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Who's Who Wednesday #3
Vartox - elder sibling of Botox - is not the worst name I've ever heard, but just look at that get-up! At what stage of the 80s was wearing undies and thigh high boots acceptable for men? Just call him...
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WWI Wednesday #5
Some British propaganda this time:By and large the women of both sides were not portrayed in negative ways - unlike the men who were always fair game. This poster has a double whammy effect of...
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Command for Hastings' Regiment
These are the last few figures that I had to paint for this round of Geoff's figures. Command for Hastings' Regiment.The button colour was silver/pewter, so I figured lace would be white for most of...
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NZ Mounted Rifles in Palestine
Allan from Lancashire Games sent me a couple of figures of his new 15/18mm range to paint up, this being the Middle East in World War One. I have to say that I'm impressed with the sculpts, especially...
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Who's Who Wednesday #4
Another great '80s team from the imagination of Mike Barr is the Masters of Disaster.Rather than theming a team around firecrackers and other conservative American values like he did with Force of...
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World War One Wednesday #6
This week, W B Wollen's painting of the defeat of the Prussian Guard at Ypres.This painting featured on the cover of the issue of Purnell's History of the 20th Century that featured the early battles...
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Nautical novelties
Something a bit different today. I decided I would spend an evening painting for myself, and thought I'd have a crack at a ship. I recently bought two packs of 1/1200 Galleons from Valiant miniatures,...
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Halfway through
My current commission is painting a Bolt Action New Zealand army for Craig. Last night I reached the halfway point.'I'm sure we're in Italy, sir''Damn it. Where am I going to get a decent bottle of...
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Latest 'winnings'
I had to put the title in inverted commas, because technically, I didn't win this giveaway from Captain Arjun over on Cor Blog Me. That honour goes to Chris Johnson, who then kindly said that if he won...
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World War One Wednesday # 7
A slightly different image this time. These figures are from issue 14 of Purnell's History of the First World War, which featured the siege of Antwerp. On the left is a British marine, and on the right...
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Whole way through
The second half of Craig's figures were finished off last night - the rest of the Kiwis and the first 7 Fallshirmjager. The next batch he sends me will be more Green Devils.I took the photos this...
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Dark Ages dabbling
Yet another pocket project underway, this time the Norman conquest of England. This is really revisiting the period, as I had already painted up a 28mm SAGA project with the same two forces, Norman and...
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Inner Earth adventurers
Assuming he is happy with what I've done, these fine chaps will be headed for a plane to the UK in a couple of days time to find their home with Tim Knight of the world famous Heropress blog. The...
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World War One Wednesday # 8
Nothing stops those Italians!Taken from this great site here.Nate
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World War One Wednesday (on a Thursday)
Wasn't able to post anything last night, but here is a bit of reflection on contemporary events.Plus ça change...Yesterday - A Russian jet downed by TurksA propaganda poster from 100 years ago.The...
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New delivery and pimping two blog competitions
A happy day as I received a package from Old Glory 15s. A bit of a departure from my usual supplier, Lancashire Games, but I wanted them to match some other figures that I already had.These are Gauls...
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Viking archers
The latest painting for Geoff, some Gripping Beast Viking archers.The photos are a bit washed out. My phone doesn't seem to be taking photos as good as it used too, and I have no real idea why -...
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Early on in the rebellion...
Inspired by the TV series Rebels which focuses on a cell in the early rebellion, I decided to come up with a team that was somewhat similar. In true narrative fashion, I've set up a scenario that...
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World War One Wednesday #10 (on a Thursday)
For the second week in a row events overtook my ability to post the only regular feature I do. This time it is a picture of my latest acquistion - a sizeable proportion of the magazine series by...
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More fodder for the post-apocalyptic feeding frenzy
Latest figures for Geoff are done:Firefighter and friendLittle girl and bigger girlAnother shot of bigger girl from a different angle.Heavily armed dude and machete dudeWitch-hunter from the business...
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