Speaking of US light infantry (or maybe near-future faction?), here's this week's sneak peek:   That's a curious mix of stuff! We've clearly got some sort of modern/near-future military (...

@Geoff Maybury That is an interesting idea - I hadn't considered raising the front up (because it is already fairly high and to raise it would make the vehicle less streamlined). But it's an intere...

@Danforth Laertes I like it, I think that it works very well, what  I think it needs, is the front GW  machines roof, should be raised to meet the hight of the rear. Then a T piece gridin...

@Grumpy Gnome @Bill Thomas  Rubicon are going to town on this vehicle, at this moment and it looks as if she will be a real bueaty, in perfect 1/56th scale. See all the tech drawings and detai...

I am not sure if I don't need to remove all of the rear section above the mudguards and then rebuild / replace the whole of the bodywork. Right now the main issues (as I see it) are the twin view p...

@Ethan Gilbert I have been thinking about it maybe the best way to do them is  wokou style for infantry and fantasy Silkroad bandit style  for the cavalry (which would be mongols anyways)...

I had hoped to have a batch of 5 bulkier troops done this weekend with the larger torso copies based on the torso I sculpted, but I got sick earlier this week and I am still in the recovery phase, ...

@Ethan Gilbert Yeah they would be pretty fun, and they fullfill the bare minum of having a Saga board. They should probably start with the armored cataphracts. Particularly if they add this crossb...

Perfect ork truk, oh, wait you want it for space french, hmmm, @Grumpy Gnome and @Benjamin Hayward Have the right idea about adding greenables (packs, armored plates, etc.), the double driver view...

I agree with@Benjamin Hayward . Adding fuel cans, tools,stowage bags,etc will help the back half look as detailed as the front. The additional viewports work for me but I can see where they ma...

Well, take for example having to pay VAT now on some things coming from the UK to Germany, including gifts. Ebay is now 20% more expensive and that does not include the usual 6 Euro handling fee th...

As mentioned before I think that going in on the Sassanian empire would be a great option. As WGA focuses on cavalry sets, it would be really cool to see some light horse archers or even cataphract...

While there are concerns abous stereotyping east and central asian peoples I think a lot more people would focus on how cool it is to have a culture represented or be grateful that their culture ge...

@James Manto as far as the normal sets go im using roman heads on gohic bodies to make archers and then the goths themselves can be used as foederati.  I imagine the army builder sets wi...

@JTam Everywhere I go, I keep seeing his face

This early in the build it looks like two things smashed together.  Some greebles will add detail, interesting textures, and bits and will help the back half match the front better.  It's...

I think it's the double driver view ports that jar a little. I'd consider removing the top front section of the rear half altogether and replace it with  something that blends in organically w...

@Estoc It is - that is the aesthetic difference between them. Of course, part of the lack of detail in the rear is the style of the two kits; the rear one is a very old Airfix kit (I think it was d...

The Front half looks much more organic than the back, and It seems more detailed.

I need some feedback - here is my converted / kitsmashed halftrack (for use by my SPEESE FRENCH Les Grognards, which is what justifies its inclusion on this forum! :) ). I have included a couple of...

Another traditional way of marking a leader or character is to model them without helmet. Just watch out for Norman arrows ;)

@Grumpy Gnome  That's odd. I've not noticed any real increase in postage or delivery times myself. Maybe it's a UK/US thing that doesn't affect UK/Australia. i.e. might be a USPS thing and no...

Let me think about: Game size options 1 and 2, but at the times of Adeptus Titanicus/Space Marines, my club was used to provide Epic games with Skirmish/Necromunda and Casual 40K side-games axed o...

@Brian Van De Walker  The last time Chariots are mentioned in chinese history is c. 119 BCE/BC, when a Han expeditionary force was ambushed by the Xiongnu people at Mo Bei. They were used to ...

Yeah, Brexit has really made postage a nightmare. I used to be able to source things regularly in the UK but now postage just puts too many things out of reach for my budget.

