Category: Miscellaneous
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From the Painting Table – May 16
Unfortunately, I spent most of this week in the waiting rooms of doctors. I’m feeling fine, though my heart sounds like the wash cycle of an old Maytag washing machine. Anyway, I didn’t get much hobby time this week, so I only finished one figure, a Street Samurai Troll for use in any Cyberpunk or…
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From the Painting Table – May 9
All right, I’ve managed to post 2 weeks in a roll! I’ve always enjoyed painting miniatures, but now it is more of a challenge since I’ve become legally blind in one eye. Pygmy Archers I finished a unit of 8 Pygmy Archers from Wargames Foundry’s Darkest Africa range. Greek Hoplites I also finished a second…
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From the Painting Table – May 1
For the first time in a long time, I’ve felt like painting and today I finished an unit of hoplites to use in Rally Round the King from Two Hour Wargames. This unit will be the “Strategos” (general) of the Mantinean contingent of the Argive Alliance. In Rally Round the King, the unit will serve…
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November 15th Painting Challenge Check-In
The Power of the Sponge When it became obvious that I would not finish the large group of infantry I was working on for the week, I changed gears Thursday evening and decided to paint something else: dangerous animals. Dangerous animal is a unit which appears, moves, and behaves in a random way in the…
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November 8th Painting Challenge Weekly Check-In
I’ve found lately that painting and writing challenges help me get things done. I don’t do it for competition; I do it just to keep my tired old lazy butt moving. When I was in college, one of the many part-time jobs I had was working for a medical supply company that also rented equipment…
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April 2025 Wrap Up
You may have noticed the lack of posts this month. That is due to many reasons, one of which is that I’m participating in a Painting League sponsored by Doug of the +2Tough YouTube channel. The painting league has pushed me to complete more figures this month than usual. Late Anglo-Saxons Terrain – A Sheep…
Atomic Floozy Adventures 