SPQR – Good Enough Hobbies

A lite hope for future games

Hello and welcome back! Hope your Christmas was a good one, and that you have had much time for hobbying. I sure have had my fair share of time! And what better than to build and paint ancient sculpts in the form of some Hoplite walls of spears! Oh man, whats more impressive than a wallContinue reading “A lite hope for future games”

Dacians & Germanians

Hello and welcome back! Today I have painted some more troops, Coming from the Warlord SPQR line! And let me tell you, I have my gripes! These are made of resin, making the super fiddly to deal with. First off the Germanian warriors: These come with metal spears, and I find that super gluing metalContinue reading “Dacians & Germanians”

Auxilia solari… wait wrong game

Back again with more troops for the Greeks, this time some auxilia. I managed to snag a box of Victrix Peltast and slingers. Contains 56 (!) miniatures, 8 which are earmarked for the role of slingers, and the rest earmarked to make lighter javelin men or heavier Peltasts. Being Victrix sculpts, they are a littleContinue reading “Auxilia solari… wait wrong game”

Democracy bois!

Hello and welcome back! As I said in my last update, making Gaul infantry wasn’t really in my interest, so instead I sidetracked! This is the box I got, a solid wall of spears to make any Gaul quiver! In this box you will find 42 multi-pose (kinda) soldiers, ready to battle. Why I sayContinue reading “Democracy bois!”

Keeping up with the Gauls

Hello and happy new year! It’s been a bit slow over here on the hobbying side, but time for an update. Keeping on with the SPQR theme, I have now managed to paint half of the Clash of heroes box, finishing the Gaul hero and their archers. I really liked the sculpts, unfortunately with resinContinue reading “Keeping up with the Gauls”

AVE!

Well well well, there I go again with finding cheap miniatures in bundles for new games. There comes a time for all wargamers when you find a nice historical game and go.. now that looks interesting! Historical war gaming usually is grey beard territory, so I guess I’m getting older! Sooo.. Painted Miniatures GO! IContinue reading “AVE!”