Destroyed Buildings, Civilians, Mediterranean Update 9
This post is a bit of a mixed bag so I will start off with a couple of things not related to the Mediterranean book.I owed a favor to one of my wargaming buddies and the other had his 60th Birthday...
View ArticleTerrain Clutter, WW2 Vehicles - Mediterranean Update 10
For the latest update of the book, I have painted a couple of WW2 vehicles and a pile of terrain clutter.It has been two years since I last painted any vehicles and I felt a bit unsure with my...
View ArticleMediterranean Update 11 - A Big One.
I haven't posted for a while but I have been busy on the hobby front so this will have quite a bit of content and therefore be picture heavy.I have painted four Grand Manner buildings, some smaller...
View ArticleSign 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 the growing list for a reprint of volume 1, then...
View ArticleSETTING THE SCENE Volume 2, Update.
Setting The Scene Volume II - Creating a Wargames Layout for the Mediterranean is presently being edited and then it will be off to the printers. For full details click on the following link:...
View ArticleSETTING THE SCENE volume 2 - now in stock
Setting The Scene volume 2 along with copies of volume 1 arrived a few days ago and Steve has been busy posting to everyone who has pre-ordered the book. If you haven't yet ordered and would like a...
View ArticleWW2 Collection For Sale.
If you are interested, I have put on ebay a few items from my WW2 20mm collection. I can't justify doing 20 and 28mm WW2, so these have to go. I have put them on at 00.99p with no reserve, so someone...
View ArticleFront Cover Lard Magazine 2019
Christmas has come early for me when I discovered that the Too Fat Lardies have used one of my images for the front cover of their recently released action packed 2019 LARD MAGAZINE. I am very...
View ArticleNorway 1940 - The Road to Dombas - part 1
My apologies for the long delay in posting on this blog and not leaving feedback on the many blogs out there. This was due to a loss in interest and motivation in the hobby after a death in the family...
View ArticleWinter Woods - Norway 1940 - The Road to Dombas - part 2
This is a work in progress for The Road to Dombas project but things are coming along quite quickly so I thought I would do another post.First up, Winter Woods. Rather than single trees, this time I...
View ArticleNorway 1940 - The Road to Dombas - part 3.
I have been quite busy with this project and finished most of the terrain, I just need to do some small items like signposts, more fencing, (also waiting for the model wire to arrive for my barbed wire...
View ArticleNorway 1940 - The Road to Dombas. (Well on the way)
Apologies for lack of blog posts lately, but I have been busy with volume 3, which is now at the graphic design stage with Steve Lampon.Setting the Scene Volume 3 ‘The Road to Dombås’Setting the Scene,...
View ArticleLate Addition to The Road To Dombas volume 3
 Steve is well on the way to finishing the graphic design on the Setting The Scene volume 3 Road to Dombas book. Unfortunately, I have thrown a spanner in the works and delayed this slightly by giving...
View ArticleTHE ROAD TO DOMBAS Volume 3 - GOING TO PRESS ON MONDAY 2nd NOVEMBER. Postage,...
 Update, The Road to Dombås, 29th October. Proof copy of TRtD has arrived and is being checked one last time. It will go to press in the next few days – probably Monday. When Steve sends it to press...
View ArticlePROXY NAPOLEONIC - WIP 1.
 My latest project, Proxy Napoleonic is not for the purist of this period, so if your thing is having the correct flags and uniforms in the right time frame and only the correct Orders of Battle will...
View ArticleGENERAL UPDATE & NAP WIP 2.
 It has been a while since my last update but I have been busy with the Nap project, as well as other hobby related things. (apologies for my neglect in commenting on your blogs of late.) First of all,...
View ArticleBRUNSWICK + TERRAIN MAT - NAP WIP 3
 My latest update I have finished three more battalions of French which gives me 24 battalions. As you know, it is not just the painting of the figures but also the painting and flocking of the bases,...
View ArticleSTART OF THE CAVALRY - NAP WIP 4
 Latest update with the Napoleonic project is a few of units of cavalry. Two units of mounted French Dragoons and the dismounted versions to go with them. The dismounted figures I had painted...
View ArticleSTART OF THE ARTILLERY, PLUS MORE CAVALRY - NAP WIP 5
 Although the bigger part of this collection is aimed towards General d'armee, the sabot basing allows me to skirmish game using Sharp Practice. As I have recently just played a couple of the Sharp...
View ArticleLARGE WALLED FARMS, plus MAGNETIZED HILLS & TREES. NAP WIP 6.
 It has been a while since my last post but I have been busy on the terrain front both with this and the next blog post.This post covers the four enclosed farms plus 13 feet of hills/ridgeline, plus...
View ArticleRIVERS - NAP WIP 7
 First of all, I would like to wish you all a happy and healthy new year, and my apologies for not posting anything on this blog since last November. The pictures in this post are of my river sections...
View ArticleWOODLAND & CANALS - NAP WIP 8
 I have just finished making 6ft of canals, 14 woodland bases, and a girder bridge for my river sections.The woodland bases each have three magnetized trees (made previously for sitting on the banks of...
View ArticleWIP 9 MDF Buildings.
 The MDF buildings in this post are from Sarissa, Colin at Charlie Foxtrot models, and eBay. The outbuildings, Greenhouse, and the tractor are just a straightforward paint job, whereas the bigger...
View ArticleWIP 10 for my ongoing project.
 I have made some bases for the buildings that I did in the last post, plus an allotment, more hills, stream, railway embankment, wheatfields, 15ft fencing, gates, slit trenches, and some outhouses. A...
View ArticleQUATRE BRAS in 28mm
 Well, you may think I have been quiet on the hobby front with no posts on this blog for over 9 months but you would be wrong. I have been busy working away on my Quatre Bras project and have now done...
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