This month went in a surprising direction for me. I had tried to cajole my friend back into the hobby by taunting him with his own miniatures, painted by me; but that didn’t work. (He told me so.) I started work on creating my own rules for a skirmish game I have kicking around, but […]
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“A Good Day to Die!”
Posted by The Angry Piper on November 1st, 2019
I recently got a good deal on some Modiphius Klingons for the Star Trek Adventures game (they just weren’t selling at my FLGS, hence the discount). Having little self-control, I bought them. Klingons have never been known for a vibrant fashion color palette, so painting these guys was more challenging and less fun than I […]
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Posted by The Angry Piper on May 1st, 2019
One of the characters I missed in the Modiphius TOS Crew set was Yeoman Janice Rand. Although she only appeared in eight episodes of TOS, I always felt like the character had a lot of potential beyond what she was allowed to do, which was mostly be “eye candy”. Sadly, Grace Lee Whitney, the actress […]
Star Trek Adventures RPG: The Vanished
Posted by The Angry Piper on March 31st, 2019
Throw another of my 2019 Resolutions in the “done” pile. I got my friends together and we played an actual game! One of my best friends lives on the other side of the country and doesn’t come back here very often. Usually he makes it home for the holidays, which doesn’t leave much time for […]
“Kirk to Enterprise…”
Posted by The Angry Piper on February 28th, 2019
I finally finished my three sets of Modiphius Star Trek miniatures with The Original Series (TOS) bridge crew. This is my favorite set, hands-down. Good sculpts, all (even Scotty, questionable “run-for-zee-hills” pose aside). I’ve been binge-watching TOS lately, and I’ve noticed a couple of things. First, Captain Kirk is damn rude. He rarely lets anyone […]
“Make it so.”
Posted by The Angry Piper on February 18th, 2019
I finally finished my Star Trek: TNG bridge crew. I wish I could say it was fun, but…it wasn’t. Try as I might, even with as much love as I have for these characters, I really hate the miniatures. It’s just such a waste of a good set compared with ANY other Modiphius Trek set, […]
Star Trek Adventures: Ruthless Romulans!
Posted by The Angry Piper on January 21st, 2019
It’s Martin Luther King Day here in the USA, so I have the day off. I woke up this morning to a balmy 7 degrees Farenheit (that’s 13 below for any of my readers who use the Celsius scale). Definitely a day to stay indoors and paint some miniatures. My first batch of Modiphius Star […]
Modiphius Star Trek Miniatures: A Review
Posted by The Angry Piper on January 11th, 2019
For Christmas, I gifted myself two sets of Modiphius miniatures for their Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game: the Next Generation Bridge Crew and the Romulan Strike Team. Then, after Christmas, I got the Original Series bridge crew at a staggering discount (see below). Here’s my review of all three sets. Spoiler: it’s not a universally […]
A Little Something on the Side…
Posted by The Angry Piper on December 31st, 2018
Or perhaps, “Some Side Action”. Either “double entendre” title would work. For my last post of 2018, I thought I’d share what I did in December, which is clean up “the side pile”: that group of partially-painted/assembled miniatures that collects in the corner of my workspace over time; things I plan on getting to, but […]
Posted in Fantasy, Insanity Pile, Miniatures, Sci-Fi Tags: Bones, Old School Miniatures, RAFM, Reaper 2 Comments »Gaslands 7: The Piranha Brothers and Spiny Norman!
Posted by The Angry Piper on November 3rd, 2018
Earlier this year, I had a bad bout of Gaslands Fever (not to be confused with Pac Man Fever, which is a different thing altogether). I converted 7 cars, 2 buggies, an armored bus, a monster truck and a war rig, but I didn’t have a chance to make any performance cars. I still haven’t […]
