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Chevalier de la Terre: S.S.D.D. Sometimes I paint toy soldiers to get away from it all.

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Blog List

NEWS FROM THE FRONT

Top Gear - After a fairly fallow June on the painting front since returning from a week down in Cornwall I have gone up a gear. I am currently working on an Isabelino...
2 hours ago
Tales From GHQ

Revolutionary Action in GHQ! - Back in the groove after our early summer recess Phil and I met up across the tabletop battlefield here in GHQ once more. We had agreed on a Wars of the ...
8 hours ago
Just Add Water

AD Miniatures- Third Century imperial Romans/Middle Imperial Romans - From the highly skilled hands of Adam Smith come a fantastic range of Third Century Imperial Romans/Middle Imperial Romans (link to be added on release)!...
23 hours ago
The Tactical Painter

More Romans for Infamy, Infamy - As part of putting together the early imperial legionary force for *Infamy, Infamy* I painted a group of auxiliary infantry. While that's only eight figu...
1 day ago
Vis Lardica

Fanatics ≠ Archers - With enough Celts now painted to have a game, I was keen to get them onto the tabletop. Perhaps unwisely, my first opponent was Peter, winner of almost e...
1 day ago
Not By Appointment

Colours of the British Scots Fusiliers 1685 and probably later, possibly to 1707 - First raised 1678 as The Earl of Mars Regiment of Foot to fight against the Covenanters. 1679: Battle of Bothwell Bridge. [More detail at Kronoskaf WSS p...
1 day ago
mogsymakes

Joy of Six show in Sheffield - The next show appearance from Morris & Chums will be at Joy of Six in Sheffield, UK on Sunday 28th June 2026 (full show details here). The show is dedicate...
2 days ago
Klingula und 7 gnomov

Добрые люди из Люцерна - В этом году обновлений в блоге не много - пополнения в коллекции не часты и времени на игры мало. Однако, и в рутине будней случаются радостные события. ...
2 days ago
Spanish Lead Painting

A little update: 3 more musketeers for Lyonnais regiment - Hi guys A brief painting update this week. I have recently finished three more musketeers from the Perry Miniatures ECW range, painted as French muskete...
3 days ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

Painting Seasonality - I have been bemoaning my lethargy at the painting desk since the arrival of spring. Painting production has fallen off from the respectable start in the ...
4 days ago
JJ's Wargames

All at Sea - Far Distant Ships, Rule Additions and Changes for 1:700 Scale Games. - Following requests for access to the rule additions and changes I made to David Manley's Fleet Action rules for the age of sail, Far Distant Ships (FD...
4 days ago
Grid based wargaming - but not always

Battle of Guilford Courthouse - rules, scenario, and game report - A couple of months ago I bought a pair of average dice (2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5) with the intention of using them in some One-Hour Wargames-style games instead ...
5 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Sino-Japanese War - Xenos Rampant - Scenario Delta - Ceasefire. - Welcome to June and finally an opportunity to give the Chinese and Japanese a run out, still plenty more on the paint table, but enough now to get a game...
5 days ago
Jemima Fawr's Miniature Wargames Blog

“A Battle of the Most Obstinate & Sanguinary Class”: The Battle of Möckern, 16th October 1813 (Scenario for Napoleon’s Battles) - “Whoever is not dead or enraptured this evening must have fought like a dishonourable dog!” General of Cavalry Gebhard Lebrecht von Blücher “The enemy army...
5 days ago
Zinnkameraden

From the Desert to the Cliffs – The Ranger Force in Action in the Mediterranean Campaigns - Welcome back to part Two of my articles regarding the US Rangers. While part One showed how the Rangers were forged, let’s look at their historical campaign...
6 days ago
Wargaming Without Dice

A look at the pregame - Optio has a unique way of choosing terrain for a battle. Instead of throwing dice and invoking the favour of the gods who drop forests and hills down fro...
1 week ago
the Miniature World of Mike Peters

Causing a Ruckus at Bosworth - I had been invited to the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre to witness a walk in participation game of Ruckus, but I arrived far too early on a bri...
1 week ago
despertaferres

Anniversary Ambush - A short retrospective post from six years ago! Which city finally fell on the 29th May? It may have been 1453 but it still upsets the Greek members of the ...
1 week 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
iron mitten

The Duelists - Last week I went along to the local wargames group to check it out again. While I was there I was approached by someone who heard I used to paint for the...
1 week ago
La Colina de la Hamburguesa

LIBERATION OF ITALY. LATE WAR. Resumen del Nuevo libro de Flames of War. - La liberación de Italia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial fue una campaña aliada (1943-1945), liderada principalmente por fuerzas estadounidenses, brit...
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...
3 weeks ago
Hand-Built History

The French Wars of Religion - I know, it's been six months since I last posted, and back at the end of October I was promising to show something from a new wargaming period that I'm ...
3 weeks ago
Move to Contact

Operation Mercury campaign - Game 2 - Tavrontis riverbed landings - Game 2 of our Crete (Maleme Airfield) campaign, and we are still in the first campaign turn of the initial landings, so another airborne assault scenari...
4 weeks ago
Din of Battle

