VSF and 15 mm Science Fiction Gaming

Tiger Miniatures

2012-01-27T15:31:00.000-08:00

Not our scale but splendid figures none the less and a first class
painting reference!

http://www.tigerminiatures.co.uk/page5.htm

Campaigns Of General William Augustus Pettygree

2012-01-25T12:22:00.000-08:00

Another fine colonial blog!

http://generalpettygree.blogspot.com/

Maiwand Day

2012-01-25T12:16:00.000-08:00

A truly splendid colonial blog that we highly recommend!

http://maiwandday.blogspot.com/

The trench - the end

2012-01-18T12:21:00.000-08:00

The final scene of the movie "the Trench"

All The King's Men (1999) - Final Scene

2012-01-18T12:19:00.000-08:00

The Sandringham company vanishes into the mist as they engage the Turks in 1915.

Confederate Submarine Revealed

2012-01-13T10:16:00.000-08:00

The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sits in a conservation tank
after a steel truss that had surrounded it was removed on Thursday,
Jan. 12, 2012 at a conservation lab in North Charleston, S.C. Scientists
say removing the truss allows the first clear view of the sub since it
sank in 1864 off the South Carolina coast.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/confederate-submarine-revealed-1326407618-slideshow/confederate-submarine-h-l-hunley-sits-conservation-tank-photo-183814293.html

Complete Civil War Submarine Unveiled

2012-01-13T10:09:00.000-08:00

A member of the conservation crew walks beside the Civil War
submarine H.L. Hunley at Clemson University's Warren Lasch
Conservation Center in North Charleston,
South Carolina January 12, 2012.
http://news.yahoo.com/complete-civil-war-submarine-unveiled-first-time-172212730.html

Happy Birthday To Our Founder!

2012-01-10T10:36:00.000-08:00

All our best wishes on your birthday tomorrow!

Happy New Year 2012

2011-12-31T19:06:00.001-08:00

All the best for the new year!

A Merry Christmas To All!

2011-12-23T19:30:00.000-08:00

The CCC ( Colonial Camel Corps)

2011-12-21T12:53:00.000-08:00

http://paulsbods.blogspot.com/

Colonial Light Horse And Marines

2011-12-19T06:54:00.000-08:00

http://paulsbods.blogspot.com/

Colonial Army

2011-12-17T07:22:00.000-08:00

http://paulsbods.blogspot.com/

WTNW 20% Off

2011-12-15T21:03:00.000-08:00

All WTNW titles are going to be 20% off as part of the Winter Offensive sale at WargameVault
You have 3 days, 10 hours and 4 minutes to take part in the offensive!

http://www.wargamevault.com/wgv_wintersale.php?manufacturers_id=3206&filters=0_0_0_44296#selectpub

Christmas Sale At Rebel Minis!

2011-12-13T19:47:00.000-08:00

With Christmas around the corner, it is time for our Annual Christmas Sale! As you know, we only have two sales a year and we like to make them big! So, from now until December 31st, everything
on the site is 20% off! Yes, you heard right, 20% off! Use code rebel2011 when checking out to get the discount!

http://www.rebelminis.com/

FF12 Sky Battle Part 2

2011-12-13T12:44:00.000-08:00

FF12 Sky Battle Part 1

2011-12-13T12:43:00.000-08:00

Airship Battle SE 1.0

2011-12-13T12:39:00.000-08:00

Alex The Kid - Future (steampop)

2011-12-13T12:36:00.000-08:00

A Very Steampunk Christmas: The Men That WIll Not Be Blamed For Nothing:...

2011-12-13T12:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T07:01:00.001-08:00

