I originally purchased my K40 laser cutter without knowing a lot about them, and fell into the trap of purchasing an “Upgraded” K40 laser cutter with a lot of bells and whistles that I didn’t need, but lacking ones that I probably did need. One of these was an analogue ammeter, so I can measure […]
I never took any interest in Naval Wargaming until Warlord Games released Cruel Seas (an excellent, if poorly proofread beer and pretzels type game focusing on the smaller ships battling it out on the coast during World War Two in 1/300 scale, you can read our 3D printing guide here). Following on from this success, […]
A month of so ago I purchased myself one of these big blue “K40” style Chinese laser cutters from Ebay, and over the last few weeks I’ve been working towards getting it usable for cutting and engraving MDF and Acrylic plastic for a wide variety of miniature wargames products: from Tokens and Templates to Terrain. […]
As I live in Northern Virginia, I’d be crazy not to attend the NOVA Open so I purchased my tickets a few months ago for the Saturday access and a seminar, with the goal of seeing what sort of 3D printed stuff was on offer and how mainstream it is becoming at one of North […]
Osprey Publishing’s Gaslands game is one of my favorite tabletop games at the moment, it’s cheap, fun and easy to get into and perfect for 3D printing, whether it be accessories, gaming tokens, terrain or digital kitbashing entire vehicles, the possibilities are endless. What is Gaslands you ask? Well according to the official site: Shoot, […]
When I first started 3D printing for wargaming in early 2018 there was very little information, especially regarding cheaper printers. Since then, a variety of facebook groups have popped up that offer a wealth of information on the matter, and with more quality, low priced printers coming onto the market. When I began, my goal […]
I’ve been miniature wargaming on and off for the better part of the last 25 years, painting my first miniature using old Humbrol oil based paints that my father purchased for me to build kitset models. I quickly moved onto my first box set of warhammer fantasty battles, the old starter paint set containing a […]
From Wikipedia: The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was a famous and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War. It was fought over two days, March 8–9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the Elizabeth and Nansemond rivers meet the James River just before it enters Chesapeake Bayadjacent to the city of Norfolk. The […]
I’ve been putting together a 15mm ANZAC Force for Battlefront’s Nam, and keeping an eye on the unofficial “Bolt Action Vietnam” Facebook group and the free miniature at Historicon (yes, sometimes it takes just one free mini to get me to collect and army) has got me thinking about gaming the Vietnam war in 28mm […]
As I live just outside of Washington DC, I’ve been meaning to go to a large convention like Historicon for some time, so on Saturday I got up nice and early and drove the two hours north from Alexandria, Virginia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to take a look at Historicon and get an idea of how […]