Lard Island News: Painting, Modelling and Scenery

I had originally intended to just put the following in a postscript to the last article on Lard Island News, but on reflection I thought

I really think so!  Well, not me if I am honest, but my Jump Off Points.  Playing a rather spiffing game set in Malaya last

With the big jungle bits done, the bamboo complete, some native residencies finished and the low level jungle on the way, my thoughts turned to

There are some aspects of terrain modelling that come as a surprise; sometimes for good reason, sometime for bad.  I usually find this occurs when

Well, it is done.  At least the first tranche of my jungle is complete.  Since the last post when I got the undergrowth in place

A couple of days absence due to LOTS of work being done rather than none, but this has largely been boring paint slapping work on

A short post today as we embark on the proper Jungle build, applying the lessons we learned with our test run.  I have mentioned what

So, the moment of truth is here.  The trial build of our Jungle terrain comes to an end and the jury is about to make

Okay, back to the jungle project again after a brief interlude on buildings.  You may recall that we had our trees in place and our

No jungle today.  I sprayed it all black yesterday and then slapped on some brown paint.  In the afternoon I went to start on the

A wise man from Birmingham once said “It’s Christmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!” and once again he’s right, ‘cos its here again.  On Lard Island that means two things,

I must admit that I feel like a bit of a charlatan writing this piece as I feel like I am claiming to have a

So, with the buildings complete apart from fine detailing, we ran out the game on Tuesday night at the club and it was looking okay. 

Buildings.  Well, I wanted something typically Dutch on a waterfront, something where one could almost smell the damp clogs.  I also wanted something that I

So, with the canal sort of on its way, I though I’d next crack on with the defences.  One interesting factor which intrigues me about

“Rubble, Rubble”, as David Bowie nearly once sang and, let’s be honest we know what the man who fell to Earth meant:  there’s never enough

Well, it’s bee a bit of time since I posted about my wargaming journey towards Stalingrad, largely because I’ve just been so busy with other

As part of the on-going Stalingrad build project, I am still very much on the road East.  The plan is to have a campaign covering

Fear not loyal readers of Lard Island News, my recent silence has not meant that I have been caught by the NKVD and put up