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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Paper Ferry Model

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Here’s a papercraft model of a car ferry.

 

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Friday, June 13, 2008

Build Shipwright’s 1/350 scale resin sub chaser on a plastic kit budget

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Fine Scale Modeler has an article on building a 1/350 scale patrol boat.

 

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Friday, March 07, 2008

Ship Model Photos

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This site has a wonderful set of photos of models of ships from across the ages.

 

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

All The Ships Counters

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Mike, the Mad Game Designer has produced more than 7,000 ship counters for use in naval wargames. They cover various navies from 1900 to the present.

I’d suggest that you print them out and then glue them to small blocks of wood for a 3-D feel.

An amazing gift to the wargames community.

 

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Monday, October 24, 2005

WWII Coastal Craft Counters

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Chris Heinzmann offers some nicely done ship counters for playing WWII coastal combat miniatures games. These would be a good way to find out if you like the period before investing in a large number of metal or resin ships.

 

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

WWII Ship ID Plans

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Veteran Gamer Lou Coatney offers a page with printable WWII ship plans from US government sources. I’ve got an idea about printing the side views,coloring and basing them and using them for a naval game.

 

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Sunday, November 21, 2004

Painting and Rigging 1/1200 Fighting Sail

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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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Monday, August 30, 2004

Colonial Ship Building

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Here's a set of instructions on how to build a variety of ships for your colonial wargames. Designed for the 25mm - 28mm figure, they are not really to scale, but are designed to work well and look good on the tabletop. From the seminal website Major General Tremorden Rederring's Colonial-era Wargames Page.

 

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Monday, May 17, 2004

15mm War Galleys

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Here are a set of instructions for building 15mm models of ancient War Galleys from the Jackson Gamers.

 

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About the Miniature Wargaming Hobby

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.

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