On and Off the Painting Desk This Week
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I needed to add 2 more of Gorham's rangers to fit the plan, so now that's
done. In the early days the friendly 1st Nations warriors were a large
part or...
Resins to be cheerful and money well spent.
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This was waiting for me on my return home yesterday. A charming guide to a
model railway pioneer. Lovely coloured and b&w pictures and interesting
text...
More Ship Building
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We interrupt the Little Great War narrative with the announcement from the
Admiralty that the Ruberian Navy has commissioned 3 more line-of-battle
ships,...
Dhich'une is Dead
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The penultimate session of the House of Worms campaign wrapped just minutes
ago, with the defeat of Prince Dhich'uné within the bowels of Avanthár.
Next ...
WoFun Russo Japanese Ships - A Few Anyway….
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*The contents of Japanese sprue number 2. The ships are 1:1400th and not
1:1200th as I reported previously. The bases have been edged in black using
a...
"Pancho sees stars"... setup and game
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Time for another update.. and a game this time...
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Whilst continuing my efforts to declutter the loft the other day...
Lands of the Heresiarch
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The once-thriving Papal Isthmus is now in a state of corrupt desolation.
Few are seen on the road, flies feed on the remains of untended hogs.
Three items ...
GEN. PETTYGREE'S SYW INDIA BATTLE STORY
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*GENERAL PETTYGREE'S*
*SEVEN YEARS' WAR BATTLE FOR INDIA*
*September 6, 1758 (2025)*
My dear readers, two-hundred sixty-seven years ago the ruins behi...
Playmobil with Bear
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The convoy sets out.
The Kinchlets and I were gifted a rather magnificent 18th century Playmobil
set by my friend Stefan. We've been playing games w...
Basic Reds Done at Last. . .
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Still quite a way to go with the current batch of 20 human figures and a
horse (of course), but they're actually starting to look like something
after...
Creating Autobot Huffer
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Hound gets a decal and is ready to roll.
The pessimistic Huffer is a classic Autobot and one that I was keen to
create. Known for his can't do attitude,...
More Hills and Even Further Away
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Travelling again - my life seems to have taken on an unfamiliar level of
sophistication, not to mention luxury. I have just returned from the home
of th...
Aspern-Essling at Nigel's
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Yesterday I took a trip across the border to join Tony and Goya at Nigel's
sumptuous wargame room in the heart of the rolling Cumbrian hills. Nigel
had d...
Spanish Peninsula War Project Update - Fall In
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*Hopefully everyone will concur that this table looks like Spain.*
I wanted to post an update on my 40mm Spanish Peninsula War project that I
am build...
ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 77
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In one of the greatest passages of western literature, Dante begins *The
Divine Comedy*:
*Midway through the journey of life, I found myself in a dark wo...
More Shiny Men.
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Now it has been some time since my last blog post. What with one thing and
another 2 months have slipped away almost unnoticed so it is well past time
for ...
Nebelwerfers
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Among the toys making their combat debut at the recent Ardennes game was
this pair of Nebelwerfers. These are 3d prints, with crew figures sourced
fro...
Some news on the American war of independence
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Our Hobbyfriend Uwe Rausch asked to print the Grenadiers in 40mm and
painted them as SYW Prussians of the 48th regiment. This is the result:-)
And...
Bunker Hill: Gentlemen Pensioners Sunday Game
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Traditionally, Steve hosts a game for the Gentlemen Pensioners on the
Sunday following the Phalanx Show. This year it featured Bunker (or
Breed's) Hill...
All change!.
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Due to vast amounts of unwanted attention I am taking this blog down
permanently. But fear not, I have copied most of the posts onto a new blog My
"Old ...
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...
Trying Something New
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Based on what I said last time, I’m going to try out something new. Check
out my posts at Medium – one test you can ignore, one discussion of why I
chose t...
Short Rules by Leon Tucker
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A bit of an experiment as posts go… This is an overview of one of my
favorite, older, short, simple war game rules. Plenty of information to get
a feel f...
Warplan 5/5 Campaign System
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I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to reproduce the snazzy double headed
arrow in 5/5 in the text so will have to do with this instead.
Warplan 5/5 came o...
What Do You Mean “It’s Only A Movie”?
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Like many of my friends and fellow students of military history/military
affairs, I went recently to see the new movie “Midway”. This community can
deli...
Tribute to Stuart Asquith
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Whilst it is not news that we have recently lost one of the hobby's
best-known figures this past week, I thought it would be appropriate to add
my own trib...
The Fritz Leiber WIKI - [Currently Reading]
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---------- The Fritz Leiber WIKI Welcome to the Scrolls of Lankhmar. It
contains information on the writings of and also the RPG Guide to Nehwon,
which is ...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the First
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The Italian infantry brigade.
The only unit to come out of this with their heads held high.
