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Blunders on the Danube

Snappy Nappy Campaign in a Day for 2025 - The next Snappy Nappy Campaign in a Day event will be held on Saturday, October 18, at The Portal Game store in Manchester, CT, from 10 AM until 5 PM. M...
1 day ago
Tales From GHQ

"Edward is at hand, and he is ready to fight!" - While I was waiting for my delivery from *Eureka Miniatures *and *Perry Miniatures* [more on this later, I promise] rather than sit twiddling my thumbs I...
1 day ago
Grimsby Wargaming

Waterloo as Presented by the "Like a Stonewall" Wargames Group - I had the great good fortune to play in the recent refight of Waterloo by the Like a Stonewall Wargames Group last weekend. This was a two day event, th...
2 days ago
Bunker Hill

American Howitzer and British 3 Pounder "Butterfly" Artillery - Like usual it's been awhile since my last post which is mostly down to laziness as I've finished a few units since the last one, but also my productiv...
3 days ago
Rob Hawkins Hobby

Terrain Showcase: Star Wars Scrapyard, Part 6 - In this final installment, we'll take a look at arguably the most important aspect of the scrapyard, the scrap– Vehicle wreckage piled up and waiting to be...
3 days ago
Storm and Conquest!

Congo Militia - Congo Militia Completed a few Congo plastic militia from Caesar Miniatures. A simple paint job, base colors, wash and one highlight. Quite happy with ...
1 week ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Nimitz: Battle of Ofotfjord 1940 - The theme this Thursday at the Wollongong Wargamers was naval, so Darren and I persuaded folk to go large - 1/700th scale! We are not *completely* ins...
1 week ago
The League of Augsburg

Beneath the Lily Banners - Pre-orders coming soon...
1 week ago
Band of Wargame Brothers

QUEBEC 1759 - I had cut the article describing this battle from an old Wargames Illustrated a long time ago and had it filed away in my 'scenarios' folder - yes..PAPER....
1 week ago
Adventures In Lead

Some more gladiators for Blood on the Sands -
2 weeks ago
Here's no great matter

Luzon Pass - Littoral Commander, Indo-Pacific - I set up scenario two of LC-IP last night to try a solo game. In this situation war has broken out between the US and the PRC. The PRC is trying to force...
4 weeks ago
Pijlie´s Wargames Blog

Motor Trip 2025: Northumberland and Scotland - This spring my son and I made a 5-day motor trip to and through Northumberland and Scotland. A pictorial impression follows below. Our first morning (n...
1 month ago
Craig's Wargaming Blog

KoW: Abyssal Dwarf Army - I’ve just “finished” my Abyssal Dwarf army for KoW mainly using Lost Kingdoms and Avatars of War miniatures. My theme is an unholy alliance of Chaos Dwa...
1 month ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

War of 1812 for the Sculptor! - 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...
2 months ago
Association - Les Riflemen

1914, une escarmouche fatale. - *Des tirs de loin se font entendre en ce début de journée.Shots can be heard from afar at the start of the day.* *La réponse ne se fait pas attendre, en...
2 months ago
Saxon Dog

The SYW game - *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...
3 months ago
Brushes and Bases

Pax Britannia 1 - The legends that surround events in Britain after the Legions left are many and varied. Whilst not the first figures completed for this army, they are t...
3 months ago
Working on the Lead Mountain

Sudan - A lot more Mahdists - While I have done some Mahdists, there is nowhere near enough for a game - or indeed had I really made a serious dent in the nearly 2,000 that I have in ...
5 months ago
Dalauppror

Midgard - Heroic Battles - 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...
5 months ago
Je Lay Emprins

Burgundian Siege (2) - I'm on the cusp of recommencing painting more Swiss & Burgundians - I've totted-up howmany figures I need to do for a large Berne pike block and some suppo...
7 months ago
Olicanalad's Games

Beja completed! - 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...
9 months ago
BigRedBatCave

"Lust for Glory" at Colours - 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...
11 months ago
The Emperors Blog

