Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Wargaming: Grenadier Models.

Grenadier Models Street Bike with Samuria Rider-Sculptor: Mark Copplestone

Wiki
"A wargame is a game that simulates or represents a military operation. Wargaming is the hobby dedicated to the play of such games, which can also be called conflict simulations. The somewhat similar, professional study of war is generally known as a military exercise or "war game," (note that wargamers have traditionally run the two words together, but the military, has generally kept them separate, it is not a hard and fast rule, however). Although there are occasional disagreements as to what qualifies as a wargame, the general consensus is that they are not only games about organized violent conflict or warfare

The wargaming hobby has its origins at the beginning of the 20th century, with the invention of miniatures games in which two or more players simulated a battle as a pastime. During the 1950s the first large scale, mass produced board games depicting military conflicts were published. These games were at the height of their popularity during the 1970s, and become quite complex and technical in that time. Wargaming has changed dramatically over the years, from its roots in miniatures and board wargaming, to contemporary computer and computer assisted wargames

Street Bike with rider and Uzi machine gun-Sculptor: Mark Copplestone

Miniature wargaming typically involves the use of 6-30 mm painted metal or plastic miniatures for units, and model scenery placed on a tabletop or floor as a playing surface, although other open areas such as gardens and sandboxes are sometimes used. Games with miniatures are sometimes called tabletop games, tabletop wargames, miniature wargames, or simply wargames. Miniatures games generally measure distance for movement and range with a string or tape measure"


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those EM4 figs are OK. . .unfortunatley there is a shortage of decent bikes in the minis world.

I just finish these nominally well sculpted bikes a few months ago:

http://www.madponies.net/images/scifi/fuuk/tarts-bike.jpg

Fun to paint though. :)

s.a. said...

brilliant work..! would like to do post on them soon.

Anonymous said...

they are from WestWind's "Road Kill" range. They also does a larger selection of harley types etc too.

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=106_107