Zeppelins and Gasworks

This composite pic was generated to be used as a steampunk themed wallpaper, but I like it all the same as artwork.

http://steampunkwallpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/gas-works.jpg

Desert Terrain Tutorials

Looking to replicate the barren wilderness of the Hindukush but dont know quite where to start? These tutorials will be of great assistance!


Firstly, the Jackson Gamers built this lovely Wadi Zoum-Zoum terrain for their fictional Sudan campaign:
http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongames02/con_jim.htm

which you can see here in action:
http://www.angelfire.com/games3/jacksongamer/grn_nile2.htm


Then there is this online tutorial by Esair which is nice and simple to replicate:
http://www.esair.baueda.com/guides1.html

The Shastapsh Chronicles

Well I trust you all had a smashing New Year, with plenty of bubbly, claret, post, brandy and a local lovely tucked under each arm!
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I just found this stiring blog, detailing a group's recent VSF campaign game on Mars, as well features on aspects of their characterization of Frank Chadwick's Space 1889 universe.
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http://shastapshchronicles.blogspot.com/


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I particularly like the Royal Gashant Corps (shown here on the right, pic from their blog site)- lovely stuff!

Bog-a-Ten battle pics

Pijlie has posted pics from a recent Bog-a-Ten battle here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7461973@N02/

lovely terrain and figs - great stuff!

I'm dreaming of a white wine sauce Christmas- again!

Best Wishes for a very Merry Christmas to All!

May your cup runeth over...and keep running!

More LI from Brigade

More Ironclads -

We're releasing five new Land Ironclads today - three British and two German.

In addition, there are three new Battalion packs and we've slightly rejigged the contents of the existing two packs to make them balance slightly better.

VLI-102 Imperator class LI £2.00

VLI-105 Brunel class LI £0.75

VLI-107 General class LI £2.50

VLI-302 Loweherz class LI £2.50

VLI-304 Fuchsherz class LI £1.00

VLIP-102 British Light Battalion £13.00

VLIP-103 British Heavy Battalion £34.00

VLIP-302 German Medium Battalion £20.00

And of course the Xmas sale is still running, so for another week and a bit you can get 15% off these and everything else (except for Celtos, which has 25% off).

Finally, if anyone has had a problem with the website shopping cart reporting 'incorrectly formatted' items, this has been fixed. Merry Xmas !

Thankyou kind Sirs!

Primitive Tents and Dwellings

Sorry for the lack of regular updates recently. It seems the toll of festoive social activities and a few mountaineering expeditions have taken more toll than expected!

Regardless of that, these rather spendid 28mm Neanderthal style tents have come on the market - Bravo!

News release here: http://theminiaturespage.com/news/795046/

More here: http://forum54.oli.us/index.php?topic=5205.0

A Young Mad Scientist's First Alphabet Blocks

As Christmas approaches, you might be searching for something special for a nephew displaying early charateristics of megalomania and a penchant for science. These will surely set him on the right track to a bright future as a mad scientist!

A complete list of the images represented by the letters is as follows:

A - Appendages

B - Bioengineering

C - Caffeine

D - Dirigible

E - Experiment

F - Freeze ray

G - Goggles

H - Henchmen

I - Invention

J - Jargon

K - Potassium

L - LaserM - Maniacal

N - Nanotechnology

O - Organs

P - Peasants (with Pitchforks)

Q - Quantum physics

R - Robot

S - Self-experimentation

T - Tentacles

U - Underground Lair

V - Virus

W - Wrench

X - X-Ray

Y - You, the Mad Scientist of Tomorrow

Z - Zombies

Available here:

http://www.xylocopa.com/product/mad-science-alphabet-blocks

Brigade Models Christmas Sale

Ho Ho Ho! The boys at Brigade say:


So what does the Brigade cracker have in her stockings for you this year ... ?


