The Battle of Second Manassas

Welcome to the latest episode in our Two Splendid Lines 6mm campaign.  This is a series of linked battles, following all the battles of the Fourth Texas through the Civil War.  We've already fought Eltham's Landing and Gaines' Mill, now it's time for Second Manassas,...

The Battle of Gaines’ Mill

Welcome to the first proper game of Two Splendid Lines, our 6mm regimental-focused ACW game!  I think I'll let the pictures (properly captioned) do most of the talking.  This was a small snapshot of the 4th Texas attacking the Federal positions on top of Turkey Hill...

Two Splendid Lines

Today I'm going to share a playtest of the 6mm regimental game I'm writing - tentatively named Two Splendid Lines, from a Union officer who observed Pickett's Charge and so described that fateful advance. The aim aim is to represent command and leadership of a...

6mm Baccus ACW

Hello again!  First off, apologies for not being on all the way through November; I've been living in a dusty hole all month in Cyprus.  But fear not, wargaming was never very far from my mind and with my latest purchases I have an idea for another ACW game. I...

6mm GHQ Israeli Vehicles

I recently finished painting some 6mm Israeli vehicles from GHQ. I painted these models to test out the 6mm scale for possible Flames of War Arab Israeli Wars games. In this blog post I will show some pictures of a painted Merkava IV, M113 Zelda, and (possibly) an...