by John Lambshead | Nov 10, 2013
These pictures were posted on twitter by someone I follow - I won't mention his name. They are cockpit components for a Forge World Marauder Bomber and this is what Forge World sent him.This model is £190. By any standards it is a premium product and yet Forge World...
by John Lambshead | Oct 22, 2013
The Kubelwagen is 1:48 Tamiya (I think or maybe Froc). The infantry are Warlord Bolt Action 28 mm, nominally 1:56.So the infantry are too small for the car?Um, I don't think so.Scale and size are two different ways of measuring things.
by John Lambshead | Jun 28, 2013
I scratchbuilt a gunboat to support the British Army in the Sudan.When you make a vehicle for a game where 16 soldiers equals a battalion you are obliged to place fast and loose with scale. The boat only has one gun, representing a battery and hence one gun crew. Also...
by John Lambshead | Mar 24, 2013
I picked up a bottle of paint stripper from B&Q and was astonished to find it was in a plastic bottle, not a tin.So I tried it on three second hand Dark Eldar models caked with paint that I picked up on eBay for a song. I put the models in an old mug, poured the...
by John Lambshead | Feb 18, 2013
The unsung heroes of wargaming are the small manufacturers operating out of modest premises and surviving by the skill of their hands and a great deal of hard work. Without them we would have access to very limited ranges indeed.One such is Frontline Wargaming who are...
