Clik here to view.
The Evil, the Bad and the Ugly... An Evil Campaign for Dungeons and Dragons
Inexplicably, last week's post on the 1984 controversy about running an evil campaign in AD&D turned out to be the most popular post I've ever written. Which is funny, because I wrote it merely as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Classic Monsters from Otherworld Miniatures
A couple weeks ago I discovered lead rot on some classic Citadel hobgoblins stored in my attic. I've euthanized pets with less emotion than the pain involved in throwing out these hideously maimed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vengeance of the Lichemaster: Bagrian the Master of La Maisontaal
The Vengeance of the Lichemasterfrom 1986 is a battle with everything: undead cavalry,  kung-fu monks, an Ark of the Covenant, the first appearance of the Skaven in print and a Dalek. It requires lots...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vengeance of the Lichemaster: Wizard Monks and the Mechanical Warrior
The next chapter in our tour through The Vengeance of the Lichemaster(1986) is a visit to the wizard monks of La Maisontaal. The Warhammer campaign written by Rick Priestly tells us that in addition to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vengeance of the Lichemaster: Warrior Monks of La Maisontaal
What's that? You want more obscure Citadel miniatures to populate the Vengeance of the Lichemaster? Have you done your chores? Have you watered the gimp? Walked the polyp? Recited the Litany Against...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vengeance of the Lichemaster: Mo' Monks of Maisontaal
Here's my completed unit of Oldhammer monks. The impetus for them, of course, is my ongoing project: assembling all the miniatures for Vengeance of the Lichemasterfrom 1986. However, my ambitions for...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Skaven: the Origin of the Species
The first time the Skaven appeared in print was in 1986 in the Citadel Spring Journal 86. The Chaos Ratmen debuted as one of the three antagonists in the scenario "Vengeance of the Lichemaster" by Rick...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vengeance of the Lichemaster: Gnawdoom and his Skaven
Gnawdoom the Grey Seer and Throt the Unclean are the two heroes who lead the Skaven forces in the scenario Vengeance of the Lichemaster (1986). They're assisted by two champions, Flench Packlord and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How many miniatures did you paint this year?
I tried to be disciplined this year and keep track of how many miniatures I painted over the course of 2017. After just completing the reckoning, I find the grand total is 220 miniatures. This result...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vengeance of the Lichemaster: the Skaven Warband
Behold the Skaven warband of the Grey Seer Gnawdoom, one of the principle antagonists in the classic Warhammer scenario Vengeance of the Lichemaster. Regular readers will know that I'm methodically...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Undead Cavalry for Vengeance of the Lichemaster part 1
Three armies face off at the monastery of La Maisontaal in Vengeance of the Lichemaster (1986). We've already looked at the monks of Abbot Bagrian and the Skaven warband of Gnawdoom. The third army and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Undead Cavalry for Vengeance of the Lichemaster part 2
The skeletal horseman produced by Citadel in 1986 are badass miniatures. As my final installment of my tour through The Vengeance of the Lichemaster, here are the final five Undead Cavalry that I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Emperor Palpatine, Ahsoka and Maul
Here are my painted versions of the latest three miniatures released for Star Wars Imperial Assault: Emperor Palpatine, Ahsoka Tano and Maul. I can feel my enthusiasm for Imperial Assaultdying a little...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chaos Goblin Mutants part I
The C27 Chaos Goblin Mutants were sculpted for Citadel by Alan and Michael Perry in 1984. They are ten solid-base models, each with a splendid sense of character. Sadly, it's an underappreciated range...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Consider the Solid Base Miniature... aka Chaos Goblin Mutants part II
Here are the final five C27 Chaos Goblin Mutants produced by Citadel and sculpted by the Perry Twins in 1984 (I profiled the first five miniatures in my last post).One of the reasons these are such...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Painted miniatures for the Fallout board game
Hello fellow Vault Dwellers! I've finished painting the five characters for the Fallout board game. We have the Mutant, the Ghoul, the Vault Dweller, the Scavenger and the Brotherhood Exile. Each...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Good, the Bad and the Stubbly
Last weekend I ran my first wargame for the public. I was attending Hot Lead (Canada's finest miniature wargame convention), and decided at the last minute to put on a game because I heard that they...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lost Artifacts of D&D: a failed saving throw against nostalgia
To the consternation of some of my close friends, I lost interest in playing D&D. My enthusiasm for role-playing was cannibalized by miniature painting and board games. But the one thing I deeply...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Painted Miniatures for Mice and Mystics
I'm having a good couple days. I just had my birthday, and a few days before that, I clocked 500,000 hits on Oldenhammer-in-Toronto. This old blerg has come a long way since my first tentative posts...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Public Service Announcement about Sex Cults and Bad Latin
Mind control, human slavery and brainwashing are all bad of course, but do you know what really aggravates me? Bad Latin. Recently, I've been reading a lot about the alleged sex cult DOS. It's in the...
View Article