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| 4 November 2000 | page first published |
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A pair of Jagdpanthers, also by Old Glory.
"With German camouflage schemes," says Brent, "you will encounter the problem of painting highlights of two or three different colors."
I asked Brent what got him started in miniature wargaming, as I never knew what impelled him to finally give it a try.
"Some years ago," he told me, "I started purchasing Old Glory's Command Decision 15mm WWII miniatures with the intention of playing my favorite boardgame - Squad Leader - with miniatures."
That eventually led to an interest in making his own wargaming terrain. "Casting about for miniature buildings for the game table," he said, "I found that although there were many excellent products, none that I knew of at the time would accommodate the placement of figures on the inside. I wanted to be able to place my HMG's in a third floor window of a stone building and rule the battlefield as I had done in the boardgame.
"So I took up the task of making my own miniature buildings. My houses would be split down the middle so that one side could be gently lifted away, exposing the various floors inside and allowing the placement of miniatures on the various floors. All that remained was to find a suitable material to make them out of.
"Some time before, I had stumbled upon a polymer clay product described in a Fine Scale Modeler magazine article, called Super Sculpey. Once I got my hands on some, it became obvious just how versatile this hobby product was. Several months later, I had amassed a small village worth of buildings."
Eventually, that led to the start of his company. "I must acknowledge the suggestions of my friends and fellow gamers who were brimming over with good ideas," he says, "that improved and streamlined the process. One day I casually mentioned what I was working on to Bill Armintrout, an old friend and editor of TMP. He requested I write an article for his website explaining the process of making miniature Sculpey buildings. The subsequent response to this article, and especially the requests for custom buildings, inspired me to start Wargame Ruins. Using silicon rubber molds and casting resin allows models to be mass produced...on a modest scale."
shows an easy and quick technique for British tanks in North Africa.
