Atomic Floozy Adventures

Tag: THW

  • The Ranger and the Hangman

    The Ranger and the Hangman

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    While painting the Scarlet Ladies pack, I also painted some West Wind Cowboy Wars figures. One is a Ranger from one of the Ranger packs and the other is a Hangman from one of the Town Characters packs. Both have been in the lead pile for nearly 20 years. The Ranger was half painted, so…

  • Fannie Porter and the Sporting Girls

    Fannie Porter and the Sporting Girls

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    About 120 to 140 years ago, many American cities and towns had “Sporting Districts”. These “Sporting Districts” were synonymous with “Red Light Districts” and “Arts Districts” and other euphemisms to set apart what was desirable in society from those who were deemed undesirable – gambling houses, dance halls, brothels, opium dens, seedy saloons, ethnic groups,…

  • Shieldmaidens with Axes

    Shieldmaidens with Axes

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    Finished four more of the wonderful shieldmaiden miniatures from Bad Squiddo Games. English is the only language I can speak somewhat reliably, but there are times it confuses me. The old Norse word for a female warrior is “skjaldmaer” which is translated into English as “shield maiden”, “shield-maiden”, and “shieldmaiden”. I’m not sure which is…

  • Jana Blackfire

    Jana Blackfire

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    Reaper Dark Heaven Legends 03006 – Jana Blackfire Today I finished a figure that has been in the painting queue for over a decade, Jana Blackfire. In fact, this figure has recently been taken out of Reaper’s catalog and is currently Out of Production. So why did it take me so long to get to…

  • A Witch for WHAT

    A Witch for WHAT

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    Warrior Heroes Adventures in Talomir (WHAT) is perhaps my favorite RPG, due to its ease of play for solo adventures. Of course, in any game, there are some tradeoffs between ease of play and detail. WHAT from Two Hour Wargames, is very much like Old School RPGs in that there is only one class for…

  • Looky at What Came in the Mail

    Looky at What Came in the Mail

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    I know I just posted an hour or so ago, but look at what the mail carrier left on my doorstep: I’ve read accounts from the trenches & barricades, now here’s one from a diplomat’s perspective. My library on this subject is growing: It looks like the Floozy will be doing a SCW game soon…