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

Building scale dinosaur out of chicken bones!

A grand idea! Great for Lost World terrain
http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2001/10/stuff_eng_jaaaro_dinosaur.htm

Save the Cryptozoological Museum!

You may recall previous posts which described the International Cryptozoological Museum, a fantatsc collection of artifacts for supernatural beasties.



Sadly, the International Cryptozoology Museum is in dire straits. Its caught up in a complicated tax audit that threatens the museum. The curator is seeking donations to keep the International Cryptozoology Museum alive and move it to a new location.


http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/help-museum/

Diving Suit mods?

How cool are these pulp style SF Power suits?

I bet they would make a great basis for conversions to Nemo-esque deep sea diving suits!

More Aquanef inspiration!

This page is virtually a flyer for Vanvlak industries R&D department!

http://www.upcool.com/sci_tech/Amazing_Submarine_Concepts_PICS_

Build your own Ray-gun

For those us who have looked longingly at various ray-guns around the place but dont know where to begin, this article is a great start:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Raygun/

Rememberance Day

Ictineo II

A very cool model of the World's First Steam Powered Submarine, from 1864

http://scalemodel.net/Gallery/IctineoII.aspx

Lovely terrain

I recently found these great pics fom a French convention (Toutatis 2008) earlier this year.

Some great terrain inspiration here!

http://perrysheroes.free.fr/spip.php?article96