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.
The Miniature Wargaming Editor
Fantasy Fudge
Fudge is a free — and free to adapt — rules-light RPG that has been ported to a great many settings. At the link below, you’ll find FUDGE (Freeform Universal Donated Gaming Engine) Fantasy rules.
Keeping Your Brushes Clean
Massive Voodoo has a nice essay on keeping your brushes clean.
Painting WWII Soviets
Here’s a nice photo essay on painting WWII Russians, complete with uniform history and rank and insignia guides.
Boyars Print and Play
Boyars is a free print and play game about building successful settlements. It’s a roll and write with dice manipulation and placement mechanisms.