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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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!