MAX - Battle of Puebla - Cinco de Mayo (2026 Edition) - BATTLE OF PUEBLA - May 5, 1862 Hi folks, It has been a while since I have broken out my Maximilian collection. In honor of Cinco de Mayo we are re-fightin...
4 weeks ago
Glorious Little Soldiers

30mm - A lost Scale? - In a recent Facebook post a friend- intending to get back into wargaming asked about 'Willie' 30mm models and about 30mm in general as a size for warg...
4 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...
4 weeks ago
Grid Wargaming

The 5th Century in Britannia Part 13: Arthur’s 11th Battle: The Battle of Mount Agned: Alt Clut ( Dumbarton Castle) June 490AD. - This article is my personal interpretation of events at this time. Any mistakes are my own. Once again at the Winter Solstice of 489AD, the Briton Kings...
4 weeks ago
Ne_Pokras

Добавка к ночным гоблинам - Буквально пара Форжовых гиганских сквигов в коллекцию. Крупней. Для них даже правил еще не перевыпустили, но раз были в литейках — пришлось брать. В любо...
5 weeks ago
SPEAR TO THE STRIFE

Hoplimania 4: 15mm Labors... - Now that looks more like a phalanx! First, time to repair spears that were knocked off. Trusty Dremel is at the ready! repairing shields that were knocked ...
5 weeks ago
Blood, Sand and Steel

New Books for the Blog - Reading up on the rise of Islam and the fall of the Sassanid Empire as I work on the Sunset of the Sassanids campaign. Found two books of interest pict...
5 weeks ago
HeresyBrush - Blog de modelismo y aerografía

Trench Primer Volumen 1 - With Trench Crusade (TC) gaining momentum and the community steadily expanding, it felt like the perfect moment to put together something practical for bot...
1 month ago
Электрическая кандейка

Командная группа армии Венеции 16 в. - Привет всем! Итак, выкладываю командную базу венецианцев на Итальянские войны. Уже третья по счету. первая, втроая. Фигурки от Steel Fist Miniatures....
2 months ago
The Emperors Blog

Assassins and templars - Newly painted miniatures for the Assassins and Templars game. This is the two war-bands from Gripping Beast With a few extras
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
Battle Brush Studios

Showcase: Dark Souls Gaping Dragon - Heyhey, it's time for some Dark Souls. This time it's just one figure, but it's a special one - the Gaping Dragon, from the Dark Souls boardgame expan...
2 months ago
Full Harness

French crossbowmen - And the next new unit is.... a small group of French crossbowmen. It's a mix of Perry plastics and metals (Italians with headswaps), plus a few Steel Fis...
3 months ago
Brush, stack and the Wargame Miniatures...

Выбранецкая пехота - полк Яна Сапеги. (студия Арес) -
3 months ago
PERSPECTIVES IN MINIATURE

红色娘子军 - 中国工农红军第二独立师女子军特务连 - One more evening spent deepening the shadows with AK Interactive's new Acrylic Washes. I'm seriously impressed—the flow is perfect for glazing straight f...
3 months ago
SquadPainter

Unlocking Pro Acryl Paint Secrets - When I made the switch from Games Workshop and Vallejo Game Color (VGC) to only Pro Acryl (PA), I knew that there would be an adjustment period. Making ...
3 months ago
Steven's Balagan

Vargas Swamp – A Bolivar’s Very Bad Day Scenario - Following my write up of the the historical Battle of Vargas Swamp (25 July 1819) and my Kind of Vargas Swamp – A Bolivar’s Very Bad Day Battle Report, I...
3 months ago
Small Italian Wars

Sd.Kfz.250 - a little displacement activity. - Amongst the modelling projects that I half finished in 2025 was these two little half tracks. I knew I should really be cracking on with painting the ...
4 months ago
JOHN BOND's WARGAMING STUFF

BRITISH AIRBORNE 28mm - Finally finished my British Airborne, these are lovely 28mm metal figures from Warlord Games. I initially purchased a 1/3 of the figures at MOAB bring an...
5 months ago
Gaming with TooFatLardies

Thunder at Cassino: Revisiting an Old Friend - On December 13th, five veteran members of Madrid's Dragón Club decided to dust off and display on on a table one of the most venerable games : the leg...
5 months ago
History Stuff

The indefinable weird flapping thing - It is October, the month of Halloween and fading light and the dying of the year. My favourite season, being the miserable sod that I am. I jest, of cou...
7 months ago
Tom's Magazine

From Crazy Idea to Finished Army: Painting 1,300 Minis - *What started as a wild holiday project turned into one of my most rewarding hobby challenges yet—over 1,000 miniatures painted in less than a mont...
8 months ago
sixtwentyeight

Berlin 1945 3mm - Here are pictures of a projects I did a year ago or so. I still haven't found the ruleset I want to use. I was thinking Flames of War but sometimes,...
10 months ago
Brushes and Bayonets...

