Category: 15mm terrain

I PAINTED SOMETHING

It’s been almost 6 months since I joined the cyclops faction. I still have no depth perception, so I started by painting  something easy. Two tone ruins. Hard to screw that up.  A few miniature wargamers offered me encouragement, guys who have also suffered the loss of vision in...

Grognard Necromunda

They’re back! The crew of the Blackraven rides again, and this time they are riding with a classic.  We’re stepping back into the ranks of the Oldhammer bros with a few games using the venerable 40k Mk 2 engine.  The early 1990s Necromunda was one of the best products G-Dubs...

Slowly Coming Around

The 3D printing craze has been a mixed blessing for the miniature wargame hobby.  Sure, it opened up strange new vistas of possibilities, but it also cheapens the offerings in a lot of ways.  The 3d sculptors, even after a few years of getting some experience under their belts,...

Elven Village On the Cheap

With a full backlog and modest pile of opportunity, I often find myself wondering what project deserves next place in the queue.  At times like these, I go to The Joy of Wargaming viewers.  It’s cheap market research, and it hasn’t failed me yet. An elven village, you say?  We...

Modern Conflicts Call for Modern Terrain

Sarissa Precision makes a wide range of MDF terrain in my preferred 15mm scale.  Among which are these three fine houses, which they list in their “North American” line. My modern table needed a small cul-de sac of domesticity to go with the restaurants and gas station that currently...

Some Napoleonic Bigger Battles

More eye candy today, but from a historical perspective. These are from a mix of manufacturers. They are also from a variety of games.  All of these were played using Wiley Games’ Fistful of Lead: Bigger Battles.  Although it uses a lot more figures, something about it makes it...

The Xebec

This one is another probable out-of-print ship from Old Glory. I found this little cutie languishing on a shelf in the basement of a game store. Originally produced by Merrimack Miniatures and had probably sat there for 30+ years. Well, it us hitting the table now, as the starting...

Fifteen Mil on a Deadman’s Chest

Old Glory USA sells this 14-gun pirate brigantine, and you can get one here. The one I got was of middling quality. The portholes required extensive flash trimming, and the prow figure is riddled with bubbles. Still, it is a yuge piece, and should get me one step closer...

The Littlest Big Igloo

Back in the day, at the height of the Cold War, cloak and dagger battles were deadly earnest affairs, with only the rare example of a Get Smart to lighten the mood.  Today is no different, with the added frisson of a clandestine asymmetric war waged by entrenched forces...

Cha’alt 28

The Blackraven action has shifted to the alien planet of space weirdos some call Cha’alt.  And that means it is time for some eye-candy.  Here we see the Cult of the Spicy Wyrm, ambushed by the ragtag band on the right.  For some reason, Cobalt-15 brought the MSB along...