Jubal Early

In an earlier post, I discussed my fondness for the short-lived but excellent series Firefly.  One of the antagonists that appeared on the show is Jubal Early played by actor, Richard Brooks.  Early is a crazed sadistic bounty hunter that boards Serenity to capture River Tam.  He is definitely one of the creepiest villains in a Sci-Fi TV show.  Early is in two episodes of Firefly:  Objects in Space and Leaves on the Wind. He is famous for saying: "Does that seem right to you?"  

I created my own version of Jubal Early at Hero Forge Custom Minis and had them 3D print it.  It turned out great.  I tried to mimic the color scheme for the figure from pictures of the character online.  I think I did okay.  Check out our spaced out spaceman.

Femme Fatale

Firefly is one of my favorite Sci Fi TV series.  Saffron (played by actress Christina Hendricks) is a character that appears in two episodes:  Our Mrs. Reynolds and Trash.  Saffron is a thief who will do just about anything to get what she wants.  She's definitely a fan favorite.

A while back, I bought the Firefly (Browncoats and Brigands) boardgame along with the expansion sets.  (I'm sure I'll get around to painting all of those figures sooner or later.)  What I still wanted after seeing what was included was a Saffron figure, a Jubal Early figure, a couple of "Blue Hands", and some Reavers.  With that in mind, I set out to make my own.  Saffron is the first of this group.

While sifting through my "Bitz Box", I came across a couple of pieces that I had left over from some previous mods.  I decided to use them to make a Saffron figure with my own spin on the character.  See the picture for what I came up with.  (Future Firefly mods to follow at a later date!)

Been a While

Life has a funny way of leading you onto paths that  you thought that you would never take.  My son's girlfriend recently has gone through some tough times.  She could have chose to make bad choices.  Instead had the courage to ask for help.  One step from homeless and with no where else to turn she turned to us.

We now have a beautiful, funny, smart, talented, energetic young lady staying with us.  My wife finally has another female in the home (even our cat is male) and the daughter that she had longed hoped for.  Me, I get to see a young lady get a fresh start at life.  She is wonderful.  It is sad that her own family didn't appreciate the great person that she is....their loss.  Honestly, I feel that she probably saved us as much as we saved her.  With our older son off to college and my younger son (her boyfriend) busy with college and work, my wife and I were feeling a tad out of sorts lately. My wife now has someone to talk and shop with and I have someone to share my love of music and humor.  A"win-win"!

My other son's girlfriend got me to watch Firefly on Netflix.  LOVED IT!!!!  Great cast, fun scripts, and a cool space ship...what more could a long time sci-fi nerd wish for.  Sad that it did't last longer. As Jubal Early would say, "Does that seem right to you?"

Bought a couple of Chaos Daemon Princes for my WH40K Daemon Army.  I am hoping that they will complete it.  You know as well as I do that I'm a miniatures addict and will never truly be done.  I'm pretty sure that there will be more Chaos to come.

I just finished painting a Reaper Bones Ape-X figure.  On a scale of 1 to 10 I'd give it an 8.5.  While not 100% satisfied with it, my attempts to "improve it" have only seemed to make it worse.  Time to quit while I'm ahead.

Nothing new on the brew front.  I've been enjoying a case of Beck's while hanging around the old fire-pit with friends.  We haven't solved all of the world's problems yet but we're working on it.

Summer is nearly over...sad but true.  The leaves will be changing and bright yellow school buses will delay our early morning commutes.  Soon the crispness in the air will give way to dancing snowflakes.  The circle of life continues.  It is the people in our lives that make the circle complete!