Morgoth must have been pumping these guys out recently! #midgardheroicbattles #spreadthelard

Uh-oh, someone's looking to cause some trouble in Beleriand... #midgardheroicbattles #spreadthelard

Slowly expanding the 15mm Midgard collection forward in time a bit, with some Vikings and Anglo-Saxons. #spreadthelard #midgardheroicbattles

Threatening to get the Quar bug. I wanted to make a little cottage that looked kind of like a human house, but a bit wrong somehow. Settled on rounded roofs! Has anyone put together Chain of Quar-mand?

First test at 3mm of some Game of Thrones stuff. Not sure I like these as much as the Italian Wars models - I don't think they work as well as individuals rather than a block, but will paint some more and see!

Pike and Shotte test game with the 3mm Italian Wars - not convinced. Will try again, but if you're unlucky with dice rolls, you can find yourself with nothing to do but sit there and get killed. Maybe that's realistic, but it's no fun...

The famous Black Bands - otherwise known as the Toon Army...

3mm Italian Wars project up to date - still to do: black bands, more landsknechts, more missile troops, Spanish Jinetes.

Gendarmes and ranged troops for the 3mm Italian Wars, in front of a tiny castle

Added a Swiss Pike Keil to my 3mm Italian Wars - these are monumentally quick to do with the paint pens!

3mm Landsknechts - pleased with these, although the quality of the 3d files is so nice you get tempted to do far too much!

Some psychotic break must have occurred, because I'm attempting landsknechts in 3mm! First use of acrylic paint pens - plus a stupid go at an imperial eagle.

I am not at #salute53 like all the cool kids - so I've finished off some new 2mm terrain for Strength and Honour. Particularly pleased with the temple complex, and will be making some new woods in the future.

It's mat time! Going to mark out a subtle grid tomorrow for games of Strength and Honour / To the Strongest!

Battle before the walls of Troy! I've added the first Trojans to my collection, including massed ranks of Trojan Spearmen, the armoured Royal Guard and the first of the Trojan Allies - this time Anatolian allies, represented by Hittites. Still planning other allied contingents and many chariots.

I've retouched and improved my Achaeans. I wasn't initially planning on doing chariots because Homer only depicts them being used for the heroes - but I've changed my mind and will be doing a mythologised mix of all Mycenaean periods - pikemen and the later infantry and chariots at the same time!

Some more Arthurian types - 15mm Forged in Battle Miniatures

The Temple - mainly painted with spray paints and an oil wash. It's a big fella!

Gonna take a bit of work, but the centre piece for my Greek project has arrived!

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).