Tag: warhammer

  • Kelpie Steeds and Jagers

    Kelpie Steeds and Jagers

    Despite all the web traffic analysis to the contrary, people keep telling me they really do want to see pictures of my miniature work. I’ll take them at their word and share a variety of recent work, mostly along Weird War lines. First and most recent is this 3D printed Kelpie (a demonic, transforming water…

  • Across the Pond: PAW ’24

    Across the Pond: PAW ’24

    I’ve just remembered! The wargames show in Plymouth is on very soon! We should go – I know you’d like to! The Lady Lollard, my beautiful wife and Dune-esque mentat So it was then, that one overcast morning, on the Third of February, your humble correspondent and his wife travelled by public transportation into the…

  • I said the real Old World.

    I said the real Old World.

    Here at Splendor of Fire, we try to stay out of the filthy gutter world of Games Workshop product frenzy… …but it’s worth reminding those who may be experiencing pangs of excitement about something that was once good can still scratch that itch with other manufacturers. Indeed, some of whom are selling original sculpts from…

  • Heroquest Monsters

    Heroquest Monsters

    My son has been playing Heroquest quite a bit over the last couple days, so I decided it was time to do paint some of those miniatures as one of his Christmas presents. I was inspired by RushTheWash’s technique, though I did not use the exact same colors. That’s right, these were painted almost entirely…

  • Stargrunt: King of Hastilude

    Stargrunt: King of Hastilude

    Having written before about my preference for hastilude over tournament style play, I wanted to point out a lesser known sci-fi rule set that exemplifies this style of play: Stargrunt II by Jon Tuffley. (Yes, the rules can be printed as a free PDF.) Stargrunt so eschews the tournament style that it makes it explicit…