A Blast From The Past

After years and years, I finally got around to visiting some old gamer friends. The experience was weird in a good way, not unlike coming home.

I also got to play a great game of mythical Japan, Legend Of The Five Rings, ran by my friend who is one of the developers of Audatia, a historically accurate card game of sword fighting with historical people, playing which helps you learn the techniques and terminology of 15th century Italian sword fighting. How cool is that? Dear reader, I trust you know as well as I do, that there are no words for how cool that is.

I was also made aware, that this other fellow I also haven't seen in years has his own miniature blog featuring, among other things, pirates and zombies. Convergent evolution?

(Pic from Wikipedia)

Maybe it's just that great minds think alike. Anyhow, dawnofthelead.com is definitely worth checking out, if just for the mind blowing pirate ship he is building.

But best part was that my wonderful goddaughter, whom I've seen shamefully little, was there with her friend, taking part in the aforementioned Lot5R game. It was their first ever tabletop RPG, and they took to the concept like ducks to water and great, cinematic fun was had by all.

But, anyhow this is my miniature blog, so my conscience demands I include a mini pic also. Being a bit short of anything recently painted, I'll leave you with this picture of some Rogue Trader squats I painted ca. 1996. Looking at the colour scheme now, I can only say: What the van Helsing was I thinking with that colour combination?

The Easy Way To Start A Fire, Or The Fire Elemental

Another attack of laziness for the Fire Elemental enemy from the City expansion.

The figure is from Ral Partha and I just felt that I wasn't inspired enough to add to the old paint job, so I just repainted the chipped base and called it a day.

An After-Midnight Snack Or The Gremlin

Found in the City expansion, the spirit enemy Gremlin.

I took the easy way and just decided to use this Marauder snotling the way I painted him 15-odd years ago. I still think he looks suitably mischievous!

Beware Of Dragons, For They Are Lazy

Another dragon, this time a basic dragon enemy from the basic game.

The mini is a Citadel Green Dragon that came in boxed set with a dwarf adventurer.

I didn't paint the beast (or the dwarf) now, the paint job is 15-20 years old. I just added the base, the thing was very prone to tipping over.

What was supposed to be a charred tree stump turned out looking like a smoked cigar..

Not Bolted Down Anymore, Or The Orc

This one I also found ready in my collection. The Orc player character from the Adventure expansion.

He is part of a Citadel bolt thrower crew from 1988 by Kevin Adams.

One of the guys is different from the catalogue picture. He had a very appropriatelly positioned piece of flash on his right hand which I left on so that he is giving the finger.