Posts Tagged ‘Reviews’

Review: White Dwarf June 2013 vs November 2006

Posted on May 25th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

I'm going to review both magazines side by side, section by section. At the end of each section I'll write a brief paragraph about the section and then give it two scores out of 10. One score will be for usefulness, the second will be for …

MERCS – CCC Box Set Review

Posted on May 24th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

MERCS CCC BoxWe take a look at the MERCS miniature games CCC faction box set. It currently includes 6 miniatures, cards and dice.

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Dystopian Legions – Ryuma Steambikes

Posted on May 23rd, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Here again is Mark (the official Dystopian Legions Guy for the blog ) this time he is looking at some bikes….Some STEAM bikes. Back again courtesy of the Bear, with another Dystopian Legions EOTBS ‘What’s in the box’ review.  This time it …

Grinning Skull Reviews: Triples 2013 photos!

Posted on May 23rd, 2013 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Posted by

What I can say, is that it was a great day, and my thanks to the guys there for making me and my kids very welcome for the duration of our stay! My kids loved it, as did I and I managed to get myself a few choice bits off my shopping list (more about […

Small Terrain’s culvert and streams

Posted on May 19th, 2013 under . Posted by

Couldn’t find a suitable drainage ditch for 15mm until now…check out the review:

Review: iBooks Codex vs Hard Copy Codex

Posted on May 19th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

I collect all the Warhammer 40,000 Codices. I buy them as soon as they are released. I've been really really impressed by the sixth edition hardback books. The productions values are really high with embossing and spot uv (glossy areas). It jus…

Basecrafts Steampunk kit review

Posted on May 17th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

Following on from the Autumn basing kit review time to do the kit that really caught my eye in the Steampunk basing kit As before this kit lets your imagination run wild making unique bases without the usual need for resin bases or if you just enjoy ba…

Brushes and Tools Holder – HobbyZone

Posted on May 17th, 2013 under , . Posted by

Each workshop comes with brushes and tools over time. The question is how to control them. How to store them conveniently. Finally, I found the answer to those questions.W każdym warsztacie z czasem przybywa pędzli oraz narzędzi. Pytanie brzmi jak n…

Flashpoint Miniatures 15mm Vietnam range review

Posted on May 13th, 2013 under , , , , , . Posted by

Recently I started collecting PAVN force for Flames of War/ Tour of Duty. After getting a mix of Peter Pig and Battlefront stuff I also spotted Flashpoint miniatures during my internet searching. Soon after I received couple of blisters courtesy … Continue reading

Minairons Miniatures: T-26 Tank Plastic Boxed Set!

Posted on May 11th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

Hi, I just finished the review of the nice plastic 20mm T-26 A & B Light Tank boxed set of the Spanish company Minairons Miniatures and was again pleased by the quality and fast to build qualities of this boxed set. For those unaware of who…

Book Review – The Devil’s Pay by Dave Gross

Posted on May 10th, 2013 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Posted by

The Devil’s Pay by Dave Gross is one of three eBooks released by Privateer Press through their new publishing arm Skull Island eXpeditions (hope I have the spelling down now!). The Devil’s Pay is great fun, an action-packed romp through th…

Battle Story : El Alamein 1942

Posted on May 8th, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

I saw this book several weeks ago and decided to buy it primarily because I had read other works by this author and knew it would be a good read. Pier Paolo Battistelli earned his PhD in Military History at the University of Padua and is a scholar of G…

28mm Scheltrum miniatures Polish POW militia review

Posted on May 8th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

Amongst many miniatures I brought home from last Salute show was latest release from Scheltrum miniatures.  It’s always good to see  stuff released for more niche ranges. We got three sets of Polish POW militia ( POW stands for Polska … Continue reading

Novel Review: The Warlock Sagas – Instruments of War from Privateer Press

Posted on May 6th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

THE WARLOCK SAGAS: INSTRUMENTS OF WAR

 This was my first read from the new offerings from Skull Island Expeditions the publishing imprint for Privateer Press and written by Larry Correia.  I have really enjoyed the background of the Iron Ki…

Review: White Dwarf May 2013

Posted on May 5th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

New month, new White Dwarf, new releases. This issues main release is the High Elves for Warhammer Fantasy and after the last issue I can’t say I had high hopes for this one, but was actually a little surprised in a positive way this month, continue re…

Book Review – Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari

Posted on May 4th, 2013 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Posted by

Fire Caste by Peter Fehervari – a television script-writer who has not written a book for Black Library before – is a strange, strange novel. Some things should be stated up-front. Fire Caste certainly isn’t much of a Tau novel, and f…

A Call to Arms: Star Fleet Review

Posted on May 3rd, 2013 under , , , , . Posted by

It has been a while since I have done a review so to get back into the swing of things here is, A Call to Arms: Star Fleet (miniature star trekking battles). Produced by Mongoose Publishing, it is as you can probably gather based on big space ships sho…

WSS 66 – The New Golden Age

Posted on May 1st, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

My copy of Wargames Soldiers and Strategy arrived in the post yesterday and I’ve had a quick scan through its pages. I’m kicking myself now for not going digital when I resubscribed a couple of months ago. Its great to get the magazine in the post but …

Wargaming Recon #90: Henry Hyde Editor of Miniature Wargames now with Battlegames

Posted on April 29th, 2013 under , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Posted by

Henry Hyde Editor of Miniature Wargames now with Battlegames. Henry Hyde reveals lots of amazing news to the Wargaming Recon audience before anyone else! Editor Henry Hyde is back to discuss the upcoming release to his book, the Wargaming Compendium, a…

Airland Battle

Posted on April 28th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

My British battle group gets 15 minutes of ’80s betatastic entertainment from Wargame Airland Battle:

Review: White Dwarf – May 2013

Posted on April 27th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

This month's White Dwarf magazine is a 152 pages and features the High Elves. Read on for the Tale of Painter's in depth review of the publication.
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6mm Heroics&Ros Mi-6 Hook helicopter

Posted on April 26th, 2013 under , . Posted by

I have been waiting to add Mi-6 Hook to my Soviet paras for a long time. After disastrous purchase from Skytrex ages ago (review of that model is somewhere on this blog) I kept hearing that H&R meant to release … Continue reading

Being Someone Else, with a Magelock Pistol!

Posted on April 26th, 2013 under , , , . Posted by

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In a bit of a departure from the normal wargaming stuff, I have a bit of new reading material in the form of a belated Christmas present, the Iron Kingdom Roleplay Game Core Rulebook. A review is probably in order. But first an admission. I do not do roleplay games anymore, and I haven’t for [...]

Recommend Book Shop

Posted on April 26th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

I’ve got to spread a little kudos about this great little bookshop in Tunbridge Wells. It’s an eclectic mix, part games, part gifts, part second hand book store and with an old fashioned sweetshop inside as well. There are several aisles of booksh…

Games & Gears Studio Brush review

Posted on April 25th, 2013 under , , . Posted by

Back in February I backed Games & Gears Kickstarter for their ‘Pro Studio’ brush set and true to their promise they delivered in April, a set of new double-ended brushes arriving in the post a few days back. Although I missed the &#8216…