Guardian Angel

I finished my second son of the emperor.  The model is a Reaper Avatar of Aurelius.  When I first saw it online, I loved the pose of the figure and knew that I needed to have it.  Putting the wings on the model was a bit difficult, but overall, the build went well.  I am a little disappointed in the figures left hand...the fingers are somewhat disproportionate.The base is mostly custom.  I added a few more skulls,  a horn, a knife, and the severed head of a demon.   I went with a red and gold paint scheme.  The overall paint job turned out decently well.  So it's two down and eighteen to go (counting the emperor).

I ate lunch today at Ladles in Springdale, PA.  I had a grilled cheese sandwich called the Polishman.  The sandwich had a piece of sliced ham in it and a perogie.  Gotta say it was delicious!  The New England Clam Chowder that I had with it was amazing as well as was the Almond Tort that I had to top it all off.  The service was decent and the atmosphere is quaint.  It's not the first time that I have eaten at Ladles and I can assure you that it won't be the last.  They have a great menu and I have never had a bad meal there.  They also have a pretty nice bar with a good selection.  I recommend this little gem highly!

Big Red

Well, I started the family reunion that I mentioned in an earlier post.  A while back I got a bunch of Kabuki Knights of Legend miniatures from Hangar 18.  I decided to kick off the project with everyone's favorite magic man....that's right, the Scarab Knight.  Overall, I really think the son-of-an-emperor turned out pretty doggone well.

 On the upside, it is a pretty well-sculpted model overall.  There is plenty of detail and the pose of the figure is super cool.  On the downside:  I feel that the arms are a tad short for the model.  One of the fingers was missing and I had to fabricate a new one.  There were supposed to be some tattered pieces of cloth that hung from the top of the weapon, but they were so brittle that they were broken in the packaging.  There are also some "spirits" that are supposed to come from Big Red's hand, but I thought they looked really dumb.  The cape didn't quite fit, so I filled in some spots with Sculpey.

Unlike the other Kabuki models, this one did not come with a scenic base.  I made one for it using two broken columns that I had from some Heroclix Alien figures and some Sculpey.  I tried to make the ground look like sand but somewhat alive as well (like a sponge perhaps).  I threw on some rubble to add to the overall feel of destruction.  Check out the pic. I hope that you like what you see!

On the food front, I went to Burgatory with my son yesterday.  Great burger!  Great chips!  Semi-cool atmosphere.  Decent service.  Really got turned off when the waitress asked if I wanted my change when she came to take up the bill.  I don't mind giving a server a good tip for good service.  I just found her to be a tad presumptuous in asking.  I'll go back again...the burger was just that good!!!