First Clash over the North Sea, 1890.

John's Battle Report from the Anglo-Russian War of 1890, fought with his own VSF rules, is posted at his blog here: http://johnstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2011/09/first-clash-over-north-sea-1890.html

VSF and 15 mm Science Fiction Gaming: Colonial Wargames (Up Date)

VSF and 15 mm Science Fiction Gaming: Colonial Wargames (Up Date): Bob the webmaster of this splendid site has done some up dating.... http://www.colonialwargaming.co.uk/

Big game hunting on Venus

Its been awhile since I heard about a cracking good hunt, but some intrepid chaps recently went to Venus!

Hunt Report
http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/big-game-hunters-safari-on-venus-battle.html

Rules:
http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2011/07/venus-skirmish-game-big-game-hunt.html

Princess Viktoria and Friends

A wonderful range from Hinterland miniatures received some more additions last month.  If you aren't aware of it, here is the intro blurb from the website:

On 22 October 1909 Princess Viktoria-Luise of Germany received her commission as Colonel-in-Chief in the 2nd Leib Hussaren regiment.  The 28mm-scaled miniatures available on this site are intended to represent a fictitious unit of female Hussars, serving at the end of the 19th Century, up to World War I.  Although these miniatures wear the famous Death's Head Hussar insignia on the busby, they could be painted to represent a variety of Hussar regiments.  I hope you enjoy these products.
                                                                      - Jason

Have a look at the great range here (all pics from this site, not mine - unfortunately!)
http://hinterlandminiatures.weebly.com/storecart.html

If you go to the customer gallery section, you'll see these great VSF style conversions by Froggy from the Lead Adventure Forum - he has added breathing tubes for the harsh conditions on Mars (maybe even Venus?)

Then delving further into the www, I found that Froggy had gone further, making this Martian Cavalrygirl (note she is even riding sidesaddle)

http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=27526.0

Thanks to Der Feldmarshall for the heads-up on this figure range!

Golfing during Enemy Action

Ironclad Tunneling Machine

Egad! News from the front and that smart chappie at the Kings Sleep blogging site has spotted a dastardly infernal machine at the Newark Little Wars show designed by those clever chappies at Ironclad industries. Here is one of the chronomatic images taken by the Kings fellah...

Seems the wallahs have had a few teething problems getting it into production (probably some engineer been on the sauce again, give 'em a good thrashing I say!) but the Sleep chappie reckons it'll be in production as soon as next week. Harrumph! Now one will have to worry of that rumbling is my tum after some mutton and port or the bally Froggies tunneling under the Channel!

Lovecraftian Jen

Being Jen Haley's jaw droppingly magnificent diorama of the Steampunk Adventuress figure by Dark Sword Miniatures.

http://www.paintrix-miniatures.com/gallery.php?sub=Dark%20Sword%20&group=manu&img=201

Doctor Drake's Patented Aerial Steam Carriage

Whilst perusing my Portable Babbage Machine to see who the Old Etonians have signed before the latest association football transfer window closes an electronic missive popped into my incoming box from those clever chappies at Fat Dragon Games that will be of interest to the cleverer bods amongst you who play that H G Wells wallah's Little Wars game.

Seems the Dragon chaps have produced a paper model of Doctor Drake's Patented Aerial Steam Carriage which would have been jolly useful on campaign in the mountains of Dodjibottistan I can tell you (the Aerial Steam Carriage not the paper model, well thinking about it and those blooming curries maybe the paper model as well, harrumph!).

Swift wallahs who get a move on can get a 20% discount at RPG Now and you can print as many as you want. What ho!