Sometimes something is better than nothing and for the last few weeks nothing is what it’s felt like I’ve gotten done on my Ogres. My usual time to work on them has been filled with new painters asking lots of questions and needing lots of hand holding. Generally this is fine and in fact I… Read More TOWing the Line – Progress is Progress
I had hope, high hopes even, of getting time to work on my army at work, after all they pay me to be there to paint models. But alas, I haven’t made the progress I would have hoped for, some might even say it’s slow going and they’d be right. Last night I had every… Read More TOWing the Line – Skinning an Ogre pt 2
I may have started with Sentinels but my plan is to play X-Men and after building the giant, stompy robots I got bit by the MCP bug. These models are just too nice not to collect and paint, certainly some are better than others but I haven’t seen one that I actually disliked. So I… Read More Crisis Management – To Me My X-Men
Years ago I got into Marvel Crisis Protocol, I enjoyed my time with it but I didn’t stay long as the game wasn’t popular in my area. When the new edition came out I thought about jumping back in but still the scene was pretty small so I stayed away. I would pick up a… Read More Crisis Management – Sentinels Activated
In an effort to keep my Ogres interesting I’ve been working on paint recipes to mix up the skin tones. I’m mostly doing this with washes gradually built up until they look nice. The core color is Two Thin Coats’ Flesh Wash. I could probably paint them up faster if I used regular paint but… Read More TOWing the Line – Skinning an Ogre
Of Dice and Men Part of completing any army, for me at least, is having all the accessories to go with it. Generally I would have all the bells, gongs, and whistles the go along with an army but in most cases there isn’t much. I have LOS widgets, wheeling dials, movement trays, templates, but… Read More Coffee Talk – A Compulsion to Accessorize
Now that I’m in a good place with the bulk of my Ogres it’s time to start printing all those STLs I picked up during the MyMiniFactory sale. The first thing I need to decide is just how much of each unit I actually want. As it stands right now that looks something like this:… Read More TOWing the Line – Printing the Demand
I’m a big fan of the first five Halo games, I have a lot of fond memories of late night lan parties playing through the campaign and multiplayer. So when Mantic announced they were making a Halo miniatures game I was instantly interested but also a little concerned. I wasn’t sure what they were going… Read More Boarding Party – Halo: Flashpoint
I’m finally at a point where I can get some painting done, well, test painting anyway. I still don’t know what I want my Ogres to look like or how uniform I want them to look. See, armies in general look good when they have a unifying visual theme but Ogre lore doesn’t lend itself… Read More TOWing the Line – Technocolor Trousers
It’s no secret I play a lot of games and some of them are board games, however in recent years I’ve played fewer and fewer of them as more indie wargames have hit the scene. Every once in a while though one comes along that hits all the right notes and I have to pick… Read More Boarding Party – Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
True Line of Sight 