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to start off our clash three, Rita and i decided to try some heavy smashing with our Princes so we picked the Duel of the Tyrants scenario. a very multi-tier landscape with our Princes right next to each other. the only way to kill the Princes is using the catapults on the sides. first battle seems easy enough to pull a win... set-up of the battleground. Char made his presence known... the Bul'Gar tribe cautiously approaches the plateau. tried to lure the Um'Tall's towards the awaiting Bul'Gar tribe, Rita didn't take the bait. she held her own. Char made a bloody path towards anything that breathed. even the Princes could only be killed by the catapults, that didn't mean others could live. by some sneaky and cheesy maneuvers, Rita was able to take down Char and a few of my tribesmen. also was lucky to down my Prince, and stand tall victorious. i did tell her at the end i held back a lot . i really wanted her to win a battle. second battle for our second battle w...

many months ago i bought some WizKids Dungeons and Dragons miniatures for Rita, her boys and myself when we would play some fantasy role-playing games. i wanted to get a decent amount of miniatures for game play ranging from spellcasters to melee characters. besides role-playing games i mainly will use these for the Fistful of Lead:Fantasy game. these are great for a huge variety of characters to use in FFoL:Fantasy instead of the usual one race groups like all humans or dwarves. and also with D&D having different race/class combinations it's kind of unusual seeing a elf warlock or a gnome druid on the tabletop along side the more usual dwarf paladins and human wizards, and i think that's what using these miniatures would make the game even better. and of course as i was painting these i started to name them and almost gave them back stories. Odin Hornsby Human Paladin, a natural born leader and follower of the Light. Karandris Whitewood Elf Wizard, an elf who took a differ...

 still painting the back log of miniatures i was fortunately able to get in on. this time around in i got several monsters and few vehicles completed. i painted these several weeks ago but never got around to post pics on the blog. was very pleased to get several Ral Partha miniatures in the past and still amazes me to this day on how great Ral Partha miniatures are. the Jabberwocky miniature might be one of the few monster figures i have i actually had fun painting. love the old classic miniatures that are either one piece or 2 pieces. makes everything simple when time comes to assembling and paint. ever since i got into pulp tabletop wargaming and extending my collection with mummies and Egyptian themed miniatures, i always wanted a scorpion king. luckily i found one within Reaper Miniatures catalog. and to round out the bunch, finally got these WWII German motorcycles finished. i dragged my feet on these for a month or so, but got them done. will add these to my German pulp fig...

 late summer last year i was able to acquire a Games Workshop Mighty Fortress. i was reluctant on taking the fortress at first, but i was talked into it. only now i took the time to actually put it together and be amazed by all of it's glory. had to look up online to see when this set came out. and it surprises even though for it's age and material it is in pretty good condition. came out in 1988, i feel like a collector for owning such a classic piece of GW. made out of foam, after all these years it is great shape. complete with accessories such as doors, gates and even ladders. all layout, its under three feet long and just about 1.5ft wide. i didn't paint it or anything. i left it as is because i don't want to damage and ruin the fortress. "this stronghold will fall tonight, surrender to us or die!" "milady, the ravenous horde is here!" "i summon the great lord of the winds, cast down with your might!" "break down that door, Roshak...

 been cracking at painting my fantasy miniatures lately and dug out my orc warbands and had a little confrontation with two of my favorite warbands that i've done. using Fistful of Lead rules this was surprisingly brutal. the Dragonclaw clan is about to fall prey to the Fel Orcs in an ambush in the barren wasteland of the Thousand Needles. the trap is set... orcish archers place themselves up on the high ground, overlooking what could be the kill zone. the Dragonclaw clan is hesitates forward, and the trap is sprung.. an orc with a spear and shield takes on arrows but becomes shaken and tries to hide it. even though shaken, the Dragonclaw orc charges in, but is taken out as a result of incredible dice rolling, depends on how you look at it. an Fel orc charges towards the leader of the Dragonclaw clan but it struck by a magical bolt of fire. the Dragonclaw orc boss commands someone to attack. an orc charges in and is overcome but survives. the warboss of the Fel orcs raises his arm ...