Blog discription

What will you find here? Ramblings from an aging gamer-miniature painter. When I first started out in this hobby computers were in their infancy and finding other gamers could only be done by going to conventions or as in my case bumping into somebody who happened to see me reading "Panzer Leader" on the school bus. Look how far we have come! The internet has allowed our small community to be able to connect on a level I never dreamed of when I was but a small lad. What I do hope you will find here is something interesting from one wargamer/miniature painter to another. I paint miniatures somewhat decently, so I will be posting some pictures of my work, and perhaps a review or two of games and/or miniatures. Most of all this is just about having fun and anything I post here is meant to be for that reason.

Friday, May 15, 2026

The Horus Hersey: Betrayal at Calth (a miniature boardgame)

 Well it's been a bit. Suffered a little burn out on painting and loss of interest in some projects. If you don't have the juice, it's just no fun to paint. But the last week or so I've slowly climbed back on the hobby horse. I'm trying to clear my back log on my painting table so I can make room to paint some commisions I've been asked to do.

So today here is a project I started almost ten years ago... yes for ten years these poor bastards have occupied closet space only. But no more! 

I started with the Word Bearers Chapter and have painted up Kurtha Sedd a Chaplain devoted to the utter ruin of the Ultra Marines and their false Emperor. Along with that I painted a tactical squad of Word Bearers (leaving me one more squad to paint) and Sor Gharax "The Bull" a raging madman equipped with a contemptor Dreadnaught. 

After I complete the Word bearers I'll have to paint up the Ultra Marines which would include a character, five Cataphractii Terminators, and one tactical squad. 

I didn't go nuts making them all fancy, just wanted to be able to make them table ready and play the game.





As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin



Friday, March 13, 2026

Warriors of Athena

Warriors of Athena is the new Co-op, Solo play mythic adventure by Joseph A. McCullough. If you're familiar with Rangers of Shadowdeep then the only difference between these two is one is Fantasy based and the other of course Mythic based.


The figures I chose to be my Hero and campanions are a range of figures from Lucid Eye Publications "Ziggurat" range. These are pretty cool models, especially "The Fall of Bel" model and his variant (helmeted version). 

I enjoyed painting these figures, and Hercules and a Minotaur are up on deck.





As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin



 

Saga: Eastern Princes War Wagon

 Well my Eastern Princes were sold to a friend and he wanted a War Wagon for it. So I painted one up, and here it is. 


As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin


Friday, February 13, 2026

Hellboy Resurrected!

 Super long time fan of the Hellboy franchise, I bought Mantic Games Miniature Boardgame called Hellboy. Of course I went all in and collected everything. But like all things us professional miniature collectors of stuff do, they sat unpainted for the last five years. The only thing I painted were five main character figures.

That all changed this past weekend when a friend brought over his game Anno Domini 1666, another miniature boardgame of swash buckling fun. This got me to get out my Hellboy stash, and the next day actually pursaded my Wife to play. We loved it! So this past week I've been busily painting away at frog monsters. Who doesn't love a good frog monster I ask you!

Here are a few terrain pieces I've painted up along with a Giant Frog and The Tentacles of Sadu-Hem.





As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin








Thursday, February 5, 2026

Saga: The Eastern Princes

 Painted up this Army when Saga was still 1st Edition, ten years ago. Amazing! This army will be passed along to one of my friends and hopefully continue campaigning in what is a glorious game, SAGA. 

To flush the army out I painted up 12 more models (archers) and had to remount the Warlord to a 40mm base. I had it as a vignette and the Warlord and an archer were on the base. Fortunately I used a plastic base way back then and was able to remove both without damage. 

So here are a few snaps before it goes under new ownership.





As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin


Friday, January 16, 2026

American War of Independence Project: Loyalist Militia

 Finished a 12 man strong Loyalist Militia unit for Sharpe's Practice. Not a lot of information is avalible for the kind of flags they carried.  Loyalist militia units in the American Revolutionary War (AWI) did carry flags (or "colours"), often incorporating British symbols like the Union Jack, but they varied greatly from Patriot flags, sometimes simpler, sometimes featuring Loyalist emblems or unit designations, with examples like regimental colours for British regulars often distinct from militia banners. 

So here I just went generic with the flags. Showing that this paticular militia unit was better orginized so would have one.


As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin


Friday, January 9, 2026

Flint and Feather: Iroquois War party

 Been working on this project on and off for about a year and a half now. Yesterday I became motivated to finish this group of 14 Iroquois warriors which now gives me enough to play both sides. I completed the Huron War party last year. 

I do want to add some villiagers and forest animals. I think I might do that this week.



As always thanks for looking.

Cheers
Kevin