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The Battle of ‘Gloster Hill’ during the Spring of 1951 was one of the most significant and heroic engagements fought during the Korean War. The following brief account has been adapted from various on-line articles. Alarmed when United Nations Forces carried out a successful amphibious landing...

The Allies have finally crossed the Rhine into the industrial heart of Germany proper, and the British sector sees an unprecedented volume of modern tanks that are proving to be exceptionally effective against hitherto invulnerable Nazi Tigers and suchlike. Backing them up are the capable and...

Disclaimer The following cinema classic screenplay and series of movie still’s is not for the faint-hearted. Any resemblance to actual people, living or otherwise, is entirely intentional and historical inaccuracies like skirts too short are cos Weinstein insisted on them. Dubious shoulder...

Today we're at Steven Pressfield's "Gates of Fire" 480BC. https://www.amazon.com/Gates-Fire-Novel-Battle-Thermopylae/dp/0553580531 King Leonidas has sent out Greek Allies to patrol and defend a not-so-secret path through the mountains that he's aware could allow the Persian invaders to outflank...

Transferred from the WIP section, here's my completed Viking Chieftain. This is a now, very old casting that dates back to the early 1970's, (at least), but still worthy IMO. Painting full castings bring their own set of challenges as opposed to kit figures, but I do admit that I really enjoyed...

Found this guy at the bottom of a drawer last Sunday. He'd been in limbo for years as I didn't really have any use for him, but having found him, I decided he might make for a good addition to one of my fantasy displays. However, on chewing things over some more, I reckoned that by using that...

Having been a huge fan since first hearing her version of "I Would Rather Go Blind" with Chicken Shack on Radio Luxemburg way back in 1969, I was saddened at the news that Christine McVie has passed away. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63812952 To some extent possibly...

I recently upgraded this diorama that I originally built back in 2017. All the details are provided in the SBS/WIP section of the main forum. Not much point in re-posting the photos that are in the SBS/WIP thread, so I thought I'd provide a link to the slideshow I put up on YouTube. The new...

Back in 2017, I decided to take a change from my usual Fantasy, Ancient Greek, Medieval and Samurai stuff, and have a go at a couple of dioramas depicting events from the 20th century. First try was an imagined scenario set in the Hurtgen Forest, late-1944/early-1945, using 1:35 injection molded...

This short SBS actually comprises of the series of photos I took a few years back during the WIP process of putting this excellent little model together. Taking a bunch of photos and adding notes & comments while working on projects has developed into a habit as it allows me to spot my mistakes...

Today’s flight of fancy sees bereft and lonely, "Lady Kittan", paying respects at The Ancestors Shrine, which she visits privately every morning while softly humming Nancy Sinatra’s excellent cover version of “Ain’t No Sunshine Now You’re Gone”. I guess her absent husband the famous hero, "Duke...

Briseis, a beautiful priestess of Apollo, was the wife of King Mynes of Lyrnessus, an ally of Troy. When the Achaean hero Achilles led the assault on Lyrnessus, he slew the husband and captured Briseis to be his unwilling girlfriend. Back at the Greek camp -- Agamemnon was compelled by Apollo to...

A ship's crew land on a mysterious island to replenish their water supply. But they've got some unexpected surprises in store. All figures are 75mm and mainly from Alexandros, Pegaso, El Veijo Dragon, McFarlane and Masterclass, all painted with acrylics. Groundwork is celluclay with static...

WARNING Both reviews include spoilers. Short one. Long one.

This fascinating news item popped up in my YouTube feed earlier today, so I thought it might be an idea to share it here. It's some good news for a change in contrast to all the usual doom & gloom the BBC normally reports on. One thing's for sure; I was extremely lucky to have the opportunity...

These are the photos of a Roman option I've done for this small diorama. I now have to decide whether to keep it the way things are, or replace the figures with Ancient Greeks. I'll most likely go with the 2nd option as these Romans are pre-painted 54mm examples from First Legion and I have a...

Given that I read G.R.R. Martins “Fire and Blood” a good while ago, which is a pseudo-history of the Targaryen Dynasty of Martin’s fantasy medieval world of Westeros -- I've been completely hooked on HBO's adaptation of the book, "House of the Dragons" for the past few weeks and intend to...

This is a series of shots I took back in 2018, but don't think I posted them here. It's my experiment at trying forced perspective with a mixed bunch of 54mm and 75mm figures from various manufacturers, (Pegaso, Romeo, Alexandros, Seil, etc). The technique seemed to work okay in some photos, but...

From Wikipedia:- In Irish mythology Tír na nÓg (Irish pronunciation: [ˌtʲiːɾʲ n̪ˠə ˈn̪ˠoːɡ]; "Land of the Young") or Tír na hÓige ("Land of Youth") is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, or perhaps for a part of it. Tír na nÓg is depicted as an island paradise and supernatural realm of...

One of my favorite pop culture characters. Conan & King Osfric's Daughter in 75mm resin from Black Sun Miniatures. Sabre-Tooth Feline is from Mierce Miniatures. Another 75mm resin Conan figure. This one is a limited edition from Midnight Miniatures. Figure around 75% finished...