Unleash the Hordes!

Been playing some Orcs Must Die! lately, so the painting slowed a bit.  My four year old loves watching those green waves get sliced and diced and hacked and whacked.  Big fan of floor spikes that one.  She better not expect these little guys to get chewed up, though. ...

Post-Superbowl Post-Hangover Sale

Now that you’ve recovered from yesterday’s football game, why not treat yourself to a little light reading?  Four novellas and short story, all featuring a big dang lizard that needs a good slaying before it runs amuck can be yours… But wait!  Don’t order today!  Tomorrow, it goes on...

Dance Card Status: Full

Got ’em lined up into next year and it’s only just February. The early part of 2018 will see the release of my first two sequels, one for Adventure Rising and one for Sudden Rescue.  I’ve got short stories coming out in a couple of collections, and I’ve been...

Scale Mail

One of the things every wargamer wants to know prior to purchasing figures is, “How will these figures match with the ones I’ve already got.”  Some think that this question becomes more critical at the smaller scales, because a millimeter out of six or ten is a much bigger...

Make Gondolin Great Again

 The One box to Rule Them All continues apace.  Ten bucks netted me all these figures – four complete elven warbands.  The bright blue and yellow will help them stand out against other figures and the ground cover.  Note the dark green bases, which should help as well. ...

The Feedback Cycle of Virtue

I’ve long argued that Western men thirst for stories that reflect their culture, and that Hollywood’s woes and the decline in readers clamoring for mainstream fare are healthy signs for the future.  It’s time to show you a proof of concept. The following review of my latest novel, “Space Princess” was...

A Wargamer’s Life: A One Act Play

  Me:  I’m going to do more playing and less painting in 2018 Also Me:  I’m going to build four matched wargaming sets Me:  That’s not gaming, that’s still painting Also Me:  But it’s 10mm, that hardly counts Me:  It’s painting Also Me:  Have you seen these guys? Me: ...

End of the Box

To fantasy up the four small wargame boxes, I needed something with a touch of magic.  Hence four wizard towers.  Yeah, they all look a little different.  So do the ponds and the houses and the woods.  And most of the figures.  It’s nice – they all have that...

Local Kine Comics

Think global, buy local, they tell you.  Aurite*. It’s been a long time since I bought a comic book that wasn’t wrapped in a brown paper bag.  It’s not what you think.  After a dry spell, a few years back I bought a couple packages of 10 titles for a...

Four Ponds and a Dropcloth

Scroll up to see what the bland, tan drop cloths used to look like.  They each cost a buck and half at the local Wal-Mart.  I found them in a bin full of quilting squares and they were the perfect size, but were basic fabric, so I had my...