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About Nick

Who & Where? Me… sorry that doesn’t help! My name is Nick Brigg and i’m a gaming enthusiast in the Edinburgh area playing a variety of Wargames, Boardgames, Roleplay & LARPs on a regular basis. Currently I attend Edinburgh League of Gamers [elg] to get my weekly wargaming fix: http://elgamers.org/ What & Why? This blog is for me to share my enthusiam for the hobby, and in particular share my knowledge and experience of making wargames terrain and boards with the community. Hopefully improving the terrain which your playing on and making wargaming a prettier and more enjoyable experience.

Bottling up Mead for LARP…

Posted on 15/07/2014 by Nick

So I started a big batch of Mead some months back, and here it is finally getting bottled up for events next month. The nine bottles on the right (the corked ones) will be going into storage, but the rest … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Terrain Commission pt2

Posted on 01/07/2014 by Nick

Had some free time so have built Chris’ buildings – the now discontinued Games Workshop Fortified Manor set. Some very minor conversion work and extra bits from a previous set have made these buildings unique. My only problem with GW … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Terrain Commission

Posted on 24/06/2014 by Nick

Here is the completed first part of a terrain commission for Mr Chris White, a fellow club member at elg. He also has some buildings he would like me to build & paint, and a specifically sized tree base for … Continue reading →

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Tutorial: The Hill – part 3

Posted on 15/06/2014 by Nick

So it’s just the painting and finishing left to go… Anyway hope this helps and amuses ;) Nick

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Great new use for a shower…

Posted on 14/06/2014 by Nick

So I found a great new place to store my fermenting wines ;)   So from the left I now have Portavino (port style wine), Bramble Mead, Sherry style wine and Ancient Orange (spiced) Mead. Nick

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Tutorial: The Hill – part 2

Posted on 10/06/2014 by Nick

So after that rather boring lecture about tools & materials in part 1 here are some more interesting ‘in progress’ pictures. Hopefully this should display as a gallery with the instructions as captions to each picture *fingers crossed*.   Hopefully … Continue reading →

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Tutorial: The Hill – part 1

Posted on 08/06/2014 by Nick

So this tutorial/guide is designed to show you just how easy it is to make great looking terrain. The reason I’m starting with ‘The Hill’ is that most of the techniques used for making terrain are done on this simple … Continue reading →

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Ready for the ‘Big Red Elg’…

Posted on 08/06/2014 by Nick

So I’ve palmed off my army onto Andy M of 3ColoursBased.com to be painted, as he’s the organising the ‘Big Red Elg’ event this does feel a bit cheeky, but hey at least I’ll have a painted army to play … Continue reading →

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Necessity breeds enthusiasm…

Posted on 18/05/2014 by Nick

So with elg’s ‘Big Red ELG’ Bolt Action tournament coming up on the 21st June (more info at https://www.facebook.com/HomeGuardRadio) I’ve been finishing off some extra terrain to lend to elg. Most people at this point would be rushing to get … Continue reading →

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Ponies on parade

Posted on 11/05/2014 by Nick

So I’ve now turned thirty one :( but at least I had a productive weekend painting up the miniatures I got from the ‘Pewter Ponies’ Kickstarter as a generic Blood Bowl team. As with everything in life its best not … Continue reading →

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