Off The Shelf: Necromunda Wyrd Beastmaster

I painted this guy a year or two ago, and he's always been my favorite of the three Beastmasters GW produced for the Necromunda game.





Incidentally, I was in correspondence with a regular reader of this blog, a fellow from outside the USA, and I was going to send him an extra copy of this guy I had laying around. Well, I lost his e-mail and address!

If you're "that guy", please e-mail again at srpyle AT gmail DOT com.

Sorry for being so scatter-brained!

--Scott

Knight of the Autumn Gate

This Dreamblade pre-paint will make a cool heavy in some future D&D or other fantasy game. I decided to just re-base him and add a few accents of color.



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And here's a comp shot of him with a Mega Minis fantasy civilian:




Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

WotC Classic Vampire Re-Painted!

In the midst of various household chores I managed to finish the re-paint on the Wizards of the Coast floating vampire model.

I'm quite happy with how he turned out, and I am pretty keen to use him in some sort of game.









Maybe I will try to work him into some sort of skirmish game before I use him in an RPG. He'd work well as a re-awakened ancient vampire in Chaos In Carpathia. I'm glad I gave this guy a new lease on un-life!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Halloween Horror Mini-Projects

I don't really feel like focusing on any rules-related projects this week, and I am not feeling the 15mm stuff right now, so I decided to try my hand at two mini-horror pieces in honor of the imminent Halloween holiday.

First up, I dug out my old Wizards of the Coast D&D 25th Anniversary floating vampire! I painted this guy way back in 1999, and I have been meaning to re-base and re-paint him. Here is what he looks like now:





And next up, a Dreamblade pre-painted Knight of the Autumn Gate:



Not sure what I am going to do with him, but I have now sawed him off of his goofy base, and re-based him and the Vampire onto washers. We'll see where this takes me in the next post!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

15mm Fantasy: Blue Moon Alien vs. Copplestone Northman

I thought folks might what to see a scale comparison of the Blue Moon Tawanax aliens next to one of the Copplestone Northman models.

Anyway, here they are, battling it out in some temple scenery!



And here's a shot of the latest warrior I painted next to his fellows:




Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Reaper Idol

Sometimes a figure or terrain piece just works better in a scale it was not originally intended for. I really believe this is the case for this awesome Reaper idol. This thing makes an awesome 15mm graven idol to be found in some tomb, or to sit at the center of some dark cult's worship.

If you check the pic at the above link, you can see the one I have is pretty badly miscast, but I feel it only adds to its character!







Next post I'll show off a pic or two of the above Copplestone Northlander going against another Blue Moon alien model.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Hordes Commission: Mordikaar

Every now and then I like to share pics of some of the commission work I do. I did Mordikaar, a Hordes Warlock, for a friend of mine named Zach who is currently away at school. He'll fit with some of the other Hordes stuff I've done for him, and he happens to be my favorite Skorne warlock.





Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

15mm Fantasy: A Gothic Guest Star

Blue Moon offers an awesome 15mm/18mm Horror line. Exceptionally sculpted by Bob Naismith and Chris Hughes, many of them will work very well for 15mm fantasy games, and today's post shows that idea off.










There's a much larger Werewolf from this pack that I intend to paint up to add to this one. As I develop SoloSystem, I'll want the option to include multiples of the same type of monster in a given scenario.

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--Scott

15mm Fantasy: Part III

Managed to finish another Copplestone Northman--this time one with sword and shield. This guy also has a lovely wolf-skin cloak. Check him out:









These guys practically paint themselves, a credit to Mr. Copplestone's exceptional skills.

Tomorrow I will feature a Blue Moon 15mm Gothic Horror Werewolf miniature (also painted this morning), showing that you can take figures from different periods and use them in 15mm fantasy. He'll be pictured doing battle with today's featured mini.

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--Scott

SoloSystem!

Well, after knocking some basic rules together and trying them out, I think there's enough substance there to make a small skirmish game. As the title implies, this set of rules will be written with solo or cooperative play in mind. You'll be playing against the game!

I've never written a game like this before, so I am working things out as I go. I'm writing this with 15mm miniatures and a 90 cm x 90 cm (2' x 2') board in mind, but the usual caveat of changing measures from cm to inches will prevail and allow people to easily use 28mm scale stuff.

It's not Goalsystem. I wanted a break after writing two rulesets in the last 10 months. This one uses 2D6 for players and playing cards for the "game's" actions.

If you're interested in helping me with this set, let me know. Contact me at:

srpyle AT gmail DOT com


Thanks!

--Scott

15mm Fantasy: Part II

Another modest addition for today--the first figure from the Northmen pack from Copplestone's 15mm Fantasy range.









And a slightly better look at the scorpion, who is proving harder to photograph than Sasquatch!



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--Scott

15mm Fantasy: Part I

After spending all of last week painting 10 ships for Dreadfleet I needed a break. A palette cleanser if you will.

I've had three packs of Mark Copplestone's brilliant 15mm Fantasy figures sitting on my desk since just after Labor Day, and I decided it was high time to dig into them. Today's post represents a modest beginning. One figure and something for him to "play" with.

You see, the great thing about 15mm fantasy is the wide swath of monsters it opens up. A mere irritation to a 28mm hero becomes a behemoth to a 15mm champion. So I dipped into my D&D mini collection and did a quick re-paint on a medium scorpion. Instant menace!







And here he is facing off against the "giant" scorpion:







More characters and monsters later this week!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Dreadfleet: Comp Shots

As promised earlier this week, here are a couple of comp shots of the first two DF vessels I painted. Since completing these I have painted 6 more--just two left to go for Sunday! We'll see if I can do it! I'll try to take some pics Sunday.






Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off the Shelf: Sci-Fi Dozer

A couple of years ago I picked up some Russian-made plastic sci-fi kits from a hobby store in the area, and I want to say that they're Zvezda kits, but I cannot be sure. With the boxes long gone and the many bits used on other projects, I definitely got my money's worth out of them.

Anyway, one piece was so good that I built and used it pretty much as is. It's a sci-fi mini-dozer or excavation vehicle. Below I've included some shots of it in a game of Savage Worlds I ran a while back:







The buildings you see above in the foreground were custom made by my buddy, Brian. Just excellent sci-fi "Western" styling on these. He even cast the window grates in resin himself.

Here's a closer look at one:



We were originally using these for 28mm Inquisitor and 40K skirmish games, hence the Imperial Eagles on the window grates. Here's one more shot of another of his buildings made in the same style:




Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Dreadfleet: The Black Kraken!

Leave it to the Chaos Dwarfs to provide what is for me the coolest piece in the Dreadfleet game--the Black Kraken! This mechanical squid can attack while submerged and wreak havoc on the enemy craft at the bowline. Looks good doing it, too.











Next post I'll show off a few comp shots of the Black Kraken and the Skabrus side by side.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott