With Gen'l Custer Down in Old Mexico: A Wargaming Blog: August 2011

Reports From Correspondents in the Field

Campaigns of General William Augustus Pettygree

2024 Merry Christmas - Baby Jesus! The reason for the Christmas Season and the rest of our lives. He quietly grew.... Into a carpenter to build a planetary way of life and.....
2 hours ago
The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

The First Entry of Challenge XV - Dante Alighieri, author of 'The Divine Comedy' (25 Points) - Hello! Welcome to the fifteenth edition of the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge! Following tradition, I scramble to welcome all the participants of th...
9 hours ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

A Little Diversion - While I wait for the basecoat on my commission to cure, I banged out a unit of Roman Legionaries today.The figures are 28mm Old Glory. Yesterday I affixed...
12 hours ago
WAB Corner

Warlord Games Prussian Landwehr - These are supposed to be with the 4th Silesian Landwehr Regiment. Not sure if they wore the stovepipe shakos, but added a few for variety. Picked thi...
23 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

Heads Up? - Here are two recent additions to the pool of possible encounters with 'bad things' in *The Saga of Bicca Biccasson*. Firstly, the Lambton Wyrm, a legenda...
1 day ago
iron mitten

Learning to paint toy soldiers - My little boy has been asking me to teach him how to paint. So, I gave it some thought and decided to start him on some larger plastic figures. We took it...
1 day ago
Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog

Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Session Four - Another Hunt! - Wednesday, Amanda, Finnegan and I returned to Ulfenkarn for another adventure in the Cursed City! In the past week, I'd finished up Qulathis the Exil...
2 days ago
Analogue Hobbies

Challenge XV's Theme: Dante's 'Divine Comedy' - Hi All, For this years theme we'll be following Dante's journeys through The Abyss and Paradise. Our resident mapmaker Sidney Roundwood is currently l...
2 days ago
Not By Appointment

Flags and possible uniform of French Irish Regiment Bourke or Burke 1699-1715 - This was an Irish regiment created out of the two Jacobite regiments Queen's Guards and Klincarthy in February 1698 by Henry Luttrell, according to Susan...
2 days ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

Inaugurating a new wargames room - Phil has been talking about turning his spare room into a wargames room for a while. Goodness knows he has enough to put in it. At least two large car lo...
2 days ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

The Legions are here! - The almost-final element of my 28mm L'Art de la Guerre Republican/Triumverate Roman project is the biggest and most meaty - 100 Legionaries (or Hastati ...
3 days ago
News from the Front

More Moors - I have finally got around to painting the rest of the figures to field a platoon of Regulares for my Nationalist Spanish Civil War forces. Figures are as ev...
3 days ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

Season's Greetings - Before holiday festivities divert and interrupt our normal hobby activities, I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. With space in t...
3 days ago
Rabbits In My Basement

This Quar's War - Busy weekend meant I got a table set up Saturday, but didn't start flipping cards and rolling dice until 9 pm Sunday night. I set up a table to try out ...
4 days ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XIV #9 - Special Themed Challenges - In the three years in which I have participated in the painting challenge I have done quite a few of the themed challenges from the planets of the Chall...
4 days ago
Over Open Sights

Empress MIniatures Jazz Age/WW1 British Cavalry. - I have had these sitting on the "to do" shelf since I first purchased them at Colours, Newbury in September, 2023. Painted up as the Queen's Own Worceste...
6 days ago
The Northumbrian Wargamer.

