Once upon a Wednesday: painting lessons
My long break from painting meant I restarted slowly. I still had all my supplies, and my paints had weathered over a year of idleness rather well. As I started … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Angelus Prime
I visited Warhammer World during a family holiday to Europe in 2017. Accessible, affordable air travel seems like a different world now. The visit to the exhibitions left quote the … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Two Thin Coats
I ordered the Two Thin Coats range on Kickstarter with around 120 models left to paint. The project experienced several delays and eventually arrived over 6 months after tis original … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Mangar’s Tower
Of my walkthrough for the remastered Bard’s Tale game, this article is the most popular. I had expected the most popular one to be the first episode, with other trailing … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Keith Parkinson art
In July 2021 I featured Keith Parkinson’s art in a dedicated article. Parkinson had illustrated many images that drew me further into the fantasy genre, although at a younger age … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: choose your legion
An important decision when playing games set in the Horus Heresy is – which legion will you play? With 18 astartes legions to choose from, there’s lots of options. I … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Age of Magic factions
SAGA Age of Magic is now my second favourite miniatures game on the market. I still like it though! In June of 2019 I published a look at one of … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Ian Miller art
I’ve used images from Ian Miller’s weird and wonderful art several times in this blog over the years. In September 2021 I devoted an article to his art. I shared … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: my top Commodore 64 games
A more recent article to revisit here. This one comes from February 2023, so is a mere one year ago. The Commodore 64 had turned 40 years old in 2022, … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Battle of Agincourt display
In October 2015 I wrote about a massive display the Perry twins had sculpted for the Royal Armouries in the UK. Time and website redevelopments have killed off the original … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: my top Magic art
The art of Magic: the Gathering is the main thing that appeals to me about that game. At this point I am still playing Magic but buying far less, as … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: painting stone walls
I first posted this YouTube video from Zorpazorp in May 2020, and I have revisited it several times. As I prepare to get into terrain suitable for my new Epic … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: the story of Nagash
Nagash is a character who survived the transition from Warhammer into Age of Sigmar. Before this he had an interesting rise and fall and rise and fall. I wrote about … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Wasteland Remastered walkthrough
Classic game walkthroughs have become a mild sub-theme on this blog. The most recent dates from 2020 and covers Wasteland Remastered. The original game was released in the 1980s, and … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Greg Rutkowski
Greg Rutkowski’s art has been featured on this blog a number of times. An article from June 2021 focused exclusively on his art. Greg’s art is among some of my … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: Salute 2015 display
This week’s revisited article comes from May 2015, the Hawk Wargames display ship caught my eye, as I’m sure it did everyone who attended the event. The model is a … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: What it’s like
Welcome back to Once upon a Wednesday, the series where I look back at past articles published here. What it’s like was originally published in February 2022 and looked a … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: endings
It’s the end of the year, and the end of the road for this Once Upon a Wednesday series. I started this series in March, taking inspiration from another Dave, … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: the billion dollar hobby
In late 2016 I posted this article about the size of the hobby industry. Industry coverage has been a constant over the life of the blog, so it’s bene interesting … Continue reading
Once upon a Wednesday: a lean year for painting
This year I am looking at having painted over 250 miniatures for the second year running. It’s a big improvement on years before. In 2016 I managed to paint around … Continue reading
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