I just ordered my Deep One Herald from @fenrisgames.com

Have you ordered yours yet?

#Nerdlings

Portrait orientation watercolour art showing Bilbo between a laden pony and Thorin Oakenshield the dwarf with a mountain landscape with steep rocky slopes and a winding mountain path in the background. Bilbo is huddled in a green cloak and hood. Thorin is wearing a blue hood with a silver tassle.

“The winds of the Misty Mountains”

Another of seven new watercolours inspired by the four elements in The Hobbit I created for an upcoming publication by Legendaria Ediciones.

#TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday

I am sorely tempted....(eyes to be read pile guiltily)

New Tolkien book – <em>The Bovadium Fragments</em> – is satire on industrialisation HarperCollins has announced that J.R.R. Tolkien's The Bovadium Fragments will be released on 9 October 2025.

Have you heard about The Bovadium Fragments, the new #Tolkien book published three weeks ago (and the last to be edited by Christopher Tolkien)?

The Fragments are a satire on the impact of cars, and highlight again Tolkien's concern for the environment.

www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/06/new-...

There are several of his sketches/paintings. But its more about him and his fantastic creation.

The One hundred and sixtieth Roving Ranger The Roving Ranger #160 brings you all the interesting things Tolkienian of the last week and the weeks upcoming, curated by the Tolkienist.

Another edition of the Roving Ranger has just been sent to its subscribers - 40+ links to great stories, anecdotes, events, and information.

Including:

HoMe now has a Base; more Bree Crossroads; John Garth going down a rabbithole; the beauty of Numenorian tiles; A-T to Death interview and more...

Montage image of twenty new model sets including: Beowulf, Wight King, Doppelganger, Hag, Plague Rats, Dagon Cultists, Purple Worm, Atlantean Octopus, Grendel, Landshark, Weretiger, Lich King, Revenant, Dagon Champion, Werewolf, Flail Snail, Grendel's Mother, Wereboar and Lich Queen.

Just in time for Payday and the approaching end of the Year - LOADS more Otherworld remasters and re-releases, including some never produced before! Bundle deals and early adopter prices on several of these which are *almost* all Paul Muller sculpts.

Fill your baskets here!

That's awful, can't imagine much worse in that respect.

I have both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings on CD.....brilliant productions

Purchased with birthday book tokens .....

Works in varying degrees if progress. Lieutenant for winter 1942 Germans (PSC) , Replen point for soviet paras. Hives and greenhouses as procrastination ( @sabotag3d.bsky.social ).

#chainofcommand
#spreadthelard
#plasticsoldiercompany
#sabotag3d

General D'Armee 2 at Patriot Games Sheffield today with @thedexmchenry.bsky.social We played an infantry game using my Warlord Games epic British and French. A spirited French attack went hesitant at the wrong moment, just as Allied reserves entered the field to block them. #spreadthelard

I am starting to sell some of my collection of books over on Ebay, the first few are up there already, but keep an eye out as I list more over the coming weeks: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/storm-of...

Setting out to teach myself Infamy Infamy. I’m not sure whether being so well-versed in Sharp Practice is an advantage or is hampering me.
#SpreadTheLard

YouTube video by Mogsymakes Mogsymakes 10: The Field of Agincourt

Just in time for the 610th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, here’s my tenth video, in which we take a whistle stop tour through how I made the terrain cloth and then get to see how the game played out. #wargaming #nerdlings #miniatures #spreadthelard #agincourt youtu.be/f9is5IesqO8?...

#booksky

We are delighted to announce the purchase of Magister Militum's 28mm miniature lines. This includes Chariot Miniatures, Navigator Miniatures, Standard Games and a few other smaller lines.

Rückzug Battle 2: Village Delaying Action Since our first battle, the Germans have made an orderly withdrawal and taken upp positions in a small village next to a stream. The main ro...

What's this? Some Friday reading - the second battle in our Rückzug campaign for Chain of Command!
Will the Germans be able to keep retreating in good order or sill the British overrun their positions...?
staffans-hobby-corner.blogspot.com/2025/10/ruck...

GDA2 at Patriot Games Sheffield with @stormofsteel.bsky.social .Epic Napoleonics with my lucky Napoleon in attendance.
#spreadthelard
#15mm
#wargaming

Another absolute gem retrieved from the pile of shame/to be read pile.....

30mm tall white metal model of a warrior in Saxon armour, carrying a shield on his left arm. his right hand is missing (cast separately!). he rests on a human hand wearing a replica of the Kingsmoor ring, a silver band embossed with runes.

Often, for undaunted courage, fate spares the man it has not already marked. (Just as often it casts his sword hand separately). Our fantastic new Beowulf model by Paul Muller - hopefully in the shop this weekend!

The Kampfgruppe Arnhem Hickstarter preorder is now live!!!!

www.empressminiatures.com/kampgruppe-a...

Finishes 9th December

#chainofcommand #boltaction #28mmArnhem #28mmgermans

A fourth section of Kings African Rifles for #ChainofCommand. I always like to add another section when I can as a support option, so I thought I'd better paint one just in case. 15mm figures from Peter Pig and Eureka. #spreadthelard

#OTD in 1944, operation Alan, the capture of Den Bosch began, with 53 "Welsh" Infantry & 7 Armoured Division participating. #WW2 #HISTORY

Kampfgruppe Rink - The Final Act The Siegfried Line Campaign - Second Battle of Aachen, October 1944

Latest on Substack, the final act - open.substack.com/pub/philipwb...