Happy Veterans Day

2011-11-11T06:35:00.001-08:00

Tribute To My Grandfather

Heinz Muller (I wrote this a while back but, seemed fitting)
My grandfather was my maternal grandmother's second husband,
and therefore of no blood relation to me however, I knew no
other grandfather growing up. Both my biological grandfathers
lived until I reached adulthood but, I saw them not often
because of the distance of where they lived.
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Papa Henni, as I knew him had one of the most interesting of
lives, born in Germany and growing up there after WWI in a
small farm village in East Prussia,it was easier to get to
his uncle's fields by cutting through Poland! it even resulted
in him getting shot at by Polish boarder guards a few times.
Because of where and when he grew up he developed a great facility
for language, he grew up speaking German, Polish, Russian, Slovak
and later learned English and Japanese.He in early teens was an
ardent anti-nazi, he told me of putting sand down the gas tanks of
army trucks! He then would put it like this; "I was asked to
politely leave at the business end of a Kar98!Not surprising
given another of his stories where he tells of his village
where half the houses are flying the flag of the Weimar Republic
the other half the nazi flag, his house had the old Imperial
battle flag because his uncle Willy was convinced that the
Kaiser would return! So perhaps it was no shock that My
grandfather would go against the authorities...
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In 1936 he came to the states with his father and later
followed by his uncle Willy,He became an American citizen
in 1940 and after Pearl Harbor joined the US Army and went
to Training in Mississippi, where he also taught German to
Officers heading to Europe. He as A German was sent to the
Pacific theater.His first stop was for several months in
Schofield BKS Hi, where he stayed in the same building that
I was assigned to many years later, I Quad. His tails of
training there came home to me many times as I marched over
the same ground that he did many years before me .
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He went on to the Pacific theater where in one story he was
watching a PBY being worked on and a naval officer asked him
"Sergeant do you like what you see, my Grandfather replied as
he said (like an idiot) Yes Sir" He was then asked could he
fire a 50 cal Machine -gun he replied "Yes sir , on the ground"
the officer said it shouldn't mater...The next thing he knew
he was in the right bubble manning the 50 cal flying out over
the islands in a PBY. He didn't go too much into detail about
that other than saying he gunned allot of tomato gardens, later
learned that was slang for any Japanese installation.The next
stories he told me involved running into various islanders that
were fluent in German! In the first story he is walking along
this recently occupied island and hears someone singing "Watch On
The Rhine" a very patriotic German song being done in flawless
German, he walks up and finds this little old man cutting
vegetables who as it turned out used to work in the German
governors mansion. In the next story he and another German
American GI are at this elaborate ceremony where the chief is
in the full black top hat and tails but spats and no shoes.
My grandfather speaking in German to his friend said you think
they could have got him some shoes...Then thinking nothing about
it is approached by the same Chief who proceeds in perfect German
to apologias for his lack of proper attire etc...My grandfather
said he felt about 2 inches tall at that point, lol.
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The next things he really went into were how he learned Japanese from a Buddhist monk while on occupation duty in Japan. I guess the reason I thought of all these things was I turn 53 tomorrow 11 Jan, and was going back over the many things I learned from this very interesting man, and how it was really him that caused me to make a career in the army.
Sadly Papa Henni passed away just before Germany was reunified and didn't live to see that, I'm sure he would had allot of interesting things to say. The other reason that brought all this to mind was my friend Tim was showing some of his Japanese aircraft models and my mind sort of went back to these thoughts. There are so many other stories that I half remember now and so many other life lessons he taught me, that of all the people I've met in my life he I miss the most.....

"The Wars of Other Men" trailer

2011-11-09T14:32:00.000-08:00

Steampunk Star Wars - Imperial Propaganda Reel

2011-11-09T14:15:00.000-08:00

Arms Race - steampunk short film

2011-11-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

Steampunk war

2011-11-09T14:09:00.000-08:00

Airship Battle SE 1.0

2011-11-09T14:06:00.000-08:00

Romanian Army - Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878

2011-11-06T19:26:00.000-08:00

Romanian Army goes to war against the Ottomans

2011-11-06T19:21:00.000-08:00

Russo-Turkish War - Romanian Army

2011-11-06T19:19:00.000-08:00

War of the Worlds - Victorian version

2011-11-06T18:42:00.000-08:00

19th Century and Victorian Science Fiction Turkish Army in Miniature

2011-11-06T15:08:00.000-08:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2011-10-31T14:16:00.000-07:00

The only living master of a dying martial art

2011-10-30T07:01:00.000-07:00

A former factory worker from the British Midlands may be the last living master of the centuries-old Sikh battlefield art of shastar vidya. The father of four is now engaged in a full-time search for a successor.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15480741

The Halloween myth of the War of the Worlds panic

2011-10-30T05:18:00.000-07:00

Mass panic and hysteria swept the United States on the eve of Halloween in 1938, when an all-too-realistic radio dramatisation of The War of the Worlds sent untold thousands of people into the streets or heading for the hills.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15470903

Junkyard Planet: Fall In! 2011

2011-10-29T17:20:00.000-07:00

Junkyard Planet: Fall In! 2011: We made a very brief trip up to Fall In! today--the third (and smallest) of the three HMGS conventions, this year held at the Lancaster Host...

Landship Down Revisited

2011-10-29T12:36:00.001-07:00

http://shastapshchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/10/landship-down-revisited.html

The Duke of Wellington's army

2011-10-28T07:58:00.000-07:00

Young Projects: Little Wars Revisited

2011-10-26T11:44:00.000-07:00

Young Projects: Little Wars Revisited: THE FIRST WORLD WAR, MINIATURES, WAR GAMES AND THE LIMITS OF IMAGINATION Little Wars by H.G. Wells, 1913 ...

