https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine daily 0.75 2025-10-02 https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/the-best-viking-miniatures-ever-made-footsores-28mm-range-reviewed monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/296f118e-37d0-4f14-b706-a3cf09a9e53a/Viking+Warriors+Miniature+Figures+with+Medieval+Village+Diorama+Historical+Wargaming+Scene.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed - Make it stand out An argument between two jarls. Somewhere south of Jórvík, Northumbria, 951. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/096d5450-2a23-4cd8-b26b-0f5bd4b6fbc0/hand-painted-28mm-viking-warlords-metal-miniatures.jpg.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3e3ea403-e1e1-4c75-9d54-7e2827fa81e7/painted-viking-berserker-miniatures-28mm-wargames-models.jpg.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed Note that the shields have not been attached to these yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/22deb8ef-161f-43cd-b25d-0751227d97ad/historical-28mm-viking-spearmen-axe-miniatures-painted.jpg.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed Note that the shields have not been attached to these yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/febc204f-01e3-4851-8493-a9779dc6ca49/Viking+Age+Artifacts+Archaeological+Gjermundbu+Helmet%2C+Chainmail%2C+and+Bayeux+Tapestry+Anglo-Saxon+Soldiers.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed - Make it stand out From left to right: The Gjermundbu helmet, chainmail found at Gjermundbu and Harolds huscarls at the battle of Hastings, wearing nasal helmets, long chainmail and round shields. Source: Wikimedia/Wolfmann, Université de Caen Normandie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/5bf71961-5fcd-4f04-bb9d-d4e0fbd60a34/unpainted-metal-miniatures-dark-age-archers.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed - Make it stand out The sculpted arrows certainly add a lot of realism to these miniatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/eed59f0f-6cda-4267-8207-c94af684740b/dark-age-wargame-miniatures-army-units-vikings.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed - Make it stand out Some of the finished bases, a total of 71 miniatures so I still have quite a few left to paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a95d7a17-48e0-4b25-8574-ee67e3f7131e/Viking+Age+Wargaming+Miniatures+in+Battle+Formation+Hand+Painted+Historical+Figures.jpg Blog - The best Viking miniatures ever made? Footsore's 28mm range reviewed - Make it stand out Cnut’s Danish shieldwall prepares to receive a charge from Edmund Ironside’s Saxons. Battle of Sherston, England, June 25, 1016. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/the-cities-contribution-to-war-urban-warriors-of-medieval-sweden monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/9ba53a40-c1d2-49b7-9447-407e55494bdf/Swedish-medieval-burgher-miniatures-crossbows-hand-painted-28mm.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e683be61-2d05-4918-94ff-bea7e2da4e24/Medieval-swedish-burgher-soldiers-unpainted-miniatures-conversion-parts.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/d1a64722-6ee2-4f2e-a226-49c09439bef4/Swedish-urban-population-map-1530-medieval-cities-stockholm.png Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/36534c7e-e9ab-4cad-8ea5-fd3834e57ede/Swedish-burgher-militia-painted-miniatures-wargame-bases-crossbowmen.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war - Make it stand out The two finished units, one firing and one casually waiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/fa1078cb-b5b5-4f63-a973-d576c02f9f2a/Medieval-swedish-burgher-miniatures-armor-historical-wargaming.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war - Make it stand out Burghers argue with a nobleman about how to conduct the attack. Siege of Kalmar, 1507. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/523c3f01-b763-478a-b126-52426d33a23a/Jetsmark-church-mounted-soldiers-1474-medieval-wall-painting-historical-reference.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war - Make it stand out The painting from Jetsmark church, very clear and uniform colours in this painting. Source: Niels Clemmensen, Aalborg Stift, Denmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/6a7ee048-6cf4-4ac5-bcce-a5c3396b6011/Swedish-city-watch-historical-illustrations-medieval-warrior-church-painting.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war - Make it stand out The drawing from Göte Göransson’s book and what I presume is the inspiration from Konga church. Source: Göte Göransson, Gustav Vasa och hans folk, p.71, Bokförlaget Bra Böcker, 1984. Medeltidens bildvärld, Historiska Museet, 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c04b87a7-23f2-4c90-ad4f-ffc468363743/16th-century-swedish-urban-warriors-crossbow-miniature-diorama.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war - Make it stand out A patrol of burghers have quickly dismounted to open fire on the approaching enemy. Karelia, eastern Finland, 1495. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c5788e38-9933-4405-a9f9-aae1caf46e65/Paul-Dolnstein-1503-mounted-warriors-medieval-historical-drawing.jpg Blog - Medieval Swedish cities' contribution to war - Make it stand out Paul Dolnstein on the right and three mounted soldiers from the Palatinate on the left. Note the different styles of helmets and that two of them are armed with crossbows. Source: Paul Dolnstein's diary, State Archives of Weimar https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/paint-it-black-like-it-is-1998 monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/fcf0eec4-c05c-4f6f-b9e7-5d5b18d8f138/Toppbild.jpg Blog - Paint it black like it is 1998 - reviving the Death Company - Make it stand out Chaplain Sangrael of the Death Company chants litanies as his battle brothers charge the Xenos threat. Primus Tergum, dry zone, 3453999.M41. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/11c10c95-5e2e-411e-be61-c58ae79c17eb/Bild+2_Paints.jpg Blog - Paint it black like it is 1998 - reviving the Death Company - Make it stand out From left to right: GW's Khorne Red & Wazdakka Red, Vallejo Model Colour Flat Red, AK Interactive Reddish Grey & Warm Grey and finally GW's Skeleton Horde. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e23481dc-3f67-442a-a656-84025275e7d9/Bild+3_Squad.jpg Blog - Paint it black like it is 1998 - reviving the Death Company - Make it stand out Five of the finished models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/8a112fa8-fd1e-488a-b7b8-07e302231f11/Bild+1_Chaplain.jpg Blog - Paint it black like it is 1998 - reviving the Death Company - Make it stand out An unnamed Blood Angels Chaplain taken from Chapter Approved 2001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a3e24091-4a7a-4596-ba1a-1f42242271be/Bild+4_Assault.jpg Blog - Paint it black like it is 1998 - reviving the Death Company - Make it stand out Filled with the Black Rage members of the Death Company disembark their Rhino transport. Primus Tergum, subtropical zone, 3453999.M41. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/recreating-the-welsh-llu-a-miniature-painting-guide monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/41d2bd3c-4413-4eeb-8006-7e821c4fab1b/Bild+4.jpg Blog - Recreating the early medieval Welsh llu: A painting guide - Make it stand out A total of eight bases and there are between four and five miniatures on each base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f30ab107-f1b0-429f-8c88-20f2628de3c3/Toppbild.jpg Blog - Recreating the early medieval Welsh llu: A painting guide - Make it stand out The Llu form up in a shieldwall and prepare to meet the enemy’s charge. Gwent, close to the river Severn, 1063 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/05b8f52b-3973-4dcd-b774-239b3f4b0ed7/Bild+1.jpg Blog - Recreating the early medieval Welsh llu: A painting guide - Make it stand out These were the primary paints I used, from left to right: VMA Concrete, VMA Dark Green, VMA German Red Brown, Vallejo Surface Primer IDF Israeli Sand, VMC Burnt Umber, VGA Charred Brown, VMA USAF Brown, VMA Golden Brown, VMC Russian Green and VMC Burnt Red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/6da1ec1c-4fca-453c-9887-19d6b1aba255/Bild+2.jpg Blog - Recreating the early medieval Welsh llu: A painting guide - Make it stand out Here you can see the difference between richer and poorer warriors. Not only do the miniatures themselves differ but I have also tried to use colour to differentiate between them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/2d897a42-b900-45a3-8980-17d13923cba7/Bild+3.jpg Blog - Recreating the early medieval Welsh llu: A painting guide - Make it stand out It might not look like much but the tartan is quite effective, especially at “wargaming distance”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/05f47b91-f773-4062-bfe4-b6497f44b8f1/Bild+5.jpg Blog - Recreating the early medieval Welsh llu: A painting guide - Make it stand out A young priest urges the warriors on as they skirmish with a rival kingdom. Somewhere on the border between Powys and Gwynedd, 1011 AD. