This is going to be a quick a project to get the battle of bulge starter set painted. A bit of background, I currently have some builders in to do some work and they saw my tiny fighting men and […]
I wanted to make a nice display piece for my Flames of War Airborne army so found a 1:100 model kit of the plane they used for air drops. The model is older than I am. Then I sat on […]
Making use of the new Warlord sculpts and some snowy basing. Starting with the basic box set and see where we go!
My second entry in the UKGE painting contest will be in the board games category. Senjutso: Battle for Japan has some cool samurai miniatures, and the game's self-contained nature means I can try out a different look for the models […]
A recent weekender asked if visiting a historical battlefield could give you insights for gaming or history. I think it can. This isn’t a full fledged project but rather some references for anyone interested in Iwo Jima.
Great escape games new addition to the Chicago way game. Flat caps and truncheons
A reconstruction diorama of a medieval church at Ardrossan in Ayrshire, Scotland, where a stone sarcophagus Templar tomb was dug up in 1912. It's a reworking of another diorama I did years ago and will use a mix of 3D […]
I've flirted with WW2 games in the past. I've never jumped in, however, as I've had plenty of other games I'm working on. Then some associates pointed me to the V for Victory rule set and I absolutely loved it. […]
With the declaration of a new OTT 'Spring Clean Challenge, it's time to "Dustoff" my Vietnam War miniatures and to get more painted and get back into a great game!
I have a big box of Epic scale ACW. And then I had the crazy idea to paint them as seen in photos … in greyscale! Clearing a project off the shelves, and doing something totally wacky could be fun, […]
After getting a Runner up prize in Spring Clean 2025 I'll be continuing occasional returns to the long neglected but much invested in Darkest Africa collection. Specifically I'm going to build armies for Death in the Dark Continent. I started […]
Victrix 12mm WW2 Airborne. Yes, Denison in 12mm - the stuff nightmares are made of. Plus four other types of infantry: 8th Army British in the desert, US Airborne, US infantry, and Russian infantry. Currently: US Rifles
A friend bought a Bolt Action starter set and I decided to buy an army. Initially I was going British, but as I'm running Achtung Cthulhu and they are headed to the desert at some point I decide to switch […]
Footage from this years Vapnartak show
I wanted to build a table of terrain for Gangs of Rome.
Painting models to add to the book I am writing
In this project I’m going to go through wargaming WW2 China. This will be a mix of content that will include articles on the armies, equipment and battles of the theatre. I will also be building an army for Bolt […]
Back to 6mm for an Ancients Project. Think DBA (or Lion Rampant), think 275BCE (or thereabouts), think the factions much like Total War:Rome.. 'Imperator??'..'Triarii!!'
Dug out my Bolt Action miniatures to get them ready for a club game of Bolt action.
At the end of my project on getting into Napoleonics, I noted that I had taken a next step in old-man-hobbyism: Kriegsspiel. Actually, I’m being unfair, since Kriegsspiel has also entered the 21st century. There is a very active community […]
Here I will Post progress on my current Flames of War project. The 21st Panzerdivision in Normandy 1944.
In which I build a lot of things and mostly paint them yellowy brown.
Iv been commissioned to paint some victrix 12mm WW2 British infantry. I’m not a commission painter generally but have done a few things for this customer namely some pony wars stuff. This will be a different challenge and thought it […]
Expansion of existing Saga warbands into armies that can be used for Midgard and Hail Caesar.
During 2025 I’ll be getting started with Bolt Action V3. I picked up the Battle of the Bulge starter set over Christmas and this project will track my progress building and painting the models from the box.
I've always floated around napoleonic wargames but I've never concentrated on it. I've done tiny 10m andxa bit of 28m. This new year I want to work on napoleonic minis for 3 different systems....maybe four.
Oriskany Jim and Piotr have completed their tours of the Ardennes battlefields, marking the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge (also made a swing through the Waterloo museum and battlefield). Suffice it to say not everything went according […]
I have hit the age where I am far more interested in historical miniatures than I used to be. I have several different games I'd like to play but I'm currently building out a few forces for the Barons' War. […]
A small project about AK Real colour markers. This came about after i saw a box of late war German AFV colour markers on there website, so thought i would give them a go and see what result they would […]
Painting up 1/200 models to play Warlord Games Blood Red Skies set during the Vietnam War.
This project I think is one of my favourite terrain projects ever.
Despite Gladiator II being decidedly mediocre, it has inspired me to finally finish my Roman Colosseum for some 28mm Sons of Mars action!
As an archaeologist I’ve always been mildly obsessed with early 19th-century explorers, antiquarians and Egyptologists and one of the coolest of these was Giovanni Battista Belzoni who is better known as the Great Belzoni. Belzoni was originally from Italy and […]
Making a start with Nam '68
Commission project for an actual published author on Naval warfare in the age of sail..so no pressure(!) Warlord kits and ratlines omitted at customer request but shows how good they still look without. Excellent sculpts that paint nicely..
So I previously scaled down Ronin to 15mm and a friend and I really enjoyed it. So I wanted a board to play a scaled down En Garde! So I decided on a burnt up forest-ie area with a burnt […]
I've had a Sarissa Precision Roman Bakery kit languishing in my pile of opportunity for some time now, and since I've been playing Gangs of Rome a lot lately (or at least painting models for it), this seems like a […]
After a long time of painting a lot of different big planes little planes, I thought I would make a project for them. It will include mostly historical stuff but also some sci fi and who knows.... maybe other gender.
I am slowly building a Late 44 early 45 Winter War set of Armys for WW2, and as you do remembered the clip at the Start of 'Scrooged' with the attack on Santa's grotto , and he was being helped […]
There are no roses on a sailor's grave, No lilies on an ocean wave The only tribute is the seagulls' sweeps And the teardrops that a sweetheart weeps.
Hello All. Here is my entry for Terrainfest 2024. It is a mobile camping pulpit for my Burgundian army camp. I got the idea from a luminated manuscrpit whilst looking for terrain inspiration for the Burgundian Wars. Using the excellnt […]
Chain of Command
