Mail call from GZG

Okay I don't post things that I get in the mail as often as I should and I will try to change that in the future, in the mean time I put a very large order for Ground Zero Games, they were having a big discount plus some extra goodies base on the size of your order.

So here's my haul and my specially added goodies! Way to much to take pictures of everything but you will get the idea.

Each bag must weigh over a pound each!

All in all it came weighting in at about six and half (6 1/2) or about three kilograms (3)

The Folks at Ground Zero Games, GZG as they are know by at many gaming sites, are great to work with and I have never been disappointed in their service or products. I highly recommend doing business with them. Located in England I generally get my goodies in about 7 to 10 days here in the upper Midwest. They keep you up to dated on your order every step of the way.

Always on the Look Out!

Always looking for a great find and this one come from Jo Ann's Fabrics, clearing out their Christmas stuff and they have these great looking trees.

They come 8 to a bag and were reduce to 2 Dollars a bag so I grabbed up 5 bags of them I feel that should be enough for a small woods or for around a park or what have you.

Tanks in the Wire!

Okay it's not about tanks, but is about wire or the simulation of barbed wire or concertina wire.

So seeing some the the great barbed wire terrain that other have made I thought that I needed some myself for defenses or obstacles.

Here is my attempt to do such a thing.

First I cut a strip of fiberglass screen so that it looks like a strand of wire with barbs on it.

Next I cut a line of brass 28 gauge wire twice the length of the Fiberglass screen.

Now the hard part, fold the brass wire in half at the loop you then place the looped end into the chuck of a drill,

 Now holding one wire and the fiberglass screen strip together with your finger tips, and the second wire you want to keep separate in your other fingers,

Now gently squeeze the trigger on the drill and let the drill do the work of twisting the wires and screen strip all together.

Trim the ends and now you'll have a long strand of barbed wire to do as you wish! Or wrap it around a small rod for making concertina wire. You could string it between wood post as well. Place it on top of chain link fence. Cut in in smaller sections for battlefield debris.

Here I wrap it around a small wood dowel.

Now it's a matter of basing and painting.