15mm Bloody Big Battles, Solferino 1859. - I could have done this AAR in two or three posts but if I'm reading something I prefer to read it sequentially, so if this is a bit long then sorry but ...
6 days ago
Painting Wargames Figures

28mmSYW French: Caraman Dragoons, last cavalry regiment - The last cavalry unit for my French army which now has 26 squadrons of cavalry. There are also 18 battalions of infantry but I think I will increase...
6 days ago
von Peter himself | The 'Orders of the day' bloggish area for von Peter himself

Yarkshire Gamer meets Calpe Miniatures - A pre Christmas quickie as The Yarkshire Gamer – do a search on Yarkshire Gamer as he has many channels as well as his “Yarkshire Gamers Reet Big Wargames ...
6 days ago
The Grand Duchy of Stollen

A December 14th Cuirassier Update. . . - *The now familiar place-holder for a later photographic update. But in the meantime, I kinda like this well-used artist's palette. * Spent another 90 ...
1 week ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

His Majesty's Independent Company of Rangers (Rogers' Rangers) - *Rogers' Rangers* *was initially a provincial company from the colony of New Hampshire, attached to the British Army during the Seven Years' War (Fren...
1 week ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Fife and Drum Web Store is back on line - *General von **Zeiten hands his Christmas list to one of his aides.* The Fife and Drum Miniatures web site has been repaired and works again. Previousl...
1 week ago
Adventures In Lead

Mark's Game Room reviews Blood on the Sands - The excellent YouTube wargaming channel, Mark's Game Room, has done a review and a quick explanation of Blood on the Sands. Please show them some suppor...
1 week ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Ellyrian Reavers Nobels - I wanted to have some Nobels for my High Elf collection joining the horsemasters of Ellyrion. I managed to trade some more Ellyrian Reavers with a frie...
1 week ago
Phil's War Cabinet

Billhookery - The past couple of months have seen me dive into a fresh army for Never Mind the Billhooks (NMTB), and last weekend they got their first outing on the ta...
1 week ago
Je Lay Emprins

Hello world....more Burgundians anyone? - Well, hello again... I have been making some progress with my Burgundian-Swiss figures recently and so I feel it's incumbument on me to restart a few posts...
1 week ago
Tarleton's Quarter

7TV - WW2 (1) - 7TV as a system breaks down into "genres", each of which have their own sub-rules and terminology. These genres are currently undergoing a bit of a reva...
1 week 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...
2 weeks ago
An Hour of Wolves And Shattered Shields

Battle Master Bretonnians for the Empire! - dec05_2024 - In Battle Masters game there are four units of knights, and three of those look a lot like Bretonnians. Technically that game was created at a time when ...
2 weeks ago
Move to Contact

Across the L'Epvre stream and Rue du Vacourt - with Battlegroup Westwall - D-Day to Berlin series, game 4 - The next in our series, game 4, and a first tank brawl, with 900 points of US Armour vs a Panzer Brigade list (somewhere in the Lorriane). A straight mee...
2 weeks ago
Wargaming in 28 mm

SAGA Grand Melee - This past Saturday, I attended the SAGA Grand Melee which was put together by David. He has done a great job in the past year with a monthly SAGA Night...
2 weeks ago
Campaigns in Miniature

Battle of Liegnitz - Revisited - In 1760 Frederick the Great was being pressured by the forces of Daun and Louden. Expecting to be attacked at any time, he chose to make his stand near...
2 weeks ago
Din of Battle

Vauban's Wars: A Project of Wild Audacity - Louisbourg 1745 - This is a guest blog post written by *Bruce Pettipas* of his two Vauban's Wars games he ran at Fall-In 2024. This was the first time that I heard of the ...
2 weeks ago
SquadPainter

Getting started with La Bataille de Kulm - Regular readers of this blog know that I post on non-miniature wargaming topics such as how to make counters, hurting myself, and WW2 with cards. This is...
2 weeks ago
A Military Gentleman

Zorndorf : The Aftermath - I am now close to starting this game. A few more tweaks here and there and I think I can start rolling some dice. The first line of Prussians are on the ta...
3 weeks ago
Nations In Arms

Lest We Forget - This blog has always been about promoting our hobby, or at least, my own very small part in it. This post is a little different and I hope that you will...
3 weeks ago
One man and his brushes.

