Hump Day Dump Day – Issue #3

Welcome to the weekly walk through the wargaming wilds of the world wide web, in which Warren waxes upon whatever weighty and witty works he wagers are worth your while. Would any wretch not want a window into Warren’s warm woolgathering – a wisp of what wriggles its way...

Black Ops Counter-Intuitiveness

Apparently I’m not the only one having a hard time wrapping his head around a couple of quirks of the Black Ops system.  Over on the Lead Adventure Forums asked a question that had bothered me on my first reading as well. In Black Ops your model stats are...

Black Ops: A Capsule Review

Is that what you call it when you write up a review of a game where you’ve only read the rules?  You’ll get a proper review after we’ve had a chance to take these bad boys for a test-drive. These rules are great.  in just about every sense they hit...

From the Archive – Lost in the Maze of Nostalgia

Pop quiz, hotshot.  From the Archive is an ongoing series:     A. where I show off some of my oldest and most beloved figures.     B. of filler posts.     C. Both A and B.     D. screw you. Warren, I didn’t come here for finals week, make with...

The Necromancer War, Chapter 2

When last we left the good people of the Targan Empire, their border towns and forts had been over-run by a sudden invasion of the dark forces of the nearby kingdom of the Necromancer King.  The Patriarch of the Empire, High King Sisterbanger, quickly dispatched a small delaying force...

Hump Day Dump Day, Issue #2

Gabions, everyone.  Gabions. It’s Wednesday, that time of the week when Warren steals content from other blogs gives credit to just a few of the many creative geniuses laboring around the internet to provide you with free inspiration and entertainment – it’s a random sampler of inspirtainment! War Monkey has...

Sci-Fi Characters – Hold the Sausage

Seems like every week miniature wargame manufacturers are adding more and more female character types to their catalogs, and 15mm figures are no exception.  Today we feature a small pack of shorties from Bombshell Miniatures.  They’ve got a full catalog of big figures with full figures, but just the...

From the Archive – Space Rangers

Last week was nice – showing off a couple of really old figures from the attic box.  Here’s another figure from way back in the early days of painting.    The chunky plastic flying the colors of my alma mater is a Space Ranger.  Back in the day...

Sci Fi Bystanding Guys

Quick shot of some bystanders for 15mm sci-fi games.  First up, four dudes in space suits of one sort or another.  I think they are all from 15mm.co.uk.  From left to right:  ?, HOF57A, HOF86C, and HOF86C Can’t find that guy on the left anywhere on 15mm.co.uk’s website,...