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The Abbey of Vaca Sagrada - Part One
Clarence Harrison - Whether building small dioramas or sweeping wargames tables, well modeled terrain enhances the presentation of your collection. Believe it or not, building and painting terrain is...
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One man's story.. Building the Saxon Army for the Great Northern War Part 1
Herr Heim's GNW Saxons in all their glory Günter Heim - First, there was nothing... no, that is not correct! There was already the thought it should be a country...
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DERBY DEBRIEF: June 1691 Central Ireland
Barry Hilton - Ireland is familiar territory for our weekends. This scenario was a bit different from our previous efforts. We wanted to dress the table using Adrian's fine city walls so the game was...
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My Blenheim Project - Wood's Brigade of Horse
Ray King - Wood's Brigade of Horse...Major General WoodPainted by Paul Armer Wood's Regiment of Horse Lt.Colonel Commanding J.Featherstonhaigh (K.I.A.)Raised in 1685 and in 1751 renamed the 3rd Dragoon...
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The Abbey of Vaca Sagrada - Part Two
Clarence Harrison - Almost all of my buildings are made from 3/8” foamcore board. This is basically high density styrofoam sandwiched between layers of paper that you get can get at art and craft...
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Scales, Dyes and Miniatures
Jim Masson - For those of us who collect, paint and ‘game with miniature figures there are as many styles and techniques of painting as there are painters…The vast majority of us spend an inordinate...
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One man's story.. Building the Saxon Army for the Great Northern War Part 2
Hordes of Saxon Kürassier at Klissow 1702Günter Heim - The next step in building forces for Beneath the Lily Banners for me was to decide which miniatures I was going to use... It was about this time...
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DERBY DEBRIEF: Neerhespen, 1693
Barry Hilton - Neerhespen is an old scenario. I wrote and played it originally in about 1992. It features in Beneath the Lily Banners First edition and may well at some point have been in Wargames...
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The Abbey of Vaca Sagrada - Part Three
Clarence Harrison - The pieces may all be assembled with ordinary white glue. After the basic construction is complete, you can turn to the details that will establish the character of the building....
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WARFARE MINIATURES GNW DEVELOPMENTS - Swedes Part 1
Barry Hilton - I was itching to paint these chaps from the minute I saw the sculpts but of course that would have been plain stupid! I received the master cast batches in Antwerp but for various...
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One man's story.. Building the Saxon Army for the Great Northern War Part 3
Holding back the blue waves at KlissowGünter Heim - What Clarence achieved within a few weeks of labour on the Saxon flags stunned me and can now be seen in the Shop now. With his help and by his...
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WARFARE MINIATURES GNW DEVELOPMENTS - Swedes Part 2
Barry Hilton - This post details two other preliminary Swedish sculpts for the GNW project. This is a privately funded range which will be comprehensive and less conventional than the norm. The 5...
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I wanna tell you a story.. Tales with Toy Soldiers
Barry Hilton - For many years now I have attempted to steer as far away as possible from ranks of identical toy soldiers evenly spaced, and painted exactly the same. I agree that units of this type can...
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The Abbey of Vaca Sagrada - Part Four
Clarence Harrison - I use 1/2" high density insulation board for most of my terrain projects. It comes in 4x8' sheets at most hardware stores. For this particular hill, I wanted to portray a steep,...
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WARFARE MINIATURES GNW DEVELOPMENTS - Russians Part 1
Barry Hilton - I painted the five Swedish figures first as my wargaming leanings are towards the Swedes. I enjoyed that very much but realized that as I got into doing the 5 Russian models in two...
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BATTLE PHOTO FEATURE: Killiecrankie 1689
Just before the... THUMP!!!!!Barry Hilton - A few years back Steve Rimmer, stalwart of the now defunct General Accident (Perth) Wargames Club asked me if I'd help him out running a demonstration...
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WARFARE MINIATURES GNW DEVELOPMENTS - Russians Part 2
Barry Hilton - This part of the series details less conventional(from a wargames manufacturing perspective) Russian troop types from the Great Northern War. First up is in my opinion the most...
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I wanna tell you a story..Tales with toy soldiers WATER FEATURES
WATER FEATURESBadly sited guns? Boggy ground behind a battery 1709Water is interesting on figure bases. Over the years I have messed about with it quite a lot. I have also been asked fairly often 'how...
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The Abbey of Vaca Sagrada - Part Five
Clarence Harrison - On to the roof... Unless my building is a simple square or rectangle, I always make templates for the roof out of paper to make sure the fit will be precise. Thatched roofs can be...
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WARFARE MINIATURES GNW DEVELOPMENTS - ALL TOGETHER NOW
Here are all of the test sculpts brought together in a colourful montage of what is to come. This experimental phase was undertaken to give us a feel for the best way to go forward.From this group of...
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