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Spring is here, and so is the bi-annual MMSI Auction, which will take place Friday at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines! As usual, auctioneer par excellence Joe Berton will be wielding the gavel, and countless treasures (miniatures, militaria, books, you name it) will be up for bid. Doors...

MMSI's monthly meeting is THIS FRIDAY, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 1610 at Oakton Community College. Give this damn weather a kick in the metaphorical groin and come on out for a special surprise presentation!

Hi Dave -- I just posted the article you wrote to boxdioramas.com! (Sorry it took so long.) I'm surprised you're selling those pieces, and really surprised you're selling them to anyone besides Darryl Audette!

Happy New Year all! After a bout of technical challenges, we at long last have some updates to the site, starting with three great articles by assistant editors Darryl Audette and Barry Biedger. Darryl writes about how he achieved the flickering candlelight effect in “When a Bond Among Men Was...

Hi All -- All the best in 2014! And take note: The MMSI's January meeting will be held on Friday the 10th (next week) NOT this Friday the 3rd. On tap: Mike Holverson and Marc Gaynes with a presentation onthe Louis Marx Company, largest toy maker in the world during the last century. All you toy...

The Military Miniatures Society of Illinois will hold its last meeting of 2013 at 7:30 p.m. THIS FRIDAY, Nov. 1, at Oakton Community College, Room 1604. Holding forth on World War I: Mike Cobb and Joe Berton, but we have a lot of members who are expert on this topic, so bring your militaria...

Ah, yes: MMSI member Tony Bialas also has posted his photos from the show; even more great pix here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/105312095@N06/10257295026/in/photostream/

Hi everyone -- Bob Sarnowski's always-stellar pix from the MMSI Chicago Show now are up online (along with the list of awards) at http://www.mmsichicago.com/. Be sure to stop by!

The MMSI will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. THIS FRIDAY, Oct. 4, at Oakton Community College. On tap: Ace photographer (and gold medal painter) Bob Sarnowski will present a program on photographing your miniatures, with results that hopefully the rest of us mere mortals can replicate...

The Military Miniature Society of Illinois' Chicago show takes place Oct. 11 to 13 in its new locale at the Hyatt Regency. Visit www.mmsichicago.com for more info!

The Military Miniature Society of Illinois' September meeting is THIS FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. at Oakton Community College. On tap: Noel Meyer on "Alternative Painting Techniques," diving deep into the world of fantasy figures. Hope to see you there! And don't forget to make your reservations NOW for...

The Military Miniature Society of Illinois' September meeting is THIS FRIDAY, 7:30 p.m. at Oakton Community College. On tap: Noel Meyer on "Alternative Painting Techniques," diving deep into the world of fantasy figures. Hope to see you there! And don't forget to make your reservations NOW for...

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Darryl Audette and I finally have gotten around to some long-overdue updates to boxdioramas.com, including a look at the latest by me (Jim DeRogatis), “The Cutting-Out Expedition,” with an accompanying step-by-step article; a step-by-step article by Michael Berger on the construction of his...

The MMSI's monthly meeting is THIS FRIDAY, May 3, and it's a special one: We will meet at and gather for a tour meeting and tour of the Veterans National Art Museum, 4041 N. Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Floor in Chicago's Six Corners neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The museum will be providing a...

Lots going on with the MMSI! First up: Our monthly meeting is THIS FRIDAY, April 5, and it's the bi-annual FLEA MARKET, always a favorite! Oakton Community College, room 1604, doors open at 7 p.m. Members whose dues are all paid up can get a table to sell their surplus white-army etc. for $10...

The monthly meeting of the MMSI takes place on Friday at Oakton Community College, and the program is a fun one: It's MMSI Movie Madness! Come on out for a special presentation of some of club members' favorite battle scenes -- their choices for the best ever captured on the big screen.

The Military Miniatures Society of Illinois holds its monthly meeting this Friday, Feb. 1, with featured speaker Herb Metzler, will cover the U.S. Civil War in the West up to 1863 (just before Vicksburg). FOR THIS MEETING ONLY, WE WILL HOLD THE PROGRAM IN ROOM 1550 at Des Plaines Community...