Wargaming Things

Looks amazing, gotta love yourself some mosaics!

Oh yes, dirt dust and chipping to follow once I have worked out what u am doing with the decals

The Camembert drug crazed French R35 camouflage pattern is sort of complete. Next are the decals once I work out what the hell I need to do?

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Updating 1940 Mortars to CoC² The 'Phoney' War, October 1939 - May 1940: 8 inch howitzer of 1st Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery camouflaged in position near Laquielle....

Last night as the French successfully held off a German Blitzkrieg we bumped in to how fixed line Forward Observers mesh with the abstraction/virtualisation of Forward Observers in the new rules.

Anyway a suggestion - the Forward Observation Point (FOP)

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Well played, I too enjoy the frisson of terror when spray varnishing and seeking to avoid the Milky Coat of Doom that sometimes occurs...

Yup I saw Rob at Colours and this led to me backing as soon as it came out. His enthusiasm was catching!

True but it is a long road to get there!

I hope there is a special level of Hell that the Camembert drug crazed French designer of their camouflage pattern resides in! What’s wrong with good ‘ol olive drab?

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Looks like a fantastic game and table, very envious

Looking good, what are you using as the bas material? Rubber sheet and caulking?

Absolutely fantastic!

Painting 20mm 1940 French And so the pile of grey resin printed shame must be addressed... First thing was clearing my painting desk (which is why my missus calls ...

Of course, full details here wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2025/07/pain...

Largely based on a Sonic Sledgehammer scheme with a few tweaks of mine. I will be adding in some more guides for other french units like Dragons.

Slap a couple of washes on the Frenchies and it makes a world of difference. On to highlighting and finishing! #wargaming #spreadthelard #chainofcommand

Chain of Command² Rule Clarifications Last updated: 22nd September 2025 I have been asking and watching discussions on some Chain of Command² rule clarifications on the Facebo...

Some more musings on Chain of Command² Rule Clarifications - this time Bunched Targets, Bunkers and Smokey Tanks

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They will look a lot better once a wash is applied... hopefully

Great progress on the Frenchies. Base painting done and now the exquisite joy of the application of a wash to actually make them half decent.

Why do base coated minis look they have been painted by a toddler?

Painted as per wargamingthings.blogspot.com/2025/07/pain...

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These are 28mm STLs reduced to 20mm (78%) and don't suffer too much from thin bits as a result. Try and choose good 28mm sculpts or go for 15mm scaled up if you want the extra solidity. Honestly one bottle of £20 standard resin will print circa 100+ figures and a couple of dozen tanks

The key thing is over curing of the minis, it can make them a little brittle but I can drop them and they survive no problem. I find ppl who say 3D prints are prone to breaking have either over cured or used the wrong resin for the job

Yup 3D prints, I usually use ELEGOO 8K 3D Printer Resin for about £20. Perfectly fine and not brittle as long as you don't over cure the minis. I have also used Phrozen RPG Resin at £50 a bottle - this produces minis that have extremely flexible rifles etc but too expensive for most of my printing

On the battlefield or as miniatures?

Another bunch of 20mm French infantry and AT gun crews begun. Hardest part of painting as it seems you have miles to go and the enthusiasm can be hard to find. Painting as per wargamingthings.blogspot.com/search/label... #wargaming #spreadthelard

David Stahel's superb books on the Eastern Front have a similar "compact" font that makes reading a concentrated task - superb books and content but definitely a wall of text

My pleasure, looking forward to getting my medieval on 😀

After speaking to your at Colours, backed this straight away (it still hadn't reached its target when I back it). Looking forward to some medieval fun

Écorcheurs! Skirmish Wargaming in the Hundred Years War

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I would suggest a metal comb - the sort you might use on a pet. The plastic one pictured wasn't up to the job but the metal one could get through the pint once dried

Time to make some wheat fields - only a throw from Dunelm was hurt and not teddy bears were skinned alive - I promise! Followed @tacticalpainter.bsky.social approach and pleased with the results too. #wargaming #wargamingterrain #terrain #20mm

Tense stand off there at the beginning and then it all got a bit "shooty". You held on as long as you could which was the aim after all.

Beautiful scratch build!

Frustrated I only caught the end of the talk but it was lovely to catchup briefly afterwards with you - if you need any map help from a fellow map nerd just shout! - Andy