Archive for the ‘Miniatures’ Category

Mega Miniatures Megafauna

Posted on August 31^st 2009 at 7:57pm in Dinosaurs, Miniatures.

Mega Miniatures have enhanced their extensive range of animal miniatures with some prehistoric mammals – a Doedicurus, a Diprotodon and best of all a Chalicotherium.

I’ve been fascinated by Chalicotheres ever since I saw them on Walking with Beasts but up to now the only miniature representation has been the 1/72 scale David Krentz version, which whilst a better sculpt is small and pricey. So big kudos to Mega for bringing one of my favourite animals to life.

Very True Mood: (mellow)

mellow

Tags: ebay, megafauna

Ragnarok 55 and other SFSFW news

Posted on August 30^th 2009 at 6:27pm in Blogs, Games, Magazines, Miniatures, WWW.

The latest issue of Ragnarok, the journal of fantasy and science fiction wargaming, was published this week and contains the usual mix of useful and off-the-wall articles. I liked the Daleks, the moon landings and the discussion on alternative history.

The SFSFW have been busy and can now be found on Twitter and Facebook. They also have their own blog (which I’m syndicating on LiveJournal, if that’s your preferred platform).

Today, I’ve been updating the society’s web site:

Combined two stylesheets into one (originally the second stylesheet had been @imported in order to hide it from Netscape 4, those were not the good old days)
Converted the site to HTML 5, just because I can, and added some ARIA role attributes for accessibility
Pulled in the latest blog posts onto the homepage (using Magpie RSS to do so)
Added all the new sites to the navigation
Added social bookmarking links to most pages so visitors can send the page straight to Google, Facebook, LiveJournal, Delicious, Stumbleupon or Twitter

Total domination of the interwebs, here we come!

Very True Mood:

accomplished

Tags: aria, html 5, ragnarok, rss, sfsfw, shameless pimping

Counting the Cost of War(games) – May ’09

Posted on June 1^st 2009 at 12:01am in Dinosaurs, Games, Miniatures, RPGs.

1 Assassin Miniatures Saurus miniature, @ £10.75

1 issue of Warpstone, @ £6.50

1 issue of Wagames Illustrated, @ £4.00

Total: £21.25

Tags: ctcowg09, ebay, Magazines, wfrp

Counting the Cost of War(games) – March ’09

Posted on April 1^st 2009 at 12:01am in Miniatures, RPGs.

Well I found this year’s Salute a bit underwhelming. There seemed to be a lot of big empty spaces in the middle of the hall, which made the scrums around many of the stalls even more annoying than usual. Some cool games but little that really grabbed me. Hence I only spent a few hours there before heading into town, where I ended up doing a bit of shopping.

So, whilst the Salute purchases (a mammoth mammoth, some chaps and some geezers) go onto the annual fund the rest of the day’s shopping is:

Classic Traveller Alien Modules 5-8 from Orc’s Nest, @ £19.99

2 packs of Imperial Entanglements Star Wars CMG miniatures from Forbidden Planet, @ £9.99 each

Total: £39.97

Total for the quarter: 0.00 + £91.85 + £39.97 = £131.82

Tags: cmg, ctcowg09, salute09, star wars, traveller

Counting the Cost of War(games) – February ’09

Posted on March 1^st 2009 at 12:01am in Dinosaurs, Miniatures.

A big load of miniature critters from HLBS, namely:

2 Pachycephalosaurus
1 Ornithocheirus
2 Stenonychosaurus or Troodon
6 Mini-Raptors or Dwarf Dromaesaurs
1 Muraemosaurus
2 Sabre Tooth Tigers
1 Grizzly Bear
8 Beavers
2 Musk Ox
2 Warthogs
1 Leopard
10 Meerkats
3 Spotted Hyenas
2 Cheetahs
3 Ostriches
3 Baboons

Total: £91.85

Tags: ctcowg09

Sauropod Stack

Posted on January 17^th 2009 at 1:34pm in Dinosaurs, Memes, Miniatures, Work.

Hey kids, the latest craze is to stack your (toy) animals. Well it keeps us off the streets…

Very True Mood: (silly)

silly

Tags: photography

Counting the Cost of War(games) – Floating Fund ‘08

Posted on January 1^st 2009 at 12:02am in Dinosaurs, Doctor Who, Magazines, Miniatures, My Life, RPGs.

All spent at Salaute.

1 ticket for Salute, @ £9.95.

Entelodon, Komodo Dragons and Phororachos from Amazon Miniatures, @ £12.80

2 Dinosaurs from Hasslefree Miniatures, @ £13.50

Tactical Miniatures Big City PD, Rattrap Productions Megatherium and Smilodon from Tabletop Games, @ £21.50

‘John Constantine’ and ‘Captain Jack’ from Black Cat Bases, @ £4.50

4 Lurkers, 2 familars, Doctor Hugh and Doctor Masterson from Heresy Miniatures, @ £20.00

Total for Salute: £82.25

Tags: ctcowg08, salute

New prehistoric goodness

Posted on December 24^th 2008 at 11:10pm in Dinosaurs, Miniatures.

Starting in 15mm, Splintered Light Miniatures have a range of animals including terror birds, wolves, boars, komodo dragons and others. Oh, and Giant Weasels.

In 28mm, the beastie featured here is one of two packs available from Gary Hunt Miniatures in New Zealand (but priced in US Dollars). Very drool worthy.

Moving onto cavemen. No web site yet for Forge of Ice, but see TMP for details of their Primitive Tents.

And finally, if dino fans put their money where their mouth is then Wargames Fcatory may create some plastic figures for us, on the suggestions list so far are Tyrannosaurus Rex and Small Carnivorous Dinosaurs. I think I may do a little research and suggest a small herbivores pack to give those meat eaters something to chase other than foolhardy time travellers.

Very True Mood: (chipper)

chipper

Counting the Cost of War(games) – November ‘08

Posted on December 1^st 2008 at 12:01am in Games, Miniatures.

I pack of Star Wars Clone Wars miniatures, @ £9.99

Phoenix Command Civilian Weapon Data Supplement, via eBay @ £11.85

Renegade Legion The Fire Eagles, via eBay @ £7.99

Total £29.83

Tags: cmg, ctcowg08, ebay, star wars