Nostalgia trip: Mechcommander 2
Mechcommander 2 was abandoned by its publisher (Microsoft) who helpfully released the source code. Some clever people then got the gameup and running again, minus video cut scenes of course. … Continue reading
Blackstone Fortress: the hunt for pudding
You may or may not have guessed from the title, but the two Ratlings, Rein and Raus, are now painted: Unlike the other heroes, these two come as a pair, … Continue reading
Age of Magic faction review: The Horde
The Archetype SAGA Age of Magic doesn’t define your armies for you, but gives you a theme to follow. The Horde lets you put down lots of models on the … Continue reading
SAGA Normans update 2
I’ve finished another 6 Norman knights, and I’m also finished with LittleBigMen transfers as a product. First the positive; here are the painted cav: They are all looking very nice … Continue reading
The Civ Battle Royale returns
61 civilizations, 1 world map, 1 winner. The Civ Battle Royale turned out to be quite the spectacle, with thousands of people tuning to for recaps for a game of … Continue reading
Blackstone Fortress: spindle drones
The spindle drones are some of the more interesting figures in the Blackstone Fortress to me. Like UR-025, they aren’t part of any existing faction and so have a different … Continue reading
Age of Magic faction review: the Great Kingdoms
The archtype The Great Kingdoms faction lets you represent an organised army from a nation state, knightly order, great empire, or something similar to that. From a human kingdom, to … Continue reading
Blackstone Fortress: ur-guls
I was painting a completely different model when I idly gazed at the ur-guls and had an idea of how to paint them. 45 minutes later, I had this: The … Continue reading
Modern Horizons art review
Modern Horizons is the latest Magic set and it’s a unique one. Ostensibly aimed at the Modern format, this set features cards new to that format, and most of them … Continue reading
Neglected models: wood elf and beastman
Sorry, I couldn’t think of a more interesting title here. It is what it says: In the late 1990s, in the time of Warhammer 5th edition, I experimented with a … Continue reading
SAGA Age of Magic review
Age of Magic is the long-awaited fantasy supplement for the SAGA game system. I had to wait a bit longer for mine, as the faction dice sold out almost immediately … Continue reading
Blackstone Fortress: the rogue trader
The hero of the cover art, Janus Draik, has now been completed I considered being experimental and painting him as per the box art, entirely in shades of blue. In … Continue reading
MtG artists: Tony Szczudlo
The most recent new illustration from Tony Szczudlo appeared in 2006, so his artwork can be difficult to track down, whether in person or online. However he illustrated over 75 … Continue reading
Blackstone Fortress: Amallyn Shadowguide
The latest hero completed in this project is the eldar scout Amallyn Shadowguide I again started with the Midwinter Minis tutorial as a guide, and then made a few changes … Continue reading
8-bit Symphony
There’s a music concert coming up soon that I’d love to go to, but I’m a little too far from Hull, UK to make it. The 8-bit symphony will present … Continue reading
Blackstone Fortress: the Navigator
The latest adventurer I’ve painted is the navigator, whose name escapes me. This model was fund to paint, with his purple robes and golden armour. He’s more dressed for ceremony … Continue reading
Your oldest paints?
The Warhammer Community page has a nice history of the GW paint range for your reading pleasure. After reading the article I had a look in my box of paints … Continue reading
SAGA Normans update 1
The SAGA Normans are started, though I don’t have a finish date in mind yet. 6 knights are ready to take the table The shields are transfer design from LittleBigMenStudios, … Continue reading
New Skraeling rules for SAGA
Rules for Skraelings in 2nd edition Saga have recently been posted to the Gripping Beast website. In the original edition of the game Skraelings were an add-on rather than part … Continue reading
Blackstone Fortress: Pious Vorne
The imperial cult member Pious Vorne is my latest Blackstone Fortress model completed. I started off using the Midwinter Minis painting video, and diverted from their scheme here and there. … Continue reading
Scent of a Gamer 