Gisby's Gaming Blog

Wargames Factory – Plastic Zulu War British – A Review

gisby — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:56:01 +0000

When Wargames Factory announced their intention to release a set of 1879 British, I was very excited.

Although they were not the first set announced by WF, they were the first set actually released.

They aren’t bad as a first release.

Pulp Gaming: Radon Zombies of the Ionosphere Juggernaut

gisby — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:29:34 +0000

I recently got a bunch of the ‘Radon Zombies of the Ionosphere’ from Pulp Figures

The figures themselves represent the rubber-suited minions of an evil mastermind in the spirit of the old movie serials.

They portray these well, evoking the genre perfectly: So much so that I had to build a juggernaut to accompany them.

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Review: Arnica Montana Buildings

gisby — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:59:28 +0000

Although I usually like to make my own Old West buildings, I recently picked up a few
from Arnica Montana.

When they arrived, I was sad: They were far nicer than I had expected, and I had not ordered anywhere near enough of them!

I was hard-pressed to choose where to start. More…

Darkest Africa: The Shostim Trading Company

gisby — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:29:05 +0000

Or…. IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO MAKE CHICK’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT

I’m a slug. A lazy slug. I had an idea for a birthday gift for my pal Chick, and it took two years to finish it.

In this time, I did a lot of other stuff: A half dozen websites, masters for 50+ miniatures, painted about 1000 figures. In the end, I decided to just FINISH it, and it took… 3 days. It was sitting at that stage for months. I am a slug. More…

SPACE 1889: A German walker

gisby — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:28:45 +0000

I am a big fan of the SPACE 1889 rules and setting. They had role-playing rules, tabletop battle rules, plus aerial and naval rules. They combined Victorian and Barsoomian elements well, and deserved to be far more popular than they were. Even now, 20 years later they still have a following.

I’ll admit, in places the rules weren’t great, but in others they were teriffic.

Where they shone, was in background. The rules themselves were followed by a bunch of reasonably priced sourcebooks, each with background material a-plenty and a really crappy scenario. More…

Darkest Africa: Native huts

gisby — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:36:49 +0000

When Foundry first started their Darkest Africa range, I was quite excited. The possibilities for adventure in the great untamed continent seemed endless. And so it has proven.

So of course I needed to make some scenery for my games. Where better to start than huts? A quick internet search showed a wide variety of native buildings: I chose these because they are so generic. More…

Darkest Africa: King’s Hall. An Ideal first Project

gisby — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:56:36 +0000

This was a simple piece inspired by a papier mache box sold in a craft store. It has a plain rectangular bottom, but the lid was a gabled roof-shape with overhanging eaves. It is structurally strong, and is pre-made with a removeable roof. There are several sizes available, including some I have looked at for European buildings.

I originally bought it years ago to make into a Dark Ages Hall (which wouldn’t reallyhave been all that different) but looking through Stanley’s Darkest Africa books I saw a similar structure and was thus inspired. More…