Hobby Blog
Nobody does it better
The Spy Who Loved Me has always been one of my favourite vintage James Bond Movies. I have strong recollections of going to see it at the cinema with my Nan when it was released. As a gamer, the submarine breakout scene has always felt like it would translate...
Ice Troll Attack!
Thanks to Mike Strong for this beautiful comic book rendition of yesterdays Pulp Alley game. The game was a huge amount of fun. Everything in the photos (miniatures, buildings & ships) apart from the Ice Troll and the modular terrain boards are from Iain...
Viking Saga – Midsummer Avalanche
Viking Village - 3D prints from Iain Lovecraft's Viking Saga This morning Mike came over for another exciting game of Pulp Alley, this time set in a Viking Village were the peace has been disturbed by the sudden appearance of 'Avalanche', a Snow Troll of monstrous...
Star Trek Skirmish Gaming: The Prize
John shuffles his action deck and surveys the developing situation. Born in 1965, I have been a life long fan of Star Trek. Other Sci-Fi has come along over the last 55 years, and much of that has been great too, but Star Trek has always had a special place in my...
The War to Save Yule – Rivers of Ice
The Ice Queens Army marches across the River of Ice On the 1st October, two new armies for Wars of Ozz go on pre-order for November shipping.. just in time for Christmas. The new forces are The Army of the Ice Queen and the Army of Yule. The Ice Queens Army includes...
Dark Age Viking Harbour
Over the last few months I have been 3D printing and painting models to build a Dark Age Scandinavian Harbour. All of the ships, walls and buildings are from Iain Lovecraft's Viking Saga Kickstarter that launches on Tuesday 13th September. Before I started working on...
Viking Village – Beach becomes a Quay
Over the last couple of months I have been building a Dark Age / Viking Village in 28mm scale using the buildings and other models that Iain Lovecraft has been designing for his Viking Saga Kickstarter which launches on 13th September. These models have all bee 3D...
Viking Saga – Merchant Trading Ship – Knarr
Knarr heads to the open seas Over the last month I have been test printing and painting some of the beautiful models that are going to feature in my good friend, Iain Lovecraft's Viking Saga Kickstarter. I wrote a blog a few weeks ago about painting and rigging the...
Tiger Lilly is being held hostage! Pulp Alley in Neverland
An exciting battle report of a Peter Pan Pulp Alley game played using 28mm metal Peter Pan miniatures.
Painting some Sci-Fi Warriors
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...
Iain Lovecraft – Treasure Island – The Lighthouse
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...
Star Trek – Miniatures Game USS Cousteau and The Borg
The USS Cousteau Captains Ready Room and Turbolift Over the last week or so I have been expanding my 28mm star trek model bridge to include the area immediately outside the bridge. I have added a section of 'three way corridor' to enable the bridge to be connected to...
28mm Viking Longboats
Viking Saga 28mm Longboats designed by Iain Lovecraft Over the last couple of weeks I have been test printing and painting models that are going to feature in Iain Lovecraft's Viking Saga which launches on Tuesday 13th September. If you'd like to be notified on...
Pulp Alley – The Legend of Robin Hood’s Bay
Last Friday, Doug and I got together to play a Robin Hood themed game of Pulp Alley. Rather than playing in the more familiar environment of Sherwood Forest, we were taken by the local legend of Robin in action in North Yorkshire. "An English ballad and legend tell a...
Viking Saga – The Village Grows
Over the last week I have been busy 3D printing and painting 28mm scale Viking buildings designed by Iain Lovecraft for his new Kickstarter which is scheduled to launch on 16th August. The additions since my last hobby blog have been the Jetty ready for visiting...
Please remain seated – 28mm Seated Sci Fi Miniatures
Stargrave Star Trek Conversions I have been a fan of 28mm Sci-Fi gaming for well over four decades now. Over the years I have played Star Trek, Albedo, Stargrave even a bit of Warhammer 40K back in the old days. One of the things that I have always struggled to find...
The War to save Yule – The Elves
The War to save Yule as the latest development for the Wars of Ozz Mass Fantasy Battle System. Wars of Ozz is set inspired by (but not confined by) the many works of L. Franks Baums. The War to save Yule introduces to brand new factions to Ozz, the armies of the Ice...
Legends of Robin Hood – Foiled at the Bay
28mm Robin Hood Miniatures game using Thus & Blunder rules
Viking Saga, 28mm Viking Buildings, Ships and more
My hobby blog about building a 28mm scale Viking Settlement using models from Iain Lovecraft’s Viking Saga.
War of Orcs and Dwarves: River Crossing
Last Wednesday Mike and I got together to play War of Orcs and Dwarves. Wars of Orcs and Dwarves is a mass Fantasy Battle Game. What we mean by this is that it is a game where unit represent several hundred troops and are represented by multiple bases (normally 4-6)...
Star Trek Miniatures Gaming – The Bridge of the USS Cousteau
Over the weekend I finished painting the bridge of the USS Cousteau, (this is the ship that the player characters serve on in our Star Trek Adventures RPG). It seems to have taken a long time to get to the painted and crewed stage. I was lucky to be one of the first...
Star Trek Miniatures Gaming – USS Cousteau
I have been a huge fan of Star Trek for as long as I can remember with fond childhood memories of watching the original series on TV, and then the excitement when the crew were brought back for Star Trek The Movie (which I was a bit disappointed with) but was followed...
Wars of Orcs and Dwarves: Of Leaders, command and activation
This is the second article in my series looking at aspects of how Wars of Orcs and Dwarves: The Mass Fantasy Battle game works. Today I'm looking at the role of leaders and other characters and how they interact with the command of the army. Wars of Orcs and Dwarves...
Wars of Orcs and Dwarves – Of Armies, units and bases
Wars of Orcs and Dwarves cover image Wars of Orcs and Dwarves is a mass Fantasy Battle Miniatures game, designed by John 'Buck' Surdu that can be played with any miniatures of any scale. It's designed for solo, 2 player & team play and features a balanced Magic...
Wars of Ozz – The War to save Yule
Mike deploys the Forces of the Ice Queen Yesterday, Mike and I got together to play Wars of Ozz. Wars of Ozz is a Blackpowder Mass Fantasy Battle game inspired by L. Frank Baum's world of Oz. Units are represented by five bases of figures, Brigades typically comprise...
Last voyage of The Beagle, Star Trek inspired Pulp Alley
Captains Log Incidental Stardate 2042.3UCP 1-36 Beagle Crashed Landed, Planet Sorrel in Betelgeuse SystemDispatched to investigate a temporal anomaly in the Betelgeuse system The Beagle suffered catastrophic damage from a serpent like plume of tachyon radiation...
Legends of Sherwood, 28mm Robin Hood Miniatures
This weekend I painted some 28mm Robin Hood miniatures from the Legends of Sherwood range.
Six to beam down Speedpaint test on Star Trek Miniatures
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...
Gangs of the Undercity – First Game
Last week Mike and I got together for a first game of Gangs of the Undercity. This is a game / concept that we have been talking about and then developing for several months. We have both been huge fans of Gangs of Rome for a long time, and it was during one of our...
Boarded by the Borg
This morning Mike and I got together to play a little 'Inspired by Star Trek 7TV' As you probably know the Star Trek Franchise has been going from strength to strength over the last 50 years or so with multiple shows on screen at the moment. Mike has managed to notch...