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GROGNARDIA

REPOST: The Articles of Dragon: "Mutant Manual" - Since this blog could hardly be accused of intellectual rigor, I trust no one will object to my choosing the "Mutant Manual" as the "article" I wish to h...
6 hours ago
LEADPLAGUE

Exö-Squad Röknauts - Hey everyone, so you might have noticed I'm a huge fan of Röknauts from Ontos Games, and their latest project saw the arrival of a much anticipate...
20 hours ago
Tale of Painters

Review: Grand Cathay Defenders of the Great Bastion Army Reinforcement Set - The Great Bastion stands strong with Grand Cathay's second wave of reinforcements. We're reviewing the Defenders of the Great Bastion Army Reinforcement ...
3 days ago
Goblin Lee's Miniatures Blog.

An audacity C48 Gargolyes. - I have always liked the Gargoyles. Growing up in Southern England Gargoyles were always around on the churches and cathedrals, and so seemed a very rela...
3 days ago
Wee Blokes

Shark Attack! - Third set of Critters - The Sharks Not all Critter Commandos factions have a full 6+2 set to them. The Sharks are one of the many that only have 3 tro...
3 days ago
Tenkar's Tavern

As Requested, a Retraction - On January 16th, 2026, Chris Stodgill posted a post regarding Ken Whitman. Ken has objected to the post in question on the grounds that, and I will quo...
4 days ago
Old School Workshop

More refurbished bases - Here I am again! While working on other stuff, I’ve been squeezing in bits of time to keep unifying the LoTR bases. There’s really no mystery to it, it’...
5 days ago
Magpie and Old Lead

"It'll be like the old times. They'll never stop us." - Olley x Biggs Darklighter & Prune Face - Back to some incidental Star Wars characters and painting up Bob Olley sculpts where they just seem to fit! Here are Biggs Darklighter (deleted Tosche St...
5 days ago
Jaeckel Alone

The Troll Biters (part 4) - Ironically, I ordered a new box of plastic skulls to use the giant ones as masks, and ended-up using two bare-faced models to complete my berserker unit....
1 week ago
Realm of Chaos 80s

Every Gamer's Dream: An interview with Wayne 'The Duke' Millard - The later part of the 1980s saw an explosion of fantasy inspired fare. From He-Man to Knightmare, British screens were packed with imagery of the stalwar...
1 week ago
About Bruce Heard and New Stories

Preview: The Iron Queen - I have the pleasure of announcing the upcoming release of my latest project: *The Iron Queen*. Designed for *Old Style Essentials* (classic version), it ...
3 weeks ago
GRUBB STREET

Theatre: Rocky Revival - * Topdog/Underdog *by Suzan-Lori Parks, Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, Arts West, in co-production with the Hansberry Project, Through March 1. It ha...
3 weeks ago
Give'em Lead

Flaming Pigs - Ancient sources record the use of pigs as weapons against war elephants. Greek writers such as Polyaenus and Aelianus Tacticus describe how, during the s...
4 weeks ago
Snickit's Tail........................

The Tale of 4th Gamers Painting Challenge III - The Citadel of Bloody Hell - Over on the 4th Edition Warhammer Fantasy Battle Facebook Group I've begun a new "Tale of 4th Gamers" Painting Challenge. As you may assume the format ste...
4 weeks ago
Tales From the Big Board

Buzzgobb Phesterlick, Chaos Knight of Slaanesh - Buzzgobb Phesterlick, the dread knight of Slaanesh, leads a troop of his Minotaurs across the Black River, through the Tulgey Wood and into the fringes of ...
1 month ago
Oldhammer on a budget

Warhammer 40k 2nd Ed - Thousand Sons rebased, Red Corsairs are arriving. - What's this? A 2nd Blog post. Spoiled. Anyway welcome too the Blog of vice and dice, putting the mid into Midhammer and feeling so Old my hammer brok...
7 months ago
the leadpile

The Orcs get some time in the sun - As promised, some decent pictures of the growing Orc army. First up are the Black Orcs. I fine old mix of classic sculpts from Bob Olley, Trish and Alle...
9 months ago
Oldenhammer in Toronto

