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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

Orchards for (almost) any Scale

Making Pine Forests

Teddy Bear fur fields


Making a Desert Terrain Mat


Rocky outcrops for desert terrain
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  • Jim's Wargames Workbench
    Independent Force - This arrived in the post yesterday and I've already been dipping in to find additional detail for the two Jasta 18 scenarios featuring the Independent Ai...
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    Once more into the breach...or at least over the walls - A degree of confusion this week. It was supposed to be my last play test of the "Gough in China" game ahead of COW, but Chris had another engagement, as ...
    2 days ago
  • NEWS FROM THE FRONT
    Horses - I am not painting any mounted troops of my own at the moment but here are some Bicorne Miniatures English Civil War Royalist cavalry I have completed fo...
    2 days ago
  • Doctor Phalanx
    My WoFun plans - *WoFun Bavarian Foot*It will take time to sell off the armies I've decided to let go, and completing what remains of the lead mountain is even more uncert...
    3 days ago
  • Trouble At T'Mill
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  • A Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth
    Trench Hills part 2; further along the hills - Whoa, an update so soon? How did I manage that? It's due to the parent-kid ratio formula. Observe: When you have 1 Kid and have to watch 1 kid: Feels...
    1 week ago
  • Tarleton's Quarter
    Nizam-i-Cedid (1) - This is the first unit of Ottoman infantry I painted - a unit of "boustangee" musketeers from the Nizam-i-Cedid army. This was a corps of infantry tra...
    1 week ago
  • wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller
    M3 Grant- A Bit of an Orphan Tank - I recently resin printed a M3 Grant AFV, I got the STL from a Canadian Vehicles kickstarter. I have to say that these were the best vehicle STLs I have...
    2 weeks ago
  • Just Add Water
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    3 weeks ago
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    1 month ago
  • Major Thomas Foolery's War Room
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    1 month ago
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    4 months ago
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    5 months ago
  • Roundwood's World
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    5 months ago
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    8 months ago
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    1 year ago
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  • much ado about nothing
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    2 years 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...
    3 years ago
  • A Grab Bag of Games
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  • Storm of Steel
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    3 years ago
  • Too Fat Lardies Blog
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    4 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...
    5 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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