Gaming - 7DTTRR , airfield assault - at Battleground 2024! - Today saw a run out to our local show. As we have played at lot of 7 Days this year it seemed appropriate to do something with it and get some of everyo...
3 weeks ago
The Old World Army Challenge

Test - Just a test
3 weeks ago
The League of Augsburg

BLACK FRIDAY BOOK DEAL! - For the 72 hours between 28th November and 30th November, the *WARFARE MINIATURES BLACK FRIDAY BOOK DEAL* will allow you to get any or all of our hardbac...
4 weeks ago
Just Add Water

We Went a Wee Bit Mad OR We Played a 24000pts a Side; Seleucid vs Republican Roman WAB Game! Part 2 - *Image Above- the Seleucid Extreme Left Flank.* Week two brings us to Part 2 of our Republican Roman vs Seleucid game carried on from last week. As the ga...
4 weeks ago
Major Thomas Foolery's War Room

Into the Wasteland: Commie Ghouls - While raiders tend to be the primary adversaries in post-apocalyptic settings, I like the idea of encountering remnants of the enemy communist army, even...
5 weeks 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...
5 weeks 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...
1 month ago
Scrivsland

Prussian reinforcements (1) - Fresh from the inspiration of last weeks game I've been working on some more Prussians for the 6mm Napoleonic collection. All the miniatures are from ...
1 month 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 ...
2 months ago
MAIWAND DAY

OPERATION MARKET GARDEN +80 Full AAR, PART I - *Market Garden After Action Report* Pic showing 9 of the 11 players & GMs who started the game, clockwise from Left to Right: Chris (82nd Airborne), Alex...
2 months ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

Crocodiles in the Congo! - I had hoped to post a full and detailed account of Dr. Jones' adventure in the Congo, but with the end of the long summer holiday and the start of the ac...
2 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...
3 months ago
Quindia Studios

Dronningens Livregiment - Another unit for my growing Danish army... Warfare Miniatures, of course! The mounted officer is from one of the Cuirassier Officer packs (tricorns & fro...
3 months ago
Roundwood's World

"When the Last Sword is Drawn": Bringing a game idea to life - ******** "*Something terrible has happened at the small mountain monastery of Ikoto. The monastery is under the protection of the House of Akiyama, and i...
4 months ago
AJ's Wargaming Blog

28mm Swiss Line Infantry for the Neapolitian Army 1848 - This is the second unit that I've painted for my Neapolitan (Kingdom of the two Sicilies) army for my Risorgimento project. The Swiss line infantry was ...
4 months ago
I Live with Cats

Tabletop Terraformation - Only God, the poet writes, can make a tree. But you can make or buy all manner of miniature facsimiles that will enhance your wargame table and make your...
5 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...
5 months ago
Bunker Hill

ACW Command Stands - Finally got around to adding some command stands for my ACW armies although to be honest I've had these done for a few weeks already. Although I haven...
5 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 ...
8 months ago
DRESSING THE LINES

Napoleonic British 3rd Battalion of Detachments - OK, anyone who knows their Napoleonic history will immediately be scoffing at me, saying there was never was a British 3rd Battalion of Detachments. And th...
8 months ago
Wargaming.info

Leipzig Refight in 28mm for Easter - Several of the local Napoleonic’s Gamers are doing a large refight of Leipzig over Easter 2024 with 28mm armies at a 1/100 ratio (so essentially Regiments/...
8 months ago
With Pyjamas through the Desert

Normal Programming has resumed…celebrations all round! - Hello to all. After contemplating a change in direction for the blogs a few weeks ago I’ve decided to reinstate them again and see how they evolve. Blo...
10 months ago
Scotia Albion

Never saw that one coming (2) - Well I should have posted on here last week about the Solo Jacobite campaign I’m running but I’ve been sent a real curved ball. So last Sunday morning w...
11 months ago
The Royalist Roundhead

Update and WIP - [image: Merry christmas wallpaper design] Well, it certainly has been eventful, this year. Shortly after my last post, far too long ago, some things...
11 months 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
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
dhcwargamesblog

Yet more early war Germans… or rather, the end of the line - This post has been a long time coming. I actually started it early summer last year, but then decided to finish it after the last three models. So,let us d...
2 years ago
A Grab Bag of Games

