Thinking Outside the Box

I knew it had been quite some time since I posted anything here, but I didn’t realize it was pre-covid! I have been hobbying over the years, apparently just not posting about it. Perhaps I’ll remedy that and start posting regularly again. I’ve got quite the backlog I can discuss if not new things. Just this week I built and primed 40 new Supremes for Pulp City . These are all characters by Kitbash Games , from their season 1 Supers Unlimited Kickstarter that they ran back in 2019. It's been a long time since I got Pulp City on the table, gaming or hobby. I do have several original figures painted, and was just going to set up a few to refresh myself on the rules. However, it appears that all the cards for my figures (not to mention all my unbuilt/unpainted models are in an unlabelled box in one of the closets somewhere. So since I knew where this box of minis were, I made a little project of it. It took me two evenings to clean up and glue the figures together. The casts were ove...

Back in April a bunch of stuff arrived thanks to various Kickstarters being delivered. One of these deliveries was the massive Hellboy Boardgame  by Mantic Games . The box was massive, exceeding even my expectations with respect to the amount of stuff contained within. Once I cracked it open and set up the introductory scenario I decided I wanted some colour on the board. After rummaging through the copious amount of Heroclix that I've amassed over the years I surfaced with the Hellboy set. A few hours later I ended up with these. Johann Kraus, Rasputin, Hellbaby & Ben Daimio Lobster Johnson & Roger the Homunculus Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman and Hellboy "Hey, what's Rasputin doing hiding in the BPRD staff photo? Get him!" Rebasing and retouching works wonders on most Heroclix minis. A few of these only got a sepia wash applied and were called finished. I redid the skin on the humans, highlighted a few spots and added some flame markers from my bo...

Lately I finished a lot of models. Some of them were started and finished over a few days, but this batch has been languishing for anywhere from 6 months to 2 years in some state between primed and partially finished. As usual it's more comic-themed stuff from me. First up are some of the classic metal  SuperFigs . I know they're rather dated now compared to some of the new stuff coming out, but I still love this line and pick them up whenever I find a few I don't have somewhere. If memory serves, Artemis is a hero with GUARD and the other two characters are villains. (At one point I had created an arrow for her bow, but it got lost in one of the two moves I made in 2017.) Steel Razor reminded me of  Vera the cyborg from Superman III  and got some glossy white armour. The paint job on Serpent is not my most inspired, but it's serviceable. Artemis, Steel Razor, Serpent The next few are from Reaper Miniatures . The Black Mist is from the first Bones Kickstarte...

In December of last year I added a new range of models to my collection: Bot War . They're produced by Trader's Galaxy , an independent company in Australia. Most of the models I own are now discontinued samples, but the current range of figures is really worth looking at if you like the idea of robots battling it out over limited energy supplies. Enough rambling, here are my first painted bots!   Electroshock - Tyrant class Deceiver   Red Dot - air warrior   Wind - air warrior   Rain - air warrior Electroshock, Hail and Wind character cards are available in the 1st edition card download, but Red Dot is a custom character I designed. The game designer provided me with feedback to ensure that he's balanced within the 2nd Edition rules. If you want to try him out his rules are below. Together with the other three they make up a complete 60 point force. Red Dot 11 points Energy 2 SR 3, M 8, RA 3, CA 2, SH 3, D 6 Air Supp...

I don't remember the last time I posted, but I'm sure it's been ages. I'll keep this update brief, but chock-full of info. In March I graduated with honours from the 3D Modeling, Animation, Art & Design program at the Visual College of Art & Design. So naturally I'm looking for full time or freelance work in that field. You can find my demo reel here. I also together a very talented team of people and for the past 9+ months I've been working on launching a miniature line based on Charlie McElvy's super-cool WatchGuard  characters. The first wave of our miniatures debuted at the 2019 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo. You can find the launch wave bundle on my online shop here. When time permits I still do some painting and occasional gaming. I'm currently working on some super-fun nostalgic robot minis from Traders Galaxy's BOT WAR game. Use your Google-fu and I'm sure you'll find it just fine.

I built TONS of models during August and September, and even applied some paint to a few figures. Most of them are Heroclix repaints / rebases, but there are a few actual paint jobs in the lot. First up is a little-known board game that I picked up on discount years ago. Herocard: Champion of New Olympia . It came with two figures, and the other two were single character expansions. The figures were a sticky plastic with low detail, but I rebased them and repainted them anyway. The game is actually pretty fun. To'a King, Ferrion, Deva, Talon Next up, for some reason I got on a roll doing Fantastic Four stuff. I'm not a huge fan of the team, but I had a great Thing figure built and primed from Knight Models , so I decided that he needed his pals. The other three figures are just rebased & touched up Heroclix from the "Fantastic Forces" set. Invisible Woman, Mr. Fantastic, The Thing, Human Torch I've always been a sucker for She-Hulk, so when I fo...