Dartfrog's Adventures in 6mm and such

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Blunders on the Danube

Portuguese 23rd Line, "2nd Almeida" - The 23rd (of 24 total) Portuguese Line Infantry Regiment was named the 2nd Almeida regiment, and was recruited in Beira Province and based in Viseu. Th...
2 hours ago
WAB Corner

Siege of Ulsan - Initial Table Set-up - Seeing some of my buddies games already being playtested for our convention in May, I was inspired (shamed) into setting up the table for the game I'm ho...
6 hours ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Orc Arrer Boys - Painted at some point in the hazy Christmas period, eleven (no idea why that number) of the old Orc archer models from the 6th edition box. Need to do...
9 hours ago
Wargame News and Terrain

Alternatieve Armies: VNT63 Skeleton Crossbows New 28mm Releases - Alternative Armies: Skeleton Crossbows! By customer request sculpted and now added to the mighty Undead Legions Range (Giant, Chariot, Weapon Sets and more...
12 hours ago
Ski's Wargames

Frostgrave 2025 Campaign Game 1 - Good morning! Ziggy, David and I played our first campaign game of Frostgrave yesterday. Two years ago we played in a Stargrave campaign that was a lot ...
16 hours ago
A figure painting therapy project.

As one door closes another opens! - With the Pony Wars commission completed and fully back in Mark's hands I now have the start of the follow up commission for Mark, The Peninsular War usi...
16 hours ago
STORM AND CONQUEST

Le Squigs Club Game Jan 2025 - I returned to France in mid Jan and attended the clubs open day and luncheon to begin the wargames season. 18 people in attendance so a good roll up! F...
18 hours ago
Kampfgruppe Willow

Pantserwagen M38 Landsverk 180 - Pantserwagen M38 Landsverk 180 Off the desk this week as I hit the painting desk again after returning from Australia. This last 5 days I have been bu...
21 hours ago
Rough War (of the Ring)

Legions Imperialis XX Legions vs Solar Auxilia - 2000 pts XX Legion vs Solar Auxilia. We played the modified EA tournament objectives. http://roughwotr.blogspot.com/2024/11/alternative-objectives-for-l...
1 day ago
Sgt Steiner's Wargaming Blog

Ulster Wargames Society - Field of Battle 3 - 'Le Garde Au Feu' scenario played - Club meeting today and I put on another FOB3 game this time using scenario 'Le Garde Au Feu' from GDB scenario booklet as basis Scenario is se...
1 day ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Punic Wars Command Figure Stands - *Celtic warriors clash with some of Rome's Italian allies somewhere in Italy.These are all HaT 54mm plastic figures.* The past couple of weeks have b...
1 day ago
Bunker Hill

Union Cavalry - Adding more ACW to my collection. I'm kind of reluctant to move to other periods at the moment as I really need to add some units to play some scenari...
1 day ago
My Brave Fusiliers!

A little Humor -
1 day ago
Polemarch

Wargaming in 2024 - Well, the scores on the doors indicate 24 wargames played in 2024, which I do not think is a bad score. Such is the nature of the blog that I suppose the...
1 day ago
Devon Wargames Group

Raid on a Munitions Dump - 02 Hundred Hours. - *Overview* 02 Hundred Hours is a skirmish wargame focusing on night-time raids in World War II. Inspired by classic war movies as well as historical even...
1 day ago
1866 and all that

The Adventures of Henri Bonhomme - Episode 3: The Battle of Wurzen - *Previous Episodes* Episode 1: The Affair at Seusslitz Episode2: The Battle of Blasthof Bridge *Episode 3: The Battle of Wurzen - 26 September 1813* Th...
1 day ago
The Games We Play

Siege of Rome 1849 - Another Friday, another trip to Tapton Hall to play some more of Tim's 54mm toys. This time we were off to a very early stage of the Italian Wars of Uni...
1 day ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

What's In A Name? - After seeing the above book mentioned on Peter's blog (see *A New Book...*) and listening to the authors' podcasts, I placed an order. Book arrived quic...
1 day ago
Analogue Hobbies

Ned & Norri - The Giant & The Faerie - Hi All! Today I have another set of figures from the talented folks over at Westfalia Miniatures. Here is a foraging giant ('Ned') and his faerie frien...
2 days ago
20mm and then some....

