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Battle of Abu Klea in 54mm
 British square at Abu KleaThe figures are from the new Britain's range of 54mm collectors' figures.Yesterday I took my 54mm Sudan collection of figures out for a spin and decided to refight the Battle...
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More Terrain Magic
 British Heliograph team atop the newest mountain.Figures are 54mm Little Legion figures.CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO ENLARGEI think that I am really starting to get the hang of this terrain making thing....
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Dust In The Wind - The Camels Are Coming!
The Camel Corps is on the move The Desert Column is on the move again, following its hard won victory over the Dervish at Abu Klea. Now it is moving towards the Nile River where it will hopefully meet...
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An Oasis In The Desert - Building Terrain
 When an army is fighting in an arid climate, such as a desert, the most important thing that it needs is access to water, for obvious reasons. Accordingly, I thought that it would be a good idea to...
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Flea Market Finds: He Scores!!!
 Nile River paddle boat that I picked up at the Chicago Toy Soldier Show.Figures are Trophy of Wales from my own collection.CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO ENLARGEYesterday I visited the Chicago Toy Soldier...
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Advancing Towards Abu Kru
 The Camel Corps mounts on and continues is advance to the Nile River at Metemmeh.The Desert Column has departed from the water wells of Abu Klea and is moving towards the village of Metemmah on the...
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Battle of Abu Kru in 54mm
 The baggage zariba in the foreground and Stewart's Camel Corps troop forming square in the upper righthand corner.Metemmeh and the Nile can be seen in the far background.Following up on his victory at...
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Too Much Time In The Man Cave
Mrs. Fritz tells me that I am spending too much time in the Man Cave painting the Little Men.what do you think?
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Fritz's Boat Yard & Works
 The new boat is on the right.Compare to the existing boat on the left.After acquiring one Nile River steam boat I decided that I need another one. My plan is to use my first boat as a template for the...
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Anyone Up For Some 54mm Pulp Adventures?
 British expedition seeking the Tomb of TutI have been eying the delightful offerings from King & Country and John Jenkins Designs in the area of King Tut Archeological and WW1 Desert Vehicles,...
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Battle of Fontenoy - Best of Show at Partizan This Year
 Steve Ignatiev's splendid collection of the armies at Fontenoy.Photo by SteveMy congratulations go out to Steve (nom de plume = Ignatiev) for his award winning game at last weekend's The Other...
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Nile River Boat in 1/32 scale - Almost finished.
 River boat without canopyRiver boat with canopyI have been very busy in the Olde Fritz Shipyard & Works this past week working on my Nile River paddle wheel boat for my Khartoum game. As of...
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Eight Hours of Life That I'll Never Recover
 Following up on my previous post about progress on the Nile River paddle wheel boat, I decided that I will make removable protective plates for the bow and a removable canopy on the top deck. Thus on...
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My Nile River Boat Is Finished
 CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO ENLARGEWell I finished my first ever "build a boat" project today as I finished off the Nile River paddle boat with the assembly of the rear paddle wheel mechanism. I was...
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Tutorial: The Great Dhow Project Begins!
 A typical Dhow boat used throughout the Mediterranean, Middle East and India areas of the world.(I didn't make this model)It was inevitable that once I built one boat that I would want to build some...
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Nile River Table Top Battle
 Nile River gunboats attempt to run the Dervish blockade.CLICK ON ALL PICTURES TO SEE THEM IN THEIR FULL SPLENDOREvery so often I clear all of the terrain off of my wargame table and set up new...
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Picture of the Day: John the OFM
This is a picture of the world famous character and rogue on The Miniatures Page known as John the OFM. His TMP avatar is the fellow holding the tankard of ale. The gentleman on horseback on the right,...
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Time to Boiler Up!
 Lately I’ve been working on the construction of a new Nile River paddle wheel boat. I wanted it to look a little different from the first boat, so I decided to have the boiler exposed and visible. The...
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Paddle Wheel Boat Update
 Yesterday I worked on the paddle wheel mechanism of my second Nile River paddle wheel boat and this pretty much brings the model to completion, save for a little bit of painting of the paddle wheel...
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