IHMN Civilians, Wagons, Company Characters and Rugs

Always looking out for additional In Her Majesty's Name resources, we stumbled upon Blue Moon Manufacturing. Blue Moon was established in 2007 and have developed a range of figures sculpted by Bob Naismith, covering many genre.

If you are looking for Company leaders and their supporting cast, stop in at their Pulp Character Section you can find Captain Josiah and his Crew with Firearms (as seen above). There are 4 figures in this set and only cost $12.50.

Also check out their Egyptian, Japanese and Russian Agents. There are 5 figures per pack and only cost $14.00 each. Pictured here are the Russian agents.

For towns folk and civilians to add color to your tabletop game, check their Things That Go Bump In The Night section.

For 41.00 you can get 20 figures in each of the Romanian Civilians and London Victorian Civilians box sets.

For additional table details to add flair to your game, the Wagons Ho Section contains the Doctors Wagon This is a resin and white metal kit, some assembly required.

And the Mail Wagon. Each of these carts comes with 2 horses and will run you $26.00 apiece.

Lastly, if you like to go for interiors, print out these awesome oriental rugs, cut and place inside your buildings!

Battleground Hobbies Terrain Factory

Fired up the Battleground Hobbies Terrain Factory.

Hope to have the first batch on Ebay this weekend! As always if you are interested in something custom made don't hesitate to contact us.

These were designed specifically for the Warhammer and Warhammer 40k worlds where there is constant war.

The land itself being broken under constant battle.

But these terrain pieces will work with any Fantasy or Sci-Fi genre game.

Have a Great Battle!
The Old Crow

28mm Steampunk Buildings for In Her Majesty's Name

Novus Design Studio is an online only retail business that makes quality resin buildings and accessories, including a couple Steampunk buildings.

Their heavy gear Victorian house has a metal roof, brick construction, riveted front door, windows with metal shutters and strategically placed gear clusters.

The model features 2 lift off roofs and a detailed interior ideal for your troops.  

This groovy steampunk house measures: 4.5"W x 6.25"L x 5.5"T  (114mm x 159mm x 140mm) and will only cost 36.00 USD

Novus Studio's  Steampunk Factory features brick construction augmented by such notable details as gears, sprocket clusters, rivets and metal roof panels.

A set of heavy metal doors and a lift off roof completes the factory details. Anyone in need of a repair facility for their machines need look no further!

The factory measures: 6"W x 7"L x 5"T  (152mm x 178mm x 127mm) and also costs 36.00.

Their initial product selection features 15mm urban ruins, 15mm Normandy/European ruins, 15mm bridge, fountain and wall sets, 28mm Steampunk buildings, Fantasy bridge and wall sets, and a small selection of 6mm structures.

Have a Great Battle
The Old Crow

New Release - Armorcast Victorian Streetlights, Perfect for IHMN

We're always looking for new things to add to our miniature battleground and recently found these swell Victorian Streetlights. They are produced by Armorcast Battlefield Scenery right here in the USA. If you are enjoying all the expansions to In Her Majesty's Name, you might want to pick up a couple of these.

The straight neck lamposts run 6.00 USD per pack of three and the curved neck run 7.50 USD.

Located in Cleveland Ohio, Armorcast LLC has re-released all of the classic Armorcast Terraform Battlefield Scenery lines, and is producing new terrain for Fantasy, Historical, Steam Punk, Modern and Sci-fi genres.

There's something for everybody there!!

Have a Great Battle
The Old Crow

Projects On The Workbench - Dreaming Big!!

Life is always crazy and thus impedes the crafting of armies and miniature paraphernalia. There is no exception here at Battleground Hobbies. We have many a project either dreamed up, planned or underway.

First, there is another building to go with the Half Timber Houses we created during the Miniature Building Class. There is also a Tower and Gatehouse combo planned too.

Then we have some British Napoleonic era cannons started...

A Warhammer 40k Space Marine army is also on the table. We picked up some Dreadnoughts and a squad of marines off eBay and started cutting. We'll be modifying these guys and adding another vehicle of sorts.

Then we have some terrain underway. This will be part of a painting tutorial in the near future.

Lastly, we were able to recycle a large printer and came up with this batch of lovely components for an In Her Majesty's Name steampunk project.

One, some or all of these should wind up here on the blog! So til then...
Have a Great Battle,
The Old Crow

How To: Build an Artillery Emplacement - Part Two

Last post we started to build our artillery emplacement and in part two we'll show you how to paint and finish it! Here's the final project with our dwarf canon.

In Part One we assembled the emplacement and had it primed in black. Next we added a basecoat of muddy green

Then a coat of Burnt Umber and a lighter coat of Coffee Bean.

Next we added touches of English Ivy in the lower portions outside the emplacement.

Finally a dry-brush of Territorial Beige to bring out the details and add highlights to the emplacement.

The dry-brush really makes the ruts stand out.

The wooden interior walls were given a light coat of Barn Wood to differentiate them from the dirt interior.

Now for some weeds and foliage. We have a straw broom which we pull out a few pieces and trim them for our fall weeds.

Use a pin drill to add a few holes. Gathering a group of the trimmed strands, add some glue into the hole and insert several of the strands. Make sure the strands vary in height for a natural appearance.

Now for leafy ground cover, we placed spots of glue into several recesses and lower areas. Then we took a mixture of flocking, ballast and seasoning and sprinkled it onto the areas of glue.

We also found some fall colored flocking to add to our mixture.

Once the mixture is on, press it into the glue and then shake off the extra to be put back into your container.

For a final touches we added a few dry shrubs to the exterior and...

... inside along the walls we placed a mixture of medium ballast and sand then topped it off with a bit of the ground cover.

Now we add an Empire Great Canon and crew and wait for the enemy to advance into our field of fire.

It's always good to add extras like barrels, tools, canon balls, powder kegs and similar items.

This emplacement could be used for Warhammer Fantasy, Napoleonic Historical or Warhammer 40k.

Also any other Sci-Fi and any alternative games like maybe some new Steampunk light artillery for In Her Majesty's Name.

There you have it, the dwarves can now defend the pass to their mountain stronghold.

Let us know what you like about this or any other posts you'd like to see.

Have a Great Battle!
The Old Crow