Hi Thortrains, Happy New Year to you too, and everyone else on the group. Wow this group has been quiet! I have to get down to a serious project right now the...
Hi Thortrains, Actually I got down last night and actually worked it out, my part is not that many, only about 350 and a few chariots. I hope to get a...
Coo Crikey, at last someone with the same ideas! I've been "messing" with Wargames since the 60s, inspired by Don Featherstone (bless him) and Airfix. Yes,...
I use craft paints for all of my miniatures: plastic, resin, and ... Me too, Pelikan Acrylic has given me some fantastic results on just about anything,...
You and me both! Even when you aren't doing guys in uniform, you can use blue for two pairs of pants, then a couple of tunics, then a shield &c. Then move to...
Hi all, I`m up and running! This is both the first time I have tried this "asssembly line" method and also the first time I have had to paint to a deadline. I...
Yep, James, it's a huge encouragement when you see a block of figures painted. Motivates you to make the block a bit bigger! I do use card figs for exactly the...
Crew & Thor, Just won ( Sunday ) a post war Spanish castle, wood 16" X 16" tight design & graphics, take down for storage, sole bidder, bid start 49.99 parts...
That's a nice castle. The older wooden Eureopean castles are excellent items for the toy soldier fan. The ones fro mGermany and England are common. A...
Doc, Nice castle! The size, however, brings up a question I would pose to the group in general: how big is your wargame table? For something like this (16" x...
Crew & Joe, At our summer place I use 2 dense pile carpet runners attached length wise making a field 3 ft. X 12 ft. they are woven in a pattern of 4 in...
Doc, Sounds fascinating; you mentioned that you decide who to move based on dice roll; does that mean that only one kind of figure moves each turn? With 8...
Joe , in 70 mm tim mee, ideal , & marx only made plastic knights, and yes, only one type moves per turn. As to how movement ' works ' with 4 dozen men per...
Monday I will officially anounce that Milihistriot is back in print. My first issue is "in the can" andwill be printing Monday. Though Iwon't be announcing it...
... description of the figures, and what work you did to produce them. That includes any conversions, original sculpting, painting techniques, coloring, etc....
Milihistriot Quarterly is in print ,and the first issues have gone to new subscribers. It looks good. I haven't run a publication since `98, and those were...
What is your favorite time period that you like to play with your soldiers? Do any of you create fictional armies or countries? I've beeen doing that since...
Coo, Rory, how much time have you got?! I like almost any period, though Ancient and Mediaeval are better for games, I think, as the soldiers are more...
For many years, I stuck with musket period stuff (using "Charge" rules), and I've got about 450 figures organized into about a dozen 20-man infantry companies,...
Joe, like most of us, the rules are kept in our head, however the basic rules are as per my earlier Jan. 14 post to this thread, to which you can certainly ad...
Doc, I know the deal on writing assignments. There are tiemswhen wo0rkign in a forge would seem easier than writing. BTW - Magazine and book are in the mail -...
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