More Tens
Those of you that are just here for the 10mm figures can rest assured that we’re not done with those. Tonight I finished painting up my son’s Sand Raider infantry pack. These are Dream Pod 9 figures for the Heavy Gear game. Darned if I can find a link...
Fire Up the Joan Baez
Yep. This bad boy is going in the spaceship, too....
First Furniture
Various bits and bobs slapped together make a mighty fine med-tank. This is the first piece of furniture for what my daughter has taken to calling my space-doll-house. (“But Daddy, it has a kitchen and everything!) It’s not a doll house, it’s miniature wargame terrain, and they aren’t dolls,...
Still in Virtual Orbital Drydock
It’s interesting how one design choice leads to another. The bridge of this ship is calling out for a Tardis-style control panel in the center. That sets the theme and we’re off and running with the circular wall motif on the bridge. It might not be bigger on the...
Time to Vent
The good ship Everything needs a way to move air around for the meat sacks that pilot it. The things that eat the meat sacks that pilot it also need a way to move around unobserved. The meat sacks that pilot the ship need a way to move about...
Beautiful Asymmetry
Yesterday we talked about the three different styles of stairs. Today I want to talk about why I didn’t just use one template. It all comes down to asymmetry. Asymmetry is important from a gamesmanship perspective. If all three sides of the rocket are identical, that limits the tactical...
Theme and Variation on Stairs
Among other things, I’m thankful for all of you who check in and make this blog worthwhile. I’ve been in a gaming drought for a while, and this helps me feel like a member of the community. I’m also thankful to live in a time when it is so...
Spaceship Detailing While You Wait
These photos may not look all that different from yesterday’s, but they show a three-hour effort to seal up and streamline Major Tom’s Rocket. A whole bunch of cereal box cut into 5mm side strips have been plastered to every piece of exposed foam-core to allow for spray painting...
Calling Major Tom
It’s time for a big reveal of a little ship. My latest and greatest project was partially inspired by the guys over on TheMiniaturesPage.com pimping Pocketmunda and partially inspired by the pictures inside the Starship Marine rules (pdf warning). What you’re looking at here is a starship that cost...
New Project, New Scale, Old Habits
It’s time for a new project, and maybe a new scale. The size and cost and ease of storage of the 10mm boys is great, but there are a lot of fun little 15mm troops out there, too. Most of the games I play are more skirmish and having...