Thursday, July 17, 2008
Steam Walker Paper Model
Paper Figs Terrain, VSF
For fans of Victorian Science Fiction, here’s a downloadable paper model of a steam walker.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
For fans of Victorian Science Fiction, here’s a downloadable paper model of a steam walker.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The Curdled Milk site has a tutorial on painting using liquid masks. The idea is that you use the masks to prevent paint from getting in areas that will need to be glued.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Honey Springs is a free, traditional hex-and-counter board game of the largest Civil War battle in the Indian Nations.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Robot Warfare is a simple set of miniatures rules designed for 3 inch toy robots. You play on either a hex map or Heroscape terrain.
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Roblox is an online brick building environment, where you can design creations, and engage in a variety of battles and contests.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Here’s a paper model of a small stone Scottish farmhouse with a slate roof.
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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.
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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.
