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First grenadiers

This entry was posted on December 20, 2011 by Misc Authors.

At last I managed to get a few hours to paint up my first figures for my Project Platoon Panzergrenadiers. After 10 minutes with a... Read more

The basics of platoon building

This entry was posted on November 24, 2011 by Christy Beall.

It’s me again - WSS’s resident newbie wargamer and demon painter. Since my last blog entry, I’ve manage to make huge progress with my platoon... Read more

We will remember them.

This entry was posted on November 11, 2011 by Guy Bowers.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young, Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow. They were staunch to the end... Read more

Screaming Eagles Or Not?

This entry was posted on October 30, 2011 by Misc Authors.

Well I suppose an introduction is the best place to start. My name is Paul and I know Guy through our local games club. He mentioned that... Read more

Achtung!

This entry was posted on October 26, 2011 by Misc Authors.

For Project Platoon I elected to go for German Panzergrenadiers. There was a fair amount of discussion and ideas banded around before we came to... Read more

Ze Germans!

This entry was posted on October 21, 2011 by Christy Beall.

Before I go into what I’m doing for Project Platoon or why I’m doing it, I think perhaps introductions are in order. While Jasper, Guy... Read more

Tally Ho Chaps!

This entry was posted on October 20, 2011 by Guy Bowers.

My previous forays into World War Two have taken me far onto the Russian Steppe and the winter forests of Finland. I have sizeable Finnish... Read more

Whoa Mahomet!

This entry was posted on October 15, 2011 by Jasper Oorthuys.

As Guy indicated in his introduction, I’m a slow-poke painter. Mostly because I tend to get meticulous and (believe I) have high standards for my... Read more

Project Platoon

This entry was posted on October 4, 2011 by Guy Bowers.

We at the WS&S offices decided we needed a group project - something we could all do and contribute to with a realistic time-scale of... Read more

What ever happened to the Rise of Rome?

This entry was posted on July 14, 2011 by Guy Bowers.

Long term readers of Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy may recall we had the Rise of Rome series in previous editions (issues 52 to 53). This... Read more