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Creators Create

28 December 0201327 December 02013

My new Facebook Friend, Justin Whitaker supplies this image, which is very timely as I prepare to launch my own new, creative venture: Thanks also

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2013 in Review, Planning for 2014

27 December 02013

2013 was a very interesting year, in the best and worst senses… Most, if not all, of the groundwork and effort that I put into

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Fantasy Battle 29.08.02013

3 September 020133 September 02013

The Empire succeeded in holding the pass against the forces of Chaos Dwarves and Hobgoblins! The forces of darkness: The Knights of the Blazing Sun

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battle report, Chaos Dwarves, Empire, Gobbos, Wood ElvesLeave a Comment on Fantasy Battle 29.08.02013
Books

The Book of War

23 August 02013

Over the past couple of weeks I have been reading, here and there, The Book of War by John Keegan. This is an anthology of

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history, John Keegan, warLeave a Comment on The Book of War
Warhammer 40k

Practicing Painting Skin

19 August 02013

For years I just did the bare minimum to create flesh-tones on my little models and in my latest batch of figures I have decided

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faces, painting, Reaper, skin, Statuesque, techniquesLeave a Comment on Practicing Painting Skin
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Apocalypse!

17 August 02013

Today we played our first Warhammer 40k Apocalypse game with the 6th Edition BRB and the newly revised Apocalypse rule book. There were two teams

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Chaos, Dark Eldar, Eldar, Grey Knights, Imperial Guard, TauLeave a Comment on Apocalypse!
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Recent Painting Projects

15 August 0201317 August 02013

Last week I finished painting my Tallarn Imperial Guard army. Let that sink in for a moment… an army that I have been working on

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armor, Pulp Figures, Statuesqe Miniatures, TallarnLeave a Comment on Recent Painting Projects
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A Reading List on Where We Went Wrong

16 January 0201317 August 02013

An unfinished blog post with a list of books worth reading: Shane Atwell’s Blog: In Search of Where We Went Wrong The battle lines between

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Kant, Locke, Shane AtwellLeave a Comment on A Reading List on Where We Went Wrong

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Dungeon Ecology

Hobby Progress 2022

Models Painted:
Final for 2021: 200+

YTD for 2022: 20
WIP on the workbench (Feb '22): 2,448 15mm ACW minis

Writing projects:

World of Weirth Swords 'n' Sorcery FRP - WIP

Megadungeon Zine - WIP

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