Goodbye WordPress – hello (again) Blogger - Folks After wrestling with the god-awful WordPress interface called Gutenburg for months, I am abandoning the WordPress platform. They had an excellent Cla...
2 years ago
Oderint Dum Probent

Про стрелецких полковников - Многие исследователи, занимающиеся российскими вооруженными силами посл. четв. XVII в., обращают внимание на то, что некоторые стрелецкие головы в официа...
2 years ago
Lokis 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
Lard Island News

Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
3 years ago
Lard Island News

Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
3 years ago
Military Sun Helmets

The Effectiveness of the Aluminium Foil ‘Drop Lining’ in WWII Wolseley Sun Helmets. A Simple Experiment. - Going through some of my Father’s WWII snap shots, there is one I find more evocative than the others, in which his ten man section is shown shortly after ...
3 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
Henry's Wargaming

Sittangbad and Mollwitz for Partizan In The Cloud - Today would have been the Partizan show at Newark Showground. But of course, whilst we are in lockdown and social distancing conditions due to the Coronavi...
4 years ago
Blenheim to Berlin

OPERATION CHROMITE - INCHON KOREA 1950 - On Saturday 15th I joined the Gothenburg Gamers and friends for a special big game – Operation Chromite - the 1950 UN landings at Inchon during the Korean ...
4 years ago
LOST SOUTH PACIFIC ADVENTURES

Australian Counterattack Prelude at Milne Bay, New Guinea - New Guinea Campaign From The Studio of General Pettygree Mission: Link air, naval and land action in a campaign and story context ---------- "The currency o...
4 years ago
Itinerant Wargamer

A new direction on an old road - Bern front ranks In the early 1980s, I, like many others were enormously inspired by the pictures in the early editions of Miniature Wargames of Pete...
4 years ago
Lord Ashram's House of War

A bunch of painted Mantic "The Walking Dead" photos - Hey all! Well, just eye candy today... no story, no game, just terrain and figures!
4 years ago
The Burning Sands of Syrtis Major

28mm Werewolf Hunters from Old Glory - Figures and warehouse by Old Glory The first finished Victorian-era miniatures of 2020* are from the Old Glory/Blue Moon "Things that go Bump in the Night...
4 years ago
CAMPAIGNS IN GERMANIA

Merry Christmas Everyone - *MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE*
4 years ago
Classic wargaming

Tribute to Stuart Asquith - Whilst it is not news that we have recently lost one of the hobby's best-known figures this past week, I thought it would be appropriate to add my own trib...
5 years ago
TALES FROM RHANZLISTAN

The Campaign's Climax ~"Towards the High Peaks!" - Well, the dust has settled over the field of battle, the dead have been buried, the wounded treated and reports written and forwarded to a higher authority...
5 years ago
J White's Gallery

The Battle of Valcour Island, October 11th 1776 - My visit to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History back in August, in particular the exhibit on the gunboat Philadelphia, gave me a little bit...
5 years ago
G's Spot

More Jacobites Ready For Action! - Hello again. Hot on the heels of Lord Louth's Regiment of Foot come the first of the regiments and units I first painted back in 2012, but have only just g...
5 years ago
Shooting Leave

Supreme Littleness Designs Fortress - Have a gander at this! What theatre of war would you use this with? This model is a 28mm version from Supreme Littleness Designs and is a corker. I can t...
5 years ago
Northern Wargaming

AAR: A Return to Rügenwald 1630 - a Thirty Years War Skirmish in 28mm - *A battle report using the Pikeman's Lament ruleset, depicting a raid during the Thirty Years War* *Introduction* The Thirty Years War had been raging o...
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
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Sign Up To SETTING THE SCENE Volume 2. - We are getting closer to finishing the 2nd book, Setting The Scene Volume 2. If you would like to sign up for a copy of volume 2 or add your details to ...
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
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...
5 years ago
Skulking in Holes and Corners

Cleaning Text with Python - So all us early modern Europeanists owe the Early English Books Online project a debt of gratitude. Tens of thousands of books published in England before ...
5 years ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

Paint Table Sunday and a Martian - It's Paint Table Easter Sunday and, thankfully, the family have gone down to Hampshire for the usual family Easter Egg Hunt, leaving me in peace. I cou...
5 years ago
Gringo 40's

New 28mm Vietnam Marines the Battle of Huế 1968 - …The L.T. barks his orders as the LAW team rush to clear open ground, to support the Marine squad who are taking cover behind a broken wall, having come...
5 years ago
Fall on Pell Mell!

