by Peter Ball | Feb 18, 2013
I promised something more interesting last time, and I deliver! This is also more complicated, but only very slightly.Desiderata:* Hot glue gun and glue sticks* Staples* Basing material (I'm using a CD)* Sand* Cardboard (cereal packet is fine)* Superglue * PVA glue*...
by Peter Ball | Feb 15, 2013
A happy post-Valentine's Day to all you folks. I hope you all had a lovely day! Right, now on to today's terrain tutorial. This draws on a previous tutorial, in which I described how to make an individual defensive earthwork for a single Heavy Weapons Team. Now, how...
by Peter Ball | Feb 13, 2013
I have recently posted quite a few tutorials, which have mainly covered how to build pretty simple defensive structures. It strikes me that the best thing to do when so many articles have been posted is to collect them all in one handy location. Today's post is a...
by Peter Ball | Feb 11, 2013
Last time I covered tank traps, large metal constructions made of girders. This time I offer the simpler way to stop tanks. In fact, this is so simple it barely needs an article! All you need for this is -* Sand* PVA glue* Base (as usual I'm using a CD)* Cardboard (to...
by Peter Ball | Feb 8, 2013
When I was a little boy, I used to love to sit and stare at old war films on the television. One of my favourite was The Longest Day, which depicts the successful (thank Heaven!) Allied invasion of Normandy in WWII. The beach assault scenes are particularly striking....