The Return of Time Commanders!

by | Dec 14, 2016

In the Beginning...Some years ago, to their mutual advantage, the folk who designed Rome: Total War managed to persuade the people at BBC2 to put on a series of episodes based on their game. You can't advertise on the Beeb, so the game engine was not mentioned, but...

Retro Monday #2: a bunker fit for your 40K squad

by | Dec 5, 2016

Carrying on with what I hope will be a popular retrotastic addition to the blog, here is the second of our Retro Monday features: a bunker fit for your 40K squad. Last week we featured the teeny version of this, which houses just a Heavy Weapons team (or something...

Parasaurolophus

by | Dec 3, 2016

From the same Tamiya 1/35 Mesozoic Creatures pack, two Parasaurolophi. Again, one as the box suggests, and t'other sliced up and rearranged. Note that I have avoided the use of flock and static grass. Grass didn't exist way back when.* Arguably, if one's hunting dinos...

Tyrannosaurus princeps

by | Nov 30, 2016

'Cause, you see, a princeps (prince) is below a rex (king)? Guys? Guys? No? Aw, man.Anyway, these are 1/35 scale infant tyrannosaurs from Tamiya's Mesozoic Creatures pack. I rather liked the colour-scheme of the tiger, so adapted it somewhat. No feathers on these...