A late Happy New Year to everybody!
I have really been slacking on this blog, and my naval project. Hopefully that will change a bit with this new year. I have had half a thought about changing the direction of my project from 1/3000 WW1 Baltic to 1/1200 ironclads (not ACW), but the historical record is a bit slim for more than just brief encounters. I'm still thinking about it, but I am leaning towards the Baltic.
02 January 2010
Another year!
A late Happy New Year to everybody!
I have been dreading the thought of a typical 'Resolutions' or 'Year-end Review' post since 2009 was one of almost zero wargaming output. Lots of half-baked projects and partially painted minis. I have been trying to solidify some project ideas together, and as usual I just keep digging up even more ancient projects - Gear Krieg, Heavy Gear, and MAATAC minis being just the latest. (When I say ancient I mean that these are projects started some 10+ years ago...)
It is time for me to buckle down and make progress on two fronts - selling/trading off the stuff I don't need and working up the stuff I do want to keep into meaningful, game-able items. Inventory time is here!
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I have been dreading the thought of a typical 'Resolutions' or 'Year-end Review' post since 2009 was one of almost zero wargaming output. Lots of half-baked projects and partially painted minis. I have been trying to solidify some project ideas together, and as usual I just keep digging up even more ancient projects - Gear Krieg, Heavy Gear, and MAATAC minis being just the latest. (When I say ancient I mean that these are projects started some 10+ years ago...)
It is time for me to buckle down and make progress on two fronts - selling/trading off the stuff I don't need and working up the stuff I do want to keep into meaningful, game-able items. Inventory time is here!
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07 December 2009
Basic Impetus - Fantasy edition
The long-awaited fantasy supplement to the Basic Impetus rules is available:
Basic Impetus - Fantasy
It is a PDF, and best of all it is free!
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Basic Impetus - Fantasy
It is a PDF, and best of all it is free!
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27 November 2009
Table
Along with the long work weeks, another obstacle arose in the path of my painting plans: the dreaded furniture move!
Here is a current pic of my painting table... strewn with the debris of a hasty movement, and this is after some time already spent on re-organizing!
Along with the tedium of moving boxes and other furniture items around, there was unexpected joy. During the shuffle, I discovered yet another box of minis that I had thought (or wished!) long gone. This discovery, however, just muddles my plans even further, as the minis are of yet another, different scale. A sharp-eyed observer will recognize some of the mini packaging on the table in the pic - Peter Pig, Essex, Battlefront (!), and even DP9. 15mm! The 15mm pile spans a lot of different eras and genres - Bronze Age chariots, Vikings, AWI, Ottoman Turks, WW1, WW2, and even sci-fi.
So, what to do?
Having already tried 6mm and 10mm, I am going to try my hand at painting a few of these 15mm minis. I do need to straighten the table out first...
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Here is a current pic of my painting table... strewn with the debris of a hasty movement, and this is after some time already spent on re-organizing!
Along with the tedium of moving boxes and other furniture items around, there was unexpected joy. During the shuffle, I discovered yet another box of minis that I had thought (or wished!) long gone. This discovery, however, just muddles my plans even further, as the minis are of yet another, different scale. A sharp-eyed observer will recognize some of the mini packaging on the table in the pic - Peter Pig, Essex, Battlefront (!), and even DP9. 15mm! The 15mm pile spans a lot of different eras and genres - Bronze Age chariots, Vikings, AWI, Ottoman Turks, WW1, WW2, and even sci-fi.
So, what to do?
Having already tried 6mm and 10mm, I am going to try my hand at painting a few of these 15mm minis. I do need to straighten the table out first...
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10 November 2009
This & that...
Sorry for the lack of pics - hopefully this will be the last week of long work-days and I can relax a bit.
I made a minor change to this blog's style - what do you think?
I'm slowly working on painting those Old Glory orcs; the skin colors are an ongoing struggle. No green-skins though for this batch!
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I made a minor change to this blog's style - what do you think?
I'm slowly working on painting those Old Glory orcs; the skin colors are an ongoing struggle. No green-skins though for this batch!
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