Grand Fleets – The Battle of the Denmark Strait

When I bought the game Grand Fleets from Majestic Twelve Games I always wanted to replay the famous hunt for the battleship Bismarck. So I bought many World War 2 ships to replay this scenario. My ships are from Hallmark in the 1:6000 scale. I bought them from Magister Militum. On the picture above you can imagine the size of the ships compared to the 5ct coin. The German ships I was a long time uncertain how to paint the …

Battlestar Galactica – The Battlestars

In my last Blog-Post I introduced my civilian fleet. For a fan of the television series it was a big challenge for me to paint the Battlestars and Basestars. For the paintjob I used Vallejo Gun Metal in a 2:1 mix with different highlights from Vallejo German Grey to Vallejo Cold Grey and Vallejo Stonewall Grey. The models were easy to paint and I finished all 4 models on the same afternoon. I hope you like them. The model dimensions: …

Battlestar Galactica – The Civilian Fleet Part 1

When I first saw the television show „Battlestar Galactica“ I was a little child. I loved the episodes and dreamed about reenacting the adventures of Apollo and Starbuck with miniatures. A few years ago I saw the re-imagined show and was really impressed that the series got even better than its parent. It is now my favorite television show an last year I started searching for tabletop miniatures of Battlestar Galactica. A few month ago I found the miniatures from …

Teutonic Winter War

Darrell Hindley shows us in this great article a demo game made by Gripping Beast and Comitatus Miniatures at Crisis. Very athmospheric gaming table. via darrellhindley.co.uk

Two houses for Rebellion

Two years ago I bought from Ebob this two houses for my Rebellion gaming table. Have a look! 😉 The big cottage and some English soldiers The main building The tool shed The small building The buildings are made of some foam. The only thing you have to do is to paint it properly and flock it with some gras and foliage. I plan to add a vegetable garden in the small yard of the big building and maybe some …

Tunesian Village

I just made some photos of my new Tunesian Village for Flames of War and want to share them with you. The complete village Some small buildings A two-storied building with a courtyard and small building with a dome Another two-storied building A mosque I bought the models 2007 on the Salute Convention from Kerr & King. Assembling the models was very easy. You only need some glue and a bit putty for some gaps. The modelkits allow you to …