Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Roundwood’s World has an excellent photo illustrated post on how he built a trenches terrain board. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.
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Thursday, June 02, 2011
The web page is actually in Spanish, but the photos say it all on building an elevated, enclosed Celtic village.
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Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Kevin’s Miniatures and Hobby Table Blog has a photo tutorial on making small hills out of cork.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
I was inspired by these World War I bits of scenery. I especially like the “rough ground” pieces.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Maiwand Day blog has a very nice photo essay on making a rocky hill from wood chips. It’s immediately on my project list.
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Monday, April 25, 2011
DJK’s Fantasy World has a tip for using leftover casting plaster to make rocky terrain.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Roundwood’s World has a nice blog post on how he is building a WWI trench system.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Here’s a model railroading site with some great tips on making buildings from foam core. To be honest, the level of detail here is far greater than any wargamer needs (or probably wants), but the techniques can be applied.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Here’s a photo essay on building a 15mm machine gun nest.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Big Lee’s Miniature Adventures has an illustrated tutorial on making model 15mm vegetable fields from corded dormats.
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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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