Ah, the gentle buzz of flying insects on a summer’s day. The coolness of freshly made lemonade, sipped in comfort on the porch while the kids play on the lawn. The roar of engines as the National Guard race past in their half-tracks, on their way to fight a new outbreak of giant bugs. Atomic […]
One of my favourite vehicles, the ubiquitous Hanomag. The workhorse of the German war machine, this vehicle saw service on every front throughout the war. Produced in great numbers and myriad variants, the vehicle I have here is the basic version, used principally as an armoured personnel carrier. The model is from Die Waffenkammer, a […]
I just took delivery of an order from Artizan Designs for several 28mm Afrika Korps figures. Riflemen, NCOs, LMG teams, a mortar team and a MMG team – enough for 3 squads, a command unit and two heavy support teams when added to some old Black Tree Design figures I’ve had collecting dust in the […]
Ok, not much to see at the moment, it’s early days yet. And, being fair, it may go the way of many other projects of mine… languishing in a box in the corner of the shed, waiting for the day that it will seem shiny and new to me again (a bit like Toy Story […]
Madame la Guillotine! This piece is part of Eureka’s magnificent “War’s of the French Revolution” range, sculpted by Alan Marsh. It started off as a guillotine and prisoner, plus some guards and a number of onlookers. It has grown to include a second prisoner and guard, two victims and their heads, a wagon, driver and […]
I picked up this model from a friend who was clearing out a load of old stuff from his office. It’s an AMT model kit titled “Gigantics – Rampaging Scorpion Diorama” and is a little hard to find these days. They still pop up from time to time on eBay though, so if you see […]
Just received two of these behemoths in the post from Eureka. The Ankylosaurus itself is actually a Schleich model and surprisingly well detailed. All it needs is a good paint job and it will do very nicely. Naturally though, I can’t leave it alone so I’ll add a little putty on the club tail and […]
My latest project – building a small section of Venice for an upcoming demo game. Andrew and I are going to run a game based on the world of Solomon Kane (one of Robert E Howard’s pulp heroes) at a future Little Wars, probably in 2013, but it depends on how distracted we (I) get […]
Welcome, action fans, to the next instalment in the amazing adventures of Doc Halloway and Polly… A few friends and I are planning a weekend getaway of Pulp Action gaming sometime next year (2013), with rugged heroes, sinister spies, exotic beauties and unscrupulous gangsters, all duking it out to achieve the ultimate prize (whatever that […]
The stairs shown in the previous post need to sit raised above the level of the river as it cascades down the mountain side. In order to do this I have cut a base out of some 25mm styrofoam and clamped it to an MDF base. I base everything with wood these days, as styrofoam […]