The Tabletop Terrain blog has a useful article on using vinyl/linoleum tiles to make roads appropriate for a combat zone or post-apocalypse setting.
The Miniature Wargaming Editor
Restoring Dried Out Paint
What wargamer has not had the frustration of finally getting time to sit down for a painting session, only to find that the paint is dried? While a completely dried-out paint is gone, the partially dried out ones can still be recovered. This video shows how.
Plotypus Storytelling Game
Plotypus is a
collaborative storytelling game; it enables any group to tell an epic story with a riveting plot. Players draw setting and character cards for inspiration and narrate the story through eight pivotal chapters.
The game is best with 2-5 players but works with any group size. Duration depends on personal preference and ranges from 15 – 45 minutes. Plotypus is appropriate for all ages
Paint Remover
So you messed up the paint job on an expensive miniature. Now you have to remove the paint without ruining the figure by turning the paint into an impossibly gooey mess. In the Two Hour Wargames group, Ken Hafner writes:
We have had good results with Castrol Super Clean, Tough Cleaner
Degreaser. It is found mostly in automotive sections of stores, and is in a deep purple bottle. I have used it on both metal and hard plastic
figures on plastic bases, with excellent results. It doesn’t harm the
plastic at all. I prime with spray paints, paint with acrylics, and over
coat with various dullcoats, including Testors and Krylon. It removes
them all with the aid of a toothbrush.One caveat: be sure to use plastic gloves when you are scrubbing. It
is an EXCELLENT degreaser and will remove all natural oils from your
hands, and cause the skin to crack. We use it full strength.
How To Make Craters
This video tutorial teaches a technique for making craters. It’s a useful thing for modern, post modern and full-blown science fiction games.