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Williamite Wars & WW2 WIP.

These are 28mm figures from 'Warfare Miniatures' that I have just finished painting for Ralph Spencer, a friend at my place of work . I don't know much about this period but having seen these excellent...

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AUTUMN TREES & PLOUGHED FIELDS.

Rather than the usual green trees that you get on your wargames table I fancied something with a bit more colour and so asked Ralph Spencer to make me some Autumn trees with reds, golds and browns. He...

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TANKS A LOT (WW2 & Modern Afghanistan)

No posts on this blog for the last three weeks as I have been busy painting 20 x vehicles and I have to say I am glad it is done as I felt like I was never going to get them finished.Here is a picture...

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CIVILIANS, MARKET STALLS, INSURGENTS & MR BIG.

I have know finished my latest batch of figures and terrain ready for the release of 'Fighting Season', 'Too Fat Lardies' modern adaption of their WW2 skirmish rule set, 'Chain of Command'.In my last...

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AN ARMOURED ENGAGEMENT - Chain of Command.

I really like the vehicle rules with Chain of Command  so I thought it would be fun to try out a game using lots of armour.  One of my gaming friends said I would probably need a huge table for this to...

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WW2 German Autumn Camouflage.

I have just finished painting a platoon of Waffen SS in (mostly) Autumn camouflage. It was quite time consuming but I am happy with the end result. Rather than the usual summer camo, I fancied the...

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Historian Speaking on Battle of Rorkes Drift.

I have been asked to pass the word. If you live in the bath area, this may be just up your street.Cheers,Pat.Dear Pat I have an event that I think you and your followers would be interested in and I...

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WW2 2pdr ATG, FOO, Civilians and Terrain, West Wind Campaign .

The 2pdr ATG is from Warlord Miniatures. This is a great little model that I have just completed for my Brits along with a couple of extra crew from the plastic infantry sprue and the chap with the...

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Blitzkrieg Batch One, plus CoC Westwind Campaign

My first batch of early war Germans from Warlord Miniatures and once again very nice figures. I have another four batches of these to come in future posts.MG34 MMG Team.37mm PaK 36 Anti Tank...

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Table set for another Big CoC Game, plus BRIT PARA WIP.

Dave Green is bringing his Soviets over to my place this Saturday for another game of 'BIG' Chain of Command. We have yet to sort out all the details and support lists but we will be playing Scenario...

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WW2 British Paratrooper Platoon plus supports.

I have just finished painting a full platoon of British Paratroopers plus their supports for the 'Too Fat Lardies''Pint Sized' campaign, 'Kampfgruppe von Luck' which is to be used with 'At the Sharp...

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GROUNDS FOR A CHATEAU

I assembled and painted the excellent laser cut Chateau from Sarissa Precision a while ago but wanted to finish it off by setting it in its own grounds.As it was going to cover quite a large area 16" x...

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A STABLE YARD, CHURCH & HIGH WALLS FOR NORMANDY.

It has been a month since my last post but as you will see, I have been busy.My last post was the 'grounds for the Chateau' but I had still needed to finish it off with the stable yard. The stable...

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Napoleonic figures 'FOR SALE'

French Light Infantry Battalion.Heavy and Light Cavalry plus Mounted General.British InfantryThese figures are individually based for the 'TOO FAT LARDIES' rule set 'SHARP PRACTICE' and with the...

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GERMAN REINFORCEMENTS & NEW CoC BASES.

I have recently finished a couple of batches of German Infantry and first up are some 'Wargames Foundry' German Sentry's. I will be using these to guard a high ranking German Officer who happens to be...

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EARLY WAR Chain of Command

My mate John Warren came around my place today for a game of Chain of Command. I based the scenario from one of the WW2 campaigns out of the 'Too Fat Lardies' Summer Special with a few alterations to...

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COMMANDO RAID (CoC) picture heavy.

First of all Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year for 2016 to all of you that visit this blog.I recently finished painting some British Commandos to add to my growing WW2 collection, the figures are...

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Setting The Scene, The Ardennes. (part 1) Flexible terrain mat & roads

WW2 The Ardennes 1944 or Battle of the Bulge.INTRODUCTION.This is the start of my new project for 2016, although I started researching and collecting for this during the autumn of 2015.  I plan on...

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FOR SALE - Church Ruins for Historical or Fictional/Frostgrave

These 28mm church/cathedral ruins from Monolith Designs I think are now out of production, as I don't believe the company is still running. There are 13 x sections of church that I have given a...

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SETTING THE SCENE (part 2) Recycling Old Terrain. Plus ebay sale.

For part 2 of my 'Setting the Scene' project, I have dug out some of my old terrain pieces that rarely get to see the light of day and 'winterised' them. Obviously if you do this, then they can't be...

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