The work on the Black Powder American Civil War project continues. This time we have Perry plastic artillery models. I have painted these as Confederate artillery units. I really love these models and I think they are and excellent value. You get three guns and limbers that can be built in any of 4 different guns and as either Union or Confederate.
Operation BLUE ANGEL III - Berlin or Bust!
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Last night the Wollongong Wargamers saw the culmination of our 3 week Clash
of Steel campaign - the Western Allies attempt to re-open the land route to ...
Historicon 2025: Mark's Medley
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At my request, my friend Mark T. sent me a bunch of his Historicon
pictures; most of these are games he ran or played in himself.
Mark played in this ga...
Battle of Bunker Hill Cyclorama continued
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I recently found some of the black and white pictures of the Bunker Hill
Cyclorama. These were reproduced in Brenden Morrissey's book Boston 1775.
H...
Bring Up The Guns
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I appear to have been in gun mode the last two weeks having completed
three guns and crews. Here in no particular order.
A War of the Triple Alliance Br...
A Dismal Bloody Fight Seckenheim 1462
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My Hungarians Charge a force of Skirmishers
They over run the skirmishers...
and then are charged first by nights...
and then by mounted crossbowmen.....
Bagration – What’s new?
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We have received a review copy of the new Bagration compilation and what a
mighty tome it is. Coming in at 334 pages its certainly a shelf filler and
conta...
Kal Jericho and Scabbs
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Up for perusal is a well known duo from the Necromunda Black Library books,
Kal Jericho and Scabbs. This pair of metal miniatures was originally
released...
Wood Elves
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Its time to start gearing up for the second big display game of Midgard at
Colours 2025 6th Sept. The last game was great but I had noticed I was a
few b...
Assyrians and Elamites.....part 5
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The ongoing saga between these two historical opponents saw another
chapter added...and an Elamite victory!!Remembering the lessons from my
last game- I w...
The Ogresuns in Animosity VII - part 5
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In the stygian darkness, Wyrdtoof was distracted by the devices built into
the horned skull atop his staff. He was trying to plot the pirates’ course
thro...
Another Paraguayan Horror!
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Paul offered to run a game using his still-in-development Panoply of War
rules. I decided I would like to put the rules to the test in another
period by ...
Yarkshire Gamer Podcast 76 - A Question of Brews
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Hello everyone and here's something for the weekend !
This is the hangover from Episode 74 when in the Brews in the Binyard
Episode where we talked ru...
A Big Sudan Project. Part 1.
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So.... last week, our Glorious Leader outlined his plans for a new Sudan
campaign to take place in a year. The scenario would involve the French in
the ...
Prussian Command - Perry 28mm
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Week 24 and here is the end of my backlog posting! To finish here we have a
selection of Prussian Generals from Perry. These are from the two command
packs...
Battles and Brews 2025 (Backyard Edition)
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Battles and Brews is usually held yearly at our local brewery. This year I
decided I wanted to change things up and design a wargame that could be
playe...
Valour & Fortitude: Napoleonic Scenarios
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Having finally circled back around to my historical projects, I'm happy to
be diving back into some work on my Napoleonic collection. I've had a good
look...
Von Donop Hessian Regiment
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Finally started my Hessians for my AWI collection in the form of the Von
Donop regiment to kick things off. I just kept putting off doing Hessians,
b...
War of 1812 for the Sculptor!
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Jon Grossman sculpted the excellent line of 1812 figures now owned by Bill
Hupp. I was thrilled when Jon reached out and asked me to paint a couple of
uni...
More Forge Fathers
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As usual it's been some time but I've been back on the painting wagon and
added more to my Forge Father forces; some named characters, heavy support,
elite...
America's Cup boats
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Well, these aren't exactly historically accurate but were inspired by 19th
Century sail yachts/boats. They were fun to make, fun to paint, and look
st...
The SYW game
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*Prelude to the Battle. A table set up for a game.*
*A fictional encounter loosely based around the Siege of Kolberg 1761.*
In the evening of October 2...
Saint Domingue 1676 and... an apology
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View from the Gulf of Mexico
Well, a sort of apology but more of an explanation, really. A couple of
people wondered whether I was OK when chatting at Par...
Midgard - Heroic Battles
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Short post about my favouritr wargaming rules for the moment, Midgard -
Heroic Battles by James Morris.
I am not totally objective as I been involved in...
AHPC#5: Lanciarii
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Winter is finally drawing to a close and neither have I been as productive
as I had planned -not that I was expecting much, mind- nor have I been as
active...
