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The FiB Sarmatian-fest continues with some "Medium" cavalry - aka "unarmoured", "standard", "generic" or whatever. I'm not even sure which packs they came from, they are mostly armed with short spears, no shield, and a bowcase and bow on their hips madaxemandotcom.blogspot.com/2026/09/sarm...

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Sarmatian Medium Cavalry Bowmen

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here’s a WiP shot showing exactly why it’s worth adding a layer of Armypainter Dark Tone wash on top of their Enchanted Steel metallic Speedpaint when doing armour #15mm #Alans

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sat watching TV wondering who out there can still be interested enough in Princess Diana’s death to want to buy a book about it … and then realising that I have many mates who are still interested enough in the death of Emperor Claudius in 54 CE to go and buy any number of books about it even today

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Here’s some more FiB 15mm Sarmatian cavalry - these with spears and (behind their backs) bow cases

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

open.spotify.com/track/7rOGy2... I was yesterday years old when I discovered that Candlebox are a real band #mountaingoats

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Candlebox

The Mountain Goats · Days · Song · 2026

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Possibly my best ever 15mm face (I think it’s more a case of Monkeys, Keyboards and Shakespeare rather than being down to practice, care and skill mind you…! )

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

5 new battle reports from the 15mm ADLG event at Devizes earlier this year: www.madaxeman.com/reports/Devi...

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ADLG, The Year 1106 Match Reports

Battle Report from Devizes, Christian Nubian vs Ghaznavid

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Some almost-finished Skythian Nobles in 15mm from Forged in Battle. Deffo their nicest ancient horses too

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

5 new battle reports from the 15mm ADLG event at Devizes earlier this year: www.madaxeman.com/reports/Devi...

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ADLG, The Year 1106 Match Reports

Battle Report from Devizes, Christian Nubian vs Ghaznavid

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Belem Tower, one day after I was supposed no longer to be here …

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A handful of horse archers : madaxemandotcom.blogspot.com/2026/08/hors...

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tell me the book buyer for your gift shop doesn’t know what they are doing, without telling me the book buyer for your gift shop doesn’t know what they are doing …

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

So… the latest McDonalds Happy Meal toys in the US are apprently Hello Kitty characters wearing Godzilla costumes .. They have surely gotta be appearing in all sorts of game systems in the near future !

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

optimist: the cup is half full pessimist: the cup is half empty Ancients wargamer: yes, but is the glass being “exactly at” half full the same as it being “within” half empty? And does the half way mark itself have a nominal thickness ?

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

So… a few years back I bought this 3d printed GW pot holder-open thingy from eBay.. and today I buy a brand new pot of Contrast.. which is “just” a little too fat to fit in it. So immediately I think “Are GW really upsizing all their paint pots just to undermine a 3rd party 3D print eBay seller?”

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I bought a printed ship complete with sails… this will be interesting seeing how close I can get it to look like a Warlord one !

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

These FiB lancers have been painted with leather armour instead of metal - the figures are the same as some of the "heavy cavalry" I posted last week, just the paint is different!

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Does this mean somewhere out there it’s possible to buy Nuclear, Chemical and Biological toilet paper ? #bogroll #NBC

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just rebased some old Xyston “15mm Rep Roman” range peltasts - seen here next to some Essex 15mm bowmen, and I had forgotten what absolute monsters these guys were. They are so out of scale that they could almost have been the inspiration for Homers Medieval Foot Knights in The Odessey ! #Odessey

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I’d been toying with giving #Battletech a try for a while now, and after tonight’s gig I now have a theory about which clan to go for and also how to paint them up as well. #FlamingLips

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Orkney beaches are telling me that I may need to add more grass tufts to my Viking Army’s bases

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Xyston Takbara - or “why putting double-layer spots on a GW Contrast base layer makes you feel like a 15mm Painting Boss” madaxemandotcom.blogspot.com/2026/07/xyst...

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Xyston Takabara

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

4 spare command figures in a FiB pack = 1 Commander base for #ADLG

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Ostrogoths in Milton Keynes : Battle Reports from Campaign 2026 now posted, all in video format with an experimental "top-down" view to show most of the (so-called) action. www.madaxeman.com/reports/Camp...

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Almost-done Sarmatian leather-armoured lancers (“that’s ‘Medium Cavalry’ to you Chief”) - trigger warning, may appear as other generic “blokes on horses with too much hair” in future batreps. #15mm #Sarmatian (is that a hashtag?) #FiB #ADLG

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Magnetic artillery … and it’s not a new foray into SF gaming either ! madaxemandotcom.blogspot.com/2026/06/arti...

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Some proper "lightbox" shots of FiB Late Imperial Legionaries

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

But, then again, not every 15mm figure does this : www.nauknauk.io/post/POSTc00...

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Warrior horse rears | NaukNauk

forged in battle 15mm Sarmatians

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Not sure why Forged in Battle bother calling these “Sarmatians”. It’s not a bad thing, but even so, either my eyesight is going or frankly these chaps could be anyone on a horse that’s not washed since they crossed the Roman border …

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Almost ready to Rome and Roll - the LBMS transfers that it seems everybody had bought before me !

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

5 all-new battle reports featuring 15mm Justinian Byzantines fighting at the new #Entoyment gaming centre in Poole in a midweek #ADLG competition ! www.madaxeman.com/reports/Dors...

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L'Art de la Guerre, The Early Dark Ages Match Reports

Battle Report from The Dorset Dodderers, Justinian Byzantine vs Zapotec

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

5 all-new battle reports featuring 15mm Justinian Byzantines fighting at the new #Entoyment gaming centre in Poole in a midweek #ADLG competition ! www.madaxeman.com/reports/Dors...

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L'Art de la Guerre, The Early Dark Ages Match Reports

Battle Report from The Dorset Dodderers, Justinian Byzantine vs Zapotec

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Galatian Big Boss (You can tell as he’s the only one wearing the trousers in the whole army ..)

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Sugar and Mould in my ears tonight.

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

At Devizes last year I picked up some Warlord Games resin barbarian slingers from their bargain bucket. Not sure these are even in their catalogue now as they are "Siocast". They came out pretty well - one might even say they are "rubbery"! madaxemandotcom.blogspot.com/2026/06/rubb...

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Roman ballista, Greek stone thrower - Greek ballista, Roman stone thrower .. part #275 in an occasional series “finally I may have found something useful to do with those rare earth magnets I bought on eBay whilst drunk some time in the last decade”

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Seems to be quite a lot of cat stuff on here today - here’s my most recent cat photo from my phone : a capsule toy cat balaclava to make your moggie look like the worlds most pissed off and reluctant rabbit impersonator … #enjoy

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Madaxeman @madaxeman.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

New evidence emerges to suggest that the Roman ballista was more technologically advanced than historians had previously though …

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