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Something Different
I’ve been trying to get back into painting and I felt like trying something different to get back into the swing of things. A while back someone kindly gave me some British Napoleonic miniatures to paint. I’ve had different phases … Continue reading
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Tagged 27th Inniskilling, 28mm, British Infantry, Napoleonic, Peninsular War
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A New Year, A New Version
This may be some seriously old news to some, however Battlefront have announced a new version 4 of Flames of War to be released in March 2017. This has caused quite a stir in the Flames of War Forums with … Continue reading
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Gone Bush
Apologies, it’s been a long while since my last post. One thing that has continued in the absence is the growing mountain of miniatures accumulating on the unpainted pile. I have been getting random inspirations to attempt one project or … Continue reading
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An Axe to Grind
I’ve chopped a fair amount of wood in my youth as I lived in the country. It was fun to pay tribute to this as well as having it fit nicely into the context of my basing scheme. My original … Continue reading
Posted in Flames of War Painting
Tagged 15mm, eastern front, flames of war, german, grenadier, heer, infantry, squad
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CanCon 2014 – Part 2
While at CanCon I was pleasant surprised to find that there was a large area dedicated to remote control vehicles, mostly tanks. I met up with a member of Panzergruppe South and had a brief chat about the display. He … Continue reading
CanCon 2014 – Part I
CanCon is a convention dedicated to hobby gaming. It encompasses many different formats and genres, including Wargaming, Boardgaming, Card games and much more. It is also host to many tournaments which include Flames of War, Magic the Gathering, Warhammer 40k. Amongst … Continue reading
ScaleACT 2013
I caught wind of a Scale Modelling Convention happening in my region and I was eager to attend. This event is hosted by the ACT Scale Modellers’ Society whose focus is on scale modelling with their major aim being the … Continue reading
A Little Stumped
Continuing on with the theme these Grenadiers are cautiously emerging from the woods. The poses are fairly relaxed with the squad leader letting them know to keep on their toes. The tree stump is a piece of balsa dowel scored … Continue reading
Posted in Flames of War Painting
Tagged 15mm, flames of war, german, grenadier, heer, infantry, squad
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Tying Up Loose Ends
I had started painting Battlefront miniatures by working on a German Grenadier platoon, of which I have completed a few bases (see earlier posts). Midway through I changed tack and decided to paint a fresh batch of figures in a … Continue reading
Posted in Flames of War Painting
Tagged eastern front, flames of war, german, grenadier, heer, infantry, squad
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The Lay of the Land
Ever since I started painting flames of war figures I have always wanted to create terrain for the figures to fight over. I have since been following and reading many blogs and articles that detail how to create terrain, which … Continue reading