Monsieur le Rosbif & Johnny Frog: Seasons Greetings From Johnny Rosbif

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Seasons Greetings From Johnny Rosbif

Merry Christmas...

...and a Happy New Year!

14 comments:

ScottswargamingDecember 24, 2013 at 10:37 AM
All the best mate
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Moiterei_1984December 24, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Merry Christmas!
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PhilDecember 24, 2013 at 6:50 PM
Merry Christmas...love the first pic!
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Anibal InvictusDecember 24, 2013 at 7:43 PM
From Spain: a most Happy Christmas to you and your family too!!
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Rafael PardoDecember 24, 2013 at 8:16 PM
¡Feliz Navidad! from Spain
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LonewolfDecember 24, 2013 at 11:11 PM
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
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MontyDecember 25, 2013 at 1:36 AM
Merry Christmas!
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Plastic HussarDecember 25, 2013 at 3:41 AM
Merry Christmas from Canada!
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PanzerKaputDecember 25, 2013 at 10:19 AM
Merry Christmas Rosbif to you and your family
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Conrad KinchDecember 25, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Merry Christmas Rosbif. I hope the new year brings happiness, more toys and battlefield success.
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SanderDecember 25, 2013 at 9:12 PM
Thanks for the kind words on my blog and the very best for you and your loved ones as well,

Cheers Sander
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Michael AwdryDecember 26, 2013 at 4:52 AM
Happy Christmas Ben!
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DeanMDecember 26, 2013 at 6:56 AM
Merry Christmas to you too! Always a pleasure viewing your work on the blog. Dean
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TimDecember 26, 2013 at 11:40 PM
Merry Christmas M. Rosbif
I'm looking forward to seeing the figures that have featured in your blogs this year assembled on the battlefield of Borodino.
Don't forget to pack your camera!
Tim
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Le blog de artmabigor

BEREZINA 1812 - Voilà bien longtemps que je n'avais " alimenté" mon blog : après deux années ou j'ai du gérer les "aléas" de ma vie.....j'ai réussi à renouer avec ma passi...
3 years ago
Legio Wargmaes

A Chevauchée with Billhooks - For some time I have been working on Hundred Years War amendments to Andy Callan’s brilliant Never Mind the Billhooks rules — adapting them also to my el...
3 years ago
michas figuren

Neue Figuren bemalt - Hi ich habe nach langer Zeit noch mal Figuren bemalt für mein Projekt Baltikum Sturm des Kreuzes 😉 Micha:-))
4 years ago
Lonely Gamers

326 BC The Battle of Hydaspes - Just posting a few images from the game we played yesterday afternoon, The Battle of Hydaspes, where Alexanders veteran army fought the Indian King Porus...
4 years ago
Jimbibblyblog

Martian whimsy - I fancied making something a little more whimsical for Mars... Why not a bandstand and some gardens. For the bandstand the roof was printed and most of t...
4 years ago
Cameronian Only a (War)Game

George Cross for NHS - I've noticed over the net that various folks have been suggesting that the NHS as an organization be awarded a George Cross. The people certainly qualify f...
4 years ago
The Megalomaniac (Mwhaha)

Crimean War toy soldiers - Finally got round to unboxing my toy soldier collection after almost 6 years in boxes and searching through my late fathers collection to for figures of...
4 years ago
Blenheim to Berlin

OPERATION CHROMITE - INCHON KOREA 1950 - On Saturday 15th I joined the Gothenburg Gamers and friends for a special big game – Operation Chromite - the 1950 UN landings at Inchon during the Korean ...
4 years ago
Skull and Crown

Kessel Run Game Project Part II - from prototype to hero model Of Ships and Space and Sealing Wax... Continuing to build all the parts for my upcoming Kessel Run Race game, Last time we...
4 years ago
Blood, Fire and Death

Warlord Games 28mm Panzer IV Painting Guide Ambush Camo - This model was kindly donated to me by my mate Robin. I had committed myself to a Monday night game of Chain of Command - under condition that I brought...
4 years ago
Avon Napoleonic Fellowship

Book and Figure Review: Images of War: Fallschirmjäger: German Paratroopers - 1937–1941 & 1942–1945, by François Cochet and Airfix 1/32 German Paratroops - In two volumes François Cochet outlines the history of the German fallschirmjäger in the Second World War, deftly combining brief chapters of text with a m...
4 years ago
Le blog de LOKEN32

Haut seigneur elfe - Figurine d'un haut seigneur elfe pour la terre du milieu.
4 years ago
The Wishful Wargamer