Abyssinian and Zulu War Games From: terrykgl

2011-10-25T08:35:00.000-07:00

I have just put up two battle reports of two colonial games fought using the HitE rules. Two great and fun games.

The links to the reports are

The Battle in Zululand:

http://fanaticus. org/discussion/ showthread. php?t=11944

The Battle in Abyssinia:

http://fanaticus. org/discussion/ showthread. php?t=11936

I know these are not rules you all play, but we like them, being DBA gamers. Hope you enjoy the reports,

Terry

19th Century Sudan Wargames Armies 1883-1885

2011-10-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

A record of the building of British, Egyptian and Mahdist Armies from the war of 1883 to 1885 using 28mm figures.

http://sudan1883.blogspot.com/

Highlander Studios, Inc.: U.S. 5th Cavalry on Mars

2011-10-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: U.S. 5th Cavalry on Mars: I attended a great seminar on Space: 1889 at Origins this year. Not only was it well presented and full of good information relating to...

ZULU'S Thousands of 'em (Partizan 2011)

2011-10-11T10:48:00.000-07:00

Great report from Secundus !

http://iron-mitten.blogspot.com/2011/10/zulus-thousands-of-em-partizan-2011.html

FT-17 Tank

2011-10-10T13:25:00.000-07:00

A7V Replica

2011-10-10T13:20:00.001-07:00

Anatomy of the Mark IV

2011-10-10T13:20:00.000-07:00

WW1 Tank at Omaka air show

2011-10-10T13:19:00.001-07:00

British tank of the WW1 in Kharkov.

2011-10-10T13:19:00.000-07:00

Replica WW1 Mk IV Male tank

2011-10-10T13:18:00.000-07:00

Edgar Rice Burroughs Web Site

2011-10-06T18:31:00.000-07:00

http://edgarriceburroughs.com/index.php

concept tanks: Concept tank tower concept by Nick Carver

2011-10-06T11:37:00.000-07:00

concept tanks: Concept tank tower concept by Nick Carver: Nick's blogspot. Check conceptships. Keywords: digital tablet concept mobile tank turret armored siege tower war machine concept art by...

http://concepttanks.blogspot.com/

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Hill Martian Spear/ Halberd Sculpts

2011-10-05T23:07:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Hill Martian Spear/ Halberd Sculpts: All right there are just too many things going on for one post. I'll stretch this out over three or four posts this week. Let's ...

Colonial Wargames (Up Date)

2011-09-26T12:28:00.000-07:00

Bob the webmaster of this splendid site has done some up dating....
http://www.colonialwargaming.co.uk/

John Carter of Mars - Teaser Trailer #1 (2011) HD

2011-09-25T15:51:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Fixing Blogger's new "feature"

2011-09-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Fixing Blogger's new "feature": You may have noticed when clicking on blog photos recently, that instead of getting a larger version of the picture, Blogger just displays t...

Brazos Evil Empire: Marine Cpl Awarded Medal of Honor

2011-09-15T21:14:00.000-07:00

Brazos Evil Empire: Marine Cpl Awarded Medal of Honor: U.S. President Barack Obama has awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration, to a former Marine Corps corporal for ...

BBC: The Boer War - Part 1

2011-09-13T18:34:00.000-07:00

The Boer war

2011-09-13T18:33:00.000-07:00

Boer War Reinactment Kelmarsh Hall 2010

2011-09-13T18:32:00.000-07:00

Boer War Skirmish at FoH 2011

2011-09-13T18:31:00.001-07:00

German Landsers returning from duty in the Trenches

2011-09-13T18:31:00.000-07:00

Ship Designers Needed!

2011-09-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

The Aerial Forces of the Hive, Queen and Country universe are locked in an arms race! Each nation seeks to field the best aerial vessels possible. New designs are constantly being sought and each ship makes all those that came before it obsolete relics.

Hive, Queen and Country is opening a design contest for would be aerial architects. The design rules are included as weblinks to examples of other designs. The prizes will include a rapid prototyped model of your ship and inclusion of the design in an upcoming Hive, Queen and Country product. You will receive full credit for the design in the product and a complimentary copy when it reaches print.
Good Luck and Good Hunting!

http://theminiaturespage.com/news/403358/

Blue Moon Manufacturing: 15/18mm WWI Trucks

2011-08-24T11:02:00.000-07:00

Blue Moon Manufacturing just released three new vehicles in our
15/18mm WWI range. Now available are:

15WWI-321 AEC 3-Ton Truck
15WWI-322 Halford 3-Ton Truck
15WWI-401 FWD 3-Ton 1917 Truck

http://bluemoonmanufacturing.com/index.php?cat_id=33

South Texas Minicon AAR

2011-08-21T10:06:00.000-07:00

First off my thanks to Mack and all the guys who came, I had a great time.

