What if Rommel’s wife had flu and he didn’t leave Normandy when he did, what if Rommel has moved 12 Pzr, 22nd Pzr, 26th PzrGren and 25th Pzr to the St Lo/Bayeux region on 2nd June? Interesting “what if D-Day failed” read.

For our club's upcoming Lardy day, I am planning on a refighting of the 53rd Battalion of Chasseurs Alpins (BCA) defence of Biville-la-Baignarde on the 10th June 1940. You can read the historical background to the fight below. #wargaming #battleoffrance1940 #spreadthelard

Who doesn't love a little bit of scatter terrain? A 20mm garden filler complete with garden path and grow box. Pleased with how it looks, now to knock out some more. #miniatures #spreadthelard #wargaming #terrain

Finally added the commander to lead my trio of R35s. Finished with them and very pleased. #miniatures #spreadthelard #wargaming

A change up from Early War French, a small hobbit armed with a pie and sword. Very difficult not to paint him in camo green/brown and give him a MAS-36 rifle and Adrian helmet. #miniatures #rolemaster #thievinghobbit #pocketeses

More scatter, this time jambon in 20mm STL print from www.thingiverse.com/thing:4777301 #spreadthelard #wargaming

Some French AHN trucks for that valiant dash across the board towards an objective. Scaled up from original 1:100 scale to 20mm. STL print from www.wargaming3d.com/product/1-10... #spreadthelard #wargaming

Always a pleasure to catch up with @historianinharness.bsky.social at Warfare 2025. A sneak peek at the forthcoming rulebook and a chance to enjoy the enthusiasm that is infectious (oh and some lovely trebuchets too!). #ecorcheurs #medievalwargaming #wargaming

A little 20mm Citroen 11 CV for the gaming table. STL print from www.wargaming3d.com/product/citr... #spreadthelard #wargaming

A Sunday morning spent painting a custom French War Memorial in 20mm. Full details on the process on my blog: wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2025/11/fren... #terrain #spreadthelard #wargaming #remembrance

"Come and have a go if you think you’re LARD enough 2026" on Sat 24th January 2026 near Southampton. We’ve got 3 awesome CoC games on offer and lots of other lard themed games. #spreadthelard #chainofcommand #wargaming www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/come-and-a...

Coming soon to a friendly club on the South Coast of Hampshire on 24th January 2026... "Come and have a go if you think you're LARD enough 2026" #chainofcommand #spreadthelard #wargaming

20mm French R35 finally completed. I think the foliage adds a little something to them too. #spreadthelard #chainofcommand #wargaming #20mm

Something a little different - Setback and Disaster card holders for a Middle Earth inspired Strength & Honour game coming soon to a Lardy day near you (well if you are on the south coast anyway) #spreadthelard #strengthandhonour #2mm

20mm French R35 decals done, light dusty weathering done. Now to let dry throughly and varnish #spreadthelard #chainofcommand #wargaming #20mm

The Camembert drug crazed French R35 camouflage pattern is sort of complete. Next are the decals once I work out what the hell I need to do? #spreadthelard #chainofcommand #wargaming #20mm

Last night as the French successfully held off a German Blitzkrieg we bumped in to how fixed line Forward Observers mesh with the abstraction/virtualisation of Forward Observers in the new rules. Anyway a suggestion - the Forward Observation Point (FOP) #wargaming #spreadthelard #chainofcommand

I hope there is a special level of Hell that the Camembert drug crazed French designer of their camouflage pattern resides in! What’s wrong with good ‘ol olive drab? #spreadthelard #chainofcommand #wargaming #20mm

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

Some more musings on Chain of Command² Rule Clarifications - this time Bunched Targets, Bunkers and Smokey Tanks wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2025/09/chai... #spreadthelard #wargaming #rtfm

Great progress on the Frenchies. Base painting done and now the exquisite joy of the application of a wash to actually make them half decent. Why do base coated minis look they have been painted by a toddler? Painted as per wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2025/07/pain... #spreadthelard #wargames

Another bunch of 20mm French infantry and AT gun crews begun. Hardest part of painting as it seems you have miles to go and the enthusiasm can be hard to find. Painting as per wargamingthings.blogspot.com/search/label... #wargaming #spreadthelard

Backed already, check out Écorcheurs! by Gripping Beast on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/gri...

