I continue to prepare for my Dr. Who game at Origins and Historicon. I recently finished building drop ships for the Sontarans from some plastic, craft store ornaments and ketchup cups from a fast food restaurant.
The don’t look exactly like the ones from the TV show, but they are close.
I’m pretty happy with the result.
One of the Wargames Illustrated offered some historical vignettes as a subscription renewal bonus. You could also buy the separately as well. I bought four or five different ones. In the center of this diorama is the two figure Wargames Illustrated set, supplemented by three figures from another manufacturer (which I cannot remember).
I’ve wanted to paint these for some time, and I finally got around to it. I couldn’t sleep at about 0300 this morning, so I completed the mud and the two tufts of grass.
I’ve always found the story of the Christmas truce both inspiring and tragically sad. There is a brief description on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce