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  • Jim's Wargames Workbench
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    Trying to paint Oak Leaf Typ A camouflage on 15mm - I tried my hand at an Oak Leaf Type A camouflage scheme on 15mm figures for the first time – a test run for one of my main projects in 2026. The figures are...
    15 hours ago
  • Scrivsland
    Barons' War additions(3) - I have more than enough painted for our Barons' War games so been adding a few scenic items and vignettes to the collection. A browse of Etsy turned up...
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  • Wargaming for Grown-ups
    Steppe-ing out in January - Only a couple of weeks before the DBA tournament in Castleton (theme: Steppe armies), so it's time to get back in the DBA groove, and see what I've forgo...
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  • Just Add Water
    28mm Late Roman Cataphract, Alternative to Oil Wiping Horses, Abbasid Naffatun - I have spent the last month or so trying to decide what it is I wanted to get painted for the *Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge* this year and have se...
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  • JJ's Wargames
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    Some RCW Whites....in black....and some Reds....in red! - Here endeth the recent RCW units that have been on the table over the past few months. Markov's White Russian Officers' Battalion are from Copplestone Ca...
    1 week ago
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    2026 Plans - *My re-labelled mahjong blocks*My plans for 2026 are centred on three sets of rules: 1. *Maurice*. 2. *Bloody Big Battles! *(B3) 3. *For King & Parliamen...
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    BRITISH AIRBORNE 28mm - Finally finished my British Airborne, these are lovely 28mm metal figures from Warlord Games. I initially purchased a 1/3 of the figures at MOAB bring an...
    3 weeks ago
  • Moiterei's bunte Welt
    3rd Century AD Roman Commanders - What would be a force, or battlegroup (I hate the use of the word army for a handful of miniatures), without its commanders? Looking back in time, reminisc...
    4 weeks ago
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    Saga Grande Melee - Just a month ago I competed in the 2025 Saga Grande Mélée that David K and our club has. This has been a very successful event in the past, and follows...
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    Kind of Vargas Swamp – A Bolivar’s Very Bad Day Battle Report - Jamie came over to play test Bolivar’s Very Bad Day, my Liberators variant of Tilly’s Very Bad Day. I made up the scenario on the spot but it was loosely...
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    3 months ago
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    6 months ago
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    1 year ago
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    I hate basing... - Ok. It kind of makes sense to do all the basing at the same time... but this is just intimidating. It took 4 hours to do these with a mix of paint, gro...
    1 year 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...
    2 years 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.
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