While looking for a mini in my box of old toys, I came across a couple of old “Army Men” rafts. I have had them since I was a little kid and…
Category: Hobby
tips and pictures of miniatures.
Flames of War French Foreign Legion Company
It’s been a long time since I worked on Flames of War miniatures. To be honest, with the release of V4, my motivation has been lagging. This is mostly because many of…
Can’t see the Forest for the Trees, Part II
Continuing from my last post, I finally got off my rear and started working on putting together tree bases for my various gaming periods and scales. In the past, I tended to…
Historicon 2019
I’m back from Historicon 2019. This is the premier historical gaming event on the east coast of the US. Attendees can find tons of games to play, presentations to listen to, sit…
Can’t see the forest for the trees… (Part I)
I finally got off my rear and started working on putting together tree bases for my various gaming periods and scales. In the past, I tended to use single mounted trees on…
The Boring Stuff….
I am currently working on making excel spreadsheets for Victory at Sea, a project I have been putting off for quite a few years. My friend sent me the sheets he put…
Safari Toob Toy for Pulp Snakes.
As I have been steadily adding to my pulp adventures terrain and miniature collection, I have been looking for relatively large numbers of similar miniatures to represent hazards and traps in my…
Pulp Figures Melanesian Island Warriors.
If you have been following this blog, you will have noticed that I have been bitten by the Pulp fiction bug. Slowly, I have been collecting and painting figures and terrain to…
Alligators, Crocodiles, oh my….
During the last Historicon, I went through the various vendor booths and picked up pretty much every alligator and crocodile miniature I could find. I had a desire to have a lot…
The Wachtmeister goes to Pickett’s Lard
I attended Pickett’s Lard in Gettysburg the first weekend of May. This event was organized by the members of Lard USA a club dedicated to all things Lardy, i.e. the games put…