Here are a set of instructions for building 15mm models of ancient War Galleys from the Jackson Gamers.
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Basing Starship Models
Star Ranger has this advice for basing your starship models. There are lessons to be learned here for players of Battlefleet Gothic, Full Thrust, Star Fleet battles, and other science fiction miniature wargames.
Making Guard Huts
Here’s a nice piece of wargames terrain that makes me think, for some reason, of “The Great Escape.” From Steve Winter comes these instructions for making a corrugated metal hut.
Wallpaper for Buildings
While building some 15mm ruins and houses this morning, I remembered a quick and easy tip for getting the insides of your houses to look like the insides of a house – wallpaper.
www.decoratetoday.com has a MILLION,ZILLION wall paper designs that are great for all scales of miniatures. Just print out and bam! ready made interiors. They even have borders if you just want that. I came across this site while making maps for Call of Duty, and have been busy with it ever since.
When printing it out use regular paper, and a thin wash (60/40 white glue/water) to coat the sample pretty well. Stick on the wall of your choice and let dry. Make sure to get the air bubbles out by gently sliding a ruler over it. When dry (usually a couple hours), a very thin wash of brown/grey over it gives it the bombed out look.
The amount of samples they have are incredible – Bamboo, suede, brick, cobblestone, parchment, its insane. Best of all the entire site is searchable so you can look for yellow stone for example
Structures For Colonial Gaming
Here’s a set of instructions on how to build a variety of buildings for your colonial wargames.