Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Albatross Steam Flyer Paper Model
Paper Figs Terrain, VSF
You can download a pdf of the Albatross steam flyer shown above.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
You can download a pdf of the Albatross steam flyer shown above.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed that the variety and quality of aquarium decorations has really improved. When purchasing cat food and litter at the local mega pet store, I often stop in the fish section to take a look at their supplies. I’ve bought some very neat Mayan ruins, a few classical Greek structures, as well as Chinese pagodas for my Boxer Rebellion games. Good stuff, and well worth a look.
Here’s an article on using aquarium supplies as miniatures terrain.
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Monday, April 14, 2008
WorldWorks Games has a free paper model of a “ParticleBow” starship frigate.
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Sunday, April 13, 2008
With Desaix In The Desert is a set of free Napoleonics wargames rules. The author writes:
These rules have been written to give an easily playable game which reflects the style of battles fought during the French expedition to Egypt from 1798 – 1803. In particular the rules concentrate on the operations of Desaix’s division while pursuing Murad Bey into Upper Egypt
They’re designed for 25mm figures at a 1-40 scale.
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
Librarium Online has a guide to painting a white space marine figure. The techniques used, however, could be used for a lot of different projects: Austrians with their white jackets, guys in togas ...
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Friday, April 11, 2008
The Got Medieval Blog covers the use of medieval European history in modern media. It’s a good read, especially for those of use interested in medieval wargaming.
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Poll #1:
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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.
