November 2025 review
It is christmas time and we're doing a recap of a event filled November.
The made-to-order Citadel Forest arrived, around four month, which came by surprise as the other made-to-order items I bought in the past were delivered much quicker. And they are celebrating 50 Years of Games Workshop in this month White Dwarf #518. Lots of Nostalgia, lots of throwbacks.
We'll be covering Star Wars in December, as we received two of the Star Wars Legion Starter Set, Galactic Empire and Rebell Alliance, and I ordered two of the Pillage Market Stall sets from Victrix.
Theban Hoplite Tutorial
It's been a while since I did a tutorial for my Corinthians. I admit, being the old geezer that I am, the tutorials mainly serve as a reminder to myself of how I painted a particular model. Since the Thebans received good feedback, I might paint more models for them in the future. Reason enough to create a little reminder...
Skin
Since these are figurespurely for playing, I put less effort into the layers this time than I did with the Corinthians. The base coat consisted of Kobold Skin (Army Painter), which was highlighted in a 1:3 ratio with Bonewhite (Vallejo Game Color). Then the entire surface was washed with Flesh Wash (Two Thin Coats). However, I added some red and additional Lahmian Medium to this, because Flesh Wash is more of a brown tone than a suitable wash for skin.
The previous color was used to accentuate some of the muscles and the hands. I added pure white to this mixture, which provided the final accent. You don't need to accentuate the feet, as they are usually not visible anyway.
TabletopWelt Paint Meeting 2025
It was that time again: the Tabletopwelt painting meet-up took place and drew us to Lützensommern at the Rittergut. You can find my report on the 2024 painting meet-up here, so we'll skip some basic information about the location this time.
The weather was better as well. Although it drizzled a little in between, the fact that it was a good 8 °C warmer than last year was a welcome change.
As I was very busy last week, I started packing early. In addition to my painting supplies, I also brought something for the open bar. In addition to the full board provided by the youth hostel (including a fridge stocked with delicious Vita-Cola), many participants bring snacks or drinks from home, some of which are home-brewed. On the way there, I stopped at Haribo and picked up one of the large mixed kilo boxes. Later, numerous other sweets and snacks were added.
Art de la Guerre Team Tournament 2025
The Art de la Guerre Team Tournament was held on the Marksburg in Braubach last weekend. Having been there before, for example to watch the Field of Glory events, I took the opportunity to visit again.
Organised by Johannes Müther, the event covered teams of three split into the Ancients era (armies up to 551 BC), the Classical Antiquity era (armies from 550 BC to 476 AD) and the Middle Ages era (armies from 1050 AD). This tournament used the 4th Edition of L'Art de la Guerre rules, with 15–18 mm scale miniatures and forces of 200 points.
October 2025 review
I went on holiday in October and had a great time with my family in southern Bavaria.
We spent a few days in Munich, before moving further south to take day trips into the mountains and to various towns and smaller cities.
Konflikt 47 – Autoblinda Captured Vehicle
Holey Kamoley, it's been a while since I sat down for K47. Luckily, when I looked at the army lists, I noticed that the Commonwealth has now integrated the royalist side of the Italians, which somehow makes sense to me in terms of fluff, since the equipment is mostly British anyway.
So I quickly checked what I had at home for Konflict 47, and apart from an officer's staff in Galahad armor to lead my troops, I have everything I need. Well... everything, if I make a few adjustments...
For example, I once managed to pick up this Italian Autoblinda at Ad Arma Con for ten bucks. Originally, I just wanted to use it to build some scenery, and I had to repair a few cracks, like this broken fender, but now the car is set to take the place of the Humvee in the army.
Great Escape Games – Gallows Set
Great Escape Games, the company behind Dead Man's Hand, has just released another plastic terrain kit for the Old West: a Gallows.
This new addition to their extensive range of buildings and accessories sees them move another staple piece of every Western from MDF to plastic. We received a pre-release sample of just the sprue and assembly instructions, without the official boxed set.
The Gallows Set contains the gallows itself, as well as four 28 mm scale miniatures, all on a single large plastic sprue. It has an RRP of 20 GBP and will be available from October 10th.
September 2025 review
That was September. We attended the second-to-last event of the year for us - the Rhein Main Multiversum (including a loot post)!
Next time we'll be out and about for our hobby will be the Paint Meeting in Lützensommern (you can find a recap of last year's event here).
This month we released the 500th review on this blog! That is certainly a milestone and we managed to schedule it in a way, that this special review would be of the Super-Heavy Tank Fellblade! On the same day, we reviewed the Mk II Assault Squad for Horus Heresy. I am really glad that I have been able to present so many articles on the blog over the last 15 years..
Rhein Main Multiversum 2025 – Loot!
It has been a while, since last did a loot-post! Actually 2,5 years ago for Hamburg Tactica 2023. And today I want to show you, what I brought home from the Rhein Main Multiversum 2025!
Usually when I went to an event and I picked some things up, I shared them with you. But the last few years my shopping endeavours changed a bit in habbit, and thus less reason for that kind of post - or my loot was manageable and I just covered it in one of my monthly recap.
A few things at the Bring & Buy caught my eye, like two old copies of the Space Marine Codex of the 6th and 8th Edition. This is not for any gaming project, but rather an addition to my wargaming library, as they cover quite a bit of illustrations and lore and cover the transition from First Borns to Primaris Marines. As well as 9 Imperial Credit coins from the Skullz campaign for a proper deal.
At Spielkontor I picked up a tower from the Renedra Castle range, I already have a few items from that range and the price was decent so I couldn't say no!
Rhein Main Multiversum 2025
The 11th instalment of the Rhein Main Multiversum, hosted by the Tabletop Club Rhein Main, took place in Nidderau, in the state of Hessen (about half an hour north-east of Frankfurt).
Entry was free, and the show took place on 13th and 14th September last weekend.
The venue was the Kultur und Sporthalle Heldenbergen, which has plenty of parking right outside. However, as they share the car park with the surrounding stores, this can be an issue on Saturdays.
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