Radiantly Radioactive
Or How to Play 5105: Alien Fight Night - Finale Whew! That’s enough explanation, let’s play and write a story! He began to paw the canvas like a bull, snorted, grunted, and then charged. I don’t know if I actually thought of Teddy Welchman at that moment, but I remembered some of what he had… Continue reading B and the Monkey-Poodle Virus, Part 2
Or How to Play 5150: Alien Fight Night The cheering and applause from the crowd of cardboard cut-outs is pre-taped, the palooka in the white shirt is the referee, though you can’t understand a word he is saying through his surgical mask and that’s me, Bouncing Betty Caruso, the one on the left whose right… Continue reading B and the Monkey-Poodle Virus, Part 1
What's just exciting as a new mini? - A new brush! I received a new Winsor & Newton Series 7 No. 1 Kolinsky Sable brush today. It was time to replace my old one, which I've been using almost daily for three years. The old one can still be used, it just isn't as good… Continue reading A New Brush!
As far as I can tell "Mestre de Camp General Dragons" is a long-winded, flowery, obtuse way of saying "2nd Dragoons." But I suppose in an age where regiments and commissions were bought and sold, a fancy name can bring a better price. Kind of like a few years ago when people were "oohing" and… Continue reading Mestre de Camp General Dragons
It's frustrating! I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things, but my progress is not what I would like it to be. I think the next person I see who says COVID is a hoax or "it's just like the flu", I going to throttle them! I really identify with the 72-year-old who said… Continue reading The October Painting Table
Each of the speakers made mention of the "brave" women who fought alongside the men. They had to say something thought Roza Yedilova, they needed women to vote to legitimize the elections they had bought. "Fighting alongside the men? That was nonsense in the early days, the officers didn't know what to do with women… Continue reading The Meat Grinder, Part 5
1941 Soviet Rifle Platoon with Attached Assets The wind played cheerfully with wisps of white hair atop heads with solemn faces. A small group of elderly men and women wearing medals sat apart from the crowds listening as politicians droned. Roza Yedilova grumbled to herself about the weather, she was cold even though the younger… Continue reading The Meat Grinder, Part 4 – Roll Call
I know it isn't quite the end of September, but looking at the figures in my paint queue, I won't finish anything else until some time in October. I managed to complete 64 figures & 3 pieces of terrain this month (counting the bunker & the trench). Rhaine, Rogue This is a lovely figure from… Continue reading The Painting Table – End of September
Here's another piece of terrain for my Rezhev Campaign - a small trench. In Mel's tutorial, it is called a "slit trench." I made mine a little wider because the Warlord Germans & the Bad Squiddo Soviets all have bits of the sculpt that overhang the base more than what Mel's figures had. I really… Continue reading The Slit Trench
A question popped up on the Two Hour Wargames forum recently where someone asked about figure storage solutions which allowed quick access to figures. So, I decided to do a quick post on how I store my finished figures. Note, the unpainted lead pile of shame & terrain pieces are not covered in this post… Continue reading Figure Storage & the Humble Egg
I split my painting time this week between painting miniatures and building terrain. I built an earth & log bunker for my 28mm WWII campaign. The bunker may look familiar to some of you, I took my inspiration from Mel the Terrain Tutor's how-to video, though I made mine slightly larger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqOHkRfCZK0&t=603s I didn't have… Continue reading DIY Earth & Log Bunker
After getting hit with a virus that left me on my back for almost a month, I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things, including miniature painting. Here is what I managed to finish the last week and a half of August: Army Scout I have a lot of unpainted plains Indians and U.S.… Continue reading The Painting Table – End of August