LAF BSC 2025 - Backwater Ferry - Sketches - After today's vehicle base cutting session I've been working on the plans for the Ferry. One 3 cars long, one 2 cars long. I'm not building 2, I just wa...
2 days ago
Javier at war

Painting 1/72 prints. - I missed painting 1/72 scaleso ordered some printed US troops, but I made a mistake and ordered marines instead. In the end I painted them as standard ar...
2 days ago
Fencing Frog

Things From The Basement New England Village - These were Christmas gifts from my Mother-in-law and wife. Things from the Basement kits are awesome. The Hartwell Tavern kit is great an excellent rep...
2 days ago
Astro Anarchy

Star Pointers - I have made an alternative composition out of my photo of Cederblad 214. There are several pillar like structures in the nebula and they all are pointin...
2 days ago
Carryings On Up The Dale

Scraping the barrel. - More oddments finished yesterday. These really are the arse end of the French resin pimple for the time being. Of course I am sure that other stuff will...
3 days ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Winter Soviets in the Painting Challenge - I opened the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge with an entry just in under the free-fire wire. This is a bunch of models I started before the Challen...
4 days 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...
4 days ago
The Land of Counterpane

A Scenario for Livonia - I thought it might be instructive to have a go at writing a scenario using the principles I outlined in my recent piece on Designing Historical Scenarios...
5 days ago
Now for wrath...Now for ruin...and the Red Dawn

Gaslands vehicle ramp - I wanted a vehicle ramp made in the style of the Mad Max Fury Road xbox game. There are lots of shipping containers rusting around on that sea floor in ...
6 days ago
Dulce et Decorum Est

Painting - Rohan guards and heroes - This week's entry is Rohan Royal Guards, captains and Eomer. I've had these models bouncing around for about 20 years, so it's good to get them painted a...
1 week ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Flames of War - Battleground Prussia! - Inspired by Pritt Buttar's *Battleground Prussia*, this Sunday's Solo finds us travelling back 80 years in time to the East Prussian border, January 1945...
1 week ago
Megablitz and more

Munitionschlepper Wespe - I am fortunate enough to already own two 1/48 scale Wespe SP guns, so when I found I have a (part built) kit of a third I decided to build it as an ammun...
1 week ago
Painting Wargames Figures

18mm Old Glory: WAS Austrians: Karlstädter-Lykaner Grenzer - These are very nice Old Glory figures – the detailing is superb although the muskets are rather vulnerable. I want to do a couple of battalions (dupl...
1 week ago
ALY'S TOY SOLDIERS

A New Year… Again. - Greetings… So another year has come and gone… It’s been an odd one… I certainly didn’t get as much done as I wanted… The world , Life , Health and Build...
1 week ago
Army Royal

Alexander Gordon 3rd Earl of Huntly 1460 ish -1524 - Another commander to lead the ranks of Scots Pike, Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly. Brief biography is here on Wikipedia. Of particular note, Huntl...
1 week ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Mounted patrol encouters Orks and goblins, Warhammer Old World AAR - My friend Tobias and I had another game of Warhammer Old World. With the overwatch the game master, head gaming table inspector... We rolled for a scena...
1 week ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

HAPPY NEW YEAR - The Shadow of the Torturer - Bruce Pennington Wishing everyone a (belated) happy and prosperous 2025 and Best Wishes for the coming year! Think it's ...
1 week ago
Lace Wars in Tin

Photos of Peter's Figures - A belated Happy New Year to you all. I hope you are all busy casting and painting............personally, I have done nothing with my 40mm collection for th...
1 week ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Kato Kiyomasa - 1562-1611 My primary hero for my Midgard warband will be Kato Kiyomasa. If interested click on the link which will bring you to his Wikipedia entry. ...
2 weeks ago
Here's no great matter

Boots on the Ground - A while ago I picked up Boots on the Ground by Worthington Games in a trade. It had been sitting in a trunk for the best part of 2024, but while I was se...
2 weeks ago
Ed M's Wargames Meanderings

SERVICE SLOW DOWN - This is just a quick post to notify anyone interested that my blogging (and commenting) presence will be limited for a short period. Being a man of a ...
2 weeks ago
Shed Wars

Battle of Evesham - a 28mm Wargame - Afternoon all, and Happy New Year. Last year the shed witnessed a refight of the Battle of Lewes and it was always our intention to fight the other majo...
2 weeks ago
The Renaissance Troll

The Muster of Dol Amroth - There is some talk amongst my friends of doing a bit of Middle-earth gaming, so I thought I'd better break out my Dol Amroth forces and see what I've ac...
2 weeks ago
Great Ming Military

Lian Zhu Pao (連珠砲) and Yu Gu Pao (漁皷砲) - Drawing of a Lian Zhu Pao (right) and Yu Gu Pao (left), from 'Wu Bei Ji Yao (《武備集要》)'. *Lian Zhu Pao* (連珠砲, lit. 'Rapid bead cannon') and *Yu Gu Pao* (漁皷砲,...
3 weeks ago
Bleaseworld

French & Indian Wars: Gorham's Rangers - The other day Lance at* Galloping Major* kindly asked for permission to include one of my photos of my *Gorham's Rangers* unit in an updated Rangers Guid...
3 weeks ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

2024 in Review - 2024 saw me painting more for myself than in previous years. I worked in a couple of smaller commissions, but most of my energy went to rounding out my 18...
3 weeks ago
Warfare in the Age of Cynics and Amateurs

Seven Pines 1862 - with Volley & Bayonet - A return to V&B for a little new year cheer. The turn sequence, as we were reminded, is everything here. Care when shooting, and extreme care now when a...
3 weeks ago
Toy Soldiers Studio

IV/46 ILKhanid 1251AD - 1355 AD - 15mm Essex Miniatures DBA 2.2 Army Compostion: 1 x 3Cv (General) 1 x 3Cv, 9 x 2LH, 1 x 3Ax or 2LH or 3Kn or Art The Ilkhanids (1256-1335 CE) were a M...
3 weeks ago
Camisado

The Two Towers - To start off the year we have a continuation from my gatehouse post back in September, http://camisado1500s.blogspot.com/2024/09/northern-european-gateho...
3 weeks ago
Moiterei's bunte Welt

AHPC#2: Panzer IV Ausf. A - We're just into the second week of this years Annual Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge and I already got a second entry in *enter canned applause here*....
3 weeks ago
2 Hour Blog

Two Hour Wargames Winter Sale on WGV. - Check it out! Wargame Vault - Winter Offensive Sale - The largest wargame download store
4 weeks ago
The Single Handed Admiral

Happy Boxing Day - I didn’t get a Christmas Day post up, so I’ll go a day late. Had a busy day yesterday but looking forward to getting the brushes working today.
4 weeks ago
Paint-it-Pink

Christmas Score - Yep, no picture of our Christmas tree this year for reasons that fall under boring real life problems sucking the life out of living. Instead, what we sc...
4 weeks ago
Obscure Battles

Breed's Hill 1775 - American Revolution17 June 1775 *Americans: *Israel Putnam, William Prescott ~6,145 with 6 guns *British:* Maj.Gen.Sir William Howe ~2,900 with 203 guns (in...
4 weeks ago
wargamesinthedungeon

Battle of Noville : Ardennes, December 1944 - Now despite my lack of posting I have been busy with a couple of battles to post. I have nearly recovered from my illness although it has been reluctant ...
4 weeks ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

