Matthew Sylvester
Modelling
Star Wars: X-Wing – Iron Fist Campaign – Capture Keehla Rigor
“Sir! Sensors are picking up enemy fighters! There are dozens of ’em!” Trooper Peenes practically screamed his report out, eyes wide open and lips moving as he tried to pick out individual ships from the snowstorm on his screen. Captain Keehla Rigor looked over at the panicked rebel trooper for a second, “Calm yourself lad. Send … Continue reading
Star Wars: X-Wing – Iron Fist Campaign – Rearguard Action
*<<<“Gemini 5-4, you’ve got one on your tail! Break left, break left!”>>>* *<<<“This is bunker 3-1, we’re being assaulted by a company of enemy stormtroopers. Request assistance, we can’t hold out much lo…..>>>* *<<<Mayday, mayday, mayday, this is ore transport Pork Belly, Imperial TIE fighters have hit our engines, we’re drifting towards the planet, estimated … Continue reading
Star Wars: X-Wing – This gamer’s excitement is back
Back when I was 9, I started playing Basic Dungeons and Dragons, my first adventure was Keep on the Borderlands. I still have the books. I still remember the excitement. That was 32 years ago. Since then I’ve become a bitter, cynical and jaded gamer, fed up with constant rule revisions and re-releases of figures, … Continue reading
Female soldiers finally get to lead from the front
In my previous article, I covered how poorly women are treated when they are being portrayed as warriors, or soldiers. In it, I finished with the fact that a company as small as Victoria Miniatures could produce high-quality miniatures that featured women as soldiers in the Arcadian military, without making them sexy, without making mannish and whilst making them … Continue reading
Sandbagging – In a good way
I thought I would get my hands dirty today. Literally and figuratively. I’m not the best modeller in the world, but I sometimes like to have a go at projects I wouldn’t normally. After a bit of googling, I found a good way of making sandbags and sandbag emplacements for my models. I’ve just started … Continue reading
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