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Dark Rituals - Grimm dark evildom in ruinous times

Ever wondered what would happen if the European witch craziness of the 16/17th centuries had happened in an earlier period like the 12th...

"Of the Elves, of the stars, of trees, and the gentle fall of the bright year in the woods"

A quick flit through the elven glades of my own LOTR Elven miniatures with regrets for the miniatures I dont own... Galadriel. I do not...

Best AFVs of the war, year by year. Part 1 1939.

Having watched lots of top 5 tank videos on you tube I thought to myself that I could do a top 5 tanks of my own despite the fact that I...

Japanese Armour - Not the easiest...

Identifying and painting Japanese armour is not the easiest task for many of us. Japanese armour is just not as familiar to us growing up...

10 most favouritest WW2 German vehicles I have painted

Over the years I have had loads of German WW2 stuff pass across the painting desk, mainly in 28mm but also in 15mm. German commissions...

Paint the whole world with a rainbow

Readers of a certain age will need no reminding about Geoffrey, George, Bungle and of course Zippy but this blog is in fact about...

Nordland steamtank - or how to paint yellow without tears (with a small Crisis Protocol update )

Built and painted 9 steamtanks and a Hurricanum for a recent commission and thought it might be useful to show how I do Yellows. To be...

"You cant live without Lawyers and you certainly can't die without them..." - the Lucius Elite Crew

One game under my belt with these boys and a bit of a thrashing by Rasputina 6-3 not in my favour. In retrospect a bubble crew against...

MCP Saving the planet a bit more again

Just finished up a Marvel Crisis Protocol job and after I posted some snaps on the MCP forum I received a couple of requests on...

Winter Kriegsfuhrung

As everybody knows Germany invaded the USSR on 21st June 1942 in Operation Barbarossa and was spectacularly successful in terms of enemy...