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/swedish-flags-and-banners-in-the-late-middle-ages monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3e588206-b5d3-406e-8a5c-a322a168dd2c/flaggor_5.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out From left to right: From the book Om meteorer by Joen Petri Klint, coat of arms of Finland Proper, also by Joen Petri Klint, Swedish peasantry by Paul Dolnstein, 1502. Sources: alvin-portal.org, waslingmedia.se, State Archives of Weimar in Germany/Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/fad0406b-c340-4c8a-a574-209fe019d534/flaggor_8.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out The coat of arms of the Grip family on the left and the Trolle family on the right from an altar piece in Västra Eds church. Source: Historiska Museet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f2f870ee-7b46-46f8-80e3-b491811431e9/flaggor_1.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out Men from Vadsbo hundred arrive at the camp of the mustered army. Romfartuna kyrka, north of Västerås, 1521. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/2db1ded3-23b0-43f7-915b-7d059c3056b7/flaggor_7.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out A well equipped soldier from the city of Arboga carrying a banner with the city’s seal on it. Source: Sörman, Ellert Johan Viktor/Köpings museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/93a00112-5006-4281-b359-4ed01c0e7ed0/flaggor_2.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/4367c513-1e94-4350-9aa2-385807246e70/flaggor_9.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out A proud knight flying the banner of S:t Elin. Source: Historiska Museet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/9b5a9b49-bf20-42d7-9529-cea1ed877b2e/flaggor_6.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out Peasants carrying banners with the seals of the hundreds they come from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/9a8d7b1f-dc74-40ce-9b20-4a9693f20bbe/flaggor_4.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out The three crowns appear on this painting of Albrekt of Mecklenburg from 1378. Source: Ernst von Kirchberg. Die Mecklenburgische Reimchronik von 1378. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7527f274-1856-404f-9dc9-6df31c5531ae/flaggor_3.jpg Blog - Swedish flags and banners in the late middle ages - Make it stand out The coat of arms of Finland Proper on Gustav Vasa’s grave in Uppsala Domkyrka. Source: Olle Norling/Upplandsmuseet https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/painting-25-year-old-space-marines monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3f3fdb68-359a-4675-9b3a-eb942597cac9/bloodangels_4.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a66b73ce-8ddb-4fde-a406-4ef55e55ed07/bloodangels_6.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e9c90c7c-47ae-40a7-af8c-90e1db3ee7b5/bloodangels_1.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out A squad from the Blood Angels second company search for hostile life forms. Primus Tergum, subtropical zone, 3453999.M41. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/4c054e72-3f61-44c6-baaa-61497cda310d/bloodangels_5.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out First the pre-shade, then the two contrast paints and finally a gloss varnish and the panel line. After this strong single colour chapters like the Blood Angels are about 90 percent done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1d3a0c2b-e170-48d7-9990-d83add2a9638/bloodangels_7.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/8a431029-5fad-4ba9-b202-137a807e0091/bloodangels_2.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out Yes I signed it, doesn’t everyone do that? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c896e5b1-9259-4136-802f-3cd9c1d5e867/bloodangels_8.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b8098664-c83b-41c1-b2bb-e9684bb0d244/bloodangels_3.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out There were actually just nine marines in the box so I had to supplement it with a purchase from Ebay. Still turned out a lot cheaper than what these things can sell for. For some reason these marines are a lot harder to find than many other kits it seems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/aa3e21c5-45de-4f2d-a252-a98c86e4dc52/bloodangels_9.jpg Blog - Looking back on 25 years of hobbying with Space Marines - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/creating-a-flat-medieval-stockholm-in-foam-board monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/da4a4ff1-cace-499e-8ebc-7420f5a15054/coulisse_4.jpg Blog - Creating a foam board flat for a medieval Stockholm - Make it stand out Here is a close-up of how the houses look when they are done in Illustrator. The details are quite rough as you can see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f9d93a2a-cc9f-45cf-91bd-a95d97a4f585/coulisse_5.jpg Blog - Creating a foam board flat for a medieval Stockholm - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/eebb11bb-c0fc-409f-a3da-28951a52f045/coulisse_6.jpg Blog - Creating a foam board flat for a medieval Stockholm The setup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7b527a36-690d-4b59-8021-3b37226d83cb/lifeguard_toppbild.jpg Blog - Creating a foam board flat for a medieval Stockholm The final image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/93a1d55a-313a-45e2-b033-ab47ff79102f/coulisse_1.jpg Blog - Creating a foam board flat for a medieval Stockholm - Make it stand out One of the houses that Wikkywok made for me. It looks fantastic but unfortunately the project it was made for, a modern setting with a Russian incursion into a neighboring country, just isn’t something I find fun anymore for obvious reasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/bd345dcf-a945-48d2-9111-5f438425d510/coulisse_2.jpg Blog - Creating a foam board flat for a medieval Stockholm Detail of Vädersolstavlan, The Sundog Painting, from 1535, but this is a copy from 1636. The detail shows the southwestern part of what today is Gamla stan, the Old Town. The bridge and gate to the right is the southern entrance to the city, today known as Slussen, the Sluice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c9b04bad-8c33-4a61-9dcf-f93998041b6b/coulisse_3.jpg Blog - Creating a foam board flat for a medieval Stockholm Stockholm as printed in Georg Braun’s “Civitates orbis terrarum” from 1572. Painted by Frans Hogenberg after a sketch by Hieronymus Scholeus. This is the southeastern shore of the modern Old Town. Slussen is visible as the bridge and gates to the left in the painting. