Glenn's Eccentric Blog of Stuff

Easterling Griffon Rider

2010-09-23T15:36:00.000-07:00

Why? Why the hell not!

So, I wanted to make a largish fantasy army for mass battles (liking the new Mantic rules so far) so bought a pile of Easterlings from GW. But, I need some characters. First up is my Griffon Rider, he isn't done by any means, but he is taking shape nicely.

I also intend to have some Chariots. I plan to convert Wargames Factory Celt Chariots into Easterling Chariots.

My Wife's D&D Character (Not Entirely Finished)

2010-08-30T15:03:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd toss up my Wifes D&D cahracter, she is a Half-Elven Fighter. She's pretty awesome in game actually. Until she breaks her sword, again . . .

Modular Hirst Arts Dungeon

2010-08-20T17:06:00.000-07:00

Though I like the storage potential and overall niftiness of my paper world works games stuff, I also really enjoy my Hirst Arts molds. I found my World Works paper takes far too long to setup on the fly for quick games of DnD, so set out to remedy the problem.

I used WWG paper floors glued to cork tiles for my floors here, then built Hirst Arts walls to fit into those tiles. The result looks nice and allows me to rapidly and easily build my dungeon rooms for DnD.

Roofing Made Easy?

2010-08-01T16:28:00.000-07:00

Been wanting to make some fantasy buildings with an Asian vibe, and knowing I'd never do those cool tile roofs was killing me. But, it's fantasy, I'll do as I please. So I broke out my Craft Robo and came up with this. I can now make cool roofs in minutes.

Bwa ha ha, Laziness wins again!

Gundam 1/400 Figures

2010-07-31T06:47:00.000-07:00

Been collecting those cool little Gundam Trading Figures, damn they are awesome. Anyways, With a little searching you can usually nab them in sealed cases from about $2-$3 a head, which is damn reasonable compared to similarly sized Battletech figures.

They are pretty well painted, and there is even a game for them (well in Japan, but it has been translated to English as well, more on that later)

This covers a good amount of my collection, they are based on wood hexes which are the same size as Heroscape Glyphs.

This would be my only "squad" of any sort, I managed to collect a decent sized team of Ginn Mobile Suits and am pretty happy about that.

Here are a few of my Gundams, obviously, got a lot more, but like these ones a fair amount for some reason.

Monsters for "Warrior is About to Die!"

2010-06-23T10:48:00.001-07:00

I have been steadily plunking away at this game, and have taken a few pictures of the figures I intend to use with "Warrior is About to Die" WAD? WiAtD? Eh, we'll go with WAD! Anyways, here are the shots of the figures I will be using, there are mostly from Mage Knight and DDM, but there are a few WoW minis and some Horrorclix in there as well.

I'll be posting more in the near future.

"Warrior Is About To Die!"

2010-06-18T19:34:00.001-07:00

"Warrior Is About To Die!" is my remake of a classic arcade game into a miniature form. Based on the classic Gauntlet, this game will play as easily as the old arcade game, and with a similar feel. Keeping mostly to the original design, with some cherrypicked features from the newer games, "Warrior Is About To Die!" should be an absolute blast to play when it's all done. The game should take around -10 minutes to teach to a completely new player, perhaps less (hopefully). I hope to have a finished version in the next few months.

Anyways, the picture above is my tentative cover, though the graphics will need to be replaced.

A Review of Mantic Game's Plastic Cases

2010-05-24T07:33:00.001-07:00

As a miniature gamer of a wide variety of things, I find storage a premium. I have been using Pistol cases bought from a sports store ($20 a case, good price). But having seen the reviews of Mantic Games plastic cases, I thought they might prove worth while, so I bought 4 large cases and 5 small ones, it also cost me $20.

Upon opening a large case, you'll find three loose pieces of foam, to be fair, it is a little thin and I am concerned about how well it'll hold heavy pewter figures in place. But, I attempted it anyways, I managed to cram around 24 figures in a case, more or less will depend on the style of the figures. My test batch were my Chronopia Elves.

The Smaller cases are only gonna hold half that with two thin pieces of foam, they are a good size for holding a Song of Blades and Heroes warband, or perhaps a Mordhiem warband. The foam inserts are also very thin.

I am considering gluing the inserts into place as the flop around VERY loosely, this may help their stability a bit.

Now, there are some neat things about these, they look nice, especially since you can print your own sleeves (well when they upload them) you can also design your own, which is what I intend to do. They are a good price point, $10 for 4 cases, each holding 24 figures, that is 96 figures, not too bad at all. The cases do fit nicely into a messenger bag (Sorry Mantic, I already got a really nice one for $15, holds more stuff too . . . . ) I can probably fit around 6 cases and have space for my rulebooks army rosters, etc.

Should you buy them, well, that's up to you, will I get more, yeah, probably.

