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Legiones II - Setting up

The first thing to do in setting up a game of Legions is to decide the two armies and to find out which is the home army as this will...

Legione Antiquitatas I - Why the rules are as they are, or design notes...

We started developing what has become known as Legions at the start of Covid in 2019 when it was no longer possible to play our weekly...

William Henry Johnson - Part 2, A Great War story

Back in 2021 I wrote part one about my Great Uncle William Henry Johnson and his service in WW1 notably as one of JRR Tolkiens'...

Now you see it now you don't - Painting Modern British Camouflage

I recently completed another eclectic job for a South Korean customer of which part was the painting up of these White Dragon modern...

The past isn't dead - hell it's not even the past! (1)

First heard this phrase from the mouth of Sheriff Buck in the vastly underrated TV series "American Gothic" and along with "Someone's at...

Busting out all over

Realised I hadnt Blogged for a bit so thought I would do a quick review of June and its glories, or what I painted anyway, some less than...

As full of spirit as the month of May

As those of you who had to study Henry IV part one at school ( in the olden days ) might recognise, the quote above is Shakespeare....

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...

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...