A Sci-Fi whiz's wargaming blog about cybertanks and mecha, amongst other things.
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Pan European Élan
I've put names on all my Pan European Ogres as a homage to French Army practice. This is a tease for future posts about my Pan European force, more to come, but I have to paint up stuff to take pictures first.
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've made the decision that I'm too old to waste any more of my life waiting for replies from traditional publishing house...
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Magnifique! Are those labels? And where's the one that says "Je Suis Charlie"? (Sorry, is it too soon?).
ReplyDeleteWater slide decals made for WW2 French tanks.
DeleteThose look great...love the three tone camouflage pattern and the decals..nice touch!
ReplyDeleteZut Alors!
And allons-y...
Delete*sighs at the purty OGRE miniatures* Would like to have very much.
ReplyDeleteThey're pretty pretty, which is awesome considering they're meant to be cybernetic deaf dealing machines of overkill.
DeleteDeath, not deaf! Doh. Sorry what did you say sonny?
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