Good morning everyone! It is day 3 here at the UK Games Expo in Birmingham. Martin and Glenn are in hall 2 on stand 2-494. We can't wait to see you!

Today involved motorcycling, cake and coffee. Plus trip to Harley dealers to order more parts 👍

Day 2 at the UK Games Expo has come to an end. Thank you to everyone who came along today, we hope you had a fantastic time. If you are coming tomorrow we can't wait to see you!

And day 1 is done and dusted. Thanks to everyone who came along to the UK Games Expo today. To everyone coming over the weekend, we can't wait to see you!

“Your lupin or your life?”

What a fiddly bastard. But looks great and the metal deck gives a nice weight 👍

Whoever thought a metal deck went with a plastic hull with no locating pins wants a slap. 🤬

Life is full of lessons. Today’s was don’t leave your pond gloves outside overnight as a slug will crawl inside and go to sleep in one of the fingers 🤢🤮

Feeling proud of my achievements considering the state of the pump. Definitely better with the fountain attachment 😃

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Old ships off to a new home following successful eBay sale. Time to build these beauties.

Mostly this afternoon I have been trying to rescue the pond from my last few years of neglect

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Splendid afternoon at Belton House Lincs. Plus great haul in the bookshop £11 the lot 👍

Great ride out today with old school friend we drew some odd looks from fellow bikers confused by the motorcycle combo

Trip out in the sun

Seems to have worked just fine.

Marine juice applied. Slightly nervous time as I had to mix up a new batch and you never know how it will work out.

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This morning’s painting weapons metal and woodwork. Really like this warlord Dark Gun metal particularly when mat varnished.

Tricky these LotRs figures

More exceptional colour MDF buildings by Warbases.

Webbing, packs, boots and scabbards done 👍

Next stage basing, bright green tufts added

It's been a while since I filmed a show so here's the footage of the awesome 40th Anniversary Partizan show. youtu.be/RutSDxf42uA So bits are a little rough around the edges but I hope you enjoy it.

My Partizan haul

A quick bit of painting before heading to the gym

So from the top clockwise, collection of terrain pastes, small box of pewter Dwarves from the 90’s, 20mm DAK, 20mm Japanese, misc minis and scatter, 6mm Vietnam project, more scatter, 20 mm and 28mm Napoleonic’s, Burrows and Badgers finally 10mm Zulus and ACW Union. It’s like a drawer of holding 😂

Apparently I’m not allowed to buy anymore soldiers (tomorrow) unless I know exactly what I have got already. Seems a tad unreasonable.

Slow progress but that’s the first coat for the uniforms

Morning painting going well.

In the latest QnA Episode of The Old Front Line, Q&A we examine missing soldiers, identity, nationality and trust in Alsace-Lorraine, landowners on the battlefields, and the worst casualty days of WWI.

Back to work. Stage three basing dry brush GW tyrant skull

Had a break from painting to pop to warhammer world. Not been round the exhibition for a few years. I consider myself lucky that it’s my local shop

Basing Japanese stage two wash with Army Painter light tone

On the painting table today some Medbury Diggers

The village of Fallowmere, once prosperous, now weathered by time and tide. As the mist drifts slowly through the crooked lanes before settling in the eaves of old stone and timber buildings. The fields beyond once carefully tended now lie patchy and fallow more often than fruitful.

Stage one basing AK sandy desert

Got to that difficult point now. Should I stop 🤔.

Back at the painting desk, highlighting and tidying up.

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Marine juice the best wash in town.

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Can’t believe that this lot are nearly done. Very easy to paint.

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Well they have been a dream to paint so far.

Due to the overwhelming number of requests we have extended our preorder window for orders to collect at Partizan to midnight on Thursday the 14th! This means you still have a couple of days to get your order in for collection at the show!

On the painting table this week. Japanese infantry by the Assault Group