modeling

Weathering Techniques For Models

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Alfred Wong has written a guide to weathering your plastic models. This is useful stuff — especially with the wide variety of resin and plasic vehicle models being used in games today.

Making A Wattle and Daub Wall Wargaming Terrain

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Here’s a photo tutorial on making a wall that simulates the wattle and daub building technique.

Making Small Yards

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Here’s some advice for modeling some nice looking yards such as the type found between urban rowhouses.

Making WWI Airplanes From Clothespins

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This post on making WWI aircraft from clothespins is not really a set of instructions, but the photos show clearly enough what has to be done. Brilliant bit of model making.

Model Trees and Silhouettes

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Mark Veneman has a tutorial on making model trees. He also has a useful selection of tree silhouettes to help you shape your little wonders. While the instructions are aimed at model railroaders, they’re just as useful for miniature wargamers.