The Rubicon Tiger II was a beast of a kit. I really enjoyed digging into the history of the vehicle and finding a way to paint it up. The build effort was worth it as I have a huge center piece for my late war German forces from Market Garden to the Ruhr. Continue reading History to Hobby – Big Kitty: Rubicon King Tiger Review
Drew joins the cast to chat about the build process of the wintery Senonchamps board. Terrain board building in all its glory! The boys talk research sources, design considerations, and the “nuts!” and bolts of how we shrunk a Belgian village onto a 6×4 foot table. Skeleton Paints Misfit Machinations Senonchamps board photo dump Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 6: Honey I Shrunk the Village! – Winter Ardennes Terrain Special with Misfit Machinations
In Episode 4 Evan and Ben recount the “rigorous” playtesting of the “A Stand at Senonchamps” Chain of Command scenario and the effect of the streamlined forces. They also reflect on the startling lack of memory surrounding their convention games players’ names. Apparently tank and airplane statistics take up a lot of brain space. All jokes aside the boys divulge the excellent time they had … Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 4: A Squabble at Senonchamps – Adepticon 2025
I have to throw a little plug for our podcast, History to Hobby. History to Hobby is a podcast where we chat about bringing historical actions to the tabletop primarily via Too Fat Lardies’ World War II game Chain of Command. As nerds we talk about historical context, unit involvement, TO & Es, as well as hobby related stuff like sourcing miniatures and paint schemes. … Continue reading History to Hobby Episode 3
Evan recaps the Iron Dice Adepticon trip, shows off some photos and a new trophy for the studio… Continue reading Adepticon 2025 Recap: IDG Does Milwaukee
Hey everyone, my name is Josh. I have been in the hobby for a year (based on my Amazon order history of when I ordered my first miniature box). Over the last year I have made a bunch of new friends, and discovered a very cathartic hobby that I wish I had delved into years ago. In an apparent attempt to make up for lost … Continue reading Intro of New Guy – BLKOUT Project
This will be a quick article as there isn’t a whole lot to say about railroad tracks. But what good is a train without a track? Continue reading Reviving an Old Mule Part Four: The Track
The week of Adepticon is upon us! Drew, Evan, Anthony, Teddy, and I have been making our final preparations for the four events we are running. I heard Teddy has coins in his pockets and if you tickle him they will fall out. Continue reading The IDG Gang Goes to Adepticon
As 2024 begins (or more accurately continues, as I am still writing this in late January Mid-February) I start to wonder what kind of projects await for me in the new year. Continue reading 2024 Hobby Goals
2024… for some reason always seemed like a number from the distant future, but here we are! Time to set some hobby goals. I have a ton of gaming interests and unfortunately, like the majority of you, limited time. Especially working full time, having a toddler and multiple gaming interests along with all the other family and friend commitments. Enough of my excuses… damnit! Did Alexander the Great make … Continue reading Drew’s 2024 Hobby Goals
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