The Miniatures Pledge – September (with pictures!)
Michael / Chgowiz My pledge for the year is to paint everything in my backlog, which at the beginning of January was at 415 figures. I will limit my miniatures buying to any…
Learning Chaos Wars, Part 3 – Morale and Rallying
I started this series to explore the updated release of “Chaos Wars”, a set of miniatures wargaming rules by Ral Partha. In Part 2, I played a simple game of…
[Solo Game w/Wife] Arena/Gladiator combat
Are you not entertained?!? Is this not why you are here??! Gladiator combat. In my experience, it’s either all fun or all boring. I’ve seen it done as a simulationist…
Some peeks at Elven commander miniatures
I’ve been busy with prepping a bunch of minis to prime and taking my time working on commander figures. The commanders get extra-special treatment; I’m painting them using the full…
One Page Game Prep
I love poking around the Intert00bs and Google+ to find great new blog posts. And just when I thought I had seen it all with one page dungeons, hex crawls,…
Learning Chaos Wars, Part 2 – The Basics
I started this series to explore the updated release of “Chaos Wars”, a set of miniatures wargaming rules by Ral Partha. In Part 1, I went over the history and…
Learning Chaos Wars, Part 1.5 – A (kind-of) Quick Starter
Over on the Ral Partha forums, “SonofThor” posted about an older rule set formerly published by Iron Wind Metals called “Iron Winds of War”. I am always a sucker for…
How I Paint – Ral Partha Sea Elf troops
What I’m painting: Ral Partha Sea Elf Swordsman More Ral Partha Chaos Wars troops for my armies. I did these using the Dallimore/Foundry 2-color method, using craft paints. Since I…
The Battle of Yew – Fall 15, 58AD – Dark Ages Campaign
15th Day of Fall, 58th Year After the Doom – the forces of Chaos (composed of the men of the Black Brotherhood and Orcs) faced off against the Army of…
Sneak Peek – How I Paint Ral Partha Sea Elf troops
I had fun making my first “How I Paint” back in June, so I decided to do it again. However, Labor Day Weekend is upon us, and I’m off to…