John Savage
@johnsavage.bsky.social
Painter, wargamer, lover of all things military history. #spreadthelard
First miniature of 2026!
January 2, 2026 at 8:48 PM
First miniature of 2026!
Basing finished on a couple more undead units.
December 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Basing finished on a couple more undead units.
Bit of fun with a test Very British Civil War game as the Castleford Union of Mineworkers defend against a cross Pennine raid by the Bury Union Militia. Lovely Empress Miniatures SCW anarchist’s stand-in for the defenders of Casvegas! Plans for a big multi-faction game now being made!
December 29, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Bit of fun with a test Very British Civil War game as the Castleford Union of Mineworkers defend against a cross Pennine raid by the Bury Union Militia. Lovely Empress Miniatures SCW anarchist’s stand-in for the defenders of Casvegas! Plans for a big multi-faction game now being made!
Vampire Lord ready for basing! Rather enjoyed painting this as a break from napoleonics.
December 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Vampire Lord ready for basing! Rather enjoyed painting this as a break from napoleonics.
Horror before Christmas. The Barrow Legion get ready to ride forth! Rather excellent GW figures for my undead Dragon Rampant and Midgard forces.
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Horror before Christmas. The Barrow Legion get ready to ride forth! Rather excellent GW figures for my undead Dragon Rampant and Midgard forces.
@warbases.bsky.social ready painted (printed) terraced houses for a planned VBCW game. Pretty nice with good brick effect but I still felt the roofs needed tiling. Chimney pots need drilling out as well. A simple circular hollow chimney pots (not difficult in mdf would have been more effective. 7/10
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
@warbases.bsky.social ready painted (printed) terraced houses for a planned VBCW game. Pretty nice with good brick effect but I still felt the roofs needed tiling. Chimney pots need drilling out as well. A simple circular hollow chimney pots (not difficult in mdf would have been more effective. 7/10
First of the tomb riders
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
First of the tomb riders
Last bits for my first napoleonic Russian Brigade. Bit of a chew with an attempt to do the traces on the limber. Not great but looks okay if you don’t look to hard! Finish the brigadier base and then I can start all over again on number 2!
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Last bits for my first napoleonic Russian Brigade. Bit of a chew with an attempt to do the traces on the limber. Not great but looks okay if you don’t look to hard! Finish the brigadier base and then I can start all over again on number 2!
The trilogy is complete! “What a Cartel” rules are finally released in this years Lard Magazine. Out now and you can get a copy from TFL and Karawansary for our European friends.
December 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The trilogy is complete! “What a Cartel” rules are finally released in this years Lard Magazine. Out now and you can get a copy from TFL and Karawansary for our European friends.
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The latest #Podcast is out today & my guest is John Savage.
A fellow Yarkshire resident, John is well known on the show & Lardy Day circuit for the his Participation Games. He's a great painter & a great #wargaming host.
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#hobby #tabletopgames #history
A fellow Yarkshire resident, John is well known on the show & Lardy Day circuit for the his Participation Games. He's a great painter & a great #wargaming host.
kenrtai.podbean.com/e/episode-80...
#hobby #tabletopgames #history
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The latest #Podcast is out today & my guest is John Savage.
A fellow Yarkshire resident, John is well known on the show & Lardy Day circuit for the his Participation Games. He's a great painter & a great #wargaming host.
kenrtai.podbean.com/e/episode-80...
#hobby #tabletopgames #history
A fellow Yarkshire resident, John is well known on the show & Lardy Day circuit for the his Participation Games. He's a great painter & a great #wargaming host.
kenrtai.podbean.com/e/episode-80...
#hobby #tabletopgames #history
Superb day yesterday when 6 of met up for a refight of Liebertwolwitz in 1813. Great to see @tomjmegan.bsky.social Prussians take to the table again alongside my newly minted Russians and face off against @jaje7406.bsky.social French. All rounded off with an excellent evening’s social! 👌
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Superb day yesterday when 6 of met up for a refight of Liebertwolwitz in 1813. Great to see @tomjmegan.bsky.social Prussians take to the table again alongside my newly minted Russians and face off against @jaje7406.bsky.social French. All rounded off with an excellent evening’s social! 👌
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Let's raise some money for Oz! I've got a Christmas Red Gobbo, painted by me, with some flame effect, that could be yours. I'll start it as a blind auction, DM me with offers over £50 and the highest by the end of the weekend wins. I'll pay for postage in the UK and all the money goes to Oz.
November 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Excellent day at FIASCO today. Very pleased to see it back in the Royal Armouries proper after a long sojourn across the way. Ran a couple of participation games of CoC2 Vietnam with sterling help from these 4 gentlemen. Very nice to show off the late Martin Stanbridge’s terrain to a wider audience.
October 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Excellent day at FIASCO today. Very pleased to see it back in the Royal Armouries proper after a long sojourn across the way. Ran a couple of participation games of CoC2 Vietnam with sterling help from these 4 gentlemen. Very nice to show off the late Martin Stanbridge’s terrain to a wider audience.
Bit of rebasing this evening. Picked up some painted French Cuirassiers but wanted them to fit in with the rest of my French. Couple of hours and with consistent basing they should fit right in. Back to the Russians next!
September 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Bit of rebasing this evening. Picked up some painted French Cuirassiers but wanted them to fit in with the rest of my French. Couple of hours and with consistent basing they should fit right in. Back to the Russians next!