One-Hour Wargames 14: Static Defence - We are currently running a simple campaign comprising linked scenarios from Neil Thomas' book *One Hour Wargames*. The outline of the campaign is describ...
4 years ago
Mark's Wargaming and Boardgaming Blog

AGE OF MAGIC SAGA - ANDY'S HORDE ARMY - I have been playing Saga Age of Magic for a while now ... a great addition to the Saga games and has been a lot of fun. Andrew had re-purposed his old 6th ...
4 years ago
THE WARGAMING SITE

Airplane stands for my Aeronefs - I've been working on different ideas for my aeronef stands - and finally got a solution I'm happy with. For the Aeronef and Imperial Skies rules, hexago...
4 years ago
Gathering of Hosts

Fighting for Hearth and Home - When word came from the Watchers that the host of Iron Men in the pass had taken the North East road, the Elder of Smawlton was quick to send word to Duke ...
4 years ago
Itinerant Wargamer

A new direction on an old road - Bern front ranks In the early 1980s, I, like many others were enormously inspired by the pictures in the early editions of Miniature Wargames of Pete...
4 years ago
The Peninsular War in 15mm

Russian Napoleonic Pre 1809 Sapper Conversion - A short post about a conversion I put together recently. Finding sappers in 15mm scale for the more common armies isn't a problem. I was unable to find a ...
4 years ago
1000 Foot General

Sci-Fi Hangar by Impudent Mortal - I don't like MDF building kits. There are so many minor details that irk me — the perfect 90 degree accuracy, the little pegs that show through on corn...
4 years ago
Pendragon Without

Ghost of Christmas Past....... - The New Year has finally shuffled in with plans of new armies and periods in which to dabble, but I found myself thinking back to a Christmas a long time a...
4 years ago
Modus Reg Magni Momenti

2019 a Review! - Hoi There, You guessed it, it's that time of the year again: time for a Year Review! Overall 2019 seems to have not been everyone's favourite year with po...
4 years ago
Canister & Grape - A Website for Wargamers

Still here (kind of)... - G'day All, A number of people have reached out to check on me knowing we have awful bushfires here at the moment. The scale defies explanation and what the...
4 years ago
Adventures in Miniature Gaming

WW2: Early(ish) Soviets - So here is the last of the WW2 armies that I currently own. I've had most of these soviets for about a decade now. most have been painted for that time. ...
5 years ago
Jak to na wojence...

Pruski regiment fizylierów von Münchow (IR 36) 1756-1763 - Wojna siedmioletnia jest ostatnio główną osią moich zainteresowań i prac modelarsko -malarskich, stąd stopniowo przybywa miniatur do armii Fryderyka II. ...
5 years ago
Prussian Army 1808-1813. Wargame 28 mm.

23 октября 2019 г. "Большая игра". - В воскресенье, не стесненные, как обычно, надвигающимся рабочим днем, решились на большую игру. Армия Великобритании супротив Австро-Русской армии. Мне в...
5 years ago
Gewalthaufen

New Steel Fist Late Medieval Men at Arms - I was gawping rather randomly flicking through Facebook, as one sometimes does, and I came across the latest releases from Steel Fist on (surprisingly) the...
5 years ago
Scott's War-gaming

Hobby catch up Halloween 2019 - Hi all, just a quick post to say I'm still alive and kicking! I offer some pictures of work I have completed since last time, some of which are rather appr...
5 years ago
A BRUSH TOO FAR wargaming in miniature

Runewars Latari Elves - The third of four armies from the Runewars collection that we have painted this year. The fourth human faction is nearing completion and will feature soon ...
5 years ago
BATALLAS CON MINIATURAS

SOLDADITOS DE PAPEL - SOLDADITOS DE PAPEL Napoleónicos 28mm http://papercraft.mybb.ru/
5 years ago
Northern Wargaming

AAR: A Return to Rügenwald 1630 - a Thirty Years War Skirmish in 28mm - *A battle report using the Pikeman's Lament ruleset, depicting a raid during the Thirty Years War* *Introduction* The Thirty Years War had been raging o...
5 years ago
GeMiGaBoK

U-Boot - Heikki brought something different to the last club night, a smashing board game called U-boot. It is a co-operative game for 2-4 players who are trying to...
5 years ago
The Anderson Collection

Crusades revisited - Hi Gents, A miserable day here in Scotland which led me to the games room and a few pics of the Crusade collection (my personnel favourite) this will be g...
5 years ago
Wargaming with Silver Whistle

