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Monday, November 14, 2011

Painting Guide For Tommies

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From Iron Mitten, a nice photo essay on a painting guide for Tommies.

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Monday, October 31, 2011

WWII Illustrations

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The WW2 Drawings site presents a terrific collection of illustrations of various equipment from the Second World War. Absolutely top rate stuff.

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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Painting WWII US Paratroopers

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Mage Knight Kevin has a nice photo tutorial on painting US paratroopers from WWII.

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Thursday, August 04, 2011

Photos From Before and After D-Day In Color

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To help you get the colors right, here are some color photos from before and after D-Day.

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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Speed Painting A 15mm Vehicle

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You don’t have to paint everything as though you were trying to win a Golden Demon. Here are a few tips on speed painting vehicles.

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Abandoned Yugoslav WWII Monuments

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Here’s a photo collection of abandoned WWII monuments in the former Yugoslavia that are at once beautiful and creepy.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Expanding Memoir ‘44

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Here’s an interesting bit on one gamers’ expansion of the Memoir ‘44 system to a variety of conflicts.

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Air Power In World War II Study

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Loyal reader FB points out this very interesting study of the use of air power as a tactical asset in WWII.:  Air Power for Patton’s Army: The 19th Tactical Air Command in the Second World War.

Given the importance of air power, I find it interesting that such things rarely make an appearance in the tabletop recreations I play.

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Saturday, September 18, 2010

1944 GI’s Guide To Germany

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Here’s a pdf of a 1944 GI’s Guide To Germany. Very interesting period stuff.

Thanks to F.H. for the tip.

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Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Hypertext History of the Second World War

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A good resource: A Hypertext History of the Second World War

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About the Miniature Wargaming Hobby

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.

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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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