Yours in a White Wine Sauce!

Adventures in Victorian Science Fiction & Steampunk with ramblings about Aeronefs, Dirigibles, Land Ironclads, Anarchists, Dinosaur Hunting, Terranefs, Aquanefs, Mad Scientists, electric contraptions and steam conveyances. It may not make sense, but there will be claret and a nice cheese board at the end. Tally-Ho and "Vôtre dans une sauce au vin blanc!"

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Zeppelin attack routes

I was perusing some of the many fantastic tomes at the library this week and found a great German account of WW1 Zeppelin raids on Britain w...

Sunday, 26 April 2015

Percival Lowell's Globe of Mars

Percival Lowell was an American businessman and astronomer who founded an observatory in Arizona in the late 19th century. He was convinced...

Friday, 24 April 2015

The Centenary of ANZAC

Today is ANZAC Day and this year marks the 100th Anniversary of the Allied landings at a small place in Turkey that nobody in Australia an...

Sunday, 12 April 2015

Basing for Land Ironclads

I saw this very impressive array of 2mm Napoleonic armies over at the excellent "Lead doesn't Bleed" blog today and it got me ...

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Review: CSS Appomattox

CSS Appomattox by Chris Stoesen Amidst the slaughter of the American Civil War, recognition of the South by both France and Great Brit...

Friday, 3 April 2015

Austro-Hungarian Salzburg Class Carrier

Jack M recently posted some pics of this lovely Austro-Hungarian conversion, which he has named the Salzburg Class. I am quite taken w...

Thursday, 19 March 2015

French Aquanefs

Some wonderful modelling inspiration here! Montgolfier , Brumaire class submarine ( link ) Vendémiaire , a Pluviôse-class sub...

Sunday, 15 March 2015

The Eterna Files

What Ho! chaps, how you toodling? One has been busier than a Pathan ambushing a column of Guides of late can't say too much, Mum's ...

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Updates from Brigade Models

A couple of snippets from Brigade Models in the past week. First up, some new releases in the shape of a nice Dig Battleship for the Aus...

Sunday, 1 March 2015

Bison Tank 'Brooklyn'

Introducing another Vanvlak Industries creation! Bison tank 'Brooklyn', attached to the Fernandea expeditionary corps, with Col.Sm...

Thursday, 26 February 2015

9 Years on!

Good gosh! Its nine years since we set up camp at this Blog - thats three times longer than that first stouch we had with those Afghan chaps...

Monday, 16 February 2015

The Space 1889 Planet Project

Now this is very cool - a Google Earth adaption for the Space 1889verse. Find out more here: http://space1889.dereglobus.org/english ...

Sunday, 8 February 2015

Captain Darling's exploits in the antipodes

I have just spied this VSF blog by fellow antipodean Captain Darling. Of particular interest is his 28mm campaign "The Russians are co...

Wednesday, 4 February 2015

HMS Steady

H.M.S. Steady , possibly the most inappropriately named vessel in the Royal Navy and built under contract by Vanvlak Industries. The Monop...

Sunday, 1 February 2015

Back to the Land Time Forgot

Today we welcome back Mssr Vanvlak, of Vanvlak Industries, who had been missing presumed inebriated for some time. Turns out he was touring...

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