The Photo Stage

Today, I built a photo stage for taking pictures of miniatures.  This will be useful for reviewing miniature lines and taking quick pictures for painting tutorials.  The box measures 15″ X 10″ X 10″.  The short wall is not necessary for photography.  It is there to stabilize the back wall.  I used a single sheet of 3/8″ foam board 20″ X 30″.   I cut it into 4 15″X10″ sections.  I cut down the short wall to 10″ X 10 3/8″.  I used PVA glue and wire brads to fashion it all together.

The stage with two 100 watt lamps.

 Still experimenting with photography.  I am not so good yet.  I know the general principles but it will take time to get the right mix of light and positioning.

Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a happy new year for 2009!

I am planning to be more active on the site.  I want to finish up the final minor tweaks to Ancients D6. As well, I am going to build out some early medieval lists for Norman/Saxon/Vikings and perhaps a few continental armies as well.

My big plan is to write and play-test Black Powder Wars.  The rules are basically done but I need to refine a few things such as how the turn sequence is done before I can begin the play-testing.

Finally, I’ll be doing some game reviews.  These reviews will include a battle report of the game complete with annotations on how the rules work.  If the games are not played solo, I’ll invite the other players to give their impressions of the game as well.

Stay tuned!  It all starts in January!

John

New Site and Bad Luck

Hello all,

My system at home had a major failure of the hard disk.  Fortunately, nothing major was lost…only time.  I decided to build my site on WordPress and see how that goes.  While free sites on WordPress are not as full featured as if you were hosting your own, they do have the advantage of being backed up by someone else.

I should have the game files back online soon.

John