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

Reports From Correspondents in the Field

News from the Front

1940 Project Additions - I have finished off the platoon HQs and anti-tank gun support teams for both sides this week. All being well they will hit the table for the next game here...
5 hours ago
LOST SOUTH PACIFIC ADVENTURES

Operation Hailstone Battletest - *OPERATION HAILSTONE BATTLETEST* GHQ 1/285 Scale Zeros 5, 6, 7 and 8 on Check Your Six Bases at Airfield #1, Truk Lagoon. The defenders had been on alert...
10 hours ago
WAB Corner

Cavalcade Armored Ming Swordsmen - With Shields - Added the plastic shields that were from an ebay seller. The make of them wasn't listed, but someone told me they might be from the Fireforge Mongol set ...
17 hours ago
von Peter himself | The 'Orders of the day' bloggish area for von Peter himself

The “stop messing around and get it out there” edition - von Peter himself and Fraulien von Peter herself have commenced their World in Review Tour which had been delayed since 2020 – thank you Covid-19! 🤬 What...
1 day ago
Wargaming in 28 mm

Vietnam-Rubicon USMC - Gone these done about a week ago, just eleven more to go from the box. Still working on my jungle terrain but have several huts done. Just need some more...
1 day ago
Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog

Warhammer Underworlds: More Battles in Shadespire - and DEATHGORGE! - Another Sunday happened and that means Warhammer Underworlds at my place! (except that it won't this coming Sunday.. for.. REASONS!) As with last week, ...
1 day ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

The Russians Are Coming! - In a departure from the steady stream of 18mm SYW/WAS and 25mm Biblical figures emerging from the painting desk, today sees something different. Somethi...
1 day ago
Wargaming for Grown-ups

Two portions of Turkish Delight - A WD friend, Tim G, popped by for a visit today, so I entertained him with a look at my early attempts at rules for the Hapsburgs v the Ottomans in the ...
2 days ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Legion Imperialis testgame - Some friends wanted to playtest Legion Imperialis and I tagged along, getting the command on some Solar Auxilia forces. This was the first game of Leg...
2 days ago
Analogue Hobbies

Ben the Cleric and Molly from the Town Militia - Just a couple new additions for the fantasy collection. Today we have Ben the Cleric along with Molly from the Town Militia. Both of these models are fr...
2 days ago
Saxon Dog

Hussar horses -
2 days ago
Tales From GHQ

The Cameron Highlanders - After many lengthy sessions, by my standards, at the painting desk over what seemed like eons at the time, the Cameron Highlanders have mustered into *GH...
2 days ago
BigRedBatCave

The Relief of Norchester at Salute 51 - Here are some super photos of the Relief of Norchester game that my friends helped me take to Salute last weekend. The photos were taken by chum Ian Not...
3 days ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

Late German World War II Forces in 15 mm - *The Panzerkampfwagen VI; the infamous Tiger Tank.* *While I am finishing up some projects that I am not quite ready to post yet, I thought I would share...
3 days ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Game Slots Available For Saturday's Game - *Union artillery battery on Cemetery Ridge* It looks like tickets for my Pickett's Charge games for Thursday and Friday are sold out, however there ...
3 days 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 ...
3 days ago
Rabbits In My Basement

The Painter - Pykaso was feeling pleased and enjoying himself immensely. The Royal Arts Festival at the Prince Albyrt Museum was going well. Free food and wine and the...
4 days ago
Dalauppror

Age of Penda - Planning on puting my Romano-British and Saxon minis up for sale as I dont use them much. Painted them some 15-years ago and they been through some tough...
4 days ago
iron mitten

Creating Skyfire - A real favourite of mine from the cartoon was Skyfire. He was a huge space jet and dwarfed every other bot of the time. I didn't think I'd find a good mo...
5 days ago
A Military Gentleman

Setting up an Action - Time to start throwing some dice. I have prepared eight units for DJ to paint over the past couple of months so I have now plenty of time to enjoy the mini...
5 days ago
Tarleton's Quarter

Salute 2024 - I'm still struggling to return to this blog; not sure why, but I will give it another go. In the meantime, here is the annual Salute round up. I took ...
5 days ago
The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

MattW it’s a wrap 2024 - This year a more modest goal of 750 points which I manage to miss by two points…. I was on vacation for almost three months, just about all of the chall...
6 days ago
One man and his brushes.

