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Wars in the Stars...
My other gaming love is Star Wars. Having played the old West End Games D6 rpg for many, many years, read the (now called 'legends') novels and plenty of comics and also played the old Star Wars Miniature Battles wargame, it sort of made sense to make a sci-fi range that has a definite Star Wars feel to it. I'm certainly don't want to copy anything from the Star Wars universe but I have been heavily inspired with the vast majority of the range and hopefully this is apparent.

OSHIROblog
Nov 223 min read


Victorian delights
I've had a fairly extensive Victorian range for a good while now and this post is to show some of them but also what is possible by mixing and matching coupled with scratch building and what sort of scenes can be made. Similar to the Highgate Miniatures line, the idea behind the ranges was to have a period accurate range of buildings and accessories that were suitable for gaming but don't retract from their historical appearance. London in the later Victorian period was crowd

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Nov 84 min read


A trip to Japan
Not a real trip I'm afraid but another promo post showcasing the various products and ideas from the extensive Japanese ranges I produce. I'm probably known best for the Japanese ranges I started with nearly 20 years ago when I first decided to venture into the wargaming terrain world. As with the other ranges, the 'additions' section is possibly the more important from my point of view, as it makes the terrain have a lived in feel and adds a level of realism to games being p

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Oct 134 min read


A simple ritual site tutorial
Again, lacking in inspiration for catchy titles lol There is a new, smaller set in the fantasy section of the catalogue representing a...

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Sep 253 min read


A fourth Dorking battle report; Cumwinton part the second
waWith the volunteers retreating into Cumwinton and the sound of marching feet in the distance I present the fourth game in our Dorking...

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Jul 303 min read


A Star Wars building base tutorial
Not the catchiest title but it will suffice lol Similar to previous tutorials, this is for a smaller piece of terrain that will act as an...

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Jul 193 min read


A third Dorking battle report; Cumwinton
With yet another defeat of the British I present the third game in our little campaign; 'The Fight for Cumwinton' The Prussians,...

OSHIROblog
Jun 192 min read


Japanese building base tutorial
As promised (although later than I would've liked), here is the tutorial for basing some Japanese village buildings. It's just a small,...

OSHIROblog
Jun 84 min read


A Dorking battle report; Storm the bridge
As some of you may know, I have a little 'Battle of Dorking' project on the go and we've had a couple of games so far. For those that...

OSHIROblog
Apr 144 min read


Dovecote tutorial
Here's the third OSHIRO tutorial and it's of a little building base for the dovecote released recently. The idea behind it is to have...

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Apr 34 min read


A dovecote by any other name
In the medieval period, dovecotes were usually large, circular structures built of stone and topped with pointed roofs. Occasionally,...

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Mar 22 min read


Fantastical Fantasy
You might have noticed on the last blog post that I've released a small range of fantasy scenery elements. I've expanded it a little bit...

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Feb 103 min read


New renaissance releases!
I've been meaning to get these done and out since the Gradara project but now it's finally happened. Two buildings released so far with...

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Jan 191 min read


Honda Clan for Salute 52
As part of the participation game for Salute I'm sorting out and organising what figures I'll need for the game. The rules call for units...

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Jan 162 min read


Some new medieval releases
With more in the pipeline! These are meant to compliment the existing range of medieval buildings but of course they can be used on your...

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Jan 121 min read


Japanese village building painting tutorial!
Hello and welcome to the OSHIROmodels painting guide for Japanese buildings. I've been asked several times how I paint the Japanese...

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Jan 94 min read


Big in Japan
Well, small really as it's 28mm. I thought a little blog post of some of the previous Japanese based projects I've done over the years...

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Nov 3, 20242 min read


Star Wars campaign game #5
--: Nevarro Sector Corporate Authority Report 242-744 :-- Being the report of Unit 17-C in stopping the known terrorists from escaping...

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Sep 16, 20242 min read


Star Wars campaign game #4
--: Nevarro Sector Corporate Authority Report 242-737 :-- Being the report of Unit 17-C in apprehending a certain droid with potential information... Game Four - The droid we're looking for After interviewing the slicer Vikrett Jannakree, information was gleaned about a droid that might have a unknown hyperspace route stored in it's databank that would allow the terrorist group to escape with impunity. Reduced squad 17-C have been tasked with it's retrieval and extraction bac

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Sep 8, 20242 min read


Star Wars campaign game #3
--: Nevarro Sector Corporate Authority Report 242-712 :-- Being the report of Unit 17-C searching for the slicer known as Vikrett...

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Sep 1, 20242 min read
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