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Written by Don MacVittie
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 |
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We had some very bad Dutch helmets, which dropped over our eyes, and when by instinct we lifted the head for a better sight, we became an easy target… Not to mention that when it rained, the shape of the helmet allowed the water to pour along the throat, along the spine and down to the boots. Once I fitted a German helmet on my head. It was a luxury compared with what we used. Sgt Sandu Aurel, in his memoirs on WorldWarTwo.ro
In World War II, the Romanian soldier was ill-trained, well equipped, but with sometimes inferior equipment, and lead by men who could be callous and cruel. But they were the third largest European army in the Axis, and they fought from the beginning of Barbarossa until the very end of the war, first under the Germans, later under the Russians. 
We brought the four 15mm vendors that we could find with a selection of 15mm miniatures into the Wargames @ Nordalia painting areas to see what’s available on the market, the fact is that these four vendors offer a better selection of figures than all of the vendors that offer some of the more primary combatants. Since all of these figures go together relatively well, your options are great, and several of the vendors offer a large variety of poses. |
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Written by Don MacVittie
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 |
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The boxes, as delivered. When we saw the advertisement on The Miniatures Page for Point of Contact Miniatures, we thought we’d give it a try. Since one of the distributors listed is a supplier for our FLGS, we asked them to order us some American M3A1 halftracks and some German Sdkfz 251 halftracks. |
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Written by Don MacVittie
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Sunday, 23 November 2008 |
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The outside Inn with the minstrel. When your fantasy adventurers hit the nearest tavern, you need a spot for them to hang out. Be it the traditional start of Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons and Dragons campaigns or a Two Hour Wargames’ Warrior Heroes: Armies and Adventures (WH:AA) tavern encounter, you need the bar, the barmaid, and the rest of the crowd to set the scene. 
The assembled inside sets. SHQ Miniatures foresaw your need and answered it with a series of 25mm tavern related products. We brought the entire line in for review, figuring that there were an awful lot of you interested with the release of D&D 4.0 and WH:AA. While this review was being painted up, we purchased and tried out D&D 4.0, and while we were writing this review up, we purchased and tried WH:AA. These figures and accessories came in handy for WH:AA. |
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Written by Don MacVittie
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Monday, 17 November 2008 |
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Overview picture Poland is not yet lost
while we live
We will fight (with swords) for all/
That our enemies had taken from us. - Polish National Anthem, Source: USC |
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Written by Don MacVittie
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Sunday, 21 September 2008 |
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The CastleKits Pyramid – all items pictured come in the set. The biggest problem with Hirst Arts terrain molds is certainly not their quality, it is the amount of work required to get even a single building built with their molds. We have twelve or fourteen Hirst Arts molds and The WebMistress has put a couple of buildings together with them. They’re messy, time-consuming, and you need a ton of space to store the parts while building the remainder of the building.
Enter CastleKits, a small company that does the molding for you and throws a bunch of value-added items into the deal. In all honesty, this is the solution for me – the quality of Hirst Arts combined with a significant reduction in our time assembling them. But we’ll get to that part, first, lets take a look at what you get. |
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