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15mm Shivan Witches (Blue Moon)
Apart from basing a few more armies (yes, I discovered another half-painted army from Micropanzer) I figure my 15mm phase has run its course. This is my last "army in an hour" before I switch to more...
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Mantic GCPS Assembled Models (Deadzone/Warpath)
While hunting cheap 28mm sci fi for my homebrew horror rules, I've been really impressed by Mantic's price:content ratio. Their pricing (~$1.50AUD a mini) is excellent and you get a lot of bitz in the...
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Mantic 28mms (Deadzone) // "The Forgotten" Sci Fi Horror // Tomorrow's War...
So these minis are not finished (missing detail, bases need work, etc), but I'd regard them as 'table-ready' to start playtesting my homebrew sci fi horror rules. Basically the core game will be...
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"The Forgotten" - 28mm Sci Fi Horror Alpha Playtest
I kept the weapons, units and gear very vanilla so I could get a feel for the mechanisms. No special weapons, no magic or hacking, no extra rules for demons or AI.Stats are:5 AI Enforcers; Move 4/2,...
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LOTR:SBG - Dwarf & Elf Rangers (plus ....Hoverspeeders)
On holidays I usually set myself a 24+cool weekly painting goal - at least 24 boring-ish minis and then a handful of cooler things like heroes or side tasks. I've decided to make more inroads in my...
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LOTR SBG - Mordor Orcs & Trolls
Here's this week's 24+cool stuff paint list. It was pretty dull and slow - drab colours, yet needing to be individualised as orcs aren't uniform. The depressing bit is the 32 orcs I painted are...
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LOTR SBG: Gondor, Wargs, Galadhrim (+ Moderns!)
I'm determined to make inroads in my unpainted LOTR mountain. While I have not even touched Rohan or Easterlings, I have made significant inroads in Elves, Gondor, Dwarves, Uruk Hai, Moria and...
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Skirmish Sangin Rules Review
I'm exploring modern/near future combat at the moment, as part of making my own homebrew rules and also in hopes I'll find something good so I don't HAVE to make my own rules.Sadly, Skirmish Sangin...
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LOTR: SBG - More Speedpainted Elves & Goblins
I'm both feeling sick, and also flooded in (it's Queensland, cyclones are inevitable - I'm talking a 10m+ river rise). So I'm quite productive paint-wise, as I am too crook to do outside tasks (like...
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Middle Earth Strategy Battle Game - Rules Manual - Review
Due to painting hundreds of (2001 era) LOTR minis I bought years ago for literal cents, I felt it might be OK to splurge on an updated rulebook. At $98AUD it's definitely a luxury purchase. I'd rate...
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LOTR: SBG - Gondor
I've been sick off and on (not COVID, but some other mystery fever which seems to randomly lay me out every second day) but I've actually found mini painting the one thing I can do with little mental...
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LOTR SBG: Heroes (Elf, Gondor, Mordor)
I've kinda been mass-producing rank and file but I do need some heroes (LOTR does hinge around them, after all). Usually I spend more time on them but they are strictly to tabletop standard as I get...
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LOTR: SBG - Fellowship of the Ring
These models were a blast from the past - some of the first GW models I painted - 20 years ago! I repainted some, tidied others and gave them my basic quick base - pva + sand + cheap brown craft paint...
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LOTR: SBG - Speedpainted Corsairs of Umbar and Rohirrim
I finally embarked on the Rohirrim - I've been put off by the size of the job - 20 or so cavalry and 80+ infantry. Veteran Napoleonics or Warhammer Fantasy players may scoff at me, but as a longtime...
View ArticleGame Design #88: The Melee Dilemma
Melee is usually done poorly in wargames, even in games where it is the primary mode of combat, like vikings or fantasy:Push models together, roll dice, remove the loser. Once we push the models...
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Dropfleet Commander Rules Review
No, it's not the 'next level' space game I'm always looking for. It's basically an upgraded, tweaked Battlefleet Gothic, which focuses on objectives while orbiting a planet. But I'm going to play it...
View ArticleGame Design #89: Too Many Decisions!
Given my whole game design series began praising'decision points' - aka opportunity for player agency (decisions/tactics/choices) to influence the game - it seems unusual that I would decry having too...
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LOTR: SBG - Haradrim
I've finally hit my last factions - the Haradrim/Easterlings - but my painting pace has slowed as work has been hectic and my enthusiasm for anything is low. However I'd like to record my weekly 24+...
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LoTR:SBG - Easterlings, Ringwraiths, Army of the Dead
My 1000-page journey with my daughter through the LoTR books is at an end, and likewise my LOTR painting run is drawing to a close.This month my work ramped up again, and I only managed to paint these...
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300 in 3 Months
Admittedly it's April, but these were finished in March. I've finally got into my Rohirrim horsemen (12) with another ~8 or so to come. These 27 minis bring my total to 316 so far this year. What is...
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