15mm Forged in Battle British Infantry review
Received today my British Infantry from Forged in Battle. I think the hard plastic figures from Battlefront are quite good but I like trying different brands. I will be receiving the Later War British...
View Article15mm WWII British Infantry size comparison
I received today my Late war British infantry from Battlefront. I ordered a couple of sprues direct from BF because I don't really need a full company of them. Everything arrived rather quickly, I...
View Article15mm WWII British infantry
The full painted unit, artillery in progress. Quite a long time I haven't painted full platoons of 15mm WWII infantry.Forged in Battle British Infantry To be honest, I lost a bit some of the...
View ArticleFOW D-Day British army finished
At long last, I have completed my project. Base comes from the British army starter set by Battlefront, probably one of the best so far, and rest is various additions from Battlefront, Plastic Soldier...
View ArticleNext FOW project for Normandy
Little known photo (to me at least) to illustrate my next project, the opposition to the British in Normandy, a Fallschirmjager Company.After playing around with the online Force application to build...
View ArticleNormandy 1944: book review
This is a book review of Normandy 1944 written by Niklas Zetterling. This book is very different from most of the books I have on the battle of Normandy. It is not as much an account of the engagement...
View Article15mm Team Yankee IDF force
So I have built an IDF force in 6mm (sold) and 3mm. It is now time to do it in 15mm (and no, I really don't want to do it in 20mm, however, I do not promise anything about 28mm...). I really was...
View ArticleIDF vehicle conversion
Credit: First of all, credit goes in part to the extraordinary work of Thomas Stark that inspired me to try a bit harder and model IDF vehicles. Thomas is super accurate and has really invested in...
View Article15mm IDF M60
Eventually finished my ERA M60. Really like how they came out. I am waiting for my decals but I continuing the IDF army project and adding one color a day, so step by step we are getting there.
View ArticleAI photorealistic portrait
When AI brings back photorealistic portraits. Stunning, just stunning. Some explanations: It is a composite image made from known drawings of the Emperor and photos of real persons combined with AI....
View Article15mm IDF support
IDF support APCs that I finished yesterday. Quite a lot of modifications on the original battlefront models that I bought. This is also one of the joy of working with plastic, I find it much easier to...
View Article15mm IDF Mechanized company
IDF mechanized company and Pioneer platoon drying up (Mat varnish).
View ArticlePlaying miniature games online
It is quite difficult with all the ongoing mess to meet with friends, and play miniature games. However, the good folks at Little Wars TV gave me very good ideas on how to play miniature games.I will...
View ArticleRules shopping
As a wargamer, you need sometimes to try new era and rules. This time has come...As with anything, I sometimes get carried away and rather agonizing on whether I need or not to buy the set of rules,...
View Article15mm ss comparison
Foreword:I have recently received the 15mm ss infantry from Battlefront and from Forged in Battle. I am not sure it is necessary to remind that I do not condone the ss and despise what they represent...
View ArticleIn the quest for 6mm Sci-fi miniatures
As it may seem useful for other wargamers entering the 6mm sci-fi field, let's keep track of the manufacturers I could identify:Vanguard Miniatures:https://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/Style a bit...
View ArticleGoodbye Warlord Games
Warlord set in UK price: 164.99 GBPSame Warlord set with their localized price on their webstore: 45,700 JPY = 298 GBP!!!Same story across all their product ranges. As a consequence:if I find the...
View ArticleAll hell let loose and Combat HQ rules
A couple of rules that I have received recently.I found out during the lock-down that there are actually many excellent publication on https://www.wargamevault.com/They also have the benefit to be...
View ArticleDBN in 6mm
3 games today from noon to 3:30 pm (including set-up), playing British vs French in 6mm.The rules we used were DBN V2. They play fast, maybe too fast as the first side to lose 4 units (out of usually...
View ArticleInvestments
I bought these transparent drawers for USD 50. It made my hobby life sooo much better!All the paints are put where they should be after each finished project and I find them when I need them...I have...
View Article6mm painting
A few units recently painted for DBN in 6mm.The Empress dragoons (Adler miniatures):Two regiments of the Young Guard and a unit of British rocket launchers in the background (figures are from Baccus)I...
View ArticleNew projects
After a 2 years hiatus because of the covid, it seems the club is meeting again so it is a good chance... to buy new figures.What I am thinking of, at the moment, is For Saga in 28mm:A Pagan Rus armyA...
View ArticlePainting 3mm
Painting 3mm miniaturesPainting 3mm miniatures is not exceptionally difficult but it requires methodology. Here is what I do:I first prime everything in dark brown. I am not quite sure why people still...
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