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Star Wars Imperial Assault Conversions
"Aren't you a little short to be a stormtrooper?" are the first words that Leia says to Luke Skywalker as he tries to rescue her from the Death Star. Her next line is even better. After Luke again...
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Bounty Hunters vs. Stormtroopers -- A Battle Report
My friend Nicos and I sat down last night for our first skirmish game of Star Wars Imperial Assault since the release of Twin Shadows. I've often played with Nicos in the past (Darth Vader) using the...
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Oldhammer Battle Report: Orcs vs. Skaven "The Bridge over the River Sty"
"Wot's da plan, boss?"The question was posed by Captain Gritstool with the indifference peculiar to an orc whose finger is knuckle-deep in his nose. Gritstool's leader, General Krapfang squinted into...
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Reading along with the Lord of the Rings: Strider
Strider - Citadel Miniatures 1985Chapter 10 of The Fellowship of the RingIn this chapter, the hobbits sheltering at the Prancing Pony get some unexpected help from Strider, a grungy ranger. As Strider...
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Wild Thing! Wookie Warriors for Imperial Assault
One of the best things about miniature painting (unlike, for example, pediatric surgery) is that you get second chances.A few weeks ago, I painted the Wookie Warriors for Star Wars Imperial Assault....
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How many miniatures can you paint in a year?
What is your yearly miniature painting output? I hope you'll let me know in the comments. For the first time, I've kept track of my own production... in 2015, I painted 161 miniatures:25 miniatures for...
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Painted Star Wars Miniatures: Return to Hoth (Part 1)
Behold Princess Leia Organa, Dengar, Echo Base Troopers and General Sorin. They come from the Ally and Villain packs that were released in conjunction with Return to Hoth, the new expansion for Star...
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Painted Verena Talos, MHD-19 and Loku Kanoloa: Return to Hoth (Part 2)
Here's the second installment of my painted miniatures for Return to Hoth, the new expansion for Star Wars Imperial Assault. These are the three Rebel Heroes, Verena Talos ("the cunning operative");...
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The Force Awakens: Star Wars & Zen Buddhism
Going into The Force Awakens, I had one criterion: did it deepen my appreciation of the previous films? If the answer to that question is yes, then it's a true Star Wars film. The magic of the original...
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1980's Citadel Lord of the Rings miniatures
Here's a complete set of the Fellowship of the Ring, the Nine Walkers -- miniatures from Citadel's 1980's range of the Lord of the Rings. I painted them up a few weeks ago, for use in Ares Games' War...
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Monochromatic Death: Painted Star Wars Miniatures
Here's the 3rd and final wave of painted miniatures for Return to Hoth, the latest expansion for Star Wars Imperial Assault (here are the first and second posts). Now I can settle down to some Hoth...
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A Balrog! A Balrog is come!
Behold one of the great early Citadel miniatures: the solid-base C31 "Giant Monster" Balrog (1983). This was among the first miniatures that my brother and I bought when we we're tiny tots. That...
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Painted Miniatures for "War of the Ring"
Here is Citadel's ME-53 "The Mouth of Sauron" (1985), the Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr. As I mentioned before, I collected and painted miniatures from Citadel's classic range of Lord of the...
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A Perilous Light: 1980's Lord of the Rings Miniatures
Here are the rest of the classic 1980's Lord of the Rings miniatures from Citadel that I painted for The War of the Ring (and its expansion Lords of Middle Earth). I've included some of Tolkien's...
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Dead Man's Hand: Welcome to Cremation
Welcome to Cremation! It's a frontier town that I constructed for Dead Man's Hand, the 28mm skirmish game by Great Escape Games. I love this game... it's fast, has lots of old-west flavour, and boasts...
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Dead Man's Hand: Denizens of Cremation
Welcome back to Cremation, the dusty hole that I constructed for the Wild West skirmish game, Dead Man's Hand. This week, I want to introduce you to some of the unlucky residents of my town.Since the...
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Painted Miniatures for Dead Man's Hand
We see pictured below Ma Pounder, also known as the Ole Widder Pounder. Ma is not originally from Cremation -- she was actually born into a family of Yankee farmers in Massachusetts. Her husband and...
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Hot Lead 2016: Fear and Loathing in Stratford, Ontario
Last Sunday I got home from a weekend at Hot Lead, Canada's Finest Miniature Gaming Event (patent pending) in Stratford, Ontario. Unfortunately, the first thing I unpacked was a flu virus. I was...
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Force for Change - Star Wars Charity Auction
I've auctioning off one of my favourite miniatures for charity: my conversion of Darth Vader without his helmet for Star Wars Imperial Assault. I've never tried to sell one of my miniatures on eBay...
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Rebel Smuggler and Bantha Rider for Imperial Assault
The latest miniatures for Star Wars Imperial Assault are the Rebel Smuggler and the Bantha Rider. It took me a long time to paint these miniatures: the Bantha because it's such a huge miniature, and...
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