This is the first of two battle reports featuring my French ...
Supplies to San Lorenzo ....
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*San Lorenzo, lies near the border with the British territory of
Malize..... The British have allied with some local natives attempt to
disrupt one of the ...
Character Figures and Settlers for the FIW
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Conquest Miniatures put out a nice little blister of the main characters
from the Last of the Mohicans, also released by Warlord Games. I had fun
painti...
Sources For The Interwar Gamer
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I have been meaning to add some content here for a long time, apparently
three years of a long time in fact, how time flies. So with this post I
hope to k...
Stephen King’s Threshold
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“There is probably no dedicated fantasy fan in America who doesn’t have at
least one of those distinctive black-bound volumes upon his or her shelf .
. ....
The Return of the Iron Duke
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On Saturday, Nov. 21, six of us gathered at Jay's to fight a Napoleonic
battle using a highly modified version of Command and Colors Napoleonics we
laughin...
High time...
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It is high time I posted here again. The project has stalled. Last night I
decided to have a read of book 2 after many years away from it. It begins
so wel...
Top (TV) Duels
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To go with my posts on top one-on-one fights (in films) here's a quick
selection from television.
*#5* Agents of SHIELD (May vs. Ward)
This was a fascinat...
La Passeggiata
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Artist: ItalianTitle: La *Passeggiata*
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Memories, Tangents and the Power of the Pastoral
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*Charles Stadden 30mm BEF released fifty(ish) years ago*
It occurs to me that wargaming the Great War is not going to be a straight
forward thing.
L...
Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm"
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Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures
painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm
metal ma...
Fauna
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After a recent expedition "down under" a couple of new animals have been
added to the national zoological gardens.
*If I recall correctly these are from a R...
Byzarbia at Ayton Game.
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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...
Blog Harassment
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I am sorry to say that I have had to select comment moderation as a
permanent feature now. I am sick and tired of being harassed by a follower
of this blog...
Buy my e-book and save the police (again!)
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*Wasting Police Time** is now available on Kindle.
You don't need a Kindle itself to read it - you can download an 'app' onto
your iPad/laptop/whatever.
U...
10 of the most beautiful things I've ever seen
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1. The sun setting over a still sea, woven to silk, and the swimmers,
silhouttetted wading back to the shore like merman returning to land.
2. My br...
Why the WAR OF 1812?
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I just received two of the more recent Osprey Men-at Arms books on the War
of 1812 in the mail the other day (not really that recent - 1998 and
2000...but...
Though unfortunately I've read rules by the Two Fat Lardies rather than played them - I have been favourably impressed by their presentation and general ethos.
In addition, the Lardies have a very active Yahoo group and are always willing to engage with their audience. The latest development in this very commendable approach is Lard-o-vision, the first in a series of Youtube tutorials on how to play their games. The first game covered is Sharpe Practice, a large scale skirmish game for up to a hundred figures a side based on adventure fiction set during the 19th century - Forester, Cornwell et al.
In my humble opinion, the nicest most enthusiastic people you could ever want to meet, but the poorest rule writers I have ever come across.... both the WWII and ACW sets that I won defied transfer to the tabletop - DG & I (with 40+ years of wargaming between us) simply couldn't understand what some of the rules were trying to say...
I'm at a loss as clearly other people don't have the problem.....!
The rules do sound interesting (from this and from postings I've seen of people's games). I like the "large skirmish" idea. If they ever do a version for Colonials I'll be tempted to at least take a look.
One complaint about the videos - I had to crank up my volume to hear what Mr. Clark was saying, but then the music was way too loud. Anyway, nice way to demonstrate rules.
I found some parts of the book a bit puzzling at first, being unfamiliar with what is in effect a TFL sub-culture, and wasn't quite sure how it would all pan out on the table.
However after watching the very welcome videos I feel I've got the idea now and that there's a lot of potential.
In my humble opinion, the nicest most enthusiastic people you could ever want to meet, but the poorest rule writers I have ever come across.... both the WWII and ACW sets that I won defied transfer to the tabletop - DG & I (with 40+ years of wargaming between us) simply couldn't understand what some of the rules were trying to say...
ReplyDeleteI'm at a loss as clearly other people don't have the problem.....!
The rules do sound interesting (from this and from postings I've seen of people's games). I like the "large skirmish" idea. If they ever do a version for Colonials I'll be tempted to at least take a look.
ReplyDeleteOne complaint about the videos - I had to crank up my volume to hear what Mr. Clark was saying, but then the music was way too loud.
Anyway, nice way to demonstrate rules.
I found some parts of the book a bit puzzling at first, being unfamiliar with what is in effect a TFL sub-culture, and wasn't quite sure how it would all pan out on the table.
ReplyDeleteHowever after watching the very welcome videos I feel I've got the idea now and that there's a lot of potential.