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Blogs I Follow
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Once More Unto The Pass - The harvests had been collected and the Midlish nobles were eager to wipe out the shame of their repulse at the New Year's raid. It had been years that t...
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Boot Sales and Counters - Following on from previous post below are the close up pictures of the counter from The Far Seas. *These are the counters that are used when playing solo....
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Small Footprint Solo Skirmish Mid-Saxon Sitrep - A bit of forward momentum with my solo skirmish project today. I've ordered a 2' x 2' grass terrain cloth after hunting about a bit for something that ...
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Seventeen million hits! - Earlier today I noticed that my hit counter had passed seventeen million hits. It would appear that the AI bots are still regular visitors to my blog and...7 hours ago
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Falling Behind - I am falling behind a bit in my painting queue. I am printing far more aeroplanes than I can keep up with, and there are another couple of dozen in a d...
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New Model Army Pt 16 - Another adition to the Camp set up, again conversions from the Imex American Pioneers And a small diversion from the NMA. The crusader is a resin bod...
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Battletech Alpha Strike first painted mechs - On a nostalgic whim I ordered the box Battletech Alpha Strike. I remember having bought the original box from FASA in the eighties. Later I also played ...
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American Civil War battles - 'The Hornet's Nest' - from my own depiction of the battle of Shiloh April 6 1862. I've recently discovered a whole series of videos of animated narrativ...
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Game Design #118: The Advantage and Melee - In my "haunted Forest/Medieval STALKER" world I've been investigating RPGs for ideas (even since someone pointed out *Symbaroum* kinda covers what I've ...1 week ago
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Battle Report - Mythras RPG - Battle Report 1Ambush on the Forest Road Gaelyn and Percy were traveling along a forest trail with Gaelyn’s younger brother, Jareon. It had been an ord...
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Kingdom of Italy part 2 - Hi guys Finished part 2 of the kingdom of Italy commission, the line infantry regts and Velites of the guard, all AB miniatures, Cavalry is next. ...
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Rain, Work, and Bronko Nagurskimouse - About a month ago, I went down the basement to find my paint rack knocked over onto my paint table and all of the things in various stages of build and p...4 weeks ago
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How To Convert Large Files To 15mm/1-100th Scale For 3D Printing - So, you have a 3D printer (or want to buy one) and want to print and play 15mm Tabletop games. The problem is, all the cool digital sculptors whose work ...
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Battle of Lake Erie, 1813, REDUX - *Another simple, straight-forward battle...* *...that is, if you think barroom brawls in the dark are simple!* *Changes* - to match the historical ships be...2 months ago
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Super-Robot Sculpt (Scratchbuild Really) - ~150mm tall I finished this guy back almost eight months ago but I'm just now getting around to showing him. Sometimes I just want to make things with no ...
4 months ago -
Return to the Hobby - It has been quite a while since I last posted here. When I started my tool truck business back in 2021, most of my hobby time disappeared almost overnigh...
6 months ago -
WW2 ‘German’ Don Cossacks - I've had these in stock for a while now and as I may have work for them in a forthcoming game it was clearly time to paint them! They're certainly a co...6 months ago
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TERRAIN - Arctic Cathedral Tromso - With the first of this years Cold War Commanders Weekend Events planned for the last weekend in May I have made a start on some of the new terrain pieces...
7 months ago -
We Dive At Dawn Patrol - I was sent an advance copy of this roll and write game by David Manley of Long Face Games, so thought I'd give it a go. In the game you take command o...
7 months ago -
15mm Platoon-Level Test Game #4 - All, The Platoon Sergeant, Staff Sergeant Saunders, gathered the squad leaders to brief them, running the mission since Lt Hanley was still out, recuper...
10 months ago -
KG Klink in Barbarossa, Fight #2 - All, Alright, here we go, time for the second fight of KG Klink's Operation Barbarossa. Following Captain Tausch's failure to 'blitzkrieg' through rel...
10 months ago -
Alternative Armies launches new website. Triggers memories of a ‘painting commission’ which I didn’t record here - Wayyyy back in 2017 Gavin at Alternative Armies gave me the opportunity to paint up some 25/28mm fantasy miniatures for potential use on his site as produc...1 year ago
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Final Post - This will be my final post to this blog. Family obligations will be keeping me from wargaming as they have for the past few years. Instead I will be...2 years ago
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Very Sad News - 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...2 years ago
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15mm Terminator: Junkyard Dogs - 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...
3 years ago -
Desert Infantry with Spears and Bows for "Wars of Ozz" - Over the weekend I finished up a unit of Desert Infantry with Spears and Bows; my first unit for a brigade of Temujican Eastern Nomads for my "Wars of...
