These Pendraken alien creatures are normally painted black for reasons obvious to anyone who has ever seen the movie Alien or Aliens or so on and so forth.  Not me though – I’m a rebel. (Slight pause here for me to give a firm Barney Fife sniff and hoist...

As we trundle along, merrily throwing alien after alien at the hapless human intruders, it’s always nice to pause and add a little sumpin sumpin to the lists of the fantasy dungeon.  Why not some twin manticores to spice things up? DN58 – Manticore  These ugly mugs can be...

Remember the guy on the left?  Lizardman shaman?  Posted him a few months ago.  Maybe rings a bell?   Yeah.  He’s got company. This big guy is the new Lizard King.  The lizard with the skull staff becomes a shaman. FTL17 –  Tribal lizardman hero Don’t think this one’s...

Those alien eggs can’t hatch from their own chests, you know.  They need warm bodies for incubation, and the marines need something to protect, so here’s some cannon fodder.   SF20 – Civilian men SF21 – Civilian women As usual, excellent sculpts from Pendraken.  SF20 comes with two poses,...

…Who here loves the Marine Corp? The humans have twenty solid spacejarheads to protect them from a hostile universe. Pendraken SF2 Note the BnL logos on their sleeves.  Pretty proud ofthem, to be completely honest with you. The BNL logo on these guys was easier than it looks.  It’s...

As a wise man once said, today is the day we Americans celebrate the birth of our nation by blowing up a small piece of it. This is partially a blog about painting little things, so here’s a little thing I painted up for the Fourth of July celebration...

Check out the quirky paint job on these !predator aliens: You may be thinking that this is a lazy paint job, but there is a method to my madness.  Remember that these guys are supposed to be cloaked.  Painting them the same colors as the ground cover means that...

Remember how this blog is called “War In a Box”?  Remember how the point is to squeeze a full game into a small box that fits under the bed?  Yeah, let’s talk about that for a second.  The square terrain tiles stack up higher than expected.  By the time...

My current miniature wargame project remains sci-fi, but I’m still adding to the D&D collection, too.  The latest Pendraken order from across two and a half ponds included these fun guys, too. DN58 – Manticores FTL17 – Tribal lizardman hero The new Lizard King FL2 – Lizardmen with spears...

Just fishing for hits with a title like that.  By naked, what I really mean is ‘without paint’.  This batch is all Pendraken all the time. SF1 – Marine in battle armor SF2 – Marine SF17 – Alien predators SF21 – Civilian women SF22 – Civilian men On the...