Ghosts Of Hefei Kickstarter

Hello fellow bloggers!! The people at Four Colour Studios have launched a Kickstarter for their sequel to The Department Called Ghosts of Hefei.

Empire of the Dead: Requiem Kickstarter

West Wind Productions is gearing up to produce the second part of their game Empire of the Dead called Requiem. Empire of the Dead is a Victorian Steam Punk miniature game. For those of you who do not know Kickstarter is a way for people who want to create anything from games to movies to music without taking a lot of risk. The creator determine how much money needs to be raised in order for their project to work and ask people to pledge money to produce it. The money you pledge is not taken until the end of a certain time and only if the amount of money needed to launch project is met. Usually when a person pledges money they get bonuses such as price breaks on the items being produced so Kickstarter is a win win for all parties.

Strat-O-Matic Baseball Board Game Review

I've been a baseball fan all my life but after the strike in 1994 I started to lose interest and combine that with life pulling me this way and that way baseball moved to the back burner in my life. This fall I happened to turn on the World Series and that was all it took for the game to pull me back in.

New Foam Core Terrain

I know it's been a long time since my last post but back surgery will do that to you. To get back into the swing of things I made another foam core building from Tommygun's Paper Models.

Command Decision 15mm Shermans

I just finished painting 3 Shermans I bought from Command Decision. I gave them a coat of grey primer then painted them with Vallejo Brown Violet. Next, I gave them a wash followed up with a highlight of Brown Violet and sealed them a gloss finish. I then applied some decals I had and finished them off with a matt varnish. They may not win any painting awards but I was able to knock them out fairly quickly and they look really good on the gaming table.

Free Paper Buildings

I recently ran across this website Model Paper World. It has paper models of just about everything from buildings like IKEA and Andy's Guns from the movie Dawn of the Dead to office furniture and dumpsters. The items range from modern to Sci-Fi and even has a space ship and a zeppelin to build. The best part of the website is that all these models are free to download. I made this one and it only took me a couple of hours while I watched TV in the background.

28mm Barbed Wire Tutorial

I decided I needed to make some barbed wire for 28mm gaming for both World Wars and beyond. I did not have much trouble with this project and I consider myself an amateur at best. This build comes down to time. As they say time is money. Not counting drying times this took me about 4 hours which I don't think is too bad. I could have bought ready to go barbed wire but I enjoy creating terrain as much as I enjoy war gaming.