3 years ago -
November Update - 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 ...
3 years ago -
Going on hobby hiatus - 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...4 years ago
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Armoured Strike Arab Israeli Battle - 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...4 years ago
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CoC Campaign: Crossroads, Closing the Gap. Intro. - 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...4 years ago
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Operation Chunky Bandit #50 (Ground) - 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 ...
6 years ago -
Initiative Bidding in Undaunted Normandy - *Undaunted: Normandy* (*UN*) is a new card, counter, and tile game about combat during WWII in Normandy 1944. I purchased this recently and just played a g...
6 years ago -
Details - True North LardEhs Game Day, May 30 2020 in Hamilton, Ontario - *Updated 20-05-07 - Postponed! Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, we've had to postpone the LardEhs Game Day until probably the fall. More details on t...
6 years ago -
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Dreadnought: Great War at Sea - 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...
6 years ago -
Irregular 6mm Chinese - A question came up on the ColonialWars Yahoo Group about 6mm Chinese troops for the period. As luck would have it, I happened to have one of the Irregular...
7 years ago -
Hello world! - Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!7 years ago
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Blog necromancy. - Wow I still can get in here!?! Well I better see if I can do any better this time.7 years ago
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1809; Somewhere in Southern Germany - 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...
7 years ago -
Team Yankee: The Northern Flank - A pretty lazy post honestly. Just showing some of my work for TY. Includes M60A1 ERA reactive armour mod as well as Humvee fording kit. I need some more M60'...
7 years ago -
Scenery Forge Gothic plaster and resin build - I decided to try using the Scenery Forge Gotic mold again, but this time using regular Plaster of Paris for the casts, then infusing it with resin. It is...
8 years ago -
Horror at Moose Cove - Captain Barney McBarnacle surveyed the harbour. All seemed quiet—but you could never tell these days. Ever since the start of the zombie apocalypse there h...8 years ago
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Vanguard Miniatures 3mm Gothic Science Fiction Line: Introduction - Although today I am scornful of Games Workshop and even more so of the company’s fanbois, the plain truth is that GW is responsable for making me a seriou...
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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 ...
8 years ago -
X-Wing - Scurrg H6 Bomber Preview - 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...
9 years ago -
Medieval Japanese Miniatures - Here are some of the medieval japanese figures painted in 2016. Mostly Perry miniatures and some Clan War miniatures. Buildings are from Plastcraft Games. ...
9 years ago -
New Battlefront Cold War Tanks on the Horizon - Battlefront previewed newer T-55 AM2 models. This is something I have been hoping to find for the Alcovia project.
9 years ago -
De Profundis : My First Impression - As DragonCon approached*, I was reminded that I had come across a copy of *De Profundis: Cthulhu Gaming on the Edge of Madness *in the dealer's hall one ye...
10 years ago -
Umm... I've been a bit quiet! - 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...10 years ago
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Clearhorizon Omega Squad - 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 ...
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Blog Moving... - 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...10 years ago
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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...
10 years ago -
Grimlocks in 15mm - 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...
11 years ago -
Test Casts of the Banshee - First pictures of the test casts! (Cast by the very talented Jon at Paulson Games, Sculpted by Steve "Coolhand" Tyler) Note: the Banshee comes with ...
11 years ago -
Moving On - 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...11 years ago
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C21 Air War Vietnam - Slowly getting things done. MSD Games Target Terrain, although only 1in, I placed them on a Litko 1.5in hex. I used MSD Games Target Terrain, although...
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HAPPY NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY!!!! - NATION CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE AND PROSPERITY! (Sudekia) The morning sun usually greets our country, but on this day of days, it was greeted by the peo...
11 years ago -
More 15mm Orcs painted this weekend. - 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...
12 years ago -
Fortified Chapel - 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...
12 years ago -
Work in progress and review of some Khurasan Miniatures Space Demons - I recently had some time available and decided to add to my 15mm miniatures. I succumbed to severe temptation and purchased some expansions to my “Space D...13 years ago
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2500 scale ships - 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 ...
13 years ago -
Viper's Fangs-forces - 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...
14 years ago -
Raid on Blount Landing - Dark Elves vs Horse and Musket - Ok so here are some shots from some Mighty Armies games recently played in GPTs basement. Scroll down for bonus Man O War pics. First 3 shots are the s...
14 years ago -
Photo Update - About eight weeks of work in pictures here, I didn't photograph everything. A GZG grav tank painted up for my Lochrim army, I have two of this model pain...
14 years ago -
Dr. Zooch Shuttle - 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...15 years ago
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About Me
- Chris
- I am a college professor at a small college in SW Virginia. I am also an avid gamer
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