The Zhodani Commando: February 2026

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, 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