Author Archives: flashdanny

Its been a long couple of years hasn’t it? As we were on a break between games at Franticon in London in March 2020, a few of us talked about the growing unrest of the spread of Corona in the country and joked about not shaking each others hands…. Little did we know that aContinue reading “Get back Gaming!!!”

Apologies dear readers, as you may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet of late but that does not mean I have not been busy! It finally got announced that I am doing a novel for Winged Hussar Publishing called ‘Rage and Grace’ (Excitement all round! Woo woo!) So I’ve been busy on that. AsContinue reading “To blog or not to blog”

Many people have a love/hate relationship with Games Workshop and I’m no exception. Starting with 3rd edition Warhammer it formed a huge part of my earlier life and then I got involved again in my early 20’s with renewed vigour. Finding myself in need of employment I ended up working for the company for 4Continue reading “All in the family”

Me and Ben Macintyre have a long and colourful past. I started working at Games Workshop in Woking during the Eye of Terror summer campaign (2001?) and Ben was a regular there. He looked a lot older than he was and we’d been out several times drinking and partying before I actually found out thatContinue reading “Ben! Benny wenny! Benji boo-boo! Er…..Ben Mackintyre?”

I’m a natural collector. A lot of the time though it’s not the actual acquisition but the hunting down of it. Rooting through endless records to find a particular gem, searching out if there’s a model shop in a town I’m visiting or perhaps even finding something especially juicy on eBay. I find delight inContinue reading “The language of Pannithor”

I hadn’t played a game of Kings of War since Frantic back in March. It was a long hot summer of boredom (cue Bananarama soundtrack….) but finally I got to a Tournament! Shroud of The Reaper in Bexley, South London. The last one got cancelled as it was due to go ahead the very dayContinue reading “Midlands Alliance”

I try to do every army a little bit different, otherwise it gets boring. My Undead are mainly contrast painted, my Orcs are all Lord of the Rings models, my Abyssals are obviously red/lava themed, the Empire of Dust all Mantic on single bases/movement trays so I can use them in Warhammer 6th, The TridentContinue reading “It’s cold up North….”

Industries change, but playing with toy soldiers can only change so much. The modern plastic kits I get now from Mantic haven’t changed a huge amount from the Airfix kits my Grandad used to get me from the newsagent when I went to visit. The basics of wargaming are still recognisable since their inception. ChessContinue reading “I have that on vinyl.”

It’s been a while since I posted my last blog and I had a bit of a break. For a start my last blog was fairly long and was so well received that I got invited for an interview on the Counter Charge podcast! Danny on the radio! If you haven’t listened to it thenContinue reading “A complete dickheads guide to 3D printing.”

I adore Steve Hildrew. I really do. With his boundless enthusiasm he’s a bit like a Blue Peter presenter before the cocaine, sex tapes and scandals. The community updates he does are a jolly five minute blast of sunshine for those us us who can’t stomach long awkward YouTube videos. He has been very supportiveContinue reading “Kings of War FOR REAL!!!!”