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Do I Have A Problem...?

This weekend I decided to inventory my entire Reaper Bones collection. I've been a backer since Kickstarter I and I've just received my modest box from KS VI... I set up all the large and x-large figures on my dining room table. It's

Demonic Doodles

These are some fantastic critters... https://boingboing.net/2022/05/03/fantastical-demon-drawings-from-1565.html

A Field Guide to Strange Medieval Monsters

Here's a fun short video with a few great, hi-res images of various critters from the Dark Ages. https://www.openculture.com/2022/03/a-field-guide-to-strange-medieval-monsters.html

Figure Painting

Why Didn't I Ever Think of This?

Mike's Painted Miniatures. What a great idea. This guy has gone and done something I never even considered...he's primed and pro-painted M.U.S.C.L.Es and they look fantastic! Just a little of his work...click the link to see 'em

Mythic Battles Pantheon: A Tasty Greek Myths Boardgame Now On Kickstarter!

Check this one out, if just for the wicked awesome Greek Myths minis alone...go ahead, take my money. Mythic Battles: Pantheon Kickstarter I made my pledge today. I can't wait to see how it turns out.

A Spot of Inspiration...

The Creature Spot Here's a wicked cool monster design blog. You'll lose hours browsing these cool images!

Fantasy Toy Soldiers...who knew?

If you're an aging Gen-X geek with a few hours to kill, head on over to Fantasy Toy Soldiers right now and indulge in one man's obsessive quest to document off-brand (and often wacky) toys along the lines of plastic army men or dinosaurs.

Zero Charisma: The Educational Value of D&D

20 Vocabulary Words I Learned by Playing Dungeons & Dragons 1. benign 2. brigand 3. cantrip 4. carrion 5. charisma 6. dais 7. deity 8. dexterity 9. encumbrance 10. entrails 11. ethereal 12. geas 13. gelatinous 14. lycanthrope 15. malevolent 16. ochre 17. offal 18. portcullis 19. status (as opposed

Here's A Great Primer of D&D Critter Drawings by Innerabove

Inktober D&D Monster A-Z

Hulkin' Out

I used a plastic "Handful of Heroes" Hulk miniature for this mini-diorama. Primed and painted with Reaper paints. A lot of fun--these figs paint up really well. Too bad they got discontinued. I'll post more as I finish them.

Proposed Sequels to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"

1. Mohandas Gandhi: Werewolf Destroyer 2. Martin Luther King, Jr: Witch Slayer 3. John Lennon: Demon Butcher 4. Mother Theresa vs. Godzilla 5. Nelson Mandela: Giant Spider Exterminator 6. Walt Whitman: Zombie Decapitator 7. Will Rogers: Subterranean Mutant Assassin 8. Norman Rockwell: Mummy Executioner 9. Carl Sagan: Alien Disemboweler 10.

Names Rejected by Expert Meteorologists Before Settling on “Frankenstorm”

1. Count Stormula 2. Storm-Ho-Tep, The Mummy 3. Stormzilla 4. The Storm from the Black Lagoon 5. Stormibal Lecter 6. Storm Vader 7. Phanstorm of the Opera 8. An American Werestorm in London 9. The Storming Dead 10. The Storm-Puft Marshmallow Man

Heritage Treasure Trove, Part 1

Breaking Out the Brushes Again...and a Heritage Goldmine on eBay

Howdy y'all. I'm back from a restful summer to begin my fifth year teaching in Singapore. Hard to believe my kids have been expats for most of their lives... Anyway, I've not updated this here blog as much as I've meant to,

Working Daylight Out Of the Body: The Brain With Feet

Here's a piece I wrote for my other blog, which is part of my Creative Writing class. Working Daylight Out Of the Body: The Brain With Feet. A little piece about the Intellect Devourer...

New Addition to the Library

Picked up a copy of this at Borders Singapore for the kids this weekend. I am impressed by the art--all full color, and an illustration for almost every entry. Some are the predictable artifacts and classical paintings, but most are original and very well done. My son particularly likes