New stuff - MACEDONIAN CAVALRY GERMANIC CAVALRY
1 year ago
Paul´s Bods

New Fantasy sets from Alliance - I know, I havent been active for..???..a long time but I keep looking at what´s going on in the world of bods..and today I found these.....Apparently the...
1 year ago
The Monkey that Walks

Happy New Year! - Hi all, It's been a busy year in Monkeyland, In addition to a range of life events (back to work in-person, promptly getting Covid, the birth of my nep...
2 years ago
Gruntz 15mm SCI-FI

Car Insurance Sioux Falls - *Car Insurance Sioux Falls*. The best price for comprehensive car insurance in sioux falls for most drivers is from state farm at an average annual premi...
3 years ago
Field Marshal's Follies

Isolation Thud Ridge! 1972 Linebacker Mission - Its been quite some time since i used this blog and so i wiped and started all over! I finally got most of my Thud Ridge stuff finished. The minis are main...
5 years ago
Canister & Grape - A Website for Wargamers

Still here (kind of)... - G'day All, A number of people have reached out to check on me knowing we have awful bushfires here at the moment. The scale defies explanation and what the...
5 years ago
Little Legions

The Aeldari - Now then, I collected an Eldar army way back in the early 90s when I was but a youth. Since restarting my 40k addiction last year I have tarted them up so...
6 years ago
Fine and Dandy

42 Murray regiment of Foot - Since I am concentrating on battlefields around our Maison for battlefield tours and wargaming them I am selling off my English units for the French Indian...
6 years ago
Twin Cities Gamer

Saga AoM Great Kingdoms - Saga Age of Magic is taking off in the Twin Cities and I just finished my 1st fantasy warband, the Great Kingdoms. I'll be taking them on the road next wee...
6 years ago
Caliban-somewhen

Saying hello: Jean-Pascal Tran - Hi, and thanks for following. This blog isn't very active at the moment, because my figure gaming life is pretty much moribund. When I moved to this part o...
6 years ago
House of Self-Indulgence

The Amateurs (Usama Alshaibi, 2003) - I don't remember François Truffaut or Karen Finley being mentioned in any of Ed Powers' depressing Dirty Debutantes movies. But then again, I haven't ...
6 years ago
Put paint on

Flavia Graecina - I went to The Battle Ground Show a few weeks ago and came back with some swag, including the much anticipated Flavia Graecina which I painted yesterday. ...
6 years ago
Raglan's Napoleonic Austrian Army of the 1809 Campaign

Mori Samurai Cavalry - *Westwind and Perry Miniatures*
6 years ago
Chariot Gamer

CP Miniatures 28mm Sumerian Spearmen - Just finished this very fine Sumerian spear unit. I have based in 2 per stand to allow more flexible use. Rather than usual Impetus style I have gone for ...
6 years ago
Trailape's Wargame

Blucher Revisited - Hi Team It's been a few months since I played a game of BLUCHER so Rowan and I decided to have another game. We settled on 250 points each and Rowan comman...
6 years ago
Land of the Lead

- Home made 35mm miniature of Charles XII and his dog Pompeo.
7 years ago
Italian Wars Flags

Sir Rys ap Thomas - hi, here's the latest flagsheet which is sir Rhys ap Thomas, cheers and thanks for looking
7 years ago
NAPOLEONICS IN MINIATURE

Visit to Waterloo - I was incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel to 1 of our Napoleonic bucket list battlefields this month. With 3 other Napoleonic daft chaps we ...
7 years ago
Conquering Lead Mountain

October already? - The annual update was meant as a joke initially, but has become a sad reality. This year blogging has taken a severe hit by Photobucket's policy change. M...
7 years ago
Par la bouche de mes canons

The Enemy, part II (80s Pulp) - *File name, unknown. * *Primary military specialty: Infantry* *Secondary military specialty : Sabotage* *Five of the nameless, faceless legions of Cobra com...
7 years ago
Slowly Over a Low Flame

Things and Sculpting: Footguards and Stuff - Things? Things are slow, so slow I haven't been bothered to post about them till now. Bit sick of painting.... it was actually boring, tedious even! Didn'...
7 years ago
Raglan's Imperial Roman Wars

Battle for the Cilician Gates 194 AD - Battle Report - *Full battle report featured on the Scarab Miniatures Forum with some additional photos below: http://scarabminiatures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=2350...
8 years ago
Druss la leggenda

Tasting a prussian beer -
8 years ago
Handgrenadealiens Retro Dungeon.

