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While my forthcoming range of miniatures can be used for any of the Jewish revolts against Rome, the most famous is the First Jewish War, largely due to the writings of Josephus. Unlike the other revolts we can be relatively confident in the chronology of events as well as the names of many of the Continue reading "The First Jewish Revolt: Who was…Simeon Bar Giora"
In my opinion, basing your models is the most important step to get right in order to create a great looking miniature you can be proud of. A poorly based model undermine all the effort you have put into painting it, while good basing will complement your effort, without drawing attention to itself. After all, Continue reading "Krautcover Basing Review"
During the Classical era, tiles were made in moulds before being fired in kilns. Typically, however, the tiles would be left outside in the interval. Naturally, animals, ever-present wherever humans are around, would sometimes walk on these (I like to think cats would do this deliberately, especially if they were told not to). This has Continue reading "Paw Prints in Time"
One of the most infamous rebel groups active both before and during the First Jewish Revolt were a mysterious group known as the Sicarii. The Sicarii, named after the curved daggers they carried, were one of the earliest organised groups of assassins. However, very little is known about them as they only appear in one Continue reading "The First Jewish Revolt: Who were…the Sicarii?"
Overview After attending the inaugural Forgotten North GT in October 2024, I was excited to go to their second this past weekend. To summarise the event details, it was a Warhammer The Old World event, consisting of 5x 2000 point games over 2 days (3 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday). In total 40 players Continue reading "Review: Forgotten North Old World Grand Tournament, 03-04 May 2025"
One of my ambitions with my upcoming range of 28mm miniatures for the Jewish Revolts is to try and make them historically faithful. This is always a challenge when it comes to trying to design miniatures depicting figures from the classical era as so little evidence has survived. Most textiles have long since rotted away, Continue reading "Tzitzit: Miniature Design (Northwing Miniatures)"
The Kitos War, which took place between 115 and 117 AD, was one of the most violent and far-reaching episodes in the long and troubled history of Jewish–Roman relations. Although it is less well known than the First Jewish War, or the later Bar Kokhba Revolt, it had lasting consequences for both the Jewish people Continue reading "Wargaming the Jewish Revolts: The Kitos War (115-117AD)"
Unlike the First Jewish War, far less is known about the Second Jewish War, or the Bar Kokhba War. This is because no primary source similar to Josephus’ “Jewish War” survives for this conflict. What we do know comes from fairly fragmentary sources at some remove from events. As an example of how little we Continue reading "Wargaming the Jewish Revolts: The Bar Kokhba War – Rome’s Vietnam?"
One of the aspects of the Jewish Revolts against Rome in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD are the numerous opportunities for creating a variety of interesting wargaming scenarios. In particular, the siege of Jerusalem, one of the most pivotal events in Jewish history, is a fascinating period worthy of exploration as it offers a Continue reading "Wargaming the Jewish Revolts: The Siege of Jerusalem"
Before embarking on a discussion of the various revolts against Rome, I wanted to talk about one of our main sources of information on this period, Flavius Josephus. It is because his work, “The Jewish War”, has survived that we know so much about the First Jewish War (or, at least we think we do). Continue reading "Josephus and The Jewish War: A Complex Witness to a Catastrophic Revolt"
