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grenadiers and frigates...

Posted on August 11, 2026

Tags: 1:700, age-of-sail

I'm waiting for an opportune time to use the newly completed Trojan War figures in first games of both Midgard and Ilium: A Game of Heroes. Frankly, I'm mostly waiting for the temperature to drop so I can spend time in the garage where my gaming tabl...

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sachsen card model...

Posted on August 6, 2026

Tags: card-modeling

Every now and then I like to revisit web sites and forums that have more or less dropped off my radar. One of these includes papermodlers.com. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that an experienced modeler, Dan Smith, is doing a build log for a m...

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homeric heroes in midgard...

Posted on July 30, 2026

Tags: midgard, trojan-war

There are times when I enjoy arts-and-crafts assembly-line work. Such was the case in making generic sabot bases for Midgard. Luckily, I had enough material laying around to get started. Somewhere in the past I acquired a small stack of 150x150x3mm p...

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midgard meta...

Posted on July 30, 2026

Tags: midgard, trojan-war

I generally avoid popular rule systems like the plague (I'm a born contrarian), Midgard has certainly piqued my interest. So I bit the bullet and ordered a dead-tree copy. I like what I read. Like them enough that I invested a bit of time in creating...

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petite guerre site migration...

Posted on July 17, 2026

Tags: website

I've had a number of web sites over the years. At first, I hand-coded all the html, css and Javascript myself, I had a various hosting accounts and registered domain names. As web administration got more and more complex I gradually reduced the numbe...

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across the finish line...

Posted on June 30, 2026

Tags: trojan-war

Crossing the Finish Line! As the painting for this particular project nears the finish line I got to looking at various rule sets to use. While I'm mostly a historical player, let's face it, what's the Trojan War without at least a touch of myth? Con...

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