BATTLEGROUP: REFORGER Attack / Counter-Attack Game - A rare game and even rarer blog post here at the SOUND OFFICERS CALL Battle Bunker after evening Mass on Saturday night as Dave and I played an old favo...
5 weeks ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Afghanistan 2006-2007 : 3 Commando's First Tour of Duty - Following on from 3 Para's deployment in the 16th Air Assault Brigade in Afghanistan, 3 Brigade Royal Marine Commandos took their tour of duty in Afghani...
1 month ago
Association - Les Riflemen

ROMA VS PERSIA - *Le temple de Mars ne doit pas être profané en ce jour, l'armée romaine y veille!* *The temple of Mars must not be desecrated on this day, the Roman arm...
1 month 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...
1 month ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

Some toasters - Another batch of battlemechs, which my wife christened "toasters" because of their resemblance to the Cylons from *Battlestar Galactica*. These guys were...
1 month ago
da Gobbo's Grotto - Wargaming blog

Carnevale - the bridges of Venice - Hi all, With the imminent arrival of Carnevale to da Grotto, it was time prepare the battleground! Carnevale is set in an alternative timeline, in the ...
1 month ago
Grimsby Wargaming

A New Project Takes the Field - My first outing with a new project. It's not finished and there's still a lot of lead to paint (an awful lot) but at least there is enough for a decent ...
1 month ago
doctorphalanx

Eisenhower: First game impressions - *Surrounded German lorried infantry* Although I hadn't expected to be able to play it so soon, my good friend Ian agreed to give *Eisenhower *a try. Altho...
2 months ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

KublaCon Fall 2024 - ACW, Epic Pike & Shotte, and more - KublaCon is usually a large convention held in May (now called KublaCon Prime). This was a new convention the same Kubla team decided to put on for Rememb...
2 months ago
Dalauppror

Fire Forge Samurai Minis - After watching the new vesions of Shogun I was once again hooked in the Feudal Japanese history and the later Sengoku period 1540 -1600. Ofcourse the...
2 months ago
Saxon Dog

Seven Years War at Partizan - Sorry for the lack of posts this last few weeks! I have been very busy getting the, Seven Years War, demonstration game ready for the 2nd Partizan show ...
3 months ago
ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION

'Cold War Roadshow' PBS 'The American Experience' - ... this is a great documentary! All of the PBS 'American Experience' programs are excellent! It is an accurate and well crafted look which brings histo...
3 months ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

US 9th Infantry Division (Motorised) AFV Data Cards - Well, I'm a little embarrassed. I thought I had posted up the Data Cards for the US Army's 9th Infantry Division (Motorised) a while back, shortly afte...
3 months ago
The 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...
4 months ago
Pushing Tin

A Rollicking good time at Rolica - It's been a while since we've pushed some tin around, yesterday the stars finally aligned and we were able to get something on the table, trying out m...
4 months ago
Realms of Chaos

Realm of Chaos Campaign : Battle reports - Hi, two weeks ago with Slaanesh_Child and I, we played the four last battles of the campaign started in February this year. A great campaign finish with ...
6 months ago
Steve's Paintingshed

Updated Bloodybacks! rules for the AWI - I have revised and updated these rules and changed these on the "pages" section of the blog. So, we are now up to version 9. There are some key additi...
6 months ago
On Wargames and Such

Helm's deep table complete - Ok, so this table is sort of a compromise. I have the official resin GW walls of Helm's deep and I wanted to use that in a 4x4 table. I also didn't want ...
7 months ago
With Pyjamas through a whiff of grapeshot!

Battle of Jena 1806 - A view across the battlefield showing the state of play at the end of turn six We are currently in the midst of fighting a wonderful 1806 scenario genero...
8 months ago
Wargaming Girl

Salute 2024 - The Games (Lots..and lots...and lots of pics) - As promised yesterday, here are the photos I took of all* the games. * I may have missed some I will apologise in advance for the quality of some of the ...
9 months ago
Converj - David's Blog

Fuentes de Onoro - This weekend it was time for the 4th Rose Hill Wargaming Group annual wargame, and our 2nd in the Peninsular. We had over 2000 20mm figures and a play...
11 months ago
Natholeon's Empires