Old Games & Old Guys
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So,
This week I have been thinking about a few things going on with me and
gaming. No I am not getting out of it, but were my recent thoughts have
been...
Apocalypse Update #1: The Call Up
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*Raising the Imperial Guard for Apocalypse Soon-ish*
Time to look at some of the forces I plan to bring to the Apocalypse
game. One of the regimen...
Painting - GW Mordor Orcs
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This week's entry is twenty five GW Mordor orcs. They are a combination
of plastic and metal and include two of the ooooold metal orc models from
when th...
Colonel Claude Runciman and Josefina Lacosta
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I was suffering with "the Lurgy" this week but had a quick change from 6mm
to 28mm.
So I pulled out a couple of figures in the 28mm Napoleonic backlog t...
Предновогодний болт
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Не одним Chain of Command жив варгейм в тематике Второй Мировой Войны.
Сыграли с Ваней игру по правилам Болт Экшн 2й редакции. Формат небольшой -
1500 ...
Beja completed!
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This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've
halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a
while lon...
"Lust for Glory" at Colours
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Here are a few shots of the first test game of the "horse and musket" rules
I've been working on, tentatively named "Lust for Glory."
This was the fir...
Logs
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Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me
(thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to
paint us...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
CCLII. AoS28: Sunhold Deadwalkers and Netopyr
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*A*t last found a bit of time for my personal projects, so I made a few
figures real quick.
Sunhold Deadwalkers
I'm trying to settle for a definitive ...
Witcher 3 "Geralt" painted up
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And the second miniature from the SAGA collectibles from Stronghold
Miniatures is painted up.
Pretty happy with them both, I was thinking how to use them in...
Nestorian Infestation #38
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Mosuo dan Bribrix, Matriarch of House Akan readies herself for the arrival
of Master Nestorian.. Nestorian Infestation is gearing up and we will for
the fi...
SORORITY ROW
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This weekend I picked up the new Adepta Sororitas box and quickly glued
together a battle sister.
As quickly as possible at least - these models are extreme...
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...
Old School Transport
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This one has been around a while, no major mods by me, bar adding the
reigns. Had a disaster with the picture session, but you'll get the idea!
Neil, all...
Trash Terrain: Giftbox Sci-Fi Dwelling
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It's hip to be square... This is my first blog entry in literally months,
mainly because my day-job as a full professional writer has also been
full-on ...
Crusades revisited
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Hi Gents,
A miserable day here in Scotland which led me to the games room and a few
pics of the Crusade collection (my personnel favourite) this will be
g...
Auerstadt 1806 Napoleonic Over the Hills Game
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Having finished my 1806 Morand Division we thought we would have a game
based on Auerstadt in 1806. The premise being an encounter where my high
quality t...
A great Case
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The large Carrying case from TableWar has proven to be handy for a number
of things. I thought that the larger size would let me carry the bigger
Creat...
Some random ACW photos from Cold Wars 2019
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I took two of my grandsons to Cold Wars 2019 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a
couple of weeks ago. My 10-year-old grandson Aidan Mingus took a few shots
of so...
March Update - Good year so far...
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We are already into March of 2019...another year just flying by it seems.
I'm just doing an update on what I've been able to get done so far this
year, an...
Arabs and a Norman
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Some experimentation has been taking place on my Hobby table. These Arabs
below have bodies from three different plastic sets. Gripping Beast Arabs,
Gripin...
Legends of the High Seas Resources
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Legends of the High Seas cover Just a short update: After a recent request
I have just uploaded some old resources for *Legends of the High Seas* to
the ...
Imperial Germans XI
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I've a few additions to share in regards to the Imperial German project.
First up is a second artillery battery:
Another batch of Uhlans for the 9th (2nd...
I am writing a BOOK!
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That's right, fellow blog fans! I've decided to write a book about painting
wargaming collections. It will be going to Kickstarter this *Friday, March
1...
Zvezda's KV-1 Obr.40
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2017...'Bye Felicia!
Hello All and Happy 2018!
I've been working on a 15mm plastic Zvezda KV-1 Obr.40 tank has the option
to build an earlier Obr.39 (simp...
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ODDBALL AERONAUTS! If your loking for a fun card game on the fly check this
kickstarter out.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lloydashpyne/oddball-aero...
4 comments:
Nicely done!
Thanks Tom!
Dude, those look great, whats next for the ACW project?
I am working on my Union ambulance set to go along with the surgeon. After that camp scenes.
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