Sign Up To SETTING THE SCENE Volume 2. - We are getting closer to finishing the 2nd book, Setting The Scene Volume 2. If you would like to sign up for a copy of volume 2 or add your details to ...
5 years ago
Twin Cities Gamer

Saga AoM Great Kingdoms - Saga Age of Magic is taking off in the Twin Cities and I just finished my 1st fantasy warband, the Great Kingdoms. I'll be taking them on the road next wee...
5 years ago
Baconfat Log

7TV Post Apocalyptic Survivors, Randos, Tech Gangers, Fallout Mutant Hounds, Graves, and a Corrugated Junk Pile - Hello Distinguisher Viewer, Today there are fifteen small things for you to look at. First are three minis from Crooked Dice's 7TV Apocalypse game. Rev...
5 years ago
TOMA'S minis world

Bitwa pod Chocimiem cz. III - Kilka nowych obrazków.
5 years ago
The British Army At Waterloo

Brunswick Light Infantry 1st Battalion - Continuing the new non-British European slant, here is a company of Brunswickers from the 1st Light Battalion, presumably fighting somewhere in or around H...
5 years ago
Caliban-somewhen

Saying hello: Jean-Pascal Tran - Hi, and thanks for following. This blog isn't very active at the moment, because my figure gaming life is pretty much moribund. When I moved to this part o...
5 years ago
Los Wargames de Rafa

Bataille Empire - Reglamento de Wargames para las Guerras Revolucionarias y Napoleónicas - Bataille Empire es un reglamento de wargames con figuras que cubre el periodo de la Revolución y el Primer Imperio entre 1792 y 1815. La escala de jueg...
5 years ago
A Matter of Expedients

The Notre Dame is burning and the heart breaks - This is an unfathomable tragedy and I only hope that if it can't be saved, that the Notre Dame will be rebuilt.
5 years ago
Monty's Caravan

King Henry V - So it's the final days of the challenge and two entries to go for me. Here's one that is very near and dear to me: *King Henry V* *of England* Actually t...
5 years ago
The Weasel's Page of Miniature Painting

Snowspeeder Part V: Weathering and Final Assembly - So I finally took photos of the progress on the Snowspeeder. At last I got to work on the fun part. There's a lot of joy in streaking grease-colored pai...
5 years ago
Wargames and Stuff

Back Again!......With Updates - So.....I see it's been a while since my last post. Lots of things happening. Real life and hobby wise - both! Oh yeah, and the Broncos managed to suck...
5 years ago
David's Wargame Retreat

Alsace and Struddlhiem raise more Regiments. - The Spatzel Regiment Serving The Duchy Struddlhiem. The Burgundy Regiment One of The Princedom of Alsace's toughest Regiments of Foot. The Snicle Pandu...
5 years ago
Horse and Musket

les Mousquetaires gris - My latest unit is the *Mousquetaires gris* of the Maison du Roi. This is of course the regiment of the "Three Musketeers" fame, but in the uniform in which...
5 years ago
Zed's Napoleonics

Year's end - Well. That was it. Swoosh - 2018 is almost dead and gone. Freaking quick, the year passed by. Unfortunately, this year became so much filled with business,...
5 years ago
Raglan's Napoleonic Austrian Army of the 1809 Campaign

Mori Samurai Cavalry - *Westwind and Perry Miniatures*
6 years ago
My Very Own Spanish Ulcer

Grognards 1 - La Garde; a joint project with David Imrie and Lionel Bechara. These chaps will eventually be going to the big Waterloo anniversary do in Glagsow in the ...
6 years ago
One Fine Day In August

WIP - Pikemen II - One base ready, one nearly finished.
6 years ago
wilderness of mirrors

Army builder 2019 pour Mortem et Gloriam en ligne ! - Salut à Tous, voici l'Army Builder pour la saison 2019 de Mortem et Gloriam prête à l'usage. envoyez un mail à gillesw01@gmail.com pour l'obtenir. les ...
6 years ago
OZWargamer

Kill Team table at the B.I.G Club day 9/9/18 -
6 years ago
Happy Valley

The Song of the Dodo - Yes, nice to see you too. Where have I been? Nowhere really, but I've been reading and ruminating and the like. Been cautious about what to get involved w...
6 years ago
alea iacta est

Frostgrave: Die Diebe sind nun komplett fertig! - Beide Diebe für meine Soothsayer-Bande sind nun für ihre Aufgaben bereit! Nun ist auch ist auch das Base für den zweiten Dieb beschneit und damit finalis...
6 years ago
Trailape's Wargame