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/to-protect-the-king-origins-of-the-swedish-life-guards monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7b527a36-690d-4b59-8021-3b37226d83cb/lifeguard_toppbild.jpg Blog - To protect the king - origins of the Swedish Life Guards - Make it stand out The crowds watch as the kings life guard march into the capital on Midsummer's day. Stockholm, June 24 1523. On June 6 Gustav Vasa had been elected king of Sweden and on June 17 the Danish garrison had surrendered Stockholm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/83244fe5-585e-4fd8-bb7f-fda4f26cc2a6/lifeguard_3.jpg Blog - To protect the king - origins of the Swedish Life Guards - Make it stand out Detail from Gripsholm suite on the left and detail from Göte Göransson’s book “Gustav Vasa and his people” on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/8a7d7fd5-8d23-4900-916b-77144a03adb3/lifeguard_1.jpg Blog - To protect the king - origins of the Swedish Life Guards - Make it stand out From left to right: Yeomen of the Guard in the painting Field of the Cloth of Gold, unknown painter, circa 1545. Imperial Guard of Charles V, Nicolaus Hogenberg, circa 1536. Gardes Écossaises, Graham Turner, 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b6941863-04cc-4303-8ce6-277e16c738b7/lifeguard_4.jpg Blog - To protect the king - origins of the Swedish Life Guards - Make it stand out I painted the Vasa family heraldry on the trumpeters flag-thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/6ae78615-d86e-49c4-8dc9-0f89bbd7a51f/lifeguard_2.jpg Blog - To protect the king - origins of the Swedish Life Guards - Make it stand out The flag is based on a painting of the siege of Narva in 1581 so a bit late for our period. Striped flags are know to have been used by Swedish kings since the 14th century though. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/miniature-photography-for-beginners-part-3-editing-the-photo monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/87f0ca47-b92f-4c8d-a034-069dd1585c42/editing_3.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/239d6e42-5e19-4a3b-87c9-3a283bda64b3/editing_5.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/cad88d94-ff8f-4827-8ff9-16add90dd7a5/Toppbild+1.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Part 1: What you need You do need a few things to start taking photos - but we’ll keep it to a minimum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e13f9025-13f7-4ea1-bf99-536c400c50ba/Toppbild.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Part 2: Taking the photo Now we will go through some basic theory, how to set up your shot and build your scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3747596f-cf35-4aff-ba16-f6a1ec1ded0c/editing_2.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/6fa99e01-4625-46bf-a8e9-65edf0fc5d9e/editing_4_1.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - After https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b31cf813-71d9-478e-8fd9-999431ec4c79/editing_4_2.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Before https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e9559859-6061-40ca-9066-93e7bcd363b2/editing_toppbild.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c1016c43-d63d-4d0d-8e5d-5bc99fa095fb/editing_1.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/9436b24d-ed63-4415-a807-815a1ee1e863/editing_6.JPG Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Make it stand out Activating the Motion Blur in After Focus makes the scene look a lot more chaotic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/100e7086-9574-4eaf-9023-c38f2bceef4f/editing_7.JPG Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 3: Editing the photo - Make it stand out The final image after editing https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/making-a-samurai-diorama-for-my-fathers-birthday monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f17f643c-7bfd-4492-ab8a-3f062da4df6c/samurai+2.jpg Blog - Making a samurai diorama for my father's birthday - Make it stand out The two finished samurai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/d81c43ae-5603-46b8-a7a2-8f0e58af160e/samurai+4.jpg Blog - Making a samurai diorama for my father's birthday - Make it stand out My daughters diorama, I hope you can see where she got the inspiration from. The clothing were painted in some of her favourite colours and she didn’t want to write the word bushido on the glass but instead painted a popular children’s tv-character here in Sweden, Sommarskuggan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b7c327fa-eae0-48a7-ba27-385278436b96/samurai+3.jpg Blog - Making a samurai diorama for my father's birthday - Make it stand out This was an incredibly hard photo to take because the glass reflected all the light I lit it with. So this is actually three photos stitched together. Two where I lit one side at a time and then a third where I removed the lamps. Everything for art I guess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e7526fb1-2c77-4f5f-abca-8a87e118a179/samurai+1.jpg Blog - Making a samurai diorama for my father's birthday - Make it stand out Two rivaling samurais settle their differences with violence. North of the city of Okayama, Chūgoku region, 1562. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/miniature-photography-for-beginners-taking-the-photo monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/af977105-69a4-40d6-be51-0960b11650a9/Skiss-01.png Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1694180107736-B4E4YDNKUB0URZBHTRDJ/Bild+51.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1694180107815-FOKTN8BFLDBRAYDJ6V7H/Bild+52.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a1ef2e43-5a54-4f60-a710-593015563c71/Bild+2.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out The interface within the app. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e9559859-6061-40ca-9066-93e7bcd363b2/editing_toppbild.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Part 3: Editing the photo Time to finalize the image for publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/938eb2e7-db9b-4499-b07e-5107db7611d1/Bild+3.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out The light to the right was much brighter than the one on the left so I had to move this further away to match the light sources and not overexpose the image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/27b8b26a-fb53-4873-b78f-0b32d9afd103/Bild+4.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out The green lines shows which parts of the image is in focus, it can also be a little bit annoying and unfortunately there is no way of turning it off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e13f9025-13f7-4ea1-bf99-536c400c50ba/Toppbild.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out The basic set up in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/135d3acd-3ccb-4658-919f-e24327aff73b/Bild+7.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out The shot straight out of the phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/cad88d94-ff8f-4827-8ff9-16add90dd7a5/Toppbild+1.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Part 1: What you need If you have a smartphone you are ready to start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b63ea54e-0b43-44a9-867d-445fa9d51ad5/Bild+1.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out Some kitchen sink realism for you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/5e41a380-c1ed-48bf-a7ac-f17b75d5ce1f/Bild+6.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 2: Taking the photo - Make it stand out The final setup with everything in place. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/a-rebel-leader-emerges-converting-a-young-gustav-vasa monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/657c0490-6253-4bba-8bc1-2b169d599989/Gustav+Vasa.jpg Blog - A rebel leader emerges - converting a young Gustav Vasa - Make it stand out A young(er) Gustav Eriksson Vasa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/fb4090b2-ef21-43a4-8583-5bb9bbe75c26/Gustav+collage.jpg Blog - A rebel leader emerges - converting a young Gustav Vasa - Make it stand out From left to right: Portrait of Gustav Vasa from 1558 by an unknown artist, Statue of Gustav Vasa in Nordiska Museet by Carl Milles from 1925 and a scene from an Ica (Swedish supermarket company) commercial from 2017. Source: Nationalmuseum, Mike Peel/Wikimedia Commons, Ica/Youtube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1f406f78-caa0-4f16-b286-1ea159199492/M%C3%A5ns+Nilsson.jpg Blog - A rebel leader emerges - converting a young Gustav Vasa - Make it stand out Måns Nilsson carrying a banner with three crowns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/caedecff-52b0-446b-a2ed-533d1a92ac22/Mynt.jpg Blog - A rebel leader emerges - converting a young Gustav Vasa - Make it stand out On the left coin, from 1522, Gustav probably looks like any nobleman at the time. To the left of the figure you can see the Vasa family coat of arms and to the right Gustav’s name, GVSTAF. On the coin in the middle you can see the classic royal regalia. Interestingly Gustav carries a sword, something he continues to carry on his coins throughout his reign. I am not sufficiently versed in numismatics to know the meaning of that unfortunately. Also notice the coat of arms which now, besides the Vasa family symbol, incorporates the crossed arrows of Dalarna. Source: Bonnevier, Helena, Ekonomiska museet - Kungliga myntkabinettet/SHM, Oslo Myntgalleri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/545eaeed-2d9f-4d77-bf0a-940098f96b92/vasa+1.jpg Blog - A rebel leader emerges - converting a young Gustav Vasa - Make it stand out Gustav Vasa, at the time only 25 years old, directs his army towards Västerås. Västmanland, late april 1521. