Choices of the week#25

Oh the shame! Oh the horror! Once again I forgot to do my review last week. Well, blogging is seriously disrupted by the major event of the moment, and I admit watching a lot of games on TV. Besides, I 've had some administrative stuff to do, related to my next year temporary new job. I'll be finally able to teach in front of classes! Hurray!

Quelle honte! Je vais me flageller avec des orties fraiches pour expier ma faute: ne pas avoir publié ma revue de blogs la semaine dernière. Certes il y a les matchs de coupe du monde a regarder, et je dois me preparer pour mon nouveau boulot de remplaçant l'an prochain, mais ce ne sont pas des excuses.

Choices of the week #23

Ah yes. Father's day. The only day where we are supposed to do nothing but what we like.... Right. I prefer spending some time at work at the moment, simply because there is nothing to do, and I can then paint a bit ;). Unless I watch the games. Well done Les Bleus!

Ah la fete des peres, avec son cortege de cadeaux faits maison... Le seul jour ou theoriquement nous pouvons faire ce que nous voulons... Theoriquement. Perso, je prefere rester au boulot, car au moins je n'ai rien a faire en ce moment , et du coup je peux peindre un peu. Bon ok, je regarde les matchs. Bravo les gars pour hier soir.

Choices of the week #22

Hello everyone.Is summer finally here? Yes, we still have rainy, or should I say stormy, days, but the temperatures are finally bearable. It means more family time for us, and less time for painting, unless you're well organized and manage to get some spare time to prime your minis outside. Lucky you. Anyway, on to the review.

Salut a tous. L'ete arrive enfin, du moins par chez nous. JE sais que les orages grondent en France, parfois violemment. Avec le soleil viennent les sorties en famille, quasi-obligatoires, ce qui signifie moins de peinture pour moi. Enfin, en avant pour la serie.

Choices of the week#21

I seem to suffer the common painting blues, meaning I know I want to paint, but I'm not in the mood to do it. Almost every evening, I prepare my desk, but then, put everything back, and go watch the TV or read a book. Damn. It's been like this for a month now. And to make matters worse, my daughter was sick, and then I caught a cold. bugger. Anyway, I still manage to read the blogs and, though I don't comment every time (sorry about that), I keep doing my homework ;)

Choices of the week #20 and celebration

First of all, Thanks to Gregory Geilman, I'm now over 200 followers! Thanks everyone!

Now, onto the review, under a rainy day... It might be the day I finally pick up my brushes, again, after a month...

Choices of the week #19

Hello everyone.
The sun is finally here, and I'm sure you've been enjoying it. I sure did. Nonetheless, I've read the blogs and managed to write my compilation, though I didn't paint at all. I know I also have a lot of batreps to write.They will come. And sorry for not having published this post yesterday, but I didn't have access to my PC since Saturday.

Salut a tous. D'abord, desole du retard de publication, mais je n'avais pas acces au PC, donc un peu de retard. Et puis, j'ai profite du soleil durant le week-end, car il etait temps. En attendant, je n'ai pas touche une fig, et j'ai du retard egalement sur les batreps. Tout va venir, il faut que je me bouge un peu.

Choices of the week#18

First of all, my sincere apologies for not having published my weekly review last Monday. But to be fair, I had just come back home from France, with my daughter, and after a two days tournament.
This week was also very quiet after my painting frenzy, and also because I can't play the lonely caveman when my in-laws are with us, can I? So It's now time to resume our routine, and I assure you I will post a lot more, since I have a lot to show you, and a lot of batreps to write down.

Here we go

Bon, tout d'abord, mes plus plates excuses pour ne pas avoir publie la semaine derniere, mais a mon credit, je venais juste de rentrer de France, avec ma fille, et apres deux jours de tournoi. Bref, un poil claque le Seb. Et apres toute cette frenesie de peinture, je ne me sentais pas de blogger immediatement, surtout qu'en plus, avec mes beaux-parents presents, jouer au solitaire, ca le faisait pas vraiment. Donc, cette fois, tout est normalement pare pour la reprise. On y va.

Choices of the week #17

Hello everyone. I'm back from the tournament, and it felt good to meet people playing the same game, in a good mood, sometimes talking nonsense. I managed to finish my army in the nick of time, doing the flocking in my hotel room on Friday night. Here is the proof:

I played a Syracusan army, with more or less success. I'll tell you more about it later, I still have the pics to sort out. And now, I have to paint some stuff for another tournament next week-end, in Lyon. Yepee. But before that, let's do our weekly review. At least, if our internect connection allows me to do it... Bugger

Choices of the week #16

Once more unto the brush, my friends!
Seven weeks after the last ones, I'm on holidays with my daughter, enjoying the sun with my parents. It has therefore been a bit chaotic to catch up with all the blogs for the past few days, but here we are. Just for you, I take the time to do it, although I should paint the army I'll play next week-end. Fortunately for me, 40% was already painted, here and there in other army boxes. But still. i have a lot to do, and I'm certainly rushing it. Anyway, back to the past week best posts.


