Sunday, October 30, 2005
When I run my annual Halloween games, I like to lull my players into a false sense of security by opposing them with a series of small creatures that they can easily blow away. Then I unleash soem really big monsters. The crypt worm that you can make from this paper model looks like a likely candidate.
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Friday, October 28, 2005
What you really need is a giant robot to menace the heroes in your miniature wargames. You can get a nice paper model of a killer robot at Ravensblight.
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Monday, October 24, 2005
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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Friday, October 21, 2005
This free paper model of Disney’s Haunted Mansion is a tour-de-force. Even if you don’t want to download it, you need to take a look.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Germy’s World has a paper model for making your own dungeon, but what is more interesting is Victorian Cellar model that accompanies it. It’s perfect for gothic horor games as the lair of a monster, or mad scientist or cult.
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
Ravensblight has a free paper model of a hearse and coffins. Because you can have your printer resize these, they can be used for any number of scales and games.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Add a creepy cemetary to your tabletop with this paper model from Ravensblight. The file is a pdf, so you cna resize it using your printer’s control panel to make it fit whatever scale you need.
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Saturday, October 08, 2005
Ravensblight Manor is a free paper model of a haunted house. I took a look at it, and think that it would be just about the right size for 25mm - 28mm figures.
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Saturday, October 08, 2005
This link leads to a jpg file of a dark ages barn for you to print out and construct for your miniatures wargames. There’s also a lean-to to go with it.
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Friday, October 07, 2005
Here’s an interesting concept: Truetype and Type1 Fonts that are sets of wargaming and roleplaying figures instead of letters. Because they are, like all fonts, scalable, you can print them at whatever size you prefer.
Among the font sets are superheroes, pulp adventures, space opera, Ironclaw roleplaying figures, treasure, scenery and starships.
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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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