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operation MotU: miscellaneous characters

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 recently i've taken a break from all things related to the hobby. sometime ago i had several MotU miniatures painted but not based and finished, but i managed to get those and several more completed before i went on vacation last week. during my hobby break i came across an interesting facebook page and website, Battle Ram Blog.com , where it dives into the background stories of the Masters of the Universe toy production and published books throughout the world. which i find fascinating one story could be different or slightly changed from one country to another. i did have the Great Rebellion faction next to be painted but with my hobby hiatus, i did some miscellaneous characters and even some odd ball characters that either came from fairly recent toy lines or just cool concept ideas/artwork. Slamurai. Shadow Beasts. more Eternian Guards. Golden Rod, a concept character created for the Snake Men. could not find much more info on the robot but it was too cool not to create. Teela...
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loot from Historicon 2025

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going into Historicon 2025 i had a very small grocery list of what i really wanted and what i needed. and as usual i did spend a little too much than i was budgeting but hell don't we all go a little overboard from time to time. got Rita a box of soldiers for her spanish pirate hunters. probably going to mix the sailor plastic bits with this set for the swords and pistols. found this fellow in a miscellaneous figure dump bin. saw him and thought this would be a perfect figure for a half-ogre we created in our D&D story. Zug-Zug, the friendly half-ogre that works in a tavern and is half intelligent, at least enough to add simple numbers and pour ale.  i saw this, the package said "demonic goat" and i bought it. enough said. another idol of Cthulhu. you can never have enough statues of the Elder Ones! Rita got me this because she knew i wanted to redo or even add more to my pulp collection, also they have german shepards. haha. now i can add dogs to my pulp games. more ...
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9 a.m. - Moby Dick!

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 a buddy of mine who attended Historicon 2025 told me of a game he was participating in. while explaining it to me my mind was racing and thinking of what this game could look like. it was a hunt for Moby Dick. i was intrigued and quite curious about seeing this game. everything was hand made, the rules were homebrew and the game mechanics were quite interesting. he told me the time and where it was being held and i made a joke about taking pics and posting it on the blog with a very peculiar title. nine in the morning came around and Rita and i got out of the house late. arriving around ten thirty and it seemed like my buddy didn't show up but still i stuck around and Rita and i stayed and watched the chaos ensue. not quite sure what was going on, here are some pictures i took during the great attempt of taking down the mythic creature. the action when we arrived and realized my friend didn't show up and the white whale was about to show. what was really cool is that the fell...
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Historicon 2025

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 i began my vacation last weekend and to end it i spent this weekend with a pretty woman at an awesome gaming convention. the annual HMGS Historicon convention was in town and i basically scheduled my vacation around this event. made sure my bills were paid and everything in line because i had a feeling i was going to spend a little green on some cool things. i never register to play any games because i just want to take in the atmosphere. and half the time i take an interest in a game and i am offered a spot at the table. we didn't take as many pics as we did last year, we were just having too much fun taking it all in. and this time i told Rita to be in charge of the camera. i might not be able to give a caption to some of the pics because i most likely wasn't with her when she took them. main lobby set-ups. we met many friendly people running the games and funny as hell salesmen in the dealer's room. i almost walked away buying a life-sized boltgun from Warhammer 40k. a ...
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Space Weirdos + MotU = fun times

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for some time now i've been writing stats for Space Weirdos using the Masters of the Universe miniatures i have been collecting from CMON's Clash of Eternia board game. i wrote some stat blocks for MotU for Fistful of Lead, but using Space Weirdos seems to fit them the best. spending the good part of my vacation just relaxing i finally pulled out some figures and play tested some of the stats i wrote. after a few turns i have to go back and redo some numbers. but overall it was fun. i only played a few turns solo and i have to say playing solo kinda sucks sometimes because i forget some solo mechanics. maybe hopefully this weekend i can get Rita to play a game or two after the convention. Whiplash charged in without caution and dueled Fisto for a bit until becoming victorious. Stratos was challenged by Clawful and Ninjor. Stratos disengaged, while Man-E-Faces opened fire on the evil villains, taking out Clawful and wounding Ninjor. while Trap Jaw was opening fire on the heroic ...
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some pirates and a dash of the wild west

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 blaming crappy work schedules and lack of motivation i took a hobby break and basically just put everything on hold. sadly even my wild west Perilous Tales campaign was put on hold, i just didn't feel like pulling out stuff to set up a table and then take it down for something else. back in May when i started my wild west Perilous Tales campaign i got a few things for a particular scenario where it involved the villains, the Whateleys. i got a terrain piece to represent their home and eventually getting a broken down barn. a partially built broken down home. i still have to put the covered porch on it and paint. i bought this way back thinking this would be great to make my wild west version of the infamous family, the Whateleys. a few weeks ago i did however get my Silver Bayonet pirates built and put together but it didn't come with some headaches. i have to say the instructions to assemble the miniatures are not very clear. certain arms that go with one another are not clea...
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looking for time....

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  here as of late I really have not done any painting or even gaming for several weeks now. my work schedule drains me of any energy i have to do anything. it does suck and when i do have any time like on my days off i relax and don't do much. i have several projects lined up but i just don't have the inspiration or aspiration to get any of it done and completed for the game table. but when time comes around to play Dungeons and Dragons i find time and energy to create some fun adventures and continue our epic story. the party fights off a giant sewer alligator zombie, only to be saved by the one person they were sent out to find. gave the player characters some downtime before an adventure, and of course they get into a barroom brawl with some necromancer cultists. i am hoping when i go on vacation in a few weeks i will get some quality time in and get several things done and also go to Historicon 2025 this year. and maybe get in a game or two. i will have nine days to get stu...
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