Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Instructions for building a model southeast asian hut, useful for Vietnam games, or perhaps for colonials in that region.
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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Dampf’s Modelling Page has an illustrated article on making a small model (a watering trough and pump) with plastic card of the sort you find in “for sale” signs.
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
Joy and Forgetfulness has a useful post on basing trees for your wargames table.
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Friday, August 26, 2011
Dark Future Games has a nice photo tutorial on making simple resin castings.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
I’ve been impressed with the look of Sidney Roundwoods’ figures basing for some time. Now he’s done a tutorial on how he produces them.
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
This post is on modeling a 54mm bridge, but the techniques could be used for any scale.
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Thursday, June 09, 2011
Ministories has a nice idea for casualty markers.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Here’s a nice photo tutorial on making half timbered, thatched roof country cottages.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Here’s a nice tutorial on making gabions and wattle fences.
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Friday, May 20, 2011
The Lazy Forger has a tutorial on making a model wooden cart.
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Poll #3:
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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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