Sudan Project progress - civilians started - Hello! This month has seen a bit of progress on my TMWWBK Sudan project, with some of my civilians completed, and one of the British officers also painted ...
5 years ago
Wargames and Stuff

Back Again!......With Updates - So.....I see it's been a while since my last post. Lots of things happening. Real life and hobby wise - both! Oh yeah, and the Broncos managed to suck...
5 years ago
The Cardinal's Painting Gallery

why have one Arthur and Cei when you can have three? - A series of thee kit bashed models of Arthur and Cei in 28mm plastic.
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
Horse and Musket

les Mousquetaires gris - My latest unit is the *Mousquetaires gris* of the Maison du Roi. This is of course the regiment of the "Three Musketeers" fame, but in the uniform in which...
5 years ago
The Electorate of Kopf-Schlager

Troops from the Margravinate of Huhnerland - All figures are 28mm Front Rank. All colours and the guidon by David of NBA
5 years ago
My Very Own Spanish Ulcer

Grognards 1 - La Garde; a joint project with David Imrie and Lionel Bechara. These chaps will eventually be going to the big Waterloo anniversary do in Glagsow in the ...
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
"Serrez les Rangs!"

Lundella's Lane, 1814 - *Marching to the sound of indecision* *Unusually*, my friend Giovanni and I both had the day off last Friday. That gave us a rare opportunity to get in ...
6 years ago
15mm paint shack

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
6 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 ...
6 years ago
Camerone Day

Camerone Day 155: A "NOT MEN, BUT DEMONS!" AAR - *To mark today's 155th anniversary of the Legion's defense of and the Mexican forces multiple assaults on the Hacienda de la Trinidad, known to history ...
6 years ago
Exiles Wargames Painter

Hitting the Social Media with new logo - So as I start down the road to my new full time commission painting I have set up a FaceBook page FaceBook cover picture. I have also set up an Instagram a...
6 years ago
MINIATURAS MILITARES POR ALFONS CÀNOVAS

NAPOLEON ET LA RUSSIE ( Nº 2 ) 1805-1807 - DEBIDO A LA FALTA DE COOPERACIÓN , NI AYUDAS EN METÁLICO, DEBO SUSPENDER LA PUBLICACIÓN TEMPORALMENTE , PARA DEDICARME A UNOS TRABAJOS DE PINTURA QUE ...
6 years ago
I SEE LEAD PEOPLE

Gonzo Sci-Fantasy - What is it? - Hello all, It's been a bit since I blogged on gaming in general. Life has taken over and I am pretty sure that blogs have been relegated to a bit of a...
7 years ago
Brink of Battle: Skirmish Gaming through the Ages

SCRAPPERS FROM OSPREY GAMES!!! - You can find our latest wargame Scrappers: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Wargames here "https://ospreypublishing.com/scrappers" Grab yours today!
7 years ago
Cornflower Blue & Corduroy: Wargaming the German-Herero & Nama Wars of 1904-1908

Doctors and Nurses at the Marine-Feldlazarett in Okahandja, 1904 - Here is an image from 1904 of German medical personnel at the *Marine-Feldlazarett *in Okahandja, Southwest Africa. The identities of all six individual...
7 years ago
Black Powder Games

French Hussars of 1870 - Pre-Order Deal now open! - *Pre-Order now OPEN!* After months of sculpting and working on illustrations for box art and the uniform plate, its finally time to start production. A b...
7 years ago
Knuckleduster Miniatures Journal

SON OF DESPERADO! - Later in 2017, *Knuckleduster* will be launching *Gunfighter’s Ball*, a new game system with its roots in *Desperado*. *Gunfighter’s Ball* will keep t...
7 years ago
Wargames and Painting Blog

