Battle Streams in Middle-earth

07/10/2025

HUZAAH FOR GLORFINDEL!

It’s been great fun exploring the history of Glorfindel in both the game and the books over the last two streams as we dived into Issue 81.

As ever, our community is what makes BSIME so special and it was lovely seeing so many people all around the world joining in and painting up Glorfindels just for the joy of the hobby.

I had great fun painting my classic model up too, he’s nothing special and very much a speed-paint BSIME model but he was great fun to paint up just for the fun of it over a couple of nights. There’s absolutely no reason that I’d ever have painted this model without BSIME and it’s really heart-warming to hobby with such an admirable group of Hobbits all around the world.

Looking forward to the next one already! 🙂

04/10/2025

AND THE HOBBY VLOGS KEEP COMING!

Welcome to Octoblog here on Battle Streams in Middle-earth, a month in which it is my very sincere hope that you are going to receive SEVEN Hobby VLOGs! Madness? Yes. Possible? Probably not - BUT WE'RE GOING TO DARN WELL TRY!

My latest one reviewing the 7th City Grand Prix event is now live, why not give it a watch to pass the time before tonight's Live Stream! :-)

Damian is back, back, back with another Hobby VLOG, this time chronicling his adventures playing 8 games with his Besiegers of the Hornburg army at the 7th C...

04/10/2025

The Battle Streams in Middle-earth live stream returns with Episode 124 on the Battle Streams in Middle-earth Youtube channel tonight!

The link is in the first comment.

Oh yes, Episode 124 of Battle Streams in Middle-earth will be beaming into your interweb boxes at 8pm tonight! Come and join Damian and Guest Host Tom Macklen on New Release Day as they take a look through Issue 81 and catch up on everything that's happened in the hobby in the last two weeks and maaaaaybe take a cheeky early look at some new toys!

Most important of all, let’s get that backlog cleared! The main point of Battle Streams in Middle-earth is for us all to come together for a few hours and get some painting done. Our ethos is that you should be working on something relevant to the featured theme and this time that means Rivendell in Issue 81! So, whilst you're obviously welcome to come and join us while painting anything, if you're working on any Glorfindel, Elladan, Elrohir or Gildor sculpt, then you'll be in with a chance of winning one of our unique Battle Streams in Middle-earth dice.

Remember, part of the fun of this is getting some paint on old, long-forgotten models that are years down your painting queue. So, go and grab those dusty old metal Elf Lords and get them primed and come and dent that backlog - you've got nine hours!

Let us know what you're thinking of working on in the comments.

Damian

28/09/2025

The Great Hobby VLOG Catch-up of our time continues!

This time we're going back to January and February as Damian tries to get his Besiegers of the Hornburg force painted up in time for the 7th City Grand Prix!

Damian is back, back, back with another Hobby VLOG, this time covering the hobby he did in January and February as he prepared his first batch of new War of ...

19/09/2025

The Battle Streams in Middle-earth live stream returns with Episode 123 on the Battle Streams in Middle-earth Youtube channel tonight!

The link is in the first comment.

Oh yes, Episode 123 of Battle Streams in Middle-earth will be beaming into your interweb boxes at 8pm tonight! Come and join Damian and Guest Host Tom Macklen on Pre-Order Eve as they take a look through Issue 81 and catch up on everything that's happened in the hobby in the last two weeks.

Most important of all, let’s get that backlog cleared! The main point of Battle Streams in Middle-earth is for us all to come together for a few hours and get some painting done. Our ethos is that you should be working on something relevant to the featured theme and this time that means Glorfindel! So, whilst you're obviously welcome to come and join us while painting anything, if you're working on any Glorfindel sculpt, then you'll be in with a chance of winning one of our unique Battle Streams in Middle-earth dice.

Remember, part of the fun of this is getting some paint on old, long-forgotten models that are years down your painting queue. So, go and grab those dusty old metal Glorfindels or the shiny new Forge World Glorfindels and get them primed and come and dent that backlog - you' ve got seven hours!

Let us know what you're thinking of working on in the comments.

Damian

17/09/2025

My latest Hobby VLOG is now online, this time presented in unwatchable Blurovision!

So, if you've always wished that my Hobby VLOGs were out of focus and essentially unwatchable, then this is gonna be right up your street.

So yeah, normally this is the time where I say "Give it a watch!" but, if I were you, I probably wouldn't.

Still, maybe you could start playing the audio in one tab and then move to a different tab and listen to it while you watch a slideshow of cute kitten pictures or something? That'd be cool.

Sorry. The next one's in focus. Promise.

Damian is back back back with another VLOG, this time going through whether or not he met his Hobby Goals for 2024 and setting out his Hobby Goals for 2025! ...

13/09/2025

My latest Hobby VLOG is up on the channel now!

