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Did more work on my Giant Horde for OPR Fantasy last weekend! Generic power armor provided for scale. (All giants by Duncan Shadow)

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Leaving the dungeon for a few days of Red Hot Skeleton Summer. (model from Vae Victis Miniatures!)

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Some retro Necrons done up for games of Grimdark Future: Firefight! I tried to paint them in a period-appropriate way with drybrushed silver and gold, with ink washes and pearl greens to make the details pop.

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"Apologies, companion, but our arrangement has been... reconsidered."

The Sunbearer sculpted by the excellent Vae Victis miniatures!

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I should be cleaning my desk, but instead I'm assembling a bunch of alien bugs while the next bunch of giants await their turn for painting. (aliens from Puppetswar and giants from Duncan Shadow)

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You’ll need your magnifying glass for this one!

Here we have two copies of the Smallest English Dictionary in the World, Published in Glasgow around 1900 by David Bryce and Sons. Coming in at just over an inch tall (27mm) and set at 1 ½ point font, this might just be one of the smallest English language dictionaries in the world.

One of these copies is enclosed in a metal case that could be worn on a chain around the neck. The glass on the front of the locket is actually a magnifying glass, used to read the entries.

Smith Miniatures Collection PE1625 .S63 1900z copies 2 and 3

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My Giants Tribe for One Page Rules is done! Two giants and a giant minotaur borrowed from the Beastment list make a 750 point army and all three sculpts are from Duncan Shadow. I might be spoiled by these 3 model armies…

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Check out this miniature photo album of tintype portraits!

Efficient and inexpensive to produce, tintypes were a popular form of portrait photography in the latter half of the 19th century. The thin metal plates (usually made of iron, not tin) made the photos durable and portable, and they were often kept as souvenirs or inserted into photo albums like this one.

Notice the rosy cheeks on some of the subjects? Though the photographic process produced black and white images, tintypes were sometimes painted on by hand to add color.

Although we don’t know the original owner of this photo album, several of the portraits have handwritten captions identifying the subjects as family members. The album is most likely from the 1860s or 1870s, when tintypes were at their height.

Smith Miniatures Collection TR375 .M5 1800Z cop.1

---Anne M.