Radiantly Radioactive
Before Knuckleduster began using computer rendering to design their figures, the figures were a little on the clunky or chunky side, but with a lot of character. Don't get me wrong, the figures produced now by Knuckleduster are truly amazing. But the old ones have a character that make them just adorable. This week I… Continue reading Supporting Actors?
Tascosa! Where have you heard that name before? Well, if you've watched a few Western movies, you've probably heard it mentioned. If you remember the 1950 classic, Winchester '73 with Jimmy Stewart and Shelley Winters (and a young Rock Hudson playing a Comanche war chief), there are a couple of scenes set in a recreation… Continue reading Maverick Town – a Review
Five weeks into 2019 and I've finished a few more miniatures from the massive pile of miniatures waiting to be painted. I didn't get to paint as much. It turned cold, not as cold as what folks experienced up north, but cold enough that the Floozy spent more time with her hands wrapped around a… Continue reading Painting Desk – Week 5
A Book Review I've always loved history. The past is filled with remarkable stories both triumphant and tragic. When I was in my early 20s, I wanted to be a Classical Languages teacher. Something kind of weird for West Texas, I know. But I loved Greek and Roman history (still do). Texas history, on the… Continue reading Ranald S. Mackenzie on the Texas Frontier
"I was graduated at a private school near Philadelphia the last of June 1884, when I was barely past my seventeenth birthday, and went with my parents, brother, and sister to Fort Davis, Texas, where the Regimental Headquarters of the Tenth Cavalry was then stationed. Regimental Headquarters meant having the band at our garrison.… Continue reading Fort Davis and the “Child of the Fighting Tenth”
Part 1 - The Inspiration and History I live in one of the northern suburbs of Dallas. There are a lot of benefits to living here, both economic and social. But my heart lives out on the Llano Estacado. It is that place where the Great Plains transitions into the Chihuahuan Desert. It is where… Continue reading The Indian Fight at Van Horn’s Well : An Encounter for Six Gun Sound
Buffalo Hump was a chief among the Penateka Comanche. He is famous for leading the Great Linnville Raid of 1840 where the Comanche raided all the way to the gulf coast in Texas. Victoria and Linnville were attacked and looted. Linnville was burned to the ground and never rebuilt. The raid was a revenge raid… Continue reading Painting American Indians – Buffalo Hump
Private Tom Murray deserted to join up with Frank Wilson to hunt buffalo. Unfortunately for Tom, Captain Lawton didn't like deserters & he dispatched a detail to bring Tom back. It didn't take long for the detail to find the two would-be buffalo hunters. The detail had cornered them in a livery stable at the… Continue reading Six Gun Sound – Roof Top Example
Here is a buffalo hunter figure from Westwind that I painted to look like Matthew Quigley. The Westwind miniatures come with mounted & dismounted figures. Here is the mounted Quigley: Here are shots from different angles:
What do the following western personalities all have in common?: James "Wild Bill" Hickok, Lonesome Charley Reynolds, Bill Comstock, Buffalo Bill Cody, Billy Dixon, Frank Collinson, Bat Masterson, Pat Garret, California Joe, John Mooar, W.F. "Doc" Carver, Charlie Rath, Charlie Myers, Emanuel Dubbs, Johnny Cook, & many others. They were all professional buffalo hunters at… Continue reading Book of the Week: The Buffalo Hunters
A few months ago I completed painting some 28mm American bison. We still call them "buffalo" out here. The miniatures are by 3 manufacturers, Dixon, Knuckleduster, & Westwind/Old Glory. The buffalo mix well together with the ones from Knuckleduster being slightly smaller. The sculpts from Westwind & Dixon are running whereas the Knuckleduster sculpts are… Continue reading Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd
