Monthly Archives: December 2011

Second Russian House WiP

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Brian Burger

Started another Russian farmhouse on Boxing Day evening, this one slightly bigger than the first at 4″x2″. I mentioned in the previous article that I used coffee stir sticks for the wood siding. The workbench photo below should explain some … Continue reading →

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Night Before the Night Before…

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Brian Burger

… and over at my place, I was hiding out, enjoying the last evening of solitary, productive peace and quiet I”ll have for a while, as the holiday season proper lands on us tomorrow. In between beer, sending out festive … Continue reading →

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Templates for Cards

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Brian Burger

Because I happen to have a stockpile of them around the place, several years ago I started using pre-punched Avery business card sheets as gaming cards – Encounter Cards and vehicle cards in .45 Adventure, stats sheets for minor characters, … Continue reading →

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More Autogyrations

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Brian Burger

Via Flickr user kitchener.lord, some still images of interwar autogyros recently posted. Most of what kitchener.lord posts is interwar aviation images culled from various archives. Well worth checking out if you’re looking for inspiration!

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RCW: Blundering Into Each Other

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Brian Burger

We had another round of Mud & Blood powered Russian Civil War action this afternoon, with a White composite platoon under a very dynamic officer meeting a spread-out Red platoon on the outskirts of a South Russian village and defeating … Continue reading →

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RCW Cards & Blinds In The Flesh

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Brian Burger

Finally got around to printing and cutting out a full set of the Russian Civil War Mud & Blood cards I created a few weeks ago, as well as the earlier Blinds. Here’s the full set spread over my painting … Continue reading →

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Links of Interest, 9th Dec 2011

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Brian Burger

If you haven’t already read Sidney Roundwood’s excellent 29 Ways to (try to) Stay Creative: A Wargamer’s List yet, you really do need to. The accompanying short video is not wargaming specific, but still has good advice. Do you know … Continue reading →

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Pearl Harbor, 70 Years Ago Today

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Brian Burger

Today is, of course, Pearl Harbor Day, and this year marks the 70th anniversary of that attack. I was on Maui for a vacation about 18 months ago, in the spring of 2010, and my brother and I spent a … Continue reading →

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Reds & Whites in the Mud & the Blood

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Brian Burger

The Russian Civil War figures I’ve been painting had their first outing Saturday evening, as Corey and I lined them up and tried out Through the Mud & the Blood out for the first time.   The evening was only … Continue reading →

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First Mud & Blood Game This Evening

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Brian Burger

Quiet around here lately, primarily because all of my hobby time has been taken up painting White Russians for this evening’s first outing of Russian Civil War-flavoured Through the Mud & the Blood. We’re using the first scenario from the … Continue reading →

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