Maidstone Wargames Society

It’s Wednesday again and this week we start of big and end with a collection of odds and sods. We start with an impressive looking Mars station from Marcus W. Staying with large buildings and Kim has some more progress on some buildings for Guards of Traitor’s Toll. And with the market stall Kim has also painted lots of trade goods. Moving on and Andy has been working his way through all those little bits we like to have for games. First up some directional signs. And some other signs, a couple…

It’s a windy Wednesday this week, but enough about the weather, we start with Andy who has finished painting his sci-fi german power armour. Both the standard troops and the heavy weapons. Next up and Chris St has made a start on some Late Roman cavalry to support the infantry we saw last week. Dropping down scale or two and Stephen has started a new project with 15mm dark age unit bases. And lastly for this week Tony F has been busy preparing for a Halloween themed Stargrave game. He has…

Andy rounds up last weekend’s Society meeting. This week, let’s go in increasing order of model size. First up Peter put on a 2mm Ancients game using Strength & Honour rules, Rome vs the Germanic Hordes. The Germanic hordes close on the Roman Legions Three Roman Legions, some with skirmishers, and a cavalry Ala engage four Germanic warbands The Vangiones approach the 7th Legion Staying in the Ancient world, but going up in size we have a mixed 6mm vs 15mm Field of Glory game between Hellenistic…

It’s Wednesday and there’s been more progress! We start this week with Chris St and some 15mm Ancient Greeks. Chris got these of Ebay and has been sprucing them up and adding some decals to the shields. moving onto more modern times and Chris has also been painting up some 28mm Late Romans. Off to the unknown now and Stephen has finished his King in Yellow plus minions. Sticking with the other worldly Tony F has been crafting some graves for a forthcoming seasonal spooky game. I suspect the…

Happy Wednesday everyone, we kick off this week with a whole host of townsfolk from Kim for Guards of Traitor’s Toll. We cannot wait to see the whole town. Next up and Mark J has some WW2 Brits on the painting desk. Armed with a number of Piats these are destined for Arnhem. Speaking of which Mark has also got some more buildings painted up for that very town. Going a bit fantastical now and Stephen has a selection of horrors from Reaper miniatures to paint up. And lastly for this week Andy is…

Andy rounds up yesterday’s meeting with some photos. A mainly Sci-Fi and Fantasy day today, although there was a large historical game as well. We’ll lead with Alan’s Star Wars X-Wing game, featuring a couple of large(ish) ships and several fighters (above) The big ships join battle TIE Defender getting close X-Wings and Y-Wings on patrol C-Roc Gazanti Class (I think)

It’s Wednesday so here we go again with progress from our members. We start this week with Mark J and another building for his Arnhem project, there will be lots more about that in the coming months. Moving on and Andy has gone from painting small 28mm sci-fi to painting big 28mm sci-fi. Here we have the start of some Konflikt 47 Stahltruppen Heavy Infantry. Sticking with sci-fi and Tony F has painted himself a miniature for his character in a game of Traveller. The last couple of years have…

Welcome to another work in progress post. This week we start with Eric and his new lance for Battletech. The lance includes this Crusader lifting off for some death from above. Next up and Mak J has been constructing more houses for his Arnhem game. Yes the game will be set prior to the action kicking off, which is why everything is still intact. I’ve been using some vine style foliage found in the Works to make simple hedge rows with. A coating on PVA glue and they are ready to go. And lastly…

Andy rounds up the games at a recent meeting. A bit of a Sci-Fi / RPG theme to this meeting’s games. David and Chris ran “A Bridge to Far – AD30,000”, a Legion Imperialis game using 8mm(ish) figures and models. Above we have some of their tanks. David & Chris’ city The Brigade Compound? Troops occupy a high rise One of Chris’ kit-bashed AFVs

It’s a rather Autumnal Wednesday here and I for one can appreciate the cooler temperatures for getting a bit more painting done. We start this week with Stephen’s marvellous Quar balloon. The Quar seem to be providing untold opportunities for these types of modelling projects. It won’t be long before the first aircraft appears. Next up and Marcus W has made progress on their ice formations. Ice is tricky to do and I believe Marcus is adding more details to these pieces. Moving on and Eric is…

