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Fort York (18th May 2012)

Work took me to the centre of the universe earlier this week and I spent my few free hours hoofing it to Fort York. Along the way I ran into these guys and now I'm considering a new scale... . To my amusement, these guys even have mold lines!Fort York was ... Read More

Some 28mm terrain (13th May 2012)

I spent some time last night working away on a large commission of 10mm AWI fellows. I managed to get the basic coat colour on 112 of them. I then turned my attention to some of the items I picked up in the MayDay auction. Jumping back and forth between s ... Read More

More 28mm renaissance (11th May 2012)

With nice weather, it has been hard to sit down to paint these past few weeks. But I'm getting a second wind and today managed to finish up some 28mm renaissance figures for my growing (and soon to be for sale) HoTT armies.These are GW empire figures (wit ... Read More

MayDay 2012 (6th May 2012)

The Edmonton Wargame Group held its seventh or eighth annual MayDay gaming convention today. There were over 40 gamers in attendance.A big part of the draw was a Warhammer 40K doubles tournament. there was also a large silent auction.I ran two games today ... Read More

Memoir Star Wars (25th Apr 2012)

The EWG's MayDay convention is just around the corner and I offered to run an open participation game. I chose Star Wars (because everyone likes Star Wars!) and will use the Memoir '44 game as the basis of rules (because it is teachable in about 5 minutes ... Read More

28mm renaissance musketeers (23rd Apr 2012)

I finished nine 28mm renaissance figures this weekend. These are older GW empire troops I got at a swap meet a year or so ago. I did two bases of musketeers and one command stand. I've tended to paint the renaissance figures in a mix of colours so I ... Read More

Miscellaneous 6mm buildings (21st Apr 2012)

I play a fair number of hex-based games and picked up a bunch of cities on 4" hex bases a couple of years back on TMP. I've painted up some before and I'm now working my way to the bottom of my project box so I did a few more.I knocked these two off in ab ... Read More

April 17 EWG Club Night (18th Apr 2012)

We had 19 guys out for the second last club night before MayDay and two games ran.Dave hosted an ECW game using a version of Warhammer. No idea how this turned out but they were done in two hours and I heard Dave say "I've never seen that happen before" t ... Read More

A few Star Wars odds and ends (15th Apr 2012)

As I've been prepping for my MayDay Star Wars game, I have been adding bits and pieces. I picked up three Titanium series AT-STs. These are about 15mm walkers (at a guess) and fit in with my gaming space a bit better than the proper 25/28mm AT-ST I'm look ... Read More

FS 28mm Star Wars vehicles (14th Apr 2012)

I have for sale five 28mm Star Wars vehicles. I picked these up awhile back as part of a project and have either replaced them or decided I don't need them so I'd like to move them on. All have been washed and based on 60mm frontages. I would expect ... Read More

Entrenchments (13th Apr 2012)

Last night, I finished off a small experiment with making some entrenchments. I need a few for a MayDay scenario I am running using Memoir 44 as the engine. I also often find myself needing camps and whatnot for other hex-based games systems.I grabbed som ... Read More

Maurice on the sub-continent (12th Apr 2012)

Bruce rebased his Indian troops over spring break so we gave Maurice a try on the sub-continent last night. The scenario was a large group of rebels (conscripts, foreground) were usurping the local prince (mostly elite, background).The first turn saw the ... Read More

Cars for gotham (11th Apr 2012)

With a few buildings under my belt, I have been looking around for some other scenery for the streets of Gotham. I ran across a period car from Hot Wheels while out with my daughter the other night.It was hard to tell if it was the right scale in the stor ... Read More

More sewer creatures (10th Apr 2012)

As I work my way through the painting pile, I came across some more plastic aliens that I got from Tim in a trade. More 28mm GW tyranids, I think.I used the same treatment on these as I did on the previous batch so they would look like the came from the s ... Read More

Last of the Malifaux (9th Apr 2012)

And these two pictures are the last of the 28mm Malifaux commission I have been working on. First up, bomb-toting pigs. Kind of like Soviet anti-tank dogs, only slower and less cuddly.And then there is a base of mechanical spiders. I had a devil of a time ... Read More

Malifaux Arcanists (8th Apr 2012)

I'm almost done a commission of Malifaux figures. Today, I have finished a box of Arcanists, featuring Colette. I have no idea what super powers she has but the olde timey hooker look was interesting to paint. Sort of a Weird Wild West theme.These were ve ... Read More

How fast can you go? (7th Apr 2012)

Over the years, I've written a couple of articles in gaming magazines about speed painting. The point I usually try to make is that there is no reason to play with unpainted miniatures; by applying mass production techniques, even unskilled painters can f ... Read More

Hilly-billy gremlins (1st Apr 2012)

