did you try a search for historical pictures/drawing (needing to be cut/paste after but in the right feel) ? if interested also try famous painters of the time...
Hi there, i picked up an idea a friend of mine found in the www. Building Napoleonic or ACW Armies out of Hairrollers...After some practice the Units look very...
Hi all, I started a new blog today, centered around my inability to complete a wargaming project. But, there's some stuff there relevant to ultracheap,...
Hi all, Just posted a new note on my blog, with pics of some mechanical spider figures I made by painting some dime store plastic spiders up in metallic...
Neat little mechanical critters!! I love steampunk stuff myself. I think most WarMachine players do. That was a great dollar store buy. Most of the time the...
Hi all, I finally got some pics taken of my work-in-progress using hair brushes to stand in for hair curlers. These just show the basic pieces, and my take on...
... Thanks Kevin, I'm going to finish up this project in a while, but those of you keeping an eye on my blog will note that I've set it aside for a bit. I'm...
You want pieces to move about on a game board. Take Monopoly. You need a small car, top hat, thimble, small rocking horse, and more. To make plastic pieces...
IMPERIAL HEADQAURTERS, PARIS: The time draws near for action. The troops have been given their orders, The fleets are ready to sail, and the aircraft are...
Hi Guys, only 98 days until Fall In! at Gettysburg, Here is the key information on deadlines. see website at www.fall-in.org VR James Mattes Well, Historicon...
Family dollar has some plastic around 28mm modern soldiers (6 for a dollar). They are armed with rifles or submachine guns. One figure has a walkie talkie....
Thanks for posting, O. I will look for the moderns... I have found the dollar stores to be very dry these last one to two years. I don't know what has...
I have seen just the opposite!!! In $ stores around here there are ACW/Western style trains that look OK for 25-28mm, various trains that look OK for 15mm, all...
Yes, and here in the UK they seem to be replaces by charicature vehicles, "action" figures and movie spin offs in no useful sizes! Alan Hamilton Visit my...
It`s the same in Japan too. The 100 Yen shops have stopped diversifying their miniatures--selling the same 30mm pirates and things for five years now. I hope...
HI, That's too bad about the shops in Japan. I remember getting some absolutely fantastic stuff, mostly suitable for science fiction gaming, in the little...
Howdy, Hey Guys. If you are looking for some great galley's then look to Romanseas.com I have made 20 ships and I can confirm that they are great. These ships...
DBA has never lit my fire, but I will say this for them: at Historicon and Cold Wars, the premier U.S. East Coast Historical miniatures conventions, there are...
I have been emailed by Yahoo, saying they are closing yahoo-photos in favor of flickr. The only photos I've uploaded have been on this and the terrainmakers...
I like the system; as it is relatively easy to play, can be played several times in a sitting, and as stated ...is popular, so finding opponents is generally...
Yeah, the system can be modified to increase the size of armies used, plus the expansions like de Bellus Fantisicus are rather interesting, along with all the...
I have gotten it and I am a mod, it has been in the works for some time. ... From: James or Carmen Dugan To: ultracheapminis@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday,...