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 [...]
Fantasy Gaming
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Confessions of a gamer – January 2020
The intention of 2020 was to try and reduce my hobby purchases. Given that intention, the year is off to something of a poor start. Mortal Realms This new magazine was [...]
Painting Tally – January 2020
Despite not picking up a paint brush in the final week, January turned out to be a good month for painting models. The painting output was entirely devoted to fantasy, as I [...]
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 [...]
Footsore Miniatures & Games launch ‘Mythic’ expansion for Mortal Gods
Ever since Footsore Miniatures produced Mortal Gods – their skirmish game set in Ancient Greece – people have been asking if/when they will release an expansion [...]
Miniature Painting – w/e 26th January 2020
Only managed a few days painting last week, mainly due to spending a long weekend in Wales with the Welsh Wizzard. Playing games and meeting with my fellow gamers, rather [...]
Miniature Painting – w/e 19th January 2020
A second week has been spent painting Runewars skeleton warriors Monday 13th January Painted GW Wraithbone over all bone and clothing areas. Tuesday 14th & Wednesday 15th [...]
Miniature Painting, w/e 12th January 2020
This week I started to get ‘back in the saddle’ of painting a little each day. The aim is to paint for around 15-30 minutes – basically to try and make some [...]
A look at Mortal Realms, Issue 1
I had no idea that this product – Mortal Realms – existed until I read a post from The Renaissance Troll himself, Joe McCullough. The kicker on that particular [...]
Miniatures Painting, w/e 5th January 2020
The last couple of days has finally seen me lay paint onto miniatures for the first time in 2020. It may be cheating, but I started by working on some miniatures that were [...]
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 [...]
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