15% off


Yep that's 15% off all of our models - Aeronef, starships, Land Ironclads, 15mm and 6mm tanks, Iron Stars, WWI Belgians ... all except Celtos, where we're being even more generous ...


And that's it - no minimum or maximum orders, just a blanket discount for the whole of December. So what are you waiting for, get shopping !?

The website will still show the full price of each item, but the price that goes into the PayPal shopping cart will be the discounted one.


There are just a few exceptions and conditions, as you might expect ... percentage shipping rates will still be charged at the full item cost, since we were unable to persuade the post office to match our offers ! The discount covers our metal and resin models - it doesn't apply to rulebooks, dice, bases, game mats or anything else that we don't manufacture ourselves, simply because the margins on those items are much tighter. However, starter packs with rules, dice or bases in are covered. Even with these limitations, we're sure you'll agree it's a mighty fine offer !


http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Frames/Xmas.html

thankyou gents!

Pot toppers

An idea for modelling material: http://ardleybridge.fotopic.net/c1501517.html

Campaigns of General William Augustus Pettygree

A smashing Blog Ive just come across, in its own words:

An Old School Fictional Campaign
Adapted from dynamics of Jack Scruby, Donald Featherstone, Tony Bath and Peter Gilder. This is a serialized novelette told mostly by captioned photos of an on-going solo and participatory fictional campaign.

Bengali lancers, stout British chaps, adventures in the Kyber Pass and nasty Pathan tribesman, this seems to have everything but a steampowered landship - check it out! Stirling stuff!

http://generalpettygree.blogspot.com/

Tusk pics posted

Irregular Minis make the fun Dino hunting game "Tusk", with accompanying figs in 15mm.

Until now, pics of the figs have been rather scarce, but some have now been posted to their site here: http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk/15mmRanges/15mmTusk.htm

The pack contents are:

Victorian Adventuers Set:

1 x Sir Harry (stout chap he is too! - as seen above)

1 x Colonial bugler

6 x Colonial British infantry

2 x Boers (use as trackers)

1 x Colonial British Gun and crew

2 x Native Guides (gun porters dont you know old boy!)

2 x Animal trap pits

4 x Dinosaurs

The Caveman Pack has:

2 Og the Heroes

2 Cavemen with fire brands

4 Dogs

4 missile armed cavemen

8 other cavemen

4 Mammoths (3 Adult, 1 baby)

The Gloire

Dampfpanzerwagon has posted pics of his latest scratch-built Aeronef/Luther Arkwright model, the French cruiser Gloire to his Blog - a beautiful airship indeed!

http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html

Thanks for sharing Tony!

Flooded London

I'm off again for another few days (to attend a Wedding in Tasmania), so I'll leave you this link to some great pics of a flooded London in an alternate history timeline!


http://www.dezeen.com/2008/06/22/flooded-london-by-squintopera-2/

HMVS CERBERUS rescue efforts

You may recall a previous post about the HMVS CERBERUS, possibly the world's first real battleship whose rusting hulk lies off the coast of Victoria today.
http://pauljamesog.blogspot.com/2007/01/hmvs-cerberus.html

For years the wreck has been slowly collapsing under its own weight.
But great news: Efforts are now underway to save the wreck - Huzzah!


On 25 July 2008, Heritage Minister the Hon. Peter Garrett announced $500,000 in Federal funding for the National Trust of Australia as a first step towards stabilising the HMVS Cerberus shipwreck.

The Minister announced the funding during a visit to the wreck, which sits as a breakwater a few hundred metres off the beach at Melbourne's Half Moon Bay, Black Rock.

Work on this project began in 2004 with a Heritage Victoria grant to move 18-tonne guns. The next phase involves building an overhead jacking frame and an underwater supporting platform. This funding will help the National Trust to advance this project.

For further information about HMVS Cerberus visit: www.nattrust.com.au/trust_register/search_the_register/hmvs_cerberus or www.cerberus.com.au

The CERBERUS wreck off Melbourne