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  • Paint Table Saturday,  Post-Apocolyptic,  Sci-Fi

    Planet of the Apes

    August 19, 2023 / No Comments

    Many years ago, when Eureka miniatures still distributed an impressive paper catalog, they had a miniature line obviously inspired by the Planet of the Apes. At some point (which I missed) they went away, replaced by Boiler Suit Apes. Which…

  • Modern,  Paint Table Saturday,  Post-Apocolyptic

    Always Saturday (in the Late 70s)

    August 17, 2023 / No Comments

    One of my favorite songs in Guadalcanal Diary’s “Always Saturday.” I share the song narrator’s titular wish, though I suppose it would have Groundhog Day-like repercussions if it really came to pass. I will say though that a mental “happy…

  • Fantasy,  Paint Table Saturday

    At Long Last: 1st Mighty Army Complete

    August 16, 2023 / No Comments

    We’re coming up on the 20 year mark since I bought two of Mongoose Games’ new Mighty Armies box sets: Undead Legion and Sorcerer’s Legion. I believe I got them primarily to plunder for 15mm figures (my enthusiasm at the…

  • Paint Table Saturday,  Underwater

    Submarine Familiars

    August 15, 2023 / No Comments

    This is Reaper’s pack of metal miniature “Familiars VII,” which I purchased about 1,000,000 years ago when the rules for Aquanef were still “coming soon.” There were a few sets of submarine rules that did reach completion, which I’ll endeavor…

  • Fantasy,  Hirst Arts,  Horror,  Paint Table Saturday,  Reaper Bones

    All Demons

    August 14, 2023 / No Comments

    … or maybe they are devils? I don’t know my old school Monster Manual well enough. Anyhoo, they hail from different vintages of Reaper Bones kickstarters. The petite lass at the top was my first foray into GW contrast paints.…

  • Reaper Bones,  Steampunk,  VSF

    Steampunk Bones

    August 13, 2023 / No Comments

    Due to whatever inexplicable nuance, I am hopelessly devoted to VSF (Victorian Science Fiction), but left cold by the adjacent Steampunk vibe. A lot of miniatures can be used interchangeably, and yet they still cause me to sigh. Here is…

  • Modern,  Paint Table Saturday,  Reaper Bones

    Modernity

    August 12, 2023 / No Comments

    These are modern figures in two senses — both by their wargaming genre and the fact that I painted them in the last few months. In the middle here are two Reaper Bones — a Doctor Who-type (I think… I…

  • Fantasy,  Paint Table Saturday,  Reaper Bones

    Bones Fantasy

    August 11, 2023 / No Comments

    The various Reaper Bones Kickstarter collections comprise predominantly fantasy genre miniatures. Here is a selection of those I have painted:     Below are more of the translucent minis that have been plaguing me — they would seem to be…

  • Paint Table Saturday,  Pulp,  Reaper Bones

    Bones Pulp

    August 10, 2023 / No Comments

    More from the “Stay-at-Home” painting days. I was able to paint for at least an hour a day for more than a year. I haven’t maintained that pace since returning to work, but I do get more done now than…

  • 3D Printing,  Hirst Arts,  Horror,  Paint Table Saturday,  Reaper Bones

    Olde Tyme Monsters

    August 9, 2023 / No Comments

    Too bad for me, I had to contract Covid for the second time for me to slow down long enough to catch up with recording my backlog of painted miniatures from the original, now distant seeming, stay-at-home days. Caveat lector,…

© Scott Larson 2023