Terrain - Quarry - I needed to knock up a quarry terrain piece for the D Day game . I based it on a piece if A5 MDF and built up 4 layers of 10mm XPS to the shape I wanted...
6 days ago
Painting Wargames Figures

28mm SYW French: Tallyrand Cavalry - This is the last of the Horse regiments (so 9 in total) which, using French nomenclature, are classified as cavalerie légère or light Horse. I will al...
1 week ago
The Old World Army Challenge

John Bentleys Dwarf Troops (308) points - I think I tried to reach too far for this month. Starting off with the Musician peeking between two trees ready to make the call to shoot their ene...
1 week ago
Not By Appointment

Guidon of French Dragoon Regiment Beaufremont at least from 1730-?1773 - One of four dragoon regiments raised in 1673, this regiment was recruited in Franche-Comté, of ten companies. For nearly a century of its existence it ...
1 week ago
Move to Contact

The Old World - Dark Elves - Hot on the heels of the High Elves, their black-hearted kin... and the second army for my planned TOW narrative campaign. The army was bought as two job ...
1 week ago
Nations In Arms

A Hessian Brigade - German troops of course formed a considerable proportion of the armies fighting for the crown. The most well known were the Hessians - a term often used...
1 week ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

30k Praetor for Imperial Fists - "So the guy walked in with a sword..." - Praetor for the Imperial Fists. The procession of new 30k character models continues. Today we have a Praetor for...
1 week ago
Madaxeman's Wargames Blog

Roll Call 2024 - The Hittites and their opponents - This weekend I took part in the 15mm L'Art de la Guerre competition at Roll Call, finishing in a creditable 7th place with a Hittite army which was salv...
1 week ago
Just Add Water

Messing Around with 11th CE Early Medieval Miniatures Again..... - Just a few pics of the game we had on the table last Thursday before all the carnage started!
1 week 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...
2 weeks ago
AJ's Wargaming Blog

Switching to Instagram! - I've recently realized that I'm woefully behind in updating this blog. The main reason is I've been posting my content on my Instagram page ( https://ww...
2 weeks ago
Watch That Flank!

Hypaspists at the charge and other stuff - Slowly working on adding to my Hellenistic troops and couldn’t resist the new Victrix Hoplite set. They’ve been lightly converted with head swaps and so...
2 weeks ago
28mm Victorian Warfare

Cacti - I make no excuses to my over romanticised, some would say naive, approach to the historical periods that interest me. A perfect example of this would be...
2 weeks ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

28mm Classical Greeks: Peltasts and Psiloi - The Commands and Colors rules for "auxilia" seem written with classical peltasts in mind. These troops can fight as close-order infantry or skirmish with j...
2 weeks ago
The Grand Duchy of Stollen

Happy Easter from the Grand Duchy of Stollen! - Still limping along here in the Grand Duchy although real life has managed to elbow it's way to the head of the queue these last few months, getting ...
2 weeks 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/...
3 weeks ago
Over Open Sights

Freikorps Command Post. - The second vignette for the "Fiume 192?"demonstration game for Partizan in May. A command post for the German Freikorps. Figures from Great War Miniatur...
3 weeks ago
Obscure Battles

Prague 1757 - Seven Years War 6 May 1757 *Prussians: *Frederick II, approx. 64,000 (45,000 infantry, 17,300 cavalry, 210 guns) *Austrians*: Charles of Lorraine and Count...
3 weeks ago
Scrivsland

Bataljon Jagers No. 27 - I have been cracking on with a larger unit of Dutch-Belgian infantry for the Hundred Days collection. The 27th Light Battalion was part of van Bylandt's...
4 weeks ago
Quindia Studios

God Save the Queen! - Done! It took longer than I liked, but I finally finished the small starter army for the British in my Crimean War project. I'm hoping to get these lads ...
4 weeks ago
Major Thomas Foolery's War Room

Early Italian Wars: More Command, Pikemen and Artillery - I'm back with more figures for my Holy Roman Empire army for the early Italian Wars. For some reason my phone camera had issues capturing the appearance ...
4 weeks ago
I Live with Cats

One-hour Skirmish Wargames: Papa's got a brand new bag - Encased within my freakishly thick skull is a monkey brain *sans pareil*. It's inevitable that however well focused I may be on anything, everything else...
1 month ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

