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Wargamer - not BBC imposter using my name! Just retired from PR/comms so more painting time. Freemason - @DragonLodge.Bsky.social 10061, Moonraker Lodge 8747, Lodge of Rectitude 335. Wiltshire. Long-term member of Devizes & District Wargames Group

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Hammerhead Wargaming Show 2026 – Tables Tour & Interviews!
Hammerhead Wargaming Show 2026 – Tables Tour & Interviews! YouTube video by Storm of Steel Wargaming

For those who would like to see more of the #Hammerhead show, this video by Storm of Steel Wargaming gives a fantastic overview of some of the games on display:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjyx...
#wargaming #StormofSteelWargaming

02.03.2026 23:09 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

😂 nor I you without the armour

02.03.2026 12:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I did see you there but just realised we only spoke at Abingdon yesterday 🙂

02.03.2026 11:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Two days and two wargame shows. Here are a few pictures from #Overlord in Abingdon which seemed (to me) a lot busier than last year & some enjoyable participation games.I forgot to take many photos (too much talking) but I did play the MOSH! game that was enjoyable.
www.facebook.com/groups/63194...

02.03.2026 08:05 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What a weekend, a good night on Saturday with #dragonlodge no 10061 in Newark after spending the day at the #Hammerhead Wargames show. Pictures of just some of the many games on display.
Plus a visit to #Overlord show in Abingdon on my way home.
#Freemasons #wargaming

02.03.2026 08:03 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

If you’re in armour I may recognise you 😂

21.02.2026 07:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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HAMMERHEAD '26 HISTORICAL, FANTASY & SCI-FI GAMES SHOW SATURDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2026 TOP MANUFACTURERS / TRADERS UP TO 60 PARTICIPATION GAMES THE WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED PAINTING COMPETITION.

This time next week I will be heading to a #wargames show I’ve not been to before #Hammerhead

www.hammerheadshow.co.uk

21.02.2026 06:42 👍 12 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Politicians telling lies 😮
In my experience, if their mouths are moving they are telling lies

09.02.2026 10:30 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dragon Lodge 10061 Brethren at the first ceremony to be held outside of the Province of Nottinghamshire

Dragon Lodge 10061 Brethren at the first ceremony to be held outside of the Province of Nottinghamshire

Here we are at #Beachhead with a keen supporter in the form of a member’s son - a keen game player

Here we are at #Beachhead with a keen supporter in the form of a member’s son - a keen game player

Branksome Masonic Hall

Branksome Masonic Hall

I should mention that #DragonLodge members came from multiple locations to attend #Beachhead and hold a #Masonic meeting on the Saturday evening.
#FreeMasons #wargaming

09.02.2026 08:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More from #Beachhead
Blood and Plunder #28mm

09.02.2026 08:36 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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I was so busy looking around and talking with people at #Beachhead I forgot to take many photos. Here are a small selection of

09.02.2026 08:35 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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A weekend of mixed fortunes for my Swiss in Plymouth this weekend. 2 losses (really should have won one of those as I was ahead on breakpoints until I made a daft mistake), one winning draw & a win.
Highlight was my light crossbows killing a knight to break the Serbian Empire army. #adlg #wargaming

01.02.2026 23:28 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A small MesoAmerican army for a competition in August. No problem 😉 thought. Yet popping down to open DDWG up for the day a new member pops up “Pssst! Want to buy some Aztecs?” And I find myself with 31 extra figures on top of everything else that I’ve bought! #wargaming #figurepainting

25.01.2026 11:27 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Bill. These are the Wargames Atlantic Aztec plastic figures.

24.01.2026 21:05 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Too many projects on the go at once! Finished these Putepecha swordsmen for #ADLG and almost completed the last 2 stands of Assyrians that I’ve been putting off working on. Plymouth Wargames show next weekend with the Swiss for #28mm competition. #wargaming #figurepainting

24.01.2026 18:04 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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I’ve made a start on the Purépecha (aka Tarascan) using the Wargames Atlantic Aztecs. #wargaming

20.01.2026 17:13 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Me too but as there weren’t any Guards of Traitors Toll townsfolk I bought these on the grounds that there’s a competition in August using armies from the Americas 🤭
Besides which may be fun to paint

17.01.2026 18:20 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A quick trip to #FirestormGames in Swindon for some paints and I’ve returned with extra figures! #28mm #Wargaming #Aztecs

17.01.2026 16:25 👍 22 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Today’s post brought me The Guards of Traitor’s Toll rules, cards, tokens and dice. greyfornow.com/products/gua...
There is definitely a trend to make rule books as difficult to read as possible! I shall be giving this a good read through tonight. #GOTT #wargaming

13.01.2026 17:11 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A bit of a change from figure painting but I’ve had some game tokens sat on the desk that need painting plus some #28mm buildings to assemble and paint. #CharlieFoxtrot #Blotz #Empiresatwar

12.01.2026 16:32 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m certainly hoping so 🙂

06.01.2026 14:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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More views of the #28mm Swiss. #wargaming #figurepainting

06.01.2026 13:00 👍 34 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Varnished the #28mm halberdiers this morning and the army is complete. Ok I may add some more pikes. #wargaming #figurepainting #adlg

06.01.2026 12:58 👍 44 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Basing done on the #28mm Swiss halberdiers. #wargaming #paintingfigures

05.01.2026 22:12 👍 50 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s a busy day of basing tomorrow having finished my last 12 #28mm Swiss Halberdiers. That 190 figures painted since the end of November or 15 ADLG stands to go with the 4 I already had - back of the group shot. #wargaming #figurepainting

04.01.2026 19:44 👍 29 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Another day and another 12 Swiss #28mm Halberdiers nearing completion. These in the colours of Berne. #wargaming #paintingminiatures

03.01.2026 21:28 👍 36 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Good progress with 24 Swiss halberdiers painted since Christmas. Mixed makes of #28mm figures. Next dozen started #wargaming #paintingminiatures

02.01.2026 18:39 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

In the first picture the three right hand stands are Lancashire Games although I have used a few of the Perry Swiss heads they sell for conversions to the plastics.

31.12.2025 14:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Painting progress. #28mm Swiss Halberdiers painted this month (amongst other things). The two stands on the left were from my Christmas presents - Perry Miniatures and Warlord Games. Next 2 stands started. Second pi shows all Halberdiers painted so far. #wargaming #paintingminiatures

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