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  • 3D Printing,  Ascaria,  Fantasy,  Imagi-Nation,  Old West,  Paint Table Saturday,  Warhammer

    Painting Progress

    August 3, 2020 / No Comments

    Here are my latest figures to go into the “completed” column: An admittedly odd pair — a Blitz Bowl / Blood Bowl orc and a 3D-printed owlbear-skin rug from Fat Dragon Games. Continuing with fantasy, we have two well-armed lasses…

  • Ascaria,  Colonial,  Funny Little Wars,  Imagi-Nation,  Paint Table Saturday

    An Unexpected, Though Pleasant, Diversion

    July 23, 2020 / No Comments

    Looking for a break from … well, everything I have been painting, with the added incentive of reducing the pile of boxes of unpainted Armies in Plastic, I reached for a box of Indian cavalry. They were from the AiP…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation,  Other Hobbies,  Pirates/Naval

    The Ascodali Navy

    July 1, 2020 / No Comments

    My first sub-hobby to wargaming was paper modeling. In the earlier days of web commerce, one could purchase, download, and print out paper models of terrain, vehicles, and miniatures. (And, I know, one still can, though I no longer do…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation

    Reinforcements Arrive in Ascaria

    May 21, 2020 / No Comments

    Though I have yet to complete painting the soldiers I have on hand, I availed myself of the Spring Sale at Armies in Plastic ($8.95 sets and free shipping for a $50+ order [I see now it’s $60, so my…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation,  Paint Table Saturday

    Zafrarians Completed, Mostly

    May 16, 2020 / No Comments

    At long last, I’ve finished painting the first lot of Zafrarians. Well, mostly, I should say, as I haven’t yet settled on a uniform for these fellows. And, as their command and that mysterious bag in the background indicates, reinforcements…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation,  Paint Table Saturday

    Zafrarian Infantry

    April 21, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Paint has dried on the first Zafrarian infantryman and thus he is ready for service. I had returned to Battledress for inspiration. I believe these two fellows may have risen to the top: An infantryman from Wurttemberg… … and a…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation,  Paint Table Saturday

    More About Zafraria

    April 20, 2020 / No Comments

    As promised, here are the first two Zafrarian troops, painted. Also as promised, it is a bit of a cheat. Through the process of an apparent convergent evolution, the troop type “Zouave” arose separately both in Algeria in 1831 (according…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation

    Ascaria II

    April 16, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Part 2: Zafraria The name for the sworn enemy of the Ascodali came during my original session of random generation: Zafraria. Soon after my dive down the rabbit hole of the Ascodali long s, I decided there should be something…

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation,  Painting

    Ascaria

    April 13, 2020 / 6 Comments

    Part I: Ascodal I mentioned in my last post the bags of random figures I received in my Christmas Haul from Armies in Plastic. Amongst them were a smattering of Napoleonics, an era which has never, for some reason, “grabbed”…

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