Painting Update – 12th October 2020
In the past week I have managed to complete my painting of the miniatures from the Shadowed Paths expansion to Journeys in Middle Earth by Fantsy Flight Games – I can [...]
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Painting Update – 5th October 2020
I had a small slump in my painting output recently – essentially several days when I really didn’t feel like picking up a paint brush. Whilst I have been an [...]
Painting Update – 21st September 2020
Following the completion of a couple of Saga Age of Magic armies, I decided to reward myself by painting the miniatures from the latest expansion to the Lords of the Rings: [...]
Painting Update – 17th September 2020
I actually finished this model a couple of weeks ago, but have had some issues taking a photo – this one is pretty bad, but the best I can do at the moment. Hopefully I [...]
Gaming in a pandemic – rediscovering RPGs
As I mentioned in my previous post about my gaming experience during these strange days in which we have been living for the past few months, the lack of face-to-face gaming [...]
Painting Update – 23rd August 2020
Only the one miniature painted in the last few days, but in my defence it is a big one… This is the Gargantuan Skeletal Dragon from the Pathfinder Battles range by [...]
Painting Update – 17th August 2020
As I have mentioned before, one of the discovered benefits of the COVID pandemic has been our Saturday afternoon ‘Paint and Chat’ sessions. As well as getting the [...]
Painting update – 4th August 2020
Painting in the last few weeks has all been about the beastmen. Following the last update I have finished a further three units of these troops, which gives me 40 in total [...]
Gaming in a pandemic – Apps
Since face-to-face gaming has been denied most of us in recent months we have had to find various alternatives. There are many available, including such platforms as VASSAL [...]
Painting update – 7th July 2020
Following on from my last update I have managed to make steady, if not exactly speedy, progress on my second Saga: Age of Magic army – a Demonic warband. As I said in [...]
Painting Update – w/e 19th June 2020
My have managed to maintain my painting output in the last two or three weeks – nothing spectacular, but I have now finished my Undead army for Saga: Age of Magic by [...]
Infamy, Infamy! – New Ancients rules from TFL available for pre-order
After many months of anticipation, Too Fat Lardies are finally ready to publish their Ancients rules of warfare in the age of Rome – Infamy, Infamy!* The rules are [...]
Lockdown painting update – May 2020
It’s been a while since I shared anything hobby related. Many of us have taken advantage of some of the extra time we have found on our hands during this period of [...]
Review – Twilight Struggle, Digital Edition
The lockdown due to the COVID-19 virus has caused a certain amount of disruption to tabletop gaming, and has forced many people to look online for substitutes to their usual [...]
Barons’ War 2 launches on Kickstarter
Following on from the first Barons’ War Kickstarter, which ran in September 2019, Andy Hobday and Paul Hicks are back with a second project, which fills in many of the [...]
‘The Warren Percy Affair’ and other new releases from Oathsworn Miniatures
Oathsworn Miniatures have just released some new products in their Burrows & Badgers range. First off is ‘The Warren Percy Affair’ – a 63 page A4 [...]
Easter painting challenge 2020
Several of us decided to set each other a painting challenge for the Easter weekend. We each chose 4 figures, and then votes were cast to decide which figures each of us [...]
Group hobby activity in a time of social distancing
The current Coronavirus epidemic has obviously impacted our ability to meet up and play games, but on the flip side, we now have lots of time to make an impact on painting [...]
Meeples & Minaitures – Coronavirus Special
Download Episode – Coronavirus Special Neil Shuck & Mike Hobbs return for a special episode of the Meeples & Miniatures podcast. In this show we catch up with [...]
New podcast episode – coming soon…ish
As we find ourselves in the grip of a global pandemic, the Welsh Wizzard and I thought that we could provide a little light relief to your day by producing a podcast special [...]
