Map Campaign 2014, The Players
The map campaign I've been longing for is finally underway. Five of my friends and I have marshaled our forces and are ready for war! We are using the Border Princes campaign rules and map from the...
View ArticleCampaign Report: First Blood
Our Players Justin Cunnane: Chixl's Warhost (Lizardmen)Jason Pierson: Waaagh Blackfang (Orcs & Goblins) Louis Mule: The Murderous Legion (Dark Elves) Josh Affrime: The Horde of the Scorched...
View ArticleFaction-Themed Mercenaries
No Quarter Magazine #52 had the first in a series of articles I'm working on, about faction-themed Mercenary units. The modeling tutorials focus on ways of converting and painting Warmachine &...
View ArticleCampaign Report: Let the Betrayals Begin!
Our PlayersJustin Cunnane: Chixl's Warhost (Lizardmen)Jason Pierson: Waaagh Blackfang (Orcs & Goblins) Louis Mule: The Murderous Legion (Dark Elves)Â Josh Affrime: The Horde of the Scorched Cauldron...
View ArticleSkaven Player Has Entered the Game
After eight turns of meticulous planning, maneuvering, and tunneling, the Skaven finally have enemy forces in sight! The tunneling banner successfully emerged to support the Orcs in their attack on the...
View ArticleDark Age Demo Tables: Construction
Cool Mini Or Not has called upon my services once again, this time for the game Dark Age. The tables feature an abandoned mining rig set in a underground lava chamber. This is a set of four 2'x2'...
View ArticleCampaign Update: Hanging by a Thread
Our PlayersJustin Cunnane: Chixl's Warhost (Lizardmen)Jason Pierson: Waaagh Blackfang (Orcs & Goblins) Louis Mule: The Murderous Legion (Dark Elves)Â Josh Affrime: The Horde of the Scorched Cauldron...
View ArticleGearing Up: Counters
Preparing for a game like this reminds me of the days before a Grand Tournament. (Remember those?) I'd spend time going through my miniatures, making sure everything is in shape, racing to finish that...
View ArticleThe Skaven War Machine
I had teased these models a while back on my Facebook page, and now they're finally finished– Conversions of the plastic Rat Ogres from the Warhammer starter set. I did a little work on all of them to...
View ArticleFrom the Depths of Hell
Skryre Lord Skreekits' engineers have been toiling away in their subterranean laboratories. The Hell Pit Abomination is just about finished. I'd purchased a plastic Warp Lightning Cannon/ Plague Claw...
View ArticleGeheimnisnacht Battle Report: Part 1
On Geheimnisnacht, when both moons are full, Dark Magic stirs the restless dead in their graves. On this unholy night, necromancers and vampires work their foul magic while the citizens of the Empire...
View Article20 Questions
So, the Liebster Awards are making the rounds again. For those of you who may not know, the Liebster Awards are the chain letter of blogging. It's supposed to be awarded to blogs with fewer than 200...
View ArticleDark Age Demo Tables: Painting
Cool Mini Or Not held their Expo last weekend. The Dark Age demo tables I built for them made their debut at the show, which means I can show off some painted pictures. To see the table in action,...
View ArticleDark Age Demo Tables: LAVA!
For the final installment of this terrain showcase, I'll cover the lava effects on the Dark Age demo tables I made for Cool Mini Or Not. As is normally the case when it comes to crunch time, I start...
View ArticleFaction-Themed Ogrun Bokurs
No Quarter Magazine #54 hit the shelves recently, and it features the next article in a series about converting and painting faction-themed Mercenaries. This time it's Ogrun bokur. Check out No Quarter...
View ArticleArcadia Quest Diorama, Part 1
I've been mostly absent from my blog (and life in general) for the past several months due to my latest project– a diorama display for Arcadia Quest. Similar to the Wrath of Kings diorama, this one is...
View ArticleArcadia Quest Diorama, Part 2
This is part two of my assembly journal for the Arcadia Quest diorama I'm building for Cool Mini Or Not. Last time I was just finishing up the fortress for the District of Hammers. Here it is with the...
View ArticleTerrain Tutorial: Flagstone Streets
One of the techniques that I use in my projects is tiled flagstone streets. Different from cobblestone, this represents a surfaces of square-cut flagstone, sandstone, or slate. In this tutorial I'll...
View ArticleArcadia Quest Diorama, Part 3
Welcome to part three of the assembly journal for the Arcadia Quest diorama that I'm building for Cool Mini or Not! Last time I discussed the construction of the University clock tower. Here's a shot...
View ArticleZombie Pirates
A reader contacted me recently, asking about some models he'd seen in an old White Dwarf supplement featuring zombie pirates. The issue in question was #306, and it had an army list for the Zombie...
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