Outpost Henry near completion!

Hi, here are some pictures of my outpost I'm building for my 1880 British! The fort is now basecoated, drybrushed but is waiting for a small corrugated roof and some additional drybrushing, foliage and flock. I really like the look of the fort but I'm dissapointed with the removable roof as the cartonboard has warped a bit!

The fort which will be used as an outpost for the British expedition force in Mbuij Mayi.

The inside of the fort, this room will probably be furnished with fieldbeds, a fire and maybe a weapon rack.

Greets,

Bone Wars

Hi, I've recently finished a rule set called "Bone Wars", the rules are designed as a classical turn based rule set for big game hunting in a lost world.

Phases

- Movement

- Action

- Moral

In the game you must chose and make your own expedition with different types such as porters, warriors, ... After the types, you also need to chose some equipment such as binoculars, rifles, ... With the gathered crew you will go on an expedition to capture or kill dinosaurs in a Central African jungle.

For each dinosaur killed you gain a reward which is linked to the animals size and species. On the other hand you can also capture small animals which are worth big money! With most of the rules finished, I will try some games to adjust skills and other details. When finished I will try to put them online.

So stay tuned for more news,

Greets,

And so it begins...

Hi, here's my last post before Christmas! During this times of the year my hobby time will be again heavily reduced by family occasions and the upcoming exams in January! However I managed to start paint 10 new miniatures for my 1880 project (VSF) in Central Africa, the miniatures are all native porters or civilians. Of the porters, 4 were partially repainted to fit with the new porters. I'm really pleased with the results of their fleshtone, the miniatures will hopefully be fully painted by the end of the holidays.

As part of the project I also made progress with my British fort! It's looking really good with a coat of paint and I'm eager to finish the piece and use it in a skirmish! Photos will follow within the coming weeks!

And before I forget, everybody a Merry Christmas!

I've also started to paint an Isengard army which is a small part of my Lord of The Rings collection. The army will consist out of:

- Lurtz (hero)

- 5 Uruk-Hai with shield and sword

- 5 Uruk-Hai with pike

- 4 Uruk- Hai engineers + bomb

- 1 Uruk-hai berserker

- Saruman (wizard)

- and maybe 6 Warg riders

I've also managed to undercoat a dozen of Napoleonic British soldiers as part of my England invaded project. As part of this project I also undercoated the automatons of the Corps d'aérostiers which are extremly good looking with only a single layer of Chaos Black.

Now back to reality and harsh life of a college student!

Greets,

MiniWarGaming

Hi, I've just stumbled upon the site of MiniWarGaming! This site is a large wargame site which also contains a forum and webstore. I stumbled onto this site through another wargaming blog which decided to ger rated onto their site.

Eager to also test this Siterate systems, I've made an account which only took my 2 minutes and registrated my own blog. When I've received my activation mail, it also included 2 free E-books! One about terrain making which is rather basic (very basic) but I quit like the "how to paint a wooden floor bit"! The other book is the opposite of the other book, really a good illustrated tutorial. The book is about painting miniatures themselves, this book is really professional and handles all stages of painting and all sorts of painting technics! (worth a registration)

As you can see I also added a Widget on the right side of this post which reflects my score (number of thumbs up). So if you have registrated please increase my score by voting!

Greets and thanks in advance!

British landship "HMS Behemoth"

Hi, here are some photo's of my landship "HMS Behemoth". The landship is made out of an old schoolwork vehicle and some wooden circles I found in my bitzbox(es). The tracks of this landship are made out of sturdy plastic strips which are covered with other plied bits of plastic.

I've now finished both tracks but hold the further design as I haven't found the right structural design to put upon the massive tracks. I'm sure the landship will be armed with several small turrets and a larger one. When finished the landship will be used by my British colonials during the conquest of the African Kingdom of Mbuij Mayi.

The tracks before I added the other plastic squares.

The tracks of the application of the plastic squares.

An overview of how the track looks.

More progress will follow but I ain't sure when!

Greets,

The workbench

Hi, here are some miniatures and scratchbuild things that made it finally onto my workbench. I'm currently focussing on a new small sideproject, England invaded 1812 which makes use of several 25mm miniatures I had lying around. The robot alike scratchbuilds on the table are my French automatons which will be used as the corps d'aérostiers, an airborne unit carried into battle with balloons and other airships.

General view of the crowded workbench. The blue lit is filled with all sorts of plastic bits from Wargames Factory's Zulu, Germans and British.

On this picture you can clearly see my automatons made out of thumbnails and beads. Other things are 2 spider automaton (still need to invent some fluff about these) and the rebased Hinchcliffe Highlanders. On the background you can also see four 25mm horses ready to be painted. These horses will probably used to tow some sort of armored pillbox wagon or gun.

The drummers ready to lead the 2 automaton units into close combat.

My ongoing project trying to make some colonial British cavalry for my VSF project in Africa! To finish these I still need 3 left hands from the left arms from Wargames Factory!

A British soldier equiped with some revolutionary weaponry! More news soon!

Greets from the snowy land of Belgium!

British defenses 1805-1812

Construction of the 26-mile long Royal Military Canal was commenced at Seabrook, near the city of Hythe in Kent on 30 October 1804. The Royal Military Canal was built to repel possible French invasions in the Romney Marshes during the Napoleonic wars of 1804 to 1815.

The canal was constructed in two sections: the longest section runs from Hythe to Iden Lock. The second section runs from Winchelsea to Cliff End. Both sections are linked by the Rivers Rother and Brede. Gun positions along the canal were generally located every 500 yards. Any troops stationed or moving along the Military Road would have been protected by the earthen bank of the parapet, which was piled up during construction. The final defense of the Royal Military Canal was to flood the Romney Marshes and surrounding area. This would prove disastrous for any advancing army which moves primarily on foot or horseback, not to mention the movement of artillery! The canal was finally completed in April 1809 at a total cost of £234,000.

But during the 1812 invasion, the Royal Military Canal seemed almost useless when the French dropped their corps d’aérostiers behind the canal, creating havoc among the British soldiers stationed along the canal enabling them to open the sluices. During this chaos, hundreds of British soldiers were taken prisoner and other hundreds were routed! In order to prevent the French to launch other aerial attacks, the British Army Headquarters ordered the construction of hundreds of kites on strategic positions. These kites were equipped with long ropes on which thousands of sharp razors were attached. During the further campaign the kites were able to take down dozens of French transport and observation balloons. Causing the French to limit the use of the corps d’aérostiers as airborne troops.

The British Army also built small independent strongholds called Martello Towers. In total 74 of these towers were built between Folkestone and Seaford. The walls were up to 4m thick, and each tower held 24 men and had a rotable huge cannon mounted on the top. During the French invasion of 1812, these towers proved their reputation of being hard to take. The four Martello towers located at Hythe were able to resist numerous massive French attacks and delayed the invasion force with several hours before they were finally neutralized by some French howitzers.