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We built this city!

January 28, 2021 by Count Belisarius

I’ve spent the last few weeks building terrain for my 15mm Frostgrave (not frosty) and finally last night I laid it all out and to be fair, I’m quite pleased with it! A few people asked for details on some of the builds so I thought I’d do a quick blog post to provide some … Read more

Categories 15mm, buildings, fantasy, frostgrave, terrain, tutorial 4 Comments

Another Slight Diversion – 15mm Frostgrave

March 8, 2019 by Count Belisarius

It’s almost been a month since the last post and now I’m going to do two at once! Back in January I picked up a copy of Frostgrave via a Facebook sale and thought I’d give it a go. At first I was tempted to stick with 28mm and use my Saxons and Normans as … Read more

Categories 15mm, fantasy, frostgrave 2 Comments

Returning home… a first little game of Song of Blades and Heroes

August 8, 2018 by Count Belisarius

I’ve been trying  to get round to trying SoBaH for a while but despite having the table set up it never seemed to happen. However, this evening I finally threw a few figures on the table and tried the basics out. I kept it simple. A Norman knight and four of his sergeants are patrolling … Read more

Categories 28mm, AAR, dark age, song of blades and heroes 5 Comments

More Poles and stuff…and coming up next.

January 11, 2018 by Count Belisarius

Another batch finished.  First up my Poles needed some artillery support so three batteries of 2S1s with HQ. I think these are Skytrex models. Not huge amounts of detail but clean and tidy and paint up well. HQ stand are Scotia I think.  And the first lot of T-64s off  the line. Scotia models. Nice … Read more

Categories cold war commander, modern 2 Comments
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