Welcome to Tulwar and Bayonet!
Tulwar and Bayonet is a blog devoted to my hobby of playing tabletop miniatures games of the historical battles from the Anglo-Sikh Wars of the mid-19th Century.I got started down this path in the...
View ArticleWInter is coming...
...and no, I don't watch Game of Thrones.Got a few inches of the 'white death' blanketing the ground outside, so its a good time to dive back into my hobby related projects.Drifting away from sci-fi...
View ArticleProjects, projects, projects...
I'm eargerly awaiting receipt of my 28mm Sikh Wars figures from Studio Miniatures. Earlier in 2013 I funded their kickstarter and it succeeded well beyond the initial scope of the projects. The many...
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Studio Miniatures Kickstarter delivers!
In this week's post I received my long awaiting 28mm Sikh War figures from Studio Miniatures. This was the result of a Kickstarter I contributed funding too in late summer 2013. And what a parcel it...
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Unboxing the new Studio Miniatures 28mm Sikh War figures
Okay, I had time to open all the boxes from Studio Miniatures and look at most of the figures except the artillery crews. (We'll cover them in the next week or so). What follows are my initial...
View ArticleAccount locked out of the miniatures page....
Title says it all - locked from the miniatures page and without even a "so long and thanks for all the fish" from the site management. It's not like I even post that much to the thing. Must have gored...
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If you didn't laugh, you'd cry...
I've got a good sized collection of 25-28mm Sikhs from Foundry and Old Glory. About 10 years ago, I painted most everything up and based it for Volley and Bayonet. I put on the Battle of Ferozeshah...
View ArticleGetting that old 15mm itch again...
...and I need to scratch it!I've got a bunch of stuff sort of done, but I think it's time to get my mid-tech wheeled 'armored cav' force painted up and ready for the tabletop. I think I'll find the...
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The Armored Cav platoon vehicles
Just so we undestand what I'm trying to find infantry to fill, here are the vehicles of the armored cavalry (motorized) task force.Vehicles are a mix of Rebel Miniatures, Rafm and Matchbox. The GZG...
View Article"Klytus, I'm bored....
What plaything can you offer me today?" - With apologies to Emperor Ming "The Merciless"Over the past week, I've been struck by a sense of ennui regarding my recent...
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Painting a Khurusasn APC and Rebel Miniatures Titan gunship
Just to prove I'm not totally slacking off the last two weeks, here are a few pictures showing the - admittedly slow - progress I'm making toward getting some new units ready for the table. I've had...
View ArticleAn Awesome Power Projection AAR
If you've never heard of it, Power Projection is to Traveller Book 5 starship combat as Striker is to Book 4. An excellent set of rules for translating starship combat to the tabletop setting. There is...
View ArticleBlog Consolidation Time
I've come to the conclusion that hosting these multiple niche gaming blogs may be a great way to segregate the contect, but it's a real pain to manage these sites. To that end, I'm consolidating my...
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Rekindling the fire for 1/600 ACW Naval games
Ten years ago I was obsessed with naval actions of the American Civil War. I'd written rules for campaign games (Anaconda) and tabletop games (Iron Thunder) and collected a ridorkulously large...
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Even more ACW naval models!
I keep sorting through stuff, so here's a few more pictures.One day, I ought to build and index of all the models. But not today! First up some tinclads and timberclads.Assorted tinclads and...
View ArticleSmoke on the Water at Advance the Colors September 19th, 2014
I'll be providing an ACW naval game at HMGS-Great Lakes 'flagship' convention Advance the Colors. The game is 7:00pm on September 19th. Given the short slot available for the game, I'm forced to keep...
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Adventures on the West Coast...
My job sent me to San Francisco for the week. While the days were long and the work was engaging, I was fortunate to be able to break away one evening and spend some time with Stephen Taylor...
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Smoke on the Water at Advance the Color 2014
After a seven year hiatus, I returned to American Civil War naval gaming at Advance the Colors 2014. On the first evening of the show, I provided a small game pittiing Union and Confederate ships...
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CSS Mississippi - a comparision in 1/600
Years ago, before the glorious golden age that Civil War naval games now enjoy, finding some of the more offbeat ship models was a challenge. So much so that we were reduced to having to scratch build...
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More 1/600 ACW naval fun
A few pictures showcasing some of the recent and current projects on my workbench.USS Minnesota with USS Housatonic on the starboard side.Confederate gunboat Fanny alongside USS Minnesota. Models by...
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