A Wargaming Odyssey

This is a long running and continuing journey around a collection of ideas, projects, games, models and a variety of wargaming related themes from my own imagination and from others. As I have been described as having the attention span of a forgetful goldfish you can rest assured the resulting subject matter will be diverse and (usually) entertaining! "He lived in a frenzy of enthusiasm — but nothing lasted for long with him".

Thursday, 28 November 2024

Some Blasts from the Past

›
For some unknown reason a batch of my photos used on the blog have appeared in a separate album rather than the main one. The pictures relat...
14 comments:
Wednesday, 27 November 2024

In the Middle of Lidl

›
The box Measuring some 195mm across the flat sides and with hexes 26mm across the flat sides this has ‘Portable Wargaming’ written all over ...
14 comments:
Saturday, 23 November 2024

Tolkien about Heroic Fantasy

›
  “One game to bring them in….and in the expansion, bind them!” The 1st edition base game and the Battles of the Third Age expansion Some ti...
10 comments:
Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Redesigning the Monarch

›
This is an example of what Martin at Warbases has to translate into something tangible! A - this will be the 'top deck' and includes...
9 comments:
Monday, 18 November 2024

Modelling HMS Monarch

›
HMS Monarch - note the position of the mainmast, set further aft than usual to allow for the turrets The trials and tribulations of the scra...
Sunday, 17 November 2024

Of Life, Lofts and MDF….

›
  And so it begins. The first 18 of the 24 ships I am building for the Royal Navy and the Turks for 1880. The Turks are at the top and the R...
6 comments:
Wednesday, 13 November 2024

And so it begins….Kind of!

›
MDF - loads of it! If you expand the picture you should be able to make out some of the hull shapes - note the template second from right on...
10 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
David Crook
A wargamer since the early 1970s with wide-ranging and mostly unfulfilled interests in many historical (or should that be hysterical?) periods. An eternal optimist, I am always convinced that the next project will be the one....
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.