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It's beginning to feel a bit like Christmas
In the past week I have had not only the prize from Merseybooks arrive, but also my Black Tree Designs orders from their New Year's sale. The pictures are not very exciting because they are all bare...
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Our second game of In Her Majesty's Name
I didn't take so many photos this time around, but in brief here is how the battle played out:The two companies converge on the Ancient temple.Hiding in the misty lands of the Carpathian mountains was...
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Dear Lord what have I done?!!!
Exhibit A:If it's second hand and cheap it can't be wrong - can it?I feel somewhat dirty. I had sworn off purchasing from the Evil Empire (TM) but the boxed set for the Battle of Skull Pass came up...
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Finally - the Cossack Riflemen
I haven't had much time to paint in the last month, so here are the completed Cossack Riflemen (pre-deceased) for the Imperial Cossack Company.Urrah! We're not Sand People anymore!These are Musketeer...
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The SAGA Normans begin to roll off the paint tray again.
Actually they quite literally did roll off the paint tray at one stage, which led to many curses and frantic scrambling for the gesso to patch up the chipped bits in the undercoat, but that isn't what...
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All property is theft
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But what about wholesale reblogging without credit? I have to say that on one hand it bolsters my ego to know that someone likes my stuff enough to post it...
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Three Nil Germany over Russia
Finally played my third game of In Her Majesty's Name last night against Michael. I once more ran the society of Thule against the Imperial Cossacks, this time to try and claim some objectives. What...
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Just a quick note to say that I complained to Google regarding the copyright of my Blog posts and the actions of Creepy Corridor. While they haven't blocked all of the reblogged posts, they have...
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Norman spearmen
Currently New Zealand is being buffeted by a cyclone, but to be honest outside here it is just a bit rainy and windy. Nevertheless it has given me a bit of time inside to do some painting. I've finally...
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ECW command
Last Friday night a few of us met at John's for games night. We played a couple of 600 point mid-war games of Flames of War as we are thinking of entering the NICon (North Island Convention) tournament...
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My Foreign Legion company for In Her Majesty's Name
After what seems like a very long time, I finally managed to finish off my French Foreign Legion company for In Her Majesty's Name. This is a special investigations group - the GES (Groupe des Enquetes...
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Civilians for SAGA
Just off the painting tray are a few villagers for my Anglo-Danes to protect against the vile Vikings and nasty Normans.'Look how peaceful and idyllic our existence is. What we really don't want is...
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Scratch-built arc rifles for IHMN
The photos of the GES that I used in the previous post didn't have any shots of their rear (oo-er), and I thought I'd post a photo of them just to show the scratch built Victorian Sci-Fi paraphernalia...
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The Leibgarde of the Empress Elizabeth
My LordIn response to your request to investigate the events in Milanof April 12 last, I have compiled the following information.As you will no doubt remember, you encountered Von Stroheim and the...
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ANZAC Day 2014
ANZAC Day started at 5am so that I could get to the dawn service in Rotorua and ended at midnight after an evening game at John's place. Obviously the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of the Great...
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Finishing my French 9 Years War
Something a bit different. In the dark mists of time I bought two armies of 10mm Nine Years War figures to use with a variant of DBA that I came up with (called DBD). The idea was to have a French army...
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Menis! Rage, goddess...
The first Danaans are ready to fight at Troy. These Long-haired Achaeans, led by cunning Odysseus and Diomedes, master of the war cry, are prepared to seek the aid of Athene in their conflict with the...
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The eyes don't have it (and a neigh)
The poll is closed and it is a narrow win to those who advocate dispensing with ocular detailing. To be honest, I'm still not 100% certain that I'm going to listen to the people as a sizeable and...
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I've been liebstered
I'm quite excited that Brendon over at the Gamer's Table has nominated me for a Liebster award - a chain letter award system for bloggers to raise the profile of blogs that they like. It isn't quite an...
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The Greeks Completed
I love skirmish games. They don't take long, so if I am getting my tail kicked I can look forward to playing another game in a relatively short space of time in order to retrieve my honour. Best of...
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