NWA Despatches – March ’23
After a busy start to the year the club seems to have settled into a good rhythm with the meetings. Of note with them, attendance has steadied on Fridays and …
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NWA Despatches – February ’23
Welcome everyone to February’s Despatches. We have now commenced our outreach to schools in the vicinity of Blackburn. Whilst we’ve had more new members join NWA in the past six …
NWA Despatches – January ’23
Welcome everyone to the first monthly newsletter that the Club will produce for the foreseeable future. This is a new concept for which I have to thank the former and …
Welcome to 2023
Lots of things are in the pipeline at NWA which will make 2023 a great year to be member of the club. What’s happening in January The Cold Steel group …
More Saga Rocky Ground Terrain Pieces
Step by step process of making rocky ground for Saga Find rocks which have large flat surfaces that look dramatic but can have figures stand on them without toppling. …
Test building hills using fibreglass bandages
Can you make durable wargaming terrain using lots of free stuff? Of course you can, but can I develop a mass produced version so that we can make a bucket …
Old Ruins and a Muddy Field
More Saga suitable terrain pieces Around 25 years ago I splurged out on a whole village worth of Armorcast buildings including some ruins. The ruins had been sitting in the …
Terrain building update
Spending time away from painting figures to build terrain. I have playing around with building some basic terrain pieces for Saga. Sometimes I need a break from painting miniatures …
Mounted Heathguard from Conquest and Fireforge
Since my last post I finished the four extra mounted heathguard made from Conquest and Fireforge sprues. Fireforge Mounted Sergeants These two knights are made using Fireforge horses and torsos. To …
I have the minis so can a build a combined Norman / Crusader warband
Every year I take an extended Christmas & New Year holiday. So from mid-December to late-January I try and build and paint a new warband, plus other miscellaneous wargaming stuff. …