WSS in Spain forces completed - It isn't Napoleonics, but at least it is horse and musket! A couple of months ago I repossessed my old Spanish Succession armies and decided to finish t...
1 year ago
Dale's Wargames

Remote Game of Age of Penda - Revisiting My *Age of Penda* Review I used to review rules with giving a playtest, simply analyzing the rules on paper. That was a big mistake when I rate...
1 year ago
The Blog With No Name

Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes - This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme bein...
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 Wargames Table

Logs - 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...
1 year ago
Badly Lead Men

Second one done - A bit slower for the second collection but at the weekend I finished the French and Friends for 1813. From top left the guard (somehow I wound up with ...
1 year ago
Dots of Paint

Old Collection, 'new rules' (ACW 15mm) - Years ago we lived in a apartment condo during an occurrence of many fires damaging suites, I told The Wife that should we encounter such an emergency to...
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
All Bones About It

The Time Has Come - As many of my regular readers may have noticed over the last couple months, my posts have become less than regular. I have found over the course of t...
2 years ago
Furphy's Brush with History

- Hi all, Star Wars Legion AT-RT a well thought out little kit i was very impressed with the detail and ease of fit . Painted in acrylics by brush . Thank...
2 years ago
chrisfigurines

GALLERY OF MINIATURES PAINTED OVER THE YEARS. - *MEDIEVALS* ...
2 years ago
Lair of the Uber Geek

Terrain Workshop Sorted (at least for now) - Well I've managed to clean out the Terrain Workshop. Sadly, the bulk of the "debris" consisted of various shipping boxes that were retained for storag...
2 years ago
Loki's Great Hall

Vallejo Guides Broken - It has recently come to my attention that the LINKS on my vallejo paint guide pages are not currently working as expected and readers are not able to vie...
3 years ago
michas figuren

Neue Figuren bemalt - Hi ich habe nach langer Zeit noch mal Figuren bemalt für mein Projekt Baltikum Sturm des Kreuzes 😉 Micha:-))
4 years ago
DwarfCrypt

My second most beautiful miniature! / Moja druga najpiękniejsza miniaturka! - *Janek / Johnny* *urodzony / born 15.11.2020*
4 years ago
Lonely Gamers

326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes - 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...
4 years ago
Jimbibblyblog

Martian whimsy - I fancied making something a little more whimsical for Mars... Why not a bandstand and some gardens. For the bandstand the roof was printed and most of t...
4 years ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

Airplane stands for my Aeronefs - I've been working on different ideas for my aeronef stands - and finally got a solution I'm happy with. For the Aeronef and Imperial Skies rules, hexago...
4 years ago
Moruya Marauders

Moruya Marauders seems to have come to an end but a Phoenix will rise. - As some know our club moved to Batemans Bay during 2019, fun was had, games played new members even. Alas a rather nasty surprise hit our venue on 31 .12.2...
4 years ago
It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog

HMMWV in 28mm - Apologies for my absence from this blog. The US HMMWV is an iconic vehicle in Twilight 2000 (and I have a number of 20mm scale ones somewhere) but this is ...
5 years ago
1000 Foot General

Sci-Fi Hangar by Impudent Mortal - I don't like MDF building kits. There are so many minor details that irk me — the perfect 90 degree accuracy, the little pegs that show through on corn...
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
Emperor vs Elector

Merry Christmas from the Duke of Tradgardland - Father Christmas has enlisted some help in delivering the presents this year in the Duchy. I do hope these fellows can be relied upon.. Merry Christmas to y...
5 years ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

WW2: Early(ish) Soviets - So here is the last of the WW2 armies that I currently own. I've had most of these soviets for about a decade now. most have been painted for that time. ...
5 years ago
The Miniatures Man

Pulp Alley AAR – Tomb of the Serpent Campaign – Cairo Caper - I teased about this game more than a month ago and I think it is time to tell the world of what the CSSS (Corpo di Spedizione della Santa Sede, or The Ex...
5 years ago
merseybooks

