The good folks at Vis Bellica Online have this review of 15mm ancients wargames figure lines, including Essex Assyrians and Egyptians, Chariot Egyptians, Tin Soldier Greeks, Thracians and Persians, Xyston Greeks, Pass O’ The North, and Pendraken 10mm late Romans.
Month: September 2018
One If By Land AWI rules
Bob Bergman has written “One If By Land”, a set of free wargames rules for the American War of Independence on a 1:10 scale. The rules use a card activation system, movement is randomized with a die to reflect the uneven nature of terrain, and fire and melee combat are resolved by rolling a d10 and consulting a table. A nice touch is that the figures are based according to the popular “Age of Reason” rules set. I have a large collection of 15mm American Revolution figures and I’m going to give these a try.
Pictoral History of Costume
Braun and Schneider’s “History of Costume” was published from 1861-1880 in Munich. This website has the translated text and the original color plates, with more than 500 costumes. This is a great miniatures painting guide, especially for the “contemporary” (i.e., 1880s) plates of peoples in Europe, Africa and Asia.
AWI Figure Comparison
Dan Foley has a review and comparison of wargaming figures from several miniature manufacturers’ American War of Independence lines.
Metallics Painting Tutorial
Who needs that crazy non-metal metallic (NMM) miniatures painting style. Slave to Paint studios has this tutorial on painting metallics on your wargaming miniatures the traditional way: with metallic paint.