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Lost in Transmission

Gates of Antares paintalong

Recently completed my first Gates of Antares commission and completely forgot to take any pictures as I painted it however I then...

Murder in the Cathedral - painting The Blind Bishop by Archvillain

"You would bar the door Against the lion, the leopard, the wolf or the boar, Why not more Against beasts with the souls of damned men,...

Cool Frostgrave miniatures

Having just painted up the umpety umpth set of minis to be used in Frostgrave I thought I might take a look back at some my favourites...

3d printing for idiots...all the mistakes I have made so far and I'm not finished yet!

Lost Kingdom - Medraut (am using as The Green Knight) I am not a technical whizzkid or at 58 any sort of kid. Or any sort of whizz really...

Building sight...a review of MCP terrain

Before I start I should really say that this is not a review in terms of me passing judgement on these products so much as a review of...

Bestest of 2021

Personal favourites from this year. As usual there is no attempt at ordering or even keeping to a top 10. As always I have painted a...

Little and Large

Not a blog about 1980s comedians but instead about a 1940s comedic double act, The T35 and T38 Tanks, here represented by Trenchworx...

William Henry Johnson - The story of my great uncle during the Great War. Part I.

By October 1918 William (Billy) Johnson had been in the Army since almost the start of the war and was now acting Corporal of no. 2...

Delved too greedily and too deep

Dwarfs are a popular fantasy force across all games in the genre but for me only the LOTR miniatures do them justice. Here we have...

Mordorian Mischief

Having completed all the Mordor stuff on my painting desk including the Fell beast that has been there for over 12 months I thought I...