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/miniature-photography-for-beginners-part-1-what-you-need monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/cad88d94-ff8f-4827-8ff9-16add90dd7a5/Toppbild+1.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 1: What you need - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/2294d764-5037-4035-99af-ad2258a9e2a0/Material+2.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 1: What you need - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e13f9025-13f7-4ea1-bf99-536c400c50ba/Toppbild.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 1: What you need - Part 2: Taking the photo Basic theory, how to set up your shot and build you scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/26f93cf8-50da-4dac-8f17-a517c452e781/Mjukvara.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 1: What you need - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e9559859-6061-40ca-9066-93e7bcd363b2/editing_toppbild.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 1: What you need - Part 3: Editing the photo Time to finalize the image for publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b246ff99-92fe-4002-a113-dca2ad244d5f/Material+1.jpg Blog - Miniature photography for beginners part 1: What you need - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/how-to-make-a-testudo-from-warlord-games-plastic-legionnaires monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a05c5e69-8710-4db2-87d4-c3d8cd98cdfa/testudo+1.jpg Blog - How to make a testudo from plastic legionnaires - Make it stand out Roman testudos are harassed by Ptolemaic skirmishers as they approach the royal army’s fortified camp along the shores of the Nile. Nile Delta, Ptolemaic Egypt, 47 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3753b3fe-d334-44a8-aa82-0f536484abd0/testudo+3.jpg Blog - How to make a testudo from plastic legionnaires - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/45aab144-d51b-4ac5-a322-5ee84ec2596a/testudo+4.jpg Blog - How to make a testudo from plastic legionnaires - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/21f7bb39-8590-47bd-a603-85ea181180f0/testudo+2.jpg Blog - How to make a testudo from plastic legionnaires - Make it stand out A testudo in action on Trajan’s column. Source: Cassius Ahenobarbus/Wikimedia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/793f868d-01b0-45e0-bd2b-f52e44d6f8e9/caesarian+2.jpg Blog - How to make a testudo from plastic legionnaires - Make it stand out The larger bases I use for these makes them suitable for a little vignette. Like this one where an enemy javelin have found its way through the shield and wounded a legionnaire. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/furious-northmen monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/454dba5c-1366-44ce-b109-9d1add7ac432/hirdmen+1.jpg Blog - How to batch paint some furious northmen - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/ba39f1a4-4e40-4903-aff1-0ccc15dffb20/hirdmen+7.jpg Blog - How to batch paint some furious northmen A Viking shieldwall prepare to meet their Anglo-Saxon foes on the field of battle. Kingdom of Mercia, 892 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/ef179a58-75f3-434b-a700-8894cc722b7e/hirdmen+2.jpg Blog - How to batch paint some furious northmen - Make it stand out The paints from top left are: Vallejo Game Air (VGA) Red Terracotta, Vallejo Model Colour (VMC) French Mirage Blue, Vallejo Model Air (VMA) German Red Brown, VMC Orange Brown, VMC US Dark Green, VMA Middlestone, VMC German Camo Medium Brown, VGA Charred Brown, VMC German Camo Black Brown and VMA Camo Medium Brown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7fc6ce05-f912-424e-a97d-f6b025f2cfcb/hirdmen+4.jpg Blog - How to batch paint some furious northmen - Make it stand out Here are the four basic stages, basecoats, wash, clean up and a highlight. Stage 1-3 is know as the “This looks horrible-stages”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/8d8988e9-e80f-46d9-9043-77ea7c4fe1fb/hirdmen+6.jpg Blog - How to batch paint some furious northmen - Make it stand out And the complete unit, based and ready to wreak havoc on unsuspecting monks and Anglo-Saxon kings alike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/0907f48a-d677-46c7-8553-c909b453f397/hirdmen+5.jpg Blog - How to batch paint some furious northmen - Make it stand out The finished miniatures with shield transfers and flags. They won’t win any painting competitions but that’s not the goal here, we want to put troops on the table. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/armed-and-dangerous-modelling-some-rebellious-peasants monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/ce6d3a2e-d0a3-4003-a4b2-1f8e7bb0c718/allmoge+4.jpg Blog - Armed and dangerous - modelling rebellious peasants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/26523dfe-288b-4f5d-ae28-141da9f3e753/albertus+pictor+1.jpg Blog - Armed and dangerous - modelling rebellious peasants - Make it stand out A scene from Exodus from Odensala church painted by Albertus Pictor. Source: Christer Malmberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/053f7f21-0036-40a2-94e1-80c4c299772a/allmoge+1.jpg Blog - Armed and dangerous - modelling rebellious peasants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/9a4aa6cd-a1e6-4194-a94d-02b52839e525/allmoge+2.jpg Blog - Armed and dangerous - modelling rebellious peasants - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/4a4bc14a-ede6-4bfa-8f1f-8be22258f85d/olaus+magnus+1.jpg Blog - Armed and dangerous - modelling rebellious peasants - Make it stand out “On the command of the mobilized people” from Olaus Magnus’ book History of the Nordic Peoples from 1555. Note the crossbows and the amount of arrows each man is carrying. The man in the middle is armed with a lucerne hammer, or fotstridshammare (lit: foot warhammer) in Swedish. He is also armed with a bow. Source: Avrosys/Lars Henriksson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b7ffbdfd-ff89-488f-a0c3-4da4e67134ca/allmoge+3.jpg Blog - Armed and dangerous - modelling rebellious peasants - Make it stand out Swedish peasant soldiers repel raiders in the border regions to Denmark. Värend in Småland, 1511 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/9a501150-3089-45c7-94e9-9869d90248f0/dolnstein+1.jpg Blog - Armed and dangerous - modelling rebellious peasants - Make it stand out One of the drawings by Paul Dolnstein from 1502. Source: Wikimedia Commons https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/plastic-horses-from-wargames-atlantic-makes-the-cavalry-more-interesting monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a15742fc-9ffd-4f2b-b6a2-1e16dd20142f/indians+1.jpg Blog - More interesting cavalry with horses from Wargames Atlantic - Make it stand out Mauryan cavalry attack Seleucid phalangites somewhere along the Indus river, 304 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a413c33d-10ac-4ae9-a8ef-1f14d60183a0/horse+1.jpg Blog - More interesting cavalry with horses from Wargames Atlantic With and without the saddle cloth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/2a01119d-7059-425d-905d-6a1c54e85828/horse+2.jpg Blog - More interesting cavalry with horses from Wargames Atlantic Perry Miniatures Wars of the Roses horse and Wargames Atlantic horse. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/defenders-of-the-pharaoh monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121697605-9FVLJFN25SYCQ94Z3JTK/ptolemaic+3.