The latest addition to my painting arsenal, yep make up sponges 😂 Going to have a crack at using them to speed up my horse painting process as I’ve got a shedload of Bavarian pony wallopers to paint. Watched a video on YouTube how they do it and the results look quite good.

Showing Bavaria a bit of love today. These chaps have sat around for ages in a nearly complete state and it’s only going to take an hour or so they finish them. 28mm 3d prints from Piano Wargames. Bavarian napoleonic 6th light infantry battalion LaRoche and very nice figures they are indeed

Three different views of 17-year old Marina Ginestà on top of Hotel Colon in Plaça Catalunya on 21 July 1936 staged and taken by German born Juan Guzmán, plus overview over all of Guzmán's photos of her, on the roof of Hotel Colón and in Bujalaruz, Aragón with Durruti and soviet journalist Koltsov.

Rebooting my YouTube for 2026, the first of what I hope will be many videos. youtu.be/w2auQ3LnuYw

Born #OnThisDay 29 Jan 1919 Marina Ginestà in Toulouse to politicised working class exiled Catalan parents. Family returned to Barcelona 1928, prewar communist youth and war. 1939 escaped Franco's Spain, exile in LatAm, later France, 1970s won Cat literary award for one of her novels. Died Paris2014

About halfway through the International Brigades, really starting to come together as a force now.

For the next few days, I shall be mostly reading this 😊 A quick flick through, and so far, so good. Lots of information, lots of images, both colour and black and white, that include some fabulous uniform colour plates. Fully intend to do a video review of this on my YouTube Channel.

German anti-Nazi exile magazine covers (1936-37) featuring images from the war in Spain.

Just the bases to finish off on these International Brigadiers. I hope to add some videos on my YouTube channel running through some of the processes I use when painting my stuff.

The basic shell is done. It looks a bit shite as it’s held together with masking tape!! Hopefully the end result will be a little less shonky😂

Busy busy😂

Another shouty bloke joins the growing ranks of my International Brigades force. A capo to command one of the Seccion Grupos. Once again it’s a 3D print from Ebro Miniatures.

A quiet morning reading one of my Christmas books and drinking coffee.

The production line on my desk. More International Brigades to battle my way through. Hoping that I can add more finished figures in 2026.

I can remember watching this and shouting at the TV😂 youtu.be/PauN2sthVAE?...

Still battling on with the SCW stuff. Another International Brigades soldier added to the growing Republican force 28mm Ebro Miniatures 3D print.

I forgot how nice some of the 10mm stuff is that I have in my stash. East German Volksarmee that just been their bases finishing off, and a Marder and Leopard 1 for the Bundeswehr forces. I’ve got these in 10mm and 28mm and they could be my 2026 project.

Venturing into the loft is a dangerous task, I inevitably find a long forgotten “project” that requires resurrection. This time round its this pile of shame that found its way down the loft ladder🤪😂

I find myself drifting back to a long forgotten project, 1980s Cold War. With the NVA fighting the Bundeswehr. The rather amazing STLs of vehicles from Bob Mack sent me back to my 28mm collection of Underfire Miniatures and the urge to torture myself painting Strichtarn😂

WW1 themed German death metal....well I never!! youtu.be/xv4RXADVHMs?...

The simple delight of my daughter working her way through her presents. HAPPY CHRISTMAS everyone, we hope you all have a wonderful day ❤️❤️

Any takers? 😂 Just a daft idea with the gents from the club I attend talking about gaming and history and if it works, I can try to grab a few luminaries for a chat.

I love a cheeky parcel delivery 😂

More models cleaned up and ready for undercoating. Love this time of year because I can hide from the crap weather in my nice warm painting pit and mess about with figures and wargames stuff.

Still the best Christmas song ever!! youtu.be/9NKHJ64qRR8?...

That’s one hell if a fashion statement 😂

Not entirely certain what possessed me to order these Micro Miniature brushes from DaVinci😂I do use a lot of small brushes so I though why not give em a whirl🤪

Mocking up covers for a freebie supplement I'm putting together for the Chain of Command rules from TFL.

It’s getting towards that time of year😂

International Brigades NCO and some poor bugger who has been issued with a Chauchat, possibly one of the worst machine rifles ever made.

1/72nd T-26. S-Models kit with an AB figures crew

THREAD Tonight is the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht- night of 9 November 1938 during which hundreds of German Jews were murdered and thousands of synagogues burnt. Contrast in Spanish Republican + Francoist press could not have been greater; the former despite its own desperate situation, CONT'D

Not the International Brigades, but FAI/CNT Militia from the Durrutti Column arriving to help defend the city from Franco's Nationalist forces. youtu.be/W8m65lVc5PQ?...

International Brigades DP-28 LMG team. 28mm Ebro Miniatures figures.

This AI stuff is actually quite clever😳

I know, I know its AI generated bollox, but I wanted to see how it animated my stuff😂

New model review up on my YouTube channel youtu.be/wjJHLGDpq3Y

I returned to my sadly neglected YouTube channel and shoved up another ten minutes of old man waffle. Here's the linky link if you want to see it youtu.be/FcmQQ4lk2Fc

Knocked together a set of markers for Chain of Command so I can match them to my figure bases..Now going to attempt to make a silicone mould and cast some copies up in resin!!

Not looking too shabby in monotone😂

Great photo album on the New Buckenham Historical Wargamers FB page of my 20mm Soviets battling against my mate Andy's Germans www.facebook.com/media/set?va...

Some 3D printed goodness in the shape of a 1/48th Pz1A. STL from Counlane Models the print was done by Dark Moon Printing on Etsy...It's a beautifully detailed little model and the best print I have bough to date.