Belote, rebelote et dix de der. Me voila de nouveau en vacances chez mes parents avec ma fille, profitant du soleil et du temps libre. A cause du voyage, ce fut un peu chaotique, et j'ai pris du retard dans la lecture des blogs, mais je rattrape le temps. Et pis, il me faut aussi peindre une armee pour un tournoi dans une semaine. Heureusement, j'en ai deja environ 40% de pret, en piochant par-ci par-la. Bon, faut pas que je traine, et ca va etre bacle, mais je devrais y arriver.

Choices of the week #15- I Salute you

Right, I know I did a poor play on words, but honestly, if you don't know about Salute, what are you doing here? Indeed, the main event this past week was the Salute from the South London Warlords. Instead of giving you a full listing of posts, full of pics, I'll give you only one. One? Yes, but this blogger did all the job for me and he compiled all the posts about the event. Thanks mate!
http://wargameterrain.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-big-salute-link-and-picture-report.html

So, now that is done, what could we expect this week? Well, I must say everyone was fixed on this event, but I managed to find some good stuff.

First of all, there happened to be, last week, a convention in France, and we have some nice pictures:
http://figs.over-blog.com/2014/04/petites-guerres-2014-en-images.html

A nice batrep between Galatians and Seleucids, using Hail Caesar, in 28mm:
http://satrapminiatures.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/galatians-versus-early-seleucids.html

A nice, if small, batrep in 28mm using Fire and Fury:
http://baronvonj.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/acw-thursday-fire-frustration.html

Another batrep set during a Longstreet campaign:
http://wargaming.info/2014/marching-on-richmond-virginia-farm-1864/

And another one, with Black Powder, set in 1866, still in 28mm:
http://carryingsonupthedale.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/1866-battle-for-frontier.html

Some SYW using Maurice (for Kolin):
http://palousewargamingjournal.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/batrep-battle-of-kolin-using-maurice.html

Some good ol' West:
http://herkybird-richardbradley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-hot-day-in-ol-arizona.html

A last one, between Rome and Pontus:
http://janwillembootsblog.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/veni-vidi-vici-again/


Time for some WIPs and tutorials. Shall we start with someone who made an armoured train for the VBCW:
http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-armoured-train.html

 I didn't know those vids existed. Now I'm feeling less stupid, with these how to's:
http://troubleatthemill.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/painting-videos-from-wss.html

A new German brand of primer has been tested. Convincing:
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/mu-44-model-mates-primer.html

And here we have a review of the new Vallejo paint sets:
http://www.coloureddust.com.pl/2014/04/vallejo-painting-sets.html

Jim continues his reflexions about Fall-Out:
http://arlequinsworld.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/fallout-as-miniatures-game.html


Now for the eye-candy. I'll start immediately with a superb Kingtiger in winter camo:
http://rustandthecity.blogspot.ca/2014/04/winter-king-tiger.html

Then we have Anne's new paint jobs, with a special liking the car lady:
http://fortwitter.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/a-new-direction.html

Monty is still painting his Spartan army in 15mm:
http://twincitiesfieldofglory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/spartan-army-continues.html

Next, we have some sheer Prussian porn, with Criag's 15mm Napoleonic brigade:
http://napoleonicsinminiature.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/craigs-prussian-1st-brigade.html

Marc has started painting a Mughal army. His elephant is gorgeous:
http://marcofwar2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/the-book-that-rule.html

And I'll finish with a splendid 28mm vignette, showing Gonzague crossing the Taro (set during the early Italian wars ):
http://gewalthaufen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/gonzaga-crossing-river-taro-vignette.html

Choices of the week#14

My my my. My week has been pretty exhausting, with a very short wee-end, since I worked on Saturday. I have some ACW stuff to finish for my game on Thursday. And after, long live the Greeks! I have to paint more stuff for a tournament, and I don't know if I'll have enough time. Anyway, back to the review!


Ben mes aieux, quelle semaine. PAs mal de boulot, et surtout un court week-end car j;ai bosse samedi. Il me reste des trucs a peindre pour ma prochaine partie de Longstreet jeudi prochain, et ensuite, plein de Grecs en jupette, car je compte participer a un tournoi. Zou.

Choices of the week #13

What what what! This review is published on Monday! Indeed it is. After reflexion, I've come to consider the practicality of the Monday post for the review, since it allows me to read a bit more posts, published during the evening/night. So, from now on, The weekly review will be online on Mondays. Cheerio


La vague bleue et le remaniement ne sont  rien en comparaison de ce post. En effet, je change mon habitude, avec desormais la publication de ma revue des blogs les lundis au lieu des dimanche. La raison est simple: je ratais toujours quelques posts que je ne savais ou mettre. Le mal est donc repare.

