Fantasy Flight Games’ X-Wing miniatures game has attracted a large following within a short time. This has, of course, led to plenty of coverage on the world wide web, too. This page lists sites and forums I have stumbled across.
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At Crisis 2012 in Antwerp, Rutger and I ran a Cold War participation game called Red Storm Rising. A small American force, part of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, was tasked with stopping a larger Soviet force. We played with a modified version of ...
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During the December Ducosim, we played a four-player mini campaign (two battles per player). One of the first battles and the second battle took place in a city. This was the first time we played on my modular 3D terrain, consisting of four styrofoam boards of 60x60cm. Most of the […]
Fender has introduced another Stratocaster model: The Blacktop. Based upon the Mexican Standard series (9.5″ fretboard radius, six-screw vintage tremolo), it features two humbuckers instead of the three single coils. Three colors are available: Black, Candy Apple Red, and Sonic Blue. Both rosewood and maple fretboards are available. The Blacktop […]
The Star Wars universe was somewhat dormant in the early 1990s. It had been eight years since Return of the Jedi, with new material being mostly limited to the source books published by West End Games for the Star Wars roleplaying game. Then, in 1991, came Heir to the Empire, […]
In Street without Joy, Bernard Fall describes and analyses France’s failure in the First Indochina War, focusing on the second half (1950-1954). Based on his personal experiences and thorough research both in French and Vietnamese archives (he met and interviewed Ho Chi Minh during one of his visits to North […]
Foto’s van de Luchtmachtdagen op 18 juni 2010 te Gilze-Rijen. Helaas was het weer niet zo geweldig, waardoor ook het fotograferen moeilijk was. Bijna alle foto’s op ISO800 om ook bij f8 een korte sluitertijd mogelijk te maken. En je kunt nooit genoeg millimeters hebben… In dit geval Nikon D90 […]
Chickenhawk, by Robert Mason, tells the story of a helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War. Mason had always wanted to fly and already held a private pilot’s license when he volunteered for the Army to fly helicopters. His flight training is recounted in the book. He is then assigned to […]
[lang_nl]Foto’s van Ana Popovic & Band, Bluesroute Scyedam (Schiedam), 29 mei 2010. Genomen met Nikon D90 & Tamron 17-50 2.8, grotendeels met het diafragma bijna helemaal open op ISO800. Opvallend was dat veel fotografen een telelens, zoals de 55-200 of de 70-300, op hun camera hadden. Ik was heel blij dat ik de […]
This is a tutorial illustrating how I paint my mechs. The first step is cleaning flash and moldlines off the miniature and basing it. I use bases made from airdrying modelling clay (Faber Efaplast Classic). An alternative that needs baking in the oven is Fimo. Applying primer is the second […]
Fender introduces a revised version of its American Deluxe models. For the Stratocaster, Fender highlights four changes: Compound radius fretboard, 9.5″ to 14″ Staggered tuners New N3 noiseless pickups Reconfigured S1 switching The American Deluxe Stratocaster is also available as left-hand, HSS, V-Neck, and ash-bodied version. Color choices depend on […]
An important limitation of digital cameras is their limited dynamic range – scenes with high contrast will either lead to lost detail in the highlights or in the shadows. This problem is made worse by the limited range offered by the JPG format. High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography tries to […]
My 10mm Vietnam project is partly completed – all troops are painted. Terrain consists of a few hooches, some terrain features by TimeCast Models, and some home-made trees. Two test games using the Ambush Valley rules for Force on Force showed that 10mm works great for skirmish gaming. Future additions […]
New year, new guitars: Fender introduces the American Special Stratocaster. Designed as low-cost American-built guitar, it complements the Highway One series. Changes with respect to the Highway One Stratocaster are small: Gloss instead of flat finish and the popular Texas Special pickups, also used on the Road Worn series, but […]
