A Cardboard Fortress

  Another fairly productive year for me, lets have a look at the round up of 2021.  Firs of all - what did I paint. The answer is: 376 Minis...

  December is always a tricky hobby month. It's dark and cold outside, which always causes strong hobby mojo for me, but the festive sea...

  After a busy autumn desk full of Napoleonics, there was a surprising twist to my next bit of painting as I went back to some seriously cla...

  Whilst I sort out the post for the Irish Brigade, I thought I would take you back to the early 90's for a short spell.   My wargaming ...

  As you have no doubt noticed, my last attempt to get the blog up and running failed miserably!  However, one my friends contacted me the o...

One of this years main projects has been sorting stuff out in the pile of shame. A lot of stuff has been sold on as I have been honest wit...

It's been a while! Nearly 2 and a half years as it turns out. Why, in these turbulent times am I revisiting my blog? To be honest, I...

It seems that Games Workshop have been changing lately, what with a return of the specialist game department and their return to facebo...

I have returned from a rather nice two week break away in Cyprus, enjoying the sun, pool and more than a few cold beers. I am now off work ...

For the whole of her little life, my daughter has had a daddy who plays with toy soldiers. She has known no different, but for most of ...

Not major news, but some hills have reached the front of the painting queue and been completed. They are the old Games Workshop ones that I...

I decided a while ago that I need to improve the photos I take for the blog. I tend to find that even with lots of lights on them they are ...

Having picked up Dragon Rampant rules just before Christmas, it prompted me to look at the forces I had suitable for fantasy. I have very s...