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A Roman Dice Tower
Rummaging around on the internet for information and pictures of dice towers, I tripped over this awesome piece of work, the Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower: The Vettweiss-Froitzheim Dice Tower. Photo...
View ArticleBack! (Again…)
Just back from a month-long field assignment, as mentioned in my previous post. I have more photos of the sculpting projects to post, and some new photos to take of progress on the treemen and other...
View ArticleThe Great War Week by Week
I just found out about this very interesting project – The Great War on YouTube. Their plan is to do at least one episode a week all the way through to November 2018, covering the Great War in “real...
View ArticleAll Quiet On The Warbard Front?
Quiet around here; I was away for a week earlier in December visiting family out of town, caught a rather unpleasant cold right at the end of that trip, then all the Christmas holiday disruptions...
View ArticleRussian Civil War with Chain of Command
We had a quick and messy intro to the TooFatLardies’ Chain of Command/Through the Mud and the Blood WW1 hybrid today with my Russian Civil War figures. Chain is originally a WW2 platoon-level set of...
View ArticleMy Chain of Command Tactical Markers
Recently we’ve tried out TooFatLardie‘s Chain of Command/Through the Mud & the Blood hybrid rules with my Russian Civil War figures, and found them good, although with a bit of a learning curve....
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RCW Patrol Markers for Chain of Command
In the run-up to this weekend’s GottaCon convention, I’ve finally gotten around to finishing the patrol markers I need to properly run Chain of Command-powered Russian Civil War games. I’d done status...
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The Assault on St. Vodkanovich Monastery
Last Sunday (15 March) got us another bash at using Chain of Command/Mud & Blood (I’ve taken to calling it “Chain of Mud”) for Russian Civil War adventures. I umpired the game for Mike, who has...
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To Delay Is Dangerous
Via the US Library of Congress, this fantastic simple British recruiting poster from 1915. …To Delay Is Dangerous… Really fantastic handdrawn typography and an eye for proportions. A classic of the...
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Eureka’s Tachanka, Part Two
The Eureka tachanka itself (the wagon, that is) comes together fairly easily with a bit of patience and some test fitting. The main body is a single piece, which I had to bend very slightly to...
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Links of Interest, 25 March 2015
Yet another post of short links, news, random bits, and oddments that wouldn’t warrant a full post. Laser-cut MDF for early motor vehicles? They look pretty good, actually, and they’re 1/3 the price of...
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Martin’s Photos From Trumpeter Salute
My own photos from the Trumpeter Salute show over in Vancouver at the end of March are still unsorted and unedited, but Martin has gotten his photos uploaded to Flickr, so I’ll happily show them off...
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More RCW Patrol Markers In Progress
I’ve been working on a couple of additions to my earlier collection of markers for Chain of Command-powered Russian Civil War. As I was finishing up that first set I realized that I was pretty close to...
View ArticleLinks of Interest, 26 April 2015
A few links to get us through the weekend! I have a moderate font-collecting addiction. Dafont is my go-to source of high quality free fonts, but I’ll pay money for the right font. Remington Typewriter...
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Happy New Year!
Slightly belated Happy New Year to all! After months of doing absolutely zilch on the gaming front I saw the year out in some style, at least, with a whole bunch of English Civil War 28mm figures...
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Finished English Civil War Figures
Not the greatest photographs going, but so far the only ones I’ve gotten of all of my recently completed 28mm ECW figures all together! Every figure finished recently! See text for details, and click...
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Colourful Cavalry: Armour as well as horses!
I’ve posted links to horse painting articles and tutorials before, including the exhaustive “horse of a different colour” series over at Trouble at t’Mill. Mike even gives you some rough math on what...
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BSC 2018: 1956 PANG continued
Well, Build Something 2018 is well underway at Lead Adventure. You can follow all the entries, including at least two other 3D printed things, over on the subforum. And what of our 1956 PANG tricycle...
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Colourful Cavalry, Part Two
Horses in colours other than brown! Armour in colours other than silver! Dogs and cats living together! Chaos and disorder! Well, something like that. Horses and armour, at least. I realized that all...
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BSC 2018: 1956 PANG first printable draft
Build Something 2018 continues and I have been pretty quiet for the last week. Part of this is because I am waiting on the warrantied printer board, so motivation is low. Also been busy with other...
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