Couple of characters for my Midgard force. Romano hero (lovely Crisis free figure from years ago sculpted by @hicksy.bsky.social) and a Merlinesque wizard type! #midgard #spreadthelard
September 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Couple of characters for my Midgard force. Romano hero (lovely Crisis free figure from years ago sculpted by @hicksy.bsky.social) and a Merlinesque wizard type! #midgard #spreadthelard
Bit of a palette cleanser after the recent napoleonics, the final base of cavalry and a mounted hero for my Midgard Arthurian force. Matt varnish and basing to do! Gripping Beast and Warlord figures with the superb LBMS shield transfers and banner. #midgard #spreadthelard
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Bit of a palette cleanser after the recent napoleonics, the final base of cavalry and a mounted hero for my Midgard Arthurian force. Matt varnish and basing to do! Gripping Beast and Warlord figures with the superb LBMS shield transfers and banner. #midgard #spreadthelard
Russian Napoleonics finally finished with the addition of the ever lovely GMB standards. 2 Jägers battalions now on the painting table to finish my first Russian Division.
September 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Russian Napoleonics finally finished with the addition of the ever lovely GMB standards. 2 Jägers battalions now on the painting table to finish my first Russian Division.
“Tet a Tet” my Chain of Command Vietnam game at Ebor Lard. A real pleasure to host using the late Martin Stanbridge’s terrain and many of his figures. For a battle report & of course more pictures take a look at the Chain of Command Facebook group. #spreadthelard
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September 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Tet a Tet” my Chain of Command Vietnam game at Ebor Lard. A real pleasure to host using the late Martin Stanbridge’s terrain and many of his figures. For a battle report & of course more pictures take a look at the Chain of Command Facebook group. #spreadthelard
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Great to play in @joewargamer.bsky.social Big CoC game today at the Ebor Lard After Party! Superb effort from my Staghound getting into the German rear causing mayhem as the Panther platoon panicked. Unfortunately the M10s were less successful picked off by PIVs with multiple phases #spreadthelard
September 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Great to play in @joewargamer.bsky.social Big CoC game today at the Ebor Lard After Party! Superb effort from my Staghound getting into the German rear causing mayhem as the Panther platoon panicked. Unfortunately the M10s were less successful picked off by PIVs with multiple phases #spreadthelard
Well that’s a wrap for Ebor Lard 2025. Fantastic weekend of great games, good food, great friends & lots & lots of fun. From Friday nights Chariot Racing, the first Ebor Steak Night & Sunday mornings Ebor After Party games it’s been a blast. Looking forward to Ebor Lard 2026! #spreadthelard
September 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Well that’s a wrap for Ebor Lard 2025. Fantastic weekend of great games, good food, great friends & lots & lots of fun. From Friday nights Chariot Racing, the first Ebor Steak Night & Sunday mornings Ebor After Party games it’s been a blast. Looking forward to Ebor Lard 2026! #spreadthelard
@joewargamer.bsky.social shows off his beautiful Normandy Village while @jaje7406.bsky.social flies the flag for a Lardy favourite, Sharp Practice in the Peninsula. The standard of Lardy games just gets better & better! #spreadthelard
September 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
@joewargamer.bsky.social shows off his beautiful Normandy Village while @jaje7406.bsky.social flies the flag for a Lardy favourite, Sharp Practice in the Peninsula. The standard of Lardy games just gets better & better! #spreadthelard
Midgard gets a strong showing at Ebor Lard with ‘1066 & all that’ and the Battle of Hastings and a Lord of the Rings 1st Age battle. ‘What a Skaver’ brings What a Cowboy to the post apocalyptic streets of South Yorkshire while Kiss Me Hardy flies the flag in the Caribbean. #spreadthelard
September 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Midgard gets a strong showing at Ebor Lard with ‘1066 & all that’ and the Battle of Hastings and a Lord of the Rings 1st Age battle. ‘What a Skaver’ brings What a Cowboy to the post apocalyptic streets of South Yorkshire while Kiss Me Hardy flies the flag in the Caribbean. #spreadthelard
Chain of Command 2 from the deserts of North Africa to the mean streets of downtown Saigon! 2 of the games at Ebor Lard today. #spreadthelard
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Chain of Command 2 from the deserts of North Africa to the mean streets of downtown Saigon! 2 of the games at Ebor Lard today. #spreadthelard
Set-up day yesterday for Ebor Lard with the plain Village Hall transformed into a feast of Lardy games. Followed by the traditional Chariot Racing evening where @jaje7406.bsky.social carried off the Circus Shiteous trophy & Theo the Circus Shiteous Plate. Much fun & mayhem for all! #spreadthelard
September 13, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Set-up day yesterday for Ebor Lard with the plain Village Hall transformed into a feast of Lardy games. Followed by the traditional Chariot Racing evening where @jaje7406.bsky.social carried off the Circus Shiteous trophy & Theo the Circus Shiteous Plate. Much fun & mayhem for all! #spreadthelard
First of the napoleonic Russians done (pending the addition of some GMB flags). Perry Miniatures plastics. Hopefully the first of many 🫤
August 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
First of the napoleonic Russians done (pending the addition of some GMB flags). Perry Miniatures plastics. Hopefully the first of many 🫤