Feeling proud that I passed over a 1:48 scale kit of a Chinook helicopter for £15 at the booter this morning, given I haven't even decided upon a scale for Vietnam. I have some 20mm Airfix figures, and a 1/72 Huey. WILLPOWER

Does anyone know of a good supplier of 28mm miniatures that look like these fine folk from Merna, Kansas in 1886? #DeadMansHand #WhatACowboy #OldWest

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... VOTE FOR OLD WEST STUFF FROM VICTRIX #DEADMANSHAND #WHATACOWBOY Thank you, pardners!

Wild west town update number 509....for anyone who's mildly interested 🤣 #DeadMansHand #WhatACowboy

Yeah, this looks alright. Not going with the "HOTEL" sign though, this will either be a high end boardinghouse (refs required) or a 50cent lodging house for drifters. On to weathering and basing.

They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but a Wild West Hotel wasn't built in a week....it's a great kit design though, all the parts fit flush, unlike the saloon of posts past. From AQS Design on eBay.

New video and this one is a bit different as I take you on a tour of my terrain in its new home in the PAX wardrobe. Take a look here: #wargaming youtu.be/VM0J-TZe4nA

The eBook of Castle is only 99p right now. Repost this for a chance to win a signed copy of the original hardback edition. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Is it weird for me to prefer knocking up terrain, buildings and scenery, to actually painting my backlog of figures? Maybe I was a set designer jn a previous life....

I thought 7thSon off of Plastic Crack was a bit hyperbolic about his MDF trebuchet. This Wild West hotel kit is on another level of insanity.

Mantronix Monday. This one's a bit more " easy listening" than his other stuff.

Imagine if this was really a leader of a country saying this.

With 6 days till #Salute2026 I am still 50/50 whether to go 28mm or 10mm for entry into Medieval stuff. Love the look of #WargamesAtlantic and #Victrix knights, serjants and so on as well as #Footsore Welsh champions, however looking at the #Midgard website the small stuff looks decent too.

I think I've developed a bit of a backlog of varmints that need a lick of paint.

Last night I dreamt that the shift manager in my local McDonalds asked me why I had a pocket full of coffee stirrers.

Gotta love YouTube history documentaries youtu.be/sXBgNNtEJ6M?...

No modelling or painting today just on the lash ha ha

How the church is now, windows can wait another day. #15mm #chainofcommand #whatatanker

Primed and awaiting a paint job tomorrow. Pretty chuffed with what came from an old Xmas bauble and a bottle of Tesco Fruit Splash. #15mm ##spreadthelard #scratchbuild

That's it, I'm convinced. I need a 3D printer for terrain.

I've four days to knock up some 15mm terrain for a school game of What a Tanker...Soviets v Germans. Any ideas welcome and begged for! #spreadthelard @joewargamer.bsky.social @toofatlardies.bsky.social Two days to be honest, starting Saturday morning!

The pup is really annoyed at @stormofsteel.bsky.social banging on about IABSM. She must be a Flames of War nut.

Ideas for Soviet 1940s scatter terrain welcomed. What will make this scenery look more "lived in" (besides an angry babushka waving her hankie)? #15mm #chainofcommand

Hobby hacks. Cosmetic boxes make great hobby boxes.

This is quite swift progress for me. Might get them painted by April. 15mm anti bear/fascist village izba fences.

While I'm certain I need to be cracking on with a real fence outdoors, I end up making some shtaketnik for my Soviet village. Hey ho. The Warbases WaT dashboards are nice too. #whatatanker #spreadthelard #15mm

Midgard Heroic Battles research begins (after United v Newcastle of course) #midgard

Recommendations please for >ahem< "Dark Age" 6th to 10th c. warriors, kings and co that would make decent Britons v Saxons in 28mm.... #Midgard #Pillage

Hammerhead was good, two nice VBCW tables and a nice chat with @mogsymakes.bsky.social about Midgard, will definitely have a dabble (and the Mead junior version). Time to research Kings of Gwynedd. Some nice Baccus 6mm desert stuff.

Sorting out new storage for the DAK

Help me base Monty's Caravan! Best advice gets carried out. #6mm #8tharmy #desertrats #gunnerwho?

Birthday coming up, deciding between the Barons War starter set or a Bambu A1 Mini. Advise me.

North Africa in 6mm (1/300) resurfaced for @hutchinlondon.bsky.social

Just happened across this amazing channel youtube.com/@medievalwar... and it's created an inch I've got to scratch. Guess those 15mm German and Soviets will be waiting a lot longer.

While it's obviously not on the level of Geek Villain, this £7 stopgap from Temu should be decent enough for 15mm.

Gimme miniatures for this!

#OtD 8 Feb 1937 tens of thousands of Spanish civilians - mostly families with children and the elderly - fleeing Malaga in the Civil War were bombarded from the air and sea by Spanish, German and Italian fascist forces killing up to 5000 people. More: workingclasshistory.com/2020/06/17/e...

Tough week, Zvezda will make things better.

What does one do, when one has a "to paint" backlog? (a) Get on with it, or (b) add to the backlog.

More #3dprinting advice please from any #wargamer who knows.... The scratch I want to itch is to be able make a 3D print, for 28mm scale (1/48-1/56) of this character. What would I need to do to make this happen? Software, printer, accessories? Thank for your attention to this matter.

We’re just innocent men

Top kitbash ideas here youtu.be/noY0Ru0nJno?...

VBCW is a great setting, with plausible "factions" [sic] backed by history. What figures are available for a 2026 VACW?

File under obscure and niche questions. Has anyone removed the blanket roll from a Perry's ACW 28mm figure? If so, how did you do it? #wargaming #miniatures

A 3.5 hour daily commute means I can devour #wargaming podcasts, if not actually any hobby as Im too knackered after a 13 hour shift. Shout out to my current favourite the #TooFatLardies Oddcast. Great host Sidney Roundtree with really erudite and in-deptg chat from Richard Clarke and Nick Skinner

Very moving visit to Thiaroye today. This is the site where Senegalese soldiers just returned from having participated in the Liberation of France were massacred by the French. Excavations are ongoing to find more bodies in the mass graves. Recent estimates by scholars put death toll at 300-400.

I love the smell of Uhu in the evening, it smells like victory. Mix of Hinchcliffe, Foundry, Great Escape, Copplestone, Perry and 3DBreed all awaiting a break in the shitty English weather to prime. #DeadMansHand #WhatACowboy

With great trepidation. That dang saloon is back. Had to saw off loads of tabs to put it together but it will work, because the Old West was dusty and dirty. There will be LED lighting inside. On to the hotel tomorrow, wish me luck.