Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Dragons of War is a Wings of War modification to allow you to fight battles set in the world of Naomi Novik’s Temeraire
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Sunday, November 08, 2009
The OMad blog has an article on converting Lord of the Rings plastic figures. Learning techniques such as these will come in handy, given the large number of plastic figures now in the offing.
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Saturday, November 07, 2009
Tim’s Miniature Wargaming Blog has published some rules for his Back of Beyond campaign.
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Saturday, November 07, 2009
Cipher Studio offers some tips for creating good photographs of miniatures.
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Friday, November 06, 2009
Carmen’s Fun Painty Time blog has an article on making a nice prehistoric hut out of sculpy.
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Bodie is a wild west ghost town in California, and the website has virtual tours of the town and some of its 200 buildings. The map alone looks like it would be useful for wild west games. Thanks to reader Troy for the tip.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
In 1/72 and 1/48 scale, here is a downloadable model of an Albatross DRII.
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
The English Civil War blog has a piece on making a set piece terrain board. In this instance, it’s for the Battle of Naseby.
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Monday, November 02, 2009
Here’s a terrific slide gallery of a wide variety of modern military uniforms. I’ve found this useful in my current side project of painting 15mm modern forces.
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Sunday, November 01, 2009
A free ebook on Making Your Own Sculpting Tool.
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Poll #1:
Cast your vote and then join the discussion to tell us why.
Miniature Wargaming is part of the "adventure games" hobby, which includes r ole p laying and board games. Wargamers recreate battles on the tabletop with toy soldiers, like a more complicated game of chess. Models range in height from 6mm to 28mm tall, with 15mm and 25mm being the most popular. There also is a growing interest in toy soldiers and military models, such as the 1/32 and 1/35 scale plastic soldiers from Conte, and Marx.
The most popular miniature wargames are fantasy and science fiction based, such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine and The Lord of the Rings. World War II games such as Flames of War and Axis and Allies are new favorites. Other favorite historical periods include Napoleonics, the American Civil War, and ancients, such as Romans or Greeks. Other gamers enjoy miniature naval wargames, recreating battles like Trafalgar, Jutland and the Coral Sea.
Hobbyists research historical periods and paint their tiny soldiers in accurate uniforms. Others develop "historically realistic" rules sets or build scale battlefield terrain using model railroad techniques.
For pictures, visit the gallery.
Some of the bigger hobby companies are Games Workshop, which produces Warhammer, Wargames Foundry and Old Glory Miniatures. Wizards of the Coast produces several lines of pre-painted miniatures games, such as the Star Wars and Dungeons and Dragons miniatures games, and a historical game with pre-painted miniatures: The new Axis and Allies game. Wizkids produces a fantasy collectable miniatures game, such as the Mage Knight and Heroclick fantasy games, the science fiction games MechWarrior and Rocketmen, as well as the quasi-historical Pirates of the Spanish Main.
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