Often, for undaunted courage, fate spares the man it has not already marked. (Just as often it casts his sword hand separately). Our fantastic new Beowulf model by Paul Muller - hopefully in the shop this weekend!

The Kampfgruppe Arnhem Hickstarter preorder is now live!!!! www.empressminiatures.com/kampgruppe-a... Finishes 9th December #chainofcommand #boltaction #28mmArnhem #28mmgermans

A fourth section of Kings African Rifles for #ChainofCommand. I always like to add another section when I can as a support option, so I thought I'd better paint one just in case. 15mm figures from Peter Pig and Eureka. #spreadthelard

#OTD in 1944, operation Alan, the capture of Den Bosch began, with 53 "Welsh" Infantry & 7 Armoured Division participating. #WW2 #HISTORY

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CoC2 re-learn. And in the jungle as well! I’ve got some ideas about a Japanese bunker scenario/campaign so trying a few things out today. #spreadthelard #15mm #wargaming

Second of two video reports on the 1813 wargame at the Shed O War. III Austrian Corps vs parts of the Grande Armee. #wargames #wargaming #shedowar Leipzig 1813 - General d’Armee. Day two report. Wargaming the wars of Napoleon youtu.be/Roti593Feb8

Winter Wonder Lard VI, Bristol’s premier Lardy day will be held at Bristol Independent Gaming on Saturday 7th February 2026. We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’ #SpreadTheLard

A little side project of some LRDG troopers & DAK officers for #ChainofCommand in the Desert or solo games of #DAKAttack. Really enjoyed painting up these little guys.

#Wargaming weekend to replace Fall In Playing #Midgard with 30 yesr old #Warhammer Fantasy armies #Nerdlings #spreadthelard

Some more from Not Fall In #wargaming #Nerdlings #Warhammer #spreadthelard 12 of us renting a wee country inn for the weekend.

The first of my Arnhem Heroes that has been fully blocked in and washed. First relayering of the trousers done, and few more shade of highlights left on those, and then weapons and webbing and weathering. #spreadthelard

We are looking for some test painters for the 1/72 Nap. Russians!

#Tolkientober day 12: brotherhood “His seven sons leapt straightway to his side and took the selfsame vow together, and red as blood shone their drawn swords in the glare of the torches.” 1/2

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers. Including: Lustrum 2026 GoH - me 🤩; next Omentielva; SoCailquendi Yule; (Last) Tolkien to Busan; Mythlore 44/1 out; mounted on the monster; crochet Gandalf & Frodo; Bird & Baby to return; RIP Becky 😢... and more...

Following the success in the assault on Essars, in the next game of #ChainofCommand the Germans, keen to press home their advantage, pushing forward on both flanks at Gorre to force the Royal Irish Fusiliers to deploy early. As they rushed forward supported by a Panzer III… #spreadthelard.

Facts* about our miniatures: 1. When you're not looking they come to life 2. They're cast in the fiery depths of an active volcano 3. You are guaranteed to roll more sixes when they're on the table *Facts may not actually be facts in the technical sense of the word.

Austrian III Corps, 2nd and 3rd infantry divisions……Autumn 1813. 1st Division and Avant Garde already engaged. Just putting troops out in preparation for my two day 1813 game at the Shed O War. I am labelling all the units tonight and tomorrow. #spreadthelard #wargames #wargaming #shedowar

Two more listings of stuff for sale: Mediterranean village terrain - 15mm: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29767920... Various 15mm scenery - fields / walls etc: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/29768119...

Burma 1942 Indian Army Plt ready for CoC2. These are 8th Army 15mm from Forged in Battle. Once the weather clears I’ll prime them up, base them properly and start painting them up. #spreadthelard #wargaming #15mm

Leaving the hobbits concealed, Strider steps out on to the Last Bridge. There are no Nazgûl. He finds the beryl stone that Glorfindel left two days ago. Strider leads the hobbits across the bridge, then off the Road into the stony hills to its north.

On 8 October 2015: The Art of The Lord of the Rings was published. Edited by Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, this books gives a valuable insight into J.R.R. #Tolkien as an artist and features nearly 200 sketches, drawings, maps and paintings by J.R.R. Tolkien. An essential purchase. #BookSky

March of the Ents by Ted Nasmith 🍃

Gandalf and Gwaihir by Ivan Cavini 🦅

While I'm working on the new NekroWorld bases, here's a look at the terrain bundle available as STLs corvusgamesterrain.com/collections/... #3Dprinting #wargaming #necrons #warhammer40k #killteam #miniatures #scifi #grimdarkfuture #onepagerules #robotlegions #paintingwarhammer #OPR

New post to open the series on the Second Battle of Aachen 7/8-21 October 1944. substackcdn.com/image/fetch/...

#OnThisDay in 1948, #Tolkien writes to Ronald Eames. Tolkien sends his spare copy of Farmer Giles of Ham, which is uncorrected, to Ronald Eames. This copy is to be sent on to the illustrator Pauline Baynes. He believes that it will serve her in preparation for illustrating the book. (1/2)

Just started reading this latest escapee from the pile of shame. What an unexpected gem! Only a few pages in but what a deeply thought provoking and interesting book!

I made this Late Roman officer out of the old Salute St George that someone gave me. He was wearing far too much mail for the period, so I gave him new plastic legs and hands after carving off the original shield. I gave him a sword instead of an axe after I took the picture.

A very interesting talk.

@brigadegames.bsky.social has a load of cool stiff sculpted by @hicksy.bsky.social and you should buy it.

Happy 17th birthday to my boy ❤️

Anyscale, Ironclad, Warbases and some Bad Squiddo figures for good measure. Jump off points, replen points, scatter terrain/objective markers and the last (probably) addition to my rural garage/petrol station. #ChainOfCommand2

Check out my fancy photo studio - a quiet corner of my storage unit building! Taking pics of the Patrick Miniatureschapel for a @wssmagazine.bsky.social article

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September 1944, ramp of the Rhine Bridge in Arnhem. This could well be my family, after being told to evacuate the city of Arnhem, just after operation Market Garden. (They lived south of the Rhine River.) #WW2 #HISTORY

Slap a couple of washes on the Frenchies and it makes a world of difference. On to highlighting and finishing! #wargaming #spreadthelard #chainofcommand

WIP Middle-earth Orcs for Midgard A bit of freehand on the banners

Progressing some Mediterranean theatre buildings for Chain of Command. All 15mm 3d prints from various sources. Exteriors done but interiors still to do. #15mm #wargaming #spreadthelard

#OTD in 1944. Operation Market Garden. This picture always makes me sad. Men - risking their lives being outside the Hartenstein Hotel - displaying a yellow parachute to signal planes where to drop supplies. Most fell in German hands. #WW2 #HISTORY

TTT Week 095 - Tolkien Tuesday: Neither ‘Foolhardy’ Nor German Join The Man of the West as we take a look at Tolkien’s surname and read more on C.S. Lewis and his misspelling of Númenor. youtu.be/gA9XELIMNH4

Working on more commission painted Indochina war 20mm miniatures. French Infantry with customer completing basing.

As I prepared the table for the continuation of Kampfgruppe Von Luck, I took the chance to snap some photos of my completely finished British Airborne unit.

A couple of FDM printed buildings for 15mm #chainofcommand #wargaming #flamesofwar

Happy Birthday to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins

I do love a good map.....Happy Birthday to the Bagginses

Happy Birthday to Bilbo and Frodo Baggins!