200 followers!

Overnight it seems we passed the 200 followers milestone. When we kicked the blog off many moons ago we never had such lofty ambitions but sometimes these things just happen I guess.

In passing the 200 we welcome aboard MSRyan, Andrew, Leofwine Wargamerson and DaggerAndBrush. Hopefully our new friends (and our old ones) find more than a little of interest here. Please keep leaving your comments and thoughts. The stats matter little in comparison to these little nuggets.

Given we have only just done a compo recently we'll forgo it this time. You'll just have to be happy with the sense of knowing that if we had done one you would almost certainly have won exactly what you've always wanted. Unless the Badger got in first. :-)

Cheers,

Millsy

Wargame Bloggers Quarterly Issue Two is OUT!

It is with great pleasure the Editorial Panel can announce that the much anticipated Issue Two of Wargame Bloggers Quarterly is out now and ready for you to download!

Issue Two is a massive 39 pages and packed with great photos and content from across the wargaming blogosphere. It features articles on a range of topics and periods including Ancients, Colonials and Napoleonics as well as VBCW (alternate history) and even Lord of the Rings.

Just like Issue One you can expect cracking images and some wonderfully entertaining reading. We hope you enjoy it!

Get your copy of Issue Two here...

PS. I'd like to thank Dave Docherty for doing such a wonderful job as Editor-in-Chief and all our authors for their patience and enthusiasm. It makes my job as designer so much easier and a pleasure as well.

Cheers,
Millsy

Army Gallery Pages

I have a lot of stuff. I've never denied it and at times revel in it. There is an obvious issue with this however in that sometimes even I can't remember what I have or when it last saw the light of day.

That being the case, I've decided to start collecting all the various images and content from across the blog which relate to specific armies in my collection. I'm doing this partly for insurance and documentation purposes but also so that it is easy to share galleries of painted armies for those interested.

Tonight I put together the first one - Heinrich Kemmler's Undead Army of the Cairns for Warhammer Fantasy Battle.

Feel free to have a look and tell me what you think. I plan to do at least one a month hopefully.

Cheers,
Millsy

And Now for Something Completely Different

Apart from wargaming just about every period imaginable, I'm also rather keen on old school Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying, especially the original Basic edition of the game. When you couple that with enjoying the odd bit of desktop publishing you get stuff like this...

I've been Dungeon Mastering games of D&D since I was about 12 years old and have written the odd bit and bob before but never had a go at producing a fully fledged published module. I decided it was about time I gave it a go, so with help from Ev (editorial) and Nug (cover and interior art) I produced some proper dungeon crawl cheese. I even managed to con my wife and kids into playtesting it for me which was about the best fun I've ever had.

If you're interested it's available on DriveThruRPG. Download a copy and let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Millsy

Epic Squat Project Update

This was supposed to be a Paint Table Saturday post but I was called away on a search and rescue op with the fire brigade at short notice. Instead of painting I got to have a very, very long walk yesterday over some incredibly rough terrain in the heat. 8+ hours of near constant walking, climbing, navigating and searching through the bush all the while. I'm feeling it today but that's to be expected. It takes it's toll on the fittest of us, especially those pushing 45 years.

Easy enough to get lost in. Harder to get found in...

Anyway, so that means this will have to be an Epic Squat Project update post instead. Great progress this week with the mojo well and truly discovered and returned to full service...

Artillery, air support, fast attack and infantry with transports

Two sets of gyrocopters and an airship. Another two airships to go.

Warrior brotherhood and spartan transports

Hearthguard and robot cadre

I also got my first order from Warbases which helped move things along. Unfortunately I was somewhat boneheaded in the execution thereof and ordered the wrong sized bases for infantry.
A second order has been placed and despatched so no a major hold up.

This week I've also managed to win a bunch of fleaBay auctions for termites, a few infantry bits and bobs, a leviathan, a colossus plus spotter plane and another two airships which seriously fills out holes in my war engines and transport. Still looking for moles, a hellbore, a cyclops, a pair of thunderfires and another goliath. If you have some and want to sell or trade speak up!

That's just about it from me apart from taking time to welcome rct75001, Tarty, Clint, Brian English and Dannoc. Great to have you aboard!

And a final shout out to my lovely, talented wife whose wonderful painted fabric entry took out first place in the textile and craft section of this year's Blue Fringe Arts Compo yesterday.

Cheers,
Millsy