It's that time of year again!

Yes, the first day of Summer is here, Salute, Triples and Partizan are but fading Spring memories leaving us all waiting until Autumn for our wargaming show fix.  Well, not quite.   As all 6mm affecionados will know all too well, the middle of July actually sees the highlight of the wargaming calendar.   Let's kick off with the curtain raiser:

Sheffield Triples

Time to remind you all that it's Sheffield Triples this weekend.  With a sense of timing that not only borders on, but actually nuzzles up and moves in with incompetence, I am announcing this at the same time as telling you that it's too late to place any pre-orders...

Post-Salute thanks

Just a quick few words to thank all concerned for Salute.   The Warlords put in their usual impressive stint to get the whole thing running with impressive efficiency.  No easy task and one well executed on the day.   Thanks also to

New Releases for Salute

Just five days to go before the Big Show and things are hotting up.  I've been hinting at some new releases for the show and it's time to give you some advance notice of what they are;

For those of you wanting to push on in the Great War, we have the first tranche of new codes for the later war British.

Salute, Salute, Salute...

..so big they had to say it thrice!

Yes, with April just round the corner, thoughts are now turning to the annual visit to the Excel centre and the company of 5000 or so eager wargamers.  This year, the hobby's flagship event will actually feature some 6mm games including Per Broden's wonderful presentation of Fraustadt.

Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you. - Terry Pratchett RIP

Just for a change this is both a highly personal entry and one that has little or nothing to do with toy soldiers, for which I make no apology.  I do hope that you will understand my reasons.

Shows, shows, shows...

I've just unloaded the van following the annual trip to the West Midland to attend the WMMS show.  It's been two shows in either half of the Midlands in two weekends and we had a great time at both.

Hammerhead Show

Just a quick reminder to say that I'll be attending the Hammerhead show at Newark this coming weekend.   You've got a couple of days to get your pre-orders in, so don't delay as we will be closing the books on these by Thursday.

We're now accepting Paypal

As the next stage in getting the new site up to speed, I am delighted to be able to announce that we can now accept payment via Paypal in our shopping cart

Announcing the 'Uff-Puff'!

I am very pleased to be able to this item to our Baccus Basing System items.  This simple little device solves one of the great issues with getting static grass on to your bases. How do you make it stand up straight?