Project | Battle of Lake Erie (Part 3)

I've gone and painted perhaps the most famous participant of the whole battle, the brig Niagara. Depending on where you fall in the Ship of Theseus philosophical conundrum, she can still be found docked at the Erie Maritime Museum in Pennsylvania. That's the particular look I went with here, mostly because examples were readily available, and a small part because painting a black ship with white stripes gets repetitive after a time. Not to be completely forgotten, I also painted a schooner for the Royal Navy side of the conflict, and a little longboat, because you kinda need one if you're doing this battle. 

Gaming | Advance! 2025

It’s long been a goal of mine to attend a wargame convention. After a few false starts (thanks COVID), I’ve finally managed to get myself to one, and all it took was moving to a city that had one. A small one, but it counts. The San Diego Historical Miniature Wargamers Club (SDHMWC) put on the fourth annual Advance!, an ostensibly historical wargaming convention, but there’s room for other types of games of the more fictional bent. This was a one day event in a local community center, but there was still plenty to do. 

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Hobby | Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge XV Wrap Up

The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge is done and dusted, and I was able to hit my goal with exclusively Black Seas models. Turns out you get a lot of points for submitting naval miniatures on account of all the extra stuff you have to do. For my last post, I took some glamor photos, and well I enjoyed them so much that I wanted them to be here on my own blog as well.