My latest Modiphius Star Trek set is one of my favorites: The Next Generation Away Team. Like the Original Series Landing Party, you get a pair (one male and one female) of Vulcan, Human, Denobulan, Tellarite and Andorian miniatures, for a total of 10 crewmen you can customize by Division as you see fit. Of […]
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My Dinner with Mugato
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 28th, 2020
The following excerpt is from my forthcoming book, Domo Arigato, Mr. Mugato, soon to be available at fine booksellers everywhere. From a small part in a popular 60’s science fiction show to the entertainment tour-de-force he is today, Mugato has been a giant on stage and screen over the last five decades. I caught up […]
Posted in Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Sci-Fi, WTF??? 
Tags: HeroClix, Monster Month, Star Trek 
8 Comments »Giant Scorpion
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 21st, 2020
Monster May(hem) continues with my latest submission: a Giant Scorpion (and some smaller, yet still quite large scorpions). from Reaper. These Bones miniatures are define what an “impulse buy” is to me. I had no need for either the huge scorpion or its little brothers, yet I bought them to “pad” an order to get […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Pulp, Sci-Fi Tags: Bones, Monster Month, Reaper 14 Comments »The Coming of…Rrrraaaaaang!!!!!
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 9th, 2020
Beware! Despair! Rrrraaaaaang is upon us!!! Rrrraaaaaang, Destroyer of Worlds! Rrrraaaaaang, Bringer of Doom! Rrrraaaaaang, Devourer of Civilizations! Rrrraaaaaang! Rrrraaaaaang! RRRRAAAAAANG!!!!!!! A bit of background: when I was in college, I spent a fair amount of time in the Fine Arts building, as one of my best friends was an illustration major. One day, I noticed something odd affixed […]
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Pulp, Sci-Fi, Super Heroes Tags: AD&D, HeroClix, Monster Month, Pulp Figures, Reaper, War Rocket 8 Comments »Star Trek Adventures: The Big Sleep Part 3
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 29th, 2020
With the Cardassians powering up their disruptor banks and the Ferengi vessel responding in kind, things were not going well. Remarkably, Commander Logan managed to convince the leaders of both ships to meet aboard the Adventure, to see if they could somehow resolve their differences without armed conflict. Daimon Nogrix and Gul Drazel met across […]
Star Trek Adventures: The Big Sleep Part 2
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 26th, 2020
The away team beams back up to the Adventure, which breaks orbit around New Coriolanus to investigate the strange object detected on the fringes of the system. On the viewscreen, the object is revealed to be a featureless cylinder (I know what you’re thinking, but that’s where the similarities end), roughly 2 km long by […]
May is Monster Month (Again)!
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 24th, 2020
For the past couple of years I’ve been trying to establish a loose routine with regards to my painting: I take part in Forgotten Heroes every June, try to clean up the “side-pile” every December, and occasionally, I host a painting challenge like Dwarvember, WizarDecember, or TerrainTime. This year I’ve decided to open up Monster […]
Posted in Fantasy, Horror, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Pulp, Sci-Fi, Super Heroes Tags: Monster Month 10 Comments »“We Are The Borg.”
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 20th, 2020
“Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.” I bought these Modiphius Borg Collective miniatures at the end of last year, since the price was right at $24 for the set. You get 10 Borg […]
Star Trek Adventures: The Big Sleep Part 1
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 16th, 2020
On Tuesday, my friends and I met via Discord/Jamboard/Roll for Your Party to continue our Star Trek Adventures game, and I must say it was pretty successful and fun all around. There were far fewer technical issues than I was expecting; and it seems we can all function pretty well gaming online. The next session […]
Star Trek Adventures: New Assignments
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 10th, 2020
After much deliberation, I decided that Roll20 wasn’t really for me. It seems to be great for Dungeons and Dragons, especially if you want to play published adventures. But since I’m neither playing D&D or interested in published adventures, and it’s not free, I decided to look elsewhere. One of my friends, who lives on […]
