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Some Stone Walls
No game this weekend, as my table was occupied with a non-hobby project. But, I did confiscate the dining room table to work on a little project that has been on the list for some time.Every now and...
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Some Barbed Wire
My daughter's project is still occupying my game table, so this weekend, I resigned myself to making some barbed wire sections for 15mm games. Something I've long been meaning to do.Pretty generic,...
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I Miss the Age of DIY Gamers
The last couple of weeks have been really busy and just plain wearing me out, so I've not accomplished much progress on gaming projects, but I have been enjoying the hobby in a little bit different way...
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Catching Up on Painting
I've really slacked in the painting department over the last few months, while continueing to pick up miniatures, mostly 6mm for Barbarossa, a few for France 1940, and a few odds and ends for the Cold...
View ArticleStatus of My Barbarrossa Campaign
My Operation Barbarossa campaign has become the big project of the year with preparations nearing completion and the start of the campaign lurking around the end of the month (maybe). For now, I'm...
View ArticleAbout the Bird's Eye View of the Table
My approach to gaming is that during the game, I make decisions based on what my troops and commanders know, rather than what I know as a player with a bird's eye view over the table. I've also tried...
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AAR-3: West of Ohrum
The following is the third battle in my World War III-1958 campaign. It comes 18 months late, as my campaign, started in late January of last year lost some luster given real world events. In any...
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Soviet Field Fortifications for Barbarossa
I've been collecting information on Soviet fortifications all year, though till now have little more than a stack of notes and rough sketches to show for it.A couple weekends back, I started getting...
View ArticleFog, Mist, and Streams
As I've been preparing for my upcoming WWII campaign, I've been considering a number of things that I often omit from my games, and how I might add them into my campaign. Morning fog and mist is one...
View ArticleA Break in the Action
This weekend was pretty productive with significant progress on remaining vehicles, aircraft, buildings, and terrain for the Barbarossa campaign, but it looks like everything hobby is going to come to...
View ArticleMinor Progress (6mm Barbarossa '41)
The last couple of weeks have seen a little progress on the house, with a couple additional minor problems cropping up, and surprisingly, a little progress on the hobby front as well.The Romanian...
View ArticleInching Closer to Barbarossa
My hobby was rescued for a day by rain this past weekend (all day, all night, all rain). I got the 6mm Romanian infantry flocked, and even did a little work on the Soviet aircraft too. I'm going to...
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Still Slowly Moving Along
November remained a slow month on the hobby front, but I did manage to sneak down to the basement from to time, making a little progress on 6mm Soviet aircraft for 1941. Here is a pic of where they...
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6mm Soviet Aircrft Finally Done
I finally got my 6mm Soviet aircraft for Babrbarossa done, well sort of. I ended up having decals for about two thirds of them, so an order to Flight Deck Decals will be happening soon. In any event,...
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6mm 1940 French Aircraft Completed
During my recent decal flurry, I Finished the second half of my French Air Force for 1940. Here are a few pics:MB-174sA single Potez 63/11Breguet 693Happy to finally get these off of the work table.
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6mm CF-100s from I-94 Enterprises
Another product of my aircraft decal frenzy is a pair of CF-100s from I-94 Enterprises. Here is a pic:Probably should have done them in camo for use in Europe, but this is the way I remember them from...
View ArticleOne day, while watching Hotel Rawanda...
... my daughter, who was in high school at the time, began to offer some views on the conflict in Rawanda and about the Hutu and Tutsi. This took me by surprise, as I was half shocked that she knew of...
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A Few More Aircraft for WWIII-1958
Here is a pair of F-86s in West German markings from I-94 Enterprises: And two more Hawker Hunters for the RAF:These will give NATO a little more support in my 1958 WWIII games.
View ArticleA Wrap Up of Our Star Fleet Battles Campaign 2017-2019
We have decided to put our Star Fleet battles campaign of the General War to rest after over four years of inactivity. The campaign was paused due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and then further postponed...
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A 6mm Timber Artillery Bunker for the Soviets
While completing the Soviet 6mm fighting positions a few months back, I started working on a covered artillery bunker for the Soviets. This type was of earthen and timber construction. I actually...
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