28mm Miniature tutorials & Discussions
Painting My Cobblestone Road Sections I recently acquired some Frontline Games Cobblestone Roads & Square sections. They are made of a flexible & soft PVC so you can easily lay them over hills and depressions on your game table no problem and they will conform to them. Here is what I got: A pack of Read more about Frontline Games: Cobblestone Roads & Sections – How to paint.[…]
THE BOCAGE – A closer look The Bocage Hedgerow sets from Frontline Games were re-released last year (November, 2016) with a lot more detail, so first lets share some photos of the new items that are available. Made of a Polyurethane, so very durable and highly detailed, lets have a look: (Click pictures to see larger Read more about Frontline Games: “The Bocage” Hedgerow Set – A closer look and building/painting tutorial.[…]
I recently came into a lot of 28mm American Civil War miniatures and was trying to figure out how to base them. I was going to get washers and mount them on magnetic sheets but quickly decided against that as the price of Zinc has driven up the cost of washers which use to cost Read more about WIP – 28mm American Civil War Basing.[…]
Well here are a few teaser photos of the game we ran at MillCon this year, it was a lot of fun! Had about 14 participants. Russian forces stream out against a curtain of German fire power, still they push on! For Stalin for the Motherland! Russian troops moving onto the ruined building which are Read more about The Battle at the Stalingrad Tractor Factory![…]
Well here it is, it is complete. The buildingd were placed on a gray cloth matt so they would not slide around while the game was going on. Painting the factory, we used the technique from the PMD site. Insted of using their windows though, I made a grid pattern on my computer and then Read more about W.I.P. 28mm Stalingrad Tractor Factory PT.2 (Complete)[…]
Here is a quick post concerning the Automobiles for the City/ Factory board. I decided to mount them on small basses so the could have the rubble modeled on them. The brick rubble is from PMDs City block series. They were primed black and then painted from there. I researched the time and found the Read more about W.I.P. Autos for the 28mm Stalingrad Tractor Factory[…]
Here are some photos of Stalingrad Tractor factory work in progress (the city block will be at the end of the table adjacent the Factory) which is a pre cursor for the Factory. You can see that here –. When complete the table will fill a 8×5 foot table. All the kits are from Precision Read more about W.I.P. 28mm Stalingrad Tractor Factory PT.1[…]
**********************First part of article*********************** Hello fellow tread heads! I prefer 1/50th (1/48th) scale, I seen many of the 1/56th scale models and although beautiful they look WAY to small to me – allow me to explain. We had a modeling pro come in a few years ago and gave us his assessment, at first he Read more about The question of scale for W.W. II 28mm Gaming…[…]
For the new SciFi game coming you can use any model for it, each race has classifications that they go into such as troop type, armor type, and so on. you pay the points for it and field it. Because of this I have been collecting a lot of different SciFi type of models. The Read more about W.I.P. CYBER ORCS![…]
I have been working on a new project for my 28mm W.W. II game I am planing which will take place in a city, I have numerous propaganda posters and commercial signs and such. I have been trying to get the feel of a city that has been under the stress of battle so have Read more about W.I.P. 28mm City blocks for W.W. II[…]