It has been a while since I wrote a review for the site, my apologies, as real life – work and family – have taken precedence. Since I now have some free time, I’m re-starting reviews, but only on new miniatures, the items I had stacked up for review when I quit writing will just be fodder for my brush, as some of them have gotten years old, and I would hate to misrepresent a vendor by reviewing something that doesn’t exist anymore, or has been re-mastered.

Africa Corps Gothic Line Miniatures with the Tamiya 1:48th Opel Blitz

With that said, the new GOTHIC Line Miniatures came about at the same time that I decided I could pick up some new reviews, so I ordered their entire product line to offer up for your consumption.

Joe Debold takes a first (and second!) look at Steel Dreadnought Games' Naval Thunder - Battleship Row and gives you a report on what he finds.

Now if only we could pry him away long enough to play some other games...

When Baueda Miniatures announced that they were working on a 1:48th scale set of miniatures and skirmish rules, I jumped on the chance to try them out. As soon as they announced pre-release, I ordered a "Play Set" of the first four figures from both German and Russian armies.

While in Cincinnati in July, I picked up a pack of Wild Republic Paint and Play Medieval Knight Play Set  - along with a ton of other stuff - from Boardwalk Hobbies (great hobby store, btw, an eclectic mix of models and wargaming miniatures with some solid reference books for historicals). I actually bought it on a fluke because I bought a nephew who is interested in painting the pirate set, and thought “what the heck, I’ll get one”.

Then my 20 month old went nuts over them. He loved them, wanted to play with them all of the time, even though they were still unpainted – solid white soft resin. So I decided to move them to the top of the painting list.