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  • Colonial,  Old West,  Other Hobbies,  Terrain,  Travel

    Catching Up: Junque Store Finds

    January 21, 2023 / No Comments

    These were some lovely “junque store” finds — some little wooden buildings, clearly hand made, possibly for wargaming, “dust collector” display shelves, or folk art? The first set was meant to be mine. I saw them at the serendipitously-named CIRCA…

  • Other Hobbies,  Praise

    A Year About the Place

    January 1, 2021 / No Comments

    My absolute favorite place upon this Earth is my home. An unanticipated bright side to this year was that I got to spend a lot more time there. My wife and I made an extra effort to document the year…

  • Modern,  Other Hobbies,  Scratchbuilding,  Terrain

    The Project I Didn’t Know I Needed

    August 9, 2020 / 1 Comment

    There I was, minding my own business, browsing blogs (as one does) and in a moment, I was swept into a project I had no idea I needed to do. About three weeks ago, Mark Min, the Man of Tin,…

  • Other Hobbies

    Vintage Tin Lizzie

    July 24, 2020 / No Comments

    I continue to progress in clearing my decades-long backlog of hobby projects. My latest completion was another wargaming sub-hobby — scale modeling. I acquired a 1:16 Lindberg Model T around the same time I bought the war-game-sized contemporary rides. I’ve…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation,  Other Hobbies,  Pirates/Naval

    The Ascodali Navy

    July 1, 2020 / No Comments

    My first sub-hobby to wargaming was paper modeling. In the earlier days of web commerce, one could purchase, download, and print out paper models of terrain, vehicles, and miniatures. (And, I know, one still can, though I no longer do…

  • Colonial,  Craftees,  Hobby Carpentry,  Isla Victoria,  Other Hobbies,  Square Pegs,  VSF

    Inaugural Combat

    October 8, 2016 / 1 Comment

    Following an unplanned hiatus, I have every intention of resuming semi-regular posting to this blog. Part of my time away was spent on some 1:1 terrain building. Inspired by Eric the Shed, specifically expansion of his eponymous structure, I endeavored…

  • Craftees,  Other Hobbies,  Painting,  Praise

    A Parable…

    February 14, 2015 / 1 Comment

    This is a parable concerning craft paints, real guitars, and pretend pianos. I wrote a bit in my essay on the GULP that I paint both terrain and miniatures with inexpensive craft paints. This wasn’t always the case. When I…

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