Friday, 20 February 2026

Update: DBMM Nationals, Under the Mountain, New Plymouth July 11-12 - posted by Julian Hannam, 20 February 2026

A reminder of our first offering of a DBMM comp in Taranaki in nearly 20 years. Please support us so we can do this again. We are perfectly placed as a midpoint between Auckland and Wellington for those who are tired of attending either of those gridlocked metropolis (metropoli?)
"Under the Mountain" DBMM Matariki - also incorporating "Nationals 2026"

Matariki weekend 11th and 12th July 2026, New Plymouth

Venue: Blind Low Vision NZ Hall, 129 Vivian St (one way street), New Plymouth.
Registrations are open Registration Fee of $50.00

One group 450AP, minimum of 10 players to make it viable. May split into 2 groups if numbers allow. Lists to (Keith V Trye) for checking by 20th June 2026.

4 hour games

Morning Rounds: 9:00am to 1:00pm Afternoon Rounds: 2:00pm to 6:00pm (Sat and Sunday)
Trophies will be awarded for:
1. First place
2. Second place
3.Third place.
Best Painted Army
There will only be Tea and Coffee supplied at venue. The venue is about 1km to Cafe/Restaurants. So come prepared. There will be a Saturday Night Curry in Town, please let us know if attending.
We are also looking at lunch catering for those who want to engage in that, probably $25ish for a lunch pack delivered to the venue.
There is plenty of quality Accommodation in New Plymouth.

Allen Yaxley is staying at Millennium Hotel and invites you to join him for breakfast on Sat 11th 

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Vincent Cholewa

Please send your initial registration to: keithtrye@gmail.com. Keith V Trye will acknowledge with an email containing bank details.
Registration will be complete once the Registration Fee of $50.00 has been received and Army list submitted.


Wednesday, 18 February 2026

More about knights' horses - posted by Kevin O'Kane 19 February 2026

Kevin O'Kane
The LBM transfers are linked to a particular horse model - so you need to identify each. Colour schemes are figured out from the relevant shield pattern - so horse 4 here has a red background behind the yellow lozenges. That has to be painted in. Finally, using light tone for horse shading - so I don't have to do lots of retouching. Way less errors than my first batch!
Phil Malthus
Kevin O'Kane How do you then fit them on a base? thats been my ongoing headache
Kevin O'Kane
Phil Malthus have to use 60mm depth and not line them up too straight

Kevin O'Kane
And for the nerds out there - the shield on the right features a bend sinister...
Phil Malthus
Kevin O'Kane Bend Fleury Sinister ?
Vincent Cholewa
The horses are looking great. Getting the transfers lined up straight (or with a bend sinister) must require patience. Good job, Kevin 👍
Julian Hannam
I’m impressed. I’m a LBMS veteran having done about 600 (not kidding) shield transfers in recent years. These had me running in fear.