Tradition! Year number seven of taking a miniature that is not meant to be Ole Saint Nick, which kinda looks like Ole Saint Nick, and painting it like... well... you get the pattern here. To say that I was spoiled for choices this year is an understatement. Two or three years back I was having... Continue Reading →
Episode One saw the vile and villainous Nazi vampires secure a landing zone and a toe hold in the English countryside. The stalwart, though tired defenders tried their best, but were utterly wiped out. Episode Two opens on a quaint town and train station. The Nazi invaders are trying to board the train, the better... Continue Reading →
Casts painted, terrain assembled, table prepared, and rules read. Now all that's left is to play. We start at the beginning, because it's a... you know the line. Son2 and I had some time off together a few weeks back and we played all three Episodes of Vlad's Army in the span of five days.... Continue Reading →
Miniatures are painted. Terrain is assembled and ready. How does it all come together? This is the first time I've done a project like this. Usually for any miniatures game I play the board is whatever I make it. Plonk down whatever buildings and other features make sense and you are good to go. Different... Continue Reading →
Taking a few month's off from blogging helps to form a significant backup of possible things to write about. My hobying hands were not idle during those months, just no time for typing. I my last post I wrote about all of the terrain I painted for 02 Hundered Hours for a firend. It was... Continue Reading →
There was a bit of a pause in my blogging for a while there. Things at work were stressful and hectic; life gets in the way. But hobbying continued. In fact, I was quite productive, just didn't get posts written about it. Most of the time has been spent readying terrain. I made a deal... Continue Reading →
It took a while to get here. Clearly shipped on the Demeter herself with tales to tell of the dangerous passing. But the 7TV Dracula Kickstarter has arrived. Time for a little unboxing. First, a comment on the total package. Given the shipping costs and time to arrive, I really expected it to be packed... Continue Reading →
The miniatures Crooked Dice released to support the Vlad's Army feature pack cover some of the more interesting characters needed for the game. But, there are many more characters that are left up to you, the owner and player, to find and paint. With a large variety of WWII and Weird World War miniatures available,... Continue Reading →
Vlad's Army needs an army. The good guys are probably well taken care of, so we look towards the bad guys. My goal is to put together and paint all of the possible forces I will need for all of the episodes at the outset. I could focus on one episode at a time, but... Continue Reading →
I look on my chosen project, assembling everything I need to play all of the Vlad's Army episodes, as a chance to build more terrain. Terrain is one of those odd things for me. I already have a good amount of terrain, but I don't often find that terrain applies across projects. Sure, there are... Continue Reading →
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