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Operational Design in Wargaming -Part VIII Dealing with the God's Eye view

August 01, 2024

Modern ODW Rant Wargame Theory

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Stockhausen 1987 - Part II (the battle plan)

August 31, 2021

BCT Cold War US Army USSR Wargame Theory WWIII

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Operational Design in Wargaming part 7 - Center of Gravity

October 09, 2019

ODW Risorgimento Wargame Theory

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Chotusitz Set-Up

10mm Honours of war Wargame Theory WAS

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Cold War gone hot...in the cold

December 29, 2018

28mm Battle report Battleground WWII Cold War Wargame Theory

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Games I am playing

Pike and Shot (video game)
Skyrim Adventure Game (Board Game)
Command and Colors: Samurai Battles
A reign cut short (ECW)*

What I am currently working on

15mm Thirty Years War
28mm Imjin War Koreans
28mm Landsknecht
28mm WFB Beastmen
28mm WFB Empire

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Wargame News and Terrain

Alternative Armies: Hopping Off Staff Holiday Event 2026 - Alternative Armies: Our Staff holidays commence Friday 29th May until 15th June 2026! The whole team is heading off in different directions for adventures....
5 hours ago
ALY'S TOY SOLDIERS

From My Side of the Table… Shiny Napoleonics… The first Game. - Greetings… While my old friend David was visiting over the Partizan Weekend we had game to christen my Shiny Napoleonic Collection/New Wargames Table/New...
11 hours ago
Geordie's Big Battles

Supercharge Me - Again, But Wait Have I Not Told Everyone About This Game Yet? - This is a game that just keeps giving and I am dying to get my hands on my own personal copy. To my shame I may have posted on other social media but not y...
17 hours ago
1866 and all that

First Battalion, Erzherzog Karl Regiment No 3 - Having completing the Poles, now it is onto the Austrians. I have four battalions, the ones gifted to me, assembled and waiting. There are another three ba...
19 hours ago
Fawcett Avenue Conscripts

Space: 1999 Eagle and GZG 15mm EVA Suited Astronauts - OK so there’s a bit of a backstory behind this one, bear with me… On my recent trip to the UK I stayed in Notting Hill at a place that just happened to ...
1 day ago
The Land of Counterpane

Gangs of Rome - the Patrons - With Episode 1 of our *Gangs of Rome* campaign coming up this weekend, I knew that sooner or later I'd need miniatures to represent the patrons of our two ...
1 day ago
The Games We Play

Brigade Models 2mm buildings - Regular readers may recall that I picked up a couple of 2mm buildings from Brigade Models at Hammerhead earlier this year. I finally got around to paint...
1 day ago
Warfare in the Age of Cynics and Amateurs

'Kynda Surprise' : Modern Naval action, with 'Shipwreck' - Finally getting Martin Bourne's 'Shipwreck' rules to the table, with a short, yet cracking game, with Soviet Sovremenny and Kynda cruiser/destroyers vs ...
2 days ago
My Brave Fusiliers!

HMGS War College talks and speakers for 2026 at Historicon ! - Its that time of year to get ready for Historicon. My ride down is arranged, hotel room booked and entry fee paid. Theme is the 250th anniversary of...
2 days ago
Kampfgruppe Willow

WIP Wednesday - Dday anniversary C-47 Skytrains - D-Day Anniversary C47 Skytrains Decided to get my finger out and do a build of two C-47 Skytrains for DDay anniversary build. I have quite a few in t...
2 days ago
STORM AND CONQUEST

WIP Wednesday - D-Day Anniversary build C47 Skytrain - D-Day Anniversary C47 Skytrains Decided to get my finger out and do a build of two C-47 Skytrains for DDay anniversary build. I have quite a few in the s...
2 days ago
WAB Corner

Hail Caesar Pyrrhic Wars Game - Co-hosted a Hail Caesar Pyrrhic Wars game last evening at my buddies place (only 10 minutes away). It was a fictional scenario pitting his Antigonid forc...
2 days ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

