Painting/Inspiration Thread

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Unfortunately, most of these dioramas would not work well as wargaming tables... far too cluttered to get troops into and move them around.
Even the Dwarven Forge stuff, which looks nice enough, turned out to be kind of a pain in the ass in actual use because the walls are too high and spaces too narrow.

Maybe I'm just cranky today...
 
Unfortunately, most of these dioramas would not work well as wargaming tables... far too cluttered to get troops into and move them around.
Even the Dwarven Forge stuff, which looks nice enough, turned out to be kind of a pain in the ass in actual use because the walls are too high and spaces too narrow.

Maybe I'm just cranky today...

I never got into Dwarven Forge, but the documentary about them on Netflix was fun
 
Not that I don't like having lots of nice terrain... but there are a lot of practical concerns about being able to reach in and around everything.
Plus, I'd like something a bit modular so things can be rearranged to make new setups.
 
I played in a regular campaign over a decade ago where Dwarven Forge tiles were used regularly. We didn't run into issues others have mentioned. It did look badass while playing.
 
Those are some really impressive and artistic displays!

When I think of inspiring wargame images, though, I'm thinking more like:


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I appreciate a beautiful map (and some of those are just gorgeous), but when it comes to gaming on the tabletop, nothing for me can match the visceral thrill of a 3d representation in miniature
 
Skarg Skarg I assumed the same thing on reading the thread name, but I was not disappointed anyway. I was really into GW's Lord of the Rings line when I was a wee lad (and spent a LOT of my pocket money on it) so looking at these 3D sets brought back a lot of the childish glee I had.
 
Those are some really impressive and artistic displays!

When I think of inspiring wargame images, though, I'm thinking more like:


map-Ligny-1200x852px.jpg

T10StratView.jpg
image-4-1024x774.png

17-Territory_Map_Line.jpg

War_In_Europe.jpg
I wish there were more (new) fantasy wargames like this, hex and chit. I came to appreciate the simplicity ever since I started playing Dragon Pass. It leaves great room for imagination and work better for huge scales IMO.
 
Yeah. As a wargamer and a roleplayer, who often likes to mix elements of both, I notice that different people have different ideas of what the words mean. I don't make or have, and so usually don't use, many miniatures, so I tend to think of a "wargame" as involving hex maps and cardboard counters.

But also yeah, the dioramas of miniatures or Legos are pretty amazing, wonderful and inspiring. (Not enough for me to buy or paint them, but it'd be fun to play with them.)
 
RPGs, hex & chit games, and miniature battle games are all wargames, but only one of them is inspiring to look at, lol
 
Miniatures
War
Gaming

Several hobbies in one. Pick your own focus. Just don't tell me mine
 
Well indeed... call it history, reading about the background of your favourite fantasy or SF media, an interest in ships or tanks or the creations of Leonardo da Vinci.

Goes with the old saw that a real wargame would be played by torchlight in a ditch at 2am in a pouring rainstorm. None of you have eaten or slept properly in a week, people are screaming everywhere but you can't hear what they want, some people aren't moving. Now - go!
 
I never thought of war as a hobby

;)

Actually, you're nearly 50. At some point in the next few years, you'll wake up one morning with the urge to read a book about WWII.

Pretty soon you'll be able to quote 38t chassis production numbers for every year of the war, and the different StuG model numbers that used them.

You'll be able to tell people the difference between a German schwerepunkt strategy and a kessel deployment. Largely unprovoked, it must be said.

You'll end your days yelling 1944 bomber strategies at the nurses in the home.

Fight it as you must, but it's coming...
 
Well indeed... call it history, reading about the background of your favourite fantasy or SF media, an interest in ships or tanks or the creations of Leonardo da Vinci.

Goes with the old saw that a real wargame would be played by torchlight in a ditch at 2am in a pouring rainstorm. None of you have eaten or slept properly in a week, people are screaming everywhere but you can't hear what they want, some people aren't moving. Now - go!
Are you describing war or parenting?
 
I got FASA's Top Gun after all these years.

Anyone have any suggestions for cheap 80s era aircraft minis? Things that will work fine with 1" hexgrids?
 
Anyone have any suggestions for cheap 80s era aircraft minis? Things that will work fine with 1" hexgrids?



also worth mentioning that MicroMachines are returning to toy shelves this year. Once upon a time they were the ultimate cheap option for 6mm/1:285 scale aircraft

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When I were a wee lad, we had some Exin Castillos - essentially a lego-like brick system for building castles. I think they would be quite good for wargaming furniture as they're about the right size for 25-30mm scale figures.

It looks like they still make them


And it looks like there's a fairly active secondhand market on Ebay.


Some stuff I've seen also implies folks making compatible 3D printed bits.
 
26,000-Figure Playmobil Carthage Vs. Rome Battle of Zama

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