Sunday, January 22, 2006
Phil Olley has some instructions, illustrations and advice on basing your figures. Its mostly for beginners, but even veterans could take a hint or two.
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Saturday, January 14, 2006
I agree with Dan Becker when he says that one of the most annoying things in gaming is to attack a seemingly ordinary figure only to find out that he is a superstud.
I just get steamed. Dan has thought about it and come up with some solutions for identifying the heroic figures in a game without trashing your tabletop with stupid looking paper tabs and the like.
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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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Saturday, January 07, 2006
An article on Terragenesis covers how to use Woodland Scenics EZ Water to make a waterfall and pond for your wargames table. They look spectacular.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Sure, you can put an ugly little cardboard counter on the tabletop to represent game objectives. Or you can just tell your gamers and hope that they remember. But REAL miniature wargamers try to make their tables both beautiful and functional. One way to do this is to use modeled objective counters. There are instructions on how to do this at BrushThralls.
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Saturday, December 31, 2005
Eye Candy time.
Mike Cooper has photos of several World War I dioramas that he has made. There’s Austrian Artillery, one of the Great War in Palestine, a trench mortar and a gas attack model.
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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.