Gates of Antares - Boromite Tractor Maul Preview - Tonight on the blog I have something a bit special. A preview of the up and coming Boromites with Tractor Mauls. PartsThe box contains 5 different bodies...
7 years ago
Ubique

'The Pikeman's Lament' arrives - In today’s post I received a familiar shaped cardboard package. It was, as I hoped, the latest release from Osprey Publishing, ‘The Pikeman's Lament’. Thi...
7 years ago
Dr Moebius Miniature Mania

New Year - Millennium Hammer - and other stuff - Happy New Year to everyone, yes, a little late but all good things need their time. Ok - 2016 was a let´s say difficult year for me. On the real life sid...
7 years ago
Diary of a Gaming Magpie

I Aten't Ded - Well, it's been a while. More than five months since my last post. But no need to worry - I've not fallen off the ends of the earth or been taken by dimens...
8 years ago
Dux Homunculorum

Character Figures and Settlers for the FIW - Conquest Miniatures put out a nice little blister of the main characters from the Last of the Mohicans, also released by Warlord Games. I had fun painti...
8 years ago
Tsuba Miniatures

Back again! 1st Update: More painted Sets - First post after the long break! :-) Some more updates are due over the course of the next couple of days, including six new sets for the Russo-Japanese Wa...
8 years ago
Return to Darkest Africa

Congo cancelled! - *"I say, you chaps, any sign of breakfast yet?"* Well, for me anyway. I was due to go to Eric the Shed's for my first game of *Congo*, as organised by ...
8 years ago
West Tokyo Wargamers

August 2016 Pub Con - Recently we've had a lot of great content on our Facebook page. Please check it out of you are interested (facebook) 最近フェイスブックでのコンテンツの方が多いので、是非ご覧ください。(fac...
8 years ago
Saxe-Bearstein

Blue Bear had some challenges - Hello readers, this is Murdock writing from Jeff's desktop. Jeff has encountered more than the usual Gout and had complications from the treatments of the ...
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
De Rohan à Turenne

Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) - *Relation de la bataille de Breitenfeld, selon "Le Soldat Suédois" * *(Battle of Breitenfeld according to "The Swedish Intelligencer")* "Le Roy de Suède p...
8 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
Immer Vorwärts!

Battle of Katzbach (26 August 1813) - Battle of Katzbach From Wikipedia: The Battle of the Katzbach occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz ...
9 years ago
Fix bayonets!

I am still alive! - and this time I am painting Prussians! It has been a long time since I posted anything so let me say that I am glad to be back again! 2014 was a busy...
9 years ago
Ferrous Lands

Modular Lego Dungeon in the Works - I'm working on a modular Lego dungeon set for my kids and I to game with. I had several castle sets as a kid, so I have lots of grey pieces to work with. I...
9 years ago
Project Auldearn 1645

Pike & Shotte Reprise - Been a while since we have posted on the blog. The flurry of activity getting the boards ready and then getting the article out took a lot energy. Howev...
9 years ago
British Army Lineages

Michiel de Ruyter ~~ an overrated movie of an undervalued period - Earlier this year a movie was brought out depicting several episodes of the life on of the greatest Admiral's of the Dutch Republic: Michiel de Ruyter (see...
9 years ago
MiniStories

20mm WW2 - M20, M10 and M8 - There we go again. I had a long break from painting but a trip to Salute and a vist to Normandy in May did the trick this time. I've sort of finished the A...
9 years ago
Jugando con "Muñequitos"

How To Buying Premium Hobby Grade RC Boats - The joy that is issued by a race which attracts millions of fans from around the world. Thanks to innovations in technology and manufacture of remote contr...
9 years ago
Captain Richard's Miniature Civil War

Hope everyone is well. Keep creating. - My daddy "Captain Richard" love creating burning or destroyed buildings. This is one of my favorites. He had since dismantled this one as everything was i...
9 years ago
18th Century Studios

