Stalingrad Build Update
Well, waiting for the PVA wash took longer than I had hoped. It took two days to dry in the workshop, but at last we were at the point where we could prepare it for painting. I sprayed it black...
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Stalingrad: Relighting My Fire
Well, it’s bee a bit of time since I posted about my wargaming journey towards Stalingrad, largely because I’ve just been so busy with other stuff. Anyway, I have continued picking up a few bits and pieces but I have...
Way Down South in the Land of Cotton…
Plantations are odd things and certainly not very trendy in todays PC world, however, for a wargamer who enjoys the AWI and the ACW there can be no doubt that having a few relevant buildings to represent the agricultural heart...
Pimp Your Hedge
Since the Sharp Practice and Chain of Command videos have been running on Beasts of War we have had dozens of people asking where they can get hold of the hedge sections that we use for our games. The simple...
TooFatLardies Festive Oddcast
Christmas comes but once a year and this year the Lardies Christmas Oddcast comes from a very special location as the Lardy team meet in front of a live audience to discuss a bulging sack of letters we have had...
Chain of Command Errata & FAQ
Since Chain of Command was released we have been monitoring the questions being asked and also looking for areas where the rules could be improved, either by clarification or by addition. The net result has been the Chain of Command...
TooFatLardies Oddcast, Episode Two
The terrible trio took the advantage of a long drive to Crisis in Antwerp to discuss their hopes for the show and, the big issue of the show, their experiences walking battlefields and how that relates to their wargaming. We...
Crisis 2017 Build Project 2: The Embankment
Mention Embankment and I automatically think of the London railway station where our good chum Sidney can oft times be seen slumbering underneath the arches, just a sheet of cardboard for a bed and a dog on a piece of...
Crisis 2017 Build Project: a Belgian Boulangerie
As evening shadows lengthen and the English summer comes to a bitter end, thoughts on Lard Island turn to the last wargames show of the year as we don our Sou-westers and head for the Belgian coast and the BEST...
Return to Fort St Blaise
Watchers of Twitter may have noticed that, as part of our ongoing Metz 1944 campaign, my US platoon attempted to assault Fort St Blaise last week, but to no avail. We were repulsed with some nasty casualties despite getting to...
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