Battle Ravens in Tabletop Gaming's Best Games of 2019 - I've been tipped off that my Battle Ravens boardgame features in TABLETOP GAMING'S BEST GAMES OF 2019 issue, publishing at the start of December! This is ...
5 years ago
No Duff Gamer

28mm Vietnam War Collection - Here are some photos of my 28mm Vietnam War collection of Australian's and NVA. Miniatures were commission painted. Most of the Australian's are from The A...
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...
5 years ago
Sapper Joe's Wargaming & Toys

Still around, still not gaming much at all - Well, I am still alive. There are personal issues in my life, mainly work. I have a relative with a serious health issue, I am working a second shift, I ...
5 years ago
The Anderson Collection

Crusades revisited - 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...
5 years ago
Flying Gorilla

Retro 80's time + Blog News - *Blog News* I now have an instagram account... I'll be posting lots of miniatures that are already in the Eureka catalogue and stuff I've painted for Eurek...
5 years ago
Z pola walki

Saraceni - piechota/ Saracen infantry - Czterech pieszych saraceńskich gwardzistów do Sagi. Figurki Gripping BeastFour Saracen foot guards for Saga. Gripping Beast figures
5 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...
5 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - Wargaming Moderns, Historical and Sci-Fi with 15mm, 20mm and 28mm Miniatures

AVP: UNLEASHED - some small scatter terrain - Painted some small scatter terrain for Unleashed. I am quite happy with the results.
5 years ago
Baconfat Log

7TV Post Apocalyptic Survivors, Randos, Tech Gangers, Fallout Mutant Hounds, Graves, and a Corrugated Junk Pile - Hello Distinguisher Viewer, Today there are fifteen small things for you to look at. First are three minis from Crooked Dice's 7TV Apocalypse game. Rev...
5 years ago
Hexsides and Hand Grenades

Team Yankee - Autobahn Defense - Since I'm enjoying Team Yankee so much, I thought I'd write up a quick post so you can enjoy some nice pictures of my awful model assembly and painting s...
5 years ago
Little Lead Arms Race

Rapid Fire Saturday Game. - Played a game of Rapid Fire at the Grimsby Wargames Society club. Danny's Germans vs my Americans. Danny had two Kampfgruppe and I fielded a Combat Comman...
5 years ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

Pulp commission -
5 years ago
An Intermittent Firefight

Brigade Games Vikings Painted awaiting basing... - Recently, I was commissioned by Brigade Games to paint some of their Viking figures. A total of seventeen figures were sent. Packs 12-19. I started them so...
5 years ago
My Seven Year's War

British SYW Artillery - This is now the start of my earlier expressed intention to arrage a number of scale drawings illustrating British ordnance fielded during the War of Aust...
5 years ago
The Historical Miniaturist

The Royal Navy Marines, Part 2 - To continue, Redcoats on the Royal Navy Marines always look so intimidating on the table... Crew (can be used as Privateers or even Pirates) Marines and ...
6 years ago
Iron Cross Miniatures - News Blog

New: 80mm mortar (Granatwerfer 34) with crew - We are proud to present the 80mm mortar with crew! The Granatwerfer 34 (or GrW 34) was the standard medium infantry mortar for the whole German army thro...
6 years ago
Raglan's Samurai Wars

Mori Samurai Cavalry - *Westwind and Perry Miniatures*
6 years ago
Einar Olafson Painting

The Id, grey aliens - Lucid Eye Id.
6 years ago
Wargamer Blue

Kicking it with the Homies - The feared El Taco Cartel homies are kicking it Southside, plotting and scheming on ways to get product across or under the border. Figures are 28mm S...
6 years ago
Dragon Rising, Bear Resurgent

Modelling - Stowing USMC vehicles in 6mm - Vehicles in most armies carry a degree of external stowage and there always seems to be more of it when they are on operations rather than exercises, ...
6 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
6 years ago
The Veteran Wargamer

