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Paw Patrol Jet Becomes Sci-Fi Spacecraft. Part 1, Construction begins.
It’s been a couple years since I built any large 1:56 Spacecraft. I sold the three spacecraft that I built previously -and detailed on this blog- but with Adepticon coming at the end of the week, I’m in overdrive building another centerpiece for my Mech Attack Game. I’m turning a Paw Patrol flyer (“Super PAWs, ... Read more
AAR- Return to Kings of War!
In late November at the first gathering of CSW in over a year 4 of us played Kings of War. It was a 2v2 game with Chaos (using the Varangur List) on one side and an unholy alliance of Men (Kingdoms of Men) and Undead on the other. The battle’s objective was to have as ... Read more
Old School DungeonCrawl: Advanced Heroquest
Tim, Terrence, Mattias and I dipped into the past last week with a try at the GW classic Advanced Heroquest. That none of us have Advanced Heroquest proved to be no barrier at all. PDF’s of the rules are readily available and we already have plenty of figures, dice and a dry-erasable mat (to use ... Read more
Mech Attack at Adepticon 2019: 2 Chances for Mecha Mayhem!
A couple weeks ago Josh and I got together to plan for our games at Adepticon (brief post about that coming soon). I’m pleased to remind you all that we will have not 1, but 2 Mech Attack games on Saturday the 30th. As I write this, both of these games still have spots available so ... Read more
My Necromunda Gangs: Characters from Jon
Some years ago I decided to try and have each of my Necromunda gangs painted by one of my gaming friends. The latest -and possibly last- installment is a batch of Necromunda characters painted by long time CSW member Jon. These represent some of the most iconic Necromunda supporting cast members and I’m thrilled with ... Read more
Tutorial: Spacecraft 3- Ventauran Assault Craft.
Here’s the biggie… This is not my favorite of the 3 Spacecraft I built for Adepticon, but it’s the one that I think is the most visually impressive. I painted it to match my Ventauran force which is green with orange accents. Ventaurans are a figure line based largely on Traveler Zhodani, created and produced ... Read more
Tutorial: Spacecraft 2- Medium Cargo Lighter
Here is round two of the Spaceship showcases. As with the previous post, this one also has some good in-progress shots at the Spaceship build post. This spacecraft began it’s life as the front 2/3 of a Power Rangers Mission Response Vehicle . And yeah, it’s had A LOT of modifications. I’m calling it a ... Read more
Tutorial: Spaceship 1- Smugglers Cargo Lifter.
I finally got around to posting pictures of the objective spaceships from our Adepticon Mech Attack Game. For a few in-progress pics, see my earlier post on Spacecraft Construction. The starting point for the first one was a Star Wars “Deluxe Republic Attack Shuttle”. The example I acquired was missing the wings (along with a ... Read more
Adepticon 2018: Showdown at Valstetech Airfield.
Two weeks ago we hosted Mech Attack at Adepticon for the 4th year in a row! This was our best game yet, played out on our best terrain with more participants than ever before. As with past years this year continued the storyline of the retaking of Melk 3. Here’s what players signing up for ... Read more
Last Minute Adepticon Prep- 3 Spacecraft for 28mm Mech Attack.
It’s one week from our annual Mech Attack game at Adepticon (Saturday at 10AM) and I’m working like mad to finish up this year’s additions. Two years ago, we added a short train line. Last year we added a full elevated freight train and aircraft. This year we’re adding Spaceships! The game is a get-to-the-dropzone ... Read more