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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...

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15mm 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...

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15mm 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...

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FOW 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...

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Next 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...

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Normandy 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...

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15mm 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...

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IDF 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...

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15mm 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.

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AI 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....

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15mm 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...

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15mm IDF Mechanized company

IDF mechanized company and Pioneer platoon drying up (Mat varnish).

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Playing 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...

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Rules 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,...

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15mm 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...

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In 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...

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Goodbye 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...

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Random pics of the joy of 3mm

 I should put up more pictures of my work in 3mm.

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All 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...

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DBN 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...

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Investments

 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...

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6mm 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...

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Some Battletech miniatures

 

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New 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...

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Painting 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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