A call has gone out from King Leopold of Belgium. He is hiring hunters to help with in a great expedition into the Congo. The bounty is high and well worth the…
Battle of Sidi Rezegh, November 1941.
Background Operation Crusader was a military operation during the Second World War by the British Eighth Army against the Axis forces in North Africa between 18 November and 30 December 1941. The operation was intended to relieve the 1941 Siege…
Killer Rabbit Miniatures for T9A Totemic Summons.
A couple of years ago, a buddy gave me a back of resin killer rabbit miniatures that he did not need. I wanted them for use in T9A as Totemic Summons models…
Battle at Sovachos Collective 79, December 1942.
Operation Winter Storm (German: Unternehmen Wintergewitter) was a German offensive in World War II in which the German 4th Panzer Army unsuccessfully attempted to break the Soviet encirclement of the German 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad. In late November 1942, the Red Army completed Operation Uranus, encircling…
Operation Cobra, July 1944.
Background Operation Cobra was the codename for an offensive launched by the First United States Army (Lieutenant General Omar Bradley) seven weeks after the D-Day landings, during the Normandy Campaign of World…
Knights of Dice Cyclops Security Tower Painting.
I bought the Knights of Dice Cyclops Security Tower off a friend at Cold Wars. While I was manning the paint and take I assembled it with the help of my friends,…
Schleich Eagle for T9A
While shopping for some storage at my neighborhood Michaels craft store, I passed by the toy section and took a look at the Schleich toy rack. I found a couple of decent…
Battle of Hanau, October 1813.
Background The Battle of Hanau was fought on (30 – 31 October 1813) between Karl Philipp von Wrede’s Austro-Bavarian corps and Napoleon’s retreating French during the War of the Sixth Coalition. Following Napoleon’s defeat at the Battle of Leipzig earlier in October, Napoleon began…
Dazed Miniatures Great Ape.
I came across an old Dazed miniature Great Ape model at the most recent Historicon conventions. I was happy for the find, as the model is no longer in production (as far…
Battle of Mars La Tor, August 1870.
Background The Battle of Mars-La-Tour (also known as the Battle of Vionville or Battle of Rezonville) was fought on 16 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, near the village of Mars-La-Tour in northeast France. In the evening…