Painting Rust and Dust

Kevin’s Miniatures and Hobby Table has a good article on painting rust and dust effects.

Panzerschlacht WWII Rules

Panzerschlacht is a set of free wargames rules for WWII micro armor. The author writes:

This is the World War 2 version of AToS. It uses exactly the same game mechanisms and, apart from the weapon factors, the only difference is that the ground scale has been increased to 1mm = 1 metre to allow for more aesthetically pleasing ranges.

In our games we mark all casualties on the vehicle and figure bases. This allows a paperless game with no book-keeping whatever. By allowing the models to represent more than one vehicle it becomes possible to field an entire panzer division on an eight by six foot table.

WRG 1750 – 1850

Dating to 1972, the Wargames Research Group’s 1750 – 1850 are primarily intended for the Napoleonic Wars. By modern standards they’re a bit dated, but my recollection is that they are fun.

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Giant Spiders From Outer Space

Giant Spiders From Outer Space is a set of free wargames rules for reliving your favorite 1950s sci fi movies:

This is game is inspired by those Science Fiction movies of the 1950’-1970’s that we all love. A metorite hits the countryside somewhere and reveals to be the egg of a giant Spider. You are in command of an Army unit with a vital mission: kill it…. and save the Earth!

Scouring Pad Trees

Matakishi’s Tea House has a tutorial on making scouring pad pine trees. I ran across it while looking for instructions on building scouring pad hedgerows. No luck there yet.