Radiantly Radioactive
While most of Entoich is open semi-arid land, the land becomes more wooded in the north approaching Tropilium, which was where Bhoma and her band was headed. The border between Tropilium and Entoich is the Clemency River and the Clemency River flows into Mare Tropilii, "Sea of the Tropilium". Today finds them in Kanesh, the… Continue reading WHAT 1st Encounter – Part 4, The Game
In this part I'm going to show you who lives in the dungeon. This is the last bit of prep work before playing the Dungeons Encounter in Warrior Heroes Adventures in Talomir or WHAT for short. Though I've taken three posts to demonstrate the prep work I've done, in actual time it only takes a… Continue reading WHAT 1st Encounter – Part 3, The Denizens
With Warrior Heroes Adventures in Talomir (WHAT), I have a new game, a new campaign, a new encounter - all begging for new miniatures. These figures are all 3D Printed from BrushFu Studios. I don't own a 3D printer, so I purchase figures from boutique 3D printing service companies found on Etsy, eBay and other… Continue reading WHAT 1st Encounter – Part 2, The Party
Two Hour Wargames has released a new set of Fantasy rules - Warrior Heroes Adventures in Talomir (WHAT). To be honest, I was about to sell off my entire fantasy collection - miniatures, terrain, rules, novels, etc. I'm at that age where I'm having to downsize a lot of things. However, when I got wind… Continue reading WHAT 1st Encounter – Part 1, The Set Up
Step into the Way Back Machine (along with Mr. Peabody), and let's go back to the last decade of the previous century. There were several massed battle fantasy games available - all competing against Games Workshop's Warhammer. Heartbreaker Hobbies had a game called Leviathan. They even used some of the same sculptors who had sculpted… Continue reading Heartbreaker Dark Elves
At MilleniumCon 2009, a bunch of guys from LSHMS (Lone Star Historical Miniatures Society) had a table in the dealer area where they were selling items other members wanted to get rid of, they were kind of running a flea market before the actual flea market day of the convention. Anyway, they had a big… Continue reading A Band of Dark Elves
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
"Melanippe, navarch of Asteria, here presents her research so all that has happened to the Valkae Amazons might not fade from memory. May the deeds of the Amazons and the barbarian nations of men be sung, as well as the causes that led them to make war upon one another."- Melanippe, The Histories of Valkae… Continue reading Mapping Valkae, Part One
Continuing on my building spree from the last post, I decided I needed a way among the ruins for my party to go underground, I needed something which would contain a stairway or tunnel entrance. I settled on a small building which could also double as a crypt or a small mausoleum. I am not… Continue reading Building an Old Crypt
Medusa The legendary Medusa is a fearsome creature with the lower body of a giant serpent and the torso and face of a woman. She has vipers for hair, a poisonous bite and a stare which turns living things to stone. While usually a solitaire creature, there can be up to three Medusae. These creatures… Continue reading Melanippe’s Bestiary – Quick Stats for Talomir Tales
Clerics, the religious fanatics of the fantasy genre, are a class of characters I've never played. In fact, I rarely include them in my adventuring parties. When I do, it's only because I think I need a healer in the party. Yet, I have a bunch of them in the lead pile waiting to be… Continue reading Fantasy Clerics & Other Folk
Well, I finally finished the Bolshevik Partisans and a few other miniatures as well. I'm moving closer to that goal, but with only three months left, will I make it? Probably, not - but it's going to be fun to try. Bolshevik Partisans The partisans are from Copplestone Castings' Back of Beyond range. I purchased… Continue reading Partisans, Bar Flies & Other Folk
