End of the Box
To fantasy up the four small wargame boxes, I needed something with a touch of magic. Hence four wizard towers. Yeah, they all look a little different. So do the ponds and the houses and the woods. And most of the figures. It’s nice – they all have that...
Four Ponds and a Dropcloth
Scroll up to see what the bland, tan drop cloths used to look like. They each cost a buck and half at the local Wal-Mart. I found them in a bin full of quilting squares and they were the perfect size, but were basic fabric, so I had my...
A Hill Worth Dying On
Banged out four quick hills this weekend. Two layers of 1/2-inch foamcore shaved to size, mounted on useless CDs, and covered with PVC glue and sand makes for an impressive height on which to fight. Generally, I prefer to make my hills gentle so that figures can stand anywhere on them. This...
Four Times the Fun
I lied. In my last post, I promised a big new project for 2018, but after a conversation with a good friend, I tabled that big complex for something a little more intimate and a lot more likely to see some actual gaming time. Behold! The start...
They Blew It Up!
Those damn dirty alien-apes! Damn them to alien-hell! If only this came with a liberty-torch. So this terrain piece is painted and ready for the table. It hovers somewhere on the edge of difficult and impassable terrain. The precise nature will likely depend on the scenario. Either way, it...
Close Encounter of the Second Kind
“Visual sightings of aliens or physical effects on animate and inanimate objects.” Starting a blog post with a definition, how lame. Hopefully the rest of the post makes up for it. It’s no secret that Matakishi’s Tea House has been inspirational for this sci-fi project, and one of the...
Landing Pad – Post-Paint
With this landing pad, I finally pulled the trigger on the whole ‘sponsoring megacorp’ thing. This colony is brought to you by the fine folks at Buy ‘N Large. Anybody know where I can find a suitable Wall-E miniature? Scale doesn’t matter, if they are 25mm scale, they’ll just...
Landing Pad – Pre-Paint
The human colonists now have a way to get on and off planet. One custom made rocket landing pad with spare fuel tanks, access ramp, and matching rocks and plants to tie it into the rest of the terrain....
Full Table Look-See
For 10mm miniatures, nine square feet of table space is more than enough room for battle. With a standard six inch move for the fast figures it’ll take six full turns to cross the table, not counting detours to avoid terrain. To keep the colors as consistent as possible,...
10mm Hills – Literally
These hills are 10mm tall – just enough to block line of sight for all but the biggest miniatures. Rules-wise they block sight for everyone, but this way they’ll fit into the one box. They are built of two layers of 5mm foamcore glued together and carved to suit....