Jealousy. I has it. The source? Not an unfaithful wife. Not another’s success, wealth or good looks. Not even another’s superior painting skill or bagpiping prowess. None of these. Yet my particular jealousy was a daily, unwelcome guest for many months. It would arrive when unexpected and stay far too long, like an irritating relative, or […]
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How AWESOME is this???
Posted by The Angry Piper on September 19th, 2019
A couple of weeks back I was pleasantly surprised to receive a PM on Lead Adventure Forum from Scott Pyle, creator of Super Mission Force. Visitors to this site probably know that I am a huge fan of this game, so I was very happy to find that he wanted to send me a copy […]
Buried on a Sunday…Born on a Monday…
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 29th, 2019
I never heard, or even knew of, the Solomon Grundy nursery rhyme as a child. I think perhaps this is a more common nursery rhyme overseas than here in the States. It wasn’t until I got older, fell in love with Celtic music and started listening to the Pogues that I heard it for the first […]
Posted in Miniatures, Super Heroes, Zombies 
Tags: Knight Models, Super Mission Force 
Comments Off on Buried on a Sunday…Born on a Monday…Forgotten Heroes 2019: Viva La Bandera!
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 22nd, 2019
I must thank my friend Carrion Crow for coming up with Forgotten Heroes. It is a challenge in more ways than one. For example, last year I converted my very own Wundarr the Aquarian, who I consider to be one of the worst Marvel characters ever. Even though my results weren’t great, I was pretty […]
Posted in Conversions, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Repaints, Super Heroes Tags: Forgotten Heroes, HeroClix, Super Mission Force 6 Comments »My Name is Mud!
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 17th, 2019
A local comic shop had a pretty spectacular sale on gaming items recently, and I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a few of the original metal Knight Models Batman figures on the shelf. I couldn’t resist picking up a few (at a deep discount), and so I present…Clayface! At last count, there are […]
“Oh, Frabjous Day!”
Posted by The Angry Piper on March 17th, 2019
It’s been a while since I did a Heroclix repaint, and this time it’s another of Batman’s rogues gallery: Jervis Tetch, aka the Mad Hatter. From DC FanDOM: Jervis Tetch, formerly a research scientist, is completely smitten with the works of Lewis Carroll. As his criminal name indicates, he takes the appearance of the Mad […]
Posted in Miniatures, Repaints, Super Heroes Tags: HeroClix, Lucid Eye, Super Mission Force, Supersystem 3 4 Comments »Kraven the Hunter
Posted by The Angry Piper on December 5th, 2018
Kraven the Hunter is one of my favorite Spider-Man villains. I admire his lion-face vest, his zebra belt, his leopard tights and his cute green booties. Sergei Kravinoff was considered by many (especially himself) to be the greatest hunter in the world. If it was alive and worthy, he hunted it, from big game animals […]
Posted in Conversions, Miniatures, Repaints, Super Heroes Tags: HeroClix, Super Mission Force 4 Comments »“Who you callin’ a dummy?”
Posted by The Angry Piper on November 26th, 2018
As Movember draws to a close, I have officially painted all of my pulp miniatures! For this last installment, I present some ventriloquists! Technically, only ONE of these is a pulp miniature…yet when painting him, I was surprised to find that I had two more ventriloquists in 28mm! It’s an odd genre of miniature to own, after […]
Posted in Miniatures, Pulp, Repaints, Super Heroes, Zombies Tags: Black Army Productions, HeroClix, Zombies 2 Comments »What time is it?
Posted by The Angry Piper on October 18th, 2018
Last month, while unwisely browsing eBay’s listings, I stumbled across this Ben Grimm miniature: Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, I ask you again: What time is it? I think we all know what Mr. Grimm would say. Knight Models is a Spanish company that makes those terrific (and hugely overpriced) miniatures for the Batman Miniatures Game. […]
Posted in Miniatures, Super Heroes Tags: Knight Models, Super Mission Force, Supersystem 3 4 Comments »Saga’tember Interlude: Some Subtle Foreshadowing….
Posted by The Angry Piper on September 12th, 2018
The Good: The Bad: and the Mutie! Oh. yeah… I almost forgot… and HIM: Coming soon.
Posted in After Action Reports, Miniatures, Super Heroes Tags: HeroClix, Super Mission Force 2 Comments »