NewsGames
Mass Effect – would it make a better TV series, or a film? (video)
Mass Effect is one of the most popular space opera games you can get for the PC. There has long been talk of…
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Computer and board games.
July 2021
NewsScifi
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: the toys that failed to fly (video).
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was a fairly popular scifi TV series back in the day, but boy, did the merchandising suck…
June 2021
NewsSteampunk
Steampunk stage coach versus the bison monster (model-making tutorial).
Our best model maker, Boylei, is back with another model-making tutorial – this time, it’s more Wild Wild West-style hijinks with a steampunk…
May 2021
NewsSteampunk
Go steampunk, young man, with the mech-wagon (model-making video).
It’s time for another how-to video in the model-making field, and this time, the enigmatic individual known only as Boylei, brings us some…
NewsToys/Models
Why your genre toy industry is dying (video).
Michael is here to explain why the toy market for science fiction, fantasy, and horror is on its last legs – especially in…
NewsGames
Airship Academy steampunk computer game (news).
There’s a new steampunk fantasy computer game coming out from Steam in 2022 called Airship Academy which involves a nice bit of airship…
NewsKit
More Power Loader : an article by: GF Willmetts
Since showing my building of the Halcyon model kit of the Power Loader in February, it suffered two falls and a couple more…
April 2021
NewsGames
Iron Harvest steampunk/dieselpunk strategy game gets an American-themed expansion – Operation Eagle (game news).
If you like your real-time strategy games with a dieselpunk and steampunk twist, then you are going to like the new Operation Eagle…
NewsSteampunk
Brickpunk, the new steampunk range from Hornby (model kit news).
Hornby – best known for their model railways – is launching a new range of steampunk-themed brick model kits from their Bassett-Lowke sub-brand.…
NewsStar Wars
Stormtrooper vs. Nexu model diorama tutorial (video).
Mark brings us a fine tutorial on building a 1:12 scale diorama of a scrap between an Imperial Stormtrooper and a Nexu from…
March 2021
NewsToys/Models
The toymaker’s tale: working as an indie toy-maker in the 21st century (video).
Here’s the WonderCon panel with various indie action figure and toy creators, examining subjects such as release strategies, sculpting, manufacturing, painting, crowdfunding, and…
February 2021
NewsStar Wars
Jabba’s Palace diorama: a model-maker’s masterclass (video).
In this model-maker’s masterclass, it’s time to build a realistic 1:700 scale Jabba’s Palace (or should that be Boba’s Palace as of now?).…