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36 Gun Frigate HMS Hamadryad - GHQ 1:1200
This is GHQ's model of the 36 gun frigate HMS Hamadryad.Hamadryad was originally the Spanish-built frigate Ninfa, launched at Minorca in 1795. In April of 1797 she narrowly managed to avoid sailing...
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6mm Adler AWI and Scenery
I've slowly been adding models to the 6mm AWI Southern Campaign project, and while I was painting today I had the urge to set some up for a photo shoot - that is, to distract myself with an unnecessary...
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Shatterlands - New Fantasy Skirmish Game from Stonegate Forge
I recently had the pleasure of painting up some miniatures for Stonegate Forge's upcoming skirmish game Shatterlands. The figures were sculpted digitally by the clearly very talented Bobby Jackson, and...
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1:2400 Tumbling Dice 74 Gun Ship - With War Artisan Graphics
Every now and then I return to a scale I've only dabbled in so far. 1:2400 scale ships are a great gaming scale, but Ive never really been satisfied with my attempts to paint them in the past. It's...
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1/2400 Tumbling Dice First Rate Ship - War Artisan Graphics
I was pretty happy with the way the War Artisan graphics look on 1/2400 Tumbling Dice models, so I have gone ahead and done up a second ship in that manner.This is Tumbling Dice's 1/2400 1st rate ship...
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La Vengeance - GHQ 1:1200
Here is a model that I finished some time ago, but am only now getting around to posting: GHQ's 1:1200 La Vengeance, a 40 gun frigate.Vengeance was a heavy frigate launched in 1794. She is best...
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Warlord Games 28mm Praetorians
Here is a unit of 28mm Praetorian Guardsmen that I've just completed for a commission. These are some of Warlord Games' plastic offerings, and I think they are very attractive figures. Each one is...
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USS Washington - Langton 1:1200
Here is another of Langton Miniatures' very small offerings, this one the 20 gun galley Washington, built in 1776.To quote the Nautical Research Guild's summary of the history of this vessel:"The...
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15mm First World War French - Peter Pig
I recently came down with a very strong impulse to start a 1st World War project, and after deciding on 15mm scale I fell into Peter Pig's offerings in a big way. I loved the look of the figures, and...
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More 15mm WW1 French
The 15mm First World War project continues, and I've added a few more figures to the French platoon. After the disastrous encounters of 1914 and 1915, French infantry platoons (like those of their...
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15mm WW1 Germans - Peter Pig
When the 15mm French figures I've been working on hit the table, they will be staring across no man's land at these guys. These are Peter Pig's 15mm German line, specifically those in the mid to late...
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WW1 Terrain Tiles - The Process
With the French and German figures shaping up nicely (if slowly!), the focus of my 15mm World War One project is shifting to terrain construction. I knew from the beginning that the terrain was going...
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15mm Stormtrooper Alterations - Irregular Miniatures
Recently I was looking to add some dedicated close combat stormtroopers to my set of 15mm WWI German figures, guys who clearly had the look of men looking to get up close and personal as they raided an...
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Shatterlands - Kickstarter for Second Set of Figures
I had the opportunity recently to preview (and try my paintbrush out on) the second issue of figures for "Shatterlands," the 28mm blackpowder fantasy skirmish game from Stonegate Forge. The company is...
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15mm WWI Update
I haven't been posting a lot lately, just because other factors have been getting in the way, but I have slowly been chipping away at my ongoing 15mm WWI project. Here's a quick look at a few more...
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15mm WWI Casualties and Accessories
I'm in the process of running a 15mm WWI campaign at the local club, and now that I have about a platoon's worth of infantry for the French and Germans complete, I'm focusing on adding some more...
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HMS Shannon - GHQ 1:1200
Well, I'm not sure exactly where the time went, but I was surprised, looking back at my old posts, to find that it's been well over two years since I last posted photos of a ship model. Two years!...
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Ship Models of the American History Museum, Washington DC
I've been to the American History museum a number of times over the years, and always love gawking at the maritime models. Recently I had another opportunity to do so, and I thought this time I might...
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The Battle of Valcour Island, October 11th 1776
My visit to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History back in August, in particular the exhibit on the gunboat Philadelphia, gave me a little bit of an obsession, and I was determined to...
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18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways 1:48 - Part 1
Recently I've been working on something a little larger than the 1:1200 ship models I usually build. Model Shipways' 18th Century Longboat is a 1:48 scale plank-on-frame model of the largest ship's...
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18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways 1:48 - Part 2
Picking up where we left last time: all of the frames of the longboat were installed on the keel, and the skeleton was complete. After fairing was complete and the sides of the frames were properly...
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18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways 1:48 - Part 3
Moving right along with the longboat build, it's time to remove the inner bulkheads. These are laser cut in such a way that you just need to file off the connections at the top of the frame, and then...
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18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways 1:48 - Part 4
In the last post, I left off after adding most of the internal detail to the boat. Here we'll pick up by adding he bowsprit. The piece tapers toward its forward end, and is fixed in place by two brass...
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18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways 1:48 - Part 5 - Finished
Here, finally, are some views of the finished model. I have mounted it on steel rods set into holes drilled in the keel of the boat, and it sits on a cherry base. See the end of this post for...
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HMS Speedy, 14 Gun Brig - Vanguard Models 1:64 - PART ONE
 After finishing the 1:48 longboat model from Model Shipways, I wanted to step up to a larger and more complex project, but it needed to be something I would have room for in a small apartment. After...
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