Time to make some wheat fields - only a throw from Dunelm was hurt and not teddy bears were skinned alive - I promise! Followed @tacticalpainter.bsky.social approach and pleased with the results too. #wargaming #wargamingterrain #terrain #20mm

A fantastic weekend at We Have Ways Fest, more photos to follow but this is from the ENSA show, Al Murray as Cilla Schwarz - with yes that is Bomber Harris (Charlie Higson) and "Jumping Jack" Gavin #whwf25

Boys AT fun at #whwf25

Full on weekend of nerdy WW2 waffle, even time for a bit of Big CoC #spreadthelard #wehaveways #whwf25

I needed a place to keep my findings on some Chain of Command 2 rule clarifications, so the sort of thing a blog is good for, right? Will add in others if and when I come cross them. #spreadthelard #wargaming

Proud to be the 173rd 😎 on @BackerKit for New Guinea Campgain Vol. 1 - Australian Infantry. new-guinea-campgain-vol-1-australian-infantry.backerkit.com/community_sh...

At Colours 2025 I had a fantastic chat with passionate @historianinharness.bsky.social about upcoming kickstarter for Écorcheurs (which I butcher when I try and pronounce it). Looks like a great narrative driven ruleset for the HYW period. (Sorry for the bad photo btw) #Ecorcheurs #hundredyearswar

A throwback to the 1980's, great fun and no going diagonally! #boardgames #1980s

A change up and a play with 2mm Strength & Honour - yes 2mm that is a scale that @markbackhouse29.bsky.social is very keen on. Will hopefully see these on the table soon. #2mm #strengthandhonour #spreadthelard #2mmIsARealScale

The "Long Dark Tea Time of the Soul" to me perfectly sums up my current lack of enthusiasm to paint my "pile of shame". I wonder how others crack on and produce so many excellent figures at pace - my get up and go has got up and gone 😀 #wargaming #spreadthelard #paintingbrickwall

Pharos all completed ready for The Other Partizan. We will be showcasing a Strength and Honour naval variant game. It’ll be based around the Siege of Alexandria in 47BC. #spreadthelard

Bouteilles Incendiaires!!! For when you realise that the red is corked and there is a Panzer coming your way! More Early War French fun in 20mm #wargaming #thisrediscorked #spreadthelard #20mm

Lovely figure in 20mm to represent that ever so slightly Inferior Senior Leader in my French 1940 Platoon. Sadly lost a couple of the squad to the Milky Varnish of Doom 😡 #wargaming #spreadthelard #20mm

Two sections down two to go (including the support one) for my WW2 French platoon for the CoC2 Gembloux Gap campaign

With the advent of CoC2, there are some compatibility's and enhancements that are need to work with 1940 Blitzkrieg rules, Take a look at my classifications for Support options in 1940. #spreadthelard #chainofcommand2 #chainofcommand wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2025/08/upda...

V-B Team completed as part of the 20mm Early War French forces, second squad completed too but will post them later #20mm #spreadthelard #wargaming

German anti-film Der Tiger is the first Amazon MGM Studios feature to land a local theatrical release.

Painting of my 20mm Early War French continue, V-B Team and another squad. Plenty more to go though #wargaming #20mm #spreadthelard

Working my way through my Early War French squads in 20mm #20mm #spreadthelard #wargaming

The pile of 3D printed shame as begun to shrink. First pass of 1940 French, ready to start highlighting and polishing up. #wargames #spreadthelard #minatures

The answer is a fuel tank or possibly a jam tank for the Poles at Driel #spreadthelard #wargaming #20mm

When a war gamer looks at an empty yeast tin, what do they see? #spreadthelard #wargaming #20mm

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Now on the table some mostly single storey rural houses and a factory expansion for French/Dutch scenarios #wargaming #20mm #spreadthelard

If you play with Stukas then you are going to need some UXB markers eventually for those 500lb friends that don't go off as expected #spreadthelard #wargaming #20mm

Project Industrial Estate is done. Buildings washed and grimed up a bit and a little veg added too #spreadthelard #wargaming #20mm