Painting Wargame Figures – Axis Forces on the Eastern Front

August 20, 2021

Author: Andy Singleton Publisher: Pen & Sword Andy Singleton has been modelling and painting most of his life and has been a professional commission figure painter for some years now. Here he shares his experience and tips of the trade for painting Axis forces on WW2’s Eastern Front: Germans, Romanians, Hungarians and Italians and Finns.

The Banana Wars – US intervention in Latin America

August 17, 2021

The Banana Wars covers a period from 1898 through to 1934, whereby the USA intervened politically and militarily in Central America, the Caribbean and Northern South America. It was driven by the commercial interest of US run companies in the region, and the fact that America was becoming a fledgling superpower. It was effectively where … More The Banana Wars – US intervention in Latin America

Songs of Blades and Heroes

August 7, 2021

SBH is a skirmish game produced by Ganesha Games that can be played with a handful of fantasy miniatures I was first introduced to the game back in 2009.  Currently in its fifth edition it was first published in 2007. In 2008 it was nominated for an Origins Award in the Best Miniature Rules category.

Painting Update

August 4, 2021

So we’ve been slowly coming out of another lockdown and this has allowed me to push on with a ton more painting than normal. This has meant I’ve managed to get another chunk of the gray army painted.

The Highland Battles (Warfare on Scotland’s Northern Frontier in the Early Middles Ages)

June 12, 2021

Author: Chris Peers Publisher: Pen & Sword The wars fought in Scotland’s northern and western highlands between the ninth and fourteenth centuries were a key stage in the military history of the region, yet they have rarely been studied in-depth before. Out of this confused and turbulent period came the more settled and familiar history … More The Highland Battles (Warfare on Scotland’s Northern Frontier in the Early Middles Ages)