Grim’s Modelling Tips: Fake Grass Freebies!

So, I have found something out completely by accident that is excellent for us scratch builders & wargamers, yet the best thing is, it wont cost you a penny! A while ago, my missus and I were talking about turfing a few patches of bare earth in our garden and discussing options. Rather than shelling… Continue reading Grim’s Modelling Tips: Fake Grass Freebies!

Get ready for Free Comic Book Day: May 4th 2013

If your a fan of comics, you might want to know that Free comic book day is on the 4th May 2013. It's a regular drive to promote reading for kids to encourage them to read more. Comics are a great medium, and are a bit less daunting than a full book that maybe could… Continue reading Get ready for Free Comic Book Day: May 4th 2013

World Book Night 2013 Giveaway: The Dark Judges

So, as ever I have been involved in this years World Book night (April 23rd) and my choice this year as a giver, is a collected 2000AD book about the evil deadworld Judges, Death, Fire, Fear and Mortis. This classic collection is what I remember as a kid, eagerly getting my copy of 2000AD every… Continue reading World Book Night 2013 Giveaway: The Dark Judges

Update: Finished Book of the Oggam PDF available for free download!

Well, all I can say is its been a long time in coming, but finally the Book of the Oggam PDF has been finished! I thought I would let you know it's now on site and available for free download! This is the full version, complete with detailed history, geography and physiology about the oggam,… Continue reading Update: Finished Book of the Oggam PDF available for free download!

New Wargaming Resources section now available on the Grinning Skull!!

THE GRINNING SKULL WARGAMES RESOURCES PAGE The Grinning skull now has a page dedicated to all the best free stuff available on the net, it is hoped that over time and with the help of fellow gaming enthusiasts we can build a great selection of wonderful freebies for everyone to use, but I would please… Continue reading New Wargaming Resources section now available on the Grinning Skull!!

Grim’s Modelmaking Tips 2: Another 10 Cheap or Free materials for scratchbuilding

It's me again, here with another installment of my model making tips for low cost or free materials to use in your various projects. Here I will give you some more ideas for stuff you may not have thought of before. Remember, this is not intended for the more experienced scratch builders out there, but… Continue reading Grim’s Modelmaking Tips 2: Another 10 Cheap or Free materials for scratchbuilding

Grim’s Modelmaking Tips: My top 10 Cheap or Free materials for scratchbuilding

I know this article probably won't be as useful to some readers here, already well into the scratchbuilding bug like me, but I would hope that some of you that may have little or no experience in this subject will find some or all of it useful in some way. I intend to put up… Continue reading Grim’s Modelmaking Tips: My top 10 Cheap or Free materials for scratchbuilding

28mm Future Tank, scratch built from junk and card!

I got bored one day and decided to make a tank from junk bits and cereal box card. I thought I might make a small merc force for 40K, just not spending much cash on it instead of forking out a wedge of cash from GW or similar, so as I usually do, set to… Continue reading 28mm Future Tank, scratch built from junk and card!

Alien invasion 15mm Newspapers free download

Ok, I have the last in my series of 15mm newspaper debris PDFs, this one is for the alien invasion scenario or any you choose. The Weekly world news was my main source (Great paper),so just go and get yourself a copy from the downloads section, as well as any of the others on there… Continue reading Alien invasion 15mm Newspapers free download

How to create a UFO for 15mm Invasion!

I thought I'd share with you some more of my wargaming stuff and continue on with the Alien invasion in 15mm, I showed you the grey aliens from 15mm.co.uk, well the squad I did was my advance party, and if you recall I said all I needed were some vehicles for them. What transport do… Continue reading How to create a UFO for 15mm Invasion!