Thursday, January 12, 2006
Imagine Image has an online flag generator that is a must-see for anyone who playes medieval armies. You can adjust the flag size and color, add heraldic images and more!
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Sunday, January 01, 2006
The Skipton Castle site has a paper model of a gatehouse for you to print out, color (its in black and white) and assemble. The model is of indeterminate scale, but because it’s availabel in both gif and pdf format, it should be easy to scale to whatever you wish. There also are several coloring book pages for the kids of medieval scenes.
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Sunday, December 18, 2005
Inspired by some shield designs and banners I recently saw from Little Big Man Studios (is this the first time a gamer has ben inspired by decals—it may be), I’ve been looking for information on Aurthurian Britain. The Brittania site has some terrific historical information on King Arthur.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Here’s a paper model of a medieval half-timbered house from WizKids.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005
The movie Kingdom of Heaven was recently released on DVD, and I expect that it has inspired mroe than one wargamer to start on Arab and Crusader armies. Here are some inspirational photos of Arab shield designs.
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Saturday, October 08, 2005
This link leads to a jpg file of a dark ages barn for you to print out and construct for your miniatures wargames. There’s also a lean-to to go with it.
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Monday, June 27, 2005
For fans of Games Workshop’s Lord of the Rings Battle Game, here is a fine illustrated tutorial on building a model of the capital of Rohan: Edoras.
The model also would be useful for any number of medieval settings.
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Friday, June 17, 2005
Time for some eye candy. The visually beautiful Witchhunters site has a gallery called Norsemen: The Ice People that I ran across while looking for inspiration for the Viking armies that I’m about to paint.
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Saturday, May 21, 2005
If you’re looking for something a little different, how about Normans in the Balkans? The Balkan Military History site has an article—with army lists—on the battle of Dyrrachion in 1081
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Friday, April 01, 2005
Vikings Quest is a decision making game from the BBC. In it, you take on the task of outfitting a Viking raiding party and . Along the way, you’ll also learn quite a bit about Viking life.
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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.
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