I put on a Demo of "When The Navy Walked" everyone enjoyed the speed
of the game and really liked the concept!

The game was between German invaders verses Italian defenders.
The Italians had two medium Walker Landships, three field guns,
three heavy machine guns, and seven battalions of infantry.

The Germans had one light walker, three battalions of infantry and
the massive capital unit. KLBS Rhineland

http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/ff218/redleg58/German%20Landship/

I built this monster and as I've said before, I'm half German
so I suffer through that gigantism gene (think Schwerer Gustav)....)

The German player mounter two of his infantry units within the
Rhineland to be dropped off where needed. The other German unit
followed the light walker on the German right flank.
Italians were in morning roll call formation as the Germans landed
and were in a rush trying to deploy to meet the advance.

As it was to turn out the Italians never succeeded to bring their weapons
to bare as they would have wished. The Germans went strait up the center
with the loss of their light walker and a few troops. The Italians however
loss both walkers a field gun all three machine guns and two routed infantry
units. Without enough combat power the Italians withdrew from the field.

http://s1088.photobucket.com/albums/i322/Donald_redleg58/

Super Galactic Dreadnought: SoTexMinCon roll call

2011-08-18T14:23:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: SoTexMinCon roll call

JTFM Enterprises WTNW 18mm Figs

2011-08-18T11:22:00.000-07:00

Here's a first look at the painted samples of our upcoming 18mm VSF range of figures. Sculpted by the very talented Mike Broadbent, and with outstanding brush work by Helen Bachaus, I'm sure that these figures will find their way into many Colonial games, as well as being used with the When the Navy Walked VSF ruleset!

http://theminiaturespage.com/news/148353/

Space: 1889 Wilderness Adventurers

2011-08-12T16:04:00.000-07:00

I'm still trying to strike a balance between getting the house ready to sell and getting the real work done. So work has slowed a bit more than I like while I paint 7 rooms and start pointing the foundation. However, I did get the other two wilderness adventurers done this afternoon and I have a good start on the two new poses of steppe tiger.
http://highlanderstudios.blogspot.com/

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space:1889 Adventurers and Steppe Tiger

2011-08-06T12:56:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space:1889 Adventurers and Steppe Tiger: " I just wrapped up the third and fourth figures for the American adventurer set. One female adventurer with repeating rifle. Not..."

Super Galactic Dreadnought: South Texas Mini-Con schedule

2011-08-06T12:43:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: South Texas Mini-Con schedule: "The South Texas Mini-Con is coming up in just two weeks. Our little gathering will take place Saturday, August 20, 2011, at the New Braunfe..."

One More Gaming Project: Mars and Venus by GASLIGHT

2011-07-28T16:47:00.000-07:00

One More Gaming Project: Mars and Venus by GASLIGHT: "I have recently moved two back burner projects to the front of the line: VSF Mars and Venus. I had been toying with doing GASLIGHT games se..."

McCourt's Revenge

2011-07-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

Just in from our buddy Gabriel Landowski ;
http://www.tabletop titans.com/ reports/0049. php

Cheers & Enjoy

Господа Офицеры: Спасти Императора

2011-07-26T14:55:00.000-07:00

Адмиралъ

2011-07-26T14:52:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space:1889 painted samples

2011-07-15T19:59:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space:1889 painted samples: " I've finished painting a few samples of the Space: 1889 masters. First up are two color tests of the gashant model. ..."

Monty Python - The Meaning of War (Tigers)

2011-07-13T21:11:00.000-07:00

British Army, Monty Python marching up and down the square, hilarious

2011-07-13T21:07:00.000-07:00

Khartoum - Battle in the Desert

2011-07-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

The Lighthorsemen - Battle of Gaza

2011-07-13T20:14:00.000-07:00

The Lighthorsemen - Ambushing the Ambushers

2011-07-13T20:13:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space: 1889 Gashant converstions

2011-07-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space: 1889 Gashant converstions: "What if Custer was not placed in command of the 7th Cavalry here on Earth. What if he instead had a long career in the 5th cavalry which wa..."

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Games at South Texas Mini-Con

2011-07-12T07:22:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Games at South Texas Mini-Con: "The events for our local do-it-yourself game convention are starting to materialize. Here's a tentative list of games: I, of course, pl..."

