I was recently nominated for a Wargaming Blog
Excellence Award by http://daggerandbrush.wordpress.com/
and a while back somebody nominated me for a Liebster
Award. After saying thank you and feeling slightly
embarrassed and honoured at the same time I have finally
got myself into a position to respond in kind.
Wargaming for me is not just WW2,its Ancients,its Sci Fi,
its Warhammer and all its baggage, its board games, its computer
games, its remote control tanks, its re-enactments
and its full of scratch built goodies.
So without further ado these are the things I look for in a blog
that keep me coming back. Bright,glossy pictures that the person
has taken time to compose and get just right. Some background
information and in depth facts about what the pictures cannot
tell. Tutorials and guides on how things were painted or
created. Answer all the comments on your blog and leave loads
of comments on other peoples blog, it gets noticed.
Most important to me personally and the reason I love blogs
is the tiny gems you find every now and again. What gets me
painting and building is inspiration which just oozes out
blogs more than any company website. One tiny blog on
somebody converting a bog standard 1/72 Airfix tank with a
cocktail stick and a plunger(unusual example I grant you) is
worth a thousand times more than the company “How to construct”
list and suggested paints !
Listed below are some of my favourite blogs who I find hard
to separate in order and thus rank them all on a par of
excellence.
DAGGERANDBRUSH
http://daggerandbrush.wordpress.com/
What I love about this blog is the trees. If you have ever modelled
a humble tree for your model railway or Wargaming board I bet you
they never looked this good. If Michelangelo had space he would
have included them on the Sistine Chapel. Apart from the heavenly trees
the blog is full of detailed background information and lovely photography.
Plus loads of posts on Ancients, Fantasy, Napoleonic and more.
ARKIEGAMER
https://arkiegamer.wordpress.com/
Where to start ? For me the outstanding thing about this blog is the
warm feedback you get from its excellent wargaming blogger and its
what a blog should all be about. Added to that are detailed battle
reports to die for and plenty of beautiful pictures to go with it.
Wargaming information from WW2 in 20mm and loads of American Civil
War stuff, Napoleonic and the occasional visit to a Wargaming
convention where he gets dragged(pleasantly) into playing .
SHO3BOX
Colour, more colour, strange plants and weird things and
that’s why I love this blog. A well presented blog,with
superb painting, pictures and articles. Forget run of the mill
and think out of the box. You just have read the battle report
Lost in Translation http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/inquisitorpulp-alley-lost-in-translation/
to get an idea of what this site is about. Oh a word of warning,
your going to get a strange urge to buy a Dr Zoidberg figure for
your gaming table after reading this blog 🙂 I now have one lol
As mentioned all 3 are excellent blogs but I came across a blog
only last week that for me just nails it.
WARHAMMER 39,9999
http://warhammer39999.wordpress.com/
I`m a sucker for history and beautiful architecture and wandering
round the inside of a Cathederal is right up there on a par with
Bovington Tank museum to me(strange comparison but that’s how I tick).
Its especially fun for me as I see lots of 40k Gothic building possibilities
in the architecture and whats always been my plan was to copy those
beautiful stained glass windows.
My prays were answered with the following post : http://warhammer39999.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/stained-glass-windows/
Whats more the post includes free PNG files of the windows to
download at your pleasure.
I love the posts in this blog and I love the building work,but
most of all I love the spirit of giving your hard work away
just to help fellow gamers.
It was that tiny gem that inspired me and thus the reason
to give warhammer 39,9999 my vote.
Good luck everybody and
keep blogging your excellent blogs because it saves me
buying books to read 🙂
The model warrior 