A Sci-Fi whiz's wargaming blog about cybertanks and mecha, amongst other things.
Friday, 29 September 2017
Making Life Multiplanetary
Call me a starry eyed dreamer, but this was what Heinlein wrote about when I was a kid. I've waited all my life to see mankind go back to visiting other planets.
Made me emotional to watch this, so good I've posted this on both blogs.
Start Of The Week - Decisions, Decisions
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So cat brain aside, I dove into three projects last week. By dove, mean did
some kitbashing and glueing some.bits together. This seems to take forever.
Get...
Russkie Advisors for InCountry
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*Coming soon to an Army surplus retailer near you!*
This was the look I was going for, EMR camo, the new Russian "Ratnik" camo
pattern. I thought it would...
Lest We Forget - 80 years of Peace
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80 years ago this week WW2 came to an end, having delivered damage, death
and destruction at a scale previously unimaginable.
To commemorate I visited th...
Sharp Practice: The Relief of Dojjibotti!
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Having tested Phil & Jen's* I Ain't Been Shot Mum! *scenario for *Winter
Wonder Lard V* four days before the event, I thought it a sound idea to
give min...
Thinking About Axanar and the Four Years War
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I'm doing a good bit of research relating to the Four Years War (a
federation and Klingon War predating Star Trek TOS) from the FASA universe,
how that'...
An old obsession ...
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... *Ogre*!
I had the urge to play the venerable hex-and-counter sci-fi tank wargame at
game night last week, so I brought my Classic Counters and two m...
Intercept Vector 2025 (Jet Aerial Wargaming)
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....because I only have 6 projects on the go, I decided to revise one of
my homebrew rules (as per my New Years resolutions)...
This is called "*wo*-cra...
The Miller's Tale - Episode 13
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Episode 13 - in which Mike finally gets to catch up with former Dux Brit
partner-in-crime and rock god Andy Hawes, in a wide-ranging discussion
covering ...
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 ...
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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...
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...
Doctor Who 60th anniversary (REUPLOAD)
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We have just passed the 60th anniversary of Dr Who. I found this upload by
@Wearerofthecheese, which uses the 'Soon I'll be 60 years old' song. It
made m...
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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You are a starry eyed dreamer. But you are right, it's about time.
ReplyDeleteI am, which is why I write science fiction. Without dreams life is pretty dull.
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