Saturday, December 17, 2005
Mike Adams at the Small Battles site has a set of templates and instructions for bulding some nice looking 28mm drop pods.
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Thursday, December 15, 2005
The Small Cuts site has an article on The Viability of 1:43 Toy Cars in 28mm Gaming In it, he compares toy cars of the matchbox variety to various 28mm figures. The Butt Width measurement section is hilarious.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
A good base can make or break the look of a wargaming figure. I’ve mastered the technique of terraining bases with a dirt-grass look, but was stumped when basing my SuperFigs. I ended up using some greyish gravel that frankly doesn’t look very good. I wish I’d seen this article on creating paved bases first.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
The Total Model site has a tutorial on drilling and pinning multi part miniatures.
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Monday, July 04, 2005
Miniature Wargamers use a lot of glues, for a lot of different applications. But which one is best for which use? To find out, use this chart.
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Saturday, June 25, 2005
Dan Becker has written an outstanding article on making and casting three dimensional models for use in the Settlers of Catan board game—something that I have always wanted to do. I am this close to making this my summer project.
The Shifting Lands site has another set of instructions for doing the same thing.
The information in the article also can be applied to a wide variety of other projects.
The Settlers of Catan has got to be the most important strategy board game of the past twenty years. Its elegant rules, relatively quick play and endless strategy choices are unmatched. And even the most hard core miniatures gamers that I have introduced it to have loved it.
I don’t normally do this, but I like the game so much that I’m going to offer a link to the purchase page on Amazon dot Com. If you don’t have a copy, I think it’s a must buy.
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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.