Austrian Cavalry Batteries - A small update from the painting desk today. Begun under the shadow of the four-game series refighting Montebello, two Austrian cavalry batteries muster...
3 days ago
Carryings On Up The Dale

Regiment La Tour d’Auvergne - UPDATED PHOTOS - The regiment in action with some jazzing up from AI I picked up two small battalions of this unit off fleabay, and after a bit of tidying up, reorganisa...
3 days ago
wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller

Sharp Practice-ACW - Two weeks ago, I got in my third Sharp Practice, this time set in the ACW. William set up the game and Graham provided the terrain. Myself and Rob were...
3 days ago
Blunders on the Danube

Hessian Fusilier Regiment Von Ditfourth - American Revolutionary War - This Hessian Fusilier regiment traces its origins back to 1702. It had "sulfur yellow" facings and cloth backing on their miters. It fought at White P...
3 days ago
Camisado

"Yesterday our men, 60 hackbutters, 20 pikes and 20 ryepars, went out to cut green corn for their horses", a sortie during the Siege of Haddington July 1548 - Last month my friend Tom visited for our second wargame of the year. Tom was keen to try a game involving the Tudors and I was keen to get my 1540s colle...
4 days ago
Der Alte Fritz Journal

Fife & Drum British in 1768 Warrant Dress (?) - *British 20th RegimentFife and Drum Miniatures* I decided that I would need several British Redcoat regiments wearing cocked hats for my Princeton 1...
4 days ago
Kampfgruppe Engel

Napoleonic Grenadiers - I wanted an elite unit. Some time ago I glued together a lot of miniatures and I got miniatures over to create this unit of grenadiers. I really like t...
4 days ago
A figure painting therapy project.

Commission work - what's in the queue? - It's been an odd period for me recently, I seem to have spent a lot of time thinking about Life in general, looking back and trying to look ahead. When ...
4 days ago
Painting Wargames Figures

28mm ECW Royalist: Foot regiment of Sir Gilbert Talbot - Back in May 2024 I showed you the first of the foot regiments and that was the 'blue' regiment of John Belasyse. Here is the second and it is the yello...
5 days ago
Now for wrath...Now for ruin...and the Red Dawn

Skeleton Crew for Pirate Borg - Q: What's a pirate ship without a crew? Adrift. OK, dad jokes aside. I needed a crew for my Pirate Borg rpg group. And these guys fit the bill. Most a...
5 days ago
Paint-it-Pink

Final Stretch - Now that the body is symmetrical, see the post here, it was obvious where work was needed. The old joke about asking for directions to somewhere, and the...
5 days ago
Sgt Steiner's Wargaming Blog

Ulster Wargames Society - Sword Beach with Rapid Fire - UWS meeting today and I took part in a very nice game put on by Chris based on landings on Sword Beach on 6th June 1944 using Rapid Fire (mainly Reloade...
6 days ago
wargamesinthedungeon

WW2 Convoy Battle - The worst/best of the heatwave now over we moved into the shed for a much anticipated Cruel Sea battle. Having played a couple of games of Cruel seas and...
6 days ago
Polemarch

1600 – Something: Winter of Discontent - You might have noticed, if you have read any of this stuff, that I tend to whiffle over winter moves. There is a bit of accountancy going on in the back...
6 days ago
Tom's Toy Soldiers

Chain of Command Normandy '44 - General B and I started a "refresher" game of Chain of Command before we embark on the Old Hickory campaign. We paused part way through intending to res...
1 week ago
Bleaseworld

On Bloody Ground: Hāl to Englalande! - The year of our lord ten-sixty something, the kingdom is once again assailed by the heathen Norsemen, raping the cattle and pillaging the women! Led by t...
1 week ago
Association - Les Riflemen

1809, Eckmuhl! - *Bonjour à tous,* *Grosse partie à 9 joueurs pour cet article, on se refait la bataille d'Eckmühl...* *Et pour débuter la journée, on positionne nos ...
1 week ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

