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Dark Imperium 40K – how does anyone win with The Nurgle Deathwatch?
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January 14, 2018 by wargamerchris

So it was a Games Workshop Christmas this year. The Dark Imperium and no fewer than two Necromunda boxes arrived …
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Category: Uncategorized, warhamner 40K | Tags: 28mm, Sci Fi
15mm Gabion redoubts
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January 14, 2018 by wargamerchris

I was finally able to paint some lingering terrain items over Thanksgiving which were sitting for a long time. The …
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Category: 15mm Terrain, Uncategorized | Tags: 15mm, black powder, Napoleonics, Polish uprising, Potemkin Russian, Terrain
25mm WW1 Coastal U-boat
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November 30, 2017 by wargamerchris

One of many small updates tonight. This piece has languished in my primed but never painted mountain for perhaps a …
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Category: 25mm Great War, Uncategorized | Tags: 20mm, 25mm, Pulp, WW1
28mm Night’s Watch for Dragons Rampant
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October 22, 2017 by wargamerchris

Just a short update – finished a 12 figure unit of the gentlemen from Castle Black. We are up to …
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Category: 28mm Game of Thrones, Uncategorized | Tags: 25mm, 28mm, Dragons Rampant, Lions Rampant
20mm Rif War 1919-1926
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October 21, 2017 by wargamerchris

I am an unabashed fan of the work which Richard Baber has done over the years – particularly his work …
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Category: 20mm Rif War | Tags: 20mm, Colonial Gaming, Interwar
Engineers, Generals and Colonels, Artillerists: 15mm War of Spanish Succession
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September 19, 2017 by wargamerchris

The next up for my WSS project was several sticks worth of Engineers or Sappers. I painted these generically in …
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Category: 15mm War of Spanish Succession | Tags: 15mm, black powder, Editions Brokaw, Painting, War of Spanish Succession
Considering a new 2017 Project – 15mm Pacific War 1879-1884
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September 19, 2017 by wargamerchris

This is admittedly one of my sadder, more telling posts. Two months ago, I started this post about how I …
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Category: 15mm Great Pacific War 1879-1884 | Tags: 15mm, Outpost Miniatures, Painting

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I’m a father, soldier, wargamer and traveler. This site is for my kids and to share my work over half a lifetime musing on the history of warriors and the portrayal of their efforts in miniature. I’ve never really known why I do this

Rules I’m gaming with now:

Lions Rampant/ Dragons Rampant
Black Powder
Age of Eagles/ Age of Valor/ Fire and Fury
Force on Force/ Ambush Alley/ Ambush Z!
Hail Caesar
Command Decision: Test of Battle
Battles for Empire 2
LOTR
Pride of Lions
The Sword and the Flame

Rules I’m Considering:

Sword and Spear/ Sword and Spear Fantasy
Regimental Fire and Fury
Open Combat
Chain of Command
Sharpe Practice 2
Wilderness Wars
Test of Honour
Field of Battle
Pike and Shotte (Warlord)
General de Armee (TFL)
Flames of War – Vietnamese/ WW2

Rules I still need to find to make my life better:

15mm Napoleonic mass battles rules (holy grail)
15mm War of the Spanish Succession mass battle rules
15mm Zombie mass battle rules

Command Decision Test of Battle Forum:

http://www.testofbattle.com/phpBB2/

Din of Battle:

http://dinofbattle.blogspot.com/

Henry Hyde’s Site:

http://henrys-wargaming.co.uk

Dan Mersey – author of a couple of rules sets we like:

/http://merseybooks.blogspot.co.uk/

Miniature Addiction:

http://miniatureaddiction.info /

Wasatch Front HMGS (Journals):

http://www.wfhgs.com

Bartertown:

http://www.bartertown.com/trading/

Big Force on Force (Great modern gaming)

https://bigfof.blogspot.com

Last Stand Dan:

http://laststanddan.blogspot.com/