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.

I’ve finished a few Late War American troops for CoC. I should be able to make either 44 or 45 organisations with still plenty of figures left over. The originals were painted mid 2000’s so were fun to try and match.

As it’s #Orktober I restarted work on my Ork submarine. I had run out of ideas last year so never finished it.

I think that I have done enough on these 15mm buildings. They still look like would go better with 18mm or even 20mm figures. Will see what my club mates think.

No gaming on Saturday but I picked up some stowage kits and started to spray my 15mm Russian buildings.

I played DBMM today, my Ancient Brits verses Carthaginians. I wanted to learn how to use a BUAf. (Built up fortified settlement). So the game was not serious. My Warband decided to stay back and watch while the wings got stuck in. My left wing died and the right was blocked by the BUAf. 😥

Fxxxing great.😠 Several days after making an order to a UK trader my credit card was used to run up very large payments to UK immigration. I normally use Paypal but recent events have put me off using it. I have let the trader know just in case they have a problem there.

I’m trying to make these 15mm Russian mdf buildings actually look Russian.

Oh great, just set myself up to do some painting and the power just went out. Good thing that I had already put on the gas fire. We’ve had high winds all day which meant I’ve had to constantly pick up rubbish blown onto my property.

Another batch of things that I’ve had to put aside so I can concentrate on the recent Demo game. A Solido M20 which I measured as 1/50th scale but still looks really small. Ok with 1/56th I suppose. Also the 57mm gun for the US Paras. I also finished some PSC 15mm heavy cars and a PIII.

Another bit of terrain for my Sci Fi setup up done. The openness of these Plastcraft Games walkways have been bothering me. I have assembled covers using some Plastcraft and Mantic doors plus some Sci Fi kit bits and a couple of old printer parts.

Some Warbases movement bases with some additions to my Dr Who collection.

Earlier this week I finished off making a box to hide my compressor in. I fitted some foam to quiet the noise down but I will still have to wear ear defenders. I will have buy some fittings for the cover but for now the couch holds it on.

I’ve finished another batch of Romans pictured with an earlier set.

A painting job I keep pushing aside as more urgent jobs needed doing. Extra gun and support weapon crews and other figures to expand my CoC US Paras. Warlord figures with a single BlackTree design mine detector.

This weekend myself and two others put on a demonstration game of Battlegroup using my 20mm collection. The game was the D Day landings on Sword beach. I have so many photos that I will post some here but most on my Blog. The initial landings were very bloody, the two Allied players were worried.🧵

Some last minute additions for this weekends demo game. Luckily I was able to match the paint job on the previously finished bulldozer just forgot to weather it the same😥

So I packed away my models etc for next weekends Demo game, a couple more to finish though. I thought that I should have a break but no. Instead set up a 6x4 to re-learn CoC with a 4x4 area marked off for What a Dr (Who?). So maybe next week I will have a break.🤔😀

Yesterday I tested out my spray booth. First I was a bit sceptical that the fan was performing but after I stepped outside the smell of brush cleaner was really strong. It had plenty of light and the fan stores inside when not in use. Now i am working on putting my compressor out there.

I managed to replace the shield decals on this group without too much trouble. Well except two shields fell off. A little bit of touching up to do later.

I had a look at paint spray booths and they are smaller than my cardboard box. I’ve set about building my own using an old drinks cabinet that was just full of junk. Have lighting sorted and tomorrow will look at ventilation and filters.

I have restarted my Blog (again). I'm probably starting to sound like the Terrain Tutor.😟 I aim to record my D-Day and the new Dr Who What a Cowboy projects. I will also update some of the older projects. Check it out if you think that it will interest you. wadesworldofwargaming.blogspot.com/2025/

I’ve had to move my spray booth into my games room. My old eye’s just can’t see well in my garage. I have been using this box in my conservatory as my other setup is deep in the back of the garage and unusable. I am going to look for a professional set up.

Good day for walk since my dentists appointment was cancelled on me.

I couldn’t face painting a large Samurai 28mm army so sold the John Jenkins terrain that I had painted. The gatehouse is a combination scratch built piece using JJD bits.

Last night I finished watching all 61 Episodes of Lexx. I almost shed a tear when Kai died.

Little Big Men transfers went on with just a mistake on one of them. Much nicer than the OOP VVV I had been using. I wonder if I should try putting them directly onto the VVV versions without painting them white first?

Renedra Ramshackle house. Made for small games at the club using my AZW figures. That way I don’t have to take the Rorke’s Drift buildings that I haven’t made yet.😀

Nothing weird going on here. 😉Playing What a Cowboy with 28mm Dr Who figures, on 20mm Normandy terrain. Working through a few issues but having fun.

Done a bit more on my Sci-fi terrain. A new landing platform for my Police Station and another block structure.

Converted M3 Lee/Grant from Airfix next to The Matchbox version. I nearly abandoned this as I had a bad cock up with the black wash turning out white. I had used my clean!! Brush water to dilute it. No idea why the gun is off to the side. Also new and old Airfix Sherman’s.

Surely this can’t be a coincidence? Am I the last person to know this?

I had nothing prepped to paint last night so instead based my Ork Def Dread (or something) scratch built last year for Orctober. I wanted it to be similar to my Vallhallens but different. I also assembled another Steyr which went together well as I now know what parts to trim off before assembly.

3d printed DD tanks and bulldozer. I’ve nearly completed my D-Day project thank goodness, as I’m losing the plot with fiddly plastic kits (the next batch about to undercoat) Just some terrain to tidy up. I should have another bulldozer coming though.

Yesterday’s hobby haul. Paint for 20mm British, mule for 28mm EIR, Colonial building and basing for Orks. Sadly the shop is running down most of its stock except GW stocks. Getting to the point where it’s no longer worth going there. 25% of remaining Victrix stock but nothing I wanted.

Well another false start🤔 I needed another Matchbox Priest but have been unable to find one. I thought I’d use a Sexton instead but it is too large. A stroll through the spares department found some bits left over from Kangaroo builds and a donor Sherman. Later I found some Airfix M3 Lee/Grants.😀

I finished the Steyr but put the rest aside for now. You can see the raised detail on the photo. The Sexton (1/72nd) flew together but needed the knobs removing on the side of the stowage boxes. The sides won’t fit otherwise. Managed to go for a walk today as the first time for days with no rain.

Feeling a bit more positive this morning😀 I made some beach clearance engineers from Zvezda as I couldn’t find anything else. (I know I feel guilty about it). Had to use Early War figures including some medics and PSC gun crews to make up the numbers. A couple of command stands from various makers.

I must have missed the instructions to remove 1mm from every mating surface! 45 minutes to get this far. Honestly feel that this is the worst kit I’ve ever made and I’ve recently made Airfix kits from the seventies. Oh well only another four more of them to go. No wonder 3d printing is taking off.

I’ve added some paper signs from the Rapid Fire site to some old 20mm buildings. I probably went a bit overboard on these.

Finally finished these two processing towers made from water pistols. I had put them aside for about two years as I couldn’t get a colour scheme to work with the dark green. I am really happy with them now. I will have to get back to this project once my D-Day project is done.

Took my old SLR for a walk to get some long distance photos. Unfortunately the small zoom decided not to work. It had tested the previous night ok. Next time I will use the longer one, as the actress said to the Bishop. 😉 It was a stunning winters day with no wind so hope that I can repeat the walk.