Blucher Revisited - Hi Team It's been a few months since I played a game of BLUCHER so Rowan and I decided to have another game. We settled on 250 points each and Rowan comman...
6 years ago
Model kits and Wargames

Arab armies of the Napoleonic period - Hi, Just wanted to post up a book I bought by Mark Bevis. I'm getting started on 20mm Ottomans and bought this to help me flesh out the forces appropriat...
6 years ago
The Nameless Blog

Austrian Hussars Redux - Well, its been a while. About six months I think. I haven't looked at my hobby over the winter period and I'm not too sure why. Life has been pretty busy h...
6 years ago
Land of the Lead

- Home made 35mm miniature of Charles XII and his dog Pompeo.
6 years ago
"Serrez les Rangs!"

Lundella's Lane, 1814 - *Marching to the sound of indecision* *Unusually*, my friend Giovanni and I both had the day off last Friday. That gave us a rare opportunity to get in ...
6 years ago
15mm paint shack

Painting a Sorrel horse Tutorial -
6 years ago
NAPOLEONICS IN MINIATURE

Visit to Waterloo - I was incredibly lucky to have had the chance to travel to 1 of our Napoleonic bucket list battlefields this month. With 3 other Napoleonic daft chaps we ...
6 years ago
THE WARGAMORIUM | The Poteshnyi – Wine, Women and Wargames but without the wine and the women!

MEDIEVALS – POLES versus MONGOLS - Last night saw our second attempt at a medieval game using the Kallistra Hordes and Heroes Medieval rules which can be downloaded for free from their web...
6 years ago
SoldatEtain

The Ultimate Guide for a Make-up Noob - For a make-up newbie, picking exactly what to get and begin with can be actually difficult as well as leaves a little space for trying out. Especially curr...
6 years ago
The Camlachie Wolfe

Kickstarter: 28mm 1745 Jacobite Rebellion Miniatures - LINK HERE Flagsofwar.com is looking to raise money via Kickstarter to launch our new 28mm Jacobite Rebellion miniatures range. Most folk will have heard...
6 years ago
Exiles Wargames Painter

Hitting the Social Media with new logo - So as I start down the road to my new full time commission painting I have set up a FaceBook page FaceBook cover picture. I have also set up an Instagram a...
6 years ago
MINIATURAS MILITARES POR ALFONS CÀNOVAS

NAPOLEON ET LA RUSSIE ( Nº 2 ) 1805-1807 - DEBIDO A LA FALTA DE COOPERACIÓN , NI AYUDAS EN METÁLICO, DEBO SUSPENDER LA PUBLICACIÓN TEMPORALMENTE , PARA DEDICARME A UNOS TRABAJOS DE PINTURA QUE ...
6 years ago
Rod's Mini Dream Worlds

Atalanta, Agema's NCO & Spotbot - In my last post I hinted that this one would have one of my favorite snipers from Infinity. So here's Atalanta and her handy little Spotbot. Almost every...
6 years ago
Engineered Gaming

Saxon Light Infantry - After painting a bunch of rats I got back on track with a project that I started during the sixth edition of the Painting Challenge, the whole Saxon Corps ...
6 years ago
Little lead men of valour

A Scottish brawl: ECW action in the Battleroom - Well its still holiday time mostly in Australia and so, since its quiet, I can write a few extra Blog posts. This weekend I had my first game for the year...
6 years ago
Project Leipzig (1813)

Probsthain for Lasalle. The Scenario - *O*ne of my best wishes for this year 2018 is to return to wargaming after almost two years of absence, in which work and family obligations have left me w...
6 years ago
Ejercito Prusiano 1813-1815

PRUSSIAN INFANTRY 1808-1840: VOLUME 1 LINE & GUARD 1808-1814 - Magnífico libro editado por Partizan Press sobre la Infantería Prusiana, este volumen, el nº 1, dedicado a la infantería de línea y de la Guardia del ej...
7 years ago
Conquering the Lead Mountain

October already? - The annual update was meant as a joke initially, but has become a sad reality. This year blogging has taken a severe hit by Photobucket's policy change. M...
7 years ago
Table Top Teasers

The Teasers - *Word Document* *JPG's of the original article (be warned - they're quite big!)* *Teaser Title* *Teaser Description* *February '78 (Battle)* *Page 1 (1.8Mb...
7 years ago
Par la bouche de mes canons

The Enemy, part II (80s Pulp) - *File name, unknown. * *Primary military specialty: Infantry* *Secondary military specialty : Sabotage* *Five of the nameless, faceless legions of Cobra com...
7 years ago
I have wrought my simple plan...