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with - Nubian hunters The hunters are from Foundry miniatures and the ostrich from North Star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1660337102281-C0EBHKW68H5FGEZYLXMN/Palestrina.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with - The Palestrina Mosaic Bernard Andrae: Antike Bildmosaiken. von Zabern, Mainz 2003 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121696535-P64OWZHNY3Y0N96PZ7VP/ptolemaic+1.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with A syntagma of ptolemaic phalangites formed up for an inspection. East of Pelusium, 217 B.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121696588-W0GMPOS4Q9ZRPT0WN9VG/ptolemaic+2.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with Galatian warriors skirmish with Roman principes in Anatolia during the Galatian War 189 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121697605-9FVLJFN25SYCQ94Z3JTK/ptolemaic+3.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with Nubian hunters scare off an ostrich somewhere along the Nile, 52 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121697864-49K97DIRYFB34Y5EW5Q0/ptolemaic+4.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with Achillas, guardian of Ptolemy XIII and commander of the kings troops, orders his forces to advance on Alexandria, 47 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121698553-MBTUOUD9VMQ6YLE536OQ/ptolemaic+5.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with Roman cavalry, probably mercenaries from Gaul, skirmish with Ptolemaic thureophoroi. Somewhere along the Nile, Egypt, 47 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/853ddf82-c51d-4a6b-8f7e-4f0dd452f0a4/ptolemaic+6.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with Ptolemaic elephants advance on their Seleucid counterparts. Battle of Raphia, 217 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/0ed9d8cf-7308-4701-a417-23386cdd06b0/ptolemaic+7.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with - Make it stand out The royal army musters before marching on Alexandria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/d62b40e3-18ed-4a29-b6af-1deea4e28cc9/ptolemaic+8.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with - Make it stand out The Gabinian, miniatures from Gripping Beast. These are actually Carthaginians and would work perfectly well as thorakitai in a hellenistic army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/08d740e8-af82-4ae3-98d8-bf2334268601/ptolemaic+9.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with Kleruch cavalry from Gripping Beast’s Polemarch range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/257bcd58-3ff1-498b-ab7b-768b5e40ab7d/ptolemaic+11.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with Tarantine cavalry from Aventine miniatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a4d46f24-91a6-44b6-9204-338bdf66bef3/ptolemaic+12.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with - Make it stand out Some armed slaves on the left, from Wargames Foundry (one of them looks like a movie star!), and a mob on the right from Footsore Miniatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/88102003-fb3b-4d2c-9a02-fbe7f8465634/ptolemaic+10.jpg Blog - Creating a Ptolemaic wargames army to defend Alexandria with - Make it stand out Thureophoroi from Gripping Beast’s Polemarch range. Note the javelins in the shield hand, a nice detail. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/footsore-welsh-review monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/961d2240-a713-428d-9720-b1629be0f5fc/welsh+1.jpg Blog - Stunning range of Dark Age Welsh from Footsore Miniatures - Make it stand out Raiders from the Kingdom of Powys attack into the neighboring Kingdom of Mercia. The Welsh border, 794 AD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/645aa7fa-74a3-47d5-acd1-9f8482c0c2a7/Llywelyn+and+archer.jpg Blog - Stunning range of Dark Age Welsh from Footsore Miniatures - Make it stand out The sigil of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and a Welsh archer from “Liber A”, note the single shoe. Source: Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f2fde066-fa02-4252-aa5e-18036bdbdf8c/welsh+2.jpg Blog - Stunning range of Dark Age Welsh from Footsore Miniatures - Make it stand out A strandhogg gone wrong as pagan raiders from Dublin are ambushed by local forces. Anglesey, Kingdom of Gwynedd, 863 AD. Viking casualties by Ragnarok Miniatures and Wargames Foundry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/d9db25b3-866d-44a2-810e-6510498d30ec/CwmwdIal.jpg Blog - Stunning range of Dark Age Welsh from Footsore Miniatures - Make it stand out Welsh warriors by the reenactment group Cwmwd Ial. A lot of them wear these types of helmets, as does the Footsore Welsh. Source: Cwmwd Ial Reenactment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a8d3f439-66ca-401e-95fa-73471d8b4050/spearmen.jpg Blog - Stunning range of Dark Age Welsh from Footsore Miniatures - Spearmen From left to right: Footsore Welsh, Footsore late Anglo-Saxon (also sculpted by Matthew Bickley) , Gripping Beast Irish (sculpted by Colin Patten), Warlord Games Viking (former Saxon Miniatures, sculpted by Colin Patten), Antediluvian Miniatures early Islemen (sculpted by Paul Hicks). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/bb5e82d6-761f-421e-8620-69296000aede/axemen.jpg Blog - Stunning range of Dark Age Welsh from Footsore Miniatures - Axemen From left to right: Footsore Welsh, Footsore late Anglo-Saxon (sculpted by Matthew Bickley), Gripping Beast Viking (sculpted by Colin Patten). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/ff1fbcf6-f064-4521-acb1-b5db73bebef0/heroes.jpg Blog - Stunning range of Dark Age Welsh from Footsore Miniatures - Champions or leaders From left to right: Footsore Welsh, Shieldwall miniatures Viking (sold by Gripping Beast, sculpted by Colin Patten), Footsore miniatures late Anglo-Saxon (sculpted by Matthew Bickley), Gripping Beast jomsviking (sculpted by Colin Patten), Footsore miniatures Brodir of Man (I think sculpted by Bill Thornhill?) https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/the-roman-legions-in-alexandria monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b4d736fa-3ba5-4cd7-9297-5003daf6eb01/caesarian+3.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria Caesarian Romans from Wargames Foundry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/793f868d-01b0-45e0-bd2b-f52e44d6f8e9/caesarian+2.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria A testudo made from Warlord Games plastics, I’ve added a metal casualty, also from Warlord, to add some interest. To be honest I think the shield transfers makes most of the work here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/beb3a104-5ede-4794-bfcd-1991aeb13001/caesarian+1.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria The best part of the Wargames Foundry sculpts are the characters, like centurions and praetorians, just fantastic sculpts. The guy on the right is supposed to be Caesar with a surly Mark Anthony behind him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e8fc5be8-a43f-4178-8d39-90bf3455ed0d/caesarian+5.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria - Make it stand out Gauls by Gripping Beast. I use them both as Gallic mercenaries for the romans and as Galatian mercenaries for the Ptolemies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/be35f7a5-7c1a-48f4-88e8-b47f3d579c89/caesarian+4.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria - Make it stand out Cretan archers on the left and generic javelinmen on the right, all by Foundry Miniatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a517ef13-e2e7-495a-8898-f69ad73fa115/caesarian+6.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria - Make it stand out The Roman army arrayed before the walls of Alexandria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121178898-ONL6CLL2MX2LNSA82IOR/romans+1.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria Veteran legionaries of the Tenth legion await orders to engage Metellus Scipios forces. Outside of Thapsus, Africa (modern Ras Dimas, Tunisia), april 6, 46 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121179361-L874GGBL7XKHWY7F8GJ7/romans+2.