With all the madness during this coronavirus fracas, it’s giving me a little motivation to get some additional projects done around here. One of the things to which I’m trying to commit is to paint at least one mini each month and post about it, hopefully more if I can. I’ve been pretty bad about…
Oh, life… how you distract me with many things! I’ve been so busy with other things that I just haven’t made time to sit down and paint minis for quite some time. I feel like I keep saying that, but it’s true! I need to start blocking out time for painting. It’s calming and relaxing.…
I feel like I keep saying this, but it’s been too long (again) since I’ve added any content to this blog. I’m hoping I can get my mini-painting back on track again. And I thought a discussion on the basics of photographing miniatures would be a great place to begin. I’ve dabbled into the world…
After two years of excitement and waiting, my Black Cube has finally made it to my doorstep! I can’t wait to start diving into all of the content. There’s so much to see! Since it literally just hit my doorstep yesterday, I can’t really give this a proper review, yet. That will have to wait…
My last Tabletop Review focused on a game with a relatively light style of play. This time around, we’re going to take a look at a something with a bit more complexity. Meet Aqua Sphere! A game for 2-4 players about an undersea laboratory, automated research bots, and problematic octopod creatures wreaking havoc around the…
Time for another board game review! This time around, it’s something a little on the lighter side: Evolution: The Beginning. A fun little game that’s easy to learn, yet still has some great strategy to it. So, let’s start off with the box. I really love the vibrant colors and fun design. It’s eye-catching! And…
Previously, I had painted up a set of goblins from one of the D&D board games, the Legend of Drizzt. These were the Goblin Cutters. But, the game also included four more goblins, including Goblin Archers and a Goblin Champion. And I’ve been wanting to paint these up to ensure I have plenty of goblins…
Man… I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last published a blog post. I’m hoping I can get back to a more-regular posting schedule again. I have a few items to write up just waiting for me to get to them, so look for some of those to come out shortly! I met…
So many minis to paint… I feel like I’ve been on a roll lately, just painting up minis for my players for our new Curse of Strahd campaign. This marks mini #4 I’ve done for this adventure. And it happens to be my wife’s character, a druid. She had provided details about colors: dark hair,…
As I mentioned in my previous painting post, I’m gearing up to run Curse of Strahd with our D&D regular group. And since I enjoy the satisfaction I get from painting minis, especially for other people, I offered to paint minis for everyone. One of my players is playing a Tabaxi fighter. For anyone not…
Painting is coming in bunches lately. This time it’s for my wife’s mini for our D&D 5E game with friends, playing through Storm King’s Thunder. She created an Aasimar character. We couldn’t find the perfect mini, so I modified one of the new figures from Wizkids. This one comes from the 2-pack of Female Sorcerer…
Rats. Rats everywhere. They’re a fairly common enemy in D&D, especially at lower levels. I happen to have a trio of rat swarm miniatures that came with the Castle Ravenloft board game, and I’ve had them primed and ready for paint for months now. It was finally time to get some color on them. Because…
We’re gearing up to begin a new D&D campaign, which means it’s time to get some more minis painted up! This is for a new (to us) player in our group. I’m opening up our campaign to homebrew and Unearthed Arcana character options, and he wants to play a human mystic. Not only that, but…
Ugh… it’s been so long since sat my butt down and painted a mini. (I’ve sat my butt down plenty… just not to paint.) It’s good to get back into it again. My motivation to paint this mini is due to my fellow D&D player in our Sunday campaign for Storm King’s Thunder. He plays…
I’ve been waiting in anticipation… long ago did I place my order… – over a year, in fact – and now it has finally arrived! My very own copy of Gloomhaven by Cephalofair Games! For anyone not familiar with Gloomhaven, it’s a legacy-style fantasy dungeon crawl. Lots of scenarios. Lots of monsters. Lots of locations to…
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