Two Sources for 15mm Kit

Through other bloggers and Facebookers I've found two US sources for 15mm items at reasonable prices, it appears

Gaming Models - Very inexpensive models targeted to schools/clubs for large games - prepainted. He's sending me a sample. - http://www.gamodls.com/index.htm - Thank you to them, by the way for sending me a BT-7 to check out the quality. I will be ordering some more kit from them.

Gaming Models sent me this BT-7 to see their quality.

Mark IV - mainly terrain to paint - http://markivminiatures.com - I really like I see here - nice looking 15mm East Front terrain stuff.

Great Customer Service

A couple weeks ago I bought Nuts! At Scale Creep Miniatures near Chicago. Had a great time chatting with Mark or a couple hours. As we spoke on rules, he spoke very highly of Nuts!. So I bought the 2ed rules and the Easy Front Supplement, Clash of Titans.

When I got home that night from Chicago I looked up Nuts! Online to see what I could learn about it.

I learned that the third and "Final Edition" was coming out soon. Very soon. Mark Severin saw this in my posts and offered to give me the Third edition in PDF when it came out. I thought that was pretty cool.

Then Ed, the owner of Two Hour Wargames, learned of this and also offered to send me the PDF when released. 

Which he did, last night! Thank you Ed.

I really appreciate both guys helping me out. Very cool.

Go visit Mark's website, Scale Creep Miniatures, to buy rules, minis, and terrain 

His big focus is on smaller scales (6mm). But as his company name implies his inventory has even seen some scale creep with 15s and other scales. He's a one man, one dog shop, but is a gamer, modeler, terrain maker that can share some great tips with you. 

Ed, at Two Hour Wargames has a wide range of rulesets, covering a wide range of genres and eras. As I dig into the rules,  I'm getting a sense that he favors the cinematic, the people and the story. I'll have to get more into that in another post.

Here are links to their relevant sites. (Side note: does anyone know how to hyperlink in the blogger iOS app?)

https://m.facebook.com/TwoHourWarGames

http://www.twohourwargames.com

http://www.scalecreep.com/catalog/

Mark's personal site - reviews and terrain tips abound

http://www.deepfriedhappymice.com/index.html

Thank you to all the great people in this business/hobby.

I've Visited Scale Creep Miniatures

In a recent trip to Chicago, I made an appointment with Mark, owner of Scale Creep Miniatures. Scale Creep sells miniatures from 6mm-28mm. But he is one of the rare ones that has a nice selection of 6mm. I've bought from him a few times online.

He "recently" opened an store in Evanston, IL that is open by appointment and he hopes to create a Saturday gaming day when he is able to make the room for it. Mark is a good modeller with lots of cool ideas, creates some of his own models, his own terrain products, and is looking at writing some rules. On his personal site, DeepFriedHappyMice, he has all kinds of how-to's on building terrain and other projects.

As I spoke with him I was convinced to buy the NUTS! rule set from Two Hour Wargames. He was very enthusiastic about his experience with the game and his excitement was contagious. In addition, I was convinced, yet again, after looking at the Baccus 6mm Samurai, that I do not want to paint these guys. The detail is amazing on these figures, but man o man, I don't want to devote the time to working on those. I will have to save up cash to have it done or look for a lot sale (still need to save the cash).

My one regret, after I got home I started looking up more NUTS! info and found that the 3rd and final edition is coming out very soon, as in a few weeks - blasted impulse purchase. I think I'm going to enjoy the rules, so I don't regret getting them, it's just that...aaaaarghh new edition. (From the sounds of it, the new edition sounds like it makes some nice refinements.)

I also bought the East Front expansion/army lists because my 15mm is German and Russian.

Lastly, Mark was very gracious and we spent 2 hours talking, but the best part was meeting his dog Bugsy. No picture of Mark, just his dog.

Great guy, nice dog, and you should check out his online store and visit Bugsy next time you're in Evanston, IL.

Some of Mark's painted 15mm army

Sorry for the blur - Bugsy

Hennessey & Ingalls

I totally dig this art/architecture/graphic design bookstore in Santa Monica. I made sure to visit on our October trip to SoCal. Love it. Hennessy and Ingalls website.