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 – 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: [...]
Lords of Hellas – First impressions
When I first saw it, I thought that Lords of Hellas by Awaken Realms was just another ‘dudes on a board’ area control game, albeit with an interesting theme. It [...]
Why Gloomhaven is good, but not great
A couple of weeks ago our Gloomhaven campaign reached one of it’s climaxes when the party encountered The Great Drake at the Scorched Summit in the Copperneck [...]
Four different ways to go on a fantasy adventure
Last week I managed to play no less than four different fantasy adventure games – 1 RPG and three boardgames Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (3rd Edition) I had the [...]
Fantasy Flight Games announce new expansion for Journeys in Middle Earth
Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth was one of my favourite, and most played, games of 2019, and ever since the Fantasy Flight Games announced their [...]
Monday Night Gaming – return to Return to Hoth
Warning: This article may contain spoilers for Star Wars: Imperial Assault, Heroes of the Alliance Return to Hoth campaign. It has become something of a theme that this year [...]
Don’t tell the Elf! Starting a new campaign in Journeys in Middle Earth
Warning: This blog post contains mild spoilers for the first two scenarios in the ‘Bones of Arnor’ campaign for Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth After [...]
My gaming in 2019
For me, the most notable thing about the games I played in 2019 was just how few ‘traditional’ wargames I actually played – only two in fact: Dux Britaniarum and Red [...]
Friday Night Gaming – 15th November 2019
Friday evening saw myself and Josh travel down to the all-new Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry (more of which in another post) Spoiler Warning – the following post contains [...]
Journeys in Middle Earth – The Heroes
After the painting challenge of last weekend, I was left with the Heroes of Journeys in Middle Earth to finish. Aragorn Based of the artwork from The Lord of the Rings Card [...]
Journeys in Middle Earth – Forces of Darkness
Following last weekend’s painting challenge, this week has been spent applying the finishing touches to all the models. With the application of some varnish this [...]
May Day painting challenge – Conclusion
Well, we have come to the end of the Bank Holiday weekend and I am somewhat disappointed to report that the Journeys in Middle Earth box set has not been painted. The final [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #7
The final Enemy miniature in the core box set of Journeys in Middle Earth is also the biggest in the box – the Troll. Much like the wraiths, this model is inspired [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #6
They next group of miniatures are the first that actually appear to be based on a specific piece of card art – these are the Wights, which look to be based on the [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #5
Due to some other commitments my painting time on Sunday was somewhat restricted. Even so, painting the Orcs turned into something of a slog, rather than a joy. Whilst the [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #4
The next batch of miniatures on the list were the Goblin Scouts. The first question is simple – what colour are they? Whilst most people would probably answer [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #3
Next onto the painting table were the Ruffian models, since I had a good idea as to how I wanted to paint these. The palette for these models was going to be predominantly [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #2
I thought that I would start with something easy – the Wargs. These are big models with very pronounced detail. The first question is: what colour to paint them? With [...]
May Day painting challenge – Update #1
The first step, at least when painting models, always seems to be the most labourious. Since these are plastic miniatures I decided to give them a good wash and scrub with an [...]
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