Post by wyvern on Jul 29, 2014 4:10:20 GMT -9
The latest issue of Miniature Wargames magazine (Number 376, for August 2014) has a couple of items in it of interest to papercrafters. One is a paper model in 1/300 scale of what became known as Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal on the eastern flank of the allied landing zones during the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944 (pages 40-42). That's presented as a single page of the magazine, with another page of instructions, and a third with some historical notes and photos. The article also mentioned a free PDF 1/300 model of the Orne River Bridge, another important feature of the initial D-Day campaign, was available via the magazine's website.
I discovered on checking though that both models are available as free PDF downloads from there. Having been designed for 1/300 scale, unfortunately they won't enlarge usefully, but the bridge patterns could be rescaled and retextured by those keen to try. As usual with such things, reducing the model scale to something still smaller would be more practical.
The links are: Pegasus Bridge and Orne Bridge.
Later in the magazine (page 74), there's an article by the magazine's Editor, Henry Hyde, on using paper and card models as a cheap, maybe "only" introductory, method for table-top wargaming. The article is merely a basic introduction to the concept, and seems to be assuming most papercraft gaming models to be 2D, which I think - the terminology is a little confused - means top-down counters, rather than standees (though there is a mention of Wargames Vault). However, at the end of the article is a comment that some additional freebies can be found via the magazine's website. I quote: ...some horse and musket units, a couple of buildings and some terrain.
When I checked the website, these aren't yet available, but there is a comment on this "Goodies" links-page, to say they should be posted "next week", which I would guess from the very up-to-date nature of the website (I think it's rather new, or has just been relaunched) means sometime on or after August 3.
I discovered on checking though that both models are available as free PDF downloads from there. Having been designed for 1/300 scale, unfortunately they won't enlarge usefully, but the bridge patterns could be rescaled and retextured by those keen to try. As usual with such things, reducing the model scale to something still smaller would be more practical.
The links are: Pegasus Bridge and Orne Bridge.
Later in the magazine (page 74), there's an article by the magazine's Editor, Henry Hyde, on using paper and card models as a cheap, maybe "only" introductory, method for table-top wargaming. The article is merely a basic introduction to the concept, and seems to be assuming most papercraft gaming models to be 2D, which I think - the terminology is a little confused - means top-down counters, rather than standees (though there is a mention of Wargames Vault). However, at the end of the article is a comment that some additional freebies can be found via the magazine's website. I quote: ...some horse and musket units, a couple of buildings and some terrain.
When I checked the website, these aren't yet available, but there is a comment on this "Goodies" links-page, to say they should be posted "next week", which I would guess from the very up-to-date nature of the website (I think it's rather new, or has just been relaunched) means sometime on or after August 3.