Steve Blease
@ironcow2103.bsky.social
Mostly about toy soldiers. Sometimes music. Occasionally a left wing rant.
Lot of fun in the 6mm Desert War with #ArmouredStorm last night as Phil's DAK squeezed out a bloody victory against @andycrow.bsky.social's 8th Army. Man of the Match award to the Panzer II zug who took out three Matilda's at (very) close range! #joyofsix
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Lot of fun in the 6mm Desert War with #ArmouredStorm last night as Phil's DAK squeezed out a bloody victory against @andycrow.bsky.social's 8th Army. Man of the Match award to the Panzer II zug who took out three Matilda's at (very) close range! #joyofsix
I'm sure Andy & Phil will love it when I work out how to convert this to #ChainOfCommand and paint up the Martians sat in the attic! Ack! Ack!
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I'm sure Andy & Phil will love it when I work out how to convert this to #ChainOfCommand and paint up the Martians sat in the attic! Ack! Ack!
Winter Wonder Lard VI (I’m Too Sixy For My Lard), Bristol’s premier Lardy day, will be held on Saturday 7th February 2026 at Bristol Independent Gaming.
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Winter Wonder Lard VI (I’m Too Sixy For My Lard), Bristol’s premier Lardy day, will be held on Saturday 7th February 2026 at Bristol Independent Gaming.
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
So far we have had thirteen Lardy games offered to be put on at the event... #SpreadTheLard
Day Two (today) of 'Beast From The East' #SharpPractice event saw two resounding victories for Eltjo and my Russo-Prussian force, swiftly capturing the town and fighting off the French in game one and spiking the guns and my dragoons smashing a six group French column in the second! #SpreadTheLard
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Day Two (today) of 'Beast From The East' #SharpPractice event saw two resounding victories for Eltjo and my Russo-Prussian force, swiftly capturing the town and fighting off the French in game one and spiking the guns and my dragoons smashing a six group French column in the second! #SpreadTheLard
Saturday was day one of the #SharpPractice 'Beast From The East' event at BIG Bristol my Prussians being paired with Eltjo's Russians against all French comers. Game one was something of a losing draw but game two a glorious victory for our cavalry heavy Russo-Prussian force! #SpreadTheLard
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Saturday was day one of the #SharpPractice 'Beast From The East' event at BIG Bristol my Prussians being paired with Eltjo's Russians against all French comers. Game one was something of a losing draw but game two a glorious victory for our cavalry heavy Russo-Prussian force! #SpreadTheLard
Been a busy few days - Friday saw son and heir back on stage with his band for the first time in a while, and they were really good... #Blacklist #AltRock
November 9, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Been a busy few days - Friday saw son and heir back on stage with his band for the first time in a while, and they were really good... #Blacklist #AltRock
Played #OnBloodyGround with Phil, Jen & Michael last night. Sparta crushed the impudent Persians in a bloody battle that felt closer than it was (killing the Persian general really helped!). Good fun, will have to dust off my Athenians and paint up the Spartans in 2026...
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Played #OnBloodyGround with Phil, Jen & Michael last night. Sparta crushed the impudent Persians in a bloody battle that felt closer than it was (killing the Persian general really helped!). Good fun, will have to dust off my Athenians and paint up the Spartans in 2026...
And so it begins… starting work on my #SharpPractice game for #WWLVI in Feb ‘26… #SpreadTheLard #SharpesGrandfather
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
And so it begins… starting work on my #SharpPractice game for #WWLVI in Feb ‘26… #SpreadTheLard #SharpesGrandfather
As promised a better photo of the 6mm #IrregularMininatures Compoo of Maratha regulars for my 6mm 2nd Anglo-Maratha War project, plus some irregulars for the Maratha army I also managed to finish off this week...
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
As promised a better photo of the 6mm #IrregularMininatures Compoo of Maratha regulars for my 6mm 2nd Anglo-Maratha War project, plus some irregulars for the Maratha army I also managed to finish off this week...
Many moons ago I wrote a small a mini-campaign using WHFB for Ragnarok postulating the return of Ichabod Crane to Sleepy Hollow seeking revenge with an army of AWI zombies...
As it is Hallowe'en I thought I'd share it... 🎃
www.sfsfw.org/a/32/sleepy....
As it is Hallowe'en I thought I'd share it... 🎃
www.sfsfw.org/a/32/sleepy....
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Many moons ago I wrote a small a mini-campaign using WHFB for Ragnarok postulating the return of Ichabod Crane to Sleepy Hollow seeking revenge with an army of AWI zombies...
As it is Hallowe'en I thought I'd share it... 🎃
www.sfsfw.org/a/32/sleepy....
As it is Hallowe'en I thought I'd share it... 🎃
www.sfsfw.org/a/32/sleepy....
What's scarier than zombies on Hallowe'en? Nazi Zombies!!! 🎃
The old #StudioMiniatures plastics with metal officer...
The old #StudioMiniatures plastics with metal officer...
October 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What's scarier than zombies on Hallowe'en? Nazi Zombies!!! 🎃
The old #StudioMiniatures plastics with metal officer...
The old #StudioMiniatures plastics with metal officer...