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria Cretan archers attack Germanic warriors, east of the Rhine, 54 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121180084-8RII6ML62GHDZMI0POMG/romans+3.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria South of Memphis, along the shore of the Nile, some roman legionaries relax with a game of dice, 45 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121180632-XNV80NK40YYMJWTQRJH7/romans+4.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria Julius Caesar watches as his legions march to suppress Vercingetorix's revolt in Gaul in 52 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121181163-9RAKRJMRT9P3VYIURKNX/romans+5.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria A roman testudo advances on the Ptolemaic defense lines during the Battle of the Nile, 13 January, 47 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1667574180863-19UJMHQ4RVNI1KZZJ4MV/romans+6.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria A Publicanus, a Roman tax collector, argues with a local farmer about his debts to the Roman state, 28 BC, Faiyum Oasis, Egypt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/0b4627a9-f62f-4810-acd6-cdff68b5f887/Republican+romans+2.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria A consul accompanied by an aquilifer and cornicen looks out at the battlefield as the sun sets. Behind him the triarii and the principes patiently awaits their orders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c07658cc-57c6-4de5-aaf2-4b04fa7a3c91/Republican+romans+1.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria Hastati, with Velites skirmishing in front of them, prepares to repel a charge by Senone Gauls. Northern Picenum, Italy, 295 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/73086ae0-dbc1-4be7-88e9-26264f39ea91/romans+8.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1693381481402-G0638OJCH0GVV6730BC3/testudo+1.jpg Blog - Creating Caesar's army for the siege of Alexandria Roman testudos are harassed by Ptolemaic skirmishers as they approach the royal army’s fortified camp along the shores of the Nile. Nile Delta, Ptolemaic Egypt, 47 BC. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/wargaming-the-late-middle-ages-in-sweden monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/d1414df1-9f43-44a8-9c9d-e2040454dcf2/Olaus+Magnus+On+Election+of+Kings+webb.jpg Blog - Wargaming the late middle ages in Sweden and the Nordics - Make it stand out A scene from Olaus Magnus ”History of the Nordic Peoples” from 1555 where a king is elected at Mora stenar. The last king elected at Mora Stenar was the Danish king Kristian I in 1467. The king in the picture looks a lot like Gustav Vasa though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e854c362-f350-4224-9130-8cacda8976ff/Int%C3%A5get+i+Stockholm+webb.jpg Blog - Wargaming the late middle ages in Sweden and the Nordics - Make it stand out Entry of Gustav Vasa in Stockholm 1523 by Johan Gustaf Sandberg. Source: Wikimedia/Szilas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/496b0437-8833-470a-9567-f7b6857732eb/stuff.jpg Blog - Wargaming the late middle ages in Sweden and the Nordics - Make it stand out Some of the stuff on the workbench at the moment. I haven’t got stuck in and done anything with it yet though. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/79ca28ae-d111-41a5-85e5-c5e81cb59b5c/bockerna.jpg Blog - Wargaming the late middle ages in Sweden and the Nordics - Make it stand out There is a lot of literature covering this period. Unfortunately the focus is seldom on military aspects. Even in biographies of Gustav Vasa an event like his rebellion most of the time only takes up a few pages. One invaluable source has been Martin Neuding Skoog’s ”I rikets tjänst” which deals with Sweden's different military institutions of the era. Another good source, mostly for the illustrations, is Göte Göransson’s ”Gustav Vasa och hans folk”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/73ffe1f3-b1c6-4bf9-9a91-609f7791ffa6/diorama_2.jpg Blog - Wargaming the late middle ages in Sweden and the Nordics A great scene of a Swedish ambush on some Danish mercenaries marching through the forest. The peasants are converted Perry miniatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/0d7373ba-47ac-4f2f-89fe-2cd38c6cdbdd/diorama_3.jpg Blog - Wargaming the late middle ages in Sweden and the Nordics A great scene of a Swedish ambush on some Danish mercenaries marching through the forest. The peasants are converted Perry miniatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3f19843b-bcb7-4d83-b941-68f2c68ba537/diorama_1.jpg Blog - Wargaming the late middle ages in Sweden and the Nordics A great scene of a Swedish ambush on some Danish mercenaries marching through the forest. The peasants are converted Perry miniatures. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/alexandria-wasnt-built-in-a-day-but-in-mdf monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/68a7e81c-aa53-48ed-8f8d-1dbb467fc663/Golvin.jpg Blog - How to build ancient Alexandria with Sarissa Precision mdf-kits - Make it stand out The busy streets of Alexandria by the French archaeologist and architect Jean Claude Golvin. We are looking down the Canopic Avenue to the south west. To the right are the Royal Quarters and in the distance you can see the Heptastadion to the right and the Serapeum to the left. As you can see it is quite similar to our image of Rome, Athens, Carthage or many other ancient cities around the Mediterranean. Source: jeanclaudegolvin.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/5e06ed09-97cf-42f3-a698-1bc675314e2f/Paints.jpg Blog - How to build ancient Alexandria with Sarissa Precision mdf-kits - Make it stand out All of the paints used for at least the basic painting and weathering of the buildings. From the left; Abteilung 502 Olive Green, Dust and Industrial Earth, Vallejo Surface Primer German Green Brown, top row: Vallejo Model Color German Camo Medium Brown, Vallejo Model Air Light Brown and Aged White, bottom row: Vallejo Game Air Terracotta, Vallejo Model Air German Red Brown, Fire Red and Red, to the right: Vallejo Surface Primer Black, Windsor & Newton Winton Oil Colour Ivory Black and Burnt Umber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/cad908df-d2c4-405b-b862-bff2698fc514/Street.jpg Blog - How to build ancient Alexandria with Sarissa Precision mdf-kits - Make it stand out I can really recommend Sarissa’s stencils for things like this, they work great. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7fc83192-3372-4ae0-96ce-e347b604c390/Houses+4.jpg Blog - How to build ancient Alexandria with Sarissa Precision mdf-kits - Make it stand out Just some “street furniture” to put the house in some kind of context. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/95b43c46-df30-4dd2-a642-5f6494c484f4/Building+Alexandria.jpg Blog - How to build ancient Alexandria with Sarissa Precision mdf-kits - Make it stand out A busy street somewhere in Alexandria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f51b25d1-b4b0-4b3d-a0c7-440ea6844f8c/Houses+1.jpg Blog - How to build ancient Alexandria with Sarissa Precision mdf-kits - Make it stand out Three houses in three stages, with the plasticard (and some tape for protection before spraying), with the texture spray and finally with a basecoat of paint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/47ce68a4-d36c-47f0-bef8-4f137eddef71/Houses+2.jpg Blog - How to build ancient Alexandria with Sarissa Precision mdf-kits - Make it stand out The house on the left only has the base colours on, the one in the middle has been washed with the oil wash and the one on the right have had some weathering in the form of streaks made with the oil paint. