00 Belegost, Gabilgathol in the Dwarvish tongue, the name means “Great Fortress.” The city was one of two founded in the First Age in the eastern side of the Ered Luin (Blue Mountains). At the height of the War of Wrath, the land of Beleriand was rent asunder and the sea consumed all that lay […]
00 My good friends at the Group North Historical Wargaming Society are celebrating their 40th anniversary this October and are putting on an extra special Open Day to commemorate the occasion. http://www.groupnorth.biz One of the oldest wargaming clubs in Australia, possibly the oldest, Group North have been a fixture in this state for as long […]
00 The thing with blogs is that you’re supposed to update them regularly. I keep forgetting. Does that make me a bad net-citizen? No, just a guy with too many things on his plate and a crappy computer that takes hours to warm up enough to be usable. I’ve been working over the past few […]
00 The first set for the “A Cast of Thousands” game is nearly finished. I just need to paint some of the Saloon and finish off two of the windows on the ground floor and it’s done. Dressed with a few barrels and crates, it should look very nice and suitably weather worn. The following […]
00 At this year’s Little Wars in Melbourne (http://www.littlewarsmelbourne.com), I am involved in two games – presenting one and providing the terrain for a second. the first game is the Charge of the Ice Brigade (see the Armoured Train entries below) while the second is called ‘A Cast of Thousands.’ This game concept is the […]
00 Late in the First World War, several Powers experimented with armoured trains as a means to protect the movement of troops and supplies and provide significant fire-power at the point where the troops dismounted. The Poles in particular developed these trains, as did the Russians and the Germans. Even Britain and Japan flirted with […]
00 The key to winning a war in Russia was being able to function effectively in the harshest of conditions. Napoleon learnt a costly lesson there and Hitler should have paid more attention during History classes. The Russkies developed a number of over-snow transport vehicles including the quirky little “aerosani” literally “aero-sleds.” Essentially an airplane […]
00 This project has been on my to-do list for ages – more pieces to go with my wooden palisade and gatehouse. I plan on making a small village to use with either Anglo-Saxons or Rohirrim, consisting of a number of thatched houses, a stable, an armoury and a long hall. Looking at historical recreations […]
00 My website (the One Ring) runs a monthly painting challenge and I thought it would be a good idea to join in for a change! This month, the challenge is to paint Lurtz – the Uruk Hai chieftain that Aragorn fights at the end of the Fellowship of the Ring movie. I’ve had this […]
00 Steampunk… sort of Jules Verne meets Wallace and Gromit I guess. I’ve been sucked into this game purely because the models are so cool. What’s not to like about armoured zeppelin aircraft carriers, and massive paddle-steamer battleships!!! The game play seems pretty nice too, but I’ve only just started exploring the rule book. It’s […]