OUT NOW - DEEP SPACE SOURCEBOOK #5 - THE COALITION
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As the Cold War went on and dozens of star systems found themselves being
handed around like playing pieces, a few members of different nations
realised ...
One-off building
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I spent much of early November renovating my gaming room so painting has
been slow.
I did finish this single railway building. It has kind of haunted hou...
Where Did Everyone Go?
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Data from *Wargames, Soldiers, and Strategy's* *2024 Great Wargaming Survey
(GWS)* are in! Having converted the data file from Excel and recoded many
of ...
Normandy 44 - Omaha Beach , Easy Red .
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Today saw the last of the 5 D Day games . We have played each of the
various beaches over the year and this saw the challenge of Omaha Beach .
The Easy...
Up The Yazoo
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I set up a two-player game of Galleys & Galleons last night for Caesar and
I. Moving well out of the period covered by the game I revisited a scenario
I ...
Warfare Wargames Show - Anyone going????
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Four Rejects will be travelling across the country to once again attend
Warfare Wargames Show at Farnborough, run by Wargames Association of
Reading.
...
War of the Roses Basing
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The men of Lord Hastings' Retinue struggle through the mud of Tewkesbury.
Vallejo thick mud was the perfect solution for the grim battle conditions
of th...
Showdown at Los Nachos-Game 2
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A couple of weeks ago we got together at PY's to play game 2 in the Los
Nachos campaign. This was turn 4 in our campaign. If you remember the
Makinens wo...
Doctor in the House!
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'Is the message sent, chamberlain?' asks Prince Rupprecht, his voice full
of unusual zeal.
'Indeed, yes, sire', replies Chamberlain Fecklenburg. 'I am sure ...
Game Design #109: Cinematic Moments
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I bought the *Titanicus *rules out of interest (though I'll never afford
the minis!) and when experimenting with them I found myself thinking "this
is re...
A Red Sun Rises?
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Painting time has been nearly non-existent over the past couple of weeks
but a unit that missed this blog are 10 Khorne Bloodletters that I bought
fro...
Goblin Treasure Bearer
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I bought this miniature as soon as I saw it. Generally, I'm more patient,
but this one I just couldn't resist. Which is funny, as it's such a simple
figur...
So, to catch up...
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Yeeash. It's been almost two full seasons since I last posted. I find that
spring and summer demand being outdoors to soak up the sun. That being
said, I...
Royalist Newark 1642–1646
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Royalist Newark, 1642-1646. Sieges and Siege Works by Stuart B. Jennings is
another one of those books that covers specific aspects of the British
Civil W...
Timpo Cowboy 1
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Here is a restored Timpo cowboy who was broken in pieces. This is something
that Timpo figures have a lot. They are so fragile. I glued the pieces
togeth...
Miniatures Painted This Year (October update)
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OK then, I'm back with another monthly catch-up on all the miniatures I've
painted this year (with the ongoing goal of painting more than I buy).
So to s...
Prussian reinforcements (1)
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Fresh from the inspiration of last weeks game I've been working on some
more Prussians for the 6mm Napoleonic collection. All the miniatures are
from ...
Carthaginian Army in 54mm - Progress So Far
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*A portion of my 54mm Carthaginian army shown above.*
*Click on pictures to enlarge*
Well now that I seem to have jumped into the Second Punic War Proj...
Still alive!
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Hey folks,
I'm not sure I've ever left it so long between updates, but I looked today
and realised it's been four months since my last post. Which is pre...
Grandpa Gruesome's Weird War Stories
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It's that time of year again! The veil between the living and dead is at
it's thinnest. Time for the World Revenent Hunting Social Club to meet once
aga...
Beer and Pretzels
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It's been 18 months since I last posted, this is not a proper return to
the bloggersphere, yet.
Lots has happened in that time, mainly I have taken ear...
The Shadowdarkening Drawtober 2024
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I've been doodling away for a while now, enjoying getting back into the
flow of creating nonsense art and illustrations, mostly inspired by the Shadowdark...
Aliens! This time it's.....September
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At the last club meeting I played a game of Aliens. The rules were a close
offspring of the original Leading Edge Aliens board game and it was lots of
f...
