Jack The Giant Slayer
It was movie night in Blease Towers this evening, with family entertainment provided by last year's Jack the Giant Slayer (SWMBO likes fairy story films). Not Oscar material by any stretch of the...
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Bolt Action: Winter War Soviet AFV's
I know I have decided to wait until everything was available from the Baker CompanyWinter War Kickstarter before receiving anything, but I am tempted to sneak a little order in for some of the new...
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Leviathan Wakes
Although a fan of science fiction, I no longer read as much of the genre as I did as a teenager when I almost literally devoured it. These days I prefer my SF at the cinema, on the TV or or the...
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Aeronef: Archie Batteries
I put an order into Irregular Miniatures on Friday eveining (which, of course, arrived this morning), for some more 2mm SF models for my Aurorean Martians. I also added some odds and sods including...
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Aeronef: Confederate Aeronef wip
When Aeronef was first published back in 1999 there were not a lot of suitable models to use. There were the horrendous Space 1889 plastics, the beautiful but rare and expensive GameTech1889 metals and...
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Aeronef: Confederate Petrel Class Aeronef Gunboats
I painted up the four converted IrregularIKB04 Monitors today, they are now four Petrel class aeronef gunboats of the Confederate States Naval Aero Corps!On the ball Aeronefers will no doubt be rushing...
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Lion Rampant Pre-ordered!
Well I did get a little excited earlier in the year when I spotted Dan Mersey's new Lion Rampant rules on Amazon, but I got very excited last night reading Dan's article in the new Wargames Illustrated...
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Land Ironclads: More Aurorean Martian Contraptions
Back to Mars as I try and finish off the remaining models for the Belgian Land Ironclads supplement. Following on from the trial models painted in January, I have bought a pile more models from...
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Land Ironclads: Aurorean Martian Contraptions II
Continuing with the Martians and the Irregular 2mm SF range, I have painted up a number of IKSF9 Alien APC's as some different (as yet unnamed) Aurorean contraptions.The models are slightly larger than...
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Land Ironclads: Aurorean Martian Contraptions III
The last of the Aurorean Martian contraption bases , this time using IKSF8 Alien SPG from the Irregular 2mm SF range.I really like these 2mm models, I just need to find something similar in 6mm to use...
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Land Ironclads: Aurorean Martian Indra Ironclads
Staying on Mars, I painted up these three of Irregular Miniatures 2mmm IKSF7 Alien MBT's and Aurorean Martian class 5 Indra land ironclads.Still not quite sure what models to use for the larger...
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Land Ironclads: Aurorean Martian Land Transports
The last of the 2mm Irregular SF models are these IKSF10 Alien Transports.Initially I planned to use them as an older type of land ironclads, with hull mounted werpons firing out of the sides, but I...
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Dungeon Delving...
The ManticDungeon Saga Kickstarter is coming to an end this weekend and is looking really good with a ton of useful stuff at what is a very reasonable price (especially as the pound is doing quite well...
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Maximillian Affair: Mexican Republican Infantry
It's been a little while since I painted anything for the Maximillian Affair project, but when ordering the 2mm SF from Irregular Miniatures, I noted that they had just released a 28mm Maximillian...
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October War: Jordanian M52 Self-Propelled Howitzer Battery
A new addition to the October War project is this battery of Jordanian M52 self-propelled howitzers. The M52 was an American design that entered service after the Korean War but was replaced by the...
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The Yan'drassi Invasion
After their successful Chuhuac (15mm Space Raptors) Kickstarter, Loud Ninja Games are back with a new 15mm SF one in the form of The Yan'drassi Invasion!Whilst I was happy with the Chuhuac miniatures I...
View ArticleSoviet Storm: WWII in the East
I caught the second half of the second part of Soviet Storm: WWII in the East on H2 channel yesterday lunchtime. About the 1942 Siege of Sebastapol, it was more interesting than most documentaries of...
View ArticleDown The (Lasercut MDF) Dungeon!
Mantic's Dungeon Saga finished last night with pledges over $1,000,000, roll on next year when the goodies start to arrive. I did come across another related Kickstarter that is really interesting from...
View ArticleOsprey Announce 2015 Wargames Titles
Osprey have annouced their 2015 wargames titles on their blog.The Bolt Action supplements look interesting although I am not convinced about the logic in cramming whoe theatres into one book, when they...
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Bolt Action: From Budapest With Love...
Earlier in the year I bought and painted up a 28mm 3D printed Laffly S20TL from Bob Emerson, great model, I've been meaning to buy some more from Bob, but he's beaten me to the punch by launching his...
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