Thursday, August 28, 2008

House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans, and you might just find it in the New Orleans city guide.

In addition, there are more digitized books by the Federal Writer's Project. NY is particularly nice, and it is still available in print

 

Thursday, August 21, 2008

If only I would have known

RANT MODE ON:

I have been purchasing quite a few minis online lately, sight unseen, mainly because my FLGS does not carry that particular line of minis.

A lot of those minis will now sit in a drawer, probably never to be looked upon again, or only to be used as a reminder to how much I hate assembling certain minis.

I have a vague understanding of how minis are made and cast, so I understand that some assembly may be required, and a lot of the time that is fine but then you get the pieces like the "Gypsy Witch" from Black Orc where the skirt comes in two pieces… is it really that difficult to either a) find a better joining point or b) cast the thing in one piece?. Another example is the AE-WWII's German Female Officer/NCO where you have a less than a 1/16" width arm that you are somehow supposed to secure to the torso. Is it so hard to do a peg/hole setup on the figure itself? After a game or so that arm, even with pinning will find a way to fall off! I understand, she is "customizable" I would rather have one solid figure.

From my experience, "The joy of painting" does not include holding two pieces of tin together for 5 minutes hoping that the end result lines up the way they are supposed to.

Reaper, Artizan, and Black Scorpion have some wonderful figs, most or which have very little to glue on, and they will continue to get my business. I will be steering clear of any figure that I have not seen in person that says "multi-part", "interchangeable" or "customizable".


 

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Reaper Goblins

These are a couple I have finished up the last couple of weekends, there are a few more that Im workign on that are close to being finished as well.

 

Friday, August 08, 2008

simple and effective!

Treasures & Trinkets - has a bunch of neat ideas on how to make candles, gold bars, books and more to fill up your dungeon