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/stalingrad-on-the-nile monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c1bf5135-de0d-470d-bdd3-35e6786106d9/Alexandria_map.png Blog - Siege of Alexandria - Stalingrad on the Nile - Make it stand out A map of Alexandria as it would have looked around the time of the siege in 48 BC. It is based on the maps by Judith McKenzie in her “The architecture of Alexandria and Egypt” with some assistance by Michael Bengtsson’s reconstruction of the palace area in Alexandria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/649bb32f-44f9-419c-84a3-269632ac3b21/alexandria+1.jpg Blog - Siege of Alexandria - Stalingrad on the Nile A Roman testudo makes its way down a street in Alexandria. An enemy javelin has felled one of the legionnaires, opening up a dangerous gap in the formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/50b0e6f3-ef9d-4ab1-bf04-e465839e6175/Ptolemy+and+Cleopatra.png Blog - Siege of Alexandria - Stalingrad on the Nile - Make it stand out Tetradrachms of Ptolemy XIII and Cleopatra VII. Note that Cleopatra’s coin was minted six or seven years after the siege of Alexandria. Source: CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series: The Ptolemies, Part III. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3f847487-35b6-47e9-b04f-de9d19a6ce80/alexandria+2.jpg Blog - Siege of Alexandria - Stalingrad on the Nile - Make it stand out A roman patrol is attacked by a mob in an alleyway. Even before the siege started properly alley’s and backstreet’s in Alexandria was a dangerous place for the legionnaires. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/making-a-multi-purpose-scenery-set-for-photos monthly 0.5 2024-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/76266b4d-c1dd-472c-a9d0-0619c385371e/C61A0077.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos - Make it stand out Some of the materials used for the buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666120071919-WEGSA86WT94NWS91GRWS/The+Devastation+of+Loulene.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666120071455-KZJH96PZ73TEYB078FZS/Patrolling+the+streets+of+Houstbergen.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1661331030201-5KIERPQ3B123OZBFXY91/C61A0081.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos These are the “modern” houses, the tiled roof makes most of the work here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1661331071793-4A2NCKO9CBK23GMQSUL8/C61A0082.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos Just some small details on the door on the house on the left, added a pigeon for interest on the roof. The caved in roof on the right was the hardest and most time consuming part to do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1661331130794-X5URUM7PTDWT8TRCAT2P/C61A0083.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos Just small details to make some of the parts a bit more different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1661331301771-7D0ULG017JWUOAXS1A9Y/bird.png Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos The pigeon on the roof is removable. Pigeon in resin by Bad Squiddo Games. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1665000611268-MIW29RH8S4QZT91VWD1Z/Husen-1.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos The combination of the bricks and the tiled roof makes these look very different than the original kit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1665000633124-5RY6GF9KI6HKXOV2S6Q2/Husen-2.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos The house on the left is pretty much the Renedra kit straight out of the box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1665000708953-GC0MNG0QGM59CAUEFNOC/Untitled-1.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos Really happy with the pigeon and the burned part above the window looks good too. I think less is more when it comes to damage like that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1665000801121-JVT6OT6LZZDM5NI5FZLU/Untitled-2.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos I can even fit a small light inside the houses! I use baking paper in the window to make the light softer. The plants are H0-scale and are just meant to add some interest here and there in photos, hence no basing. The small shed comes with the kit, probably should have added some firewood in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f64d6087-2e4b-4081-9674-29689cc259e7/Husen+ljusare.jpg Blog - How to build multi-purpose scenery for photos - Make it stand out Patrolling Germans for illustrative purposes only. https://www.anabasis.se/blog-brine/review-lucid-eye-publications-republican-romans monthly 0.5 2026-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1674637957519-RZ1SJWHD6PN4LBV4PIXN/Principes.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Principes From left to right: Lucid Eye, Aventine, Victrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1674638115573-YZIV7N445L252T17FM0U/Hastati.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Hastati From left to right: Lucid Eye, Aventine, Victrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1674637961363-AJWX3DN3IMYJ989GOWSN/Velites.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Velites From left to right: Lucid Eye, Aventine, Victrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1674637960010-OX007CIR0JHLWEIK62CZ/Velites+shield.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Parma From left to right: Lucid Eye, Aventine, Victrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1674637958779-B84CD6TX2TJ3VZ96WW43/Scutum.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Scutum From left to right: Lucid Eye, Aventine, Victrix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/007216f4-5e0d-47f1-bf58-f4cc1478944e/Equites.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Equites Unfortunately I don’t own any other republican cavalry than these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c07658cc-57c6-4de5-aaf2-4b04fa7a3c91/Republican+romans+1.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Make it stand out Hastati, with Velites skirmishing in front of them, confront mounted Senone Gauls in northern Picenum, 295 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/0b4627a9-f62f-4810-acd6-cdff68b5f887/Republican+romans+2.jpg Blog - Republican Romans full of character from Lucid Eye - Make it stand out A consul accompanied by an aquilifer and cornicen looks out at the battlefield as the sun sets. 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East of Pelusium, 217 B.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121696535-P64OWZHNY3Y0N96PZ7VP/ptolemaic+1.jpg Ptolemaic A syntagma of ptolemaic phalangites formed up for an inspection. East of Pelusium, 217 B.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121696588-W0GMPOS4Q9ZRPT0WN9VG/ptolemaic+2.jpg Ptolemaic Galatian warriors skirmish with Roman principes in Anatolia during the Galatian War 189 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121697605-9FVLJFN25SYCQ94Z3JTK/ptolemaic+3.jpg Ptolemaic Nubian hunters scare off an ostrich somewhere along the Nile, 52 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121697864-49K97DIRYFB34Y5EW5Q0/ptolemaic+4.jpg Ptolemaic Achillas, guardian of Ptolemy XIII and commander of the kings troops, orders his forces to advance on Alexandria, 47 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121698553-MBTUOUD9VMQ6YLE536OQ/ptolemaic+5.jpg Ptolemaic Roman cavalry, probably mercenaries from Gaul, skirmish with Ptolemaic thureophoroi. Somewhere along the Nile, Egypt, 47 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/853ddf82-c51d-4a6b-8f7e-4f0dd452f0a4/ptolemaic+6.jpg Ptolemaic Ptolemaic elephants advance on their Seleucid counterparts. Battle of Raphia, 217 BC. https://www.anabasis.se/alexandria daily 0.75 2023-05-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/95b43c46-df30-4dd2-a642-5f6494c484f4/Building+Alexandria.jpg Alexandria A busy street somewhere in Alexandria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/95b43c46-df30-4dd2-a642-5f6494c484f4/Building+Alexandria.jpg Alexandria A busy street somewhere in Alexandria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1677242758901-TDWFQZ01Y4L6S8K7RIH2/romans+7.jpg Alexandria Roman legionnaires disembark a trireme in Alexandria’s harbour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/649bb32f-44f9-419c-84a3-269632ac3b21/alexandria+1.jpg Alexandria A Roman testudo makes its way down a street in Alexandria. An enemy javelin has felled one of the legionnaires, opening up a dangerous gap in the formation. Alexandria, Egypt, 48 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3f847487-35b6-47e9-b04f-de9d19a6ce80/alexandria+2.jpg Alexandria A roman patrol is attacked by a mob in an alleyway. Even