An Italian acquaintance on Facebook selling some military history books. Not sure is this was autocorrect or a bad translation 😳
Frederick
@possumlad.bsky.social
Cat enthusiast, miniature wargamer. I'm here to steal your terrain ideas.
More good news from the Italian Front of wargaming is Baccus released some Italians, although I wish they were in pith helmets. So far no one has done those in 6mm that I’m aware.
Battlefront is rereleasing the l3/35 tankettes. I already have a company’s worth, but now I may be able to put together an entire battalion (40 tankettes).
Here’s a garbage AI pic of Rommel I saw posted on the Facebooks. There’s got to be a bajillion actual historical pics of Rommel in North Africa, why would you need AI to create one?
Not sure how I missed this (I guess it’s been around for a bit), but here is a very neat source for some Italian TO&E. What’s particularly interesting are the various colonial units listed. This also means I will have to buy more miniatures to recreate some of these units. 😬
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Sculpting a tiny little guy before work. I daydream about making miniatures for a living instead of my actual job
Some cute little portable watercolor kits. I wonder if something similar for miniature painters could be made. 🤔
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Adding candy to the order will 💯 % guarantee my return business.
Man with a bandolier of toilet paper, presumably for sale or trade. Stuttgart, 1945. (From the French national defense archives)
Scale modeling sure has come along way since I was kid. Back in my day we had to kit bash our chickens. Hopefully these will be followed up with aftermarket photo etched parts.
Does the stowage box I made appear too short, like by a hair?
Making the left side stowage bins found on the Vickers Mk VI light tanks serving in North Africa. These are missing from Battlefront’s older resin & metal models. Next step is to make a mold to duplicate it x16 more times for a full squadron.
Just saw this over on the Facebooks: some new Sikhs from Empress!
New owner at work got a Nespreso and now I’ve got caffeine jitters 😵💫☕️☕️☕️
It's back in Portland. Will it go to Miami or New Jersey next? Place your bets!
Frederick@possumlad.bsky.social · 8mo agoEvery time it arrives in Portland (its destination) it gets rerouted somewhere else, increasingly farther away. Anybody want to make a wager on where it’ll end up next?
Every time it arrives in Portland (its destination) it gets rerouted somewhere else, increasingly farther away. Anybody want to make a wager on where it’ll end up next?
Sad achievement unlocked: I am now the oldest person at work. 😢
I am reading the memoir of a war correspondent embedded with the Italians in Tripoli in 1911. This is a great line that sums up Italian strategy, “The Italians are besieging the desert. They have sat down beside it and called upon it to surrender.” 👏
Little shout out for District Miniatures, who've filled a lot of gaps in the WW2 decal market, largely using my website as a reference. districtminiatures.com
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I bought this teddy fur blanket from Amazon. It’s a tad over 4ft wide and a scouch under 6ft long -I think it’ll work for the skirmish games I have planned. It was the closest thing I could find in the US to what @adcpainting.bsky.social had recommended.
Denture brushes are pretty handy for scrubbing paint off of old miniatures, after a soak in simple green.
