Historical gaming? I avoid it like the plague mate. All those gatekeepers in the community, no thank you. Army painting? Takes me long enough to do a Stargrave crew, let alone an army. So why do I keep eyeing up […]
This is my islands table, built with pirate shenanigans in mind, but I guess it could work for anything.
On Saturday April 22nd, 2023, the South London Warlords will be hosting the Salute Wargames show at ExCel in London. At this show the Friends of General Haig (FOGH) gaming group will be demonstrating the Battle of Dirschau/Tczew 1627, between […]
Gustav II Adolph, King of Sweden, was one of the key military innovators of the early 17th century. During his reign he constantly sought to improve his army (and navy) to support his policy of making Sweden a ‘great power’. […]
This is a IDF diorama in 1/72 scale. I have had these models for years, and this year I want to try and focus more on older models than on newly bought miniatures. My goal is to wither away at […]
Another project revisiting my past, in the ancient past (70's) my first 25mm ancient army was a Later Carthaginian mostly made up of Garrison and Lamming figures, now its time to recreate it. A Carthaginian force will initially be used […]
A fun little diorama to wish you all a Merry Christmas
Building the 40 year anniversary edition of the famous U96 in 1:144 from Revell
Turning an historical event into a game to be played by a bunch of folk in the museum industry who have no background of miniature games.
Our local gaming group is play testing a campaign system for Clash of Spears. Bradicles is one of my starting characters and this is his story.
Several years ago, I got into Saga... I created a Scottish Warband. Now several years later having never used my warband in a game of Saga, it has just been gathering dust. Then recently it was announced that in early […]
So after UKGE 2022 I decided to commit to a bolt action army, after much analysis paralysis and peer pressure I decided to jump for 1 thousand points of British Airborne from the starter army. Having built the majority of […]
This project will be similar to my Bolt Action in the Pacific project. I’ll be posting photos of various models and terrain I’ve built for the Eastern Front, something I’ve been doing for the past 4/5 years!
I actually started this project numerous years ago, it got added too at the D-Day Bootcamp, and now with Bulge BriI can try and Finish it
Covering OVER 40 tables we take a look at the games on offer at this years The Other Partizan. Once again, a fantastic show, busy and bustling atmosphere with some stunning displays and traders aplenty.
Just a quick project that involves nearly no painting whatsoever
Starting a Takeda Clan army for CLash of Katanas, with heavy use of Perry Miniatures Samurai Range, the only ones that aren't Perry are the A&W Mounted Samurai Archers. It's strange that the Perry Brothers don't have Mounted Samurai Archers...
This project is just going to be a photo-dump of my finished Afrika Korps army for Bolt Action.
02 Hundred Hours is a skirmish wargame focusing on night-time raids in World War II. Inspired by classic war movies as well as historical events, battles are fast paced with roughly 10-20 models on either side. Field an elite force […]
Time to return and finish off my collection for an old game that I have had for a long time.
The plan is to build a Qing army that covers the period from 1800 to 1911, and then into the Warlord Period. It will include background material on the various conflicts during this time that will include the Opium Wars, […]
I've just bought a 3D Printer and I can finally do Flames of War in 6mm starting with the Desert
A variety of miniatures for a commission on behalf of ECMiniPainting Warlord and Galloping Major as well as AW Miniatures
Starting with a French walled farm I got off Facebook marketplace from a very nice man called John Banks. 8mm LARGE Walled farm including House/Barn/Shed/Stables WW2 Fantasy Historical Walled farm including House/Barn/Shed/Stables Compound - 454x355mm Farm House - 145mm High […]
I decided to try my hand at scale modeling and was inspired by Plasmo from Youtube to try out the Flyhawk Bismark kit 1:350 scale.
This project came about from an Idea the Redoubtable Kevin had about using the Wargames Atlantic Conquistadors and Aztecs in a change of periods for Silver Bayonet.....remembering some old Errol Flynn movies thought why not do Sea Dogs for it, […]
Not another project. This one I fell into by accident. I knew I wanted to do a what if battle involving an invasion of victorian Britain by some dasterdly foreign force. I've had the minis for awhile but slowly started […]
Highlights from the 2022 The Joy of Six Show, held at Sheffield Hallam University on 3rd July 2022
The new Strength and Honour rules for ancient army level battles have me intrigued. I've played and enjoyed Blucher and this seems to offer the same level of command and control so we can feel like we are making grand […]
Let’s get obscure! Here I explore gaming in one of the lesser well known theaters of WW1.
Highlights from the 2022 Partizan Show held at Newark Showground, UK on 22 May 2022
Pretending I am being responsible by only buying minis if I get the stuff I own painted, or mostly painted.
Building the HMS Surprise from the famous movie "Master and Commander" in 1/700 scale for the game Black Seas
My reflections on the print and play Dawn of Iron rules as well as summaries of the first three games my group played in TTS using a mod of my own design, in video format.
Well I started this project at the beginning of the Covid lock down. It just got sidelined. So this project will kill two birds with one stone. First it will give me the British force that I want. Second it […]
Well I started this project at the beginning of the Covid lock down. It just got sidelined. So this project will kill two birds with one stone. First it will give me the British force that I want. Second it […]
About 16 years ago I had a fairly extensive collection of the Copplestone Back of Beyond miniatures, unfortunately they got lost in a move. Since then I have dabbled and had many false starts. However the period and potential pulpiness […]
A delve into 2mm gaming again for the Strength and Honour rules by Mark Blackhouse and available to buy here Strength & Honour Rule Book Advanced Order
Hello from California! Relative newcomer to OTT. My good friend @144artist shared the spring cleaning challenge and I needed a good kick in the pants to get painting again and clear off a stalled project. Time to finish off my […]
To try and make a dent in my pile of shame. Although the project mainly involves Historical miniatures it may also include some fantasy/sci fi figures. I've recently completed a Lost Kingdom miniatures Queen of the Lake and am working […]