I took a small commission awhile back and I've finally moved the first part of it off the painting table. These are 28mm Malifaux hill-billy gremlins (from the Outcasts faction).These are metal figures and were very nicely cast. There was almost no flash ... Read More

Another building for Power Legions (29th Mar 2012)

While working on some Malifaux figures, I took a break and built an HO building for the upcoming Power Legions rules. This is supposed to be a taxi cab company but will serve as a generic warehouse in the heart of old Gotham.It needs some more detail on t ... Read More

First full game of Maurice (28th Mar 2012)

Bruce and I both ordered the full Maurice rules on the weekend and got the pdf in our inboxes to tide us over until the hardback rules are ready. We decided to give the full rules a go with an Austrian v Prussian game last night.Bruce trotted out some new ... Read More

More 28mm renaissance (26th Mar 2012)

I finally managed to work my way through five bases of 28mm renaissance halberders . These are GW Empire troops that I got in a job lot. For some reason I only took pictures of four of the bases. Oh well!I was happier with how these guys turned out than t ... Read More

Maurice 1746: Falkirk (25th Mar 2012)

This is the third Maurice scenario Bruce McFarlane asked me to upload.Background: 17 January, 1746 – Battle of FalkirkThe 1745 Jacobite rebellion stumbled to a halt, at Derby. The English Jacobin supporters had failed to materialize, as had the prospect ... Read More

Maurice 1760: Ste Foy (24th Mar 2012)

This is the second Maurice scenario Bruce McFarlane asked me to post for him.Background: 28 April, 1760Without winter clothing, the British suffered through the harsh Canadian winter. Survey and malnutrition thinned their ranks. In spring, General de Le ... Read More

Maurice 1759: Plains of Abraham (24th Mar 2012)

Bruce McFarlane asked me to post this Maurice scenario on my blog for those who were interested. Bruce has sent me two more scenarios that I will upload later this weekend.Background: 13 September 1759After spending all of the summer of 1759 in fruitless ... Read More

Maurice 1812: Chrysler's Farm (21st Mar 2012)

Bruce and I hosted a game of Maurice last night, using Chrysler's Farm as the War of 1812 scenario. Maurice is not meant to go that late but we thought wed give it a try anyhow. We added in a gunboat and guessed at the rules of irregulars (Indians). The g ... Read More

More renaissance plus war pig in progress (18th Mar 2012)

It was been a slow week gaming-wise, with some distractions at work and in the garden. I've also been prepping a War of 1812 game of Maurice. But I have been putting in a few minutes a day at the painting table.While there are a couple of dozen more renai ... Read More

(14th Mar 2012)

Bruce hosted our usual "off-Tuesday" game and we again had a go at Maurice. This time Bruce hauled out a Scottish scenario (Falkirk?) with both sides being forced to deploy on the board. The masking tape point in the background is a ridge-line that is bad ... Read More

Barfy 28mm renaissance (8th Mar 2012)

I've got two groups of 28mm renaissance figures on the go. I have some pike and sword fellows underway and they are turning out great. And then I have these 28mm archers which turned out terribly. I like to think I'm a pretty decent painter. But I guess I ... Read More

EWG Club Night March 6 (7th Mar 2012)

We had a dozen guys out at the club last night. There were four guys playing Warmahordes, including newcomer Scott. I think we three guys named Scott our last night, almost beating our record of four Bruce's in one evening from 2008.There were also five ... Read More

1/72 War of 1812 odds and ends (5th Mar 2012)

Moving some dusty figure boxes about to locate unpainted figures, I ran across six War of 1812 figures that I'd previously painted but then based on 120mm frontages. Perhaps I was dabbling with a War of 1812 version of Impetus?Anyhow I peeled them off the ... Read More

1/72 AWI odds and ends (4th Mar 2012)

I finished up what I thought were the last of the 1/72 AWI this weekend (although I just discovered a few more that had fallen off the tray prior to priming). These are (I think) Imex figures that I got from Justin.I've based them from DBHx on 60mm fronta ... Read More

More Maurice (29th Feb 2012)

Bruce put on a game of Maurice last night, using the updated card deck in the light rules. I believe the battle was Fontenoy (?) which was one of the Wars of Succession (Austrian?). I was the British/Saxons and was attacking a much larger force in a good ... Read More

1/72 WW1 British HiTT army for sale (28th Feb 2012)

I have for sale a 1/72-scale HiTT (Hordes in the Trenches) WW1 British army. It comprises 26 bases on 60mm frontages plus a “camp” element.There are 11 bases of infantry. There are 6 six-man bases and 5 four-man bases, with the latter reflecting attri ... Read More

Terrain for superheroes (26th Feb 2012)

