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  • Testing Report: Skirmish Sangin 08/09/2016

    The last few reports I wrote were done in a narrative fashion. I’m not abandoning that format, but as this is a special game I’m going back to a more descriptive style. Rather than using a pre-made scenario, I instead decided to spring on them a brand new, beta version of a scenario I had…

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  • Model Wishlist

    Updated: Added The Squad from Special Forces One of the joys of ultramodern military wargaming is the absolutely massive amount of reference material. Reality is obviously a starting point but modern and near future can pull from a huge number of different media sources, from games to movies to tv shows. There is also a…

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  • Wargaming News

    August has been a pretty quiet month for me – I spent most of it on holiday (either in Edinburgh or down in Leeds) or hard at work. However, I did manage to get some more models painted up. Apart from some new weapon teams and their crews, all of my Afghan OPFOR are ready…

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  • US Army Infantry Squad

    Cranking on with the painting, I’ve finally got my 10 US Army infantrymen painted up. I had tried an early version using multiple colours but the end result was way too green (it almost looked like MARPAT) so I redid it. The squad is only the very basic version with its basic TOEย setup(1 squad leader…

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  • Battle Report: Skirmish Sangin 21/07/2016

    Seeing as people liked the last game, here is the followup. I’m forming a rough campaign taking the results of the last game and bringing it forward. I played this at SESWCย using a tweaked version of the Compound 17 scenario from the rulebook.ย  48 hours earlier… “Round of applause for Team 2 everyone” joked the…

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  • Afghan Civilians

    I showed a few of these figures off in my last painting bench post but I now have a few more done, about half way through them all. Its slow going as I’m approachingย each figure individually while still using a similarย colour palette to make them fit together aesthetically. Exception being one of the footballers in…

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  • On The Work Bench 27/06/2016

    So I’ve got a few more things sat waiting to be painted and some stuff I have finished painting. Finished painting: First up, Empress’s new SAS are now playable. Most finished, just need some sandy drybrushing and basing materials. I also need to finish off the team’s marksman. They did a good job in their…

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  • Battle Report: Skirmish Sangin: 21/06/2016

    Skirmish Sangin is all about the narrative and so I want to try writing some narrative reports for it. This is from a game I playedย at SESWC using the trusty Route Clearanceย scenario, although replacing the SEALs with SAS troopers thanks to Empress’s new releases. EDIT: Picturesย at the bottom of the article. Night, and the lights…

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  • British Recce WMIK – Pre-Painting

    Finally got round to assembling the other landrover that came in the box with the Snatch thats been sat fully built and basecoated since I was in Brighton. I had already built most the frame but put a hold in order to wait for crew to fit them in properly. Empress, makers of the rest…

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  • On The Work Bench 26/05/2016

    Still chunking through the US Army guys. They are all now base coloured but I still need to work on the detailing/camo. Been busy and haven’t got round to it yet. However, some more stuff has turned up. My Day of the Rangers kickstarter arrived (after a minor snafu with it being sent to my…

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  • On The Work Bench 09/05/2016

    Not much progress as last week was a bit mental but I did manage to paint up two of the US Army figures which will form the EOD team. The guy in the bombsuit is great but I was more interested in getting the test models painted in UCP. My previous attempt on some of…

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  • Taking Stock

    I’ve finally got round to updating my collection page First of all, how the heck did I get so many figures?ย A common cry from war gamers everywhere. Second of all, I’ve been thinking about possible future purchases.ย One of the main thing I’ve been wanting to do is collect at least a squad for most nations…

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  • For the Kaiser!

    (Sadly no pictures as I was too busy pushing models and throwing dice. Photos coming once the facebook page is updated) Wargames require two things that a lot of people can struggle to have – lots of terrain and another person to play. In addition, because of how long they take to play, you need…

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  • On the Work Bench 01/05/2016

    So stealing from several popular blogs, I’m going to a weekly post saying whats on my painting table this week as well as any models that have turned up. I don’t plan to buy a huge amount until the painting is done though – the army case is pretty full already. Newly Arrived: Spectre’s Agents…

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  • Feather Added to Cap

    I’m writing this from my new flat in Edinburgh – first night in by myself after a mad weekend of moving furniture around, going to IKEA and sorting out where I will be living for a while. Its a step up from Brighton – feels much more like a flat I want to be in…

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