Welcome on board Dave,
we hope the Internet can help us to feel nearer
We have a great Jet Lag, so it's a bit like sending a message in the bottle... but at least we're sure you'll receive it!

We have a strong community here, with several wargaming groups and a great magazine that helps us to keep in touch: Dadi&Piombo.
They also have a forum (www.dadiepiombo.com) with an international section.
Here we talk more about toy soldiers for collection and dioramas even if the wargame section is growing (see in the Articles page)
You can also read (well... if you know italian a least ) a preview of the magazine in the Article-->Books/Magazines pages; this is the link to the last issue: www.soldatinionline.it/english/Articles/...DadiPiombo-n.31.html
The magazine is bilingual

I cohoperate with the magazine as the leading graphic artist (and also with WSS: www.soldatinionline.it/english/Articles/...s-Strategy-n.20.html)

Every year on November Dadi&Piombo organizes the most important italian wargame convention (and also one of the greatest in Europe). Then in March/April there is another big convention near Florence. During the year a lot of small gaming contest are held all around the country (mainly in northern Italy), so italian gamers may meet almost every week-end (distances are not so huge like in Australia!)

Do you collect toy soldiers mainly for wargame? We'd like to see some picture of your soldiers: our gallery is easy to manage if yo'd like to try...

Ciao!