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Keep your damn filthy bones out of my mouth!  
February 8th, 2010
I got around to wipping some old skeletons into shape! These round out a total of nine
skeletons that I have that are painted well enough to use and are on skirmish bases... I
have hundreds left over that were painted in the early 90s, but these nine should carry me
for a while I think... But maybe I should paint up one more and make it an even ten...
Anyway, check out the bone-madness in the
Dungeons and Dragons gallery.
Next up, the last of the elements for my Marian Roman army as well as a few more elements
of Vikings! Until then... Oh yeah, the title of this post is a quote from Army of Darkness.
No one should ever paint skeletons without having it on in the background!
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The Anarchists march to Madrid!  
February 1th, 2010
Well, I always wanted to paint up some anarchists, and it looks like the Spanish
Civil War (SCW) will be my first opportunity! Some local 20mm SCW action got me
interested in this, and despite my lack or entusiasm for 20mm typically, I decided
to jump in. Some fun stuff likely in the future, and hopefully this time around
the anarchists won't get wiped out by the damn communists and be able to turn
the fascists away from Madrid! Check out the anarchist militia in the
20mm Spanish Civil War Anarchists
gallery.
So, what's next? Well, I am working on some Vikings and Ancient Germans at the
moment, so you'll likely see those next week. Those are for my Viking and Roman
28mm DBA armies. I have some skeletons to paint for D&D... Some elves for Hordes of the
things to keep that one element of spearmen company... More Spanish Civil War
Anarchists... Some Russian Civil War Anarchists.... On top of that, it's time
to get to some of the terrain projects that I really need to get to! So, who knows :)
Until next time!
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Odds and ends...  
February 1th, 2010
A couple of things that I have been working on lately here... The one thing
that has taken up most of my slack time over the past month was the landscape
painting that I was working on... It was done as a gift and I am pretty happy
with it, but I find that I am harder on myself when working on things for other
people... Still, it was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot about painting in general,
and that I have a lot more work to do yet! Check out the landscape in the
Other gallery.
Also, I finished off a couple of one-off test type figs for D&D. I think I am
going to get back to 28mm, characterful stuff a bit more, and so here are
the first couple... A skeleton and an ogre. Check them out in the
D&D gallery.
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Centaurs for Rome!  
January 26th, 2010
I wanted some more fantasy for my Romans to nudge them that much further into the
fantasy realm. The Minerva goddess figure was cool, but quite enough. So, I opted
to add some centaurs. I looked around for 28mm centaurs, but I could only find
Greek dressed centaurs. So, since I have droves of extra plastic Romans, and also
many extra riders of Rohan, I figured I would I would make a couple. Overall, I am
very happy with how they turned out! Check out the painted Hordes of the Things
element/unit in the Roman DBA
Gallery.
I also put together a quick article on how I did it. It's not a sculpting article,
so it glosses over that part somewhat, but it does go through the steps of
converting them! Check out the
Converting Roman Centaurs article here. Until next time!
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The Medieval armies continue to march!  
January 19th, 2010
Well, the first half of the campaign that I am running is over! That's the DBA campaign
that I am running that's centered around Southern Europe and North Africa, that will
run for six whole years between 1300 and 1305. It's been a great
time so far, attendance is excellent, and everyone is into it! The narrative that has been produced by it
is just killer, and I am happy to have everyone involved!
So, check out all the narrative and actions that took place in the last three turns (well,
2.5 turns...) over on the
Cry 'Havoc!' - Medieval Southern Europe campaign page. Running this campaign has been a lot
different than running the Viking
campaign that I ran early last year. More people, more caution, and more experienced players
has really made the latest campaign completely different from the previous. Good times!
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The Morrigan rides to battle!  
January 18th, 2010
After a super busy, non-painting type week, I finally have more of the Scots-Irish female
line that I have been working on for the last few years :) Well, I started painting these
a couple of weeks ago, but I sculpted them last year or in late 2008... The ones I am painting
are the master casts for pre-release showcasing :) In any case, check out the latest chariot,
chief, driver and dog figure in the 15mm Scots-Irish
gallery.
What's next you might ask? Well, I will be going slowly for the next couple of weeks yet,
but I have started on some more fantasy elements for my Roman Hordes of the Things army...
Well, one element anyway. I will get that together and painted up for next week! I am also
working slowly on some DBA camps for commission as well as for myself. After that though, it's
likely that I will switch over to some skirmishing action... Stay tuned!
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