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HAMMERHEAD '26 HISTORICAL, FANTASY & SCI-FI GAMES SHOWSATURDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2026 TOP MANUFACTURERS / TRADERS UP TO 60 PARTICIPATION GAMES THE WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED PAINTING COMPETITION.

This time next week I will be heading to a #wargames show I’ve not been to before #Hammerhead

www.hammerheadshow.co.uk

Politicians telling lies 😮
In my experience, if their mouths are moving they are telling lies

Dragon Lodge 10061 Brethren at the first ceremony to be held outside of the Province of Nottinghamshire

Here we are at #Beachhead with a keen supporter in the form of a member’s son - a keen game player

Branksome Masonic Hall

I should mention that #DragonLodge members came from multiple locations to attend #Beachhead and hold a #Masonic meeting on the Saturday evening.
#FreeMasons #wargaming

More from #Beachhead
Blood and Plunder #28mm

I was so busy looking around and talking with people at #Beachhead I forgot to take many photos. Here are a small selection of

A weekend of mixed fortunes for my Swiss in Plymouth this weekend. 2 losses (really should have won one of those as I was ahead on breakpoints until I made a daft mistake), one winning draw & a win.
Highlight was my light crossbows killing a knight to break the Serbian Empire army. #adlg #wargaming

A small MesoAmerican army for a competition in August. No problem 😉 thought. Yet popping down to open DDWG up for the day a new member pops up “Pssst! Want to buy some Aztecs?” And I find myself with 31 extra figures on top of everything else that I’ve bought! #wargaming #figurepainting

Thanks Bill. These are the Wargames Atlantic Aztec plastic figures.

Too many projects on the go at once! Finished these Putepecha swordsmen for #ADLG and almost completed the last 2 stands of Assyrians that I’ve been putting off working on. Plymouth Wargames show next weekend with the Swiss for #28mm competition. #wargaming #figurepainting

I’ve made a start on the Purépecha (aka Tarascan) using the Wargames Atlantic Aztecs. #wargaming

Me too but as there weren’t any Guards of Traitors Toll townsfolk I bought these on the grounds that there’s a competition in August using armies from the Americas 🤭
Besides which may be fun to paint

A quick trip to #FirestormGames in Swindon for some paints and I’ve returned with extra figures! #28mm #Wargaming #Aztecs

Today’s post brought me The Guards of Traitor’s Toll rules, cards, tokens and dice. greyfornow.com/products/gua...
There is definitely a trend to make rule books as difficult to read as possible! I shall be giving this a good read through tonight. #GOTT #wargaming

A bit of a change from figure painting but I’ve had some game tokens sat on the desk that need painting plus some #28mm buildings to assemble and paint. #CharlieFoxtrot #Blotz #Empiresatwar

I’m certainly hoping so 🙂

More views of the #28mm Swiss. #wargaming #figurepainting

Varnished the #28mm halberdiers this morning and the army is complete. Ok I may add some more pikes. #wargaming #figurepainting #adlg

Basing done on the #28mm Swiss halberdiers. #wargaming #paintingfigures

It’s a busy day of basing tomorrow having finished my last 12 #28mm Swiss Halberdiers. That 190 figures painted since the end of November or 15 ADLG stands to go with the 4 I already had - back of the group shot. #wargaming #figurepainting

Another day and another 12 Swiss #28mm Halberdiers nearing completion. These in the colours of Berne. #wargaming #paintingminiatures

Good progress with 24 Swiss halberdiers painted since Christmas. Mixed makes of #28mm figures. Next dozen started #wargaming #paintingminiatures

In the first picture the three right hand stands are Lancashire Games although I have used a few of the Perry Swiss heads they sell for conversions to the plastics.

Painting progress. #28mm Swiss Halberdiers painted this month (amongst other things). The two stands on the left were from my Christmas presents - Perry Miniatures and Warlord Games. Next 2 stands started. Second pi shows all Halberdiers painted so far. #wargaming #paintingminiatures

Making a start on the next two stands of Swiss Halberdiers. I’m painting them to align with some pikes from Thun a town in the Canton of Berne. #28mm #wargaming

These are all #28mm Swiss Halberdiers from different companies. L to R: Athena Miniatures, Lancashire Games, Petty Miniatures and Warlord Games. Perry are smaller than the others but they all seem to work together on mixed bases. Out of 12 Athena figures I had 12 different poses/outfits. #wargaming

A festive catch-up with my son saw some lovely presents including a dozen Swiss Halberdiers from Athena Miniatures www.Athenaminiatures.co.uk
Very nice cleanly cast figures but a bit larger than the Perry and Lancashire Games #28mm. Comparator photo tomorrow #wargaming

A productive few hours trimming the flash off and sticking heads to the Warlord Games Swiss Halberdiers and almost finished painting the last 6 from Lancashire games.
Tomorrow I’ll undercoat the Warlord figures and clean up the 18 Perry halberdiers. #wargaming #28mm

My subtle hints by providing links to figures I need paid off as Christmas presents. #wargaming

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