The Skinwalker Tribes for Dracula's America - Just a quick post as I managed to get around to digging out my *Dead Man's Hand* figs so I could add them to my North Star figs and so take a pic of my ...
7 years ago
Slowly Over a Low Flame

Things and Sculpting: Footguards and Stuff - Things? Things are slow, so slow I haven't been bothered to post about them till now. Bit sick of painting.... it was actually boring, tedious even! Didn'...
7 years ago
Tarty's Tin

More Pic's - 10mm ECW Project - London Auxiliaries- Green Regiment for the Government London Trained Bands- Yellow Regiment for the Government Sir George Booth’s Horse and Owen Cambrid...
7 years ago
BrummyLad's World of Painting

AWI Project: Beginnings - The Rebels - Following on from my post on the British side of the AWI, here are some of the American troops. 1st Maryland, some mounted command, Southern Militia, and s...
7 years ago
Jack of All Trades, Master of None

Making the Ligonier Shoepack - Bespoke shoepacks. One of the many messes on my workbench a few weeks ago. The original of this moccasin/shoe hybrid can be found at Fort Ligonier. I...
7 years ago
Napoleonic Warfare

France II - Been putting off taking snaps of this army too long. It's gonna be done in stages... so let's start with the Heavy Cavalry. Namely, Cuirassiers & Carabinie...
7 years ago
Doug Mason Figures

- A few more photo's of the R.H.A. in action. Doug.
7 years ago
Rebel Barracks

Capture the women. - Recently we played a game set in the Dark ages. Rival claimants to the local throne met in battle with their followers beside them. The battle, to a large ...
7 years ago
WARGAMINGOWO

Konwent gier bitewnych GLADIUS (16-18.06.2017) - Serdecznie zapraszamy na zbliżający się konwent. Poniżej plan wydarzenia: PIĄTEK 16.06.2017 17.00 - 20.00 Systemy: - Cold War Commander - Infinity Wydar...
7 years ago
With Gen'l Custer Down in Old Mexico: A Wargaming Blog

KublaCon 2017 - So, last weekend I was at KublaCon, a four day Con at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame, CA. *Friday 3PM Speed-Painting!:* *Speed-Painting contest! Can yo...
7 years ago
Black Powder Games

French Hussars of 1870 - Pre-Order Deal now open! - *Pre-Order now OPEN!* After months of sculpting and working on illustrations for box art and the uniform plate, its finally time to start production. A b...
7 years ago
LEGIO XXVIII LILIPVTIA

Barca longas, windmills and capital buildings (and a global shortage in coffee stirrers). - Recently finished several projects for my 28mm games. I try to make them as generic as possible to move between the various eras I play (Wars of th...
7 years ago
Lonewolf's Welten

TYW - Imperial Standard bearer - finished - Yesterday night I finished my work on the standard bearer of the Imperial infantry during the Thirty Years War. The figure is out of the Revell box 02...
7 years ago
Painting Diary

A Hard Life - So wanting to do something a bit different with my hobby time I decided bash together this chap. He's made from (I think) parts from 5 different kits so...
7 years ago
lurkusspleen

Fe-Fi-Fo-Fum. - As i said in my last post i’d be doing a few different things to take a break from my Basileans. First up i’ve sorted out a couple of Fire Giants for my Og...
7 years ago
THE BRITISH ARE COMING! - Gli inglesi stanno arrivando!

Sudan 1884-85 - *The Second Battle of the Wadi* *The governor of Khartoum, General Gordon is under the siege of a large Mahdi Army.* *Some columns of the Anglo-Egyptian ...
7 years ago
Handgrenadealien's Great Lament.

More World War Two Stuff for Syria. - Having actually played a second game of Chain of Command and enjoyed it I decided to spend some hard earned cash & add some extra support elements for my ...
7 years ago
Doc's 'Art' of War

Fun in the AWI, a 50th Birthday Bash! - Down't club a few weeks ago having a most excellent AWI game (re-fighting Germanstown) with all of Doug's magnificent AWI collection for his 50th. We did t...
7 years ago
Plastic Warriors

WIP: German Calvary - While things have been quiet on the posting front, things have actually been limping along in the background. Most of my efforts have been going on label...
7 years ago
WARGAMES & WIPS!

