Hobby Streaks – accountability on Twitter
We have spoken in the past on the blog and podcast about ‘painting mojo’ and various ways of trying to maintain hobby output – back in 2015, Henry Hyde [...]
Painting & Modelling
Test of Honour – Painting a warband for Warring States event
It’s fair to say that my painting has been somewhat stalled over the past few months – I haven’t really done anything since building scenery for our [...]
Kenneth’s Heroes – Building the board, Part II
Over the past few weeks, Dave Luff and I have been scratch-building scenery for our “Kenneth’s Heroes” game for Operation Market Larden, which is being held [...]
Kenneth’s Heroes – building the board, Part I
Dave Luff and I are putting on a game for Operation Market Larden 5, a wargaming event being held in Evesham in a few weeks time. We are once again running a Big Chain of [...]
The best laid plans…
With Test of Honour from Warlord Games due for release at the end of next week, I had been planning for a while to produce a series of articles in the coming week on [...]
Samurai – what scale of warfare?
When it comes to gaming in the period of the Samurai, one thing is certain – we have a wide range of miniatures to choose from, whether it be large battles or small [...]
A happy accident
In history, it’s amazing how many discoveries are made by accident: Telfon, Play-dough and every modeller’s tool – Super Glue. All were discovered / [...]
Barwell Bodyworks Airbrush / painting workshop
I had the dubious pleasure earlier this year of turning 50. My wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and whilst the idea of driving a tank appealed, getting stuck [...]
On the painting table – 31st January 2017
With one thing and another, I didn’t quite keep up with my 30-minute-a-day painting schedule like I’d hoped – I only managed a couple of evenings last [...]
On the painting table – 24th January 2017
It’s the end of the first week of the 30-minute-a-day painting challenge that I set myself, so time to check on my progress. At the start of last week, my painting [...]
On the painting table – 19th January 2017
My model painting stalled at the end of September last year – there wasn’t a particular reason for it, I just always seemed to have something else to do! Whilst I [...]
Review of 2016 -Painting & Modelling
Despite the fact that my hobby production dropped off dramatically in the last quarter of 2016, given my lack of production in previous years, I’ll take this year as a [...]
On the painting table w/c 26th September 2016
Following a week in which most of my free time was taken up with podcast editing, I have actually managed to apply some model paint – not much, but at least I’ve [...]
On the painting table – w/c 12th September 2016
Some new stuff on the painting table this week… Finally decided to paint my chits for Sharp Practice 2 over the weekend, so I’m about 2/3 of the way through those [...]
Painting Update – first models for ‘Planetfall’ complete
After several weeks being stalled on the painting front, the last week or so has finally seen some movement – though in a slightly unexpected direction. As you have [...]
On the painting table – w/c 5th September 2016
Following on from last week, I’ve had a good week on the painting front – the two Planetfall Helix that I started painting last week are almost finished – [...]
On the painting table – 29th August 2016
Call me fickle, but I’ve got another army on the painting table at the moment. I haven’t forgotten the Normans (or the 6mm French for that matter!) but I quite [...]
Every base tells a story
One of the great things about going to wargames shows is looking at some of the games and getting inspiration from some beautiful painting and modelling. Ever since my usual [...]
Painting Norman cavalry: The horses
During my recent reintroduction to playing Saga I was reminded, as my bowfire continued to be countered by Dave Luff’s Vikings and his use of Odin and Asgard abilities, [...]
What’s on the painting table – w/c 8th August 2016
After an abortive attempt to finally start painting my 6mm French, I settled instead on putting together a host of plastic Norman Knights from Conquest Games. These are to [...]
