So its been a little while since my last blog post and I thought that […]
The United Colonies of Mankind lay the hammer down…
So after quite a bit of work and a lot of late nights the United […]
The UCM are coming…
So after much haranguing from members of my club who want to see what is […]
Grande Armee: The Austrian Advance Guard from Wagram 1809 in 6mm
So, its been a little while since I have posted a painting blog but thats […]
Grande Armee: Basing 6mm Austrians for the Austrian Hauptarmee of 1809
The thing about Grande Armee and 6mm figures is that there is just so damned […]
Grande Armee: Painting the infantry of Archduke Charles Austrian Hauptarmee of 1809 in 6mm
Archduke Charles of Austria has gone down in history as one of the only men […]
A Taste for Black Powder! Spanish Napoleonics in 15mm
With the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo rapidly hoving into view, I felt […]
Russo Japanese War Scenery – The Harbour Town
Wargaming naval actions in 1/3000 presents a certain amount of problems, the main one being […]
Flintloque… the Ferach invasion of Catalunia.
Orcs, vs Goblins, vs Elves (Ferach) vs Dark Elves and all other manner of shenanigans! […]
Deadloque – Black Powder Fantasy in the Frozen Witchlands…
Occasionally you will come across these ‘periods’ in wargaming that seduce you with terrible figures […]
A Brief Interlude – Warhammer Ancients
On occasion, we get a chance to move backwards in time and uncover some of […]
The Japanese Combined Fleet 1904-1905
Japan started the Russo Japanese war as a definite underdog. Expected by all western nations […]
The Battle of Chemulpo – 9th February 1904
Despite all the attention it has received from historians, the attack on Port Arthur was […]
The Floating Defence of Vladivostok 1904
In 1904 the main armoured cruiser squadron was based at Vladivostok. Consisting of 4 of […]
The Imperial Russian 1st Pacific Squadron
So last week we took a look at the 2nd and 3rd Pacific Squadrons that […]
The Imperial Russian 2nd & 3rd Pacific Squadrons
So… after waxing lyrical about the sweaty desires I have had to paint boats with […]
Preparing miniatures for gaming the Russo Japanese Naval War 1904-1905
In the beginning… I’ve had a long interest in all thing military, mechanical and mighty…and […]