Warhammer Old World: Skaven Expansion - Basing is slow going in the middle of High School Volleyball season, but I am stealing time here and there to get units completed. I have sooooo much stil...
1 month ago
Phil's War Cabinet

February Digest - Following January's end-of-month post, I thought I would do the same for February as, once again, it has been a productive and varied month on the hobby ...
1 month ago
MAIWAND DAY

900 Military Scale Models on Display in Anaheim March 7+8 - My friend Mark Deliduka will be celebrating completion of his 900th or so scale model military vehicle by setting up his entire HUGE collection, all buil...
1 month ago
Bunker Hill

Early Saxon/Germanic Collection rebased and the current state of my Late Roman/Germanic Collection - I took a break from ACW to re-base my Saxon/Germanic army for use with skirmish and army based games like Impetus, TTS and the upcoming Midguard rule...
1 month ago
The Northumbrian Wargamer.

Old school 40mm SYW - You know when you have a bucket list and the chance of ticking one off comes along, well here’s a chance for me to do just that. My first book relating ...
1 month ago
Din of Battle

Battle of Aliwal - 15mm Sikh Wars game using Battle Command - Hi folks, Eric here! We are doing tons of gaming around here, but this is my first miniatures battle I have hosted in months. I hope to do this much more o...
2 months ago
Adventures In Lead

Blood on the Sands Custom Dice - A good mate has made me a few sets of prototype dice for Blood on the Sands. I'm very keen to try them out when next demoing BotS. Each player only requ...
2 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...
2 months ago
Campaigns in Miniature

The Road to Vienna - The traditional Sunday of Tundra Con "big battalions" game was held Jan. 7th at the Garden Hilton in Oshkosh, WI. Rules are Batailles de Ancien Regime ...
2 months ago
The League of Augsburg

Pirate Royal - Prince Rupert in the Gambia - Campaign complete - It took over a year to complete but simulating 31 days in 1652 through wargaming scenarios is done. Prince Rupert's odyssey taking the small Royalist f...
2 months ago
Roundwood's World

"Nobody Likes the Chaya": A villainous faction for 'When the Last Sword is Drawn' - "Nobody likes the House of Chaya. Their nobility is bought through wealth and their signature is greed. They are wealthy, proud and ambitious. Their shar...
2 months ago
Olicanalad's Games

An Arabian Night On The Town - My Middle Eastern building collection has grown over the years. Originally designed as generic buildings for use with my Crusades collection it will now ...
2 months ago
Blenheim to Berlin

THE SCANIAN WAR 1675-79 NEW BOOK - My latest purchase from Helion - CHARLES XI's WAR The Scanian War between Sweden and Denmark 1675-1679. I first read about the Scanian War 55 years ago...
2 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...
2 months ago
An Hour of Wolves And Shattered Shields

More Battle Masters Empire and Chaos - jan18_2024 - It's been a slog to get through these, so much humming and hawing on paint schemes for the cannon, but finally the Empire Cannon from Battle Masters is d...
3 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...
3 months ago
Je Lay Emprins

Mounted Longbowmen (I) - Just managed a quick post, before the Festive break. This is quick update on the Burgundian longbowmen, who are a work in progress. I decided that these...
3 months ago
Campaigns in Iberia

Merry Christmas 2023 and Always - This painting arrived as a Christmas card a few days ago. It is the most beautiful depiction of love and adoration of Jesus by heavenly angels and hi...
4 months ago
Campaigns of General William Augustus Pettygree

Merry Christmas 2023 and Always - This painting arrived as a Christmas card a few days ago. It is the most beautiful depiction of love and adoration of Jesus by heavenly angels and his...
4 months ago
CAMPAIGNS IN GERMANIA

Merry Christmas 2023 and Always - This painting arrived as a Christmas card a few days ago. It is the most beautiful depiction of love and adoration of Jesus by heavenly angels and his...
4 months ago
Lord Ashram's House of War

For Sale! Marvel Crisis Protocol and unpainted Tyranids - Hi, all! Just wanted to share… I’m selling a bunch of crisis protocol figures, and some assembled and primed tyranids, all cheap! Here are the Marvel...
4 months ago
SquadPainter

Warlord Epic Pike & Shotte Infantry – Contrast Paints second look - Here's another shot of my Naseby-styled Warlord plastic Epic Pike & Shotte infantry. I like this image as it shows the forward rank of pike at the ready....
5 months ago
Camerone Day

