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 […]
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Forgotten Heroes 2019: “I AM THE RED CYCLONE!”
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 3rd, 2019
It’s June, which means it’s time for Forgotten Heroes. This year is a bit different from what has come before. This year, the theme is “Patriot Games”; all submissions must be “patriotically” themed, i.e. wearing a costume that reflects their country of origin. With that in mind, I have decided to make a miniature for […]
Posted in Conversions, Miniatures, Painting Challenges 
Tags: Forgotten Heroes, HeroClix, Street Fighter 
6 Comments »A Hound, A Mound, and a…uh… a Carrion Crawler
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 29th, 2019
Monster month was a bit underwhelming this year. The first half of the month was taken up with work problems that, to put it bluntly, fucked up my hobby focus. After that, I took a much-needed week off, during which you would think I would double down on my painting. However, when I paint, my […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures, Painting Challenges Tags: AD&D, Monster Month, Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures, Reaper 4 Comments »Behold! The Eye-Beast!
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 16th, 2019
May is Monster Month, and I’m getting a bit of a late start because I’ve had a hellish few weeks at work. (I had to finish painting some more cowboys, too.) But enough about that. I bring you…the hideous BEHO-uh…the EYE BEAST! Ah, who am I kidding? Anyone with even a passing familiarity with Dungeons […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures, Painting Challenges Tags: AD&D, Bones, Monster Month, Reaper 2 Comments »Yeoman Rand
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 […]
Classic Dragon Lords Dwarfs
Posted by The Angry Piper on April 16th, 2019
In keeping with my 2019 Resolutions, I recently painted more old school miniatures! This time, it’s a classic Grenadier Dragon Lords boxed set: Dwarves of the Gold Mountain. As anyone even casually familiar with me or this blog knows, I have a disturbing obsession with all things dwarfish. These stocky fellows were sculpted by Nick […]
“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 »“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 […]
Saddle Up, Boys! (and Girls, if applicable)
Posted by The Angry Piper on February 24th, 2019
One of my 2019 Resolutions was to finally play GW’s Legends of the Old West, an out-of-print Old West skirmish game using the Warhammer engine. Despite using a variation of the IGO/UGO mechanic, it remains pretty popular among Old West gamers, as it’s easy to pick up and play, particularly if you’re familiar with Warhammer. […]
Posted in Miniatures, Old West, Terrain and Scenics Tags: Blue Moon, Knuckleduster, Old West, Reaper Comments Off on Saddle Up, Boys! (and Girls, if applicable)“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, […]
