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A Little More Table Space Couldn't Do Us Any Harm
The new 2.5ft by 12ft back (or side) table expands the depth of my 54mm ACW game table.The other day I decided that my ACW game table needed more depth, so I set up another parallel table. The table...
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Timpo ACW Union Army Reinforcements
54mm Timpo plastic toy soldiers. These are "recasts" of the original figures.I found a source for Timpo 54mm toy soldier size (1/32 scale) figures to add to my Union American Civil War forces. Timpo...
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My Painting Kit for Vacation
My vacation painting kit.I’m currently on vacay in Florida for several weeks this January and given the amount of time that I will be spending away from the painting table, I decided to create a...
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On My Way Home
The recently completed Union regiment with CTS figures.Well, it’s time to wrap up my trip to Florida and put a bow on it. I’m heading home tomorrow and I’m sure that the house sitters/ dog sitters...
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Rolling Thunder: Confederate Artillery Barrage Prior to Pickett's Charge
Confederate artillery opens fire prior to Pickett's ChargeWe are getting closer and closer to the Little Wars war game convention. The painting of figures is going well, having twelve regiments of 30...
View ArticleCatching Up With Minden/F&D Orders This Week
I want to give an update to any customers who ordered Minden or Fife and Drum figures between New Years Day (January 1, 2024) and today (January 29, 2024). As some of you know, I was on vacation in...
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My Little Wars Convention Games Have Been Submitted
I recently submitted my games for this year's Little Wars game convention running April 18-21, 2024. The venue is the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Illinois. This year's game will be a 54mm version of...
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Graham Cummings - RIP
From left to right: Gary Phillips, Graham Cummings (standing), me and Des D.Photo taken by Robbie at one of the Wild Geese weekends in Kenilworth.Yesterday I was shocked to hear the terrible news of...
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Don't Fence Me In, A Tutorial
CTS post and rail fences. CTS also makes the Confederate soldiers on the road.The casualties are Barszo figures from LOD Enterprises.The Emmitsburg Road will stretch diagonally across the full 20-24...
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Emmitsburg Road
I am working on the road terrain for my Pickett's Charge game and wasn't sure about the color of the ground in the road. I found a couple of pictures on the Net and I think that I found my answer. I...
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Making Dirt Roads - WIP
The road sections with the wallboard paste freshly applied and sprinkled with railroad ballast material. When the sections dry, they will be dry brushedand bits of green static grass will be...
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Scenario Testing: Setting Up The Terrain
The table set up on my home turf. This is not Keith's table (s)Click on all pictures to enlarge(or double click if you dare)Yesterday I traveled out to Woodstock to visit my friend Keith Leidy. Among...
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The Devil's Den Recreated
The famous Gardner photograph of a dead Confederate sniper amongst the boulders of the Devil's Den at Gettysburg. Historians determined thatGardner posed the picture, dragging a corpse to the site and...
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Pickett's Charge Play Test Game
Union troops defending "The Angle" atop Cemetery Ridge in the center of their line.This is Lt. Cushing's battery of 3-inch ordnance rifled cannon.On Presidents' Day our group travelled to the home of...
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A SYW All-cavalry Game
Prussian Hussar brigade of three 12-figure squadronsNow that all of my Civil War terrain and troops have been cleared off of the game table, I decided that this would be a good time to revisit the...
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Ask Fritz: Q & A Mailbag
I get a lot of questions from my followers on this blog, Facebook and other social media, so I thought that I would open up the old mailbag and answer some of the questions therein1. How did you make...
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The Washington Artillery
The Washington Artillery deploys a pair of 12-pound Napoleons.54mm plastic figures from BMC and Americana.I recently finished painting a crew of 10 figures to man two 12 pound Napoleon guns for my...
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We Had A Great Play Test of ACW Game
Cemetery Ridge with Union defenders on the left and Confederate attackers on the right.CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGESeveral days ago four of us convened at the home of Keith L. -- yes, that Keith L, the...
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Speira 3D Printed Figures
Spear ACW surgeon and casualtiesThere is a company based in Sweden called Speira Miniatures that makes 3D printed figures for wargamers and toy soldier collectors. One can order the figures in a...
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