Terragenesis has a nice tutorial on making a hide shelter or tent for your miniature wargames figures. It would be perfect for your cavemen games, as a home for nomadic tribes, or for fantasy beast men or orcs.
Into The Dark – Dark Ages Mass Combat Rules
Into The Dark is a set of free wargames rules for mass combat in the Dark Ages / Medieval era. From the author’s introduction:
I’m aware that there are plenty of rule sets on the market for the medieval period. However, many of those rules are actually designed for skirmish fighting. Even some of the better known rules for mass combat are really just skirmish rules done on a giant scale. Into The Dark is designed for battles between armies, similar to those found in history or heroic literature. Large scale battles ‘look’ like large scale battles, and yet can still be fought to a conclusion in a reasonable amount of time.
These rules were originally designed for 25mm/30mm figures, although they can easily be used for 15mm by dividing all ranges in half, or by using centimetres instead of inches. Don’t be put off by the size of the rules, they actually play very fast and easy. Try only the basic rules until you are comfortable with play, then add whatever optional rules you like. The section on game preparation takes up a lot of room, but is only needed when first creating your army. In fact you could skip it if you’re just checking out how the rules work. Come back to it only if you decide to give them a try.
Cap’n Arjun’s Starship Rules
Cap’n Arjun’s rules are a generic set of free wargames rules for starship combat.
It looks as though the entire rules set could fit on one piece of paper, so if one page rules are your thing …
Modeling 15mm Wheat Fields
Here’s a tutorial on modeling 15mm wheatfields for your wargames terrain collection.
The key ingredient in this project are door mats made of coconut matting, called coir matting.