I've been jumping around a lot on this Dracula project. Minis are mostly done, but the buildings for the Episodes and the terrain are taking time. And some of them are a really good opportunity to develop and practice a few new skills. So, naturally I have been bouncing around from the various Episodes and... Continue Reading →
Dracula's third Episode is a graveyard. Crypts are completed, but the largest part of the setting is a mausoleum. This is the final resting place for Lucy Westenra. Or, it was meant to be. She's a little antsy and just won't stay where she was lain. When I say this is a large terrain piece,... Continue Reading →
Things have been a bit chaotic in the house for the past few months. Repairs and other activities have prevented me from doing or documenting my hobbies. But, no longer. All of that is done and I can break out my projects again with little concern for damage. Where did I leave off? Dracula. That's... Continue Reading →
I can't claim to know what I'm doing anymore. Or, to be sure I could claim it but not honestly. There was a time when I did serious gaming, with serious figures, and serious themes. Viking armies, pirate crews, soldiers and units from respectable nations involved in real wars. Things where an observer, even if... Continue Reading →
For Lent I gave up... well, many many things. And not just for Lent but for 90 days before Easter. Social media was on the list. That means no blog posts. Other things that went along with my Lenten sacrifice (increased reading and prayer) severely limited my hobby time. The program was good and rewarding.... Continue Reading →
2025 has started with chaos and lots of work. Lots of things happening in my professional life, my personal life, my spiritual life, and all of it makes the hobby life more disordered. All to the good, but it really means that my hobby work has been defined by lots of starts and stops with... Continue Reading →
These are the last of the official Dracula miniatures from Crooked Dice I received as part of the Kickstarter. They are not the last ones I will need to play the episodes, but we can look at the gathering of casts later. Here we see Dracula's brides. Not exactly brides; that word is not used... Continue Reading →
Adding to the good guys and gal I showed earlier, we also have some of the villains. Though here language breaks down a bit. Do we have bad guys and gal? It's really just one guy. And Lucy wasn't bad, she was corrupted. Regardless, I have minis, they are painted, that is what matters. Might... Continue Reading →
We all know what's coming. Clearly, I'm going to do 7TV Dracula as my focused project in 2025. As 2024 ends it's time to look for another project and Dracula is there. Already invited in, it's next in line and just taunting me. Earlier posts showed the progress on some of the asylum inmates, the... Continue Reading →
This marks the eighth year of painting Not a Santa miniatures. It started as a random thing. I had time on my hands, an odd broken miniature, and it was the right season. Can't imagine what this tradition would be if that free time has come in the middle of spring. It would be much... Continue Reading →
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