Tagged: toys
Harry Potter Nano Metalfigs Update- 20 Pack and Next Releases.
Though I still haven’t done any wargaming in the Harry Potter universe, I continue to be intrigued by the possibilities. The Nano Metalfigs line of toy figures represents a quick an affordable way to acquire figures for HP wargaming that are about 38mm (1/43) in scale and only cost about a buck each. Jada toys ... Read more
Cheapskate Gaming: $1 Harry Potter and Superhero Nano Metalfigs.
How good is good enough? This is one of the questions faced by the budget gamer. There are many bargains to be had, but they often have shortcomings. How much detail is necessary for a figure to be suitable for gaming?How close in scale should it be to the rest of one’s collection? This week ... Read more
Post Apocalyptic Terrain- Abandoned School bus
I am very excited to show off my latest terrain piece- The abandoned school bus! This piece has been sitting on my workbench for almost 2 years! Karl gave me the school bus. It was missing the stop sign, and the rear door, but scales just right with 28mm minis, like the Wreck-Age Stakers in ... Read more
Sci-Fi Train Before Paint.
Here are a few pre-painted pictures today of a project that I’ve wanted to do for years. A 28mm Sci-Fi Train! The train is made up of an Engine from a Caterpillar brand construction toy train and the cars from a Pixar toy train. Both were found at different resale shops some months apart. The engine ... Read more
Shipping Containers from Micro Machines Playsets
A while back I came across a bag of old Micro Machine playsets at a resale shop. They were largely incomplete, but the bag contained 11 of them and the price was great, so I picked them up as a basis for sci-fi shipping containers. In their original form they would have looked something like ... Read more
Terrain for Mattias, Part 1: The Negotiation
There’s a lot of painting talent in our club. One member in particular has a very unique style that I like a lot. Mattias’s approach has a palette and look that is quite unlike most other painters. You can see it on his less-than-accurately titled Amateur Hour blog. When it came time for Necromunda, I ... Read more
More Toybashing: Creepy Crawlers and an Egg Box
I’m back with two more pieces of sci-fi terrain made from old toys and cast-off junk. These started life as a “Creepy Crawlers” molding station and a vintage refrigerator egg box that Josh gave me. For the egg box, I flipped it over and used the lid as the roof. I used a bunch ... Read more
Rokenbok Terrain Bonanza
A week ago I was at my local resale shop when I came across a Rokenbok Monorail Start Set. It lacked the train and many of the other small elements, but the other large elements — a ball elevator and storage tank — that intrigued me most. For those who don’t know, Rokenbok is a ... Read more
Small-Scale Building Commissions
I recently completed my first small-scale commission work. Two different customers both requested 6mm buildings. The finished structures below borrow shamelessly from Sean Patten’s inspiring Gundam terrain, and like his, they are based around cassette tape cases with a variety of added bits. As I don’t have any 6mm miniatures, I’ve used 10mm rebased Mechwarrior ... Read more
Scatter Terrain for Sci-Fi and Post-Apocalyptic Wargaming
While digging through my bits boxes recently, I found myself staring at a bag full of windows and window frames leftover from a Walthers building I built years ago. I suddenly realized that by clipping out the bottoms of the frames and gluing them to the windows in reverse, I could make pallets. But what ... Read more