SA-10 ‘Grumble’ (s300)
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Models of big missile launchers are always good for a laugh, so it was easy
to persuade myself to get this lot painted. They are 1/285 scale models
made ...
Best Laid Plans on the Beach
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I wouldn't blame you if you were thinking that not much has been happening
at the workbench over the last week or so. This is due to an avala...
Preparing Paper
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I am in the throes of preparation for reviving the mouldering corpse of my
old space opera campaign. When it was last active, some considerable time
ago,...
What size grid? A few experiments might help
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Before I begin work on my new gridded terrain board, I need to decide what
size grid squares I’m going to use. I laid out the options available to me
in ...
Siege of Osaka: The Battle Among the Tombs...
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Well over a month ago, in an earlier posting on this Sengoku project, I
foreshadowed an account of a table battle using a very slightly modified *Portab...
This weeks 21st PD project progress
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Hi guys
This weeks work on the 21stPD project, all camo done, wheels and tracks
block painted, next I will do some chipping, filters, then markings, the...
“Zulus….120 of ‘em!”
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*At long last - I have only been on the lookout for these for around three
years….*
Back at the Cavalier show in February I got talking to Dave, the prop...
SOVIET DPP40 AIRBORNE PONTOON SYSTEM - Part One
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The air-deployed DPP-40 pontoon park is designed to install floating
bridges over waterways, with a capacity of 40 tons, or the organization of
ferry c...
A Quick Note
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Despite having the next battle in my Barbarossa campaign set up on my table
for more than a week, peace has spread across my miniature world, as some
stu...
Reasons to Avoid Games/When to Abandon a Project
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This blog originally started as a place to stick rules reviews as I was
"the guy with all the rules" and I got tired of repeating myself explaining
what ...
They Shall Not Pass!
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*OOPS! * I just discovered that I did not finish this battle report from
last June! Well, hopefully late is better than never. Good thing I have
some pic...
Very Sad News
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I'm very sorry to be making this post but I've just learned that Dale past
away from a heart attack on November 5th.
Most of my relationship with Dale wa...
Haywire Rules - A Discussion
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Hey everyone. I know it has been a long time since my last blog post.
Honestly it is because I have been pretty consistent in getting
face-to-face games...
New Fantasy sets from Alliance
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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...
15mm Terminator: Junkyard Dogs
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I’ve started work on sourcing and painting up some scenic elements and
terrain for the 15mm Terminator project, and am kicking things off with
some wr...
DIY Airbrush Booth (Under $50 US)
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I finally cleaned up my hobby space. That effort deserves a blog post all
its own, maybe later, but now that the room is actually usable again I'm
eage...
Wooden Ships and Iron Men
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In a last-minute change of plan, I've brought my copy of Avalon Hill's
classic *Wooden Ships and Iron Men* on holiday, in order to learn the rules
and...
Week26 Updates
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A bit more progress over the last few weeks, although I still am not
getting out the brushes as often as I would like / need to. The
legionaries are fin...
Heroforge vs Titan Craft
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Design your own miniatures!
If you do 3d print for miniatures, eventually, you will probably want the
chance to design and print your own miniatures.
Wel...
LardEhs IV - October 28, 2023
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*When:* Saturday, October 28, 2023 (~9:30am-7pm)
*Where:* Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Hall, Hamilton (1353 Barton Street
East)
*What:* Two time ...
Hell on Wheels, 'Blade Force' Fight #10
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All,
1030 Local Time
26 November 1942
Near Chouigoui, French Tunisia
At dawn the tanks of 10th Panzer Division crashed into Blade Force's rear,
back at ...
Why does Alcovia use non-Russian Vehicles?
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The real answer is model availability. Most miniatures ranges have yet to
catch up to even the 90s. So I filled in blanks with hardware from other
n...
15mm German SS
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All
Waffen SS
Yes, I know they are evil, and yes, I know some wargamers find them so
repugnant that they don't wish to even wargame with them, but I'm a...
November Update
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I've been slow to update my blog for the past few months. I was able to do
some hobby stuff in late October, but a recent setback in my cancer
treatment ...
Gaslands house rules
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Templates (Movement Phase) Remote players may try multiple templates before
picking one in lower gears: In-person players use the choose it/use it rule
at ...
Going on hobby hiatus
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About to dive into a major project at work that may lead to a nice
promotion... So, I am officially standing down all hobby work for at least
the rest o...
Armoured Strike Arab Israeli Battle
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This game was played at Excalibur games. The scenario was an Israeli attack
on Syrian held positions in the Golan Heights. The dug in Syrians were
thouroug...
CoC Campaign: Crossroads, Closing the Gap. Intro.
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Myself and Des have embarked on a new CoC PSC, and one that is very
intriguing indeed. It is produced by PTO Games and you can pick up here
from Wargames V...
