Wednesday, August 24, 2005
6mm Wargaming Site
Figures
The 6mm Wargaming site is a nice general site on the scale.
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Friday, July 15, 2005
Black Tree Design Dwarf Slayers Review
Fantasy, Figures
(click on any of the pictures to see a larger version)
There’s a lot to like about Black Tree Designs’ newest release, “The Dwarf Slayers of Dragon’s Peak.”
From a painter’s point of view, I found the figures a delight to work with. There was virtually no flash on the figures, and only minimal mold lines—a couple of swipes with an exacto blade, and they were ready to go.
The sculpting also worked to make them very easy to paint. All of the areas were very clearly defined (there is nothing I hate more than having to stare at a figure for fifteen minutes trying to figure out what’s what.) I finished the sample figure above in about fifteen minutes. If you were painting a regiment for gaming purposes, you could do a lot of these in a relatively short period of time.
Continued...
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Monday, March 07, 2005
Conquest Miniature Review
18th Century, 25mm 28mm Figs, Figures
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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Monday, March 07, 2005
10mm Figures Comparison
Figures, Games Workshop, Warmaster
Brumbaer has a couple of pages comparing the relative sizes of 10mm figures from different manufacturers. Useful stuff, if you’re looking to fill out your Warmaster armies.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2004
The Battle of Gettysburg and Origami Miniatures
ACW, Figures, Paper Figs Terrain
About 15 years ago, I participated in a battle of Gettysburg game that was unique in a couple of ways.
First, the game was huge—the table was 30 or so feet long.
Second, it was designed to show the problems of command, control and communication: the Union and Confederate army commanders were sequestered in nearby rooms with maps and could only get their information about what was going on through written communications. The corps commanders sat on a balcony, where they could see the battlefield, but still had to communicate via written messages with the army commanders and the division and brigade commanders, who were on the floor. The brigade commanders moved the pieces, then discussed their movements with their division commanders. The division commanders sent the messages on to the corps commanders, who sent runners to the army commanders in their rooms. I was a referee, so I had the chance to see the terrible confusion at all levels. The army commanders had maps that, at the end, bore little resemblance to the actual positions of the troops on the field. At the same time, the division and brigade commanders found themselves being ordered to conduct movements that didn’t make a lot of sense ... often because they had acted on their own initiative, which left the army commanders thinking that they were somewhere they were not.
The other unique thing abot the game was that all of the figure were done in origami: blue for the union and grey for the confederates, of course. Groups of students apparently had spent months folding the things. It was absolutely beautiful. If this interests you, you could check out the instructions for 15mm folded paper figures here.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Chinese Zombies
Figures
I've put in a request to Eureka Miniatures' 100 club for 19th Century Chinese Zombies in 25mm - 28mm. My idea is to have a Boxer Rebellion game where the Boxers are, indeed, impervious to western weapons. I've also got a few ideas about using them in other Victorian Horror games set in the Wild West, London and other locales. But I need some more people to sign up. I've signed on for 100 of the critters, but they won't produce them for just one customer. C'mon. You know you want these. Chinese Zombies
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