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Dawgie's Men: Preparing Old Imperial Guard Figs for a Return to Action
My Imperial Guard first saw action in the late 1980s, just one game before a long stasis in a box on the shelf. Every few years, they were to be reborn for a game, usually picking up a few new new...
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Dawgies's Men - Part 2
Eighteen days into 2015, and I have equaled my total painting output for 2014. "Dawgie's Men", my 28mm old GW Imperial Guard (mostly) army (not for 40K) is painted. Well, the troops are painted....
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Rides for my Old Imperial Guard Figs (WIPs of a 28mm Sci-fi APC)
Been working a bunch again, but squeezing in a little hobby time, whenever I can. High on the to-do list are rides for old Imperial Guard figs. In order to be mobile, my Guard company need a bunch of...
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Rides Update: 28mm Sci-fi Recce Cars and Other Progress
The second vehicle type for my old imperial guard figs is the Recce car. I went back and forth during the design between something more similar to the French VBL and something closer to a WWII...
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A Little Progress on my Rides (28mm Sc-fi Recce Cars)
Haven't had much free time lately, so I haven't been able to do much, but did manage to work on the second turret for my 28mm sci-fi recce cars. As I suggested previously, they will simply be Mk1 and...
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Slow Progress with African Imagi-nations
Back in November, with much enthusiasm, I rolled up the next batch of scenarios in the Uwanda-Mugabia war between my African Imagi-nations. I worked out a list of new miniatures that I needed to play...
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15mm Odds and Ends, Modern/Post War Vehicles and Infantry
I've been trying to get stuff off of my painting table, and this weekend, I finally addressed some 15mm problem children that have been hanging around.First off are some QRF BRDM1 AT3s. I had actually...
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Mugabian Border Post (Modern 15mm Imagi-Nation)
I finally managed to build the rest of the stuff needed for my 15mm Mugabian border crossing. In addition to the watch tower that I build previously, I completed two customs buildings, some signs and...
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Patience and Puppet Strings - The State of the Mugabia-Uwanda War
After Mugabia's advances beyond Pettu tribal territory were smashed by Uwandan forces, a brief period of quiet was enjoyed by all parties. Uwanda reinforced it's positions along the border, as did...
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AAR14: Charging Ahead (A Battle of 15mm Imagi-Nations)
After much debate, the Uwandan Army planned to attack Mugabia's southwestern most region, attacking objective B15, with the intent to take the objective and then swing north to encircle the occupied...
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AAR16: Recharged, Uwanda Tries Again (African Imagi-Nations at War)
First off, I realized just after posting links to three sites that I mis-typed the AAR number in the last battle. Should have been AAR15, I'll get around to changing it soon. Now, on to AAR...
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On the Work Bench (7-15)
My plans for playing my African campaign game have been put off for a week (going to play a game at a friend's house tomorrow instead). So I thought I'd babble briefly about things that I'm working...
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1/100, 15mm Models from Armaments In Miniature
I recently placed my first order with Armaments In Miniature for a couple of 1/100 scale planes for use with my African imagi-nations. Let say that I am very happy with my order, and will definitely...
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AAR17: On the Cusp... (A battle of the Uwanda-Mugabia War)
As Uwanda's second attack onobjective B-15 began, Mugabian reinforcements started their advance to B-15 as well. The reinforcements quickly got word that the attack had begun, and that they could not...
View ArticleBooks Mr. Rico, Thousands of Them...
As I sit here this morning, pondering which incomplete project I should make little progress on, the thought occurred to me that I should straighten up the book room. It is the "book room", as...
View ArticleCleaning My Shelves, Books for Sale
Partially as a result of my last post, and as a result of an uninsured driver totaling my parked car a couple of weekends back, I am selling a bunch of stuff, including some books. The current batch...
View ArticleI'm Not A Real Wargamer
I recently read a thread on a miniature wargaming site, where several posts were dismissive and insulting of gamers with gaming preferences different from that of the poster. The posts reminded me of...
View ArticleQRF Comes Through BigTime!
It has been the worst day of a rough week in a month of rough weeks. A day of sleeplessness, physical pain, ridiculous stress, and getting home with realization that work may have been the easiest part...
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Revisiting an Old Friend: Star Fleet Battles in Miniature
I received a copy of Star Fleet Battles for Christmas in 1982, played my first game, a fight between a Constitution class heavy cruiser and a Klingon D7, that evening, and a few days later met my now...
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Flashback: 20mm Moderns 1983 Style
I've been working a lot lately, and haven't had much oomph to paint or build anything. But, I have been sorting through stuff, trying to reduce my clutter and trying to narrow the number of projects to...
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