I think that I am finally done with GW rules. I set aside my metal Sisters of Battle as their Rhinos were replaced with new versions before I had finished painting all of mine.Then I abandoned my Valhallens as there did not seem a way of proxying them under the new rules. Now my Orks need rebasing.

Once I finish the figures who defend the wagons and buildings I will have the 150 (143) figures need to defend at 1 to 1 scale. The Zulus I intend to have 450 rather then the 4500 . Should be interesting to see if the rules produce the same results.

Set up Rorkes Drift on my coffee table.

Just finished some stone walls. I had a few issues trying to get the look of the walls at Rorkes Drift as they look now, but with out them blending into the ground too much.

More EIR Romans for DBMM.

Barricades for Rorkes Drift.

As we are heading into winter and it’s too cold to decorate outside I’m getting some extra hobby time. In spare moments I’m assembling an M4A3E8 with 105mm from conversion kits that I tried to sell off and left overs from previous conversions. I could just buy a new kit for this and save some time.🤔

Recently a club member was selling off his collection. I managed to pick up the Warlord Games Rorkes Drift barricades and wagon plus twenty plastic Brits, so doubling the amount of both that I had already. I’ve just cleaned up the resin bits and assembled the Brits to go into the buildings.

Working on Warlord Games Rorke’s Drift. I added EVA foam on the walls made a veranda and based the outside storage area. It’s not entirely accurate but am happy so far.🧵

Alien Earth is meant to be a comedy, right? First two episodes I was thinking WTF. Episode three I started laughing at it. I mean Adrian Edmondson and Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) trying not to smirk. The kids in adult bodies thing. It has to be a comedy. youtu.be/zcAzFXHHxZU?...

A couple of ballistas and Ps(O) for dbmm.

Repainted a secondhand Kaptin Badrukk. Tried to copy the studio paint job.

Six elements of EIR bowmen.

Those were the days.

Truk needing a rigger.

Battlewagon just needs crew.

I had a bit of a wobble yesterday. Doctor thinks its an inner ear problem. Got up to pee and couldn't stand up without holding onto my bedroom walls etc. Going to make Wargaming impossible if it continues.😟

A unit of Gretchin made from some bits from the spares box. Daft Slaver was made from a Chaos Lord figure.

I’ve just started to watch Ashes to Ashes on Amazon Prime. I’d forgotten how good it is and am finding it hilarious at times. Not very woke for these times though. I lived and worked in London in the 80’s so that adds to the enjoyment, good soundtrack as well.

Had a good game of DBMM today. Won the game which was a much needed morale boost for this Army as it’s been on a losing streak for a while. Played my Ancient Brits verses Polybian Romans.

I finished some Ork Kommandos a couple of days ago.

I just gave up on it.

Lately I have been testing rule mods for Vietnamese using Battlegroup rules. Just a few photos of the two games. The first game needed some extra points for balance.🧵

Happy birthday to me.😁

Cool.

Christmas Day I had the idea to cut down some old railway trees to make Xmas trees to go with my Xmas figures. Unfortunately every time I glue flock on the bases it turns yellow.🎅 I think I will spray them white.

I’m very happy with my #FestiveTankChallenge2025 Sherman. It’s lighter than the Stuart that I made earlier using the same rattle can method, which is probably due to the wash I used. Yesterday I went through my stock of 1/35th scale Sherman pile and decided that being retired now I should make them.

Battle Wagon progress. I’ve had issues with getting the roller and arm in proportion. I think I’m going with the thinner option.

#FestiveTankChallenge2025 this is finished except for the Matt coating. This will probably make it semi gloss for a few days so am taking photos before hand.

#FestiveTankChallenge2025 making lots of progress now.

#FestiveTankChallenge2025 I have the base colour down now.

I’m making some real progress with my Battlewagon and have also base coated my Sherman.

As well as the FestiveTankChallenge I have had time to repair a trukk that I bought for less than half price which needed the rear axles etc glueing back on. It also had a sticky wash over it which I cleaned off. Also my old Landraider which will be a Battlewagon.

#FestiveTankChallenge2025 Running a bit behind still. Thought that I had finished undercoating but see a couple of problems with it.

#FestiveTankChallenge2025 has started but I’ve lost a day as I have not been keeping up with my feed. I set this aside for the build. It should be an easy build as I’m flying solo for most of the Xmas break.

Yesterday I played DBMM with my Ancient Brits against EIR Romans. A bystander asked if we were replaying the Battle of Wattling Street. I said that I hope not, but unfortunately my Brits ended up running away after a very hard battle.

Today I played Battlegroup with my German pioneer force. Things went very badly. I lost three Stugs, an armoured car and never got any artillery shots off. My opponent had no losses, not even a pin.

Yesterday I extended one of my local walks and found the edge of a local quarry. Found it very photogenic and looking like something out of LoTR. The actual one used is a few kms further north of here.

A few more Romans done. Aventine rank and file with BTD command.

I think that this was a good method to undercoat these figures. It only took one session rather than my usual three or four attempts to cover everything.

A mix of Airfix and PSC British 20mm equipment just done. I have towed as well as firing 6pdrs as I have so many of them.

I’ve completed a couple of items for my Ork sub plus a Warboss and some Nobs.

Finished rebasing these figures. I only broke two shields and one figure off its base. I also reused the old tuffs.

Could anyone identify this miniature for me? I have searched under GW Ogre and Troll with no success.

Horrible job rebasing. Had to destroy the old 30mm deep mdf ones and replace with the correct 20mm ones. Getting the figures to fit was very fiddly and some overhang quite a bit.

Saturday I found out that my dismounted Charioteers were on the wrong size bases, so…

Played DBMM again today. I tried a four command formation instead of my usual three. My opponent had an almost mirror image of my Ancient Brits. My two allied commands went unreliable from the start. My opponent had one of his also unreliable. I struggled to get mine in line. 10 to 15 loss to me.

For #Orktober I painted two Gorka Morka Nobs plus some plastic boys I bought second hand which had been stripped and primed already. Annoyingly I found some sprue nubs on them when painting but am really happy with them. I have a Warboss and two metal Nobs to go with them that I am painting.

I got 15 minutes into season 1 episode 8 of Lioness when I figured that I should go to bed as it was past 11.30. Went to finish it the next day and found myself watching Season 2 which is crap. Turned it off after a screaming match in Episode 2. Prime has taken down Season 1.😔

Renovations completed on my DBMM built up area fortified on a difficult hill. BUAf for short. Also organised a fourth command to fit inside it.