Monday, February 02, 2009
Nothing catches the eye as much as a set of nicely modeled terrain boards. Here’s a tutorial on making desert terrain.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Gamer extraordinaire John Hill once said to me that “nature reproduces itself in miniature.” Here’s a perfect example. Pumpkin stems can be used to make very realistic tree stumps.
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Charge! blog has an article on making cheap trees for your gaming table out of roofing nails and old sponges or foam.
A guy in our gaming group did this many years ago. Tragically, at one point, he leaned over the table, lost his balance and put his hand down to catch himself. His hand landed on one of his own trees, and drove the nail through his palm.
That avenue for cheap trees was a dead end, as far as the rest of us were concerned.
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Here’s a photo tutorial on making a terrain cloth. A well done cloth can really add something to your games.
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Monday, January 12, 2009
Tabletop Terrain has a tutorial on making flexible roads for your 15mm miniature wargames out of weed fabric and liquid nails.
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Saturday, December 06, 2008
Dungeon Crawlers has a guide to making terrain pieces, such as hills, with Spray Foam—the stuff you use to fill gaps in your home.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Iron Hands has an illustrated article on making trench systems for your 25mm - 28mm miniature wargames. The principal ingredients are concrete patch, rocks and fiberboard.
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Friday, July 25, 2008
Terragenesis has a nice article with ideas for modeling alien plants.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Boromir and Kermit have a tutorial on building a magnetic scoreboard for your Games Workshop BloodBowl games. Actually, there are a lot of sports games out there right now, and this would be adaptable to any of them.
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Small World Productions has an article on using Litko hex pieces as bases for terrain pieces. They look quite good.
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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.
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