Operation UNTHINKABLE 1948 - This week at the Wollongong Wargamers, Daniel, Scott and I played *Clash of Steel*, based on the first release: *Operation Unthinkable, *set in 1948. I l...
1 week ago
Cold War Hot Hot Hot

West German Fallschirmjaeger Battlegroup Army List - You wait years for a new paratrooper army list to come along and then suddenly two come at once! This is another one of those lists I had "started" yea...
1 week ago
Steve's Paintingshed

A is for Amusettes, B is for Boardgame - I think I have just about recovered from Partizan and am now counting down to my summer holiday, including a trip to Rhodes. While at the show I was pret...
1 week ago
Jay's Wargaming Madness

KulbaCon 2026 - I've just returned from KublaCon (Prime) 2026. I played a ton of games and it was a grand time with lots of the crew (local and international) showing up ...
1 week ago
Ski's Wargames

Black Sea Boats! - An Age of Deadnoughts AAR - On Saturday, Mark, David and I kept our Memorial Day weekend gaming tradition alive, this time with Victory at Sea Age of Dreadnoughts. I brought out my...
1 week ago
Javier at war

De Bellis Velitum - DBV is a set of skirmish rules based on DBA system and written in 1991 by the same author, Phil Barker. The rules were never published and are unfinishe...
1 week ago
Fencing Frog

The Second Assault: Frankenthal, 1621 - The second assault on the Frankenthal demi-lune begins our lines are a little closer and more heavy guns have been brought up to support the attack. The...
2 weeks ago
doctorphalanx

Bloody Big Battles! with lighter-coloured hills - It was pointed out in the *Bloody Big Battles!* Groups.io group that the hills in my last post ought to appear lighter than the lower ground, and certai...
2 weeks ago
The Renaissance Troll

Dol Amroth Captain - It's been awhile since I added anything to my Dol Amroth forces. Recently a friend sent me a *Guards of Traitor's Toll *sprue. It's a really nice spru...
2 weeks ago
Grimsby Wargaming

"Lust for Glory" - Partizan 2026 - I had the good fortune to help out Simon Miller with his "Lust for Glory" demonstration game at Partizan this weekend. Why would you turn down the oppor...
2 weeks ago
Bunker Hill

Berdan's Sharpshooters - Switching gears a bit and doing some ACW additions with Berdan's Sharpshooters.I need some skirmish elements for my ACW collection and thought Berdan's w...
2 weeks ago
Analogue Hobbies

Introducing 'ScrapJacks' to PaulOG via Discord - Hi All, I hosted PaulOG for a game of 'ScrapJacks' over Discord the other day and he's written up a terrific post-game write-up. Check it out! Cheers! ...
3 weeks ago
The Anderson Collection

Been a while, I've been working on my Austerlitz collection, 18mm AB figures. -
3 weeks ago
Realms of Chaos

Star Wars : West end Games models part 3/3 - Hey! Last part regarding WEG models range. The collection is almost complete, only missing models are : the Snow Speeder and Taun Taun... Not easy to find....
3 weeks ago
Toy Soldiers Studio

De Bellis Magistrorum Militum (DBMM) - DBMM unit types are more detailed than in *Triumph!* or *L'Art de la Guerre*. The game engine uses a mix of *core troop classes + quality grades + spec...
3 weeks ago
Here's no great matter

Market Garden - SP popped over this afternoon for another game so I set up Market Garden for Memoir '44. It has an interesting mechanism to reflect both the Germans havi...
3 weeks ago
Devon Wargames Group

Russian Civil War - Battle of Khabarovsk, Eastern Maritime Provinces, Siberia, 24th August 1918 - On the 3rd of March 1918 Russia and Germany signed the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk, ending Russian involvement in World War One. Huge stocks of Entente suppl...
3 weeks ago
Je Lay Emprins

Burgundian Encampment - So, to sit behind the seigeworks (that have gone on a temporary backburner), I've started some tents and other temproary buildings for a Burgundian encampm...
4 weeks ago
Ed M's Wargames Meanderings

