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    Catching Up: 54mm Fantasy

    January 21, 2023 / 1 Comment

    These are recent acquisitions. Years back, someone online praised a set of 54mm fantasy miniatures available in a bucket from Toy R Us. By the time I got after them, they “unavailable” and then not too long after that Toys…

  • Colonial,  Old West,  WWI

    Thrifting in NC

    October 11, 2020 / 4 Comments

    Here are the fruits of several recent sojourns to new thrift / antique / junque stores in my corner of North Carolina. The first find was a pair of pairs of Native American Indians. 54mm, metal, old-lookin’, but with no…

  • Modern,  Other Hobbies,  Scratchbuilding,  Terrain

    The Project I Didn’t Know I Needed

    August 9, 2020 / 1 Comment

    There I was, minding my own business, browsing blogs (as one does) and in a moment, I was swept into a project I had no idea I needed to do. About three weeks ago, Mark Min, the Man of Tin,…

  • 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…

  • Colonial,  Funny Little Wars,  Vintage

    Beefing Up the Band

    July 22, 2020 / 1 Comment

    Your Humble Correspondent has been suitably prolific on the hobby front, but not sufficiently strict about documentation. I have much to share. Whilst in quest of identification of my Royal Marine Band, I found an Ebay listing for a quite…

  • Colonial,  Isla Victoria,  Painting

    Good to Know

    July 9, 2020 / 3 Comments

    Gadding about the internet, as one does, he daily encounters innumerable morsels of guidance and advice. Some are retained for later use; others flutter harmlessly through the void betwixt the ears. My first-ever purchased 54mm figures from Armies in Plastic…

  • Colonial,  Funny Little Wars,  VSF

    “… Sgt. Pepper Taught the Band to Play”

    June 24, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Two-and-a-half weeks ago, I found myself dutifully masked, hands a-glisten with sanitizer. I was assiduously perusing a local Junque Shoppe, a joy I had missed during the time of quarantine. I knew this store to have had toy soldiers —…

  • 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

    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…

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