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Sarissa Plantation house with porch


Renedra American Church


Sarissa House with porch

Scratchbuilding a Wooden Barn

Making terrain with Warlord's Ruined Hamlet


Making Split Rail fencing


Animals, vegetable patch and stores

Scratch building with foam core

Making Trees

Teddy Bear fur fields


Making a Desert Terrain Mat


Rocky outcrops for desert terrain
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  • Steven's Balagan
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    6 hours ago
  • Crac des Chevaliers
    15mm Sd Kfz 250 half-tracks - Transport for the recently posted 15mm Waffen-SS figures, a mix of Battlefront and PSC Sd Kfz 250 half-tracks. The BF are, in general, the better models....
    14 hours ago
  • Jim's Wargames Workbench
    Vintage Bag the Hun? - I noticed today that several of the original, pre-Chain of Command era Toofatlardies rules have now been shunted off into a sideline section of the websh...
    15 hours ago
  • Wargaming for Grown-ups
    Inaugurating a new wargames room - Phil has been talking about turning his spare room into a wargames room for a while. Goodness knows he has enough to put in it. At least two large car lo...
    2 days ago
  • NEWS FROM THE FRONT
    More Moors - I have finally got around to painting the rest of the figures to field a platoon of Regulares for my Nationalist Spanish Civil War forces. Figures are as ev...
    3 days ago
  • Over Open Sights
    Empress MIniatures Jazz Age/WW1 British Cavalry. - I have had these sitting on the "to do" shelf since I first purchased them at Colours, Newbury in September, 2023. Painted up as the Queen's Own Worceste...
    5 days ago
  • Moiterei's bunte Welt
    Painting Guide - Hard edged vehicle camouflage - DisclaimerI wrote this painting guide a few years back already for Pats (https://wargamingwithsilverwhistle.blogspot.com) excellent 2nd Volume of Setting T...
    6 days ago
  • Will's Wargames Blog
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    1 week ago
  • Tarleton's Quarter
    7TV - WW2 (1) - 7TV as a system breaks down into "genres", each of which have their own sub-rules and terminology. These genres are currently undergoing a bit of a reva...
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  • wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller
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    2 weeks ago
  • JOHN BOND's WARGAMING STUFF
    Anti-Tank Ditch, Road Block, Type 94 Tankette, Stoessis Heroes- Hiroo Onoda, Water Buffalo, Game Markers and Mule/Donkey - Another post with items for the Far East. *JAPANESE JITTERPARTY/SCOUT * I decided to make 2 x 3 man teams to use as Support options for the Japanese. These ...
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    3 weeks ago
  • Just Add Water
    We Went a Wee Bit Mad OR We Played a 24000pts a Side; Seleucid vs Republican Roman WAB Game! Part 2 - *Image Above- the Seleucid Extreme Left Flank.* Week two brings us to Part 2 of our Republican Roman vs Seleucid game carried on from last week. As the ga...
    4 weeks ago
  • Major Thomas Foolery's War Room
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    5 weeks ago
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    5 weeks ago
  • Dalauppror
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  • Scrivsland
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  • Trouble At T'Mill
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    2 months ago
  • Roundwood's World
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    4 months ago
  • Shed Wars
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    4 months ago
  • Jacksarge Brushes & Battles
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    6 months ago
  • Wargaming Girl
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    8 months ago
  • The Wargames Table
    Logs - Another quick post. Good chum Colin gifted these lovely resin pieces to me (thanks mate!). These were beautifully cast and very straightforward to paint us...
    1 year ago
  • much ado about nothing
    AWI: current state of affairs - As I've just recently stepped over the 50% mark on my AWI project for Sharp Practice, a couple of roll-call pics are appropriate.
    1 year ago
  • Tiny Hordes
    Blood Bowl Sideline Lizards - Hot off the printer, it’s a few entirely unnecessary but fun extra miniatures for my Blood Bowl team! My team of dodgy lizard guys has just completed their...
    2 years ago
  • A Grab Bag of Games
    Goodbye WordPress – hello (again) Blogger - Folks After wrestling with the god-awful WordPress interface called Gutenburg for months, I am abandoning the WordPress platform. They had an excellent Cla...
    2 years ago
  • Storm of Steel
    Little Wars TV Caesar Awards Nomination! - Vote here: https://www.caesarawards.com/
    2 years ago
  • Too Fat Lardies Blog
    Richard Ansell. Very sad News - It is with tremendous sadness that I must report the passing of the hugely talented sculptor and great friend of not just me but all of the Lard Island cre...
    3 years ago
  • News of the Lard
    Storm of Steel Wargaming - IABSM Videos - The people from the Storm of Steel YouTube channel have produced these rather good videos introducing I Ain't Been Shot Mum. *More videos follow* They...
    4 years ago
  • Wargaming with Silver Whistle
    Sign Up To SETTING THE SCENE Volume 2. - We are getting closer to finishing the 2nd book, Setting The Scene Volume 2. If you would like to sign up for a copy of volume 2 or add your details to ...
    5 years ago
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