New project - Painting a large figure! - As well as being into gaming I'm also a member of a figure club here in Atlanta (Atlanta Military Figure Society - http://www.atlantafigures.org/ . This i...
9 years ago
The Doc's Miniatures

Word to the wise! - "Don't start a new job and a new miniature project at the same time" -The Doc But boy are these fun to paint! I've finally decided to go full Warlord f...
9 years ago
Obscure Battles

Gqokli Hill 1818 - The Mfecane April, 1818 Zulus under Shaka, approximately 5,000 (including auxillary allies) Ndwandwes under Nomahlanjana, approximately 12,000 *Weather:* ...
9 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...
9 years ago
Phil's Warcabinet

Anker® Astro E1 5200mAh Ultra External Battery Review - Maybe you had your cellular phone, tablet, and many others., battery die but not be capable of charge it? It's a really frustrating experience. This is whe...
9 years ago
Minden Miniatures with Fife & Drum

Product Listing Updates - Maurice de Saxe Vignette (PER-010) -$36.00 as shown above. I have been working on getting the Minden Miniatures web site up to date to show all of the n...
9 years ago
DJoker's Gaming Page

French Dragoon, Retreat from Moscow - A dismounted French dragoon during the retreat from Moscow, Winter 1812-13 This is for sale on eBay- http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pro-Painted-Perry-Miniatures-D...
10 years ago
Campaigns in Iberia

Relieve Cadiz! - Date: 18 October 1810/2014 Location: Behind French Siege Lines At Cadiz Situation: Allied Landing Force Appears From The Sea Behind The French. Rules: Pri...
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
The Jewel in the Crown

The Bandits of Putpari - _______________________________________ The game was played on...
10 years ago
RJ Painting

Painting Table Update - Hi all, Wow 2 posts in 2 days, I'm on a roll! Thought I would post up the paint station every now and then to share what I'm currently working on. I'v...
10 years ago
Waziristan on a Fancy

Special Service - I´m here again! I have really busy with my real life work and other things, so I have been unable to work in this really interesting period. But, at las...
10 years ago
Daves Toy Box

Back of Beyond - It's been a quite a while since the Back of Beyond toys have been out of their boxes so I came up with a scenario for fighting across Hugh Wilsons lovely t...
10 years ago
daywalker

Plancenoit in 28mm - My club this weekend added to its Waterloo in 28mm game the battle of Plancenoit, which wi...
10 years ago
Befreiungskriege 1813-14

Primer primer - At the risk of repeating myself, a close look at Vallejo surface primer.
10 years ago
The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Virginia Provincial Regiment. - Months ago Galloping Major Miniatures were doing a deal on their new FIW range- so I went ahead and bought some of their very nice figures - 'but its ea...
10 years ago
Frozen Gamer AK

No Longer an Active Blog - I am no longer actively maintaining this blog. I have been blogging and writing articles for WWPD.net and Boltaction.net for the last year. However I don...
10 years ago
Echoes of Glory

I May Be Selling My 28mm AWI Collection - My War Room is growing short on space and I am working on a new 40mm AWI project. These two factors have me thinking about selling the collection below. ...
10 years ago
Terrain and Toy Soldiers

hello again and more ECW - Firstly, a quick apology for the time it has taken me to post again. I don't know where the time goes. This year I hope to keep on top of the blog as well a...
10 years ago
Battle of Ramillies

Danish Horse Holstenske - This is the third regiment of Danish horse I have completed, Holstenske. That’s what I’m talking about! Red facings against the buff coats really look goo...
10 years ago
Sofie's Paint Blog

Happy Friday The 13th! - Greetings, Sofie
11 years ago
Raglan's Peninsular Wargaming

Hesse-Darmstadt Gross und Erbprinz Infantry Regiment - 1st Battalion 2nd Battalion This regiment fought as part of Napoleon's German Division in Spain. Miniatures are a mix of Calpe, Perry and Front Rank. Fla...
11 years ago
Clash of Empires

Murawski Poles and the battle of Kesselstadt - I just posted some pictures of my first battalion of Murawski Poles on my blog Many more pics are available on my blog. I will add these pics to the...
11 years ago
BATTLESCAPES

