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[WIP] Ral Partha Sea Elves
Some work-in-progress shots here, not the best pictures, but they'll give you an idea of the paint scheme and approach.The Sea Elves do not have the luxury of the same metals that the races on land...
View ArticleThe Miniatures Pledge - May 2016
My pledge for the year is to limit my miniatures buying to any of the new Ral Partha figures coming from the Chaos Wars Wave 2 Kickstarter, and any figures in the future to support specific things in...
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Orcs vs. Humans - Campaign Battle Action Report
This battle was to decide an encounter between a smaller force of humans fleeing an orc pursuing force. I can't give specifics on the when and where because the players do read the blog and they won't...
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Hey ChicagoWiz, how's those Pedion terrain tiles working out?
I frakkin' LOVE these Pedion terrain tiles. I got them from supporting a Kickstarter that I wasn't sure was going to make it, but it made it and then some. The unboxing earlier this year was a lot of...
View ArticleThe Miniatures Pledge - June 2016
My pledge for the year is to paint everything in my backlog, which at the beginning of January was at 415 figures. I will limit my miniatures buying to any of the new Ral Partha figures coming from the...
View ArticleThe creeps
"Man, those Legionnaires marching around, not talking ... they're giving me the creeps!"(paraphrased from Ostlen's player this weekend)It's dawned on me over the past month just how the old schlocky...
View ArticleThe Miniatures Pledge - July
My pledge for the year is to paint everything in my backlog, which at the beginning of January was at 415 figures. I will limit my miniatures buying to any of the new Ral Partha figures coming from the...
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Going to GaryCon 2017!
I'm thrilled that GaryCon 9 will be in late March! That completely works with my schedule, which tries to cram as much into early March as possible.I will be offering four events this year, three of...
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HOTT Battle - Orcs v. Humans - Duchy of Dawn - Fall, 58AD
The engagement began on a battlefield of half rough-going, half clear. Marshall Hummil (the Human General) and his cavalry found themselves in the rough bad going, while his spear and blades had an...
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New Act for my online Dark Ages game made public
Fall 21, 56 AD (Anno Doom)It is a quiet and tense ride back to Skalfier, and the horses need to be ridden hard to try to make it there before nightfall. Claudia has remained silent, and TAKASHI hears...
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Wargames/D&D Campaign - Dynamic life of an NPC
Too often, NPCs have felt as stiff and unchanging as the little metal figures I parade across the table. I've caught hints over the years that this doesn't need to be so. Certainly, as players interact...
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Gameday
It's Game Day Sunday at Chez Chgowiz. All the prep is done and just waiting for the players!
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Follow-up on Dynamic NPCs - Rate of Survival
A great comment by "Stu Rat" on my previous post led me to take a look at just how deadly Tony Bath's Hyboria was to NPCs! (see his book "Setting Up a Wargames Campaign").Given Tony's original chart,...
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Elven Miniatures from Ral Partha Chaos Wars Kickstarter
I've made some progress in painting the 160-odd miniatures I received from supporting the Ral Partha Chaos Wars Kickstarter in 2016. I've started grouping them into armies and factions that are part of...
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Learning Chaos Wars, Part 1 - The Basics
Back in the hoary days of the mid 80s, the miniatures company Ral Partha released a set of wargame miniatures rules called "Rules According to Ral" which became known as Chaos Wars. Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleThe Miniatures Pledge - August
My pledge for the year is to paint everything in my backlog, which at the beginning of January was at 415 figures. I will limit my miniatures buying to any of the new Ral Partha figures coming from the...
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Sneak Peek - How I Paint Ral Partha Sea Elf troops
I had fun making my first "How I Paint" back in June, so I decided to do it again. However, Labor Day Weekend is upon us, and I'm off to a trip in Washington DC for the weekend. So.. next week! But, in...
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The Battle of Yew - Fall 15, 58AD - Dark Ages Campaign
15th Day of Fall, 58th Year After the Doom - the forces of Chaos (composed of the men of the Black Brotherhood and Orcs) faced off against the Army of Enonia. The Army was a combination of recruited...
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How I Paint - Ral Partha Sea Elf troops
What I'm painting:Ral Partha Sea Elf SwordsmanMore Ral Partha Chaos Wars troops for my armies. I did these using the Dallimore/Foundry 2-color method, using craft paints. Since I worked on my Chaos...
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Learning Chaos Wars, Part 1.5 - A (kind-of) Quick Starter
Over on the Ral Partha forums, "SonofThor"posted about an older rule set formerly published by Iron Wind Metals called "Iron Winds of War".I am always a sucker for quick and dirty rules and my...
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