My dad and I split the Band Of Brothers Boxed Set for my 21st Birthday. This is My progress towards a completed airborne army.
So, it's the bolt action bootcamp weekend!! I've not got alot of the miniatures or anything as I've only just started looking into the game. I have however got a 1/48 RAF Mosquito B!! So I thought why not make […]
To join the Bootcamp fun, I’m finishing pair of IS-2 tanks for Bolt Action
So I started to build part of the 28th ID. This division and in particular the 110 regiment played an important role in delaying the german Herbstnebel offensive.
Doing a 500 pts Soviet and German army. The Soviets will be mý main army but trying to get my friends into BA Im also doing a second army to counter my own
Hi all, this is going to be a log of all my army projects for Bolt Action and Konflikt 47, starting with Italians. More to come later (I hope!)
This project follows the collection and painting of the 3rd Division ('the Fighting Third') of the British Army in the Peninsular War. The project will look at the history of the units involved as well as focus on collecting and […]
My DAK collection, used in a recent doubles tourny with some Italian allies (Ariete armoured). A nice themed list and much fun had on the day.
Models for Dead Man's Hand Pinkerton Lawmen
Continuing my Napoleonic British army, specifically for a big local games day in November.
Autumn is wonderful - it is beautiful and foreboding. The colours are beautiful and the dead leaves signals the upcoming winter. It is beauty and impending doom. In short; it signals that The End Is Nigh! The project. I have […]
Taking on the challenge of painting enough Zulus to cover all my gaming needs? Still not sure that's accomplished but ill be damned if I paint anymore.A Zulu army and their British counterparts was always my dream historical army build […]
In this project, I wanted to create a different feel for the idea of "the end is nigh". Sometimes, we forget that the loss of the last person happens all the time. It doesn't just have to be all of […]
Panting up a tiger from warlord games Airbrush the tank with 1943-1945 German Color Set From Ammo and weathering effects from valljeo
Well folks, it has finally happened. It took all of your combined community might and four years ... it took less time than that to get Warren into historical wargaming ... but now you've accomplished an even more Herculean feat […]
In preparation for the Bolt Action Boot Camp in September, I'm going to get into a project I've had in the stash for a while now. I like tanks, I like playing games with tanks (serious, proper grown up wargames […]
This is my British team for Cutlass. They are currently watching a group of pirates to make sure they are up to no good.
Ok well just because I am doing a terrain piece kinda and there is a challenge on I thought I would stretch the definition of the end is nigh to its limits...and I mean limits. My terrain piece is the […]
Rediscovered some old photos and thought what the hell lets bore everybody with my Gaming history.
Building early war Soviet Mechanized Forces for Battlegroup
Me building and painting a flames of war DAK (deutsche Afrika korps) force
A quick run through of how to take a toy model kit and make some useable terrain in a short amount of time (hopefully).
Queen Victoria's friends and Foes!
As it says on the tin, its Bolt Action but with ww1 minis and in 6mm scale. Minis by baccus, bases by warbases uk
Once i started collecting with my Gripping Beasts Viking Plastics box I realised that my gaming group is a Warhammer 40k and 30k heavy group and that no one was likely to put together an army to face my own. […]
For the past few years I've been running my wargames blog at https://hntdaab.co.uk/blog, cranking out a post a week talking about Ultramodern Wargaming (post 2001ish). Topics vary, from looking at recent releases and older ranges to tactics to battle reports […]
A look at some of the varied units that took part in the Zulu War of 1879. When we think of this war we think or red coats but there were many units involved that are often over looked. In […]
Painting toy Flintlock Pistols as a fun side project, when needing a break from painting minis.
Greetings all, cheers for having a look at my project! I'm back from Uni over the summer, so i've decided to devote the next few Months of hobbying towards the completion on my French (With a host of Swiss allies) […]
Welcome to the Union Side of my Sharp Practice Campaign! Here we'll follow the exploits of two New York Officers as they lead their men in an attempt to slow down the Rebel forces pursuing the Union army after the […]
Welcome to the Confederate Side of my Sharp Practice Campaign! Here we'll follow the exploits of two Sons of Alabama as they lead their men in pursuit of the Federal Army after the Battle of Manassas (Bull Run to you […]
I backed the Hannibal and Hamilcar Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/phalanxgames/hannibal-and-hamilcar) and recently received my copy in the mail. This is my endeavor to paint the board game's figures.
Joy of Six is the world's foremost 6mm gaming show. It is being held, as it is every year, in Sheffield on Sunday 15th July 2018 This is my photo blog of this year's event. I will try to capture […]
This is the parallel project to my Terrain build for the Monte Cassino and Northern Italy. Here I will be painting up the miniatures to represent some of the troops that fought in the battles.
It's been a long time coming for me. It all started at Salute 4 or 5 years ago when I picked up the new shiny Dad's Army set from Warlord. Fast forward to present day and they are finally built […]
A quick project to paint Bolt Action American GIs boxed set.
My terrain challenge for "The end is nigh" relates to Waterloo (Nothing to do with ABBA) and the unknown fate of the individual soldier, merrily marching to what they think will be a victory but for them it may well […]
Firstly, I’m aware that the 75th Anniversary for the first Battle of Monte Cassino is 12th January 2019 however, this project is about preparing for some of the games that I’m thinking about running. I’m a slow painter, so I […]
My good friend and I have been getting more and more into Napoleonic war gaming. First with 28mm army’s. Now we are taking a stab at 10mm minis and scenery. We decided to have a painting BBQ. For those of […]
My good friend and I have been getting more and more into Napoleonic war gaming. First with 28mm army’s. Now we are taking a stab at 10mm minis and scenery. We decided to have a painting BBQ. For those of […]
"I mean, I had fast motor cars and fast motor bikes, and when I wasn't crashing airplanes, I was crashing motor bikes. It's all part of the game." - Sir Harry Broadhurst, RAF, 12 victories WWII This plog is to […]