CAMERONE: Not Men but Demons! MINI-WARS convention Buena Park, CA Sat Oct 14 - Greetings! My friends & partners in miniature wargaming crime, "Last Stand" Dan Gurule and Shawn "CAPT SHANKS" Hutson and I are bringing our 28mm Camero...
7 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...
7 months ago
The Alpian Wars

A full battle of Alpian Wars - The Alpian Wars resumed on September 1 & 2, 2023: Yet again STAGONIA has won a tactical battle ... Read the full After Action Report at MurdockS Mar...
7 months ago
Caliban-somewhen

Cannich Scots - Also known as part two of the *Shadows of Yog-Sothoth* segment in our *Call of Cthulhu *campaign. Arriving in Scotland, our three intrepid investigators ...
8 months ago
Steve's Paintingshed

New Napoleonic Rules - As mentioned I have put up a page on the blog with the new version of my napoleonic rules (Napoleonic Squares v2), which I tested out at Partizan last we...
10 months 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...
10 months ago
Wargames and Stuff

An Update! - Wow - it has been a long time since I updated my blog! I don't know how that happened, other than, well, one gets busy and time goes by before you kno...
11 months ago
Legatus' Wargames Armies

A slightly disappointing vist to Salute... - I was very excited to go to Salute again today as the last one I attended was, thanks to the Chinese, four years ago. I hadn't even been on the London ...
11 months ago
The Burning Sands of Syrtis Major

28mm Victorian/Edwardian Miniature Sources - Presented for you delectation is a list of Victorian Sci-Fi/"Steampunk" Miniatures in 28mm Blue Moon/Old Glory Things that go Bump ...
1 year ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

QUATRE BRAS in 28mm - Well, you may think I have been quiet on the hobby front with no posts on this blog for over 9 months but you would be wrong. I have been busy working ...
1 year ago
My Seven Year's War

Austrian SYW Artillery - With this article, I will present the Seven Years’ War periods most celebrated artillery. The new fine ordnance fielded by the troops of her majesty, the...
1 year ago
De Rohan à Turenne

Les Armées Françaises de la Guerre de Trente Ans - Pour ceux qui rechercheraient encore le livre "Les Armées Françaises de la Guerre de 30 ans", il reste encore quelques exemplaires. Voici un lien pour ...
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...
1 year ago
"Serrez les Rangs!"

Tercio of Barón de Gramont, 1642-43 - Tercio de Barón de Gramont; el ejército español de Flandes 1642-48 Recruited from Burgundians (Franc-comtois). Fought alongside the veteran Spanish *ter...
1 year ago
The Anderson Collection

Aztecs - The book Eagle Knight warriors Conquistadors All painted by DJ These figures are a cross over from the Malta collection. Still a fair bit of this to see.
1 year ago
I SEE LEAD PEOPLE

Gonzo Sci-Fantasy - Running and Playing It - Equipment and Monsters - Hello All, Welcome back to this second post about gaming Gonzo Sci-Fantasy. Last post I went over a brief description of what it is. This post will focus ...
1 year ago
Twin Cities Gamer

Victrix Gauls - Saga Age of Hannibal gave me a reason to finally paint naked Gauls in 28mm...bucket list item checked! Seriously, these Victrix plastics are quite lovely...
1 year 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
Italian Wars Flags

28mm Renaissance Scottish wargames Miniatures available - The first release of the PetesFlags Scottish 16th century range is now available. The packs are £7.50 each and come with shields and include a free set ...
2 years ago
Classic wargaming

The Constantinov Regiment - Whilst I have, for the most part, 'moth-balled' my Classic Wargaming collection over the past few years, occasionally I get the urge to dip back into it....
2 years ago
The Cardinal's Painting Gallery

Chasseur a cheval, and horse colours. -
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...
2 years ago
Brink of Battle: Skirmish Gaming through the Ages

- *ANNOUNCEMENT FROM STRATEGIC ELITE* Hi friends, Bob Faust here. I wanted to make a general announcement regarding my hiatus from the development of...
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
J White's Gallery

HMS Speedy, 14 Gun Brig - Vanguard Models 1:64 - PART ONE - After finishing the 1:48 longboat model from Model Shipways, I wanted to step up to a larger and more complex project, but it needed to be something I w...
3 years ago
NAPOLEONICS IN MINIATURE

