I'd Buy That for a Dollar

One day at the Dollar Store I came across a bin of cheap plastic dinosaur toys.  I had tons of them as a kid.  The Tyrannosaurus Rex looked pretty cool and I thought for a buck, why not?

From day one I was determined to make "Dino" look like a fearsome beast that could torment some of my other miniature figures on the gaming table.  I gave him what I feel is a pretty dang good paint job.  I then created a base for him using Sculpey and some aquarium gravel.

I used this picture I found on the internet as a model for the paint job.

Say Hello To My Little Friends

Miniatures Market had a great closeout sale a few weeks back.  I grabbed some figures from the Golem Arcana game, a set from Arcane Legions, and some other stuff.  I just finished modifying the Golems.  I will use them as 28mm models.  I eliminated the silly looking little jockey guys and replaced them with Sculpey or skulls from Secret Weapon Miniatures.  I think that they turned out decently.

The figures in the back of the picture are pretty darn big and exceptionally cool looking.  The 3 figures in the middle are about the same size as a frost or fire giant from D&D, Pathfinder, or Reaper.  The Sand Lion on the left is a tad larger than a standard 28mm figure.  Take a look and see what you think.

Pens are back in action.  Steelers got a win.  The Pitt Panthers too.  Ya gotta love the Fall here in da Burgh!

Wrath of Khan

Behold the conqueror of the vast plains. Behold his majesty and grace. Behold...alright, that's enough.

This model was pretty much of an easy build.  Despite the missing shoulder guard (see previous blog entry), I think it turned out to be pretty cool looking.  For the missing piece, I cobbled together a new one.  Keeping to the Oni theme in the base, I took an old demon head that I had and modified it into a shoulder guard.  While I would have liked to have had the original piece, I think what I put together turned out to be fairly decent.  I kept the color scheme to red, gold, and white.

The base that was included was small and rather dull.  I created a larger one using Sculpey,  I added a few skulls from Secret Weapon Miniatures and a demonic hand which had once belonged to the giant monster (head) on the original base.  It kinda looks like the hand might be "giving someone the bird."  I wonder who that could be...maybe the rude person from my previous blog entry!

I feel the end result left me with out any major scars, real or imagined. (Think about it for a minute!)  Until next time.....