Mike at SBSJan 15, 20212 minMaking Splash MarkersWhen developing Dreadnought, I became fascinated by splashes...
Mike at SBSNov 25, 20204 minTiny FlagsAdding flags and banners is a big part of making ships or rank-and-file troops look the part on the battlefield. Not only do these add...
Mike at SBSNov 15, 20201 minHMGS Round Table InterviewHuge thank you to Mitch Reed at NDNG for hosting me on the HMGS Round Table and letting me drag on a bit about Ironclads...
Mike at SBSMar 15, 20203 minBattle Report On Friday, my son Theo and I played a test game for Dreadnought. We each had a dreadnought, battlecruiser, and a light cruiser in our fleets
Mike at SBSNov 22, 20192 minDreadnought: MiniA few months ago I randomly bought a bag of second-hand pieces from the classic boardgame, Battleship. I wasn't quite sure to do with it...
Mike at SBSOct 19, 20191 minMerchant ShipsAfter reading E. Keble Chatterton's The Sea Raiders, I found myself wanting to add some civilian merchant ships to my scratch-built navy.
Mike at SBSOct 17, 20191 minRaid on Zeebrugge I found this fantastic 1923 recreation of the famous 1918 raid on Zeebrugge.
Mike at SBSOct 4, 20194 minBremen-class cruisersBy the time of the Great War, the seven Bremen light cruisers were already a decade old. However, they saw action across the globe...
Mike at SBSApr 29, 20193 minDestroyers: Weapons of Mass ProductionOne of the more difficult things about my Jutland project was knowing that the "Destroyer Problem" was lurking just under the surface...
Mike at SBSMar 31, 20194 minScratchbuild Shipwright ToolsAfter posting my tutorial on building my 1:1500 scale ships, I got a request to quickly go over the tools that I used...
Mike at SBSFeb 14, 20191 minProject: Coronel & Falklands 1914I got a little distracted during my scratch-built Jutland project...
Mike at SBSFeb 9, 20192 minMasts!Its probably a bad idea to keep experimenting with mast solutions still half-way through the Jutland project...
Mike at SBSFeb 3, 20193 min50 Shades of Battleship GreyOnce the scratch build ships for my Jutland project are built, it's time to throw some paint on them...
Mike at SBSFeb 3, 20196 minDREAD NOUGHT Strictly speaking 2017 ended in a bad place for me. The game project I was working on collapsed and the studio was dissolved just a few...
Mike at SBSJan 31, 20195 minSCRATCH BUILDING 1/1500 WWI SHIPSFor most wargamers, metal and resin models are the way to go. But for me, the journey of making my own ships out of wood is worth the effort