Friday, September 02, 2005
The Flying Pigment site has some nice color plates for the French Army in the 1700s.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Wargames-Etc. has an excellent page with color plates of Seven Years War Uniforms. There are uniform plates from Austria, France, Britain, Russia, Prussia and the minor German States.
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Saturday, June 18, 2005
Eric Veitl has an excellent site on the Seven Years War with lots of pictures and unit information. The thing is a virtual painting guide for fans of the period.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005
Here’s an online gallery with some very good images of pirates, and related documents and maps. I know that the pirate gaming craze has largely subsided, but its one of htose things that I’ve always wanted to to.
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Friday, April 29, 2005
The Northern Wars website offers gamers information on the northern European wars in the second half of the 17th Century and the beginning of the 18th Century. The site includes information on campaigns and battles, the uniforms, as well as the colors and standards of the armies of Sweden, Denmark-Norway, Saxony, Russia, Poland, Brandenburg-Prussia and Holstein-Gottorp.
And perhaps most important for miniature war gamers, there are dozens of plates of uniforms that can be used as painting guides.
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Thursday, March 31, 2005
I can’t read German, so I don’t really know what it’s about, but this page has some excellent antique plates of european uniforms from the late 1700s and early 1800s. (The dates actually range from 1697 to 1867). It’s worth a look if your doing wars of that period. There are quite a few Napoleonic period plates in here.
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Monday, March 07, 2005
I have to admit to being very tempted to buy some of Conquest Miniatures new 500 Nations line of 28mm miniatures. Being of Cherokee descent, I have long wanted to do miniatures games of warfare between Native American warbands. If you’re also sitting on the fence about these figures, here’s a review that may help you make your decision.
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Thursday, January 13, 2005
The Michael Mann version of Last of the Mohicans is one of my favorite movies. I don’t care if its not historical. It’s exciting—and, I’ve always thought, has a lot of scenes that would make good historical miniatures games. Apparently, I’m not the only one. Conquest Miniatures has an article on the making of Last of The Mohicans terrain that they will apparently feture at conventions this summer.
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Barb’s Bunker has some useful notes on pirate gaming. There are figure recommendations, hints on making appropriate terrain ... and, of course, some instructions for making the always-useful shark fins.
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Friday, October 01, 2004
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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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