The New Earth Engine

The following is a post from my old blog pictures and all. It’s a game I’ve often thought about revamping and I’ve recently been either stripping and fixing some of the same figures from this post or rebuying them. So you’ll probably see more stuff along these lines in the future. I’ve been rethinking the […]

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A 6mm Distraction

Occasionally I find things in the drawer of abandoned minis. In the week just passed I found some 6mm infantry from Scotia Grendel and some sci fi tanks from Irregular. I think the trick I’ve learned is to paint less and paint more starkly. Don’t do too many highlights, keep your scheme simple and striking. […]

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#NewYearNewArmy

Games Workshop have been pushing #newyearnewarmy on Instagram, and I’ve been complying with my latest effort in 40k. Of course though, because it’s me and because I hate building kits where I have to follow instructions my effort this year is going to be a Slann army. Slann are the lizardmen or Seraphon (if you […]

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Horrified – The Miniatures

I’ve always been a fan of the old Universal Horror films and the Hammer Horror films too, basically anything spooky that doesn’t include jump scares. When I saw the Horrified Board Game on the shelves in a local toy shop over Christmas I knew I had to buy it, especially since it included seven figures. […]

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Painting Darkfell

So I won’t bore you with all the details. Prime it black, spray grey from above, basically base coat it, make wood and dirt brown, outer walls were mostly left grey, I did some interiors in a light blue, green or dark red. Then the entire thing got a black wash and then a bone […]

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Baba Nurgle

I wanted a new Daemon Prince for my Death Guard army after seeing how effective they can be in my last game of 40k (long time ago now). Despite having a drawer full of official Daemon Prince models I set out to essential scratch build one with my bits box and a small baby doll. […]

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Rawl Plug Ancients

Something on the stranger end of the spectrum here, but something I think has legs. This week I’ve been turning those Rawl Plugs you see in various shapes, colours and sizes into something you can game with. As they do come in a number of shapes and sizes the particular one I’ve been using is […]

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Evil Sully

From time to time the wife and I head off to sunny, sticky Florida and engage in a bit of Disney. I like going, I love the attention to detail, the atmosphere, it’s like a huge wargaming terrain project where different worlds are faked into believable existence. Alas however I’m unable to engage in some […]

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Asgard Mandiblax and Space Marines

So I’ve finished my little 15mm fellas from Asgard (now from Alternative Armies) originally for Combat 3000 which as I stated in my previous post I probably wont be using them for. Combat 3000 is a very complex and complicated system which is why it was originally for generic sci fi RPGs and not for platoon […]

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On The Desk…

I’ve been relocating of late to our ‘box’ room and by utilising some Ikea furniture brilliantly picked out by my good wife, I’ve managed to set up a permanent hobby station for the first time ever! Sorting through different storage containers scattered around the house lead me to a number of discoveries all of which […]

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Painting Faces

I’ve occasionally dabbled with regular painting. The kind artists do on canvases. I think people generally have a perception that this kind of painting is very difficult, nigh on impossible, when in reality I think it’s far easier than miniature painting. This is for a very simple reason. With miniature painting you’re very limited on […]

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Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

I’ve always wanted an Undead army and although I’ve often bought and even painted the odd unit, I’ve never managed a full force. Until now… I’ve been somewhat gripped by my 15mm Fantasy project and rules, and couldn’t resist dipping in to Irregular Miniature’s Undead range. Plus since I was going for a more ghostly […]

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Painting a Fiend of Slaanesh

So I’ve been experimenting lately with acrylic inks, mine are from Daler Rowney. I’m aware people definitely don’t use them in the way I have, however I’ve found a little method that works for me. I’m a big fan of Games Workshop’s Contrast paints and as someone who prefers to paint quickly how could I […]

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40 Elves and a Ballista

In my previous Dark Dwarves post I mentioned some Elves. I’ve now finally finished them! That’s a unit of eight archers, 10 spearmen, 10 swordsmen, 10 two handed sword/axemen and a ballista with two crew. I did the old trick of painting details on the minis with different colours but selecting from a small palette to […]

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Chaos Daemons for 9th

Is there some irony in a person hoping to become a Church of England Priest collecting Daemons? Chaos Daemons have always been a favourite army of mine. It’s probably down to how bizarre many of the models are, how the range stays close to its roots and even newer models are very close in appearance […]

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Not So Vintage Toy Soldiers

Cameria had always been a divided nation, ever since the first settlers arrived the North and South were two distinct colonies, peoples, cultures. However after a few bad years of mining the Camerian Council decided to send forces out to take resources from other weaker nations. Ngoai just north of Cameria across the Amenic Sea […]

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Matchstick Ancients

Anyone really can afford wargaming! I was rummaging through various boxes looking for more discarded 15mm miniatures (don’t ask) when I stumbled upon a small container containing a few scratchbuilt ancients armies. Here’s some Roman Cavalry: I remember the excitement of grabbing a bag of matchsticks and tongue depressers from my local craft shop a […]

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49 Dark Dwarves

In the interest of getting things painted before buying more, here’s 49 Irregular Miniatures 15mm Dark Dwarves, 24 Halberdiers, 20 Crossbows and 5 Heroes. As you can see below some are mostly painted already however I didn’t really like the scheme I had come up with so I chose to throw them in with the […]

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