Oh yes, the Great Hobby VLOG catch-up continues and we've made it to the end of the year! In this VLOG, I find myself invited to the GBHL League Finale for mysterious reasons and decide to take my lovely little Hobbits on another adventure - how did they get on? Only one way to find out!

In you come :-)

Damian is back, back, back with another Hobby VLOG. With Throne of Skulls done and dusted, Damian was looking forward to a bit of R&R in the lead-up to Chris...

29/08/2025

The Battle Streams in Middle-earth live stream returns with Episode 122 on the Battle Streams in Middle-earth Youtube channel tonight!

The link is in the first comment.

Oh yes, Episode 122 of Battle Streams in Middle-earth will be beaming into your interweb boxes at 8pm tonight! Come and join Damian and Guest Hosts Mark Stone and Michael Haskell on Catapult Troll Eve as they take a look through Issue 80, chat through their experiences at Ardacon and catch up on everything that's happened in the hobby in the last three weeks.

Most important of all, let’s get that backlog cleared! The main point of Battle Streams in Middle-earth is for us all to come together for a few hours and get some painting done. Our ethos is that you should be working on something relevant to the featured theme and this time that means Fog on the Barrow-Downs! So, whilst you're obviously welcome to come and join us while painting anything, if you're working on Tom Bombadil, Goldberry, a Barrow Wight, or any of the Four Hobbits in their Fellowship gear, then you'll be in with a chance of winning one of our unique Battle Streams in Middle-earth dice.

Remember, part of the fun of this is getting some paint on old, long-forgotten models that are years down your painting queue. So, go and grab those dusty Goldberrys and paralysed Hobbits and get them primed and come and dent that backlog!

Let us know what you're thinking of working on in the comments.

Damian

28/08/2025

Our live streams return tomorrow night with Part 2 of our Tom Bombadil special - looking at Issue 80 and all things Fog on the Barrow Downs (stream link in the first comment).

My Tom has been patiently waiting on his painting handle for the past three weeks and is looking forward to getting finished tomorrow. Who’s going to be joining us for the stream and what will you be working on? Let us know in the comments!

Damian

26/08/2025

New Battle Streams in Middle-earth Hobby VLOG!

After 5 years of planning and 5 months of incredibly stressed out hobbying, my Long Expected Party (in every sense) display board was finished. So, as is tradition, I got dressed up like an incredibly authentic fireworks display - and simultaneously a complete cretin - and took the board to war at Warhammer World's Throne of Skulls. The link to my latest VLOG is in the first comment so feel free to grab a cup of tea, sit back, and join me in finding out if all the effort was worth it...

Also, remember that our next live stream is this Friday 29th August and we hope to see loads of you in the chat painting all things Fog on the Barrow Downs!

Cheers!

Damian

12/08/2025

It's been a loooooong time coming but the final VLOG looking at how I created my Long Expected Party display board is finally up! I hope you enjoy it and, if you do, please leave a comment on the video to let me know what you think of the board. Right then, on we go, only 8 more VLOGs to edit covering everything I've been up to for the last 8 months! 🤣

Damian is back, back, back with the final part in his Throne of Skulls 2024 journey - there ar just five days left to go before the event and there is SO muc...

08/08/2025

The Battle Streams in Middle-earth live stream returns with Episode 121 on the Battle Streams in Middle-earth Youtube channel tonight!

The link is in the first comment.

Oh yes, Episode 121 of Battle Streams in Middle-earth will be beaming into your interweb boxes at 8pm tonight! Come and join Damian and Guest Hosts Mark Stone and Chris Murfitt as they catch up on everything that's happened in the hobby in the last three weeks from Helm to the new supplement and the new FAQ. Not only that, but Damian, Chris and Mark are all members of the Wanderers in the Wild and are preparing to once more wage war together at Ardacon next weekend so we'll be talking about our plans and how prepared we many or may not be! Finally, and most importantly, we're gonna be taking a Deep Dive into the mysterious Tom Bombadil and seeing if we can get to the bottom of one of Tolkien's most enigmatic characters!

Most important of all, let’s get that backlog cleared! The main point of Battle Streams in Middle-earth is for us all to come together for a few hours and get some painting done. Our ethos is that you should be working on something relevant to the featured theme and this time that means Tom Bombadil! So, whilst you're obviously welcome to come and join us while painting anything, if you're working on the classic Tom Bombadil sculpt, then you'll be in with a chance of winning one of our unique Battle Streams in Middle-earth dice.

Remember, part of the fun of this is getting some paint on old, long-forgotten models that are years down your painting queue. So, go and grab those dusty Bombadils - maybe even the classic BGIME model in a red blister! - and get them primed and come and dent that backlog! You've got 6 hours!

Let us know what you're thinking of working on in the comments.

Damian