before the siege started properly alley’s and backstreet’s in Alexandria was a dangerous place for the legionnaires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7c97d5f0-294b-429b-9692-c7854806d94a/alexandria+3.jpg Alexandria A centurion calls for reinforcements as the legionnaires prepare to repell another attack. Alexandria, Egypt, 48 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a98adaf2-9d1a-4af7-993d-5e00d8d722c8/alexandria+4.jpg Alexandria https://www.anabasis.se/late-middle-ages daily 0.75 2025-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7b527a36-690d-4b59-8021-3b37226d83cb/lifeguard_toppbild.jpg Late Middle Ages The crowds watch as the kings life guard march into the capital on Midsummer's day. Stockholm, June 24 1523. On June 6 Gustav Vasa had been elected king of Sweden and on June 17 the Danish garrison had surrendered Stockholm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7b527a36-690d-4b59-8021-3b37226d83cb/lifeguard_toppbild.jpg Late Middle Ages The crowds watch as the kings life guard march into the capital on Midsummer's day. Stockholm, June 24 1523. On June 6 Gustav Vasa had been elected king of Sweden and on June 17 the Danish garrison had surrendered Stockholm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/545eaeed-2d9f-4d77-bf0a-940098f96b92/vasa+1.jpg Late Middle Ages Gustav Vasa, at the time only 25 years old, directs his army towards Västerås. Västmanland, late april 1521. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b7ffbdfd-ff89-488f-a0c3-4da4e67134ca/allmoge+3.jpg Late Middle Ages Swedish peasant soldiers repel raiders in the border regions to Denmark. Värend in Småland, AD 1511. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f2f870ee-7b46-46f8-80e3-b491811431e9/flaggor_1.jpg Late Middle Ages Men from Vadsbo hundred arrive at the camp of the mustered army. Romfartuna kyrka, north of Västerås, 1521. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c04b87a7-23f2-4c90-ad4f-ffc468363743/16th-century-swedish-urban-warriors-crossbow-miniature-diorama.jpg Late Middle Ages A patrol of burghers have quickly dismounted to open fire on the approaching enemy. Karelia, eastern Finland, 1495. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/fa1078cb-b5b5-4f63-a973-d576c02f9f2a/Medieval-swedish-burgher-miniatures-armor-historical-wargaming.jpg Late Middle Ages Burghers argue with a nobleman about how to conduct the attack. Siege of Kalmar, 1507. https://www.anabasis.se/new-page-1 daily 1.0 2025-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/cad88d94-ff8f-4827-8ff9-16add90dd7a5/Toppbild+1.jpg Home - Part 1: What you need Start your journey down another rabbit hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e9559859-6061-40ca-9066-93e7bcd363b2/editing_toppbild.jpg Home - Part 3: Editing the photo Time to finalize the image for publication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/e13f9025-13f7-4ea1-bf99-536c400c50ba/Toppbild.jpg Home - Part 2: Taking the photo Basic theory, how to set up your shot and build your scene. https://www.anabasis.se/about daily 0.75 2024-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/8a431029-5fad-4ba9-b202-137a807e0091/bloodangels_2.jpg About https://www.anabasis.se/gallery daily 0.75 2023-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121178898-ONL6CLL2MX2LNSA82IOR/romans+1.jpg Gallery - Romans Masters of the Mediterranean for almost a thousand years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/545eaeed-2d9f-4d77-bf0a-940098f96b92/vasa+1.jpg Gallery - Late Middle Ages A long series of rebellions and civil wars saw the end of the Kalmar Union and the emergence of a Swedish kingdom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666122310840-9NTCARFZJI8UNUOAOEJO/dark+ages+1.jpg Gallery - Dark Ages I think the correct term is “early medieval” - but that doesn’t sound as cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666121696535-P64OWZHNY3Y0N96PZ7VP/ptolemaic+1.jpg Gallery - Ptolemaic Arguably the most successful of the successor states that emerged after Alexander's empire collapsed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1666120070480-GUGWLU4AQY7YGD71C04M/Last+stand+of+the+Brummelsdorf+Patricians+at+the+Battle+of+Jahnsfeldt.jpg Gallery - Wargames Atlantic Scenes with the miniatures I have painted for Wargames Atlantic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/649bb32f-44f9-419c-84a3-269632ac3b21/alexandria+1.jpg Gallery - Alexandria One of the largest and most important cities of the ancient world. https://www.anabasis.se/contact daily 0.75 2023-03-08 https://www.anabasis.se/resources daily 0.75 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/2331b502-7053-4240-886c-234ce858530d/Bakgrund+thumbnail-01.png Resources - Photo backgrounds Some backgrounds I made for use in the photos of Wargames Atlantic ogres. Four different variants. Print on A3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/22c3e03b-43be-4ea2-a8d3-f1b5974923e6/Vasa-thumbnail-01.png Resources - Late medieval flags Flags for late medieval Swedish forces. Two sheets with a total of 14 different variants. Print on A4. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/8415f89a-fe6e-42df-9de3-35e0c618a488/Thumbnail-01.png Resources - Ogre flags Some flags I made for the photos of Wargames Atlantics ogres. Two sizes, 40mm and 20mm. Print on A4. https://www.anabasis.se/alexandria-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/95b43c46-df30-4dd2-a642-5f6494c484f4/Building+Alexandria.jpg Alexandria A busy street somewhere in Alexandria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/1677242758901-TDWFQZ01Y4L6S8K7RIH2/romans+7.jpg Alexandria Roman legionnaires disembark a trireme in Alexandria’s harbour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/649bb32f-44f9-419c-84a3-269632ac3b21/alexandria+1.jpg Alexandria A Roman testudo makes its way down a street in Alexandria. An enemy javelin has felled one of the legionnaires, opening up a dangerous gap in the formation. Alexandria, Egypt, 48 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/3f847487-35b6-47e9-b04f-de9d19a6ce80/alexandria+2.jpg Alexandria A roman patrol is attacked by a mob in an alleyway. Even before the siege started properly alley’s and backstreet’s in Alexandria was a dangerous place for the legionnaires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7c97d5f0-294b-429b-9692-c7854806d94a/alexandria+3.jpg Alexandria A centurion calls for reinforcements as the legionnaires prepare to repell another attack. Alexandria, Egypt, 48 BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/a98adaf2-9d1a-4af7-993d-5e00d8d722c8/alexandria+4.jpg Alexandria https://www.anabasis.se/late-middle-ages-1 daily 0.75 2023-11-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/7b527a36-690d-4b59-8021-3b37226d83cb/lifeguard_toppbild.jpg Late Middle Ages The crowds watch as the kings life guard march into the capital on Midsummer's day. Stockholm, June 24 1523. On June 6 Gustav Vasa had been elected king of Sweden and on June 17 the Danish garrison had surrendered Stockholm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/545eaeed-2d9f-4d77-bf0a-940098f96b92/vasa+1.jpg Late Middle Ages Gustav Vasa, at the time only 25 years old, directs his army towards Västerås. Västmanland, late april 1521. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/b7ffbdfd-ff89-488f-a0c3-4da4e67134ca/allmoge+3.jpg Late Middle Ages Swedish peasant soldiers repel raiders in the border regions to Denmark. Värend in Småland, AD 1511. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/f2f870ee-7b46-46f8-80e3-b491811431e9/flaggor_1.jpg Late Middle Ages Men from Vadsbo hundred arrive at the camp of the mustered army. Romfartuna kyrka, north of Västerås, 1521. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/c04b87a7-23f2-4c90-ad4f-ffc468363743/16th-century-swedish-urban-warriors-crossbow-miniature-diorama.jpg Late Middle Ages A patrol of burghers have quickly dismounted to open fire on the approaching enemy. Karelia, eastern Finland, 1495. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f848233531875e67928458/fa1078cb-b5b5-4f63-a973-d576c02f9f2a/Medieval-swedish-burgher-miniatures-armor-historical-wargaming.jpg Late Middle Ages Burghers argue with a nobleman about how to conduct the attack. Siege of Kalmar, 1507.