Maybe I am getting old, maybe my sight is weakening, but as I returned to this blog yesterday, I felt dissatisfied with its look. Light characters over dark background do not make it anymore for me - I find the combination very tiresome on my eyes. Hence, the decision to switch to black and dark grey for the text, and off-white for the background. Any better? It seems so to me, but I will take your recommendations if you feel strongly one way or another.
On wargaming matters. Perfectly timed for release at Historicon,
Blue Moon is now offering a French Foreign Legion range which includes an impressive Fort Zinderneuf:
Link
We should congratulate Blue Moon for a very active expansion of their 15mm ranges - too many to mention here, but Three Muskeeters and Dark Africa stand out as interesting niches that were missing at this scale. Many of their packages can also be useful to add color and character to other periods (I am thinking of the FIW/AWI civilian sets.) As for myself, I think the Dark Africa range is something I will consider in the near future, to add to my colonial collections. And a Fort Zinderneuf has been in my wishlist for quite some time now, as I have, in a box somewhere, a small collection of FFL and Arabs figures from
Stone Mountain. Maybe, as I will take a break from the placid 18th century German countryside, I will finally get into some action deep into a Northern Africa desert... ah, temptation, temptation...
UPDATE - Apparently some of the formatting options in Blogspot have changed during my "sabbatical." I am struggling a bit in spacing paragraphs, breaking the text, and inserting pictures via a link to other websites. I guess I need to spend some time in the Help section...
8 comments:
Il Desto Fante,
It is great to see that you are back in the world of blogging.
I always looked forward to reading you blog entries ... and I hope to read plenty more in the near future.
All the best,
Bob
I much prefer dark text with light background to light text on dark . . . so I approve of the change.
However I would suggest using black for basic text instead of dark grey so that you would provide more contrast for those of us (like myself) with older eyes that don't work as well as they used to.
And again, it is good to see you back.
-- Jeff
Thanks, Jeff -- and black for basic text will be!
Desto - good to see you back...
If you can find one I would recommend the Airfix Fort Sahara as a cheaper alternative to the Blue Moon one..
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Toys-Games-/220/i.html?_nkw=airfix+sahara
Hi Steve,
good to be back in touch!
I am aware of the old Airfix model: when I was 8 it was a must-have on my wishlist, but somewhat it never made it to the Italian distribution channels. I think I may have my childhood dream come true at age 42! The only doubt is about how the fort would look, scale-wise, with my 15mm miniatures, as I am afraid it will be slightly over-sized. Usually there are some plastic kits available at Historicon, so I look forward to do some comparative shopping.
Desto - it works well.. my troops are 15mm as well.... this was from a game I had that my help, but if you want I'll set up a specific photo showing figures against fort??
http://bp2.blogger.com/_EkwLNxL4tkE/RuQKNIAYSAI/AAAAAAAAAaU/gu3zrXgdvoM/s1600/Sudan2.jpg
Thanks Steve - that's look good! I will look in the plastic sets at Historicon, and if I come by one, I'll snatch it. On my shopping list I also have an Airfix farmhouse. Again, the older I get, the more valuable the memories of the battle fought as a young kid become. Airfix was awesome, no matter how much time has gone by.
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