More night goblins...

Creeping along at a snail's pace, I have embarked upon a few Night Goblins to stave off the painting withdrawal symptoms. Orkhide Shade followed by increasingly lighter mixtures of Goblin Green and Rotting Flesh to be exact. Then a Thrakka Green wash before the final highlights. The different 'units' of Goblins have different colour clothing just to create some variety on the board so to speak, and to help with identification. Archers in Mordian Blue with a Badab Black wash and the spearmen with Mechrite Red then a Devlan Mud wash. Should get these finished in a bit, but, ahem, we'll s...

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D and D - Man, I laughed out loud! Does this make me a geek (or a nerd...)?

PAX Celebrity Game, Part 1 If ever you wanted a reason to get all geeky, this series of Youtube posts shows why. It really made me laugh and I only vaguely understand the rules of D and D. If only all games could be played in this spirit. A...

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The end of Preacher - by Ennis/Dillon

I thought I'd make sure that I rounded off the Preacher series with a mini-review, and then list some of the things that should be coming up. First off, let me say that Ennis and Dillon did a grand job on the series overall. I knew the work of these guys of old and it doesn't disappoint. The artwork is clear, confident and packs a punch. I adore the Fabry covers included in the trade paperbacks. There are also some great illustrations at the end too. The narrative is thoughtful, the interplay between he characters is interesting and, to an extent, very 'human', despite the storyline. The storyline itself progressed quite interestingly in the first half of the series. I enjoyed the oddities, the seediness and the gratuitous violence....

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Posted in: Dark Age Games,graphic novels,LCG,Malifaux,Warmachine

A Song of Ice and Fire - Four books in and so a review so far...

Having been extremely encouraged by Book 1: A Game of Thrones, I have embarked on a mini-mission of getting as much of this series read as possible. Consequently I am now on Book 4 : A Feast Of Crows. The others I was able to read here and there while basking in the sun on holiday. Weighty tomes they were too, each running over 600 pages or so. Book one dragged me in and (I hate this phrase) it was a real 'page-turner'.Though I still have reservations about the ages of some of the characters, especially the female ones (e.g.Daenerys), I can perhaps see that Martin was aiming at something more medieval in tone. Young girls being married off for political and economic expediency and life expectancy being shorter. Even so,...

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