Newark Irregulars Reunited

01/11/2024

Morning everyone! I’ve finally got round to putting part 2 of my picture report on our Battle of Five Armies game at The Other Partizan up on the Mogsymakes site. Have a look here: https://mogsymakes.net/going-large-with-midgard-heroic-battles-tolkiens-battle-of-five-armies-part-2/

26/10/2024

Saturday morning painting table shot: for some reason, I have 12mm, 15mm and 28mm all on the go. However, I’m spared having to decide which to work on as I have DIY to do!

23/10/2024

The first official video about Midgard Heroic Battles is now up on YouTube. These versatile new rules are designed to play historical, legendary and fantasy battles in an age of heroes.

Rich is joined in the Nottingham's exclusive North Star Studio to discuss Midgard Heroic Battles. Here they introduce the viewer to the game, the number of ...

16/10/2024

Wargames Illustrated have just released a YouTube video of games from The Other Partizan showing the exceptionally high quality across the board. You can see the Morris and Chums ‘Battle of Five Armies’ game from 4:30 onwards.

The Midgard Heroic Battles rules that we were using will be up for pre-order from Reisswitz Press within a week and will be released in November.

We headed to 2024's 'Other' Partizan, which is one of the UK's best wargaming events. There were some truly spectacular offerings with enough eye candy to gi...

15/10/2024

Some awesome news from Too Fat Lardies/Reisswitz Press about the publication of Midgard Heroic Battles. I cannot tell you how chuffed I am with the logo by Handiwork Games! Exciting times.

13/10/2024

Our Battle of Five Armies game at The Other Partizan today draws on multiple figure collections. Simon T has brought up his astonishing Middle-earth minis to add to the spectacle!

12/10/2024

First shot: all set up for Battle of Five Armies at The Other Partizan tomorrow!

11/10/2024

Just packing the last (but by no means least) two minis for Sunday’s Battle of Five Armies game: Gandalf the Grey and the burglar pose for a shot on the steps of Ravenhill. See us at The Other Partizan show on Sunday 13th October, Newark Showground, UK.

07/10/2024

While the Lonely Mountain and Ravenhill are finished, there’s still some small stone items that need building for our Battle of Five Armies game at The Other Partizan this weekend. Tonight I’ve knocked up the ruined bridge and the Dwarves’ wall. Painting next!

05/10/2024

Seven days to go to the Other Partizan, so it’s high time I finished off all those rocks.

05/10/2024

Latest blog post: preview for The Other Partizan (Oct 13). Morris & Chums will be putting on a large Battle of Five Armies game in 28mm inspired by the art of JRR Tolkien. It’s all still a work in progress but here’s a preview!
Minis in these pics by Si Toey.

Rules will be the forthcoming Midgard Heroic Battles in what will hopefully be their final appearance before publication, expected in November 2024 from Reisswitz Press. Cheers! https://mogsymakes.net/2024/10/05/the-other-partizan-2024-preview-tolkiens-battle-of-five-armies/

30/09/2024

48 pieces of rocky scatter terrain for The Other Partizan getting a base coat of black and a dusting of grey before the rain hit!