alive and kicking!
I offer some pictures of work I have completed since last time, some of
which are rather appr...
Island Natives from Firelock Games
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*Island natives are must when playing adventurous pirate games in the
Caribbean. My buddy Jens got some island natives from Firelock Games to
form a "crew"...
Kings Clash
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This weekend was a spectacular Songapalooza event, where A Song of Ice and
Fire was played almost non stop for 3 days!
The primary goal was to test out...
Warhammer Underworlds - Godsworn (Oathsworn) Hunt
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I continue to enjoy playing *Warhammer Underworlds (aka Shadespire or
Nightvault).* It is a fun game where the character abilities, cards, and
board lay-o...
Mongol War Machines
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This post is my recently completed heavy fire power for my fantastical
Mongol collection. The crew are a combination of bits. Heads from FireForge
Mongol p...
Things are rumbling along!
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So, the launch of the Kickstarter for my book ARMIES & LEGIONS & HORDES
went off with a bang! It funded in three hours, and has continued to go
great gun...
Industry Profile: Concordia Milling Company
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In my Pyrrhic pursuit of the Walthers Red Wing Milling Co. flour mill, I
occasionally come across prototype structures that fill the mill bill. In
my Pin...
Live Steam at Springfield!
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Hard to get a clean photo of the engine with a large gang around it most of
the day. The sun came out as the morning went on and it got up to high
40F......
Adding New Open Car Freight Loads
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Greetings All,
A long time ago I read an article in a Model Railroader magazine where the
author referred to the gondola as the "Rodney Dangerfield of frei...
CSXT Gondola
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Brian Smith sent me a few pictures that he took recently. He had
particularly noticed the "MW" mark on the side of the gondola and thought
maybe I would...
Structure - Wooden Engine House (part 2)
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My construction had progressed to where things had to be done in a certain
order. The walls were bowing slightly inward, and without the roof trusses,
th...
A Weekend of Operations
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Operating trains on the Onondaga Cutoff is one of the highlights of the
railroad. The weekend of January 21 and 22 2023 was one where we not only
hosted a...
FORMAL OPERATING SESSION SIXTY
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Beginning in June 2015, I have hosted nearly monthly formal operating
sessions and have now reached sixty sessions. The operating scheme has
developed t...
December Update
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Happy New Year from the SP Los Angeles Division and the SP Exeter Branch!
Before I jump into the final progress update for 2022, I'd like to share
some info...
New additions
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It's hard to believe how badly I've let this blog go. Looking back over the
past year my modeling has been fairly productive; I've finished 104
hoppers, ...
The Passing of a Legend: W. Allen McClelland
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*Allen McClelland passed away peacefully this past Friday. Like countless
others in the hobby, he had a profound effect on me. Many have commented
since ...
Open House on Sunday November 20. 2022
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After a few years off, my layout will be open again for the annual
MD-DE-PA-NJ model railroad open house schedule for November. Go to
http://www.modelrai...
RDG - FWd Flatcar...
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Ok I’m calling the design & the first complete prototype of the Reading
(RDG) - FWd Depressed Centre Flatcar (HO Scale) done.
I’ve checked everything tod...
Massive Update
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I know it has been a long time since I’ve posted here. For those still
following, I’ll get you up to speed. I did sell the Skally Line to a friend
locally ...
BARGE II
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Quick update
The second CMR barge is taking shape and as the photo shows, I'm making the
full 110' length model. All parts were cut from their sprues, san...
August - September Update
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Here it is October 2nd and I am now just getting the opportunity to write
my update post of August and September. Since my last post documenting the
retire...