The High Desert Museum in Oregon, USA

I’m finally back in Sweden and back to blogging after a tree week vacation in Oregon, USA, visiting old friends and travelling about quite a lot. It was mostly non-historical and non-gaming but between whale-watching, hiking, eating, driving, smelling roses and whatnot, I managed a couple of museums that might be of interest.

The first of these is the High Desert Museum close to Bend and Sun River in Oregon. Here you will find exhibits on the nature and history of the High Desert and of interest to gamers, and especially those gaming Old West, there are exhibitions on exploration and settlement, Plateau Indians and a ranch and sawmill from early 19-hundreds.

Let’s have a look!

We're met in the Entrance by this Stagecoach. Great inspirations for the miniature one from Sarissa that is waiting for some attention.  Remember that you can click on the pics to get larger ones.

A sheepherder's wagon. These were popular during the 1880's.

One of the permanent exchibitions is Spirit of the West:

A Paiute, the original inhabitants of the area, shelter.

An Oregon Trail wagon.

In the mid 1800's mapmakers were sent out to... well... make maps.

We even find a part of Silver City here!

Hall of the Plateau Indians is another permanet exhibition and didn't have enough time to fully appreciate it, unfortunately. 

A traditional summer tipi made made with reeds as covering material

A reservation tipi

The 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Lazinka Sawmill

I would have liked to take more pics, but it was around 35⁰C (not suitable for this Swede...) and everyone was hungry for lunch.

A corral made of willow and juniper

This beautiful Model 1924 T Ford will end this photograpic journey through the High Desert Museum. I hope you enjoyed it.

All in all this is a really nice museum well worth a visit if you're in the vicinity.

In the next post from my trip we will see a very, very large aircraft.

Welcome new followers Gareth I.J. Roberts with Old Welsh Gamer, a really nice new blog covering a wide variety of gaming, Dave Chamberlain and Sander van Straeten. 

Jetty and Cemetery Monument from Printable Scenery

A couple of things from the 3D-printer, painted at last.

The jetties are from the WinterdaleDocks pack and works excellently with my harbour. I will print out an assortment of these in different configurations. These took around 7 hours to print and used 310 to 360 inches of filament. The stairs took two hours and used 70 inches. 

The monument is from the Cemetery pack and took my printer about five hours to print and used around 200 inches of filament (costing about €0.4). 

Layer thickness 200 microns and low fill density for all pieces.

Clutter, grave-stones and dungeon scenery from Zealot Miniatures and RAFM

Nothing much is happening on the modelling front now, but I’ve painted these assorted pieces from Zealot Miniatures and RAFM.

Fireplace and Thick Pillar from Zealot 

Death Seal from Zealot and pentagram from RAFM

Four gravestones from Zealot and a Summoning Stone from RAFM (secont from the left)

Two more barrels from Zealot

Zombicide: Black Plague wave 2

Got a box just before a trip to the summer place, the last stuff from the Zombicide: Black Death kickstarter. Did a fast unboxing and here it is, a bit late. I let the pictures speak for themselves, and will just say that I will really enjoy painting these and game with them.

I didn’t finish painting all the minis from wave 1 before this came along, but managed 10 more zombies. Just a few more and the basic game is all finished.

I really look forward to start painting more characters.

I got another big box delivered the other day, Wave 2 from the Mercs: Recon kickstarter. More rules and minis. When will it end?

Something that doesn't seem to end are the hits on this blog. It's usually around 8-10K a month, but last month it jumped up to 35K. That would be fun if those extra hits were actual people, but it seems to be bots. Really annoying and continuing. 
Anyway, they say they originate from the US, uses Macs with Chrome... Sigh. I just wonder why.

Welcome new Google+ follower Bacon Fat with Baconfat Log, a blog on this and that in miniatures. Check it out!

Also a warm welcome to Herman van Kradenburg with blogs Aircraft Nut and Wargames Obsession and Trouble in the Border Provinces, all worth a look!