As it is Hallowe'en I thought I'd post some pictures of zombies!
@manticgames.bsky.social zombies based up for #WHFB2 painted a decade or so back...
@manticgames.bsky.social zombies based up for #WHFB2 painted a decade or so back...
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As it is Hallowe'en I thought I'd post some pictures of zombies!
@manticgames.bsky.social zombies based up for #WHFB2 painted a decade or so back...
@manticgames.bsky.social zombies based up for #WHFB2 painted a decade or so back...
As part of this week's 'Operation Finish What Is On The Workbench' finished the first Compoo of Maratha regulars for my 6mm 2nd Anglo-Maratha War project. Hopefully be able to take a proper photo tomorrow along with some Irregular foot...
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As part of this week's 'Operation Finish What Is On The Workbench' finished the first Compoo of Maratha regulars for my 6mm 2nd Anglo-Maratha War project. Hopefully be able to take a proper photo tomorrow along with some Irregular foot...
Reposted by Steve Blease
Friend of mine just made this banger LMAO:
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Friend of mine just made this banger LMAO:
Test paint jobs of a couple of the new @hatminis.bsky.social 28mm AWI American Infantry - one piece castings so I suspect they will appeal to @battlegames.bsky.social having seen the fun he had with the Perry plastics! 😀
Need to crack on with the rest now I've got my eye in...
Need to crack on with the rest now I've got my eye in...
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Test paint jobs of a couple of the new @hatminis.bsky.social 28mm AWI American Infantry - one piece castings so I suspect they will appeal to @battlegames.bsky.social having seen the fun he had with the Perry plastics! 😀
Need to crack on with the rest now I've got my eye in...
Need to crack on with the rest now I've got my eye in...
BMP-2 Motor Rifle Battalion now completed. Unfortunately I did not have enough 6mm infantry sat in my 6mm infantry RUB so a small order has gone off to H&R...
#ColdWarHot #6mm #SevenDaysToTheRiverRhine #ColdWarCommander #BattlegroupNorthag
#ColdWarHot #6mm #SevenDaysToTheRiverRhine #ColdWarCommander #BattlegroupNorthag
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
BMP-2 Motor Rifle Battalion now completed. Unfortunately I did not have enough 6mm infantry sat in my 6mm infantry RUB so a small order has gone off to H&R...
#ColdWarHot #6mm #SevenDaysToTheRiverRhine #ColdWarCommander #BattlegroupNorthag
#ColdWarHot #6mm #SevenDaysToTheRiverRhine #ColdWarCommander #BattlegroupNorthag
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social giving Amazon a run for their money in UK. Ordered three sets of their Baron's War shield decals. Expected an envelope. Came in this!
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@wargamesatlantic.bsky.social giving Amazon a run for their money in UK. Ordered three sets of their Baron's War shield decals. Expected an envelope. Came in this!
Week off so the plan is to crack on a finish as many half started things on the workbench as possible - the 6mm BMP-2’s now almost done after the weekend…
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Week off so the plan is to crack on a finish as many half started things on the workbench as possible - the 6mm BMP-2’s now almost done after the weekend…
As it's almost Hallowe'en a little treat for myself...
October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
As it's almost Hallowe'en a little treat for myself...
Had forgotten about the #Airfix Battlefront History series from my childhood - an AFV kit, plane kit, box of soldiers and a vac form base. Recall having the El Alamein one and possibly D-Day...
October 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Had forgotten about the #Airfix Battlefront History series from my childhood - an AFV kit, plane kit, box of soldiers and a vac form base. Recall having the El Alamein one and possibly D-Day...
Winter Wonder Lard VI, Bristol’s premier Lardy day will be held at Bristol Independent Gaming on Saturday 7th February 2026.
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
October 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Winter Wonder Lard VI, Bristol’s premier Lardy day will be held at Bristol Independent Gaming on Saturday 7th February 2026.
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
We are now looking for games to be put on to make 2026’s Winter Wonder Lard ‘too sixy for my Lard!’
#SpreadTheLard
Can anyone help identify the manufacturer of these 6mm LVTP-7's (I need a couple more) - the only identifier is the code 830 on the underneath but that does not appear to be the (current?) one used by Heroics & Ros or Scotia Grendel on their LVTP's...
October 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Can anyone help identify the manufacturer of these 6mm LVTP-7's (I need a couple more) - the only identifier is the code 830 on the underneath but that does not appear to be the (current?) one used by Heroics & Ros or Scotia Grendel on their LVTP's...
#ColdWar 6mm Soviet T-72 tank battalion to help liberate 1980's West Germany now completed. BMP-2's next, but having sorted through 6mm lead mountain I do seem to have enough M60A3's for a US OpFor. 6mm MERDC?... 🤔
October 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
#ColdWar 6mm Soviet T-72 tank battalion to help liberate 1980's West Germany now completed. BMP-2's next, but having sorted through 6mm lead mountain I do seem to have enough M60A3's for a US OpFor. 6mm MERDC?... 🤔
So after all the angst caused by the first three seasons of #TheExpanse disappearing off Prime earlier this year - they are now all back...
October 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
So after all the angst caused by the first three seasons of #TheExpanse disappearing off Prime earlier this year - they are now all back...