Introducing Trees and Forests! - *Battlescapes is excited to offer our customers a brand new line of forest sections in both 28mm and 15mm sized versions! Check them out here * http://battl...
11 years ago
World Crisis in Miniature

Back in the (Dragoon) Saddle! - After a hiatus of some eight months – the Duke is back! His Grace has asked me to pass on his apologises for his enforced absence while he has been “distra...
11 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...
11 years ago
Dur Ecu

"Jeb" Stuart's Letters - Mitchell, Adele H., ed. The Letters of Major General James E.B. Stuart. [S.l.]: Stuart-Mosby Historical Society, 1990. As one who has studied General Stua...
11 years ago
The Alpian Wars

Stagonia Captures Rose Ridge - Despite an heroic defense by General Rossi's Alpian troops, General Murdeau's Stagonians have destroyed or routed all enemy units and have gained complete ...
11 years ago
Metal Mountain

Monmouth 'Sythemen' Unit - Some pics of the Sedgemmor 'sythemen' component of the first rebel unit. I've started the musketeers for this unit but nothing to show yet. As I paint more...
11 years ago
From Matchlock to Dog Lock

Empress Miniatures ECW cavalry 1 - I already have a lot of Renegade's ECW cavalry but haven't painted anything except a unit of cuirassiers. For the English Civil War this is obviously ...
11 years ago
Pro Gloria Miniatures

Painting Tutorial - Hello all together, just wanted to let you know that I have released a painting tutorial for Landskenchts on our new website: Click this link to get to the...
11 years ago
Tiny Tin Men

Tiny Tin Men moving to Blogger - After almost ten years at my own domain (the first post on it was way back in early 2004), with a Movable Type install I managed myself, I have decided t...
12 years ago
Adventures in Gumba

- Ich stell hier mal unsere Interpretation der Chris Peers Truppentypen mit unseren Anpassungen an die T&T Regeln ein. Voraussetzung um damit was anfangen zu...
12 years ago
Pushing Metal and Talking Rubbish

Current projects - After lots of sorting out of the lead pile, and an ongoing ebay sell off I've settled on a couple of periods that I want to spend real time on. The first i...
12 years ago
LEGIO

Change of tactics - A painters nightmare for the last 6 months Painters Block Argh horrible time of it. So i needed a new direction a new tactic if i was to beat this ,So after...
12 years ago
Igwarg Studio

Talisman Boardgame - Recently, "Fantasy Flight" company re-published old classic - "Talisman" boardgame. I was aware of the game but never played it before. Few months ago I p...
12 years ago
A lifetime of war

Fraternite - Hail, my fellow wargamers. I once again wish to avail you of my wargaming news. The Brotherhood (Sci-fi, Warpath Rebel - an upcoming - Faction ) Today (we...
13 years ago
MARLBOROUGHS REDCOATS

Casualty Markers - Having a toy around with some ideas for my casualty markers for each regiment not 100% convinced yet so i'll just see how it pan's out
13 years ago
Adventures at the Game Store

Creating Woods Part 2 - Finally, the woods are finished. The trees were affixed to the washers and the washers were covered with Scenery Express' Green Adirondack blend, which has...
13 years ago
Golconda Rising

Blog Harassment - I am sorry to say that I have had to select comment moderation as a permanent feature now. I am sick and tired of being harassed by a follower of this blog...
13 years ago
Byzantine Warhammer Ancient Battles Army

New early Byzantines in prospect - This, my most unloved blog, hasn't see a post for three years, largely because I was unhappy with the figures available for the middle Byzantine period...
13 years ago
Paul's Small Wars

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The Napoleonic Wargamer

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El blog de Bob el silencioso

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Orders of the day

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Battles in Miniature

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My Blog | Phil's New Website | Dr. Phil Hendry

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Little Men

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Musketeer Miniatures

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Desperta ferro!

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Hadrian's Wall Live

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general wildes civil war in miniature

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Sweet Mercy Western Miniatures

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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