TREVOR BRABYN
WARGAMER
One of our hobbies is military modelling and
wargaming, with an emphasis on the Colonial period.
Introduction
Wargaming is the hobby of fighting miniature
simulated battle on a tabletop using lead model soldiers. At best these can
only be vaguely reminiscent of real warfare, but it is a source of unbounded
enjoyment and relaxation for the enthusiast. There are no casualties, no widows
and orphans, no lasting psychological damage inflicted by these 'little wars,'
and relatively little cost. Winning is not so important, just the fun one gets
out of playing and how the game goes. The Victorian period especially can be
heaps of fun, with horse drawn waggons, steam engines, heliographs, and
observation balloons all used within the same period. It also has the appeal of
pitting 'ancients,' armed with sword and spear and relying on sheer pluck,
against 'moderns,' armed with rifles, artillery, and early, somewhat unreliable
machine-guns.
Painting Service
This is to say
that I am going into business as of Fri, 22 Jan 1999 as a painter of historical
wargames miniatures, specialising in (can you guess?) Victorian-Edwardian
colonials!
* You send me your figures, with the money,
in US cheque made out to Trevor Brabyn
* Will remove flash, and assemble for $0.50 extra per figure
* Anything I think is especially difficult (ex: tartans, shield designs, etc.)
cost $0.50 extra per figure.
* Irregulars, i.e. "Every figure is different", (ex: Boers,
frontiersmen, civilians, etc), cost $0.50 extra.
* I prime all figures with a high quality white (or very rarely black or gray)
primer.
* Option of matte, semigloss, gloss, or no finish. The norm will be semigloss.
* Your figures are detailed with washes, inks, and/or drybrush techniques
* The paints I use are acrylics, with some inks and enamels.
* I paint all periods, but will usually need uniform references.
* Anything out of the ordinary, like guns and limbers, I will give a price on
if you ask
http://home.earthlink.net/~cyberkiwi/soldiers/
Prepared by Bob Dalrymple, PO Box 122, Dapto, NSW Australia 2350
eMail: bob@relativelyyours.com