If youโre in armour I may recognise you ๐
21.02.2026 07:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@philmackie.bsky.social
Wargamer - not BBC imposter using my name! Just retired from PR/comms so more painting time. Freemason - @DragonLodge.Bsky.social 10061, Moonraker Lodge 8747, Lodge of Rectitude 335. Wiltshire. Long-term member of Devizes & District Wargames Group
If youโre in armour I may recognise you ๐
21.02.2026 07:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This time next week I will be heading to a #wargames show Iโve not been to before #Hammerhead
www.hammerheadshow.co.uk
Politicians telling lies ๐ฎ
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 memberโs 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
09.02.2026 08:35 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A 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 ๐ thought. Yet popping down to open DDWG up for the day a new member pops up โPssst! Want to buy some Aztecs?โ And I find myself with 31 extra figures on top of everything else that Iโve bought! #wargaming #figurepainting
25.01.2026 11:27 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks Bill. These are the Wargames Atlantic Aztec plastic figures.
24.01.2026 21:05 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Too many projects on the go at once! Finished these Putepecha swordsmen for #ADLG and almost completed the last 2 stands of Assyrians that Iโve been putting off working on. Plymouth Wargames show next weekend with the Swiss for #28mm competition. #wargaming #figurepainting
24.01.2026 18:04 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโve made a start on the Purรฉpecha (aka Tarascan) using the Wargames Atlantic Aztecs. #wargaming
20.01.2026 17:13 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Me too but as there werenโt any Guards of Traitors Toll townsfolk I bought these on the grounds that thereโs a competition in August using armies from the Americas ๐คญ
Besides which may be fun to paint
A quick trip to #FirestormGames in Swindon for some paints and Iโve returned with extra figures! #28mm #Wargaming #Aztecs
17.01.2026 16:25 โ ๐ 22 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Todayโs post brought me The Guards of Traitorโs 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 Iโve had some game tokens sat on the desk that need painting plus some #28mm buildings to assemble and paint. #CharlieFoxtrot #Blotz #Empiresatwar
12.01.2026 16:32 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm certainly hoping so ๐
06.01.2026 14:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0More views of the #28mm Swiss. #wargaming #figurepainting
06.01.2026 13:00 โ ๐ 34 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Varnished the #28mm halberdiers this morning and the army is complete. Ok I may add some more pikes. #wargaming #figurepainting #adlg
06.01.2026 12:58 โ ๐ 44 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Basing done on the #28mm Swiss halberdiers. #wargaming #paintingfigures
05.01.2026 22:12 โ ๐ 50 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Itโs 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
04.01.2026 19:44 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Another day and another 12 Swiss #28mm Halberdiers nearing completion. These in the colours of Berne. #wargaming #paintingminiatures
03.01.2026 21:28 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Good progress with 24 Swiss halberdiers painted since Christmas. Mixed makes of #28mm figures. Next dozen started #wargaming #paintingminiatures
02.01.2026 18:39 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In 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.
31.12.2025 14:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Painting 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
31.12.2025 14:13 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Making a start on the next two stands of Swiss Halberdiers. Iโm painting them to align with some pikes from Thun a town in the Canton of Berne. #28mm #wargaming
29.12.2025 18:16 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0These 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
29.12.2025 15:53 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A 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 Iโll 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
26.12.2025 10:11 โ ๐ 21 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Dome from The Works and Demogorgon from eBay:
ebay.us/m/p3zRaA