I was so taken with Andy's terrain at the club this week that I decided to look into railway buildings again. I used to have a small collection for WW2 gaming. But my modeling skills were modest (at best) and the cost vs. look never really worked out for ... Read More

25mm Carthaginians Part 4 (25th Feb 2012)

Today I finished off a 25mm Carthaginian army that I have been working on. These four mounted stands are Old Glory and were the only parts I had to purchase (when I was at the Sentry Box last weekend). It is kind of fun to be able to purchase something an ... Read More

Extra 28mm Roman Skirmishers (24th Feb 2012)

I finished off a couple of Old Glory skirmishers I got in trade a few months back. These fellows will be for my Roman armies, where I find myself always short on light troops.Looking at the pictures, I see these fellows were supposed to have spears in the ... Read More

25mm Carthaginians Part 3 (23rd Feb 2012)

I've finished the third (of four) batches of 25mm Carthaginians for DBA, HoTT and CCA. These are all RAFM figures I picked up in a trade last year. It is nice to have them moved off my painting shelf.I did two bases of heavy foot (fellows with body armour ... Read More

EWG Club Night, February 21 (22nd Feb 2012)

We had 13 guys out at the club last night and three games ran. Carl and Dave hosted Will, Neal, Guy and Craig in a two-table Command and Colors Ancients smack down. The guys used 1/72 figures from Dave and Carl's collection. I'm not sure what the scenario ... Read More

25mm Carthaginians Part 2 (17th Feb 2012)

And these are the second batch of finished Carthaginians. They are Celts (my army will be heavy with allied forces!) and are older 25mm, mono-pose sculpts. Maybe RAFM?First up are four bases of psilio. I replaced the crappy metal spears with some plastic ... Read More

25mm Carthaginians Part 1 (17th Feb 2012)

Things have been a bit slow this week as work has distracted me, but I do have some stuff rolling off the painting table. First up are some mounted units for a Carthaginian DBA/CCA army. I've had most of this army on my shelf for about a year and I hope t ... Read More

More 25mm Star Wars odds and ends (11th Feb 2012)

With a sigh of relief, I give you the last of the Star Wars fellows from my painting pile! These are 25mm West End Games figures from the 1980s that I (mostly) got in crazy eBay auction a year or two back.First up are some command bases, including some im ... Read More

25mm Star Wars odds and ends (10th Feb 2012)

I have almost worked my way down to the end of my pile of 25mm Star Wars figures. I have a few more stands of bad guys drying (will post tomorrow) and a small sack of extras to pass onto Tim in Saskatoon.First up are Yoda, C3PO, R2D2 and Obi-wan. I based ... Read More

EWG Club Night, February 7 (8th Feb 2012)

We had 14 guys out at the club last night and three games ran. In an unusual situation, we actually had more guys than games!Carl hosted Chris, Chen and Guy in a War of 1812 game. My understanding is that the British won. I'm not sure what rules Carl used ... Read More

Misc 28mm medievals (7th Feb 2012)

These two fellows have been hiding in the tray under my paint carrousel for some time. I'm not sure where they came from (a trade with someone--but whom?) but I decided to haul them out and finish them off. They are 28mm plastic GW LotR figures.I often fi ... Read More

28mm Vampire Counts (6th Feb 2012)

I finished a small batch of twenty-one 28mm GW Vampire Counts which were for a commission. My instructions were along the lines of "make them look fresh out of the ground" which I took to mean dirty and ghastly.Ranking these fellows up reminded me of why ... Read More

25mm AT-ST (5th Feb 2012)

Things have been a bit slow this week as I work through some painting and have been distracted by the good weather. I did manage to complete a 25mm AT-ST for Jessica's Star Wars armies. This was a pre-painted plastic model that I re-assembled (having brok ... Read More

AWI Maurice (2nd Feb 2012)

Bruce hosted another game of Maurice last night. This time we played an AWI game that was roughly Brandywine (1777). You can see the game board from the American view below. To allow a vaguely historical development, the Americans were constrained from de ... Read More

Dragon Lord 1/600 ships (1st Feb 2012)

I was asked to paint a few more 1/600 ships from the Uncharted Seas line. These are Dragon Lord ships and the paint scheme was specified by the owner. The red is darker in person.There are two large and two small ships. The smaller ones (below) had a very ... Read More

Reforestation efforts (27th Jan 2012)

After much delay, I finally sat down to spruce up (so to speak) my aged trees bases. These fellows usually sit on an area marker or in a hex so are designed to be moved around to accommodate unit placement.There are 38 of these (I think I've lost two over ... Read More

(25th Jan 2012)

Monday's mail brought me a copy of the new game 1812: The Invasion of Canada by Academy Games. The game is a Risk-style area control game with card-driven activation and dice reminiscent of Borg designs. I took it out to Bruce's for our usual "off-Tuesday ... Read More