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING (A BIT) DIFFERENT: BRETWALDA - *Bretwalda*, from Phalanx Games. The game is set in Dark Ages Britain, 796 A.D. with up to four players vying to be named Bretwalda, the supreme ruler ...
4 weeks ago
Army Royal

Richard de la Pole, the White Rose - I find myself saying this a lot but ......this is long overdue ! I very happily present the command of Richard de la Pole, the last White Rose, pretender...
1 month ago
The BigRedBatCave

Spring Cleaning April 2026 - I'll be selling a few surplus things- here I have 26 Avanpost Thirty Years War cavalry, and two spare horses. They are beautiful, crips resin models, ...
1 month ago
Great Ming Military

The Great General Cannon of the Ming Dynasty - Bombard-type Great General Cannon (bottom right) and its various sub-types. Illustration taken from 'Si Zhen San Guan Zhi (《四鎮三關志》)'. The Great General ...
1 month ago
20mm and then some....

Blogging will resume after the Mark 1b Eyeball upgrade is succesfully completed. - After having a scalpel jabbed into my eye (ywice) on Tuesday I now get to test my blinddtyping skills, cause I can't see Jack at arms length. First ch...
1 month ago
Astro Anarchy

Artemis Moon Flight and Voices of Apollo 11 - Now that our Moon is once again at the centre of global attention—driven by the Artemis mission’s journey around it—I feel compelled to share this artwor...
1 month ago
MacPhee's Miniature Men

Heth's Division at Gettysburg, 15mm ACW - Lots of pictures follow. I finished up Mitch Erickson's commission this past weekend. He can now field Heth's complete division at Gettysburg for Regimenta...
2 months ago
Moiterei's bunte Welt

20mm Fallschirmjäger and Firefly - First off fthis time is a 20mm 3D printed Sherman Firefly by Arvernes Miniatures. Having painted two regular 75mm Shermans for my Canadians previously I fe...
2 months ago
Dulce et Decorum Est

Painting - 12 Imperial Snow Troopers and Becky - This week I managed to finish 12 Imperial Snow Troopers and 1 Imperial Officer for Star Wars Legion. I'm waaaay behind this year as my work decided that ...
2 months ago
Megablitz and more

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...
3 months ago
ALBAtwo Warblog

Alarums and Excursions (and other stories) - Well, thats been fun a 2026 so far. Lots of worrying things abroad in the world and nearer to home too, And it's ony the end of February. Closer to hom...
3 months ago
Little Lead Arms Race

More Cold War buildings - Another base of cold war buildings for 80s gaming. Models are by Leven miniatures, wich are now carried by https://battlescale.com/ . M60s in the back...
3 months ago
Converj - David's Blog

Salamanca - 22 July 1812 - *Haven't posted here for a year. I'm still using LinkedIn for most work and wargaming PhD stuff - which currently doesn't leave much else. PhD should ...
3 months ago
ATOMIC-ANNIHILATION

1970 ... French postcards from the South Pacific! - These are sequential photographs of the 1970 French, Force de Frappe, 918 kiloton H-bomb test. It was conducted at Fangataufa Atoll, French Polynesia. Cod...
3 months ago
Super Galactic Dreadnought

Presenting ... Bob Moss - When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it came strai...
3 months ago
Lace Wars in Tin

10mm War of Spanish Succession - Back in February 2024, I posted about our plans to 3D print and paint some Marlburian armies in 10mm. After 2 years we finally have enough to put the fig...
3 months ago
An Intermittent Firefight

The Stennard Chronicles - A Living World, a Shared Frontier, and the Brutal Joy of West Marches Play There are campaigns where heroes arrive, save the day, and move on. *Stennar...
4 months ago
2 Hour Blog

THW Football on Wargames Vault Deal of the Day - 50% off for tomorrow's Deal of the Day at Wargames Vault. Just in time for the playoffs. 😀 Scroll down the Vault page to see the how to video. https://...
4 months ago
Þorsteinn á Heiðini

