Archive for the ‘Miniatures’ Category

Counting the Cost of War(games) – Jan-Mar ’13

Posted on April 1^st 2013 at 12:01am in Books, Dinosaurs, Doctor Who, Magazines, Miniatures, RPGs.

2 DZ Miniatures dinosaurs (Tarbosaurus and Megalosaurus), via eBay @ £37.98

Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space RPG (Core Set and Aliens and Monsters), via eBay @ £16.55

2 4D Master Dragon plastic models (Wizard Dragon and Mystery Dragon), via The Works, @ £9.98

Battlestar Galactica model kit, via ModelZone @ £19.99

Pot of Games Workshop Liquid Greenstuff @ £2.00

Pot of Army Painter Quickshade dip, via Heroes & Legends @ £20.00

WFRP Death’s Dark Shadow, via Black Lion Games in Edinburgh, @ £17.00

Wargames Soldiers & Strategy #64, @ £4.20

Wargames Illustrated #305, @ £4.50

Miniature Wargames #358, @ £4.25

Total: £136.45

Tags: ctcowg13, ebay, wfrp

Counting the Cost of War(games) – Grand Total 2012

Posted on January 1^st 2013 at 12:01am in Games, Miniatures, My Life.

Well, I didn’t spend anything in December, so the

January	£35.49
February	£41.93
March	£20.45
April	£165
May	£11.80
June	£145.81
July	£3.00
August	£82.16
September	£46.47
October	£16.99
November	£87.56
Total:	£656.66

If only I’d spent an extra tenner…

Looks like Kickstarter has seduced me into spending more money than usual. The last year I spent this much was pre-mortgage, pre-recession 2005. The fact that so far I haven’t seen any of the kickstarted miniatures (but the Sedition Wars sets should ship next week) is a slight cause for concern.

Looking forward to 2013, I think the main goal has to be to actually paint some of the little blighters.

Tags: ctcowg12, kickstarter

Counting the Cost of War(games) – November ’12

Posted on December 1^st 2012 at 12:01am in Games, Magazines, Miniatures.

Mantic’s Dwarf King’s Hold Dead Rising game, via the new Heroes and Legends Games shop in Croydon, @ £28.00

Wargames Illustrated #302, @ £4.50

Loud Ninja Games Space Raptors on Kickstarter, @ $80.00 (£55.06)

Total: £87.56

Tags: ctcowg12, kickstarter

Dinosaur Miniatures News

Posted on November 7^th 2012 at 11:22pm in Dinosaurs, Miniatures.

It’s been nearly two years since the last round up. I’ve just updated every one of my listing pages with new figures. What’s been happening?

Not a huge amount in 28mm. Acheson Creations have put out a few more Primaeval Designs figures but seem to be making very slow progress on the backlog of greens that have been shown on Facebook. The same goes for their 15mm range. Range sculptor Richard Deasey announced a new endeavour called Project Genesis but things have been quite on that front as well.

In 15mm, Khurasan Miniatures have added a few new figures. They’re currently offline due to Superstorm Sandy, here’s hoping they get back up and running soon. Splintered Light have reorganised their web site and released the raptors and sabre tooth tigers mentioned last time.

Magister Militum have expanded their 10mm range with many new dinosurs, some walking posed pterosaurs and a pack of cavemen. This is now a very extensive range.

The 3D print-on-demand service Shapeways has a few dinosaur related stores: David Krentz sells products in 1/72 and 1/44 scales, whilst 3D Creatures produces a range of hadrosaurs in 1/40, 1/50 and 1/75 scales. RareBreed have a number of sculpts in a number of scales, but nothing very close to the common gaming scales.

Finally, what’s better than dinosaurs? Dinosaurs in Space! Loud Ninja Games are in the final stages of a Kickstarter campaign to fund a range of 15mm science fiction high-tech dinosaur aliens. What’s more, they will also now be available in 28mm! There’s just under 48 hours left as I type, so get in quick if you want to support this interesting range.