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| Welcome
to my site. First of all, a confession ....... I like toy
soldiers! Not the old fashioned children's variety that
Grandad played with as a lad, but the highly detailed,
well designed white metal (lead/tin alloy) miniature
sculptures that are available today. |
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| Wargaming's
not quite as strange a hobby as it may sound (although my
wife might disagree) — there's quite a few of us out
there (here?). |
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| I and
my ilk generally like collecting (lots & lots of
collecting), painting (OK, some don't like painting) and
gaming with miniature armies. It's a well known fact that
all wargamers collect far more figures than they will
ever need or can ever hope to paint. It is strongly
believed by all that when you paint all the lead you have
you will die. In my case, I think I'll probably live
forever (unless my wife reads this!) |
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| My
own particular interests lie predominantly in what's
known as the "Ancient" period. This covers the
period from the very first armies in Mesopotamia in
around 3,000 BCE, to the end of the Roman Empire and the
start of what's usually called the "Dark Ages".
I have occasionally tried other gaming periods, but have
invariably returned "back to my roots". |
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| Over recent years,
I have almost exclusively used a set of rules called DBM
(short for De Bellis Multitudinis) produced by WRG. A
link to the website of one of the author's can be found
on the links page. In my opinion, they provide an
excellent balance between playability and my own
perception of how ancient warfare worked. |
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| OK, so what's on
the sight apart from all my ramblings? What I want to
show are some of the figures from my armies, to describe
how I paint them and to look at the "visual"
side of wargaming. My painting is generally acknowledged
to be quite good (even if I say so myself) and I am keen
to pass on to other gamers some of the tricks and
techniques I use. Painting figures is NOT an issue of
skill, but rather one of thought, organisation and
technique. I will demonstrate this on the site. Terrain
is also an important aspect that is often overlooked, and
I want to show how this can be improved without too much
effort. |
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| Enough for now
— enjoy the site! |
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| If you have any
comments about the site or any of its contents, please e-mail me. Feedback, good or bad,
always welcome. Last updated Sunday, 28 July 2002 |
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