A quick look at Javis Battle Zones terrain
I take a quick look at Javis’ Wargames terrain line Battle Zones.
Read More A quick look at Javis Battle Zones terrainTag: historical
Squaring a Circle
I mull over a few issues in writing rules for Ghost Legions.
Read More Squaring a CircleAt the Desk of Madness
Just a little hobby update.
Read More At the Desk of MadnessThe Trouble With Tanks 2 (And More Ghost Legions)
How do you solve a problem like Matilda?
Read More The Trouble With Tanks 2 (And More Ghost Legions)The Battle of Hooks Farm
A quick battle report and video about my 1/72 progress so far.
Read More The Battle of Hooks FarmMore Instant WW2, The Advantages of Lego
A brief look at some of the advantages of gaming WW2 with Lego.
Read More More Instant WW2, The Advantages of LegoWargames for Kids?
How do we get kids into wargaming? And why don’t people make wargames for kids?
Read More Wargames for Kids?Occasional Doing the Sensible Thing – Palm Trees
How to turn cheap and crappy palm trees into somewhat decent wargaming terrain.
Read More Occasional Doing the Sensible Thing – Palm TreesRIP Irregular Miniatures
A little tribute to one of my favourite wargaming companies.
Read More RIP Irregular MiniaturesA Simple Toy Soldier Game Battle Report
I have a go at one of the oldest rulesets I ever wrote, the very first version of The Simple Toy Soldier Game, not previously featured on the blog.
Read More A Simple Toy Soldier Game Battle ReportOne Hobby Goal Down – Bolt Action Japanese
A little post about my Japanese force for Bolt Action.
Read More One Hobby Goal Down – Bolt Action JapaneseSo what did I get up to in 2025?
It always fun to look back over the blog and reminisce about projects past. Sometimes I’ve forgotten about projects entirely, sometimes looking back over the blog reignites the embers of a formerly dead project. In January I hit the ground running with Havok: Havok was a game from my childhood, dead now, but once put […]
Read More So what did I get up to in 2025?Painting Blackshirts for Bolt Action
A quick guide to speed painting Italian Blackshirts for Bolt Action.
Read More Painting Blackshirts for Bolt ActionTamiya 1/35 Figures and WW2 Skirmishes
A Rambling Look Through My Hobby Drawers
A rambling look through my hobby drawers full of past and present wargaming projects…
Read More A Rambling Look Through My Hobby DrawersGrim Grinning Ghosts
With the lurgie going strong this week I mostly moved between a succession of naps and occasional snacking. However I did make some progress on the Ghost Legions front. Instead of going for my usual fluorescent ghost approach seen previously: I went down a more grimdark alley, inspired mostly by my small skirmish warbands seen […]
Read More Grim Grinning GhostsFeatherstone’s Chimera in Action!
My bank holiday weekend of hobbying was hampered somewhat by a rather nasty cold. I managed very little in terms of painting or playing, but I did do a lot of napping. But desperate to do something, I dosed myself up on cold and flu capsules and hit the table with some Italeri figures. Roughly […]
Read More Featherstone’s Chimera in Action!Featherstone’s Chimera
I’ve been thinking Ghost Legions again, and in that regard something quick and easy. I still want to be able to grab a box of Italeri figures and have the rules to pitch it against any other box. Sort of like what Games Workshop do with their Combat Patrol and Spearhead games. For those not […]
Read More Featherstone’s ChimeraThe Future of Warfare?
After reading a very interesting post from the Man of Tin, and an equally interesting comments section, I was pondering what the actual future of warfare might look like. Article and comments here: https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/07/close-little-space-wars-in-54mm-or-h-g-wells-little-wars-redesigned/#comments As stated in the comments of the above article, most sci-fi wargames are WW2+, maybe because a lot of rules writers […]
Read More The Future of Warfare?Perpetually Painting Partisans Part 2
First part here… from 6 Months ago… https://deathzap.co.uk/2024/12/20/perpetually-painting-partisans/ I had been rather silly, having finished the toughest bit of any Bolt Action force – painting the bulk of the infantry. I seemingly forgot I had made any progress with my Partisans, and as yet they have not made it to the table (very silly me). […]
Read More Perpetually Painting Partisans Part 2One Army For Every Game?
One of my favourite YouTubers is Trent from Miscast, and a while back he had the idea of creating a single army to play every game. The idea seemed completely mad to me. How could you possibly create an army to cover all sci-fi, fantasy and historical settings? Although if the aim of this blog […]
Read More One Army For Every Game?Painting Camouflage?
I’ve finally, actually painted some camouflage in the way you’d expect, basecoating, shading and then highlighting each colour, and I think the results are pretty good: While I do rather like this result, it can be time consuming, and it’s not how I’ve approached camouflage in the past. My usual method has been to basecoat, […]
Read More Painting Camouflage?Witch Hunters
After my last post, getting into the lore of my Super Simple Universal Skirmish System Universe (S.S.U.S.S.U) I received a package from Irregular Miniatures containing my next warband – The Witch Hunters. While the Dragon Temple remain as the last human empire, remnants of other empires still exist. One such remnant are the roving bands […]
Read More Witch HuntersGhost Legions Battle Report: WW1 Germans vs Medieval Knights
Here’s a somewhat shorter and maybe less detailed battle report, of a recent game I had using the rules I posted last time. The game sparked something, an entire mental debate around what makes a game ‘fun’… which if my thought properly coagulate, will make up my next post. Not much to report game wise, […]
Read More Ghost Legions Battle Report: WW1 Germans vs Medieval KnightsGhost Legions – The Rules So Far
If you’ve been following along, this should make sense. The game so far should let you pitch any group of historical figures against any other. The points costs are listed at the end, and I usually play around 150 points. From here I’m going to need to figure out my lore, and think about possible […]
Read More Ghost Legions – The Rules So Far