It’s Wednesday again and this week we start with Andy with more progress on his Einherjar space dwarves and the Sneakfeet associates. Next up and Tony F has finished some test paints for his soon to be legions of 10mm Rohan forces. Stephen has finished painting another scratch built arabic style building. This will no doubt be making an appearance in the next Crusades battle. Sticking with scratch building and Stephen for that matter, and we have an observation balloon as suitable decoration…

We present Society member Peter M’s report on an operational megagame he run earlier in the year. As noted by Peter, this was a committee / map game with no figures on the table, but the editor has taken the liberty of including a picture from one of Stephen’s ACW games played at the Society as the header, purely for the aesthetic effect. We also owe Peter an apology for taking so long to post this article. Over to Peter: Despite having suffered my previous multi-player efforts (the ‘Platoon’…

Welcome to another Work in Progress Wednesday. A big thank you to Andy for looking after things last week. We start this week with some Quar from Tony F, these were a few spares he had on a sprue and decided to make them into shock troops, or as he called them ‘Quaratroopers’. Moving on and Marcus W has started painting up some frozen terrain pieces. I believe these were 3D printed. Next up and Chris St looks like he’s fed up with the neighbours given the amount of fencing on his workbench.…

Andy shares a few photos from the games at the latest meeting. A very good turnout for this meeting with five games in progress. We open with a WW2 Operation Sealion game, using 28mm figures and Chain of Command rules put on by Alan K. Above we have the view from the German end of the table. The British helpfully make sure the Germans can read the minefield signs, A break in the cloud cover as a German section approaches the minefield. Have they noticed the signs? British regulars take position…

While Jeremey takes some well-earned time off, Andy rounds up members recent modelling and painting activities. We’ll start off with a completed item (pictured above); Tony has repurposed some bits of Nerf guns from a haul he dragged out of a skip at work. He described the process: “After a good wash, I stuck a few random bits of plastic kit and resin details to them, sprayed them red and painted a few areas in black, silver and grey. The initial plan was for Chris Foss-style bright and shiny…

Welcome to another Wednesday, we start all at sea with marcus and some more terrain scatter pieces for the bottom of the ocean. I think some of these will also double up as objective markers. Moving on and Phil gives us a glimpse of his Lord of the Rings production line. As well as the legion of 10mm orcs already painted, we can see here more engines of war and various trolls, going through their painting stages. And last but not least for this week Andy has made progress on his Einherjar and…

Andy rounds up the games at a recent society meeting. Only one historical game at the society at this meeting, a Fields Of Glory clash between Alexandrian Macedonians and Later Selucid armies using 6mm figures. A pike block appears over the crest of a hill Aerial view of the battle lines Light troops clash on one flank We welcomed a contingent of South London Warlords members who came down to help society member Peter (who has “dual nationality” as it were) to run a couple of Sci Fi games based…

Welcome to a new Work in Progress Wednesday post, we start this week with a sci-fi theme. In an attempt to recapture his youthful gaming days, Stephen has been painting up some mechs for a game of the original Battletech. Some of these mechs are even the Iron Wind Metals and not the newer plastic versions! Staying with sci-fi and Andy makes a welcome return with some more Einherjar space dwarves to add to his growing army. Moving on and John L has for us some newly 3D printed Anglo Dutch ships…

Andy shares some photos of games at the meeting on 25/07/2026. PETER – 10mm AWI. A Shot Heard Round The Pub. British lines advance Americans advance in column. Smoke drifts across the battlefield as the British approach the rebels Continentals discharge a volley

Apologies for skipping last week, a combination of busy schedules and the heat catching up with us meant we missed a week. We start this week with Stephen, who has finished painting up his two AT-ST walkers. These are 3D prints to fit with 15mm miniatures. Stephen has also been painting up some scatter terrain with these oil drums and crates. I believe they are from Debris of War. Moving on and I couldn’t let Phil have it all his own way, so I’ve started painting 10mm Lord of the Rings…

