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GAMES PLAYED IN 2025

14 Jan - Napoleonic (solo)

16 Jan - Napoleonic (solo)

19 Jan - NZ Wars

22 Jan - Napoleonic (solo)

24 Jan - Napoleonic (solo)

29 Jan - Napoleonic (solo)

4 Feb - Franco-American War (solo)

PROGRESS FOR 2025

On Order

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Current Lead/Plastic Pile

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Completed in January (240 pts)

18 Austrian Napoleonic Cuirassiers (180 pts)

6 Austrian Napoleonic Chevauxlegere (60 pts)

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Mark Strachan: Auckland, New Zealand; I have been involved in historical wargaming since 1972, co-founding the Auckland Wargaming Club in 1974 and was for 15 years involved in the "industry" in a business that eventually became Battlefront Miniatures. My main focus is on the mid-19th Century and I now collect in only two scales: 28mm for all land based gaming and 1:600 for mid-19th century naval gaming. My philosophy for gaming is: - Play games with people whose company I enjoy - The game must be true to the period - The games must be visually attractive – both the armies and terrain - The end result doesn’t matter - games must be fun.

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Blogs I follow

Don't Throw a 1

AHPC15 - Retreat from Moscow - French & Allied Officers - I've been a very busy boy over the last few weeks, I've done a heck of a lot of painting! Unfortunately most of it has been on walls and ceilings! Me & M...
46 minutes ago
Bydand

Some Long (ish) Awaited New Arrivals - Whilst still on Christmas and New Year leave, back on 4 Jan, I put in a small order of 5 packs of 10mm EIR metal figures from Gripping Beast, to augment...
1 day ago
My Brave Fusiliers!

Breaking Down Xavier della Gatta's Battle of Paoli Painting - "On the night of Sept. 20-21, 1777, a column of British soldiers launched a surprise attack on Continental Army troops encamped in a field near modern...
1 day ago
This Life in Lead

AWI Massachusetts Regiments - The first of my Continental regiments were completed over the weekend. One pleasant surprise is the variety that can be found in Continental uniforms and I...
2 days ago
Palouse Wargaming Journal

Walloon Guard - After a few battle reports and a couple of thought pieces, time to return to parading some recent units mustering out from the painting desk. January saw...
2 days ago
Dust, Tears & Dice

Dispatches from the front XXXV - Getting stuff done. - February already... Whilst real life can often get in the way in the final quarter of the financial year, thank heavens for a hobby that keeps me occupie...
3 days ago
Wargames With Toy Soldiers: 1685 - 1985

Das Wiener Schnitzel Kreig, 1848 - Clash On The Grundberg - *The Background* Reports had reached 2nd Leutnant Radetsky that Italian Legion troops had been seen near the frontier posts in his area of the Slavonian Mil...
1 week ago
von Peter himself

Eeeek! A very important public announcement - A very quick update for The dear readership. It’s been around for a few days and von Peter himself finally spots it. As seen on the Calpe Miniatures News p...
1 week ago
Toy Soldiers and Dining Room Battles

Episode Five and the Conclusion: "Clear the Pass!" A Mr. Babbage Adventure - *Recap**: The Indian Army has the mission of moving through the pass and has taken heavy casualties against an unending flow of tribesmen to the battl...
1 week ago
Carry on up the Dale

Scraping the barrel. - More oddments finished yesterday. These really are the arse end of the French resin pimple for the time being. Of course I am sure that other stuff will...
1 week ago
Chasseur

Marie Louise Conscripts updated - Perry 28mm - A refurbishment of these conscripts, I wasn't happy with the blue I'd used for their Pokalem headgear, so gave them a wash to darken the colour, and as ...
2 weeks ago
A Terrible Loss of Lead and Wealth

Resume! - New year, new season. same boring blog. Is January almost over already? Damn, that seemed to go fast, but somehow, wasn't long enough maybe? Depends...
2 weeks ago
Battlefields and Warriors

The Krosnogord 1944 campaign - Hypothetical - July 1944, while fighting in southern Poland, Soviet forces have come up against a mountain range, where the German positions on the high ground domin...
2 weeks ago
ALYS TOY SOLDIERS

A New Year… Again. - Greetings… So another year has come and gone… It’s been an odd one… I certainly didn’t get as much done as I wanted… The world , Life , Health and Build...
2 weeks ago
Over Open Sights

Crann Tara/Minden Miniatures Palatine Hohenhauser Dragoons 1740s. - The Palatine Hohenhauser Dragoons from the 1740s. The troopers come Crann Tara Miniatures and are re-purposed Savoy cavalry figures. They look like gene...
3 weeks ago
terrysgaragegaming

January 2025 – Napoleonic Leipzig Game – Schonefeld - Due to the earthquake in Vanuatu in December, friend PaulW returned home to NZ early so I quickly organized a game for him as he had been starved of such f...
3 weeks ago
The Woolshed Wargamer

MEGA Convention (Melbourne Gaming Show) - Some background. Just down the road from where we were staying on Collins St, Melbourne, is an old model shop called Hearns Hobbies (been around sine just ...
4 weeks ago
Light Bobs and Paint Blobs

Experiments into Airbrushing - A Novice's Reflection - *The Harder and Steenbeck Ultra 2024 Airbrush - and very nice it is too!* I have noticed for a couple of years how my Facebook feed seems to be show...
5 weeks ago
DRESSING THE LINES

A 3D-printed Japanese castle - This was a real impulse buy. I came across this wonderful model castle when New Zealand 3D-printing company Potbelly Miniatures advertised it on Facebook. ...
1 month ago
The Mad Padre's Wargames Page

Back to the River Plate: Reevaluating the Battle - Recently I did several posts here describing my new interest in WW2 naval wargaming, and how I picked the 1939 Battle of the River Plate as my entry poi...
1 month ago
Association - Les Riflemen

ROMA VS PERSIA - *Le temple de Mars ne doit pas être profané en ce jour, l'armée romaine y veille!* *The temple of Mars must not be desecrated on this day, the Roman arm...
1 month ago
Natholeon's Empires

WSS in Spain forces completed - It isn't Napoleonics, but at least it is horse and musket! A couple of months ago I repossessed my old Spanish Succession armies and decided to finish t...
1 year ago
Dispatches from the Mess

2nd Battalion Regiment de Dauphin - It's been a while since my last posting due to life getting in the way...and it's been a while since I splashed some paint on any figures, but I thought it...
1 year ago
Sons Of Liberty

Painting the Troops - The Story Begins a new Technique with this project after playing around with different methods I've decided on this one .. Undercoat Matt White Th...
2 years ago

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