Saturday, December 18, 2004
Thanks to their sashimonos and army banners, Samurai are among the most colorful of miniature wargames armies. Here’s a site with samurai banners for you to print, cut out and use. I wish I’d had these when I was painting my Samurai armies.
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Friday, December 03, 2004
The Palantir, a web-magazine for Lord of the Rings gamers, has some instructions for building a Corsair Ship. I think that these techniques also would be useful for a variety of dark / middle ages games.
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Thursday, December 02, 2004
Renaissance Ink has had “flocking gels” for sale for several years, but I was never sure what they were, or what to do with them. This site has a tutorial on how to use the stuff. Looking closely at the photos, I think I can safely say that flocking gels are textured gesso, of the type that you find in the ladies craft stores, such as Michael’s. I’ve use the gritty gesso to texture the sides of my foamcore houses, and the fibrous type to make thatched roofs.
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Sunday, November 28, 2004
Ryan Scow has an article on making balsa strips look like realistic timbers.
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Thursday, November 25, 2004
The City of Solis website has some good looking, hand drawn banners that you can cut out and use with your Warhammer, Chronopia, or other fantasy armies.
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Sunday, November 21, 2004
Here's some advice for painting and rigging 1/1200 fighting sail ships. It's a period I've always wanted to do, but right now, its so far down the list I doubt I'll ever get to it.
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Friday, November 12, 2004
This site has some pictures and diagrams from the Sharpe film that centered around La Haye Saint. This is an outstanding resource for anyone wanting to build their own model of the farmstead.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2004
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Monday, October 18, 2004
Question, probably mentioned before… (Imperial Roman, per se) Has anyone ever tried to use Veni Vidi Vici (http://www.3vwargames.co.uk/improm.htm) shield transfers for 25mm , or 15mm with HaT 20mm figures? In reading of reviews some have mentioned that the transfers are somewhat smaller than those normally painted. I am curious as to any results or experiments in their use and any tips available. Thank you, Tarod
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Thursday, October 14, 2004
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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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