EDIT: I have whipped up a few inserts to use for my personal collection, they are not the best in the world, but I can tell what is in the boxes now, and in a fairly attractive fashion. Gives you an idea of what they'd look like on the shelf as well.

Finally, a TMPer requested the dimensions, so here are the dimensions roughly.

7.5" x 5.25" x 1.2" for the narrow or 2.2" for the thick.

Dwarven Horned Ones Blood Totem Pt 3

2010-05-21T17:44:00.000-07:00

And here we are, in the final stages, all that is really left is to finish his base plate, and perhaps pick out any details I may have missed.

Later,

Glenn

Dwarven Horned Ones Blood Totem Pt2

2010-05-20T11:41:00.000-07:00

So I started painting him last night, and here we are:

Also, between working on him, I worked on the Dirz Standard from Ragnorak, he needs a little work, but isn't too shabby.

Dwarven Horned Ones Totem PT 1

2010-05-18T15:24:00.000-07:00

After much pokiness, I have finally managed to assemble the Horned Ones Blood Totem for Chronopia. This is the heaviest model I have ever assembled and the first I have ever pinned. I am thinking I've got a little filling to do, but really like the looks of this thing, can't wait to get painting it!!

Stay tuned for some More Chronopia goodness along with the rest of this figure!

Some Simple Modular Ruins

2010-05-14T07:28:00.000-07:00

This is a little experiment to make some simple ruins that could be used to construct whatever I need for a game, so if I need some random LOS blockers these will work, if I need to construct a fortification around an objective, they've got that covered as well.

Onyx Repainted

2010-05-13T14:34:00.001-07:00

Well, having already purchased the Throne of Stars box set, now having the Wolfen Army box as well, I had two copies of Onyx. So to solve this little problem, I chose to repaint the one that came in the army box. It isn't my best work, but I am still pretty happy with him.

Also, there is a little teaser in the background, got me some ruins to work on :D

Some Fantasy Figures

2010-03-29T16:22:00.000-07:00

Well, today I have a few fantasy miniatures to post, it's been a while, but nonetheless, here they are.

First up, we have a sweet sorcerer I did up. It is also my very first attempt at source lighting, I feel it turned out decent. Not sure if I'll mess with the technique in the future or not.

Here is Reapers awesome Pumpkin Golem, this figure is just amazing and cool. Easy to paint as well. Primed white, a few brown washes, then I picked out the pumpkins, weapon and leaves, then washed it in brown again.

Last but certainly not least, we have my miniature for Aang, he is my very first Hasslefree miniature, and turned out really well, my flesh is a bit rough for some reason, but I have always had a hard time with large amounts of flesh. I am really happy with this figure, turned out great.

Later,

Glenn

So I'm bad at blogging

2010-01-10T17:33:00.000-08:00

Yep, I'm bad at blogging, but anyways, been working on a few projects lately. I am writing a game that replicates Gauntlet, along with making a modular dungeon for it. And I also just received my copy of Rush N' Crush.

When I popped open Rush N Crush, I have to admit, I was a little underwhelmed, the mats and books are brilliant and nice. But the vehicles, blah, I am currently subbing them out for Epic Eldar Jet Bikes, I intend to order some 6mm Tron Bikes from GZG in the future to replace them with. I'll have to pad the order though as that doesn't meet their minimum order.

Karkarine Pics MK II

2009-09-14T13:46:00.000-07:00

Now that Khurasan has their pics up, here are mine.

Later,

Glenn

Karkarine Pics!!

2009-09-05T15:31:00.000-07:00

So I got my first 15mm figures today, which I ordered from Khurasan figures, which I must admit are amazingly well detailed for being so small, I intend to start painting immediately. Anyways, onto the good stuff, they sent me a little sample of things to come, so I bring you the Karkarine Sample I was given, I'll hopefully have him painted later tonight.

EDIT: Apparently Khurasan did not want these out yet, so I am pulling them until further notice. Sorry.

Enjoy!

2009-08-21T14:13:00.000-07:00

So I painted a Mad Cat, it is from Clan Ghost Bear, I really liked the color scheme, so that is the logic behind the color choice, I have very little interest in CBT fluff, regardless, here she is.

This is Battletech . . .Robotech . . .whatever

2009-08-18T17:41:00.001-07:00

So, here is my first painted mini for the new shiny blog. I broke out the old school battletech stuff that needed patched up and cleaned up and painted. These things are trash, but nontheless, I did what I could. And it is one of the only sources for the Unseen classics.

Regardless, this is my Pheonix Hawk, with boosters from a Gundam Gashapon, so they are a little big . . .

What's this, another Random Gaming Blog

2009-08-18T16:28:00.001-07:00

Yeah, you heard right, I am going to blog, finally, for all time. Well, until I forget to update it.

While I should post some awesome gaming stuff for my first post, I'm not. But, keep looking, soon you will find yourself some CBT, Gauntlet, Chronopia, and other sorts of cool random crap to talk about.