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Some links to helpful tutorials that I have come across. (Now I can find them again easier)

Modeling
Decals
The "Perfect" Decal

Detailing
Modeling Weld Seams
Creating Cast Textures (Tools)
Creating Cast Textures (Glue)
Propeler & Rotor Blur Version 1
Propeler & Rotor Blur Version 2


 WWII Germans
Numbering German Vehicles

Painting
BOLS: Cockpit Canopy Painting  
YouTube Oil Wash Video
YouTube Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy Painting German WWII Camo (Splinter Pattern)

Terrain
Hills and Cliffs Tutorial

Table Mats Tutorial
Table Mats Tutorial II
Table Mat Discussion

Destroyed Vehicle Markers

Sculpting a 15mm Building I – Tutorial
Sculpting a 15mm Building II – Tutorial
Sculpting a 15mm Building III – Tutorial

How to make 15mm spent shell caings

28mm Corn Stalks

Weathering
Hairspray paint chipping technique
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Thursday of Historicon was a fast day since we live in Northern VA, so the run down to Fredricksburg was quick. Took a couple of classe...

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  • Beasts of War, Warhammer 40K, Warmachine, Flames of War, Wargaming News, Boardgames | Site Wide Activity
    gaiseric08 commented on the post, Bolt Action Goes Digital? From WW2 Tabletop Wargame To PC! #OTTWeekender - The sohei look great. Looking to get into moonstone with the kids, so these look like great options.
    2 hours ago
  • BigLee's Miniature Adventures
    The Great Wargaming Food Controversy! - Food around the games table is one of those topics every tabletop wargamer has an opinion on, whether they’ve ever said it aloud or not. Some players swe...
    21 hours ago
  • Steve's Random Musings on Wargaming and other stuff...
    "Firing into the Brown" #95 - “The Noon Stagecoach Wagon Job” game, fort speak, and stuff - *"So Carnehan weeds out the pick of his men, and sets the two of the Army to show them drill and at the end of two weeks the men can manoeuvre about as ...
    1 day ago
  • Wargames and Railroads
    The Roger Malinowski Tribute Part 4 - The Bakery Under Construction - I pulled out a box from the unbuild pile and I managed to selecxt the three kit set. The one on top was the Bakery so that's on the bench now. Once again...
    3 days ago
  • Wargame News and Terrain
    Pen and Sword: Wargaming and Tabletop Miniatures, Scenery Books! - Pen and Sword: Wargaming and Tabletop Miniatures, Scenery Books! Check them all herePen & Sword's new wargaming books will offer original sets of rules and...
    5 days ago
  • NEWS FROM THE FRONT
    More World War 20mm - First up German vehicles for 1940 Opel Blitz truck from the Ready To Roll range. Panzerjaeger I from Early War Miniatures. I believe this has the modified s...
    6 days ago
  • Tim's Tanks
    Tamiya 1/35th Panzer 2 Ausf F - After my Vietnam Gun Truck conversion I fancied something a bit more straight forward to follow up, and the 54-year-old Tamiya Panzer 2 I bought for £10 ...
    3 months ago
  • Craig's Wargaming Blog
    KoW: Abyssal Dwarf Army - I’ve just “finished” my Abyssal Dwarf army for KoW mainly using Lost Kingdoms and Avatars of War miniatures. My theme is an unholy alliance of Chaos Dwa...
    4 months ago
  • Lair of the Uber Geek
    Terrain Workshop Sorted (at least for now) - Well I've managed to clean out the Terrain Workshop. Sadly, the bulk of the "debris" consisted of various shipping boxes that were retained for storag...
    3 years ago
  • Flames of Nerd
    CarrierCon 2021 - USS Hornet - NorCal hosted a small skirmish tournament aboard the USS Hornet in the ward room, and I brought a recon force with Pumas, backed by Hetzers. In Round On...
    3 years ago
  • Miniature Ordnance Review
    Re-routing - Preparing the Walnut for Assembly! - Once the various stringers had been laminated together, the next step would be to rout channels in the wood to add the sheets of maple plywood which would ...
    4 years ago
  • Flames of War Unofficial Blog Ring
    Kebugaran Mengubah Wajah Tur PGA - Lalu apakah Glumory akan menghasilkan Ketergantungan & menimbulkan efek samping glumory beauty drink ? sama sekali Tidak, dikarenakan Glumory terbuat hanya...
    5 years ago
  • Anatoli's Game Room
    Witcher 3 "Geralt" painted up - And the second miniature from the SAGA collectibles from Stronghold Miniatures is painted up. Pretty happy with them both, I was thinking how to use them in...