@Grumpy Gnome thank you, that's the very fellow... I'd seen the first one which is a good price, but shipping to the UK is (as always at the moment!) very expensive... they seem to be coming up mor...

@Grumpy Gnome thank you... I could have sworn I'd seen them but that could be age/stress-related imaginings 😆 Perhaps I was thinking of the ones you've kindly put there...

I'm waiting on Goths as well. Gonna be building out my Saga Visigothic army and some archers for my Late Romans. I recognize that WA got behind schedule with the whole supply chain issues and movin...

@Mark Dewis Conviniently, the 0200 Hours Sentries look great and should be coming out quite soon. also, I have discovered the wonderful Five Men In Normandy: 30cal Edition, which is pretty much ex...

I do not think the WGA box includes instructions but I could be wrong. I certainly can not find instructions in the WGA Italian box in my hobby room... but I did find some Warlord Games Italian ins...

Not a WGA model, but it is going to go alongside them (and the main gun and the driver's head are also WGA Grognards!) but more on the little Renault FT conversion.

I seem to recall there were two versions of the Sahariana in 1/43 commonly available on eBay in Germany. https://www.ebay.de/itm/133924278548 https://www.ebay.de/itm/384168260165?hash=item5972367...

@Geoff Maybury been checking out all your "Iron Core" posts and loving them :) I bought the first new box set and fell in love with the aesthetic, so I can see this an area that I'll be following f...

@Mark Dewis  Yep, and did you see it`s running, and having a full make over, brilliant.

@Bill Thomas Cheers, yes I can really relate to your coments above. when illness brings you low,its supriseing how pleasent it is to get in some modelling, and use this forum, and I don`t Know abou...

@Geoff Maybury and pleased to meet you good sir, albeit virtually... I was completely out of games and models for many, many years but due to a serious illness I was laid up for almost a year, in a...

Hi all... firstly I have been what we call in the UK "a right plum" 🤪 I just got round to starting my "Sahariana" project and found that I've misplaced the Italian Infantry assembly instructions :...

Camels were very common ground attack aircraft, and the RAF usually engaged over German lines. A wrecked Camel would be extremely appropriate. That Hobby Lobby option would be a damn sight easier ...

That is quite the loot haul! Great stuff. 👍

I wish Statuesque still sold their old full miniatures. For some reason he decided to just do heads a while back.  And they are gorgeous. Though with the recent explosion of plastic 28mm fema...

@Estoc All historical rule sets are model agnostic, except possibly for basing. Because they are historical. Pretty sure the best you'll get are the Warlord Blitzkreig plastics. Not super expensi...

I presume you know by now that it lives at Kubinka? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obiekt_279

No particular update of my efforts here, I just want to say I am incredibly thankful and grateful for everyone's advice and support. It means so much to have a support system starting in the hobby....

@Estoc   Narrative Game: Story is the focus. this is how i always understood this term, but if you look at the major minis companies like games workshop, they use "narrative game" as cod...

Won't let me edit for some reason...anyhoo, capes are another simple way to denote rank, too, as is a simple raised weapon; little things that are also low-profile enought that they can be ignored ...

I'm pretty much a strictly minis-agnostic player at this point, and like you, I'm trying to make some "generic" fighting forces that can be used multiple different ways. I'm playing the games "Fiv...

@Grumpy Gnome  To be honest when I started to write it down it seemed more focused on building the soldiers, but the wargaming aspects followed despite my inexperience with them.

@lauregami Painting can be hard, especially with smaller miniatures, but you will that it gets better with experience. When I started painting in 2018 I didn't do much in terms of highlights and s...

It seems to me that game sizes are called different things in different groups, most notably with historical vs ahistorical. I'll try to list as many names as possible for each game size. Skirmish...

@Bill Thomas Pleased to meet you, thank you, I`m glad you liked the story. As you may have seen in other posts I`ve been out of modeling and forums for along time. I made some very big changes in m...