Spindly vs Game Pieces
The 1990s are starting to be a long time ago now. That was my first run of interest in miniatures, wargaming, dungeon crawls and the like. Now with the pandemic still going, I’ve picked up the paintbrush again. I’ve definitely noticed a difference in miniatures, new miniatures are AMAZING. But as beautiful as new sculps are, I prefer the game-piece-iness of old models. Sure, new models are more proportionate, sculptural, etc. But these are game pieces! I’m looking a them from across a big table! And the spindlyness! I’ll really get into get-off-my-lawn territory there. So I guess what I’m getting at is that new minis are beautiful sculptures, but they make poor game pieces. The pictures below (not my paint jobs, clearly!), demonstrate robustness vs frailty. It is a bit funny though because I was getting out of the hobby by the time 1995 was rolling around. They were…
Something Old / Something New
Very excited about the HerqQuest reboot! The minis and everything look great! I’ve been meaning to post an update about the Warhammer Quest project. I’ll get that online in the next few weeks.
The one that got away
Krak Des Chevaliers. Here’s a cut and assemble that I put together in 100% of it’s glory. Then it hung around for ten years before it was “downsized” to the trash. So sad. Still miss this one.
Coming Soon: My DIY Warhammer Quest
2D and 3D printed DIY Warhammer Quest is on it’s way!
My Resin Printer
I was fortunate enough to receive an awesome Christmas present this past year. 2020 wasn’t all bad. The Creality LD-002H Mono. The important thing to note is the mono screen. I’m glad I didn’t jump into home-grade resin printers before the mono printers came out. They’re SSOOOOOOO much faster than the previous generation. And compared to a FDM printer, it’s a dream. It prints twice as fast as my Creality Ender 3 Pro, and with incredible detail.
Polar Warbear
Check this guy out! He’s part of the “Hold My Dwarf Kickstarter” available here.