I recently attended Carnage on the Lake in Eastern Vermont. It’s the only real convention in my home state and the only one that under three hours of driving. There seems to be some sort of family emergency or sickness (once ended up with a 2 year old in the hospital the day before) that [...]
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Warpaint Your Own Indian!
For a while now, I’ve been suffering over how to make unique warpaint schemes on my Northeastern Woodland Indians. I came up with the idea of starting a collection of warpaint designs. Scott from Paperterrain.com was kind enough to create a blank template for us to draw on. So if you feel like contributing to [...]
French and Indian War Scenarios
There seems to be a dearth of FIW scenarios out there for gamers. So I thought I would start a resource for those looking to find them. If you know of any posted on the net, leave a comment with a link and I’ll add it the post. TooFatLardies Scenarios 3 fantastic scenarios can be [...]
28mm French and Indian War Manufacturers
I thought I’d write this post as I’m constantly amazed at what’s out there for the FIW period. Here’s a list for those that find it through google, but mostly for myself. I tend to forget things after a while and lists help. This list in no way constitutes anything other than MY OPINION. It [...]
A Bit of Artwork…
I bought my daughter a “Step+by+Step How to Draw” book the other day as she is very talented for a five year old. She doesn’t like trying to draw for the book, but she does great water colors of the drawings I make from the book. I have really enjoyed the drawing as it’s something [...]
Visit to Saratoga National Historic Park
This weekend I was going to the Lake George area with my family for a family get away. I made sure to add a precondition that if we went that close to Saratoga we had to drop by the battlefield. So the kids turned out to be to skinny to play at the waterpark for [...]
Some Great Saratoga Resources
I thought I would take this opportunity to pop up some of the online resources that I have found that are great for Saratoga Campaign Perry Miniatures – You have to select AWI Articles in the drop box at the top and you will find “simply the best ever” wargamer’s reference for the British troops [...]
