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Saxon command group
There's not much to report at the moment, though I have completed the build of the Saxon command figures. I also found an old resin cross that I think I originally had earmarked for a Vampire Counts...
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Blood Rage last three days
The Blood Rage kickstarter has just three days to go, so if you are still undecided it's a good time to go and check out the progress to date. I was happy with the initial line-up of figures,...
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Bare Trees
I have always been keen to keep wargaming costs down, last year I made a forest of very cheap trees. However, on a recent day trip to Chester I stopped in at the model shop and picked up a few...
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Dwarfs on the March
I am about to return to painting dwarfs. I have a small commission job which I will be starting soon, plus a selection of the bearded warriors to add to my own collection. I already have a sizeable...
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Wargames In the Dining Room
For the past few years I have enjoyed many a game in Matt's sumptuous wargaming dungeon. He has lots of space, a large hand built gaming table, with modular boards and a terrain collection he has built...
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Lion Rampant first impressions
I have played my first half dozen or so games of Lion Rampant, the medieval skirmish rules written by Daniel Mersey and published by Osprey. The first game was a slowish affair as we blundered through...
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Warg Riders, in a field
A quick snap of the very early stages of my next unit, eight warg riders for my Isengard/Mordor contingent. I picked up ten of the old metals on ebay as a joblot, but decided that eight was enough for...
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Easy to make trees
It seems very fitting to be posting this today. Outside there are signs that spring has arrived - the sun has finally made an appearance and the temperature has climbed into double figures. Green...
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Up in smoke
I have been playing a fair number of skirmish games recently, last night it was a return to Saga. Having played all the official scenarios several times over, I made up a quick and easy one of my own....
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Fantasy Saga
For a good while I have been wondering about playing fantasy factions in Saga. There are Lord of the Rings battle boards on the web, many of them simply the historical boards with renamed abilities....
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Fantasy Rampant
Fantasy wargames obviously share much of their genetics with buses - you wait ages for one to come along, then two arrive together! After yesterday's announcement about a fantasy faction for the Saga...
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Gamers' Grass Review
I have been looking for some reasonably priced grass tufts for a while. There are plenty around to choose from, but some of them are extremely hard on the wallet. A tiny patch of static grass for five...
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Men at Arms
These are the penultimate unit painted in my Lion Rampant retinue - men at arms, plastics by Perry Miniatures of course. It's quite hard to make a basically silver unit look interesting, the heraldry...
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Last of the billmen
Foot SergeantsThe final unit of my Lion Rampant retinue painted. The lightly armoured troops I group together into one unit and play them as Foot Sergeants. The more heavily armoured I play as Foot...
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Undead Vikings
The first fantasy army I collected, over twenty years ago, was the Undead. The first historical army I owned was a viking army. I guess there's a certain inevitability about me starting an undead...
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V&V Vikings
I spotted this on one of the news sites. These are resin figures by an unknown (to me) company, V&V Miniatures. What an absolutely lovely set of sculpts. These are described as resin figures, what...
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Tweaking Lion Rampant
Bold deployment by Clifford, a ragged approach by rookie di PolloMore games of Lion Rampant. After last week's outing in the dungeon, this week it was a return to the more compact dining room table....
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V&V Viking Berserkers
Another glimpse of a set of lovely sculpts by V&V Miniatures, courtesy of the Beasts of War news site. Again, these are described as resin casts, available only from Russian supplier Hobby Bunker....
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Warg Riders
Lion Rampant formationI finally finished painting the warg riders. There's eight in total, though as they are mostly metal only six are unique. That's fine for Lion Rampant, when playing Saga there...
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How to paint zombie flesh
When it came to painting the viking undead, I had a search around for a palette. I wanted something greenish, to contrast with the red tones of the clothing and shields. I used this image as a starting...
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