& other hobby On the 29th and 30th of may, we're hosting a tournament in Dordrecht, the Netherlands. You can read all about it here: for this tournament, we have been building a huge amount of terrain. (note: most of this is not my work, it's a communal effort). Here's a snap shot of our … Continue reading Terrain for Dortsche Krijgsheren
Five years ago, I posted my first army wide photoshoot. The army page has been the most visited on this blog. Since then (2020), as I painted more and more miniatures, the army grew slowly but steadily. That's why I made a new army page, here is the 2025 update! As I posted five years … Continue reading 2025 Army page : Topaz
FINAL UPDATE 25-05 As everything is done, armies posted and the tournament page in the Companion ready for next Thursday, we're looking forward to that one! My army can be found here UPDATE 11-04 We're finalising everything and are getting ready for the Tournament! We're exited for the two-days! UPDATE 26-02: We're building the terrain … Continue reading Dortsche Krijgsheren 2025
It's been a while since I posted on my blog. Life was busy and, frankly, after Örb Wars, I spent some time on other hobbies than Kings of War for a while. Since then, I did paint some and this blog post tallies it. Goblins My goblin army expanded with a single chariot (counted as … Continue reading Hobby update – fall 2024
A few months ago, I found out a collegue of mine also paints miniatures. Even better, she paints in commission! It took a while before I settled on which miniature I would ask her to paint. In the end, I settled on the goblins slasher. Mainly because it's a) a Mantic miniature and b) I … Continue reading Review – painting commission Debbie Maasdam
Ever since I went to örb Wars in the early summer, my painting has been sporadic and fragmented. There's no real urgency, so I paint from time to time, but no large scale projects. This is a collection of those various projects.... The first project is a unit of female archers. It featured as a … Continue reading Hobby update – summer ’24
Yesterday I reviewed the Örb wars 2 tournament. (spoiler: great time) and today I'll be looking at my armies' performance. I played 6 games over the two days, 4 using the tournament army below and 2 using my Basileans. In this blog post, I will focus on the tournament army, with maybe a short notion … Continue reading Örb wars 2 – reviewing my army
Disclaimers first So we went to Austria to play the Örb Wars tournament. This blog post reviews the tournament, the ambiance and shows pictures. There may be a 2nd blog post where I review my army and my results some day, but this isn't that one! As I do not know if all participants want … Continue reading Örb Wars 2 – review
This part 2 of my battle report of our glorious 5k battle, Basilea versus Kingdoms of Men. Read part 1 for introductions and fluff. There will be a part (3) and maybe even (4) Instead of describing the battle turn by turn (or unit by unit), I'll describe what happened in four phases: deployment engagement … Continue reading Cleansing the abyssal artifact (2)
This blog post 1 of 2 describing this fantastic afternoon. Introduction two weeks ago, my friend JP and myself played a 5,000 point Kings of War battle using fully painted armies. This blog post aims to share the fun we had! We did this for the following reasons: To make great pictures. You'll see them … Continue reading Cleansing the abyssal artifact, a 5k battle report (1)
Vince on all things Kings of War 