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Monday, May 13, 2024

Dangers of Autocorrect

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rrossMay 13, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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rrossMay 13, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Lol!
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MattMay 14, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Like that one!
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Old NickMay 27, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Very glad I gave you all a good laugh
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French Hussars of 1870 - Pre-Order Deal now open! - *Pre-Order now OPEN!* After months of sculpting and working on illustrations for box art and the uniform plate, its finally time to start production. A b...
7 years ago
Fife & Drum Miniatures

AWI Hessians Are Available For Sale - Hessian Grenadier and Musketeer firing line figures. The AWI Hessians are now in stock and they are ready for on-line sales today (Friday July 8, 2016...
8 years ago
War of 1812 Wargaming Blog

Newest Offerings From Warlord Games and Perry Miniatures - Warlord Games came out with marching plastic Napoleonic British infantry for both early and late war. They also have expanded their range of light infantr...
9 years ago
follow the drum

Japan - c.1904 -
9 years ago
Old School ACW

Reshaping... - There comes a time when a project ought to come to an end. I think that this is the point that the re-creating Charles' Grant's ACW War Game may have come ...
9 years ago
Black Powder Niagara 1814

Its been awhile - Well it has been quite some time since my last post and I have been very busy. Over the past year I have completed 13+ Regiments plus artillery. Below ar...
11 years ago
Lazylimey's Wargaming Place

Alberken(Early Minifig) 20mm Napoleonic Personalities - Duke of Wellington - There were eight personality figures in this range - four British and four French. These sample figures were all painted many years ago by a very dear fr...
15 years ago
Sparker's Wargaming Blog

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