Friday, June 29, 2007
The Hawgleg site has a tutorial on using Amazing Mold Putty and Amazing Casting Resin to make models. The two products are available at stores like Hobby Lobby
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Sunday, June 03, 2007
Club Landwehr has a set of photo instructions for making a resin model of a Star Wars AT AT, using a paper model as the master. There are a lot of really fascinating possibilities here general miniature wargaming.
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Saturday, March 03, 2007
Here’s some eye candy of a terrific scratch built Mexican village right out of the Magnificent Seven. The author apparently uses the Warhammer Historicals Legends of the Old West for a rules set.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Sculpy is a polymer clay that hardens in the oven at relatively low temperatures. It’s amazing stuff that can be used to create a wide variety of useful things for wargames. Here’s a tutorial on using sculpy to model slate.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Here’s a casting technique that I knew nothing about: squash casting. Author Grey Creager writes:
There is a little-known technique for reproducing simple one-sided parts or molded on detail. It is called squash casting and is a much more powerful modelling technique than it may initially appear. It’s great for reproducing multiple copies of a small part or when transferring detail from one kit to another without destroying the first kit. It works best for molded on detail or when a part is one-sided (hinges, hatches, ventilators, etc..), however, you could use this technique to produce two 1/2 molds to be joined together. The best part of the technique is that the reproductions are created in plastic!
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
Miniatures.de has a good article on modeling foxholes and trenches in 1/72 scale. As such, it’ll be useful for any number of wargaming scales.
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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.
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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.