German Noble - This chap has been sitting on my desk since God knows when, which is a real shame as he is my favourite medieval figure of all time. Not sure who he ...
7 years ago
Barbaric Frontier

Don Cossacks and Muscovite Boyars in 1/72 scale -
7 years ago
The Flying Shed

Analogue Hobbie Challenge - first points - Managed to complete my first points in the Analogue Painting Challenge. 16 x 28mm French Napoleonic Light Infantry for a total of 80 points. First points o...
7 years ago
De nerdibus

Dancing with Dragons - That feeling you get when the dragon who just kicked your ass goes airborne. Friday night D&D. We took the dragon down in an epic combat that left the pa...
8 years ago
Napoleonic And Naval History

The Mistreatment of Africans in the First World War - The First World War was one of the first truly global wars. Not only was Europe continually in flames for four horrific years, but the war spilled over in...
8 years ago
Kevs wargames Cabin

Play Testing and other bumph - Our recent Thursday night gaming sessions have been taken up with a bit of playtesting. Simon Miller and Andrew Brentnalls upcoming "For King and Parliament...
8 years ago
EMPIRES EN FLAMMES

MOURNBLADE - début de la peinture des figurines - Comme indiqué en titre de l'article, la peinture des figurines a commencé gentiment. Les socles ne sont pas encore fait. On commence avec des Dharijoriens ...
8 years ago
Marechal a 1:72

Modelstep - III Encontro de Modelismo de Loures, Portugal - The report from an exhibition near Lisbon. Before... ...and after. (my fort from Linhas de Torres Vedras) (Military vehicles from 1...
8 years ago
Life In The Past Lane...

Congo: Sultanate of Zanzibar Expedition - This is the finished 'Sultanate of Zanzibar' expedition box set from Foundry for Congo. They have a very Arabian feel to them, and the figures would not ...
8 years ago
In The Grand Manner

20 bahaya radiasi HP kamu harus tau - Bahaya radiasi Hp bagi kesehatan tubuh merupakan dampak buruk dari penggunaan ponsel yang tidak benar dan tidak mengenal batas waktu. Hp memiliki gelomban...
8 years ago
Diary of a Gaming Magpie

I Aten't Ded - Well, it's been a while. More than five months since my last post. But no need to worry - I've not fallen off the ends of the earth or been taken by dimens...
8 years ago
Dux Homunculorum

Character Figures and Settlers for the FIW - Conquest Miniatures put out a nice little blister of the main characters from the Last of the Mohicans, also released by Warlord Games. I had fun painti...
8 years ago
Crazy Bald Joe's Figures

Impetus , Antignous the one eye vs Eumenes - Tried the full game today and will play again. All photos by Randy, a good write up of the game on his blog. http://candiedscorpion.blogspot.com/2016/0...
8 years ago
Monty's War Gaming

Battlefield 1 Beta PS4 - Painting is resuming in the background while I am indulging in the frenetic, open beta demo of EA's upcoming world War 1 shooter, Battlefield 1, currently...
8 years ago
les foudres de l'aigle

Généraux français Perry Miniatures - Bonjour à tous voici de nouvelles figurines Perry Miniatures dans la série première empire à bientôt Christian.
8 years ago
Ogilvie VC

Sharp Practice up the Khyber - For our second game of Sharp Practice we chose the North West Frontier. We have gamed this using a Colonial adaptation of Bolt Action and also Black Po...
8 years ago
Duke of 1815

- I have made it back...... First Post for Quite a While Boy, hasn't time flown. I have been flat out like a lizard drinking. I won't bore you with detail...
8 years ago
A Conflict of Interests

Ruined Columns - Here are the last terrain pieces I picked up at Salute back in April. Some ruined columns by The Square. They're maybe a bit more on the fantasy side, r...
8 years ago
RTB AT LARGE

Borodino - taking Utilisa - Last weekend we fought our annual game, this time focusing on the Poles and the village of Utilisa at Borodino. We think we may have set a world record for...
8 years ago
Napoleonic Adventures

Front Rank Foot Yeomen - Another unit for my Lion Rampant force. I painted these up as the retinue of the Duke of Lorraine, and are probably more uniform than they would be in actu...
8 years ago
Napoleonic Wargaming Blog

Items for Sale on Ebay - Just a quick post to let you know I am selling some figures on eBay, which are surplus to requirements Please feel free to have a look here http://www.eba...
8 years ago
The Troubles of Raising an Army