Painted Miniatures for Heart of the Empire - [image: Painted miniatures for Heart of the Empire Star Wars Imperial Assault] *Heart of the Empire* was the fifth expansion for *Star War Imperial Assa...
10 months ago
Blue's Marauding Miniatures

Reiksguard Unit Complete!! - For my January submission to the Call of the Crown painting challenge I have produced a unit of 15 Reiksguard knights to act as the elite heavily armore...
3 years ago
The Lost and the Very Damned

My Magnetised Movement Trays/Display base (a tutorial) - For some time now I've been making my own magnetised movement trays/display bases for my Lost and the Damned army, and as I was making one for my unit o...
5 years ago
Stro'Knor Macekiller

The Heroes of Fruglehofen - Yes, I know I said I was starting with Gimbrin's Mine... again. Due to vagaries of the warp or machinations of some evil power I am still waiting for some ...
6 years ago
Wargames Wasteland

Middle Earth SBG (The Dead of Dunharrow - part 2) - Wow - almost a month since my last blog post. That could be a record. I have not been idle! Here are some more dead chappies for my Dunharrow army: More...
6 years ago
Clamshells and Sea Horses

Lost expedition - and a Kickstarter - A big game will be running over the next 30 days (or so), and I thought I'll chip in and paint a character for this huge game of archetypes, nobles and her...
6 years ago
Ewal Dvergar

The Colour of Magic - Morning all. A pair of Sorcerers have received a lick of paint and I wanted to share them with you. Here is your book, Sire Here, take your god-damn bo...
7 years ago
Rab's Geekly Digest

Meet Emrim - Meet Emrim. For a dwarf (and a thief*) he's a good sort, and a fine shot to have alongside you in a fight. Not *behind* you, mind, he's not a perfect shot ...
7 years ago
Realm of Citadel - Slave to the Lead

40k Tzeentch Warband #4: Chaos Dreadnought - A seriously chaotic miniature from the wonders of the Rogue Trader Era. Been drooling over this one since back in the days and now finally painted one! Ho...
7 years ago
miniaTEXTures

2018 - a new year, new challenges, more hobby - Time to return to the blog... In many ways 2017 brought me a lot of new hobby experiences. Primarily while painting Eldar. The small force I started back i...
8 years ago
Lead Menagerie

Ral Partha Personalities 01-003 Balrog v3 (rescued) - Bit of a gap between postings, but that's what a new job and Christmas does for you :) I've hardly had time to paint in the last month, but I thought I wo...
8 years ago
Hammer and Banner

Heroquest - Quest 6: Legacy of the Orc Warlord - *Preamble...* *Brighttower woke to the cold that chilled him to his bones. What was happening? Oh that’s right he was captured. With the full return of...
8 years ago
The infrequent ramblings of a casual wargamer and hobbyist

From small beginnings... - Low and behold, the fledgling vanguard of my Hive Fleet; Spectre with around two hours of work put in using a fast wash approach. These will be used in my...
9 years ago
Atomic Dragon Battleship

Twenty-Eight Adventures, Part 25: Primeval Thule - Time is flying by these days! I’m pushing to finish up all the Thule 5e stretch goal projects and make sure our Thule 5e books all get to where they’re su...
10 years ago
Drums in the Deep

Apprentice and Marksman - Valley of the King by Desolate Pathway AFTER a brief halt I have this week completed two more models for my *Frostgrave* warband: the apprentice and another...
10 years ago
The Cartography of Thorfinn Tait

Emirates of Narwan - +Bruce Heard is posting a series of articles on the +World of Calidar's *Emirates of Narwan*. This arid nation in the southeast of the Great Caldera is one...
10 years ago
a tale of several gamers

Two Units of Arrer Boyz - SeanS - Hi All, It's been awhile and I actually forgot that I could be posting here with my progress on getting my army together for Oldhammer USA weekend. I fini...
10 years ago
Oldhammer

Oldhammer models - Is that model Oldhammer ? And this one? Every now and then the question comes back and while some will argue that the true proper "Oldhammer models" are ...
10 years ago
FightingFantasist

- Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge. http://www.theguardian.co...
11 years ago

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