Carisbrooke Castle
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One of the best sites we went to in the UK was Carisbrooke Castle on the
Isle of Wight, a place known to anyone who has ever played Kingmaker. The
full ...
Again with the delays...
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Welp, still here although hard to tell that recently!Seems to be one
problem after another and sometimes compounded - work getting worse with
personnel sh...
Battle of Chaeronea (338BC) - A 28mm Wargame
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Afternoon All
Following my last post which focussed on my completed Macedonian/Successor
army (HERE) , it was about time that this force saw some action...
Napoleonic Naval - 1st June 1794
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Wtih models and rules provided by local naval enthusiast Andrew Taylor, a
group of us got together on the 230th anniversary of The Glorious First of
June 1...
In Celebration of Challenge XIV
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'We few, we happy few....'
Here we are at the end of the fourteenth edition of the Painting Challenge.
The library has turned off its lights, votes have...
THE SCANIAN WAR 1675-79 NEW BOOK
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My latest purchase from Helion - CHARLES XI's WAR The Scanian War between
Sweden and Denmark 1675-1679. I first read about the Scanian War 55 years
ago...
WSS in Spain forces completed
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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...
Bounding Fire Tournament 2023 Prizes
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This year the organisers of the ASL Tournament Bounding Fire have decided
to broaden the prize table and so went for smaller dioramas with the theme
bein...
Flames of War Projects for August
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August was a great month for me and the hobby. I painted lots of stuff
and managed to get in a few games as well. August saw a return to Flames
of War...
March Madness
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To some extent, I am feeling like we are in middle of the long decline of
the personal blog, but that might be just because I am having trouble
getting ...
28mm PBR for Vietnam War
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HI all,
Long time no blog. Sorry about that but I have been posting "mini blogs"
over on Twitter. So what has been going on? Well quiet a bit actual...
3d Print Project Middle Earth Cities
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I started a new project in January. It was just going to be at first two
pieces of terrain. It quickly turned into something crazy and overwhelming
b...
Victrix Gauls
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Saga Age of Hannibal gave me a reason to finally paint naked Gauls in
28mm...bucket list item checked! Seriously, these Victrix plastics are
quite lovely...
Ancient / Medieval village church
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The finished small village church/chapel, made from poly board with the
outer covering of card mostly removed and the exposed foam scribed with
lines to ...
Vallejo Guides Broken
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It has recently come to my attention that the LINKS on my vallejo paint
guide pages are not currently working as expected and readers are not able
to vie...
The Cynical Seven - Desperados Gang
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*"The liquor's all gone boys..."*
Finished up my Desperados gang for Dead Man's Hand. Just a few pics to
share as I didn't get too many to turn out that ...
A few more Prussians to be going on with.
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Well, as anyone reading this will have probably noticed, I'm behind
schedule again. Lots of real world things going on to cause distractions
like hav...
Beginnings of Necromunda Gang
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Nancy was furious, the muscles before brains were stalking her sisters and
had harassed Becky last week. This was something that had happened too many
ti...
Battle of the Falklands - a Full Thrust scenario
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Battle of the Falklands
A Full Thrust Scenario by Phil Broeders
*Authors notes*
This scenario is based on the The Battle of the Falkland Islands, ...
Battle of Hastings - Caldbec Hill 1066
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This is my 3rd refight on Caldbec hill, rather than Senlac hill. The
terrain in my opinion fits the descriptions of the battle better from the
books I've r...
Oosterbeek 1944
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The other day the lads got together for a small Chain of Command game. We
took the scenario from Wargames Soldiers and Strategy 107.
An SS German force was...
Aerosan OSGA 6
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More stuff for Whiteout, this time 2 Aerosans from Baker Company.
In Whiteout you can have Sno-Cats as equipment or find them as
terrain-encounters. My ta...
GENERAL D'ARMEE on CYL TV
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Hi Team
Here are the videos I've created thus for covering some General D'Armee
games:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8VX1GJ37NUyDgdO1lmE6rAzo87zT...
Kebugaran Mengubah Wajah Tur PGA
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Lalu apakah Glumory akan menghasilkan Ketergantungan & menimbulkan efek
samping glumory beauty drink ? sama sekali Tidak, dikarenakan Glumory
terbuat hanya...
Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Tips for Designing Games
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Ok, ok, ok... I know Kurt Vonnegut never designed games (to the best of my
knowledge, anyway). But he was an exceptional author who knew how to craft
an en...
Nostalgia Thursday - Chaos Wars (1987)
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Thirty-two years ago, the super-simple four-page Rules According to Ral
which were designed for Medieval combat were expanded into the thirty-page
(approx)...
A Tale of Two Battles - Part the Second
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After the battle recorded in the previous post, I felt I had unfinished
business with Paul and his Russians, so I challenged him to a game the
followin...
Another big (well small)gun
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I continue with my alien 15mm army of Snakemen (Astragar). Just a few
figures painted. The are of course 15mm CRITICAL MASS Games. Yes I do have
some more...
Trenches (part three)
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Adding bunkers and other improved fighting positions to your trenches can
greatly improve the look of them! A plain trench is great for infantry, but
you c...
Game Testing a Simple 40k Ruleset for Epic
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I've got a nice little set of Epic sized space marines. They're basically
painted up as Space Wolves and Emperor's Children. Since my last post on
the to...
On the Road to Rimini
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The road to Rimini is dotted with small hilltop towns bristling with German
machine gun nests. Elements from the American 5th Army need to secure the
...
(New) Col. Bills Blog Just Launched!
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There is now a new blog for Colonel Bills Wargames Depot, which you can
find here:-
https://colonelbills.blogspot.com/
""Tales From The Depot; The goings ...
Please Update Your Link!
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If you're seeing this, it means your link to the Greyhawk Grognard blog is
out of date.
Please update your link to www.greyhawkgrognard.com (RSS feed is
h...
Death In The Dark
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Hello patient friends and people who have stumbled onto my page for the
first time by accident or from some link I posted somewhere!
It has been a long tim...
Working on my Photography set up
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Been taking a few test shots, need to up the light a bit but as a first
try on my new set up I am happy. My targets today were some Modern 28mm
Figures an...
Back At It
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After a year or so hiatus, I’m back to writing. I had a baby, and well, to
use a worn out phrase, the struggle is real. She’s great, but I’m having a
hard ...
Another Custom Dice Bag from Saddle Goose Designs
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I have a bit of a thing about dice. I've got quite a few. Few
hundred...that is. Maybe even several hundred. I know...I need help. But
with so many dice ...
The Marches and I
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The Wrekin (left distance) and its hinterland at Dawn. Even some miles
away, you can just about make out the rise of the ramparts of the hill fort
on the ...
All Quiet on the Hobby Front
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Another big gap between posts but I do have somethings in the works moving
forward.
First up my shipment of Chieftan MBTs came in and this week I've been...
Growing Up
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*"You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop
laughing". — George Bernard Shaw*
I feel like the issue of acting "like a grownup" ...
Congo: Sultanate of Zanzibar Expedition
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This is the finished 'Sultanate of Zanzibar' expedition box set from
Foundry for Congo. They have a very Arabian feel to them, and the figures
would not ...
Farewell, strike the tent
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A final entry here for Saxe-Bearstein.
On October 2, 2016 the originator of this blog, Bluebear Jeff Hudelson,
started on his journey to the Summerlands....
Zvezda SU100
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SU100
The Zvezda SU100 is one of two new Soviet assault gun kits to be released
recently, the other being the SU152
The SU100 was based on the T34 chass...
Year Five: A Reading Renaissance
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I've heard it said that birthdays become less important when you get older
and it looks like it was true of my blog's birthday this year - I totally
forgot...
Interview: Ash Baker of Guerrilla Wargaming
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Here’s another in the Interview series. I talked with one of, IMHO, the
best wargaming Youtuber out there. Ash has a great Youtube channel which
present ho...
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A 1/700 Flyhawk Derfflinger i had to finish up.The nets were a nightmare to
align and glue without making a mesh of everything.I am surprised they ca...
Battle of Mt. St-Jean 1794
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I thought I would start of 2016 with a bang and run the Battle of Mt
St-Jean 1794 using Carnage and Glory II computer aided rules. The battle
was fought o...
