Category Archives: Techniques

Warcry – Rest of the base terrain set

Posted on November 14, 2019 by mellis1644

So this is the second post of the Warcry terrain from the base set. This completes my painting of the terrain from that set terrain. This terrain has been done in the same way as the buildings and using the … Continue reading →

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Warcry – base terrain, 4 buildings

Posted on November 8, 2019 by mellis1644

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the real world but I am trying to continue to show things which I am working on! . So this is a quick one to show off the first of my Warcry … Continue reading →

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The quest for perfection – or lack of it

Posted on October 4, 2018 by mellis1644

I don’t normally do ‘think pieces’ or link to external ones but I read the following from a link on Facebook and thought it very good. It kind of epitomizes a lot of my views and so though I would … Continue reading →

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Club hill touch ups

Posted on June 17, 2017 by mellis1644

Just a quick post to show the work that I did over the last week on these. I have been storing the groups terrain while our regular store is taken over by new owners. One of the things which has … Continue reading →

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Sandy hills for gaming

Posted on June 4, 2017 by mellis1644

Ok so back to a terrain project. As I have mentioned in the past I want to continue to build out my own terrain collection. Earlier this year I did some small height hills – perfect for 15mm games but thought … Continue reading →

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Hotlead Pikeman’s Lament game

Posted on April 25, 2017 by mellis1644

So at the Hothead convention last month I ran an 8 player participation game of Pikeman’s Lament. I was planning to take a load more pictures than I did, but running an 8 player game meant that in reality I … Continue reading →

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Terrain focused weekend results

Posted on February 3, 2017 by mellis1644

This last weekend I decided I would spend a little time working on some terrain projects. I have been very slowly building up my own terrain collection but end up using the clubs a lot.  I really do need to spend … Continue reading →

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DBA flat terrain

Posted on March 29, 2016 by mellis1644

Now f0r something a little different than my usual posts showing off miniatures or reviewing things. I’m a fairly regular DBA player in 15mm – it’s quick and fairly simple, but gives a great tactical figure game for an hour … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm, Ancients, Review, Techniques, Terrain | 5 Comments

Updated Necomunda Goliath gang

Posted on November 23, 2015 by mellis1644

Many years ago, and after college for me, where I was able to always borrow other peoples collections of figures for games, I first start daubing paint on figures. At the time there was a newish game from GW called … Continue reading →

Posted in 28mm, Sci-fi, Superhero, Techniques, Terrain | 4 Comments

D&D miniatures touch up trial

Posted on December 7, 2014 by mellis1644

A long time ago now, I bought quite a few of the D&D miniatures thinking I’d get into that game (the miniature version not the rpg). Well of course time moves on and that never happened, but I have kept … Continue reading →

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