Trying this once more! - I'm realising I haven't posted in over 11 years on here. A lot has changed in that time. I'm no longer a student, I've gotten married and had a kid, and ...
5 months ago
The Single Handed Admiral

Captain's Log SMS Emden Part III - When we last saw SMS Emden, she was tied up in a Thai cove when three British warships were sighted. Here's the rough sketch map that I received from o...
5 months ago
Emperor vs Elector

Saxe-Bearstein v. Stagonia in a meeting engagement - The wonderful BloodAxe minis collection of Bluebear Jeff was in action on the tabletop this November. Details can be found at MurdockS MarauderS
6 months ago
Shed Wars

Images - crazy situation - Hi Folks Just discovered that all my blog pictures for the past five years are no longer available to readers in the UK. As a result of recent legislat...
6 months ago
Obscure Battles

Leuthen 1757 - Seven Years War December 5, 1757, a Monday Prussians under Frederick II, approximately 28,600 and 165 guns Austro-Imperial Forces under Prince Charles of ...
7 months ago
On Wargames and Such

Kev Adams night goblins - Happy orctober everyone! Kev Adams' goofy night goblins were the figures I most fell in love with back in the 90's, but of course I couldn't afford the ...
7 months ago
Pushing Tin

Super Troopers, Battle of Kalisz 1706 - Yet another long drought between blog bulletins and battles finally broke yesterday as we went through a neat little action at Kalisz from the Great Nort...
8 months ago
Rough War (of the Ring)

Mordheim incoming -
11 months ago
SOUND OFFICERS CALL!

Another Crack at Neuville - I wanted to re-run the Neuville scenario (LT Turnbull's Stand) but this time with the Flames of War rules as originally intended, to see how the scenari...
11 months ago
Saxon Dog

The SYW game - *Prelude to the Battle. A table set up for a game.* *A fictional encounter loosely based around the Siege of Kolberg 1761.* In the evening of October 2...
11 months ago
da Gobbo's Grotto - Wargaming blog

The Asrai Awake - hi all, I've been super busy trying to prep for an Old World tournament coming up in July, which has meant that I've not been concentrating on other pr...
1 year ago
Wargaming Girl

Salute 2025 - OK, it's two days late but here is my photo round-up of Salute 2025. You can also take it as proof of life, given that I haven't posted here since last ...
1 year ago
Dalauppror

Midgard - Heroic Battles - Short post about my favouritr wargaming rules for the moment, Midgard - Heroic Battles by James Morris. I am not totally objective as I been involved in...
1 year ago
It's 500 Miles to the German Border! - A Twilight 2000 miniature wargaming blog

And the book is out!! - It's actually been out for several days, I've just been remiss in getting it posted here. That said, I am happy it's out. And, it seems to be doing well...
1 year ago
Olicanalad's Games

Beja completed! - This week I have finished the Beja contingent for the Mahdists - I've halved the Mahdist lead pile! It's not the end of painting Mahdists for a while lon...
1 year ago
With Pyjamas through a whiff of grapeshot!

Battle of Jena 1806 - A view across the battlefield showing the state of play at the end of turn six We are currently in the midst of fighting a wonderful 1806 scenario genero...
2 years ago
Natholeon's Empires

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

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

Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes - This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme bein...
2 years ago
Paul´s Bods

New Fantasy sets from Alliance - I know, I havent been active for..???..a long time but I keep looking at what´s going on in the world of bods..and today I found these.....Apparently the...
2 years 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...
2 years ago
Badly Lead Men

Second one done - A bit slower for the second collection but at the weekend I finished the French and Friends for 1813. From top left the guard (somehow I wound up with ...
2 years 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...
3 years ago
The Monkey that Walks

Happy New Year! - Hi all, It's been a busy year in Monkeyland, In addition to a range of life events (back to work in-person, promptly getting Covid, the birth of my nep...
3 years ago
All Bones About It

