There have been some recent rumblings from my dormant miniature gaming hobby. I'm slowly warming myself up by putting together some papercraft scenery, and to make up for the shortfall in actual miniatures and terrain I've dared dip a toe into Tabletop Simulator. More on that perhaps in another post. It had me go looking … Continue reading The Haunted Dungeon – Fantastical Pulp Alley AAR
Tag: Games Workshop
Another of my favourite Games Workshop LotR miniatures
The plastic Fellowship version of Boromir. I love the movement in the miniature's stance - far preferable to the original pose, which I always felt looked like a chap holding things he didn't know what to do with. This one doesn't have the satisfying weight of his metal counterpart, but he stuck a lot more … Continue reading Another of my favourite Games Workshop LotR miniatures
A Veteran and a Traveller
So far so good in terms of painting progress – the initial burst of enthusiasm is still in effect and models are being started and finished. Long may this continue! This battle-scarred villager is one of the Warlord Games celts with her left arm – originally bearing aloft a severed head – replaced to hold … Continue reading A Veteran and a Traveller
Populating a Fantasy World
Much like my modern pulp collection, my fantasy miniatures hail from a great range of sources, certainly not all represented below. These are my efforts so far:
It is a gift
When we were engaged, I felt it only fair to ease my wife-to-be into the enthusiasm of the one to whom she would be committing the rest of her life. She’s an enthusiastic board game player but finds it hard to get into the ‘war’ side of wargaming, so I needed to emphasise the extra-curricular … Continue reading It is a gift