Happy Valley and the Dell.
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Yesterday l met up with an old friend for a walk through the part of
Edinburgh l grew up in - Craiglockhart. We were accompanied by her dog. A
most plea...
On the workbench - May 2025
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Well April has just flown by and now I have chance to catch up again so
I'll be working on
- Reworking my Napoleonic British commanders - partly usi...
JOSEPH CLEMENT COLL: THE ENEMY OF CROSS HATCHING
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I've said some unkind things here about cross hatching-- those intersecting
lines that are used to add tone to a drawing.
Artists who aspire to somethin...
50 years in the Dungeon
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A very interesting interview with David "Zeb" Cook about his time at TSR
Hobbies, in which he talks about the* D&D Expert Set, Oriental Adventures, *and
Se...
TLC for old lead Dudes. The Scots Greys.
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In the 'Shinyloo' world the Scots Greys are- as yet the only near completed
British Cavalry regiment. There are bits of other units as the old models
get...
Air Force, Dauntless and the Expansion Kit
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*The circle is even more complete! Note the Avalon logo on the Expansion
Kit box - this was produced shortly after they had acquired Battleline. I
had a ...
Two Turns In A Day, Sweet ____(modified)
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Life! Well, I managed another turn (*sighhhhhh..........*)
*** It appears that some people had problems seeing the picture in this
recent blogpost. If an...
Cavalry Staff Corps Trooper (Mark II)
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Until Rob commented that he thought my Staff Trooper should have a red
uniform I hadn't even realised that a Cavalry Corps Staff Trooper was a
thing. I s...
Another big thank you … and taking a bit of a rest
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I’d like to reiterate my thanks to everyone who made supportive, helpful,
and humbling comments on my recent blog posts about my time in hospital.
Now th...
This Will Never Work - 30YW Action continued
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Imperialist left driving back Gustavus's wing.
We left the Lutzen action last time with matters not going at all well for
the Swedish Army. The Imperia...
Lights, Camera and Action!
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*Movie crew set of figures made by Barszo.*
CLICK PICTURE TO ENLARGE
I recently bought a Barszo set of figures depicting a movie crew to use
with my Pi...
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 ...
Decepticon Medic
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After playing the first game of Xenos Rampant with this guy's and using the
Medic rule for the Autobots, I thought it would be a good idea to create a
D...
Blood on the Sands at ShireCon
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Had a great day at ShireCon, or the Little MOAB, as I like to call it. Had
a lot of interested people play a game or two and got to play test some new
g...
New Nassau Infantry from Frank
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Our Hobbymate Thomas Mischak asked Frank to sculpt him some Nassau
Grenadiers for his Waterloo project.
These figures will be available from Hagen soon...
Foxholes
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I found a bag of these resin-cast troops in foxholes in a batch of stuff I
was given a couple of years ago. A few weeks ago I decided to try painting
so...
An Italian Wars scenario for Pike and Shotte
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What follows is a short report on a recent game at Steve's. It is over
two years since an Italian Wars game featured on the blog, so a
reappearance was...
Battlemasters with Kinchlets
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*"Pay attention Sir Harry, the Hun is here, here and here." - LadyBaby*
Finished up a practice game of the old MB Games/Citadel miniatures game
Battlemast...
Merry Christmas 2023 and Always
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This painting arrived as a Christmas card a few days ago. It is the most
beautiful depiction of love and adoration of Jesus by heavenly angels and
his...
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...
Happy Birthday Joseph Morschauser III
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Another year is almost in the books and today is Christmas Day… This isn’t
a Christmas story, but it is a story (article) written by a man born in New
York...
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...
Wargaming the interwar period
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*CROSSPOSTED FROM WARGAMING MISCELLANY*
This year’s VCOW (Virtual Conference of Wargamers) took place over the
weekend, and I was able to take part in se...
The Constantinov Regiment
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Whilst I have, for the most part, 'moth-balled' my Classic Wargaming
collection over the past few years, occasionally I get the urge to dip back
into it....
Alas - no more ....
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After a lot of thought I have decided to stop my gaming project in the
Caribbean for the foreseeable future.
The bulk of the completed units will become in...
