Sci-fi Troopers from Heresy and Hasslefree
Been a few weeks last my last update, I've been very busy with holidays and other things - more on some of this next week. For now, here's an update on my Rainbow (Grey) Knights as I've painted up a...
View ArticleWarhammer Campaign - retrospective
Over the last couple of months I've managed to fit a series of games in a light hearted Warhammer campaign. This series has come to a close, but I'd like to reflect on what I've learnt and what this...
View ArticlePrivateer Press: Journeyman League
Big catch up blog alert!5 weeks ago or so I signed up to a local Journeyman league. There's quite a few local players of Privateer Press's Warmachine and Hordes games and this league is designed to...
View ArticleMaking your own fantasy scenery - Wizard's tower
Despite having a Blue Peter project box that's slowly taking over my entire gaming room, I rarely make scenery from scratch. There's a lot of companies out there producing excellent stuff at good...
View ArticlePrivateer Press: Journeyman League - The Conclusion
So the Warmahordes Journeyman League came to an end a few weeks ago but I've not had time to post on how things went, so here's my round up post. I've been fiddling with photography again this post...
View ArticleSci-Fi Troopers from Mantic and some 40k action
Some weeks a lot of projects come together all at once - its one of those this post. I've been playing some bits of the new edition of 40k and with so many space marine armies around in our local...
View ArticleMaking your own wargames scenery - swamps
So as promised previously, here's a post on making some swamps. I've made these specifically for my Hordes Minion force, but the bigger templates and the technique can definitely be used for other...
View ArticleReturn to Malifaux : Starting Zoraida crew
My ongoing enjoyment of Malifaux has gone up a notch the last couple of weeks. My local gaming shop has kicked off a slow grow hobby league and I was keen to take part. Stealing a bunch of ideas from...
View ArticleStitched Together
Well its been a while since I updated my blog! For 2013 I am going to try to post smaller updates more often rather than trying to save up for the perfect, but far too long (and daunting to type),...
View ArticleNightmare after Christmas
So I made a snowman - well snow sculpture anyway.The subject matter might be escaping you - answers after the jump along with the miniature related goodness that inspired this endeavour...The character...
View ArticleRival crews
I've been taking the odd snap of my opponent's crews as and when I remember to. A couple of them I've shown before, but here's a collection of largely painted crews doing the rounds at the moment....
View ArticleSpace Marin- erm, Interstellar Commandos?
In a week where GW made the news in a way they probably aren't too pleased about, I'm posting about my Grey Knights army that doesn't have any Space Marines, hopefully avoiding any legal issues.I've...
View ArticleHenching for Wyrd
I've been enjoying Malifaux a lot this past year so after discussion with Matthew the local Henchmen, I've applied for and been accepted into the Henchman ranks for Wyrd Miniatures. This means I can...
View ArticleUnexpected Agendas Tournament
After an exciting and fun filled day, here's my write up of the Unexpected Agendas tournament that ran on 02/03/2013 at the 7th Heaven Games Shop.The tournament was based on encounter driven multi...
View ArticleWarhammer Zombies!
Well another week gone and I'm a day late posting, but hopefully this was worth the wait! I've added some new gadgets to the sidebar - there's an RSS feed which was a specific request - so enjoy....
View ArticleIts got nasty, big, pointy teeth...
My local games store 7th Heaven ran a painting/ diorama competition this year with an Easter theme - namely there must be a bunny in there somewhere. I didn't have very long to ponder my entry or find...
View ArticleBig based undead nasties
Despite chugging through quite a lot of hobby stuff in the past weeks and months, I'm not finding taking photos of stuff any easier or more enjoyable, half the time things don't come out looking very...
View ArticleYin the Penangalan - weekend painting challenge
Quick post this weekend. On passing through my game shop on Friday I couldn't resist picking up Yin, the Penangalan for my Kirai crew (Malifaux again!). I've been working on a lot of hobby projects...
View ArticleBack to bases
Another week gone by and more hobby goings on to report. I'm currently planning for my next Malifaux tournament so if you can make that you'd be more than welcome.I've been working on basing (or...
View ArticleRiptide and Imperial Knight
For the last few weeks (or is it months?) I've had a background task of getting a number of big robots ready for a big fun game of Apocalypse 40k that my brother is organising.He and some of his...
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