A brief interlude from my Time Trap campaign: a while back I saw an advertisement for a new TV series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe based on third-string teenage duo Cloak & Dagger. Because the show was hyped pretty early, I forgot about it until I stumbled across it by accident. Apparently, it’s on […]
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MH-2 Time Trap Part 3: A Murder of…Skrulls?!
Posted by The Angry Piper on July 29th, 2018
PROLOGUE The smoke clears, and the Avengers stand reunited in their mansion before Immortus, Lord of Limbo! “Both your groups achieved success,” says Immortus. “This is good, but there is still another task ahead, and it is by far the most important.” “Hold on a second,” interrupts Captain Marvel. “I think we’re entitled to some […]
Posted in After Action Reports, Miniatures, Super Heroes 
Tags: HeroClix, Super Mission Force 
6 Comments »Forgotten Heroes 2018 Bonus: Vigilante!
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 29th, 2018
Perhaps it’s a bit self-aggrandizing (sorry, couldn’t help it), but I managed to complete yet another submission for Forgotten Heroes this month. It just came together on its own, as I had no plans to do another conversion. Vigilante is a DC character who has undergone several incarnations, and is not to be confused with […]
Forgotten Heroes 2018 Submission 3: The Aquarian!
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 27th, 2018
As Ringo would say, “Peace and Love, Peace and Love…” As Forgotten Heroes draws to an end this year, I have saved the truly worst for last. I present to you: The Aquarian! Sigh. Where to begin? The Aquarian’s name is Wundarr, and he was born on planet Dakkam. When he was an infant, his father put […]
Forgotten Heroes 2018 Submission 2: The Plant Man!
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 12th, 2018
I’m trying to get three submissions in for the Forgotten Heroes challenge this month, and here is number two. If you found Water Wizard to be a bit of a tool, well, congratulations. You’re a great judge of character. But Water Wizard lives life like a boss compared to this guy: Behold! The Plant Man! Samuel Smithers was […]
Forgotten Heroes 2018, Submission 1: The Water Wizard!
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 5th, 2018
It’s June, which means it’s time for Forgotten Heroes! Last year my fellow miniatures enthusiast Carrion Crow invited me to take part in the Forgotten Heroes challenge. I played hard to get at first, but then when I saw how much fun it was going to be, I begged him to let me take part. […]
Posted in Conversions, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Repaints, Super Heroes Tags: Forgotten Heroes, HeroClix, Super Mission Force 4 Comments »Monster Month Holdouts: Displacer Beasts and Classic Balrog
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 4th, 2018
There’s always a someone who’s late for the train. My orc warlord on wyvern took a bit longer than I anticipated, so these miniatures weren’t done in time to make it into Monster Month. First up, some iconic AD&D monsters: Displacer Beasts! (Every time I speak the name of this monster out loud, I say it […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures Tags: AD&D, Grenadier, Monster Month, Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures, Old School Miniatures 2 Comments »Varg Bonebreaka: Orc Warlord on War Wyvern
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 30th, 2018
To finish off Monster Month, I present a monster miniature that is finally seeing paint after almost THIRTY YEARS in my “to-do pile”! It’s an old Warhammer Orc Shaman on War Wyvern, circa 1990 or thereabouts. I got him on the secondary market sometime in the mid-nineties. Originally, he was to be for use with […]
Posted in Conversions, Fantasy, Miniatures Tags: Armies of Yesteryear, Games Workshop, Monster Month, Old School Miniatures, Warhammer 4 Comments »Griffon and Land Shark
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 14th, 2018
My latest two “monster month” projects have arrived! Presenting: the Griffon and the Bulette (Land Shark). (Astute observers may notice that the model in the middle of these two monsters has changed since the last post. That’s because I couldn’t seem to find that human fighter who found himself between an Umber Hulk and a […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures Tags: AD&D, Bones, Monster Month, Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures, Reaper 6 Comments »Basilisk and Troll
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 7th, 2018
Monster Month continues with a couple more beasties: the dreaded basilisk and the AD&D version of a classic monster: the troll! The troll is from Nolzur’s Marvelous Miniatures, and I am hard-pressed to recall seeing a finer version of the classic AD&D troll. I absolutely love this sculpt. If I have one criticism, it’s that […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures Tags: AD&D, Bones, Monster Month, Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures 4 Comments »