Battleground Fantasy Warfare reprint on Kickstarter
On a recent Musings from the Bunker podcast, I was talking about the fact that you didn’t necessarily require miniatures to play miniature wargames, and quoted [...]
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28mm Russian & Chechen Miniatures from Tiny Terrain Models
You may remember back on episode 198 of the podcast we spoke with Craig Thompson of Tiny Terrain Models. Well, Craig is currently running a new Kickstarter campaign – a [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 253 – Adeptus Titanicus
Download Episode 253 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest presenter Teras Cassidy of Geek Nation Tours for this episode of the podcast. 00:00 – Introduction [...]
Through the round window
As part of my preparation for scratch building several houses for Burrows and Badgers, I have been looking for any sources of round window frames in MDF. Round windows seem [...]
Patreon exclusive Q&A for September is now available
If you support the Meeples & Miniatures podcast on Patreon, you get access to an exclusive Q&A session every month. The Q&A for September has just been posted [...]
Napoleonic Terrain Making book on Pre-Order with Pen & Sword Books
OK, spoiler alert for the next Meeples & Miniatures Podcast episode. Mike Hobbs recommended a book to me whilst recording the show, and I’ve subsequently [...]
Tim Eagling – Builder of Worlds
As you may be aware, we launched ‘The Meeples Challenge’ on episode 251 on the podcast, and I chose Burrows and Badgers, but not only painting models but building [...]
Painting Tally: September 2018
My plan for September was for it to be a big follow up to my minor victory of actually getting some figures painted in August. As it turned out, it wasn’t quite as big [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 252 – Gloomhaven
Download Episode 252 Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs are joined by guest presenter Dave Luff for this episode of the podcast. 00:00 – Introduction – As we start the [...]
Miniature Wargaming The Movie – new trailer released
You may remember that back in 2016, on podcast episode 173, we talked to filmmaker Joseph Piddington about his project ‘Miniature Wargaming – The Movie’. [...]
O’er the Hills Early Peninsula War scenario book launched on Kickstarter
The latest Kickstarter from Stand To Games has been launched – this time, they are looking to publish a scenario book for their Over the Hills Napoleonic rules. From [...]
New Patreon exclusive podcast episode published
Episode #4 of Musings from the Bunker has just been published, which is available to all podcast patrons who pledge at the $3 level. This show is entitled Must contain [...]
A Saga of Dark Ages,Crusades and Iron Men in the East Midlands
Last Sunday (9th September) saw 16 contenders for the title of ‘East Midlands Iron Man’ meet up in the heart of Leicestershire (Market Harborough to be precise) [...]
Painting white and making cobblestones
I recently finished painting my latest Gangs of Rome miniatures. A few comments have been made about how they liked the white on the models, so I thought I would share how I [...]
Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 251 – What we did on our holidays, 2018
Download Episode 251 Welcome to Episode 251 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast The Meeples Crew return from their summer break with a show that looks back at what they [...]
Patreon exclusive Q&A for August is now available
If you support the Meeples & Miniatures podcast on Patreon, you get access to an exclusive Q&A session every month. The Q&A for August has just been posted here [...]
Painting Tally – August 2018
August found me reconnecting with hobby time, although much of the month was spent building terrain rather than painting figures: creating bamboo forests, paddy fields and [...]
Musings from the Bunker #3 – Too Much of a Good Thing?
I’ve just published another Patreon exclusive podcast – Musings from the Bunker, Episode 3 In this new Patreon exclusive podcast, I ask the simple question [...]
Making bamboo forest terrain
One of the iconic pieces of terrain in South East Asia and Japan in bamboo forest. These are relatively easy to model, thanks to the fact that you can order plastic model [...]
Kill Team – First impressions
I had the opportunity earlier this week to take a look at Kill Team – the new skirmish wargame from Games Workshop, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe – when I went to [...]
