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Making Civil War Pilings for Naval Wargames
In this video, I walk through how I made some piling fortifications for my American Civil War naval wargame battlefields using resin...
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Mike at SBS
- May 1
- 1 min
Making & Painting Flags for Miniature Models
In this video, I walk through my method for making miniature flags from scratch for my 1/600 American Civil War ships and boats. I've...
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Mike at SBS
- Mar 17
- 7 min
Making Small-Scale (3-6mm) Water Hazards
Last month I talked about making small-scale trees for my riverine battlefield table. This month, I've added some hazards that I can add...
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Mike at SBS
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Making Small-Scale (3-6mm) Woods
When I set about to create some battle reports for Dawn of Iron, I realized quickly that I don't have a lot of terrain to use with 3-6mm...
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Mike at SBS
- Jun 13, 2021
- 2 min
Building Mortar Boats
One of the interesting little innovations of the US Navy during the Civil War was the mortar boats (sometimes called rafts). These were...
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Mike at SBS
- Mar 16, 2021
- 2 min
Building Erebus & Terror
A big part of my inspiration to finally make Lonely Cairn came from my little scratchbuild project to make HMS Erebus and Terror. After...
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Mike at SBS
- Jan 16, 2021
- 2 min
Making Splash Markers
When developing Dreadnought, I became fascinated by splashes...
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Mike at SBS
- Nov 26, 2020
- 4 min
Tiny Flags
Adding 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...
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Mike at SBS
- Aug 2, 2020
- 4 min
Building Ellet Rams
After the City-class ironclads, I moved on to the Ellet rams. These were a bit tricky to build. Owing to the civilian origins of Ellet's...
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Mike at SBS
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
Dreadnought: Mini
A 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...
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Mike at SBS
- Oct 19, 2019
- 1 min
Merchant Ships
After reading E. Keble Chatterton's The Sea Raiders, I found myself wanting to add some civilian merchant ships to my scratch-built navy.
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Mike at SBS
- Apr 29, 2019
- 3 min
Destroyers: Weapons of Mass Production
One of the more difficult things about my Jutland project was knowing that the "Destroyer Problem" was lurking just under the surface...
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Mike at SBS
- Mar 31, 2019
- 4 min
Scratchbuild Shipwright Tools
After posting my tutorial on building my 1:1500 scale ships, I got a request to quickly go over the tools that I used...
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Mike at SBS
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
Project: Coronel & Falklands 1914
I got a little distracted during my scratch-built Jutland project...
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Mike at SBS
- Feb 9, 2019
- 2 min
Masts!
Its probably a bad idea to keep experimenting with mast solutions still half-way through the Jutland project...
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Mike at SBS
- Feb 3, 2019
- 3 min
50 Shades of Battleship Grey
Once the scratch build ships for my Jutland project are built, it's time to throw some paint on them...
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Mike at SBS
- Feb 3, 2019
- 6 min
DREAD 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...
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Mike at SBS
- Jan 31, 2019
- 5 min
SCRATCH BUILDING 1/1500 WWI SHIPS
For 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
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