A Sci-Fi whiz's wargaming blog about cybertanks and mecha, amongst other things.
Saturday, 8 December 2012
Myomers for Real
The University of Texas at Dallas with some international
helps from researchers from Australia, China, South Korea, Canada and
Brazil. have come up with yarn that has been filled with wax that can be
made to contract and expand like muscles. Link here.
d12 Killfinity Necroteam Playtest #2: The Rescue
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This time the Tau are back. After being captured last mission, the luckless
Pathfinder scouts are being readied by Flayed Ones who hunger for their
meat-...
#BringBackFirefly
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Not much going on at the moment. My bench is now awash with minis that I
have glued together waiting for priming. No big target this year. There is
somethi...
Pulp SciFi figures
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Like many of my generation I grew up watching Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers
in the 25th Century (RIP Gil Gerard) which led me to love pulpy / retro
SciFi. S...
"10 years of soulless destruction"
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10 years of soulless destruction, as of August 1987 when this ad for Ogre
ran in Dragon 124.
Intersting to see the shift in artwork style at this point
Battling Chat GPT During the Cold War
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So last night I had an odd experience with Chat GPT. I said something to
it about the yesterday's strong winds and wind damage, relating to wind
loading...
Tuesday Night in the City
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Chris wants to revisit how NQM works for FIBUA at lower levels, what he
would call "RSO", which is his regimental level game.
Chris was using his sort o...
Tokamak Oxford
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Shrove Tuesday I was at Tokamak Energy. All bundled up because it was
freezing cold in Oxford. The whole machine is housed inside this huge
warehouse, wh...
"Big Boy Rules" 2 Plays
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With several playtests in a small setting, it was time to take BBR to the
ultimate test - a large group of gamers with various levels of experience.
No p...
Presenting ... Bob Moss
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When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted
Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it
came strai...
Sharp Practice: The Dojjibotti Run
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*India 1857, the Devil’s Wind sweeps the land as the Sepoys are revolting.
Across Central India various native princes and princesses have to decide
whethe...
2025
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"The Taking of Linnius", a Dux Britanniarum
battle scenario at Posh Lard 2025
Full marks to the astute who will have noticed that I set myself no hobby
go...
Trouble on the Docks - Historicon 2025
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A Western Alliance cargo ship is coming into the port of Edmundburgh, to
deliver supplies. Eastern Socialist Republic forces must attempt a
hit-and-run a...
Salute 2025
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OK, it's two days late but here is my photo round-up of Salute 2025. You
can also take it as proof of life, given that I haven't posted here since
last ...
Warp Speed into 2025
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The last year has been quite challenging. I suffered a stroke in November
2023 and have spent the last year or so in recovery. I'm not there yet, but
do...
I need to finish this off but here's a work in progress shot. This is another 16 megapixel focus stack shot, which gets everything int...
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