Radiantly Radioactive
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
I know it has been a while since I've done a post about miniatures leaving the lead pile to enter the ranks with their painted comrades. This week sees the completion of some French Colonial Marines, Arab Slavers, a Dragon Born warrior and a Fly Demon. French Colonial Marines First, let me begin by saying… Continue reading Colonial Marines, Slavers, Dragon Born & a Fly Demon
I've been painting a lot of Old West figures lately, but while waiting on some coats of paint to dry, I worked on some fantasy figures as well. I finished 4 for this post - 3 figures are from Reaper and one is from Lucid Eye. Josephine Lucero Josephine was sculpted by Sandra Garrity. I… Continue reading Some Green Fantasy
Games Workshop only gave names to major characters in its Warhammer games, so I was surprised when I came across a 1986 flyer advertising Dark Elf Night Assassins where all of the miniatures have names - names that didn't appear in the army book published about 10 years later. This past week I painted six… Continue reading Who is Caranath Bloodblade?
Starting the Game Well, you've created your Star Character and recruited your group of Grunts who are NPCs, nonplayer characters. This means the game mechanics will govern their actions and that they may not always perform as expected. You've read the rules on Action, Spell Casting, Shooting and Melee. You are ready to start the… Continue reading How to Play Swordplay 2018 – Part 2
What is Swordplay 2018? Swordplay 2018 is a free set of rules from Two Hour Wargames. It is a type or role playing game, RPG, that is sometimes called an "immersive game" or "RPG-lite" game because it has a lesser focus on bookkeeping, the tracking of minute details that can slow a game down. These… Continue reading How to Play Swordplay 2018 – Part 1
