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Big Game Hunt

Posted on in Dinosaurs, Games, Miniatures.

Wargames Foundry Terror Bird

I’ve been updating my Dinosaurs in Miniature pages. The main differences have been the addition of the MegaMiniatures megafauna that I posted about previously, the continuing expansion of the Dazed Miniatures range and some new miniatures from Wargames Foundry, including the Terror Bird shown here.

BTW, Foundry have a 20% off sale until the 10th November 2009. So now’s a very good time to pick up these new goodies.

At SELWG last month I picked up a “new” Smilodon from the “old” DZ range sold by Trent Miniatures. It’s in a walking pose rather than the leaping pose that’s been available for a while. This range is now available over the web from North Star though this additional Smilodon isn’t listed.

There have also been a few additions to the 10mm DinoMight range form Magister Militum.

MY Miniatures ice age range seems to have melted away from the web with the close of Geocities. Does anyone know if they have a new web site elsewhere?

And finally, the Tusk rules are available as PDF via Wessex Games/Wargame Vault. You can still buy the paper version from Irregular but the new version has full colour photos throughout.

I am currently growing a moustache as all big game hunters should.

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

Posted on in Miniatures.

Star Wars CMG miniatures via Forbidden Planet, @ £11.99 (Damn! I haven’t indulged that particular vice since March.)

(BTW, SELWG purchases come out of the annual fund)

Total: £11.99

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SELWG 09

Posted on in Games, Miniatures.

Today was the SELWG show, back for the first time since 2006. So once again I had a nice stroll up the hill and then a few hours shopping and gawping at the games.

The renovated Crystal Palace Sports Centre meant that there was considerably more room for the Bring and Buy sale and for the first time ever I actually found something I wanted to buy. The B&B wasn’t helped by people standing in front of it chatting to their mates who were serving. Come on guys, I know that shows are a chance to catch up with old friends but not whilst they’re trying to run the most chaotic and crowded part of the whole show.

But the highlight was a buying these chaps and if you don’t get why they’re so exciting to me, take a look at the original paint scheme, and if that still means nothing to you then I can only say that this was a nostalgic trip back to my childhood.

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

Posted on in Miniatures.

Prehistoric mammals from Mega Miniatures @ £13.24

Animals from Wargames Foundry @ £47.12

Total: £60.36

Total for the quarter: £7.95 + £9.74 + £60.36 = £78.05

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Deadpool Update

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You’ve probably seen the news that Patrick Swayze has died.

Only one person had him on their deadpool list.

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

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Phoenix Command Artillery System, via eBay @ £9.74

Total £9.74

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Mega Miniatures Megafauna

Posted on in Dinosaurs, Miniatures.

Chalicotherium from Mega MiniaturesMega 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
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Ragnarok 55 and other SFSFW news

Posted on in Blogs, Games, Magazines, Miniatures, WWW.

Ragnarok 55The 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) accomplished
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Counting the Cost of War(games) – July ’09

Posted on in Computer Games, Games.

1 issue of Wagames Illustrated, @ £4.00

1 issue of Miniature Wagames, @ £3.95

Total: £7.95

I visited three branches on W H Smiths, at three different railway stations, on one day and bought three different magazines (the first was SFX).

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Deadpool Update

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I’m starting to think that Paul is up to something nefarious as he’s now in a three-nil lead following the death of Bobby Robson.

I’ll update the web page over the weekend.

[update] – web site updated, including correctly marking Howie’s score from April, so Paul is leading with three, then Howie on one, then the rest of us with nothing.

Very True Mood: suspicious
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