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Lenoon’s Road to Austerlitz, Part 3: Discipline in French is Discipline

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - February 3, 2022

We left off last time with me careering around the early stages of building and researching a Napoleonic army, with 62 poorly painted Guardsmen and one fairly well painted Guardswoman and a vague impression of post-revolutionary French history to...

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How to Paint Everything: English Civil War

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - December 23, 2021

In this week’s Goonhammer Historicals we take a look at how to paint some of the most iconic uniforms of the English Civil War. When we think about what the English Civil War looked liked, it's usually more-or-less identical sides,...

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Goonhammer Historicals: English Civil War Books, TV, and Movies

Aaron "Lenoon" Bowen - December 16, 2021

If you’re looking for some inspiration for getting into the Civil War and building your forces or starting a campaign with friends, we’ve got a few recommendations to check out. I realised, being the filthy Brit that I am, that...

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Fabricator General: Thatched Buildings

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - December 17, 2020

In this week's guest Fabricator General article from our Historicals team, Lupe takes up through step by step in thatching buildings using toweling for an authentic medieval feel. Thatched buildings have a very specific look and feel to them, and there...

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Goonhammer Historicals: Sharp Practice Review

Michael O "Mugginns" - September 24, 2020

Released in 2016, Sharp Practice (version 2) is a wargaming ruleset for large skirmishes in the black powder time period. This includes anything from the French and Indian War to the American Civil War, but realistically could be used...

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How to Base Everything: Historicals

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - September 3, 2020

In today's Goonhammer Historicals Marc "Ilor" Renouf talks us through the sometimes complicated world of basing for historicals, with some "helpful" interjections from Edwin "Lupe" Moriarty. Here at Goonhammer Historicals it is our fervent hope that we’ve piqued your interest...

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How to Paint Everything: Samurai

Evie "Lupe" Moriarty - August 27, 2020

In this week’s Goonhammer Historicals, we take a look at how to paint samurai, the iconic armoured warriors of Japan. The iconic samurai warrior is the armoured soldier of the Sengoku period. They are known in the west for the...