Thursday, 22 January 2015

The Anniversary of the Passing of the Great White Queen

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On this day in 1901, her beloved Imperial Majesty, Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, Empress of India and Defender of the Faith passed away....
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Monday, 19 January 2015

The Heat Ray comes to life!

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I was looking for this today and thought I had reposted it here - it certainly needs to be so here it is! Courtesy of the TMP boards and th...
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Saturday, 10 January 2015

Steam Trek: Where no dapper chaps have gone before

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"I  say  chap.  Do  beam us aboard your aether flyer, post-haste." R eposted for everyone's enjoyment from: ...
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Tuesday, 6 January 2015

General Adrian Carton de Wiart

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Its been awhile since we had a "Gentleman of Renown and Infany" (click on tab to see other entries) but I just had to share this f...
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

Happy New Year!

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Wishing you all a Happy New Year! May 2015 bring you happiness, health  and lots of time to indulge your hobbies!
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Sunday, 28 December 2014

Lord Coxswain: The Man, The Myth, The Muttonchops

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Lord Coxswain is a mysogonistic xenophobe of the great-white-hunter-who-shoots-everything trope and is thus hailed as 'undoubtedly Ear...
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Friday, 26 December 2014

What Santa Brought

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A delicious grab bag of goodies for yours truly & son under the tree this year - far better than a lump of coal! You can see a definitel...
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Wednesday, 24 December 2014

Merry Christmas!

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Warm Yuletide wishes to all! 1907 Artist's impression of what Santa would be driving a Century later I hope you've been good...
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Thursday, 18 December 2014

Tsuba Miniatures

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I just came across these lovely Russian and Japanese figures of RJW era, made by Tsuba Miniataures in Germany.  Just perfect for Victorian/E...
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

War Plan Red: Part 5

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Thanks to Steve Blease, who recently blogged this video related to War Plan RED which I did a series of posts a few months ago.
Saturday, 13 December 2014

Medal of Arbitrary Self-Importance

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All I can say is... I Want One for Christmas! The Society for Interplanetary Cooperation and Cross-galactic Overindulgence held its an...
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Thursday, 4 December 2014

A new Aerostat from Tobsen

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Tobsen77 miniatures (who make all sorts of steampunky goodies - see here ) have released a new model for the discerning aeronaught.  Smaller...
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Monday, 1 December 2014

Steam Powered Tanks

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I came across this thread at the World of Tanks forum (via the Space 1889 Yahoo Group), which has some very interesting pic of development...
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Monday, 24 November 2014

For Queen and Planet!

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For Queen and Planet: The Imperial Wars of Earth and Mars, 1845-1930 -- Simple Victorian Sci-Fi/Colonials mass combat rules! I spied thi...
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Friday, 21 November 2014

French Nefs re-released

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Those chaps at Brigade Models have remastered their French Charlemane class Battlecruiser Aeronef and recast them with different variants of...
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