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A Barrage Marker for Chain of Command.
A very quick (half an hour)Â and easy way to make a Barrage Marker.Cut four thin strips of balsa wood 18 inches long and hot glue these together to form a square. I do this by placing a one inch square...
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A DRIVE IN THE COUNTRY- Additional WW2 German support and Chain of Command...
I have just finished another four vehicles for my WW2 German force, which now brings the tally up to eight.   I already had the Panzer IV and three half tracks, I then painted up a troop leaders half...
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WIP Terrain & Vehicles.
A little update of what I am working on at the moment. I have put together a row of houses from 4Ground and decided I needed to put these on a base. IÂ will probably do the same for some of my other...
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FOR SALE WW2.
I am thinking of selling my WW2 War in the Pacific project as I cant see myself ever completing it.The huts are old Airfix kits from the 1970's and are now out of production and quite rare. I have...
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Making Garden Walls and a Base for a Row of Houses.
I purchased some of the excellent houses from www.4Ground.co.uk a while ago and finally got around to building the kits. I decided to add to them by giving them front and rear gardens and a base.I...
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MAKING SLIT TRENCHES (CoC) & LONG TRENCHES
I have finished some more support options for the excellent WW2 rule set, Chain of Command. I have previously made the barbed wire, road blocks and minefields and to finish off the static defensive...
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SALUTE LOOT 2014
I had a great day at Salute once again this year but unfortunately I run out of time and didn't get to see many of the games. Number one priority for me is the trade stands and meeting up with friends...
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RUSSIAN TRANSPORT ON THE CHEAP.
I have painted the first of my WW2 Russians and given them some cheap transport using LLedo diecast vehicles which I bought off ebay for about £1 each plus postage.They are 1/56 scale, so work okay for...
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1812 THE AMERICAN WAR @ ZULU WAR WIP & BLACK POWDER SUPPLEMENT
I have been painting some figures for a couple of friends, Paul Doe and Simon Walker. For Paul, I have just finished the 28mm Knuckleduster figures from the 1812 American War range. These figures are...
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ZULU WAR HORSE
I have just finished painting these chaps for Simon Walker, they are the superb figures from Empress Miniatures 'Anglo Zulu War' range. As I mentioned in my previous post, I found it hard work...
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WW2 ALLIED ARMOUR batch 1
I have recently finished painting my first batch of 28mm Allied Armour, not counting the die cast vehicles that I have been practising on. These are made by Warlord and so far we have a Daimler Dingo...
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Panzer Grenadier Deluxe - WW2 Rules Review.
I have just received my copy of the new 'Panzer Grenadier Deluxe' tactical WW2 rules, written by Dave Brown, author of the excellent Napoleonic rule set General de Brigade.Dave contacted me and asked...
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WW2 ALLIED ARMOUR part 2 SHERMAN TANKS.
Here we have my second batch of WW2 vehicles painted up. These are a troop of Sherman's with a Firefly.I have also just finished another batch so I will be taking photo's of those for the next post and...
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WW2 ARMOUR part 3. T-34/85, Humber & Tetrarch Light Tank
The latest three vehicles I have painted are from left to right, Tetrarch Light Tank, Humber Scout Car and a Warlord plastic, Soviet T-34/85 Medium Tank. I have not given the Tetrarch any markings as I...
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WW2 Armour part 4. PANZER GREY
 There is quite a bit of discussion on the forums regarding what colour to use for painting Panzer Grey. From what I can gather, if you want to go for accuracy then you should be painting your vehicles...
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WW2 German Motorcycles with Side-cars(part 5). Plus New Games Room
Not the usual style pictures today as I have had to take these pictures at my work bench and not at the games table. When the new table is made, I will set the scene for these and take a few action...
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New Games Room finished.
The games room is now finished. Old wall knocked down and a new wall built further back to allow for a larger table, 10 x 5 instead of 7 x 5 feet. Also access all the way around the table, where as...
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Warlord ATG, Perry Kublewagen and Toy Panzer IV
Having been away for my summer holidays I am a little overdue in posting anything on the blog. So today is a bit of a mixed bag but it is all WW2 related.First of all we have a German 7.5cm Pak 40 Anti...
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Chain of Command Game, Scenario 7
Dave Green came around my place today to try out my new games room with the larger table and to give me a chance to take some pictures with the sky paper back drop.We had arranged to play a Chain of...
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British Platoon, Early & Late War, WW2.
Any uniform purists please look away now......I wanted an early and late war British platoon but I have used the same figures for both, just changing command and support figures over where needed due...
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