Painting during 2025 - Going for the 500?

What a painting year!

This year has seen me painting couple of whole new armies: Brotherhood without Banners and House Greyjoy for ASOIAF, as well as many historical miniatures for Napoleonic, WW2 and Age of Chivalry, for example. As I'm writing this I have finished 404 new miniatures and finished 44 miniatures I have started painting earlier (before 2025). As I have quite few more started miniatures, I was thinking to reach 500, but as we decided to go for a last minute holiday for the rest of the year, it's not likely to happen. Oh well, more miniatures to complete 2026.

Armies on Parade: House Greyjoy for ASOIAF - Updated 8th of January 2026

We do not sow!

First model I painted was of course Balon...

ASOIAF: REALMS OF BATTLE 2025 in Warsaw

Had once again great time in the largest Song-tournament of the year with some 160 players in Warsaw. This time my tournament success was just awful, but luckily the games were pretty good and tight: two ties (victory through points on the table), 2 x 1 point defeat, 1 x 2 point defeat (also one crushing victory and one crushing defeat). Even better was to meet with old friends from the Song community and to get a couple of new ones - special mention to Andras from Romania, whom hanged out with Team Finland (aka Monsters from the North) on Sunday evening and on Monday. One highlight of this trip was also to visit Wargamer HQ, where we mostly buy our toys for Song and other wargames. Thanks for hosting us Michal and Tomasz!

Some of the pictures are by Warfactory (source Facebook) and some by Antti (Rivarama).

ASOIAF: Game with Grant from Yecats MIniatures

 Great to meet and play F2F

If you're into ASOIAF and have an internet connection, you probably know Yecats Miniatures and their YouTube channel. I've visited the channel as a guest a couple of times and as I was on a holiday in UK, we agreed to have a game at his house, near London.

Read on to find out how it all went down!

Armies on parade: Brotherhood without Banners

ASOAIF: Finnish Nationals 2025

 Largest ever ASOIAF tournament in Finland

with 30 players!

Banner designed by Johannes

Painted 2024 - to be updated

500+ miniatures got painted again!

It's 2024

Don't ask me how many other miniatures I started, but did not finish...

ASOIAF Battle Report: The Others vs. Greyjoys

The White Walkers march again

 I've been building The Others army since 2019, it was originally designed by Yannic & co. for the 1.5 season of Song but has now been redesigned by Board man gaming, find it here.

Since familiarizing myself with Shane's (BMG) awesome work, I've been brooding to play with them again. This week it happened with a club mate Ilmo, playing Greyjoys

Finished some paint jobs too:

FF Heroes converted: Harma, Rattleshirt, Styr, Weaper & Great Walrus 

Some more armoured troops, including a converted Styr's chosen.

When I play FF with these, they are Thenns

ASOIAF: Custom Tactics Boards

 Tactic's Board as a Diorama

In Song we mainly use 2D terrain (check my 3D terrain here) so to fill the "visuality gap" of the game, I've modelled several "Diorama Tactics Board". Latest one is based on 3D printed Dragonstone board used as the base. Read on to learn how these were made! 

ASOIAF: Polish Nationals

 Largest Song Tournament in the World so Far!

With some mates from the club we had already discussed for some time, that visiting a tournament in Central Europe and specially in Poland (as they've had several large tournaments) would be cool. After a very positive experience in visiting Swedish Nationals in May, three of signed up for Poland. We expected the tournament to exceed 100 players, but it eventually 171 players from 7 countries battled it out. Many of the pictures are a courtesy from Warfactory Poland.

The Loot

Armies on Parade: House Baratheon - WIP - updated 9th of Sep 2023

Ours is the Fury!

When I got the opportunity to buy a large collection of Baratheons from a friend, I just couldn't resist it! Baratheons really don't play into my usual play style (strike fast, strike hard), but I really like many of the miniatures like Stag Knights and Rose Knights. So why the heck not!

Alester Florent, Stannis, Davos Seaworth & Master Warden

ASOIAF: Escape From King's Landing

Thematic Scenario by Board Man Gaming

Quite a different way to play Song! 

We have quite a competitive Song scene at our Nopat &Taktiikka club in Helsinki and we wanted to play something else for a change. We have already played Battle of Bastards and now it was time for an epic scenario from the first book, or should I say inspired by it. Check out the scenario here

ASOIAF: Finnish Nationals for Song of Ice and Fire - Tabletop Miniatures Game 2023

 Winter War 2023

Nopat & Taktiikka Wargaming Club, Helsinki, organizes the traditional and annual major wargaming event every winter since many, many years. For a couple of years Song has been one of the seven or so different tournaments in the event. This time we agreed with CMON to have the Finnish Nationals status and this boosted our tournament to a new record in players (26, 18 last year) and broiught a flux of players from abroad too! We also received a generous prize support from CMON - THANK YOU!

Tournament in action

ASOIAF: House Martell on parade UPDATED 17.7.2023

 Unbowed, unbent, unbroken

Decicated Water Gardens themed Tactics Board for Martells

See how I made it here 

ASOAIF: first go with House Martell

 Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken

ASOAIF community is buzzing about the approaching release (hopefully during Q4 this year) of this new faction for our favorite game! Last weekend in Gencon (US) the starter set and minis were shown to the public for the first time. Based on what was seen there and some information leaked before, the community has stitched together enough resources to facilitate actually giving Martells a go!

This week we played a first game with them, facing their current allies - House Targaryen!

Read on to learn how it all went down! 

ASOIAF: First ever 2 day tournament @ Winter War event 5.-6.3.2022 and talking Stats

Clash of 18 Commanders

Winter War tournament has for many many years been the largest wargaming event in Finland, organized by our club Nopat & Taktiikka. It caters tournaments for many games including The 9th Age, Flames of War, MESBG, Bolt Action and this year for the first time ASOIAF TMG. I was organizing this tournament with my mate Jaakko as the second TO. Read all about it!

Armies on Parade: House Baratheon - WIP - updated 16th of June 2022

Ours is the Fury!

When I got the opportunity to buy a large collection of Baratheons from a friend, I just couldn't resist it! Baratheons really don't play into my usual play style (strike fast, strike hard), but I really like many of the miniatures like Stag Knights and Rose Knights. So why the heck not!

Alester Florent, Stannis, Davos Seaworth & Master Warden

2nd half of 2021 on my painting desk - Updated 5th of Jan 2022

 Lots of ASOIAF and a mix of other stuff...

COUNTDOWN TOWARDS THE END OF 2021

Here's a summary of minis I've painted since my review of H1 and a focus on ASOIAF painting.

As it stands on Christmas Eve:

I've been very lazy or simply not focused on finishing stuff, that I've started earlier than 2021, 

only six more after H1. 

Then again, 259 minis painted and finished from scratch during H2 

and this number will increase significantly still before years end as I have many a minis

I've started but not yet finished, including a whole Baratheon for ASOIAF!

So follow this blog post to find out how far I get!

ASOIAF: 4th Map Based Campaign started

 Here we go again!

Our 4th Map Based Campaign and 2nd with two player teams has started with 16 players.

Read all about it and follow my campaign story here: https://25yearsofminis.blogspot.com/p/asoiaf-storm-of-swords-campaign-2021.html

ASOIAF: Mormont She-Bears

 Reinforcements for House Stark

So far this unit is the one I've spent most time painting of all the units 

I've painted for ASOIAF. I really like the models and I'm also enrolling

it to a painting competition organized by our Wargaming Club Nopat & Taktiikka

See more pictures below!