Where playing with toy soldiers is the whole point - and sharing the joy of doing so. And keeping a record of what's been done and what is still awaiting completion. A note of caution for those unfamiliar: this activity can be remarkably addictive and take over your free time. Well, now wait a minute, it's so much fun that shouldn't be a problem. Oh, that's right. It's not! (title with asterisk in bar below is newest or most recent modification to a Page topic)
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
A List of Boxers
High thee to the Boxer page above to see a list of the Boxers I've amassed - and it's quite a mass. Legations to follow.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Blue Moon's German Legation arrives
It's 17" square and adapted from the Austrian Legation and walls, corners, gate, and gate house. That means I now have the six legations needed - German, Russian, British, American, Japanese, and French. I also have ruins and some other buildings for the Chinese. Still need a bunch more Chinese buildings and more ruins. Cool stuff. Just got today so no photos yet.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
Followers Reopened
A while back I shut down the followers feature on this blog because of some unwanted activity. I've reopened it to see what happens. Hopefully, I'll keep it up. But if that inappropriate stuff pops up, well, I might shut it down again. Meanwhile, for all legitimate visitors, enjoy!
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
A box flew in to my house yesterday
And it was full of Boxer rebellion figures and buildings. Check out the page link above to see some photos with captions.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Updates and Codes
Okay, nothing fancy in the codes, just a reminder that - as long as I keep it up to date - the numbers associated with the various page links above report how many posts by different dates there are on that page and how many photo images. More or less. Most recent update, no pictures yet, is on the Scenery page.
In September, if all goes according to plan, I will be visiting a whole bunch of Old West sites in Montana and Wyoming, mostly the latter but including Little Bighorn and the Rosebud site. This is part of a grand vacation my wife and I are taking. She wants to see Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. All good with me and the historical sites are a side benefit for me.
And, maybe, after the trip I might even have more hobby time. Can only hope.
In September, if all goes according to plan, I will be visiting a whole bunch of Old West sites in Montana and Wyoming, mostly the latter but including Little Bighorn and the Rosebud site. This is part of a grand vacation my wife and I are taking. She wants to see Mount Rushmore and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. All good with me and the historical sites are a side benefit for me.
And, maybe, after the trip I might even have more hobby time. Can only hope.
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Linear or Square?
Not, perhaps, as simple as you might think.
I was contemplating the size of my AWI figure collection versus the size of my gaming table and was startled at how many linear feet just my infantry would fill up. Came out to about 138 feet - 1/2 inch per figure and over 3,000 figures. And my table is only 4' x 12' in size. How in the world would I ever get them all on the table?!
Well, it turns out that is the wrong way to think of it.
Technically that is correct if all the figures were in one rank and all standing shoulder to shoulder. But if formed into brigade size masses and counting the space all the figures would take up - not just the infantry but cavalry, artillery, command, and casualty figures take up a bit less than ten square feet. Thus much less than one fourth of the table would be needed for the whole of my AWI figure table to be on the table all at once. Which means I could run a game with all of them, albeit crowded.
Thankfully, my collection is meant to allow northern, central, and southern campaign games so there would rarely be any point to having all the figures on the table at the same time. Unless it was Long Island!
I was contemplating the size of my AWI figure collection versus the size of my gaming table and was startled at how many linear feet just my infantry would fill up. Came out to about 138 feet - 1/2 inch per figure and over 3,000 figures. And my table is only 4' x 12' in size. How in the world would I ever get them all on the table?!
Well, it turns out that is the wrong way to think of it.
Technically that is correct if all the figures were in one rank and all standing shoulder to shoulder. But if formed into brigade size masses and counting the space all the figures would take up - not just the infantry but cavalry, artillery, command, and casualty figures take up a bit less than ten square feet. Thus much less than one fourth of the table would be needed for the whole of my AWI figure table to be on the table all at once. Which means I could run a game with all of them, albeit crowded.
Thankfully, my collection is meant to allow northern, central, and southern campaign games so there would rarely be any point to having all the figures on the table at the same time. Unless it was Long Island!
Saturday, May 6, 2017
The 7th
Not the date. The cavalry regiment. I've started prepping my 7th Cavalry regiment for my Old West/Plains Wars set-up.
Twelve companies at twelve mounted figures each plus twelve dismounts, a standing horse to represent point of dismount, and three dead horses and two dead men (that's 42 pieces x 12 or 504 pieces) and then there will be the high command, still a little minor adjusting but 6 more mounted men and six dismounts but only two dead horses and two dead men (harder to kill the high command).
I'm also hoping to get at least half of the army supply wagons prepped and primed this week, four wagons with drivers and four horses per wagon. Part of the minor sorting is adjusting so that within the twelve companies there will be four battalion commands - each battalion to have three companies (or troops for those of you not aware that company was the proper name for a 'troop' at the time.
A bit of a distraction from the French and Indian War I'm supposed to be finishing and the American Revolution I've started and should be progressing with but at least the Old West is one of the KEY periods (AWI and Cracked Colonials being the other two key periods). Enough for now.
Twelve companies at twelve mounted figures each plus twelve dismounts, a standing horse to represent point of dismount, and three dead horses and two dead men (that's 42 pieces x 12 or 504 pieces) and then there will be the high command, still a little minor adjusting but 6 more mounted men and six dismounts but only two dead horses and two dead men (harder to kill the high command).
I'm also hoping to get at least half of the army supply wagons prepped and primed this week, four wagons with drivers and four horses per wagon. Part of the minor sorting is adjusting so that within the twelve companies there will be four battalion commands - each battalion to have three companies (or troops for those of you not aware that company was the proper name for a 'troop' at the time.
A bit of a distraction from the French and Indian War I'm supposed to be finishing and the American Revolution I've started and should be progressing with but at least the Old West is one of the KEY periods (AWI and Cracked Colonials being the other two key periods). Enough for now.
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