Monday, October 26, 2009
The first of eleven parts on making a 15mm scale building. The rest are here.
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Sunday, October 18, 2009
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Saturday, October 03, 2009
Toposolitario has a tutorial on making a futuristic bunker out of spare miniatures bases.
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Sunday, September 27, 2009
The Combat Zone site has some instructions on making casualty figures from those collectible clicky figures.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2009
There are a wide variety of epoxy putties out there, each of which has a different application for wargaming and modeling. Michael Casavant has an article on the uses of the various types of epoxy putties. I learned quite a bit from it.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
With several companies releasing plastic figures for historical gamers (as well as the fantasy and science figures that already are being produced by Games Workshop), this illustrated tutorial on quick plastic flash removal may come in handy for many.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Periscopes are a terrific tool for checking line-of-sight in skirmish games. Here’s a set of instructions for making a “disguised” periscope.
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
Terragenesis has a good illustrated article on making wooden crates for 25mm / 28mm gaming.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Pirates are my next big project, so I was happy to find that Cianty’s Tabletop Wargames Blog has an article on sources for pirate ships for gaming.
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Make magazine (I subscribe—it’s one of the coolest magazines ever) has a blog post on making miniatures out of Shrinky Dinks.
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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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