Current progress on the Ancients project. Still want to improve the river, and there's a centrepiece structure on the way. (Not to mention needing to paint a load more Greeks!)

A second 28mm Ancient Mediterranean building - this time a more humble abode. I'd happily use this for most places across the Med, certainly as late as the middle ages.

Thought I should finish off some more Late Romans while I have the terrain out and wait for the Greeks to arrive!

28mm Scratchbuilt Ancient Mediterranean Farmhouse. Hastati for scale, but Greeks are what's planned.

Work begins on an ancient Mediterranean farmhouse - Greek Skirmishes on the way

Sometimes, you just want to paint some goblins

There is nothing romantic about the rise of Wrexham - they represent the boot of 'Content', stamping on the face of sport forever. A marketing opportunity, pretending to be a TV show, pretending to be a football club.

Not enough treatises on elves come out any more

Some 15mm Panzergrenadiers - Flames of War plastics.

20mm Russian village - also going for sale due to events.

I was quite pleased with the start I'd made on this 20mm Northern French town. However, this will be going for sale soon, due to events.

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New trees drying - cheap AliExpress trees, with new foliage attached and a thorough blasting of drag queen hairspray!

I really enjoy doing this new wood technique for smaller scale - carving the planks directly into the foamex with a pyrography tool and texturing with a wire brush

The new 20mm obsession continues - a start on a Soviet village for WW2... And maybe post apocalyptic Stalker stuff too...

Reskinning some cheap eBay 3d prints. 20mm - printed for me specially at that scale by garage crafts - really great service!

Newline Designs 20mm Anglo-Sikh Wars 2 Sikh Regiments 1 British, 1 EIC Regiment. Still really enjoying this project and this scale.

Boring wargaming question - spray matt acrylic varnish - what works? I've always been a paint on varnisher, but I've noticed my W&N Galeria Matt just seems... thinner(?) than it used to be. Making me consider spray anyway. For reference, I do a gloss enamel first and Matt acrylic over that.

More 20mm Newline Designs Sikh Wars units in various stages of finished-ness. This is the first time I've painted 20mm, and I am really enjoying it. It feels like the benefits of both 28mm and 15mm (funny that!) Immediately considering what other periods I could do in this scale...

First unit of Anglo-Sikh War British Infantry - 20mm Newline Designs Miniatures. Need to find a source of flags - I don't think they were that different from Napoleonic flags at this point?

Little bit of evening progress on 2026's surprise interest - The Sikh Wars. 20mm Newline Designs - really easy and enjoyable to paint, making me consider other of their ranges...

Finished off Orkney's Regiment, and finally put flags on The Buffs

Gloss varnish on to dry overnight on some more British WSS troops

Couple of pics from the club's first Historical Games Day - quite a few last minute drop outs, but fun was still had by all. Should be an event that recurs a few times a year now.

Game set up for Rebel Base Gaming's first historical wargames day!

Regiments Artois, Languedoc & Navarre for the WSS, plus some new cottages and an attempt at a new tree technique!

French Revolutionary Wars Infantry - off to Italy to rob Roman remains and fight Austrian chaps

Considering trying a bit of Imaginations again - these are 3d prints in the style of Warlord's 'Epic' range. Unfortunately I haven't designed a flag for the Grand Bishopric of Starigrad yet, so they can wave a pole about for a bit.

Not long now till the club's first Historical Games Day! Here's the British for the Peninsular War skirmish I'm hosting.

WIP 28mm walled farmhouse for my WSS project

The Buffs - War of the Spanish Succession British Infantry (flags in the post still).

Every time I paint some WSS miniatures, I really enjoy it - and then forget that immediately and go back to painting something more complicated and less fun! You get all the bright colours of later uniforms, but much simpler and easier to paint. Ebor miniatures, 28mm.

At the start of February, my local gaming club is having its first ever historical gaming day. As one of the organisers, I'm running a Napoleonic Peninsular skirmish game. With not long to go, I've got some paint on the Spanish Guerrilla faction - plus some civilians (objective markers).

Medieval Turkic Cavalry - suitable for Mamalik / Ghulam etc from practically every state in Medieval Asia. 28mm 3D prints from Ten Kingdoms Miniatures - 60x60mm bases for flexibility in games I can play.

Scottish Infantry for Verneuil, and a little experiment in Punic Wars Romans

Quite big church, plus some WoTR. Forced myself to get these painted as quick as possible. Simple highlights and an oil wash - drying time aside - took about 2.5 hrs

Current Medieval set-up. Big space for the big church (waiting for a new roof to arrive). Plus, most of my trees and fields are at the club. Not much to do otherwise though!

This church model has arrived - not quite as big as I'd thought, but it is a train model, not a wargames terrain piece. Needs painting, but will serve nicely for my later medieval projects

Club fun in the dark ages with Pillage

Styriwar Knight

6mm Jacobite progress for the War of Two Kings, Ireland

3x2' board in a picture frame. Add a bit of terrain, and it's done. Plans are to use it for: 6mm Beneath the Lily Banners, 6mm Midgard WOTR & 10mm Midgard Warhammer Fantasy... Plus any other silly ideas I have!

Sealant still drying, but I'm pleased with this test of concept - a 3x2 board in a picture frame for smaller scale wargames

First scratchbuild of a little 28mm Japanese hut for Samurai stuff

The Trench Crusade board now, before the new terrain gets added

My contribution to a forthcoming club Mordheim campaign. We already had some 3D printed stuff, but you can't have too much when it comes to Mordheim terrain!

Discussion at the club of starting up Warmaster has led to me testing out this Talabheim scheme. Really enjoyed painting these, and hope the talk turns into games. I always wanted to play Warmaster first time round, but never had the chance - thank god for fan resurrections!

Zombies

Necromancer

All the lads in together and where you could get them: ebay.us/m/eedtQo