One More Gaming Project: HAWKs First Armies-for-Kids Project a Success!

2011-07-11T18:05:00.000-07:00

One More Gaming Project: HAWKs First Armies-for-Kids Project a Success!: "The HAWKs completed their first Armies-for-Kids project at last weekend's Historicon. The club gave away 16 painted plastic AWI armies to ..."

Cowboys & Aliens

2011-07-09T07:25:00.001-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space: 1889 15mm update

2011-07-06T16:23:00.000-07:00

Highlander Studios, Inc.: Space: 1889 15mm update: " The latest Space: 1889 figures will be delivered to Frank Chadwick for review. I'll have some photos of painted examples on the blog in..."

Happy Independence Day

2011-07-04T08:20:00.000-07:00

The Victorian Web: An Overview

2011-06-22T17:05:00.000-07:00

http://victorianweb.org/index.html

The Con is On

2011-06-17T06:54:00.000-07:00

As Chris announced over at the Hill Cantons, the South Texas Mini Con (for lack of a better name) is a go. The official date is Saturday, August 20, and our little gathering will take place here in New Braunfels.
http://supergalacticdreadnought.blogspot.com/2011/06/con-is-on.html

4th Infantry Division Museum Part 1

2011-06-13T19:02:00.001-07:00

I went on post today and ran in for a few to 4th Infantry Div

museum and looked at their 1890 to 1900 display.

Houston Beer and Pretzel Stay on USS Texas BB-35

2011-06-12T08:06:00.000-07:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Texas_BB-35.jpg

Help save the USS Texas !

http://beerandpretzel.webs.com/overnightschedule.htm

Boxer Rebellion - test game

2011-06-11T09:44:00.000-07:00

posted by Fire at Will at Will's Wargames Blog :
The first test game on a full sized layout was held at the

Deeside Defenders club on Thursday. Here are a couple

of pictures of the action. The British Legation is in the

foreground with the British order ...

http://willwarweb.blogspot.com/2011/06/boxer-rebellion-test-game.html

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Well, I guess it's official

2011-06-09T06:56:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Well, I guess it's official: "So it looks like we're throwing a mini convention this summer --and in New Braunfels, of all places! After some initial discussion about ..."

One More Gaming Project: Scratchbuilt Aeronef German Aircraft Carrier

2011-06-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

One More Gaming Project: Scratchbuilt Aeronef German Aircraft Carrier: "When I was playtesting the Fleetbattles portion of the GASLIGHT Compendium at HMGS-East conventions over the past few years, I met Bob Seitz..."

Colonial French Photos by SteelonSandBlog

2011-06-06T13:42:00.000-07:00

http://steelonsand.blogspot.com/search/label/Colonial%20French%20Photos

Previews of Martian Empires Venus Range

2011-06-04T06:50:00.000-07:00

Blackhat just updated the their preview page with a few

sample pictures of greens for their forthcoming Venus

range.

These include the Tolero Cavalry and the first

Lizard Infantry green.

http://www.blackhat.co.uk/previews.php

Soldier who fought off 30 Taliban — alone

2011-06-03T06:37:00.000-07:00

Sergeant Dipprasad Pun, 31, of the 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles holds his Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, after it was presented to him by QueenElizabeth II at Buckingham Palace in central London June 1 , 2011. Sergeant Pun defeated more than 30 Taliban fighters single-handedly during an attack on his checkpoint in Helmand province, Afghanistan in September 2010. The award is second only to the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration for armed forces of the Commonwealth.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110602/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryafghanistannepalaward

Space 1889: Red Sands

2011-05-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

The latest from the Space 1889 world.
http://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/81526/space-1889-red-sands

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Wish I could make it to Houston this weekend

2011-05-25T07:19:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Wish I could make it to Houston this weekend: "It's kind of short notice, but I just found out about this gathering on Memorial Day weekend: Comicpalooza in Houston. This event bills it..."

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Real battleship gaming

2011-04-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

Super Galactic Dreadnought: Real battleship gaming: "Speaking of dreadnoughts, how about playing wargames on an actual battleship? A Texas gamer sent a message to several mailing lists providi..."

The Royal Wedding

2011-04-29T11:16:00.000-07:00

I watched today's wedding between Prince William of Wales and Catherine

Middleton. I wish them a long and happy married life.Our best wishes to the

newlyweds the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

German Zyklops Landship

2011-04-24T12:26:00.000-07:00

JTFM Enterprises, in association with The ArmChair General,
is pleased to release the German Zyklops Landship, in
15mm scale, for use with their Victorian Science Fiction rules,
When the Navy Walked.

http://theminiaturespage.com/news/337611/