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Shapeways redux - a review of Brown Water Navy Miniatures model of USS Eastport
3-D printing for gaming really shines in the space defined by the intersection of the ability to produce a 'one-off' model (generally referred to as rapid prototyping), and an acceptable price point...
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ACW Naval status update - week seven
It's been another productive week getting work done on the ACW naval backlog. Several additional items are done, several more are almost done and a few new items have been added to the queue. So...
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ACW Naval status report - week 8
Well. Almost forgot to post an update for this week. And it's been such a great week!Not much moved to the 'done' column this week. but lots of progress in the other areas.What's Done?Finished up...
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ACW Naval review - Week 9
Another week already?Progress in the past week was much slower than in preceding weeks. This is due to two factors - 1 the nature of the main task (rigging) is by it's nature slow work for me. The...
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Cincycon 2016 is in the books
I'm home and unpacked from Cincycon. okay in fairness, I was home every day as it's just the other side of town. But the con is over for me, which is kinda sad. I could not let fighting a cold all...
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Tales from the Anaconda: The Battle of Hampton Roads. March 1862
Cincycon 2016 featured an American Civil War naval game loosely based on Hampton Roads. This battle of Hampton Roads had some odds and ends. In addition to USS Monitor, the steam frigate USS Minnesota...
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Starship Troopers: Waiting for the Cavalry
Things will go your way if you hold on for one more day.The landing boat from the TFN John Chard had set down hard in the clearing. AA fire from a Plasma Bug had crippled the vehicle. It had to be more...
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ACW Naval update - week 10
Good day and welcome to week 10!As predicted in the week 9 update, very little was accomplished this week due to the demands of preparing for Cincycon 2016. However, very little means something was...
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ACW Naval - status update week 11
Another somewhat slow week in the yards. The week started off with a bronchial-sinus cold that sucked away the will to do much work. But towards the end of the week, the weather cleaned up enough and...
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ACW Naval status update - week 12
A quick post for this week. Good progress was made this week. Several models moved through the painting queue fairly rapidly. Rigging continues for USS Pawnee and a new unit joins the fleet!What's...
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Don't try this at home ( I wish I hadn't)
In a moment of whimsy, I thought I'd try painting the red anti-fouling paint around the base of Sussquehanna. I'm not happy with the look. It seems both too bright and too large. I could try again...
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ACW Naval week 13 update
13 weeks! When I started the ACW Naval blog updates 13 weeks ago, the objective was to hold my feet to the fire and get the 1/600 models assembled and painted. After a quarter of a year, I can see that...
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The Sikh Wars - reloaded!
As the ACW naval project nears completion, it's time to start the prep work for the next task - rebooting the Anglo-Sikh war gaming project. I've enough figures to game the battles of Mookdee and...
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ACW Naval Week 14 status report
The first week of the second quarter sees the ACW naval project moving into the end game phase. All ships assembled and mostly painted. The single largest remaining task is rig the ship models, paint...
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Anaconda is available again!
In partnership with wargamevault, Anaconda is available as a digital download. For more details, visit their website.
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Wings of Glory - WWI Air War at the FLGS
We had a spirited day of gaming today at one of our Friendly Local Game Stores - Epic Loot in Centerville, Ohio. Over the course of three games, many planes were shot down, exploded or succesfully...
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ACW Naval week 15 status update
Good day and welcome to week 15!A mixed week. More progress was made on the rigging front and less progress was made on the painting front. Good news is that week 16 is likely to be more of a painting...
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ACW Naval status update - week 16
Week 16? Seriously?This plan is seriously working. Much progress was made this week. So much so that the end of the project can be visualized. But enough of that, get to the models!What's done! CSS...
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ACW Naval - status update week 18
Making good - but slow - progress on the remaining ships in the queue.Basically down to rigging the last few models. This is going to take a couple of weeks and may require additional wire. The...
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Squadron of misfit steamships
Not every project starts or ends as well as we'd like. Some you just get through and say 'good enough'. What follows are a few of those from a time that I just needed to get the models 'table ready'....
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