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Roger

@happytrails.bsky.social

Occasional wargamer, frequent painter and not good at either.

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CoC2 re-learn. And in the jungle as well! I’ve got some ideas about a Japanese bunker scenario/campaign so trying a few things out today. #spreadthelard #15mm #wargaming

18.10.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 82    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Portuguese company and gun with a view across the Spanish landscape. Orange orchard on the left and river on the right. All in glorious 28mm

Portuguese company and gun with a view across the Spanish landscape. Orange orchard on the left and river on the right. All in glorious 28mm

Portuguese cavalry make a push beside the olive grove with French infantry in the distant background and a little shed/lean to front left.

Portuguese cavalry make a push beside the olive grove with French infantry in the distant background and a little shed/lean to front left.

Portuguese Cacadores cross the river to try and fend off the French voltiguers in the olive grove on the far right (they failed 😬). The river runes through the centre of the shot, bottom to top

Portuguese Cacadores cross the river to try and fend off the French voltiguers in the olive grove on the far right (they failed 😬). The river runes through the centre of the shot, bottom to top

The Portuguese gun takes a shot at the French infantry in the distance causing some damage but not enough to stop those advance across the bridge. Orange grove back left and river on the extreme right.

The Portuguese gun takes a shot at the French infantry in the distance causing some damage but not enough to stop those advance across the bridge. Orange grove back left and river on the extreme right.

Played a Sharp Practice 2 game today. Portuguese v French somewhere in Spain.

Ran out of time to complete but it could’ve gone either way if we carried on.

Good fun and good company with a rather nice pub lunch in between 😁

#oshiromodels
#wargaming
#nerdlings

17.10.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Some more progress on the wee men. The yellow shields are in AK Quickgen Space Yellow, and the Leather is AK Quickgen Light Leather

16.10.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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While finishing off random miniatures from the shelf that've been sitting there for longer than a year, I primed and painted this Kiwi MG team for my 2NZ Division force in a couple hours.

It'd be nice to have it painted better, but it's better painted! πŸ˜‚ I know what I'm about.

13.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
Partially painted 10mm miniature dwarven swordsmen

Partially painted 10mm miniature dwarven swordsmen

#Hobbystreak 3
Started putting the metal down on my dwarf swordsmen. It’s by far the biggest color, so hopefully it’s all downhill after this. The color is AK Quickgen Cold Steel.

14.10.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Playing Battle Masters with grandson.
My flanking move with chaos knights and wolf riders had early success.
But a late run of cards (and gentle tactical advice) resulted in Imperial knights smashing my right and center.
#wargaming #nerdlings

11.10.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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At Partizan tomorrow? Come and try out a quick game of Strength and Honour. #spreadthelard

11.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Chain of Command 2. Mauban 1941. The Japanese are stalling with the SNLF pinned on the sea wall. Imperial Army forces are trying to force the centre but losses are accruing. The Filipino's are holding easily.
#15mm
#wargaming
#spreadthelard

11.10.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today's game

Pirate skirmish using Legends of the High Seas

11.10.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Currently playing Men of Company B by Peter Pig. My first try of the game and really enjoying the mechanics. Am playing solo and to be honest am not sure who is winning but suspect the VC are.

11.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chuffed to win best game at Steel Lard today, thanks to all the players and to Richard, Dex et al for organising everything.

11.10.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Painted some 6mm Baccus French Napoleonic Foot Artillery.
3 guns and limbers, the guns are detached into their own base when unlimbered, and a 'blank' fills the space on the limber base.
I'm probably going to add caissons or battery guard to these blanks in the future.

08.10.2025 11:31 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Almost all set up at the Hartenstein Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek for some Market Garden Garden games of #ChainofCommand onSaturday and Sunday. Feel free to drop in and look, chat, and maybe roll a few dice #SpreadtheLard

10.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Review of Midgard Heroic Battles I noticed last post that I was starting to mention aspects of Midgard Heroic Battles that I’d never really explained and felt that a review post for the game might be in order. Clearly if you’ve se…

I've been enjoying #Midgard tremendously so I thought I'd write up a review/summary of my thoughts on the game over at the blog. I mostly use the blog for project photos, but it's nice to stretch the writing muscles from time to time. lairofthelagomorph.com/2025/10/09/a... #spreadthelard

09.10.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll be running four Chain of Command games in the Lard Zone at CanCon in Canberra in January. If you fancy some gritty, late-war urban combat on a 20mm table, this might be of interest.

01.10.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hastings Midgard style. Cracking playtest of the game I’ll be running at Ebor Lard in a couple of weeks.

31.08.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And now I have original 4th edition plastic monopose chaos dwarfs in my army. 😍πŸ₯³

#warhammer #theoldworld #oldhammer #chaosdwarfs #paintingwarhammer

27.08.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New buildings for Germany and the eastern front. Tinkering, as usual, with a few Sarissa 20mm MDF buildings. Two German farms and barns and two of the Russian townhouses. Planning on playing the CoC campaign Westwind Konigsberg. Did it with Normandy buildings the first time. #spreadthelard

27.08.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Chindits! A last gasp victory for the Brits, escaping from the IJA, exiting North. The price was high & good men were left behind. Game 2 will be the pursuit of the Brits by the IJA. Using the SharpEnd, we will bring wounded back to the line. The IJA get more support. #spreadthelard #wargames

26.08.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ll clean up the edges tomorrow!

26.08.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
a collage of photos of resistance women from across the world, ww2

a collage of photos of resistance women from across the world, ww2

Some of the women we'll be honouring in the Women of the Resistance project which launches tomorrow! Who can you spot?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...

26.08.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The next batch of Hicksy’s Halflings are painted. Available, fingers crossed. Next week from the good people @footsoreminiatures.bsky.social. Gun mastered by Ian Armstrong

footsoreminiatures.co.uk/collections/...

#oldworld #halflings #wfb #warhammer #kingsofwar

09.07.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Three 15mm 3D Printed Kangaroos for a Late War British/Commonwealth assault deployment...

16.06.2025 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s incredibly impressive!

14.06.2025 08:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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When you see a new Sharpe battle report from Peachy on your subscription feed

14.06.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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@mogsymakes.bsky.social has very kindly put together my Midgard Italian Wars lists for general release. If you fancy some early Italian Wars stuff for Midgard take a look here. Enjoy!

mogsymakes.net/midgard/

14.06.2025 07:51 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That is a rather lovely set up!

09.06.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wip currently painting some #AWI Artillery crew to add to my Continental army.

04.06.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attended my first wargames convention today at #Briscon Brisbane. A number of games being played including #Boltaction #bloodbowl #Kingsofwar # Teamyankee and #Dba

17.05.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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