Hat Alexander's Macedonian Hypaspists - Good morning! Here are the creme of Alexander's army, the elite infantry. I had fun trying out different colours on these guys, but I do not want to go a...
8 years ago
The Leutnants Diary

The Descent of the Teutonic Order - I want to introduce my second Project for 2016: I am building up a 1410 Teutonic Order force for Lion Rampant. I always wanted to paint up some high or la...
8 years ago
NAPOLEONIC-SPAIN-MINIATURES

DRAGONES DE NUMANCIA 1808 15mm / Lasalle based - Queridos seguidores, Os presento mi visión de los Dragones de Numancia en la Guerra de la Independencia . Aunque no participo en la batalla de Bar...
8 years ago
Tobi's Paint Pot

Aurelian - Part #3 of the video is online - Hi all, just a quick note that part #3 of the walkthrough-video is now online. This video contains the Turn Sequence and guides you through Shooting, Mov...
8 years ago
Wargaming historyczno-fantastyczny

Wargamer wspiera Adasia! - Ostatnio nie piszę bloga. Należą się Wam słowa wyjaśnienia. Mój syn jest chory i jest leczony eksperymentalnie w Krakowie. To dość kosztowne i czasochłonn...
8 years ago
Franznap Miniatures

- http://www.franznap.jigsy.com/entries/franznap-production/baden-infantry-firing-test-casts-painted
8 years ago
The Wilde Goose

I have some new figures out - If anyone is interested, they can view some new figures that I have released, over at my Orinoco Minatures blog: http://orinoco-miniatures.blogspot.cz/2...
8 years ago
Chuck's Napoleonic Wargames

The Ancient Irish Regiment of Fencible Infantry - Hello everyone! It's been awhile since I've last posted, but real life has been hitting me hard here the past couple of weeks. I haven't painted in ages, a...
8 years ago
Lock up Your Sheep

- We had a game of Crescent and Cross/Saga at the club using mine Chris and Rory's figures. We had a 4 way free for all between Saracens which Chris took N...
8 years ago
NapoleonsHQ

Battle Report on Cadzand 1809 - Date played: 6 February 2016 Rules: General de Brigade Deluxe Turns: @14 Turns Time: 10:00am to 3:00pm General course of the battle Mike and Jeff took comm...
8 years ago
Digger's Home

Fifteen Years of Gaming: A Retrospective - Happy New Year to all who pass this way. 2015 was pretty momentous, if not on the gaming or painting table, then certainly in other parts of life. A new ho...
8 years ago
Napoleonic Wargamer

ACW 8th South Carolina update. - Hope you all had a good Xmas. Just a quick update on the 8th Carolina. All the figures have been painted, just waiting on the flag and base work. It's com...
8 years ago
Flags of War

Secret Santa - I have signed up to the bloggers secret Santa again this year and i have been sent the detail of the person who i need to send a present to. In return we a...
9 years ago
marcofwar2

Début de mes chinois - dynasties du sud - De magnifiques figurines de chez essex J'ai pris beaucoup de plaisir à les peindre Un début donc pour une armée qui n'a pas fini de grandir... *Fiesta p...
9 years ago
1914-45

20mm WW2 Lord Lovatts' RM Commandos -
9 years ago
Sea Kings and Horse Warriors

The Last Kingdom and Sagas of the Northmen - THE LAST KINGDOM Bernard Cornwell's Saxon series features a Saxon born, Viking raised hero named Uhtred at the time of King Alfred. It has been a great se...
9 years ago
Waterloo to Mons

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Immer Vorwärts!

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The Tapestry- A Site Devoted to Saga by Gripping Beast and Studio Tomahawk

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Dog of War

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SOLDADOS VIEJOS

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MiniStories

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9 years ago
Captain Richard's Miniature Civil War

Hope everyone is well. Keep creating. - My daddy "Captain Richard" love creating burning or destroyed buildings. This is one of my favorites. He had since dismantled this one as everything was i...
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gingerbhoy's painting projects

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McZermof, Pooch and Prinny Play Impetus

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9 years ago
Bobinantes Boreales

More Mediaevals - This week I are been mostly adding to my Harlaw collection. 28mm Claymore Castings figures. Really nice sculpts and some of the best faces I have had t...
9 years ago
fig v fig from bayonets to breechloaders

Jacdaw 30mm WAS Austrians by Leftbank Workshops - A bit of painting I did quite a few months ago for Leftbank Workshops who have now acquired the molds for these figures. Nice Old School feel to these figu...
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Großbeeren 1813