Wings Over Waffles: The Belgian Air Force Has a Go (1940 Edition) - *Section 1: Introducing the Belgian Airforce of 1940: Not Just a Bit of Blighty’s Fancy, But Rather Brave!* When one thinks of the great aerial powers of...
10 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...
1 year ago
Roundwood's World

The Potentially Simmering Rivalry of Ping-Xi and Pong-Li - ******** "They're *just* the latest fashion. Everyone, and I mean *everyone* at the Imperial Court has taken a pair of Chinese bodyguards into their reti...
1 year ago
Каждому свое

Предновогодний болт - Не одним Chain of Command жив варгейм в тематике Второй Мировой Войны. Сыграли с Ваней игру по правилам Болт Экшн 2й редакции. Формат небольшой - 1500 ...
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
Pat Smith

Brutal Gang Warfare in the 41st Millennium - Necromunda. - This project has made a nice change from the usual historical work that I do. I have painted four different gangs plus some Under Hive Scum plus a cou...
1 year ago
Xulutec

Instagram and Ebay sale - Some may have noticed - since last year i changed to display my lastest paintjobs on instagram instead of posting updates here. Instagram is a lot easier...
2 years ago
Unfinished-armies.de

Früher war mehr Lametta - Nach sehr langer Zeit haben wir es endlich mal wieder geschafft über das Hobby zu reden, daher reden wir über alte und neue Zeiten.
3 years ago
OVERLORD'S BLOG

Tank: The Next Generation - Some weeks ago I ran the design a tank competition. The number of entries was rather low, as in, only two designs. One design came in, on the last day, a...
3 years ago
For the love of Terrain!

Nuenen House #3 Finished? - I thought that I had finished this first house in my Band of Brothers project, but after looking at it on my painting table for the last few days, I'm no...
4 years ago
Oleg the Crafting Dwarf

Freehands: A Guide to Slow and Inefficient Brush Painting of Tiny Tanks (part 2) - This is the second part of the series dedicated to slow and inefficient (quite fun though) brush painting of tiny 1/100 scale tanks. In the first part we...
4 years ago
Miniature Wargaming with Spudnick

Southern Front: AAR: Battegroup: 1st Polish Armor Versus German 12th SS - Earlier in the week, I was solo playing some Battlegroup for a scenario to run for a convention game. Now, I have not finished all of the forces to ...
4 years ago
Serpentarium

Guild Trapper's bear hat - This bear hat I've painted as part of my master-class about texture imitation. I hope you enjoy the result as much as I enjoyed the process.
4 years ago
Wargaming the Battle of Morlaix

More mounted knights - Another base of knights added to the French forces.
4 years ago
Lard Island News

Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
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
Noodle's Terrain, Painting & Wargaming

Cimetière Warhammer 28mm - Bonjour à tous ! J'ai retrouvé dans mes placards un vieux cimetière Games Workshop pour Warhammer. Cela doit bien faire 10 ans qu'il dort à l'abris de la p...
6 years ago
Itinerant Wargamer

A new direction on an old road - Bern front ranks In the early 1980s, I, like many others were enormously inspired by the pictures in the early editions of Miniature Wargames of Pete...
6 years ago
Smart Wargaming

Operation Aubery – Mission 3 - Unaware of the desperate fighting at Point 72 (our last mission), Y Troop, 47 Commando, have been making their way North to Port-en-Bessin under orders fro...
6 years ago
Herr Brush

Lard America Goes to Crisis - I had the great fortune to be able to attend Crisis in Antwerp, Belgium on Saturday 9 November with my friend and fellow Lard American, Patrick. What follo...
6 years ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Sign Up To SETTING THE SCENE Volume 2. - We are getting closer to finishing the 2nd book, Setting The Scene Volume 2. If you would like to sign up for a copy of volume 2 or add your details to ...
6 years ago
James Wappel Miniature Painting

A great Case - The large Carrying case from TableWar has proven to be handy for a number of things. I thought that the larger size would let me carry the bigger Creat...
6 years ago
Rat’s Patrol

Malaysia Scenario Design: 11 Surface - We have a pile of foam…pink foam, but what we want is hills and countryside so lets talk surface. But before we jump into that I need to add a little more ...
6 years ago
razzaminipainting

Robute Skulliman - Hi all, Here's Robute Skulliman finished for my Silver Skulls army. This month I have to finish painting this miniature and a Primaris librarian for a game ...
7 years ago
Outremer: Faith and Blood

New Outremer Campaign: Day One - So my best buddy and I got together for the first few games of *Outremer: Faith and Blood *as part of our latest campaign last weekend. This time around ...
7 years ago
Beaverlick Falls

Windy Butte - Part 1 - Making some big terrain - I decided that Beaverlick Falls needed some larger terrain pieces as a backdrop to the town and also to feature as part of some scenario driven games, so I...
7 years ago
HopeRiver's Valley

Mannfred, Mortarch of Night -
8 years ago
Kriegs Corner

Zvezda's KV-1 Obr.40 - 2017...'Bye Felicia! Hello All and Happy 2018! I've been working on a 15mm plastic Zvezda KV-1 Obr.40 tank has the option to build an earlier Obr.39 (simp...
8 years ago
Dux Homunculorum

Character Figures and Settlers for the FIW - 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...
9 years ago
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