Friday, November 11, 2011
Duncan’s Colonial Modeling blog has a nice series of photos of British uniforms intended as a painting guide for the British in Zululand
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011
If you’re doing period gaming, you may be interested in this set of color photographs of New York in the 1940s.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Here’s a set of color photos of Victorian Wales. There may be some use here for people making terrain.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Ministories has a step-by-step photo story on how to paint a regiment of American Civil War confederates.
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Thursday, April 07, 2011
Here’s a nice tutorial on painting 15mm Polish AFVs.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
Quindia Studios has a basic American Civil War painting guide.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
For uniform historians, here are a couple of pdf scans of the official 1922 US Marine Uniform Regulations and the 1905 US Naval Uniform Regulations.
Thanks to F.H. for the tip.
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
This is a very interesting and useful find: a 1943 soldiers’ guide to the uniforms and insignia of allied forces.
Thanks to F.H. for the tip!
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Iron Mitten has a tip on painting checked patterns on your miniatures. He uses it on Celt Cavalry, but there are innumerable periods that could use this tip.
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Saturday, July 03, 2010
The Galloping Major has a painting guide for Rogers Rangers. I wish I’d had this when I was doing my own Rangers units fifteen years ago.
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Poll #3:
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.
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