Radiantly Radioactive
Clubbing Jiyoon Mar stared at her wig. It was a contradiction, but life among the Gaeans was full of contradictions. They called themselves “basics” as in “basic humanoids”, the word “human” had become an elitist word in some circles and a racial obscenity in others. She had permanently removed her hair like a Shoovian nun… Continue reading Blue and Green – Part 3
Bolshevik Gun Molls Advancing I've finally taken the plunge to do some 28mm World War Two wargaming. I've held off for a long time because there weren't any female sculpts. Well that has changed with Bad Squiddo Games, who have a marvelous range of WWII female Soviet soldiers. I ordered the "Urrah!" deal which is… Continue reading Bolshevik Gun Molls, Amoebas, Lady Death & Fascists!
June is nearly over, so here are the fantasy miniatures I managed to paint this month. As you can tell, by the last few posts, my attention span - well, let's be polite and say it wanders all over the place. I've painted fantasy, ancient Greeks, seven years' war, and WWII figures this month and… Continue reading June Fantasy
10mm Battalion Gun Limbers from Pendraken Since the allied forces will be advancing on Hoya in column, I need artillery limbers for the game. You don't absolutely need them, but they are nice to have. What I've found unusual is that during this period, the limbers of light artillery of the French and Hanoverians were… Continue reading Limber Up
6mm Greek Hoplites - figures & decals from Baccus I've painted my first unit of 6mm Greek Hoplites for use with Rally Round the King. This unit represents part of the Athenian force at the battle of Mantinea. The figures and the shield decals are all from Baccus Miniatures. For this game, I'm going to… Continue reading Tiny Democrats
Launching a Star As the last note of the bosun’s call ended, the duty officer, Ensign Ska, barked, “Captain on deck!” Commander Taeyeon Sea came to attention and with the rest of the crew, bowed. Returning the bow, Captain Trinna Zin said, “Thank you, as you were.” She walked up to Taeyeon, who was standing… Continue reading Blue & Green – Part 2
For the first time in 30 years of gaming, I finally bought a game mat. In the past, I used a bed sheet that had been dyed and painted and sheets of felt in various colors. This mat is the "Grasslands" mat from Cigar Box Battle. To show off this new mat, I played a… Continue reading Victoria’s Luck – a NUTS! Patrol Mission
Raging Heroes Void Elves as Xeogs On the other side of the world from me is a company, Raging Heroes, which specialize in manufacturing female miniatures which can be used in various science fiction and fantasy games, but are aimed as alternative sculpts for use in Warhammer 40K. Their answer to GWs Dark Eldar are… Continue reading They Came From France! – Void Elves
Maybe I'm beginning to adjust to a new "normal." After several weeks of doing pretty much nothing, I finally did some painting this past week. Here are the results. First are two female Elf archers from Reaper Miniature's Dark Heaven Legends range. Many years ago as I became disillusioned with Warhammer, I started playing Chipco's… Continue reading They Came from the Painting Table – April 26
A CHAIN REACTION ENCOUNTER The drum talk interrupted the usual night sounds of the crackling campfire and nocturnal creatures. “Mukesh,” snarled Jack Gable standing in front of his tent buttoning his shirt, “what is so important to wake the jungle at this hour?” “A village beyond the Napondi has been attacked, people ripped apart” replied… Continue reading Hunting the Man-Killers
Introduction Here's a new story, broken over several parts. Blog posts are typically short forms, so I can only reasonably do one scene at a time to hold the typical blog reader's interest. I'm not knocking a reader's attention span - I'm acknowledging that a blog post is a short form & not a novel.… Continue reading Blue & Green – Part 1
I recently purchased 5150 Working Grave from Two Hour Games, A.K.A. Two Hour Wargames, and am eager to try it out. I usually play a game to build a story and then write the story as a blog post. This time I've had people ask me to show how I play the game dice roll… Continue reading Officer Moon – Working Grave
