Hello all. It’s been a considerable time since I posted here. In fact, with one notable exception that I will talk about later in this extended post, it’s been a long time since I wrote about wargaming at all. I…
What Happened to Henry?
Category: Painting & Collecting
The Joy of Wargames Deadlines (2)
Deadlines are powerful things. I can’t think of any other explanation for the fact that I have 160 Gripping Beast plastic infantry and 36 cavalry assembled on my table and awaiting an undercoat just 72 hours after taking the sprues…
The Joy of Wargame Deadlines
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Keeping Project Diaries
“It may be a personal thing, but the digital version just doesn’t quite cut it for me. I can’t get excited about finding old spreadsheets. Can you?”
Panzer Progress 1
Okay guys, you asked for it – the first of my ‘keeping me honest’ posts to track my painting progress with the piccolo panzers. I didn’t get anything done on Tuesday night because I was out playing (I know, shock,…
Where’s your mojo?
Most wargamers go through phases where they lose touch with their inspiration. “Just why am I doing this?” they ask themselves. Sometimes, the answer comes back loud and clear, they shrug off the doubts and on they go. At other…
Prunkland Prepares
In a few weeks time, Iain Burt will be invading the Loftwaffe, bringing the mighty hordes of the Gateway Alliance to do battle with the forces of Prunkland. Time, therefore, for some preparation! Back in the old days of WRG…
My Imagination Ain’t What It Used to Be!
11 Ways to Keep Your Fictitious Wargaming Project Alive and Well By Stokes Schwartz Editor’s note: My thanks to Stokes Schwartz, keen blogger and creator of the Grand Duchy of Stollen, for the first in what I hope will be…
A new category for feedback
Issue 14 seems to have been very well received indeed, with Bob Barnetson’s calm and reasoned article on figure piracy and Barry Hilton’s suggestions for rapid painting techniques receiving particular praise. One reader, Steve Burt, went a step further, adding…