00 Within a few days of Italy declaring war on Britain in 1940, British forces attacked a number of forts along the Egyptian/Libyan border. RAF Gladiators and Blenheims provided support as the 7th Hussars and elements of the 1st RTR captured Fort Capuzzo near the town of Sullum, just inside the Libyan border. Over the […]
00 For a couple of years, I have been eyeing up the model buildings from Tabletop World (clicky linky thing) and trying to decide whether I should buy some or not. If you haven’t seen their work before, then I strongly suggest you take a look – it’s simply gorgeous. A little while ago I […]
00 “You know what the ‘Chain of Command’ is? It’s the chain I go get and beat you with ’til ya understand who’s in ruttin’ command here.” – Jayne, Firefly Well, ok, wrong genre, but it’s still a great quote. Today though, I’m talking about my (current) favourite WWII ruleset – “Chain of Command” from […]
+10 After extensive research touring the hamlets and villages of Yorkshire (via Google Street View), I’ve come up with a design that I feel meets all of the criteria for Malton’s Angel Inn (see my previous posts). I started by using SketchUp as the key step in the design process. It is a very easy-to-use […]
00 I just received a model of the ‘Velocitas’ in the post today from my good friends at Eureka Miniatures. I have to say, this is the oddest vehicle I’ve ever seen. Only Eureka would ever dream of producing such a model and I take my hat off to them for their initiative, their adventurous […]
00 Been doing a bit of research on the (now demolished) Angel Inn at Malton, and I think it’s safe to say there’s 2/3 of sod all info out there. This is what I know: It was built in 1711 and torn down in 1880 Situated on the corner of Saville Street and Yorkersgate, the […]
00 I’ve been commissioned to make a building facade by my friend Nic Robson (Eureka Miniatures), to go with his pet project. The building is of a Georgian pub in a little Yorkshire village called Malton – the pub is called the Angel Inn (actually, it became known as the New Angle Inn since there […]
00 It’s early days yet, but I’ve started work on my most ambitious terrain piece yet. If I finish this, it will be a miracle. Rivendell, in all it’s 28mm scale glory! I am doing this because I know that not many people in the past have attempted it and even fewer have done it […]
00 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 […]
00 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) […]