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 Second
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After the battle recorded in the previous post, I felt I had unfinished
business with Paul and his Russians, so I challenged him to a game the
followin...
Problems with Jackson Gamers Web Site
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We are having problems accessing and updating the Jackson Gamers web site.
Evidently the main page has been "stolen" by a French language pharmacy
site. ...
Hot Reception
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Gun and crew by Hinchliffe (SYW range)Christmas is an anxious time if
you're Hessian - but this year we're ready for you Mr Washington!
Battlegroup Tobruk Goes Strong into the Desert
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Pavlov's dogs, famously, were conditioned to salivate when hearing a bell
which they associated with food. I have been similarly conditioned to
associate...
Happy Winter Solstice!
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I decided I might as well face the truth, that this blog and project is
pretty much over and done. It was fun while it lasted, but my gaming
interests lie ...
Sky Pirates of Venus - Teaser
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Sky Pirates have been the scourge of the Worm Empire of Venus for years,
and the Great Worm has had enough! He sends a team of four crack worm
commandos to...
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 .
. ....
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...
La Passeggiata
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Artist: ItalianTitle: La *Passeggiata*
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Deadbeat Advertiser?!?!?!?
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I just noticed that I have been listed as a deadbeat advertiser at The
Miniatures Page. I asked Mr Armintrout over 12 months ago to cease the
advertising d...
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...
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...
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...
I've been working nights for the week and have had little chance to do much of anything, domestic concerns have held sway. The Tyranny of work, study and home as been near total.
I was sent the above video the night before last and it cheered me mightily.
There has been little progress on the wargaming front, though I intend to make some inroads into my Indian project during my next few days off and get my Waterloo PBEM campaign in order.
I have yet to pick a name for my Indian kingdom and have done relatively little reading for the project beyond casting an eye over the Osprey on the battle of Assaye. I think Donald Featherstones "Colonial Warfare: India" and the always fascinating "Encyclopedia of 19th Century Warfare" by Byron Farwell will be my first ports of call. What I think I'll do is work out what sort of games I want to play, then puzzle out what sort of military establishment will allow me to play those games and then design the principality to suit.
Based on what I've read thus far, I think my hypothetical Raja will have a force made up of...
Compoos - Indian troops drilled in the European style with battalion guns.
Bargirs - Heavy cavalry with lances, mail, etc.
Silladars - Medium (?) cavalry, a sort of light cavalry under discipline.
Pinadari - Rampaging cossack types, who fulfill the traditional role of hussars without the magnificent hats.
War Elephants - The need I feel for one of these defies all reason and sense.
Sredni Vashtar Cultists - These gentry will almost certainly bear a striking resemblance to the Kali cultists from Temple of Doom.
That's brilliant!..."more intelligent kind of girl"...right, I've finished setting them out according to my 'Generalship', time for a fag!
I am supposed to have some of his collection in mine, I bought some 20mm Merten from Stad's in the States which he stated were from the sale of Peter's stuff, but there was no provenance when they arrived, the lot didn't bear much relationship to Stad's description and couldn't be tied to the original (Christie's - I think?) lot descriptions either, but it's nice to think I have some!
Anyone recognize either the paints he was using, or the reference booklets, 'cause they weren't Osprey?
That's brilliant!..."more intelligent kind of girl"...right, I've finished setting them out according to my 'Generalship', time for a fag!
ReplyDeleteI am supposed to have some of his collection in mine, I bought some 20mm Merten from Stad's in the States which he stated were from the sale of Peter's stuff, but there was no provenance when they arrived, the lot didn't bear much relationship to Stad's description and couldn't be tied to the original (Christie's - I think?) lot descriptions either, but it's nice to think I have some!
Anyone recognize either the paints he was using, or the reference booklets, 'cause they weren't Osprey?
How is Mrs. Kinch doing? Hopefully things are progressing in a positive direction.
ReplyDelete-- Jeff
That is so cool! And old school. :)
ReplyDeleteI like the line about it being like chess but more exciting. :D
Ah, Sredni Vashtar. I had nearly forgotten about that bit of Saki. What a great name for an evil cult in the subcontinent!