Heavy Gear - Golden Gear 2024

2024-12-31

It was last minute due to some family matters, but I got a couple entries in for this year's Golden Gear painting competition ... and won Best Mini?

Starship Troopers - Battle Report - Outpost Assault

2024-12-28

This game was a little while ago, but the first real test drive of Starship Troopers in a reduced scale.

Jungle Terrain

2024-12-28

I want a different kind of terrain, I've got plenty of hard stuff like buildings and cliffs in my city and desert boxes, but what about light cover, maybe a bushy viny jungle?

10mm-SF Modular Outpost Walls

2024-12-27

The iconic "Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine" sequence of Starship Troopers means I need some modular walls. A kilo of resin later...

15mm SF Space Marines, Not The GW Kind

2024-12-27

I scored an auction lot of 15mm SF minis, a real killer deal, and one set has been calling to me. Besides, who doesn't need some genericish space marine platoons for wargaming?

Heavy Gear Southern Plastic vs Metal

2024-12-26

After seeing the wild difference in quality between the limited edition metal Command Jager and the plastic version I decided to replace all my Southern plastics with metals, starting with my mass of Jagers (and then the Iguanas because I was on a roll)

MillenniumCon 2024 Report

2024-11-03

Millennium Con 2024, new city, new venue, new dates, new webmaster, same great weekend of gaming.

Dropfleet Commander 2nd Edition Review

2024-10-27

I've read the rules, discussed with friends, and played two games of the second edition of Dropfleet Commander and have formed opinions.

Starship Troopers - Arachnid Empire in 10mm

2024-10-24

Recreating Mongoose Publishing's Starship Troopers (2005) in a more sensible scale has been a backburner goal of mine for practically two decades now. I started by finishing an Arachnid Empire army in about a week and a half.

My Starship Troopers by Mongoose Collection's Final Days

2024-09-05

I'll need to document the set before I go about selling them, but there's time for one last game and some retrospection.