Everything I Painted in 2023

I did one of these last year mostly as an exercise in accountability; it turned out to be a great way of remembering just what I’d achieved on the hobby front and I resolved to repeat the endeavour again this year.Last year’s headline figure was a grand total of 255...

Pikemen and Gendarmes and Bears, oh my!

I rarely post about painted units, but I'll make an exception for this lot - this is the core of a new(ish) army intended for the Swiss-Burgundian and Italian Wars, using Simon Miller's To The Strongest! rules (and in time the Renaissance set he's been...

How I Base Ships: A Tutorial

Often it seems like there's nothing new in the world of wargaming, but I've never been satisfied with the 'standard' ways of basing ships for miniature wargaming, and so came up with my own method; I've never seen this done anywhere else, but if it has I'd love to...

How Not to Win an Award at Salute

Last Saturday my wargaming group - the excellent London Wargaming Guild - took a participation game to Salute. The day went well; we rarely had fewer than half a dozen players at any one time, often many more; there was widespread enthusiasm for the subject and model;...

All the Terrain I Made in 2022

 Just like its counterpart for painted miniatures, this is a roundup post.2022 was a pretty good year for making terrain - probably my favourite part of the hobby - and finished with an exciting development I'll get into later.I've not tallied up my terrain...