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 so begins a great adventure.... when i bought the CMON Masters of the Universe board game i knew what i was getting myself into. but over time i didn't realize what kind of pile of shame i would have. so i thought instead of being overwhelmed with what i should paint first, i thought i'll paint what the original toy-line was back in the '80's starting with wave 1. wave 1 consists of He-Man, Man-at-Arms, Teela, Stratos, Battle Cat, Skeletor, Mer-Man, Beast Man, and Zodac.  i painted them like the original cartoon or close enough to it. Heroic Warriors He-Man is the alter ego of Prince Adam and also the twin brother of She-Ra. He-Man and his friends defend Eternia, the secrets of Castle Grayskull, and the entire universe from the evil forces of his archenemy Skeletor. Man-At-Arms is the primary title of Duncan. The role of a Man-at-Arms was to advise the ruling planetary monarch and the Royal Guard on military and police affairs. Teela is the Captain of the Royal Guard a

for the past weeks i had laid out my two sets of the temple from Tenfold Dungeon for my D&D group. while playing i took some random pics of gameplay. last night before our main group gaming session Rita and i had a solo session for her druid character. but with the temple laid out on the gaming table i had to improvise additional gaming area for her. so i took a piece of black fabric and draped it over the temple. and took whatever i had left over and created a small area of what would be a partial ruins of a desolate shrine. the main gaming area for the D&D group Breena searching for answers with the help of an evil entity. some more random pics from the past sessions i had saved my laptop. i apologize with the lighting being crappy because these were taken on the opposite side of the gaming table from where I usually take pics for the blog. some bandits run into creatures they do not know of. a cosmic entity reveals itself to a party of adventurers. the Black Pharaoh wages a

 recently the D&D group has begun a new adventure and i wanted to do many tie-ins with H.P. Lovecraft influence be it creatures/characters from his writings or just the theme of a cosmic horror threat to humanity. i came across some Pathfinder and Wizkds figures that are straight out of the writings of Lovecraft and couldn't be happier. even though these are prepainted figures i gave them a black wash, varnish coat, and a change of base so they would blend in with the rest of my collection. a solo adventure session for my friend Chris with his character Crinkleshorts, a gnome warlock,  discovering an abandoned idol in the desert Crinkleshorts is transported to a sanctum of knowledge and mystery. in addition to coming into contact with a few creatures that are not of this plane. not sure on how big these yithians were i bought quite a few but then once i got them i then realized how large they were. knowing Wizkids made these elder things i also bought a few but was kinda disapp