The Great Paraguayan War—also known as the War of the Triple Alliance—is one of the most underrated conflicts of the western hemisphere. Fought between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, the war lasted from 1864 to 1870. Fought over control of the River Platte region, the war ended in complete defeat for Paraguay. The coutry lost between 50% and 90% of its pre war population during the conflict.
That’s right. As many as nine out of ten people of the population of Paraguay died through war and disease.
Wow. I always check out Miniature Wargaming for the news, but never hoped on finding my own site in it.
Thanks for the interest and letīs hope more people notices the very interesting South American Wars. Specially because you get to paint even more toy soldiers
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.
Wow. I always check out Miniature Wargaming for the news, but never hoped on finding my own site in it.
Thanks for the interest and letīs hope more people notices the very interesting South American Wars. Specially because you get to paint even more toy soldiers
Cheers
Posted by Guido on 07/10 at 05:10 AM | #
Is Buenos Aires Minis still around? The link in the article is no longer active.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 09/23 at 01:18 PM | #
The free server went down. For now itīs located (in pieces) at http://www.queeselrol.com.ar/baminis/index.html
Soon I will have it in http://www.baminis.com.ar with new content.
But for now, check the other link for some of the original content.
Cheers,
Guido
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 09/23 at 05:02 PM | #
I tried all of the above links and none worked. Is this still down?
Ben
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 09/27 at 03:54 PM | #
Here it is: http://www.queeselrol.com.ar/baminis/pages/uniforms.html
The url baminis.com.ar will be up in the next month or so. With all the original content and some more.
Cheers,
Guido
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 09/27 at 04:44 PM | #