Off The Shelf: An Evil Adventurer

Baraka Ein-Arm comes from the Terronus: Isle of Goblins Goalsystem game and D&D supplement I did more than five years ago (time flies!).  His true origins stem from a Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play campaign I ran back in the late 1990's.

My good friend, Kurt M., played a dwarf scholar named Baraka.  It seems he could not keep his hands off of one of the famous Doom Stones, and so he and the rest of his group quickly went Chaotic Neutral, if you know what I mean!  They were sort of like Red Lanterns well before DC Comics decided to add extra characters based on different colors.

Anyway, after having his arm snipped off by a Chaos mutant, Baraka used the Stone of Earth to fashion himself a new one!  What could go wrong?

A scale comp with Reaper Dragon Man. 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: Reaper Wererats

Continuing with my series of posts showing off minis from my collection that have not yet made it to the blog, we have Reaper's excellent Wererats!

These guys played a big role in my Teen D&D Westbrook games I ran for the library back a few years ago.

Sculpted by Jason Weibe, these figures represent quintessential wererats, deadly foes for low level parties!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: Otyugh

Back in the late 1990's WotC released Chainmail and a host of awesome minis for it.  One of my favs, and really one of my best uses of the old dip method of painting, was the Otyugh.

Check him out!

That garbage eating aberration will make short work of that lone warrior for certain!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off the Shelf: Heavy Gear Sabertooth Northern Gear

I painted this one a few years ago, but never featured it here, so now as good a time as any!

It's a an older generation Heavy Gear metal model, from the original run of 1/144th scale Gears.

The Sabertooth is a medium Gear used by the Northern forces.  I used a combo of Vallejo yellows for a desert scheme.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: Gul-Hahn The Half-Orc Monk

Years ago we all played in my buddy Brian's D&D Age of Worms campaign, and I played a Half-Orc Monk named Gul-Hahn.  I'm told he was an expert negotiator!

If my upcoming Pathfinder game is half as good as Brian's game was, I'll be very happy!

If Reaper recasts this figure in Bones, I will paint him again!

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: Complete Kislevites

A while back I featured the start of a Mordheim Kislevite warband here.   I did get around to finishing them, but never reported on it! 

So spurred by reading some posts on LAF, here they are!

Left to right: OG Cossack, MK Bear, Grenadier fantasy figure, OG Cossack.

Foreground: Foundry Cossacks; Background: OG Cossack & Foundry Cossack.

OG Cossack Wars character.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off the Shelf: Star Wars Miniatures Nautolan Soldier

A while back we did a bunch of skirmish gaming using WotC's Star Wars pre-painted miniatures. In some cases my buddy Sky and I re-based and re-painted small numbers of the figures to enhance their appearance.

Here's a few shots of a re-painted Nautolan Soldier:

Size comp shot with a WGF Shockstrooper.

I may do some future posts discussing other select minis from the old line and how they can be used in most any sci-fi or near-future setting. 

Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: Salvage Crew

Painted these guys up a couple of years back, and thought I'd show them off again!



I hope to knock a out a new figure or two this weekend, and I will try to get a new post up Saturday or Sunday.

Thanks for visiting!

--Scottt

Off The Shelf: Reaper Barbarian

I saw the new Conan movie last night and I was very happy with just about everything. Mr. Momoa played an excellent Conan, and the supporting cast was aces! Costumes, effects, and script were all solid.

One of my only complaints was that the sound in the theater was so damn loud that it sometimes washed out the dialog. Oh well. This one will be a must buy on Blu Ray.

Anyway, in tribute I dug out a Reaper barbarian I painted a few years ago--not sure I ever photographed him before, so here he is!





This gamer's advice, don't listen to the bleating of critics who don't understand the sword & sorcery genre, go see Conan and expect to have some fun!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: Parroom Station Mars Stuff

A while back I painted these guys for a still unfinished project. In my mind, the old Parroom Station figure line still remains my favorite of the Edgar Rice Burroughs inspired miniature lines.

These figures are closer to "true 28mm" than most new lines out there. Very elegant and dynamic minis!







Thanks for visiting!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: SuperFigs!

Man, I have painted a lot of SuperFigs over the years. I though it might be fun to show some more off here on the blog.

Today we have shots of Karthoum and the normal sized version of the Fission, one of our shrinker packs.









Designed by the amazing Thomas Scioli, Karthoum possesses that unmistakable Jack Kirby vibe. He's also larger than the average SuperFig, as you can see in the comp shots above.

The robotic Fission (seen above with Karthoum) was designed by my friend Jan Anarella, and he has a really classic Marvel silver age feel. The idea behind him is that when he shrinks he splits into two smaller versions of himself.

I have never got around to painting the two shrunken versions in this red scheme.

I'll use this feature to show off more SuperFigs in the future!

--Scott

Off the Shelf: Radagast the Brown

I really dig the Lord of the Rings miniature battle game, and I have a large army of Dwarfs that I will show off on another installment of OtS, but today I'd like to share my paint job on Radagast the Brown, one of the coolest wizard minis ever done in 28mm, IMHO.





Unfortunately, Radagast is less than effective in the game, but I guess you can't have everything!

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: LotOW Tong Gang!

Last week I featured some of my old Cowboy Wars models and paint jobs that I used for my Legends of the Old West (LotOW) games. This time around I thought I might show off some shots of my Tong gang models that I've only used in one or two games. Having never taken these guys through a whole campaign, I am not sure how they would work, but they were fun to paint, and they have also come in handy for various RPG's we've played the last few years.

The gang is a mix of Pulp Figures and Cowboy Wars Tong Gang minis.










I actually have a few more of these guys done, but what you see above fills out the core of gang.

Later this week I hope to show off some MechWarrior Dark Age re-paints I am working on.

Thanks for checking out the blog!

--Scott

Off The Shelf: Cowboy Wars!

Just saw True Grit today and it was magnificent! An Oscar-worthy performance from Jeff Bridges reprising the role of Rooster Cogburn. Anyway, it motivated me to dig out some of my Cowboy Wars figures from a few years back. We played the hell out of Legends of the Old West (I love that game!) and we mainly used CW figures to do it.

Here are shots of two of my favorites from the line that I use in most of my gangs:



As you can see from the above shot, the best thing about the CW line is that you get the figure both mounted and dismounted. This is perfect for different CW scenarios.







I'll take some more shots of the whole gang at some later date. Definitely more where this came from!

--Scott

Off the Shelf: Old Glory Pathan Tribesmen

Ask me what I think the best Old Glory 25mm/28mm historical range is and I will tell you, without hesitation, the Northwest Frontier bags. Among them, the Pathan (Afghan) Tribesmen bags deliver superb quality for a great value.

About 18 months ago I painted a selection of OG Pathans for some NW Frontier gaming and I've busted them out to show off.


















Couple these wonderful models with excellent British and Sikh figures and you can run some rip-roaring battles at a nice price. These figures also scale well with Wargames Foundry's NW Frontier ranges.

--Scott