It's almost Halloween π
14.10.2025 17:23 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@iantherocket.bsky.social
I write, I paint and sketch, and I love wargaming. Not necessarily in that order. I also love dogs and my family, in that order π Left leaning #Humanist and socialist, living in Shropshire, UK.
It's almost Halloween π
14.10.2025 17:23 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A birthday remembrance for Roddy McDowall.
17.09.2025 22:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He's well loved and also an excellent guard dog.
06.09.2025 10:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alfie never seems able to relax π
06.09.2025 09:05 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I've been considering paper armies for some time. Finally, I took the plunge. I don't have a lot of money for gaming, and these work out incredibly cheap in comparison to figures. I love them, and the Peter Dennis artwork is beautiful. The Saxons are almost done now.
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I haven't been on here for a while. Now I'm being asked to provide age assurance to access my messages!! Is that legit? It takes me to a website that wants to either scan my face or check my credit card? I don't plan on doing either.
11.08.2025 19:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 3 π 0Warning, this house is protected by a fearsome guard dog π
22.07.2025 09:31 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alfie the plant.
I think I've posted before about some of his unusual sleeping positions, and yes, he is asleep. This is the best so far!!
This is good news for cyclists.
28.05.2025 07:51 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Be aware the Fortress Dwellers also occasionally bagpipe.
They've been one of my Tik Tok follows for a while. Great to see them getting some love on here now.
How wonderful.
28.05.2025 07:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Langton 1/1200 scale ships are wonderful. Another club member swears by them. I have mostly Navwar.
28.05.2025 05:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They are 1/700th scale. Normally, we game with 1/1200.
27.05.2025 19:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0They aren't mine, another club member 3d printed them, and the guy I played painted them.
27.05.2025 19:50 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The rule book was first published in 2011 by Pen and Sword, who more recently put out a paperback copy.
27.05.2025 13:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We were using "Blood, Bilge, and Iron Balls." There is an element of record keeping for ship damage, which some say slows it down, but it is a more realistic game to play.
27.05.2025 11:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Last nights game at the club. I do love a Napoleonic naval skirmish game. I lost!! I'm very good at that π
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Morning π
12.05.2025 04:57 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alfie, happily watching the world go by. He must have been quite comfortable, he fell asleep like that!!
26.04.2025 05:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I had my first game of DBA on Monday night at the club. We suffered a glorious defeat as both of our flanks collapsed, mainly due to my ability to roll ones at the most inopportune moments π
24.04.2025 12:43 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Yep. Never grow up, it's a trap.
23.04.2025 05:15 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do you also post on the Facebook 2mm page? These look very familiar. Also, they are excellent, by the way π
17.04.2025 16:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I received these Irregular Miniatures 28mm ECW figures this morning. It's my first journey into their larger scale, as I've mostly purchased 2mm or 6mm from them in the past.
I absolutely love them, the details are beautiful. Exactly what I need to finish a regiment.
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This is my daughters Sunday drive, I certainly wouldn't get in her way, that's for sure!!
17.04.2025 10:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's happening. After a 2 year break from writing, I have finally started outlining my 9th book, which is a dark fantasy. Perhaps fitting for the world we currently find ourselves living in.
15.04.2025 23:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Alfie isn't a fan of rising early, he prefers a more sedate start to the day. He's probably saving his energy for when he resumes digging up the lawn!!
14.04.2025 06:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tonight, we had a game of Nimitz at the club. Great fun. I even managed to shoot at and sink one of my own destroyers. Don't ask π
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