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A wrecked T34

Dug-in Panzer IV

Painting French armour for 1940

Airfix Stuka for Blitzkrieg

Two Tiger IIs

Broken down Opel Omnibus and Mechanics

Sherman with hessian camouflage

Cromwell with camouflage netting

Bail Out! AB crews for knocked out tanks

Die cast commercial vehicles for the Far East

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  • Jim's Wargames Workbench
    Algy Aircraft Record Sheets 1916 - Here are three more record sheets for *Algernon Pulls It Off!* that I've worked up this evening, using the expanded aircraft data tables but punching ...
    9 hours ago
  • Shed Wars
    28mm Persian Army - Part 3 - The Commanders - Following on from my post relating to the Persian Immortals (see HERE) I can now turn my attention to the Persian Generals and Commanders. With the excep...
    11 hours ago
  • NEWS FROM THE FRONT
    Testing - A short post to test how posting on my new IPad goes. A new addition to the 1940 Germans for a game next week. The gun is a plastic Zveda kit and the...
    20 hours ago
  • Doctor Phalanx
    The missing months - I didn't have time to post much to the blog last year or to do any painting, but I did keep up the gaming. I won't go into too much detail at this remove...
    2 days ago
  • Steven's Balagan
    Steven’s Soviet Airborne Forces - Here is my first company of the Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (Vozdushno-desantnye voyska SSSR) for WW2. They are for Crossfire and Deep Battle. 1st Rifl...
    4 days ago
  • Will's Wargames Blog
    28mm Woodland Indians - It took a while, but I've now completed Warlord's plastic Woodland Indians, I tried to keep the colour scheme relatively simple. I'm not completely happy w...
    6 days ago
  • Wargaming for Grown-ups
    Wargaming as Therapy - I have on a number of occasions had cause to visit a friend or two in hospital following serious illness. I have made a point of taking my foldable DBA b...
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  • A Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth
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    1 week ago
  • wargaming in 28 mm and sometimes smaller
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  • Just Add Water
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    3 weeks ago
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    AHPC#5: Lanciarii - Winter is finally drawing to a close and neither have I been as productive as I had planned -not that I was expecting much, mind- nor have I been as active...
    5 weeks ago
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    US Marines - 28mm US Marines and an M3 Stuart: Warlord figures (Marine Raiders box) and vehicle. CdlT
    1 month ago
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    2 months ago
  • Scrivsland
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    6 months ago
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    10 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
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    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
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    3 years ago
  • Storm of Steel
    Little Wars TV Caesar Awards Nomination! - Vote here: https://www.caesarawards.com/
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  • Too Fat Lardies Blog
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    4 years ago
  • News of the Lard
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    5 years ago
  • Wargaming with Silver Whistle
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