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Lost in Transmission

Apr 23, 2022

3d printing for idiots...all the mistakes I have made so far and I'm not finished yet!

Lost Kingdom - Medraut (am using as The Green Knight) I am not a technical whizzkid or at 58 any sort of kid. Or any sort of whizz really...

Jan 21, 2022

Building sight...a review of MCP terrain

Before I start I should really say that this is not a review in terms of me passing judgement on these products so much as a review of...

Dec 24, 2021

Bestest of 2021

Personal favourites from this year. As usual there is no attempt at ordering or even keeping to a top 10. As always I have painted a...

Dec 11, 2021

Little and Large

Not a blog about 1980s comedians but instead about a 1940s comedic double act, The T35 and T38 Tanks, here represented by Trenchworx...

Nov 15, 2021

William Henry Johnson - The story of my great uncle during the Great War. Part I.

By October 1918 William (Billy) Johnson had been in the Army since almost the start of the war and was now acting Corporal of no. 2...

Nov 12, 2021

Delved too greedily and too deep

Dwarfs are a popular fantasy force across all games in the genre but for me only the LOTR miniatures do them justice. Here we have...

Oct 10, 2021

Mordorian Mischief

Having completed all the Mordor stuff on my painting desk including the Fell beast that has been there for over 12 months I thought I...

Oct 2, 2021

Dark Rituals - Grimm dark evildom in ruinous times

Ever wondered what would happen if the European witch craziness of the 16/17th centuries had happened in an earlier period like the 12th...

Sep 16, 2021

"Of the Elves, of the stars, of trees, and the gentle fall of the bright year in the woods"

A quick flit through the elven glades of my own LOTR Elven miniatures with regrets for the miniatures I dont own... Galadriel. I do not...

Aug 22, 2021

Best AFVs of the war, year by year. Part 1 1939.

Having watched lots of top 5 tank videos on you tube I thought to myself that I could do a top 5 tanks of my own despite the fact that I...