It’s Wednesday so let’s see what the membership have been up to this week. We start with more Quar and Mark J’s completed Fidwog unit. Staying with the Quar and Tony F has converted a WW1 toy tank as a tractor for his forces. Heading to the depths now and Marcus W has been creating some terrain for his underwater adventures. I must remember to ask Marcus where he obtained these various pieces of terrain. Normally the local Aquarium shop is the source, but these look much too detailed. And…

Welcome to another Work in Progress Wednesday. We start this week with Eric who has been using the slap chop painting method to good affect on some Dreadball players. He has also used it on some fantasy human guards. Next up and Stephen has started in some 15mm Star Wars 3D printed AT-ST walkers. Moving on and Phil has started on some 10mm Lord of the Rings trolls. I’m sure there are many more of these to come! Next we have Mark J who is continuing his build of the Arnhem bridge, loving the…

Welcome to our Work in Progress Wednesday Quar Special We’ve had a number of members getting into playing Cash of Rhyfles and collecting Quar miniatures this year, we thought we should do a blog post all about it. We start with my Quar, I went for the Gwynt faction within the Royalist camp. I went with the red/orange uniform scheme as shown in the rules. I’ve also been building my own imagined Quar houses, that you can see in the main picture. In the Clash of Rhyfles game you get a number of…

Andy shares a 2026 Open Day photo round up. Yesterday the Society staged its Open Day, putting on half a dozen games. Here are a few photos in, roughly, historical order Barons War (13th Century) Andy’s sergeants charge Stephen’s Lowlanders The remnants of Andy’s Knights charge Stephen’s Burghers, while the crossbows and spearmen guard the livestock Stephen’s knights charge through the village, Andy’s Crossbows in front of them and archers behind.

A second post looking at games for our Open Day, and for this one we have two differnet games. The first being a game of the 2nd edition of Dragon Rampant, I’m not entirely sure why or even if the pig will be making an appearance, but I do expect to see these Chaos knights. And for the other game, the Quar have arrived for a game of Clash of Rhyfles. The clash will be between the Royalist Gwynt faction and the Crusaders. Hopefully we will see you at our Open Day.

Welcome to another work in progress Wednesday, the heat here in the UK has slowed all our painting efforts down, but we still have progress being made. This week we start with Kim and some buildings for the game Traitors Gate. This is a town type terrain heavy game, so I’m sure there will be more to come from Kim. Next up and Tony F had some blank 8 sided dice so decided to turn them into Sci-fi crates. I think they came out very well. Moving on and Stephen has decided to give his river…

With our 2026 Open Day just six days away, we take a closer look at some of the games that members are putting on. We start with Chris S and Dave S who will be running a game of Legions Imperialis. As a neat twist Chris has been kitbashing units and buildings for the game. A bridgelayer tank has been converted with some parts from other tracked vehicles. Buildings and tower blocks have been constructed from scratch. And a great selection of old toys have been chopped up and reconstructed to…

Andy reports on the first day of a Barons’ War mini campaign (with comments from Stephen) Stephen and I arranged to play the Barons War “A Most Ignoble Feud” mini campaign. This comprises of three linked battles of 500 points, 750 points and 1000 points. The campaign gives army lists for both commanders in each battle, it was written for edition 1 of the rules and we have moved on to edition 2 so we decided to create our own lists, to the original points values. In the original campaign one…

Welcome to a new Work in Progress Wednesday, we start this week with Alan K and som MDF buildings he is putting together for his WW2 Commando game at this years Open Day. Next up and Marcus W has made progress on his ruins and what looks like some new pulp adventurers. Nice of Marcus to leave the paint colours he used in the picture. Sticking with Marcus and we also have some progress on the pterodactyl monster and armoured Spug. The members obsession with the Quar continues. Mark J has…

Tony F dives into an explosive WW2 memoir – or does he? Tiger Tracks by Wolfgang Faust Written in the late 1940s by a former Tiger tank driver, this book supposedly shocked the post-war German public in its depiction of the savagery of the fighting on the Eastern front. It tells the story of a Tiger company during a 3-day battle to defend a river crossing point and allow as much of the retreating German army to escape as possible. The first thing to point out is that the book is remarkably…