Anton's Wargame Blog

So I was working on the Pirate sloop, I have sorted out the standing rigging to my satisfaction. It looks right but leaves plenty of room to...

I have begun researching the rigging for the Pirate Sloop and came across this site  quite honestly I find the amount of rigging on a real s...

I have always struggled with the balance between modeling and gaming, more so than some as I came to war gaming from scale modeling and I st...

     I worked up some simplistic rigging plans for three types of ship; a sloop, a brig and a brigantine. All of these can legitimately be b...

I have been working on rigging plans for a sloop, a schooner, a brigantine, a brig and a ship but it is taking time. This link will give an...

    Several people had expressed concerns about the sturdiness of the blue board, I find a couple of coats of latex house paint is more than...

If your model has a nice smooth finish, or you are going to use my other method of cover hulls (index card and glue see here for an example...

Having got the hull in order let us turn our attentions to the shape and style of the upperworks. With wide range of time and the different ...

Thus step we will see real progress to a completed boat with the attachment of the castles and the long planks that form the sides of the h...

Given the various shipping times that the Post Office suggested to me some of you may have already gotten your kits others will very soon (s...

I am not really sure that is what they are really called, but I found these plastic mats that are grids with tiny square opening. To my feve...

I got the first nine models out yesterday, lack of shipping containers has stopped proceedings until more boxes can be found. After I get ...