Prussian Horse Artillery WIP1 - Just started the last of my Prussian artillery, this time AB horse artillery loading crew. These are some of my favourite Prussian figures, I'm guessing...
3 years ago
Dr Moebius Miniature Mania

Dragon Rampant - more Orcs, more Goblins - A few days ago I have finished four more Orcs to bring the unit to the final number of 12. That makes a full unit of heavy foot in Dragon Rampant. I hav...
3 years ago
Itinerant Wargamer

2020 Good year, bad year - I thought I'd put together a few photos from the past year, some of it has already appeared here, most not, its mainly just pictures of figures I've pai...
3 years ago
Cornflower Blue & Corduroy: Wargaming the German-Herero & Nama Wars of 1904-1908

Brand New Honourable Lead Boilersuit Company Schutztruppe Figures in 28mm! - As readers of this blog will recall, I have always loved the old 28mm line of German Colonial figures once produced by the Honourable Lead Boilersuit Co...
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...
3 years ago
Horse and Musket

Deperdussin TT -
3 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...
3 years ago
Project Auldearn 1645

Wargaming Montrose's Campaign (1644-45) - Montrose’s 1644-45 campaign offers plenty of scope for the war-gamer. The numbers in the forces involved are fairly small, the battles varied in scope and ...
3 years ago
The Electorate of Kopf-Schlager

The Melcastrian Legion. - A Katerheim Freikorps financed by the Melcastrian King,
3 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...
3 years ago
Daves Toy Box

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3 years ago
Shooting Leave

- I've just looked at their Newsletter and I'm over the moon about these!! *"Michael has been working on a box of plastic Afghan/North West Frontier tribesme...
4 years ago
Northern Wargaming

Let's Go in Lorraine - an Alternative Background to a Chain of Command Pint-Sized Campaign - *An alternative take on the 29th Let's Go Pint-Sized Campaign from TooFatLardies* US troops advancing in Lorraine, November 1944 * Introduction* The TooFa...
4 years ago
G's Spot

The French in Ireland - Hello again. Phew!!! I just about managed to get in a post before November is out as, yet again, the out of kilter work/ life balance, the poor light and l...
4 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...
4 years ago
MINIATURAS MILITARES POR ALFONS CÀNOVAS

HOMENAJE AL EJERCITO POPULAR DE LA REPUBLICA DE 1936- 1939. - Autoametralladora / cañon B A-6- Unidad de Reconocimiento del Ejercito Popular - 1937 ------------ Autoametrralladora Blindado L...
4 years ago
Skulking in Holes and Corners

World of the Siege FOR SALE - At fine bookshops everywhere. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s finally here. So go right out and purchase one or ten copies of the sleeper hit of the...
4 years ago
My Very Own Spanish Ulcer

Compagnie de Sapeurs-Mineurs - My Napoleonic project continues, very much in the background, but it does continue. These lovely Victrix conversions by Lionel Bechara represent the comp...
4 years ago
Gringo 40's

28mm US Marine Corps Vietnam Miniatures: Part II - Part II of the all new range of 28mm Vietnam 1968 Wargame range have arrived. Ten new sculpts adding yet more drama and excitement in the form of US Marine...
4 years ago
Fall on Pell Mell!

Pimping my palms and (barbed) 'wire' we doing this?! - desert terrain progress - Over the last few weeks, I've being thinking quite a bit about desert terrain, due to being (only *slightly)* distracted by another project! Although my c...
5 years ago
Battle of Ramillies

More Danes - The regiment Oldenborske joins the army. In my Ramillies order of battle these are named Holsten Sonderborg, which I believe maps to the regiment Oldenbor...
5 years ago
Ubique

Battle Ravens Preview - PSC games - Battle Ravens is a brand new boardgame created by Dan Mersey and produced by the Plastic Soldier Company (http://www.pscgames.co.uk/). Apologies to both as...
5 years ago
West Tokyo Wargamers

Stayin' alive - Dear visitors of the blog...... It has been a while since the last update. Various people tried to take care of this blog and for other various reasons one...
5 years ago
15mm paint shack

Greek Light Cavalry Final Victrix review finished painted -
5 years ago
Byzantine Warhammer Ancient Battles Army

Fireforge Byzantines Part 1 - This, my Byzantine blog, was my second blog and first appeared (a few days after my Spartan one) back in November 2005. At the time, with the purchase ...
5 years ago
Flags of War