Gone Painting
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Once again I have decided to join in the madness that is The Analogue
Hobbies Painting Challenge, which has become the biggest online painting
event of the...
Outbreak in Gotham
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Image from Warner Bros. Dark Knight
So what will I do with all these Batman figures? Play the Batman miniatures
game? Maybe. What I will do with all thes...
Is it that time of year already?
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I have been thinking of a wish list for what I would like Saint Nicholas to
bring me.... since I am a scratch builder I am liking things like wooden
crafti...
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I know you've been waiting for them! This little lot are finally available
on the website :)
All painted by the very talented Charles Baynon.
http://footso...
A quick guide to easily making hedges
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Having recently decided to give my terrain collection a bit of an overhaul
and splashing out on some new buildings, I've found myself in "need" of a
few o...
Challenger and IT Terrain.
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Odd how things coalesced, and one day can define years to come...
Occasionally in this Life in Miniature, I 'be been around successful
protects, at GW lat...
New Location In Manchester NH
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Look for us at 260 Mammoth road Manchester Behind Aarons next door to Rite
aid,this will be our new home starting June 30th 2015 more info on
facebook and...
SBG Variant?
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One of the things I've never liked about SBG was the way they handled
wizards like Gandalf they were reduced to a couple of special rules. I
hated that....
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Gormenghast and Vulgaria faced off in a forest with Vulgaria outscouting
Gormenghast. Vulgaria having opted to defend, deployed in several lines
with a gra...
West German AFV's from the Mid 80's
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Spahpanzer Luchs Marder IFV Jagdpanzer Jaguar M113 Command APC ASSEMBLE!
Coming soon: Leopard I's and II's and Flakpanzer Gepards.
Final Tally
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All the monies from the auction have now been collected, and arrangements
made for the safe transfer of lots.
And so, this is the end.
I'm not going to na...
Easy Hills
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Hey everyone, I haven't had much time for lengthy blog articles, so I have
a feeling that most of my posts will now be made through the iPhone blogger
app....
Arrrgggghhhh!
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Everyone has a favourite gaming area.... I like pirates, aarrrggghh!
Buccaneer was the first pirate board game I played, at the tender age of
around 10 or...
Panzer IV F1
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I am still around and I am still painting. I may have to 'reboot' this
blog as I know bunch of pictures arent showing up.
Any way here is what I was wo...
I am moving to a new blog
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Hi guys. I have to announce you that I will not post anymore in this blog.
I am moving to a new one. I have been having some problems with it and it
has ga...
Wargames Paper craft Part III
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In the third and forth part of my series on Papercraft for RPG & Waregames
I'm going to look at Miniatures figures for you.
Id like to start by tha...
Flames of War skirmish report
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After both sides occupying high ground over a ruined town,
German reinforcements engaged American Paratroopers in fields.
The Germans inflicted light c...
Huzzah 2013 Day 1
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Yes, it’s that time of year again, Huzzah is upon us, starting today. I
haven’t been blogging much and so didn’t have any lead up posts, but will
try to at...
The Helpers
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Social media, television channels, radio broadcasts & cell phone
conversations... everyone is buzzing in hushed, shocked tones about what
happened yeste...
Too Busy Writing To Write?
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Greetings Dear and Faithful Reader,
Well, it's been a while. Months have come and gone since my last post.
I'm sure many of you even noticed. I have bee...
Moving Locations
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Well, the title says it all. I've decided to revamp my websites and as part
of this "Across the Table" is on the move. To visit my revised site please
vis...
Magic: The Gathering futures
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The *Return to Ravnica* set has brought many casual (and not so casual)
players back to Magic: The Gathering. Many of you have been questioning me
on the a...
Outlaws...I mean Inlaws
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August brought both sets of parents across the pond for a visit as well as
Lico and Stephanie. First Meek's parents came for just shy of week. It
was a c...
Lamb Two Ways
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Lamb’s one of my favorite meats, and (life often being unfair), it’s also
one of the most expensive. I managed to get a good deal on a 3 lb leg of
lamb, an...
Nice work on the brig! I like the water on the gunboat base. It looks Caribbean
ReplyDeleteCheers, Vol