Ep 43: Undercoat it black is live! - Ep 43: Undercoat it black https://soundcloud.com/user-989538417/ep-43-undercoat-it-black Neil Schuck and Jay talk about gaming the Vietnam War. Follow Nei...
6 years ago
15mm paint shack

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
6 years ago
Eldritch Epistles

Questoris Knight Magaera update and Sons of Horus Legion Sicaran Battle Tank - I've made some progress on the Questoris Knight Magaera: ...and started another Forge World project, a Sons of Horus Legion Sicaran Battle Tank: These b...
6 years ago
The lead mountain

A new journey begins - After much consideration I have decided to take the plunge and begin offering my services as a wargames miniatures painter. It's been quite a journey and...
6 years ago
Cold War Gamer

Review - Book, AFM Volume 2, Part 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art - This was a truly great find by Andy Miles who kindly posted it onto the Red Storm Rising facebook page. It's not quite the British equivalent to the FM...
6 years ago
Red Storm Rising

Gaming the Falklands war - part one - Sometime last week me and a mate were chatting about the Falklands war and what types of kit the British and Argentinians had and their platoon structu...
6 years ago
Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil

Boronzio's Guns. - A little off subject but because the crews and guns fit perfectly for the renaissance period I thought I should show followers the final paint job on my...
6 years ago
Mickey's Minis' Blog

- Hi All, Christmas is almost upon us & Ive completed my last commission of the year! More Kappadokians to add to the army I painted earlier this year & a sm...
7 years ago
CODENAME: Wargaming!

Moja banda do TNT - Witam! Jesień mija, nadchodzi zima, a to bardziej zachęca do odwiedzin dzikich i palących bezmiarów radioaktywnych krain i post-apokaliptycznych bitew. Wł...
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
Modern Warfare

12th legion Angry Boiz - While working on the noble lads of the azure 13th, I was also expanding the footprint of their temperamental cousins in the 12th. At this point this is my ...
7 years ago
World War II Central

More photos of past painting :) - And... here are some more. Pacific USN early war and late war.
7 years ago
Luke: hoti to kratistos

Some BBDBA - For a change of focus, we pulled out Rhys' 15th-century figures to give them an outing using DBA, version 2; I'm not sure if either of us own a copy of ver...
7 years ago
Modern Wars in Miniature

15mm Tanks added to my collection - A Zvezda Stug-IIIb, painted and decaled as a vehicle from the Grossdeutschland Regiment Zvezda Panzer 38T's ready to roll off to the Russian Front. My ...
7 years ago
The Wargaming Depot

Roads Reflocked - I bought a tonne of roads and rivers from an eBay seller called Fat Frank. They are great but I didn't realise they would come already painted and flocked ...
7 years ago
Zinnsoldatengeneral 1

ACW - Kleines Bilder Update 10th Indiana Regiment Berdan Sharpshooters 146th New Yourk Volunteers 30th Virginia sharpshooters Louisiana Tiger Zouaves
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
Cjcaston's 4FPM

Ivar the Boneless - Este es el primer tutorial que hago y voy a intentar que sea lo más ameno y útil posible, tanto en los consejos como en los colores y mezclas a utilizar. L...
8 years ago
Atomic Skies

Atomic-Powered Tanks, Part 1 - An atomic-powered tank is a terrible idea. But that's never kept people from trying. You may have noticed the "part 1" in the title of this post. This...
8 years ago
WARGAMING THE AGE OF WARS

Samurai project rebooted! - Samurai Project has been rebooted! first three figures shown below. Not sure what rules set I will be using, just enjoying the painting at the moment :) ...
8 years ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

AWI Hessians Are Available For Sale - Hessian Grenadier and Musketeer firing line figures. The AWI Hessians are now in stock and they are ready for on-line sales today (Friday July 8, 2016...
8 years ago
Lead Death

Battle of Borodino 6mm Part 2 - Hello again, This is the continuation of our 6mm Borodino battle fought using Adler 6mm and the Blucher rule set. We fought part one 2 weeks ago and unfo...
8 years ago
wars in miniature

Nuevos Rumbos - Despues de un año sin tocar el blog, vuelvo. Durante este tiempo he iniciado un nuevo rumbo, nuevo trabajo, nuevo pais, nueva vida. Ahora residiendo en Chi...
9 years ago
Horse and Musket Wargaming.

