

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...
Nov 15, 2021
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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...
Nov 12, 2021
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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...
Oct 10, 2021
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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...
Oct 2, 2021
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"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...
Sep 16, 2021
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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...
Aug 22, 2021
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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...
Jul 7, 2021
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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...
Jun 26, 2021
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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...
Jun 13, 2021
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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...
May 29, 2021
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