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 […]
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 […]
