Well, I said I would post something that wasn’t Gaslands, but I lied. I’m too hooked. My Gaslands kitbashing continues on, with my first “big boy”. Ladies and gentlemen of the wasteland, I present: MARSTORIUS!!!! I got the name from an old fighting game. Marstorius was a big wrestler from Fighter’s History. Here he is […]
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Gaslands 2: Nitro Burn and Oil Can Harry!
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 5th, 2018
I was warned this would happen. I have officially been bitten by the Gaslands bug. I guess that’s why I decided to convert some buggies next. These are what I started with. I bought both of these cars brand new (a dollar apiece at soon-to-be-gone Toys R Us). The one on the left is a […]
First Gaslands Build: Coughin’ Joe!
Posted by The Angry Piper on March 31st, 2018
I discovered Gaslands by reading Miniature Wargames magazine a couple of months back. It’s a game of post-apocalyptic vehicular combat put out by Osprey. It’s designed to be played with standard Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars that you convert into Mad Max-esque death machines, and it looks like a lot of fun. While my experience with Osprey Games has […]
Poison Ivy
Posted by The Angry Piper on March 27th, 2018
Poison Ivy has become one of my favorite Batman villains, although it wasn’t always so. (Take the movie Batman and Robin, for example; like Arnold Shwarzenegger’s Mister Freeze, the less said about Uma Thurman’s portrayal of Ivy, the better.) I didn’t really start to like her until the Batman: The Animated Series episode “Harley and Ivy”, […]
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Tags: Bones, HeroClix, Hydra Miniatures, Reaper, Super Mission Force 
4 Comments »“Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral…”
Posted by The Angry Piper on February 16th, 2018
I really like the new direction of Miniature Wargames magazine, particularly the monthly “Darker Horizons” fantasy and sci-fi feature. I’m also a fan of Diane Sutherland’s monthly scenery-building articles, as I like any good scratch-building tips. A couple of months back, John Treadaway penned an article on how to make cheap and easy asteroids for […]
Posted in Sci-Fi, Terrain and Scenics Tags: Hydra Miniatures, Star Wars, War Rocket Comments Off on “Asteroids do not concern me, Admiral…”Imperial Bunker
Posted by The Angry Piper on September 26th, 2017
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. Time to jump back in the pool with a piece of terrain I’ve had for about 12-15 years or so. It’s an Imperial bunker I bought for use in Warhammer 40,000. I have a few pieces of terrain cast from the same material. It feels like solidified […]
Imperial Assault Finally Finished! (Sort of…)
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 16th, 2016
I started painting Fantasy Flight Games’ Imperial Assault last year in May. One would think I would have finished this project long ago, but my PADD (Painting Attention Deficit Disorder) constantly worked against me and I found myself juggling many projects at once, none of which were (or are) close to complete. Well, after my […]
Painting Imperial Assault: Part Two
Posted by The Angry Piper on October 26th, 2015
I got distracted by other painting projects and Imperial Assault kinda fell by the wayside. However, since I’m not playing the game until I paint the miniatures (and since my friends are aggravated by this), I figured it would be nice to have the game done by the time The Force Awakens hits theatres on […]
Armies of Yesteryear: 40K Mordian Iron Guard
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 31st, 2015
Once again, a look back on my old armies. This time it’s my favorite old Imperial Guard faction: the Mordian Iron Guard. What really drew me to the Imperial Guard is not really all that unusual: I wanted to field tanks and blow shit up. I chose the Mordian Iron Guard because they were the […]
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Posted by The Angry Piper on May 7th, 2015
Like many folks, my first Warhammer 40K army was Space Marines. Since almost everyone at my friendly local game store was playing marines, it became somewhat boring. Sure, there was one Ork player and an Eldar player, but they weren’t always around. So I bit the bullet and bought some Tyranids off a kid who […]
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