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.
Stuka Ace: Poland Mission 5
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*Mission 5 — Infantry Positions, Siege of Warsaw*
*18 September 1939 – "No More Retreats"*
Two days had passed since the Soviets crossed Poland’s eastern...
Traveller Day
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A friend of mine just told me that today was Traveller Day. This struck me
as something made up. Which I guess it is. It is actually a thing. Two
things ...
TFL Painting Challenge: End April Update
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I know it’s May 1st, but I haven’t had time to update the Challenge until
now: loads of excellent entries coming in!
Let’s do these strictly in the order...
Imperial Drug Running in the 1840s
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It was about time I put my recently painted 1840s British to use in China
for the Opium War. When I wrote "Taiping Era" I confidently stated it could
be ...
Corpsefire
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Playing one of the military expedition mini-campaigns in Oathbreakers, I
needed a corpsefire mini. I decided to use this Reaper Bones miniature.
In a simu...
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 ...
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Flicking through an old Strategy & Tactics magazine and this caught my eye.
Not sure I had seen a pre-SJG era advert previously.
From Issue No 70, Sep/O...
Trench Crusade - Musings
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I'm allowed myself one new system this year, and I've gone for the obvious
choice -* Trench Crusade*.
It seems primed for success. It's got the fluff - ...
I've Been Keeping Busy
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I've been pretty active with hobby stuff over the last couple of months,
just not keeping up with the blog unfortunately. All of my computers are
having...
Sharp Practice: A Hero in Peril at Roganjosh!
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Back to a turbulent India with Phil and Andy, and another *Sharp Practice*
game was the British race to rescue Colonel Flashman, captured by the
Pandies an...
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...
2024 in review
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The best laid plans, as they say, once again... (and we'll see how 2025's
plans look in the next post!)
There's a big 'ole right outside
my bedroom window...
Postponed - A Clash of Demons - CosCon 2020
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Due to the coronavirus chaos, I'm going to withdraw this game and run it at
a later con. I am also developing another scenario using more of the
city-kille...
Click to embiggen: a perfectly cromulent word. I always wondered what was the difference between a wood and a forest, or a jungle. So now I...
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