Saturday, October 16, 2010
Bob’s Miniature Wargaming Blog has what I think is a very neat construction method for making littoral terrain for his DBA Viking Army. The littoral is the part of a body of water that is close to shore.
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Friday, October 01, 2010
The Plastic Warriors blog has a two part series on making WWII entrenchments. Part 1. Part 2.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Wargaming Miscellany has a post on modifying Heroscape hex tiles.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Here are some instructions from an old model railroad magazine on making model trees.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Here’s a photo tutorial on making a terrain cover from cloth and latex caulk.
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Here’s a great tutorial in making some very realistic concertina wire for your 25mm - 28mm miniature games.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Architects of War offer a nice illustrated pdf on making forests for small scale miniatures.
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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Tabletop Titans has a couple of tutorials on making and basing 1/285 scale trees. I’m going to use these for my 6mm English Civil War project.
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
The LudStuff blog has a nice essay with photos on making tabletop rivers.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Plastic Legions has some photos of a terrific skirmish battle board of some ruins set aside a sea. Wonderful stuff. I’d love to play a pirate skirmish game on this.
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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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