Updates and thoughts

While Age of Sigmar is out I must remind you all that Kings of War is on it's Second Edition and has seemingly changed Warhammer to split it's fan base of players.   See the AoS Batrep here.


Kings of War RATMEN!!! Finally, a solution to the ones I've been spraypainting to death.  Now that I have a small army I just need to increase the Army to fit KoW.  Spikey Bits has a great article and the link to KoW rules list.


While I enjoy seeing anyone else who loves to read.  I instantly became snobbish and thought that this collection was certainly not enough to brag about.  However, I'm proud to think others still hold true to hardcopies and not the fake online reader material.  Check out the post on Rabbits in My Basement.


Overall it's been a great time away from the Blog.  I hope that I can post a few thoughts about the books I've been able to read.  I'll think about posting a few pictures of my library.  I have the luxury of having a wonderful wife who understands the thirst for knowledge and understanding.  See you soon.  Stay the course.

2nd Edition Kings of War on Kickstarter

Make a wish and it shall be so!  I'm so excited for this game to continue to grow.  The very fact I was able to understand the rules with the first edition PDF meant something.  Heck, maybe it was the fact that the ease of rules during game play make it easy to have quick games.  BIG FAN!  Click here for the 2nd Edition Kick Starter. Again, just a huge fan of the smoothness of play and simplicity in the rules.

I really enjoyed looking at this post here at Plastic Crack.  He's done some fantastic work on making it fit in to a very doable space.  Makes sense and it looks like with a few additions I could make these transportable. 

Awesome EoTG

This is the link here.

Spikey Rat Pack: Pale Skin Tutorial

Very awesome looking and in-depth look at how to make that all illusive pale skin. See it here at : spiky rat pack.

Twelve Elements of War - kickstarter Alive/Dead?

Dadgum, wish it hadn't happened the way it did but it did. They had so much interest they decided to pull the kickstarter and now they are offline ot revamp and improve their system since there was so much interest in their product. It's sad but glad. I'm still wondering, since I only joined kickstarter to find a game like this to take the place of GW, whether I'll even have the money to put up for a great game system like this. Who knows, life changes a lot though.

Varnish complete

Awesome, no hiccups just spray and pray. Now on to the other Grave Guard and other assorted models.

Vampire counts close

Folks I've been picking these out for a while. I've still got to put the grass on and then move to varnish. I'm happy with the results even if they took longer than expected.  The red cape on the second picture turned out really well.  I decided to soften the highlight by using Fortress Gray and not Skull White. The third picture with the Blood Dragon BSB and his Gold NMM really turned out well too. I believe it's my most favorite part of the miniature.  In the last picture, the Strigoi has removable wings with a pin through it.  I still would like to try out magnets but the budget won't allow me yet.  These models were also the first time I tried Tutofig.com and Steel NMM.  I believe the blades look great for the tabletop and I can't wait to do battle with a few characters now in my games.

yes, Yes, and YES!

yes: I've always thought I played and painted but here for the last several years I've only painted.  Maybe there's truth in trying to do the best and not just finish models for the games I've never played.  Here's  a little bit more information from painters who've gone an extra mile in speaking to this anomaly.  Over Open Sights says it better than my words.



Yes: James Wappel does it again with a beautiful model.  It is just so brutally gorey.  Who could want more from a Chaos Mutant



YES!:  I've been in love with Chris Fitzpatrick since he created most of the models for GW Dark Elves.  Thankfully and unthankfully he left the GW team and built his own empire called Crocodile Games.  Take the time to look at his awesome models and I'm thankful his Kickstarter worked for the next editions to his growing model line.

Learn, Spray, Love

Since I've been going along this whole three word title, see below for what it all means.

Learn:  Never knew that Ragnar was who he was.  Should have done more investigation besides just watching the series.  Read some more at Little Lead Heroes.

Spray:  Really loved relearning this basic technique from Faeit 212.

Love:  I've always held a special place for ACW and Baron's Blog definitely is just another great discussion of wonderful miniatures and a cool game.

Shut the Front Door! Kroaked

James did it again here!

OOOs, AAAHs, and UMMs

The OOOs come from Khurasan Miniatures seen here. These dudes look cruel but at only 15mm it's a tough buy for me.  Still love their weapons!


The AAAHs come from The Dark Templar working on painting Roman Armor here.


The UMMs come from GW's plan to make something between dumb and dumber here.  I still think that terminators were the next biggest thing after dreads.  What happened?



Painting Barbarian Skin here at Camelson Art.

Getting away from White Dwarf, say hello to WSS Magazine?

I've certainly been preparing to jump from the Games Workshop band wagon for some time now.  I love the models and the system but it's just too much.  Looking for a different magazine is a little daunting.  I think I've found the next best thing in Wargames Soldiers and Strategy.  Maybe I'll be forward thinking and get digital copies instead of paper printed ones?

http://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/shop/wss-magazine.html