In the lead up to the Bugle Call 2011 in April, I am building a terrain table that will be used for the game Strange Seas, being put on by Andrew and Greg – friends of mine from Victoria. The island will be populated with a number of hazards that the pirate captains have to […]
This year, I am running a wargaming convention over the Easter long weekend. I was involved in helping with organising last year’s event, but this year I have taken on the role of coordinator and chairman of the committee. The event is called the Bugle Call and is focusing on historical wargaming mostly, although there […]
It’s been a while since I updated my blog so here’s where things are at on Planet Spodding. The Jurassic Reich sourcebook is a definite go, hopefully finished in time for Historicon 2011. Work is in progress at the moment writing the text, setting up scenic materials for photography and painting minis suitable for inclusion […]
I bought a kids plastic toy the other day with a view to converting it to a self-propelled gun for Jurassic Reich. It’s a triceratops from a German company called Schleich. They make some nice models and the sculpting on this one is pretty decent, even if the paint job isn’t. I undercoated it with […]
Not your namby pamby Usagi Yojimbo style bunnies, these guys are killer ninja rabbits from the dark side of the forest! Recently, I was lucky enough to score a set of minis hot off the casting machine of Eureka’s up-coming Ronin Rabbits range that will supplement the frogs and turtles of the Warrior Frogs collection. […]
I have finished the foliage on the bonzai tree as well as painting the assassin turtle. I put the diorama inside the pot as well, so you can see how it will look once it’s all finished. All I need to do now is a little bit more ground cover and paint the frogs!
I have been quietly working on a diorama in recent weeks (my first), in between other, more important projects. But I’ve nearly finished and couldn’t wait to show you all. It’s a Japanese-themed scene but using Eureka Miniature’s wonderful Warrior Frog range of figures. When I saw their Frog King model, a scene immediately sprang […]
My son Sam and I have had fun painting some models that came with a book on dragons he received last Christmas. Sam chose the colours and I gave him some guidance on how to achieve certain effects (as well as neatening up some bits here and there). The four dragons came out pretty well […]
We’ve begun working on the official sourcebook for Jurassic Reich – a mammoth task of sifting through dusty government archives, declassified intelligence reports, personal memoires, and even Himmler’s underwear drawer. This painstaking research has uncovered definite proof of the existence of the Dinotruppen – the Kriegsclaws and Pterawaffe deployed by Nazi Germany in the latter […]
I did a simple playtest last night of the first draft of the Pond Wars rules, with 16 frogs armed with various weapons took on 10 musket-armed turtles. The resulting fight was quick and brutal with 2 turtles remaining at the end of the second turn. There’s not a lot of point in explaining the […]