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Back to the minis

Protect the King! - "Oh stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, trusting their words." For me these words entered legend in my youth. The 300 Spartans fighting fo...
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Dave Geister - Painter, Illustrator, Time Traveller . . . Geek

The Liberators - Painting "The Liberators of the 9th Minnesota" I must apologize for the long spell between posts, but my life is like that. For days, weeks . . . months ....
9 years ago
L'épopée

Zombicide - I've mentioned quite a long time ago an excellent game and as promised I come back on it. This is the game that keeps me awake on weekends lately and has ...
9 years ago
My Ever-Growing Fleets

Changes to the Blog! - This Blog has changed to My Ever-Growing Armies
9 years ago
ROLL FOR RESERVES

Dresden style. - Hi all, It's been a while since my last post. Time has been against me since starting my new job. I've still managed to play a lot, just not had the time f...
10 years ago
Suburban Militarism

HEY! THIS BLOG HAS NOW MOVED! - Hey visitor! This blog has now moved to a new site. Please visit the link below and find out what I’ve been busy working on: http://suburbanmilitarism.word...
10 years ago
Paxx88 Providing A Painters View

The North West Frontier - I was first inspired to take an interest in the North West Frontier thanks to the 1959 film 'North West Frontier ('Flame Over India' in the U.S.A) s...
10 years ago
Brother Against Brother

Battle of McDowell - turns 5-7 - Ian has allowed me to write up the last few turns, as the game swiftly turned into a Confederate victory! Any set of ACW rules worth it's salt must surely ...
10 years ago
Simons Miniatures Blog

A 28mm diversion - I got a bit bored with 18mm, it happens. I saw the Front Rank 28mm reinforcement packs and thought I’d paint up some British peninsula figures. I must say ...
10 years ago
Romani in Tenebris

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10 years ago
Þorsteinn á Heiðini

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10 years ago
Miniature Wargames Junkie

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blog de curro

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Page of SADA's Hobby

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Ancient Miniatures

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10 years ago
Solo Napoleon, a (war)gamer cartoon strip

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10 years ago
The Prussians! Here come the Prussians!

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The Inevitable Spark

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10 years ago
The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Virginia Provincial Regiment. - Months ago Galloping Major Miniatures were doing a deal on their new FIW range- so I went ahead and bought some of their very nice figures - 'but its ea...
10 years ago
The Wars of Pooch

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10 years ago
To Poltava

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10 years ago
Revolutionaries

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10 years ago
The Plastic Pelisse

Second World War comparisons on "World War 20mm" - Piers Brand has recently posted a side by side shot of several figures painted in his inimitable style. They represent a number of different 20mm metal ma...
10 years ago
Leo's Blog

leosfigures -
10 years ago
Confused Hobbyist

Happy New Year - Happy New Year all, I know I have been bad about posting to my blog, but to be honest school took all my time the last half of the year, I was just lucky e...
10 years ago
El Senyor Verd

Fotos Jornades Alpha Ares 2013 - Hola a tothom, Com que encara estan reparant la meva càmara; no puc oferir fotos pròpies de les Jornades de Portes Obertes del club Alpha Ares que es van ...
11 years ago
1:72 WW2

Dispatches volume 1 - Just a quick one for today. Warwick Kinrade, Piers Brand and a couple of other contributors have produced the first Webzine for the Battlegroup game series...
11 years ago
La Patrie en Danger

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11 years ago
Ploughshares to Swords

Not miniatures! - Greetings, I just wanted to share with you some pictures from my visit to museum Musée des canonniers from my recent trip to France. If you want to see pi...
11 years ago
Broadsword calling Danny Boy

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11 years ago
Le Grande Quartier-General

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11 years ago
La Belle Alliance

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11 years ago
Nowhere to Lead Soldiers

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11 years ago
The Scandinavian Hussar

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11 years ago
10mm Napoleonics

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11 years ago
Metal Mountain

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11 years ago
By the Emperors Command

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11 years ago
Jen & Ben's wargaming figures

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11 years ago
Across the Table:

Moving Locations - Well, the title says it all. I've decided to revamp my websites and as part of this "Across the Table" is on the move. To visit my revised site please vis...
12 years ago
1812: NAPOLEON ON MARS

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WARGAMES EXPERIENCES

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12 years ago
Pushing Metal and Talking Rubbish

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Of Metal Men

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12 years ago
Sole Member of the Napoleonic Connoisseur's Club

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Les Grognards "Napoleonic Military History"

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12 years ago
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13 years ago
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