Saturday, October 21, 2017

Late October 2017 reading...

I've read the following books this week:

1)  The Romanovs.  More about Napoleon and Alexander and the invasion of 1812...

2)  The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodden.  More adventures concerning Francis Burton in search of the elusive Spring-Heeled Jack....

3)  Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall.  More of the debacle of French Indochina in 1954...

4)  The Legend of Drizzt:  Volume One by R.A. Salvatore.  Drizzt defiles Lolth the Spider Goddess of the Drow.  Thus becoming an exile from the underground city of the Dark Elves...


Sunday, October 15, 2017

Mid-October 2017 reading....

Here's what I'm reading:

1)  The Romanovs.  More about the late days of Catherine the Great and her death.

2)  Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall.  More about the fall of French Indochina.  Depressing reading.

3)  The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodden.  More Victorian steampunk adventures involving werewolves and time travel.

4)  The Legend of Drizzt:  Volume One by R.A. Salvatore.  More reading about Drizzt's training as a warrior of Loth.

28mm 1882 Egyptian Game, 14OCT17: AAR

Here are photos from a 28mm 1882 Egyptian Game using The Sword and The Flame:

                                          28mm 1882 Egyptian infantry


                                                    28mm 1882 British Infantry


                                          Egyptian redeploying.


                                          The aftermath of battle.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Early October 2017 reading...

I'm currently reading the following:

1)  The Romanovs.  Now reading about the beginning of Catherine the Great's reign.

2)  The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodden.  More steampunk adventures by Burton and Swindford chasing a time-traveling historian from the future in mid-19th century London.

3)  Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall.  More about the French debacle in Indochina/Vietnam.  Read the first set-piece battles in 1950-1952.

4)  The Legend of Drizzt:  Volume One by R.A. Salvatore.  Not much reading on the good-hearted Drow elf....

WIP, 6mm 1980s South African Micro-armor, 05OCT17

Here are photos of WIP, 6mm 1980s South African micro-armor, 05OCT17:



                                          WIP, 6mm 1980s South African micro-armor, Photo 1.


                                          WIP, 6mm 1980s South African artillery, Photo 2.



                                          WIP, 6mm 1980s South African infantry, Photo 3.