Kickstarter: 28mm 1745 Jacobite Rebellion Miniatures - LINK HERE Flagsofwar.com is looking to raise money via Kickstarter to launch our new 28mm Jacobite Rebellion miniatures range. Most folk will have heard o...
5 years ago
Exiles Wargames Painter

Working on my Photography set up - Been taking a few test shots, need to up the light a bit but as a first try on my new set up I am happy. My targets today were some Modern 28mm Figures an...
6 years ago
Black Powder Games

Eagles of Empire Miniatures wishes you all a Happy New Year! - *A sneak peak at what's to come in 2018Zouaves and Turcos* Dear fellow wargamers and Franco-Prussian enthusiasts, as 2017 is fast coming to an end, it’s...
6 years ago
Return to Darkest Africa

Belgian Force Publique Uniforms - Here are a couple of shots I took of Belgian Force Publique uniforms in the Musée Royal de l’Armée et d’Histoire Militaire in Brussels. They appear to...
6 years ago
Tsuba Miniatures

NEW RANGE: Romanians for WW2 - Already leaked in a couple of forums and finally ready for release is a complete new range! Subject is the *Romanian Army of World War Two*. The miniatu...
6 years ago
British Army Lineages

Book: The Army of James II 1685--1688. The Birth of the British Army - This new book in the *Century of the Soldier 1618-1721* series by Helion & Co was announced already in late 2016. However, those with an interest in the po...
6 years ago
Diary of a Gaming Magpie

Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge VII (belatedly) - *Oh crikey, is it June already? I started drafting this post weeks ago, and just never got around to finishing it...* Here's my belated wrap-up on what I m...
6 years ago
Dux Homunculorum

Battlegroup Tobruk Goes Strong into the Desert - Pavlov's dogs, famously, were conditioned to salivate when hearing a bell which they associated with food. I have been similarly conditioned to associate...
6 years ago
Knuckleduster Miniatures Journal

GUNFIGHTER'S BALL BUILDINGS; A TEASER - A little teaser for the new buildings. This is a really simple one from the new line of Gunfighter's Ball buildings (but it's the one I happened to have a...
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
Saxe-Bearstein

Farewell, strike the tent - A final entry here for Saxe-Bearstein. On October 2, 2016 the originator of this blog, Bluebear Jeff Hudelson, started on his journey to the Summerlands....
7 years ago
Captain Richard's Miniature Civil War

Macro shots of the Undead Pirates and a Zombie? Creepy! - It was amazing to see the detail through the lens.... Captain Richa...
7 years ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

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7 years ago
From Matchlock to Dog Lock

The Sealed Knot in Mayfair 1970 - Here from the October 1970 issue of *Mayfair *magazine is an article on the, then, relatively new English Civil War re-enactment society The Sealed Knot. ...
7 years ago
Little Tin Men

New CoC Campaign - Operation Martlet - Hi All, Just a quick update this time. Rich has been madly researching away and has released the latest in his series of ridiculously low-priced 'Pint Size...
8 years ago
Immer Vorwärts!

Eine kleine Kriegsmusik... - "*Music is the voice that tells us that the human race is greater than it knows.*" - Napoleon Looking for a nice compilation of Napoleonic music for your...
8 years ago
Fix bayonets!

I am alive part 2 - And as I promised, here is the big update that I have been talking about: My Prussians are based on the *Großgörschen* OoB from the General de Brigade sc...
8 years ago
MiniStories

20mm WW2 - US M3A1 halftracks - Well, these took me a while to finish. They were 90% done in Januari and I've been staring at them on my workbench since. Until last month... I finally h...
8 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...
8 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...
8 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
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...
9 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, ...
9 years ago
Golconda Rising

Deadbeat Advertiser?!?!?!? - I just noticed that I have been listed as a deadbeat advertiser at The Miniatures Page. I asked Mr Armintrout over 12 months ago to cease the advertising d...
9 years ago
The Jewel in the Crown

The Bandits of Putpari - _______________________________________ The game was played on...
9 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...
9 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...
9 years ago
daywalker

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

Primer primer - At the risk of repeating myself, a close look at Vallejo surface primer.
9 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...
9 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...
9 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
Sofie's Paint Blog

Happy Friday The 13th! - Greetings, Sofie
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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...
10 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
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
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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
11 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...
12 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
12 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...
12 years ago
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Little Men

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Musketeer Miniatures

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Hadrian's Wall Live

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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