Shed Wars

Wednesday, 14 October 2015

Spooky...just in time for Halloween

Last night I received a newsletter from Petite Properties advertising their latest wares.

What caught me eye was this rather spooky mansion in 1/48 scale which is perfect for 28mm.

It looks perfect for those horror and cultist games.

The only thing I am unsure about is the back...is this open or closed. I have written to the company but have had no response.

Stop Press: Tony Broadwood of Petite Properrties has come back to me and confirmed there is no back to this model (should not be hard to fashion one in keeping with rest of kit)

You can find this model on this link

http://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/raven-s-perch-the-enchanted-range-kit-1/48th.html

For more 1/48 scale Dolls House stuff great for wargames head here

http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/148-scale-dolls-house-suppliers-for.html

Until next time

Tuesday, 13 October 2015

Amera Plastic Terrain

A few weeks back I announced that the members of the Shed gaming group were going to try to set up a Frostgrave campaign in 2016. We have all seen some great things written about this game and with many of the Shed gamers having RPG routes this seemed like a fun idea.

But what about the terrain I hear you ask.

The plan is to build two 4 x 4 terrain sets. That way we can play a couple of games simultaneously and also rotate the terrain around.

Looking for inspiration I came across a wonderful thread on the LAF called Harry does Frostgrave and in this he showed up the use of Amera's plastic formed terrain and the possibilities they offer this sort of game.

http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=80671.0

So off to the website I went and purchased a few items. My only experience of Amera before this purchase was of their plastic ruined buildings set. Good pieces.

Amera's website: http://www.amera.co.uk/product.php?range=f

A few days later a massive box arrived revealing some very large pieces ! I am going to have serious storage problem in the shed.

All told I orders 7 pieces from their futuristic and fantasy ranges and as I said they are massive.

The figure in the shots is a 28mm Fireforge Soldier

ruined building

ruined tower

step pyramid

Ruined watchpost on hill

Ruined Tall Building (keep ?)

Ruined Temple

In the coming weeks I need to tackle my storage problem and then consider how I am going to dress these pieces

Until next time

Monday, 12 October 2015

BLAM 2015

So BLAM 2015 has now happened....

Met some great new people and caught up with a number of old friends. Plenty of beer (too much on Friday !), lots of games, and an event that went relatively smoothly.

Went out with the camera over the three days and took some pictures - they are not brilliant as the light in the room was awful and I discovered that the lens was misbehaving itself.

A big thank you to all the games hosts, the staff of the Berrylands Pub and to all the participants for a wonderful weekend. If you want to learn more about this event head over to the Lead Adventure Forum.

A couple of shots of the room before the fun starts...