AAR- Going back to our roots, Song Of Blades and Heroes
At the last meeting we went back to the game that started it all for Chicago Skirmish Wargames. A bit of history follows. Feel free to skip ahead to the battle reports below. Back in the mists of summer 2010, Tim found myself and Pat on the Song of Blades and Heroes message board. After meeting ... Read more
CSW Hobby Night!
Last night, Chicago Skirmish Wargames held our first official bi-weekly hobby night. We accomplished a lot, and had a great time, too! Tim, Mike, Jon, and I all participated. We even had video participation by Pat and Matt! Mike assembled these mop-headed space janitors. Tim continued painting minis from the Runewars box set. Jon was ... Read more
CSW Measuring Templates!
Our friends at Ironheart Artisans created these fantastic measuring templates for us. They have 1, 2, 4, and 6 inch sides, as well as the short, medium, and long measurements used in the club favorite game, Song of Blades and Heroes. They are crafted in a thick blue acrylic to keep them extra durable. Plus, ... Read more
Bushido Day At Games Plus
Matt and I visited Games Plus to participate in their Bushido open play event last Saturday. Unfortunately, I was too focused on gaming, and I only snapped 3 pictures of the festivities. Michael, our event organizer set up 3 simple tables to use. They were filled with a mix of terrain from Sarissa Precision, and ... Read more
Painted- Temple of Ro-Kan Reinforcements for Bushido
I recently finished some more Bushido Miniatures for my Temple of Ro-Kan faction. This is Kuma. Yes, he is clearly inspired by a movie character. Who cares? He was so much fun to paint! I am quite pleased with his expression, and the color of his bamboo staff. This is Master Akari. He’s a tanuki, which ... Read more
Painted- Tengu Starter Set for Bushido
We’ve had a couple of games of Bushido lately, so I decided it’s high time I painted up the Tengu starter set I picked up at Gen Con last year. The set comes with five models- three bird people and two humans. Most of them are multi-part models, but were not too hard to assemble. ... Read more
CSW Hobby night!
Chicago Skirmish Wargames recently got together for a hobby night. We have not done this in a while, and it was a great and productive evening, full of pizza, bourbon, and hobbying! Mike assembled a bunch of 40k minis. I’ll let him explain in his own (seemingly made-up) words: “Last night I build some Skitarii ... Read more
Runewars: Daqan Army Finished!
Continuing on from my previous post, which showed the miniatures before dipping, last week I put the finishing touches on my Daqan army. Spearmen Usually I use a brush to apply the “dip”, however for the first time ever I did the classic immersion dip. I dunked the entire figure into a tin of Minwax ... Read more
Tutorial- The Great Naval Rebasing Project
About eight years ago I started collecting 1/3000 naval ships and painted them to what I thought was a satisfactory level. However, my hobby skills have improved over the years and I had several issues with the ships I completed. I also had a large number of ships that were never painted that I wanted ... Read more
Review- Official Bushido Terrain by 4Ground
GCT Studios recently partnered with 4Ground to make a line of prepainted MDF terrain for Bushido. It became available in small quantities at Salute, and is now available for sale on their website. Because I am a very lucky guy, and had a friend and fellow CSW member present at Salute, I was able to ... Read more