Currently I have a lot of fun to rebase some of my oldest miniatures with War of the Ring sized Multibases. I am sure that my technic will shock some players of WotR since I cannot remove the captain nor the banner bearer. However I don´t care about that. There will be Markers for this. For sure I will be able to put some single based miniatures, Saruman for instance, on the multibase. Far more important for me is, that …
Mantic Games interview: Alessio Cavatore talks on his new Ruleset „Kings of War“. Very interesting thoughts on tabletop game design on a very high level. Great wargaming table ideas: Report on the Spanish Event Operation Alpha. Have a look at the habour gaming table or the airfield. Very nice concepts. Old post, but nice ideas. Urgently needed: Antenocity´s Silflor MiniNatur Reference. via Tabletop Gaming News. The Big Picture: Pearl Habour 69 years ago picture gallery. Modern Warfare: New American „Bolter“.
GW presentation: 3up Wargame on Gamesday. Painting guide 15mm british infantry: Painting british part I by Chevalier de la Terre BBC Documentation: British Novelists – J.R.R. Tolkien from 1968 (via onering.co.uk by Osbad) (unfortunately not available in the whole world) Hungarian FoW models: Madmuro´s hungarian Stug III Tartan painting: Andrew Tailor shows the best tartan paint job I have ever seen.
Currently I am working on Multibases for my Rohan and Isengart armies in order to have a nicer look when playing War of the Ring or Impetus Phantasticus. I always had the idea that wargaming in Middle Earth should be done with a couple of Dioramas with battle scenes. Therefore I rebased some of my oldest miniatures in Impetus style, but in the size of War of the Ring bases, which only differs by some millimetres. The idea of using …
Dislike: GW stops event support for historical gamers and Rick Priestley exits: A goodbye article by Darrell Rick Priestley Exits stage right Golden Age Comic Book Stories: WW2 Comic Cover Art by Jerry Grandenetti, who has passed away this year. War paintings in history: Omnia labor article on Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier War photos by Robert Capa The real secret of civil war photography First Sneek Preview for Warhammer 40K for Kids: Princesses with assault weapons.
Russias Inflatable Army: Real life inflatable tanks and vehicles. (via Fefe) Some are looking stunning real. New FoW Blitzkrieg rules: Great Article on Kradschützen by Bell of Lost Souls. Upcoming Hungarian Battlefront models for mid and late war: Stalin´s Europe releases. Intelligence history in WW2: How Allied Forces Used Tank Serial Numbers To Defeat The Germans (via Der Pöbel)
Hobby madness: Tom Wise is already well known for painting insane amounts of FoW models. Now he painted 339 Kingtigers and Tigers. This is round about 25% of the tigers which actually were produced. What you should know ist that you need a couple of models to play a standard FoW game. Perhaps he should ask for some help to get rid off his obsession. This is what I dislike. Having hundreds of (identical) Tiger models ist simply stupid. Visiting …
During the german wargaming convention Tactica 2011 in Hamburg we will show a Flames of war gaming table depicting an Eastern Front scenario. We want to show the area at the Don bow next to Stalingrad. Since the fight took place at the country side we focus on realistic looking trees. These here are the prototypes for our woods. The first tests using Flexibark by Green Scene and MiniNatur tree foliage made us quite happy. These trees were made by …
Miniature Designers working for their children: Tom Meier designs a miniature inspired by the imagination of his four year old daughter. Priceless! Basic Impetus Fantasy: A gaming report of a LotR game using Basic Impetus rules by Geektactica. I am very interested in that ruleset. Paintjob by Axebreaker: Fow Fallschirmjäger. Gaming Table Madness: Hughe Spanish Gaming Table. (via Aquarius @ Sweetwater Forum) 1:72 Ancient Armies: Frank Becker shows his ancient 1:72 FoG collection. (german language, excellent pictures) Battlefront Article: Myths …
This week I managed to finish the hungarian Recce troops. Some time ago I mentioned the paper masking airbrushing technic I used to spray the camo scheme. I am very happy with the finished troops. The tanks looks somewhat simple, but I would like to mention some special things in order to let you know how much work these tiny armoured vehicles were. First of all every turret was fixed with rare earth magnets to the chassis. Then I added …