Jim's Wargames Workbench

Welcome to my blog. I have upwards of 100 projects in various stages of incompletion or total abandonment, so you may well find something of interest if you rummage about a bit. I concentrate on solo air and naval wargaming but other 'skirmishy' things quite often pop up out of nowhere, only to disappear again after something else grabs my attention. I even finish the occasional project now and again!

Sunday, 8 November 2026

Baluchi Mercenaries

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I realised yesterday that I have enough Arab figures from Foundry to kit out a unit of four bases of elite, untrained Baluchi mercenary sold...
Friday, 6 November 2026

Tally Ho!

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For the Algy Flies Down Under scenarios I'm changing the formation bonus move cards, Tally Ho! and Flying Circus! to something more appr...
Thursday, 5 November 2026

Germans for Death in the Dark Continent

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I have been thinking about a second army for Death in the Dark Continent, one option being a German force for East Africa using the army lis...
Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Sausages for Breakfast

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There were not many aces in the Sinai / Palestine campaign, especially on the German / Ottoman side.  One exception was the rather splendidl...
Monday, 2 November 2026

Hat Trick

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The latest and possibly the last scenario for the Lard Mag Algy Flies Down Under article has been written today. For want of a better title ...
Sunday, 1 November 2026

Schnellfeuergeschutzen!

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I'm planning ahead for a second army for Death in the Dark Continent , one of the options being a German East Africa column, as it is a ...
Saturday, 31 October 2026

Scenario Switcheroo

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Try as I might I've been stumped when drafting the last scenario for the Lard Mag project, as it's almost impossible to balance it i...
Friday, 30 October 2026

Algernon Pulls It Off! In the Library

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After some high level negotiations through a mysterious middle man, it looks as though my request to have Algernon Pulls It Off!  included a...
Thursday, 29 October 2026

Royal Marines for Death in the Dark Continent

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Although it's a very long way off I've been doing some more research on uniforms of the Royal Marines, with the Black Tree Designs Z...
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Wednesday, 28 October 2026

Here Come The Camels

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Over the next few days I'm going to be painting the 1/300th scale 3D printed aircraft for the Lard Day in January, including five Sopwit...
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