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

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

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

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

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

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

My second most beautiful miniature! / Moja druga najpiękniejsza miniaturka! - *Janek / Johnny* *urodzony / born 15.11.2020*
5 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...
5 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...
5 years ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

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

Moruya Marauders seems to have come to an end but a Phoenix will rise. - As some know our club moved to Batemans Bay during 2019, fun was had, games played new members even. Alas a rather nasty surprise hit our venue on 31 .12.2...
6 years ago
1000 Foot General

Sci-Fi Hangar by Impudent Mortal - I don't like MDF building kits. There are so many minor details that irk me — the perfect 90 degree accuracy, the little pegs that show through on corn...
6 years ago
Canister & Grape - A Website for Wargamers

Still here (kind of)... - G'day All, A number of people have reached out to check on me knowing we have awful bushfires here at the moment. The scale defies explanation and what the...
6 years ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

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

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

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

28mm Vietnam War Collection - Here are some photos of my 28mm Vietnam War collection of Australian's and NVA. Miniatures were commission painted. Most of the Australian's are from The A...
6 years ago
Little Legions

The Aeldari - Now then, I collected an Eldar army way back in the early 90s when I was but a youth. Since restarting my 40k addiction last year I have tarted them up so...
6 years ago
Sapper Joe's Wargaming & Toys

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

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

Saraceni - piechota/ Saracen infantry - Czterech pieszych saraceńskich gwardzistów do Sagi. Figurki Gripping BeastFour Saracen foot guards for Saga. Gripping Beast figures
6 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...
6 years ago
SmallScaleOperations - Wargaming Moderns, Historical and Sci-Fi with 15mm, 20mm and 28mm Miniatures

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

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

Team Yankee - Autobahn Defense - Since I'm enjoying Team Yankee so much, I thought I'd write up a quick post so you can enjoy some nice pictures of my awful model assembly and painting s...
7 years ago
Matt's gaming page (Glenbrook Games)

Pulp commission -
7 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...
7 years ago
The Historical Miniaturist

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

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

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

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

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

Modelling - Stowing USMC vehicles in 6mm - Vehicles in most armies carry a degree of external stowage and there always seems to be more of it when they are on operations rather than exercises, ...
7 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
7 years ago
The Veteran Wargamer

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

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
7 years ago
Eldritch Epistles

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moja banda do TNT - Witam! Jesień mija, nadchodzi zima, a to bardziej zachęca do odwiedzin dzikich i palących bezmiarów radioaktywnych krain i post-apokaliptycznych bitew. Wł...
8 years ago
Par la bouche de mes canons

The Enemy, part II (80s Pulp) - *File name, unknown. * *Primary military specialty: Infantry* *Secondary military specialty : Sabotage* *Five of the nameless, faceless legions of Cobra com...
8 years ago
Modern Warfare

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

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

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

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

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

ACW - Kleines Bilder Update 10th Indiana Regiment Berdan Sharpshooters 146th New Yourk Volunteers 30th Virginia sharpshooters Louisiana Tiger Zouaves
9 years ago
Impetus News

Basic Impetus 2 - Basic Impetus 2 is now available, both printed and digital. The printed version will be available through our shop after Christmas holidays but in the mea...
9 years ago
Cjcaston's 4FPM

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

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

Samurai project rebooted! - Samurai Project has been rebooted! first three figures shown below. Not sure what rules set I will be using, just enjoying the painting at the moment :) ...
9 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...
9 years ago
Lead Death

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protect the King! - "Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, trusting their words." For me these words entered legend in my youth. The 300 Spartans fighting fo...
11 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, ...
11 years ago
6mm Wargamer

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

Legends of the Old West: Playing with New Objective Cards - Some of you might be familiar with the Secret Objective card system I developed for *Chaos in Carpathia*. I decided to try a similar (yet completely differ...
11 years ago
Too Much Free Time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative models: Zvezda "The Beast" - Now here's something really different. It got posted on Dakkadakka in a discussion about Russian plastics and immediately drew my eye. Apparently it used t...
14 years ago
Raglan's War of the Roses

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