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Coastal Duties – Converting a 1:350 Captain Class Frigate

This entry was posted on April 24, 2020 by Chris King.

About this time last year, I took my first foray into the fine detail world of naval modelling with the superb Trumpeter 1:350 HMS Eskimo... Read more

1453 and all that

This entry was posted on April 20, 2020 by Mark Backhouse.

I’ve been on my Easter holidays this week so have been able to make progress with a long term project that has been on the... Read more

I am missing Salute...

This entry was posted on April 18, 2020 by Guy Bowers.

Salute 2020 should have been today. The show is undoubtedly one of my favourites and one I have attended every year since 1991. I've never... Read more

Why am I painting Dwarfs?

This entry was posted on April 15, 2020 by Guy Bowers.

A strange thing has happened to me recently. I am painting Dwarfs. This is very curious, as they are literally the last fantasy army I'd... Read more

Playing Oathmark - this ain't no joke!

This entry was posted on April 1, 2020 by Guy Bowers.

Ok, I know today's post is dated April 1st, but bear with me. This is no joke! I was fortunate enough to get an advanced... Read more

WSS podcast episode 38: Old gems and One Fat Lardy

This entry was posted on March 28, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Using proper social distancing by way of Skype, the WSS Podcast team hosted Nick Skinner of TooFatLardies to have a chat about old rules being... Read more

Anything but a roll of a 1!

This entry was posted on March 19, 2020 by Guy Bowers.

Last week, I played one of the most amusing games of Bolt Action I have played in a while. Usually, good tactics will see you... Read more

A Frosty surprise

This entry was posted on February 27, 2020 by Guy Bowers.

I had a surprise when I went down my local games club, The South Devon Games Club. As a rule, the Wednesday night venue is... Read more

WSS podcast episode 37: White pants and Waterloo myths

This entry was posted on February 25, 2020 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Where did episode 36 go? Somebody seems to have forgotten to post it, but it's right here. In the meantime, the team recorded another episode... Read more

Tank Wars - Quantity has a quality of its own.

This entry was posted on February 20, 2020 by Guy Bowers.

As regular readers of my blog will know, my local clubs are very much into World War 2 and have a preference for the Bolt... Read more