Some tastefully lit player characters courtesy of Otherworld Miniatures. - It's been a bit of a slow year on the fantasy miniatures front but I have been busy games mastering a campaign based in a fantasy central asian setting whi...
8 years ago
Impetus News

Basic Impetus 2 - Basic Impetus 2 is now available, both printed and digital. The printed version will be available through our shop after Christmas holidays but in the mea...
8 years ago
Steve's Wargame Stuff

Napoleonics. Old School - A few (bad) photos of my Napoleonic figures. I came across a great set of old school rules called 'Muskets & Marshals' which upon reading took me right ba...
9 years ago
Flags of War

Secret Santa - I have signed up to the bloggers secret Santa again this year and i have been sent the detail of the person who i need to send a present to. In return we a...
9 years ago
ClearHorizon 15mm Scale Miniatures Blog

Test Casts of the Banshee - First pictures of the test casts! (Cast by the very talented Jon at Paulson Games, Sculpted by Steve "Coolhand" Tyler) Note: the Banshee comes with ...
10 years ago
Modern Wargamer

Some 20mm Vietnam War items. - Wow, no posts for months, then two in consecutive days! Just a few pictures of re-worked Vietnam era stuff, minis from Britannia mostly, with a few thrown ...
10 years ago
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Naskah Soal SNMPTN 2012 Tes Bidang Studi IPS Kode Soal 643 - Berikut ini adalah kumpulan arsip soal asli SNMPTN 2012 yang bisa didownload di blog berbagi dan belajar. Soal-soal SNMPTN 2012 ini diunggah dengan harapan...
10 years ago
Little Tin Men

The Men of the North - Wow, it's been a REALLY long time since i've posted anything on the blog. A lot has happened since the last post back in October. Besides the usual festivi...
10 years ago
Pyrrhus In Italy

I'm Back!!!!!! - Back burner project, have had this on hold for so long now, it really needs finishing off, and with the advent of the new plastics from Victrix, the possib...
10 years ago
People's Champ Wargaming Blog

Flames of War Fallschirmjager army for sale - Since my hobby is supposed to be self funding to get more impetus armies (or maybe new surfboard) I need to free up some funds. So reluctantly I offer up f...
11 years ago
Geektactica

Legends of the Old West: Playing with New Objective Cards - Some of you might be familiar with the Secret Objective card system I developed for *Chaos in Carpathia*. I decided to try a similar (yet completely differ...
11 years ago
Greywolf's Last Valley

Heinrich -
11 years ago
Viscous Games

When in Rome: Paint and Decals - Didn't have much time to get much in the way of painting completed but at lest I managed to get some of the Aventine Miniatures into a new coat of paint an...
11 years ago
The Propaganda Architect

Going Pro in Modern Africa ... 15mm Western Mercenaries - For my modern Africa games, I wanted the stands to easily note the quality of the troops. I decided on 4 militia to a base, 3 regulars, and 2 for professi...
12 years ago
Watch That Flank!

Raphia - the game - Just a few quick and dirty shots to give an idea of how the game looked. The Seleucid line The Ptolemaic line Initial deployment. Close up of the Sel...
12 years ago
Sumer to Sargon

BBSW-rules - Bloody Barons Sumerian Wars This post will provide the rules adjustments I'll be making to use with Peter Pig's Bloody Barons rules - Bloody Barons Sumer...
12 years ago
Can't Get The Blog Name I Want

For sale - Painted 28mm WSS Bavarians - There comes a point when you need to rationalise what you game and collect. I never really got into WSS, but I did pick these Bavarians up somewhere. A wh...
13 years ago
The Hesse-Kassoulet Kronicles

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earls psychedelic garden

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Tarty's Tin

Saturday, 21 September 2013

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