ACW 8th South Carolina update. - Hope you all had a good Xmas. Just a quick update on the 8th Carolina. All the figures have been painted, just waiting on the flag and base work. It's com...
9 years ago
Very Tiny Wars

Mrs. History PhD's new FOW project - Having said that she was ready to begin a new Vietnam War vehicle, Mrs. History PhD has chosen to recreate her 1/285 South Vietnamese National Police Field...
9 years ago
Diniums Loft

Waterloo, Braine l'Alleud - Was lucky enough to visit the Waterloo battlefield in Belgium last week, it has been on my bucket list for a long time. I wasn’t disappointed, 200 years ...
9 years ago
STEEL FIST

Price rise on decal sets - my decal supplier has put the price of decals up, so I'm going to have to pass that price on. So now decal sets are going to be £4.00 each. Also I'm pleased...
9 years ago
Back to the Minis

Protect the King! - "Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, trusting their words." For me these words entered legend in my youth. The 300 Spartans fighting fo...
9 years ago
Þorsteinn á Heiðini

Secret Santa, Year Three - I have been remiss about posting. I always tell myself I need to, but yet don't find the time to. Once more, I will change that. ;) Secret Santa is comin...
10 years ago
Mitch's Wargaming and Modelmaking

Royal Yugoslav Air Force Hawker Fury II - Here's my latest effort: a Hawker Fury II in the markings of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force. The Fury was, of course, an iconic fighter of the 1930's RAF, ...
10 years ago
6mm Wargamer

Life, Life, life! - *Well *its been over a year and unsurprisingly this has been as a result of life! That old enemy kept getting in the way of me and my hobby. Changing jobs,...
10 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...
10 years ago
Too Much Free Time

D&D Fifth Ed. Starter Box - Another package waiting for me today when I arrived home from work; the D&D fifth edition starter box. A bit of an impulse buy when I ordered it, but a...
10 years ago
DECODED: The Cold War in Europe 1945-1995

Commandant's Corner Update 6 July 2014 - Greetings Cold War Enthusiasts, It has been a while since I have been able to contribute articles to this site as I would like but I wanted to stop by and ...
10 years ago
The Inevitable Spark

Taking Stock - After six months of being away I needed to take stock of where I am on my Punic Wars project and set some new goals for getting some things completed. I ha...
10 years ago
Stopping the Red Tide - Wargaming in 15mm

My House Move - As some of the longer term readers will know, I've been waiting for my new house to be completed... Well it's finally done and I've moved in, but you guys...
10 years ago
Akrotiri Nomads Wargames

Nomads move - Seven Years War Journeying to Stockport Home, & Seven Year War set up
11 years ago
Painting Landsknechts

Gallery - Here we have some individual and group photographs from my collection which should give you an idea of the possibilities and colour combinations that work...
11 years ago
Little Soldiers

Happy New Year 2013 - Happy New Year to you all. Due to the illness and subsequent passing of my dear sister Kate this blog and my Arctic Strike blog have been neglected. Now 20...
12 years ago
Across the Table:

Moving Locations - Well, the title says it all. I've decided to revamp my websites and as part of this "Across the Table" is on the move. To visit my revised site please vis...
12 years ago
Peeler's Wargaming & Wittering Page

Byzarbia at Ayton Game. - Once again it's been a while, though in my defence I plead that I have been busy painting figures for our second Ayton Weekend Game, even forgoing two of o...
12 years ago
1%FUTURE

Alternative models: Zvezda "The Beast" - Now here's something really different. It got posted on Dakkadakka in a discussion about Russian plastics and immediately drew my eye. Apparently it used t...
12 years ago
Gods Own Scale

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Raglan's War of the Roses

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Battles in Miniature

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