Since forever I have always wanted an Aztec army in 28mm but the cost and lack of miniatures on the market as well as the ruleset with which to play them made it unlikely that I would ever actually have one. That is until the arrival of 3d printing and a set of rules which allows Aztecs to compete with both historical and fantasy armies. The 3d STLs that make up the vast majority of my Aztec army are by red copper miniatures who released this set as a kickstarter a couple of

Classic Morecambe and Wise! However this blogpost is not about Greek pottery/wages but instead will focus on my Legiones Antiquitata army...

In part One I covered the more regular elements of a Celtic army in Legiones Antiquitatas but now we wander off the paths and into the...

Having shared my Legiones Antiquitata Roman army a few weeks ago I thought it was time to put up their essential and at times existential...

This blog is all about the Roman army for my Legiones Antiquitata (L.A.) game which is appropriate! In Legiones historical ancients are...

Legiones antiquitata is a game where the historical ancients armies we all know and love exist in a world where timelines have slipped...

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' signallers in the 11th Lancashire Fusiliers. That post is here https://www.firstcommissionpainting.co.uk/single-post/william-henry-johnson-the-story-of-my-great-uncle-during-the-great-war-part-i Part One ended in August 1918 after the destruction of the 11th Battalion at the end of May 1918 in the final German offensive in a lonely last stand on a hi

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

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

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...