It's Been Too Damn Long...
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*... so time to restart things here...*
*So let's start with a small drumfire barrage of various and sundry pics of
some of my more recent Warhammer 4...
PACIFICON 2021
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Well, I finally got around to writing this blog post about the 2021
Pacificon Game Expo convention. Due to the Covid virus Pacificon 2020 had
been can...
GM's side of "Checkpoint Chester"...
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So it's been a while since I have done anything "Bongolesia wise", and as
explained in the 2020 update, there's just been so much going on lately in
my ...
NEW IMAGI-NATIONS ATOMIC AGE BLOG
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I've created a new blog to record my miniature craftwork in my imaginary
cold war gone hot campaign setting. I will remove those posts from this
blog ...
Operation Chunky Bandit #50 (Ground)
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All,
0530 on 6 Aug 1990
Mini-Campaign Fight #24
TF Hawk vs FSNL 8th Company
1st Lt Beriana
Acting Task Force Hawk Commanding Officer
Awarded the Medal of ...
Dreadnought: Great War at Sea
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This is my prototype box, with the Battle of Coronel tucked away inside!
Hi all, big news today!
As you've no doubt been aware, I've been furiously making a...
Tap, Tap, this thing is on....
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Excuses, excuses that is all I got, My mom came back from Japan with
Cancer, my very old Dog Died, Etc. etc...
Anyways I'm Back! Today I got a package from...
Charicon WLG Team Yankee USMC List (Late Post)
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BMP Horde and T64s (Brian)
BMPs all over the place and dismounts too!
Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) is in the HOUSE!
Company command in M60A3 (and the ...
1809; Somewhere in Southern Germany
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The first battle of the new 6mm Blucher era here in Canberra has been
played and won.
As we've both started holidays, John and I broke out my Austrian...
12th legion Angry Boiz
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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 ...
X-Wing - Scurrg H6 Bomber Preview
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This is one expansion that I would say Scum players will definitely want to
pick up, I mean who could pass up "infinite bombs"? I know I will be
getting...
First Game of Test of Honour
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My son and I have played the first scenario of Test of Honour by Warlord
Games.
A very fun game. A victory for the young samurai.
Umm... I've been a bit quiet!
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Just a quick update, I've taken a small break from my 15mm gaming for the
moment as I've started playing X-Wing and Star Trek Attack Wing.
I've just starte...
Clearhorizon Omega Squad
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Mr. Harold sent me these a while ago, and I finally got around to painting
them. The delay was mainly that the neck length bothered me, so it took a
while ...
Blog Moving...
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I have decided to move this campaign blog as well as any other activities
involved with Modern era wargaming to my main blog here: Adventures with
Gun, Sab...
Grimlocks in 15mm
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Here are 12 grimlocks for dnd 5th ed.....15mm Picts from copplestone.
Back from a long break in gaming....looking forward to a little dungeons
and dragons s...
Moving On
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It's been a long while since I've posted here. Since I've started this blog
four years ago, you guys and gals have given me a tremendous amount of
inspirat...
C21 Air War Vietnam Defense
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Finished the AA hexes representing 37mm and greater. With a few more 1/300
planes
to order I will be complete with this range.
The larger bases are 1.5" Li...
More 15mm Orcs painted this weekend.
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This weekend I worked on finishing another squad of Orcs. Note: These minis
are OOP and are no longer being sold. I Also removed the banners that were
cast...
Fortified Chapel
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Hi, folks. Here's another bit of terrain for our Kings of War table. It's a
fortified chapel made from a Pegasus Hobby Gothic City Building Large Set.
I ad...
2500 scale ships
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Captain's Blog Stardate 201308.25
I got this in from Del (Multi-Verse Models) the other day. It is a resin
copy of my M-4 Strike Cruiser I submitted for ...
Viper's Fangs-forces
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Hello, just some pics of the painted forces for my game of Gruntz moderated
Clantroops scenarios.
The first scenario I plan on playing is called the Viper's...
15mm Space Marine Hack
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When I first started into 15mm sci fi in April of this year, I flirted with
the idea of doing 40k in the new scale. So, at the time, I did a quick
hack of...
Dr. Zooch Shuttle
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I had planned on posting along with every step of the directions in this
Dr. Zooch kit. My lack of an established method or habit in blogging
prevented su...
I've made lots of head swaps for 15mm medievals, but this was both 1000X more tedious and felt weird. One of the riders of the MT-LB was missing his head, but I didn't notice it until I primed the model. So, I cut off the head of another mini and glued it on.
Before:
Can you spot the new head?
After:
Not perfect, but good enough at this scale. I just hope it stays on. Another piece of hardware for the Gambusian rebels!
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