25 years of minis and counting

First go with Black Powder 2nd Edition Two brave volunteers joined in to give the 2nd edition a go. See the pictures of the game in t...

Army that lost Finland

The Arch enemy Peter the Great's army with colors flying

Charles XII and his brave "Karoliner"

Completing painting projects On 2nd of January I wrote in my blog: "I want to make a promise for myself for 2017: I will finali...

Nopat -club proudly presented at Ropecon: Finland at War Earlier in the spring I got an idea for celebrating Finland's 100th annivers...

King Charles leads the Charge! Last Sunday we finally fought the battle of Holowcyn. Scenario was straight out of the BP supplement ...

Lion of the North vs. August II the Strong The  Battle of Kliszów  (Klissow) (Klezow) took place on July 8 ( Julian calendar ) / Jul...

New conversions for the Russo-Swedish War 1808-09 Check the pictures and how they were made,

I've Been busy building My Finnish troops for 1808-1809. I've used both metal and plastic miniatures. Read more on how a...

These Savolax Jägers are made from French Dragoons on foot (Perry). Heads are from some other plastic napoleonic set. I had them in my bi...

The Long planned visit Here are the 3 brave Finns (Marko, Ludde and myself), that eventually made it all the way to this far western coun...

Another go for Narva... Scenario written by Jaakko

Our Nopat & Taktiikka club run 4 demos in this new "CON" called Porocon (Reindeer con): Bolt Action, Flames of War, Infi...

Defensive Works for the Great Northern War  (and other Black Powder -era games) As a continuation for the already built earthwork def...

As our Great Northern War Campaign progresses more troops and related terrain is needed. Our participants are actively painting more troops ...

First demo on our club will be played in less than two weeks and my painting has now focused on producing suitable troops for both the Russi...

Which rule sets could be used? The obvious choice is  Black Powder ; it has army lists and even special rules for Charles XII and Peter T...