Choices of the week #12

I haven't touched a brush for the past two weeks. Not that I didn't want to paint, I wanted to, but I was always to exhausted after a good day's work. I was so tired I completely neglected to post comments on many blogs. I started to catch on them yesterday. Yup, must be the weather. So, because of that, I didn't finish my last entries for Curt's challenge, which would have scored enough points to reach my goals... Sad. Anyway, back to this week's review. Oh, btw, I prepare a review of JUGULA for next week, I have received the rules ;)

Que dire... Je n'ai pas touche un pinceau depuis deux semaines. Ce n'est pas l'envie qui me manque, je suis juste trop fatigue. J'en ai meme oublie de poster des commentaires sur les blogs. La honte... Du coup, je n'ai pu terminer de peindre ce que je voulais pour challenge de Curt, mais je pense me rattraper rapidement. Et puis, j'ai en preparation une revue de JUGULA. Alors restez connectes.

Choices of the week #11

Sometimes, they win. The arena is a cruel place

The sun is finally showing its glow, and we can feel its warmth. We, at last, can go outside to prime and varnish our minis. Soon enough, it will be hotter, and the skirts will be shorter... Now wait a minute. Anyway, it's time for our weekly review.


Le soleil pointe le bout de son... rien du tout, c'est une boule de gaz. En tout cas, il fait plus chaud et on en profite. Bientot, la chaleur va s'installer et les jupes vont raccourcir.

Choices of the week #10

Ah well. No post yesterday. But it's perfectly understandable, since first I was at work for the day, and, the weather was so nice. It was today too, and frankly, staying indoors was a pain, while the sun was shining. So, out we went. But now, night has fallen, and I can finally go back to my dear blog and chronicle.

Ben voila, pas de post hier, j'ai profite du soleil, du moins quand je ne bossais pas, car j'etais en formation. ET hop, rebelote aujourd'hui, beau soleil, du coup, on est sorti tant qu'on a pu. Mais me revoila.

Choices of the week #9

Wow. I'm now entering the third month of this weekly exercise. I quite enjoy itand some of you clearly like it too. Thanks a lot. It's a bit of work, but worth the efforts. I'm back from my holidays, and so are many of you, since we're back to the usual 800-ish posts. But before going back, let us savour this moment. Here we go.


Si on me l'avait dit je ne l'aurais pas cru. J'entame le troisieme mois de cette chronique hebdo, et son succes ne se dement pas. Je suis de retours de vacances et apparemment je ne suis pas le seul, car on est a nouveau a 800 posts. Avant de repartir au boulot demain, je savoure ce moment de relecture de mes articles preferes, et je vous les fais partager. Allons-y.

Choices of the week #8

if only it was warmer. No wait, 14°C today. it's tropical man!

"Oh the weather outside is frightful. But the fire is so delightful. And since we've no place to go.Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! " And read the weekly review of, in my point of view, the best wargaming posts. But remember, if you find a good blog, just tell me. I might not know it.


Bon, à part "Etoile des neiges. Pays merveilleux", je ne connais pas vraiment de chanson de circonstance pour un mois d'hiver, en Français du moins. Alors, on se relaxe, on prend un vin chaud, et on lit ma revue des meilleurs posts de la semaine. Hop.

Choices of the week #7

Barely dropped my luggage at my parents' house, and I'm up and running. I can't let you down, especially when, like last week, about 800 posts were published. I might be on holidays, but it not a reason for not being serious ;)



J'ai à peine déposé ma valise chez mes parents que j'en profite pour vous faire la revue de la semaine. Je suis peut-être en vacances, mais ce n'est pas une raison pour devenir une feigne. Allez hop

Choices of the week #6

Time for our weekly rendez-vous, fellow readers. Around 800 posts were published this week, in the blogs I usually follow. Yup, that's quite a lot, but I managed to select some, for your eyes only. And remember, should you know a blog, tell me about it. I'm always eager to discover new ones. Cheers.



Et nous revoila pour notre rendez-vous hebdomadaire, chers lecteurs. Vous etes formidaaables. Rien que pour, j;'ai parcouru plus de 800 posts, et j'ai garde le meilleur dans une selection que, j'espere, vous apprecierez. Et si vous connaissez un blog, faites-m'en part. 

Choices of the week #5

Huget scores!

Is this our 5th rendez-vous? Already? Well, not bad at all. I'm still motivated to continue this series, so here we go. But just before beginning our wonderful tour of the wargaming blogosphere, a quick message to our fellow from the UK (ok , I live here, but hey): We won! We won! In the nick of time, and after a great game, in which everything could have happened. Well played England, but, we were the best!




Voila donc notre 5e rendez-vous! Le temps passe et la motivation est toujours la, pour vous offrir ce que je pense etre le meilleur de la semaine sur la blogosphere. Mais juste avant de debuter la selection, petit moment patriotique: Bravo les gars! Beau match contre les rosbifs! Ca leur fera du bien! C'est bizarre, mais ils etaient tres calmes dans le pub en face de chez moi hier soir, niark niark!  Allez, c'est parti pour la tournee des liens.