    5 years ago
  • BEN'S SOLDIERS
    British Light Division - 1810 - Last post! I completed these before the French. They are also AB 18mm figures and also represent the units at the Coa in 1810. Thanks for looking.
    5 years ago
  • AV's Corner
    British Vickers Machine Gun team. - Painted a British Vickers Machine Gun team. The miniatures are from Battlefront and 15mm. To bad the mini on the right had a dis-formed face. Sadly enough ...
    5 years ago
  • Herr Brush | A Hobby Blog
    Lard America Goes to Crisis - I had the great fortune to be able to attend Crisis in Antwerp, Belgium on Saturday 9 November with my friend and fellow Lard American, Patrick. What follo...
    6 years ago
  • Scary Biscuits Studios
    Dreadnought: Great War at Sea - This is my prototype box, with the Battle of Coronel tucked away inside! Hi all, big news today! As you've no doubt been aware, I've been furiously making...
    6 years ago
  • Rally Round the Flag
    Cavalry in the Shenandoah-Little Wars 2019 - This is the third and final entry for Little Wars 2019. In addition to running three events myself, I assisted my good friend and gaming mentor Mark Ander...
    6 years ago
  • House of Paincakes
    Officials Believe They Have Found the Body of Missing Iowa Student Mollie Tibbetts - She disappeared from her small hometown a year ago
    7 years ago
  • Skirmish Sangin Blog
    Russians are coming - Oh those Russians.... Ok so I am humming bad Boney M classics but that does lead me nicely to more renders of our up and coming Russian range. This is par...
    7 years ago
  • WWPD: Your Source For All Things Flames of War!
    Watch the Mac Fam stream D&D Live on Twitch Tuesdays and Sundays! - If you want to hear the Steve and Sean O get real nerdy with Dungeons and Dragons, the team is now streaming games live! Check us out on our Twitch page at...
    7 years ago
  • World War II Central
    More photos of past painting :) - And... here are some more. Pacific USN early war and late war.
    8 years ago
  • Rust and the city
    Blog Hiatus - Hello blog readers, You may have noticed a lack of posts over the last year or so. The blogosphere is changing. Viewership and comments on blogs are decreas...
    8 years ago
  • Model Dads Blog
    Halo Ground Command: 15mm Covenant forces - … The post Halo Ground Command: 15mm Covenant forces appeared first on Model Dads' blog.
    9 years ago
  • Breakthrough Assault
    Zvezda SU152 - SU152 The Box The Zvezda SU152 is one of two new Soviet assault gun kits to be released recently, the other being the SU100. Originally entering service ...
    9 years ago
  • FoW Army Men
    Yet another long gap between updates! - So... what is new?! In a single word - 6mm. And here is the story: I love FoW in 15mm. I really do! I can accept the ground scale and compression in t...
    9 years ago
  • Miniatures & Terrain
    Emhar Set 7206 Saxon Warriors - Hi chaps! Just a quick update in my blog. Some figures, from Emhar's excellent set (Saxon Warriors), I recently painted. The colour variation is not ver...
    9 years ago
  • Ferb's Fighting Forces
    New Iron Cross army list PDFs - Great Escape Games have released additional force lists for Iron Cross. These cover NW Europe 1944-45, including British Airborne, US Airborne, Waffen SS, ...
    9 years ago
  • Take The High Ground
    Battle in a box UPDATE - After another long hiatus I've finally got my act together to post something! The pictures above are of some factory - industrial building terrain ba...
    10 years ago
  • Paint, Sweat & Tears
    X-Wing Custom Painted Z-95 Headhunter - N'dru from the "Most Wanted" expansion pack for the "Scum and Villainy" faction. Quick 15 minute paint job, dirty but effective.
    10 years ago
  • Throck of War
    West German AFV's from the Mid 80's - Spahpanzer Luchs Marder IFV Jagdpanzer Jaguar M113 Command APC ASSEMBLE! Coming soon: Leopard I's and II's and Flakpanzer Gepards.
    11 years ago
  • Bolt Action .Net- The Unofficial home of the Wargame by Osprey and Warlord Games
    AAR: Fawcett Avenue Conscripts Rock Dieppe! - For those of you that haven't heard of them, the Fawcett Avenue Conscripts gaming group put on a spectacular looking game simulating Dieppe with the Bol...
    13 years ago
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