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A xebec was a Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. Xebecs were ships similar to galleys primarily used by Barbary pirates, which have both lateen sails and oars for propulsion....
I thought it would be useful to put a quick article together to show how I paint my Highlanders' quickly to table-top gaming standard. I am definitely more of a gamer than a painter, so when I paint I am interested in the effect from three to four foot away, as this...
Over the years Ann and I have enjoyed several trips to Morocco and have always been captivated by the sights, sounds and smells of the Souk's or markets, often located in the beautiful old Medinas. For me two of the most distinguishing signs of a North African...
I've been a big fan of the Dead Man's Hand plastic gunfighters ever since they were first released because of the versatility you have to put together some miniatures armed and equipped exactly how you want them. I was therefore very excited to hear that they were...
Yesterday I was sitting at my desk, thinking that I would very much like to start a new Star Trek inspired Pulp Alley campaign. We have played many Star Trek themed games in the past, it is one of my favourite genres, so it made sense to me to have a new crew for a...
Twenty or so years ago, when I ran a games store I had at least a small, playable army for each army list in Games Workshops Warhammer Fantasy Battle and WH40K game, how ever my 'personal' army, and very much my favourite was always the Bretonnians. I guess I was a...
On Sunday I painted up six of the fantastic new Magi figures from Iain Lovecraft's Frost:2 Kickstarter, (click here for a read of the hobby blog I wrote about painting them). On Monday I got to thinking how much I'd like to use them for a league in Frostgrave, how...
Sunday morning, I had three hours to spare while Ann was working and as on Saturday the postie had delivered some 3D prints of these lovely six Magi from Iain Lovecraft's Frost 2 Kickstarter campaign, I decided that I would have a go at painting them up, quickly, to...
Over the last few weeks, I have had the privilege to be able to test print and paint some of the beautiful models from my good friend, Iain Lovecraft's new terrain and miniatures Kickstarter, Frost 2. This lovely plaster and timber building with a wood tiled roof...
With a few days left to run on the WaterSpire Kickstarter which completes on Friday 19th, I am trying to put together a quick and easy painting guide to get 'gaming quality' miniatures on the table in double quick time. This morning I have painted 'The Clown'. After...
The Deep Ones are one of the most iconic HP Lovecraft adversaries so I was delighted that Iain Lovecraft agreed to sculpt a set of them for the WaterSpire Kickstarter. The WaterSpire campaign contains buildings, canals, gondolas, statues, bridges, and scatter terrain...
For the last five or six months a significant amount of my hobby time has been spent painting model buildings inspired by the architecture of Venice, the floating city. It all started around a year ago. I was talking with my good friend, Iain Lovecraft about how I...
This blog is going to be used to document the miniatures painted in 2023. Total 28mm Miniatures Painted: 164 & 2 Chariots Updated 26th July 2023 July 2023 28mm Cthulhu Investigators x 4, 3D printed from designs by Enigmatic World and painted using Army Painter...
Infamy, Infamy is a 'super skirmish' set of Ancients rules, published by Too Fat Lardies, that cover the wars between Rome and her barbarian enemies between 60BC to AD100. Figures are mounted individually but fight as part of units that are deployed on movement trays...
Little & Large - Same figures - different scales. Welcome to week six of my getting started with tabletop gaming on a budget blog. If you’ve not read the first weeks blog, it’s worth catching up on as it explains the parameters or rationale, and the thoughts...
Last night I decided to assemble and paint an additional nine of these sci-fi warriors to use to represent Klingons in my Star Trek role playing and miniatures games. warriors with pistols The miniatures are cast with separate heads and arms meaning that they can be...
Over the last week I have been printing a copy of 'The Lighthouse' from Iain Lovecraft's 'Treasure Island' Kickstarter. Treasure Island was a Kickstarter, ran by Iain Lovecraft in February 2022. I was deeply honoured to be invited by Iain to test some of the new...
This weekend I painted some 28mm Robin Hood miniatures from the Legends of Sherwood range.
The Crew of the USS Cousteau muster by divisions to hear the Captains address. Six to beam down (in 60 minutes time), an evening of painting some star trek miniatures Ann was out last night, so after dinner I was looking for a quick project that I could get completed...