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Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Toyota Technicals
Where ever there are Somali fighters they inevitably have Toyota Technicals in support.
It's not Toyota unless it says Toyota on the back. I wonder if Toyota have a military sales division? Both models are inspired by pictures on the web of what is an ubiquitous field expedient modification of local transport assets.
More Sikhs
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I've been painting one each of the unique troop types in my expanding Sikh
Army. The last two troop types left are a unit of Akali - Sikh fanatics -
and ...
Saxon Warband? What Saxon Warband?
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Yes indeed, I have a Saxon warband. How did this happen?
Let's just step back a few months. Regular readers may recall that earlier
this year I added Vi...
TTS AAR: Venice Abroad versus Marian Romans
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Here’s an After Action Report of a game of To The Strongest played as a
practice session for this year’s Briton competition: my Venetians versus
Peter’s ...
Re-Start
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I have been busy. Busier than usual. School holidays are almost here and I
am excited about that (more excited than when I was a kid even). So the
immediat...
An old obsession ...
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... *Ogre*!
I had the urge to play the venerable hex-and-counter sci-fi tank wargame at
game night last week, so I brought my Classic Counters and two m...
Intercept Vector 2025 (Jet Aerial Wargaming)
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....because I only have 6 projects on the go, I decided to revise one of
my homebrew rules (as per my New Years resolutions)...
This is called "*wo*-cra...
The Miller's Tale - Episode 13
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Episode 13 - in which Mike finally gets to catch up with former Dux Brit
partner-in-crime and rock god Andy Hawes, in a wide-ranging discussion
covering ...
Origins and a June Update
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So, about a month ago, I got the bug to go to Origins. Despite it being
only 30 miles away, I hadn't been there since before covid, and on a lark,
I as...
LIVE CHAT With Author Ashley R Pollard
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It only goes to show how out of it I've been recently that I forgot to post
this. Dirtbaggery Book Reviews invited me for a live chat, which I've
shar...
Trouble on the Docks - Historicon 2025
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A Western Alliance cargo ship is coming into the port of Edmundburgh, to
deliver supplies. Eastern Socialist Republic forces must attempt a
hit-and-run a...
Salute 2025
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OK, it's two days late but here is my photo round-up of Salute 2025. You
can also take it as proof of life, given that I haven't posted here since
last ...
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Flicking through an old Strategy & Tactics magazine and this caught my eye.
Not sure I had seen a pre-SJG era advert previously.
From Issue No 70, Sep/O...
Warp Speed into 2025
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The last year has been quite challenging. I suffered a stroke in November
2023 and have spent the last year or so in recovery. I'm not there yet, but
do...
Again over on the Classic BattleTech Forum Herb.B is polling the members on the subject of "Your Top Ten Least Liked pieces...
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Nice!
ReplyDeleteI have more to come, and bought some castings to chop up into a crew cab variant too.
ReplyDeletenice technicals! I need some for my forces, where did you get them?
ReplyDeleteThey are from Peter Pig miniatures AK47 range.
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