I started work on the Balrog last week, and it's going slowly. I figured I would throw up some WIP pics just to tell the complete story. The naked Balrog can be seen here in all its gappy glory! Well, actually, all te putty is in place already, so you can't actually see the gaps. But seriously, I can't believe how big the gaps are in this thing.

Next week should see this thing painted... After that I have some colourful Bretonnian knoght ready to go!

I figured it was time for another desk shot, so here it is. It's been moved almost 1500km, and after being disassembled, packed, unpacked, and re-assembled, it's ready again!

The title is terribly lame, but what can you do? It's been a long few months for me, but I'm finally back! After years of taking updating the site once a week at least, it's been a couple of months. I put paint to metal again for the first time in months this past week, and managed to finish a single figure! I had started this one ring wraith - as well as a few more - before I had packed up my painting desk, but could only bring myself to finish this one; the black and brown monochrome was just too drab for me to get enthusiastic about. In any case, check out in the Mordor Army Gallery.

My painting skills are rusty to say the least, and the habit of sitting down to paint is all but gone. That being said, I've been pining to get back to painting for the entire past few months. Not sure what I'll paint up next, but I'm sure it will be bright! When will the next update be? It might not be next week; I have a lot of other things to get done aside from painting in the evenings these days... but I will update regularly! Until next time.

It's that time of year again! Actually, it was that time of year about a month and a half ago, but I've just been too busy to get this done! Anyway, it's finally done... I've updated my painted and unpainted sections finally for the end of the year. It's been a pretty up and down year. My painting numbers were up early in the year, and down later in the year. Same goes for my unpainted miniatures. Over all, I'm pretty happy with the outcome though!

This year I have no real resolutions. I generally want to reduce my unpainted pile, whether by painting or selling/donating my unpainted figs. I might very well buy more in the future as well, since I have some more projects that I want to expand. Also, I'm in a new area so I might have to paint/play games that the locals are already into as well... I imagine that means Warhammer for 28s - not a great prospect - and DBA for 15s, which is cool. We'll see.

In the near future I hope to finish some Kings of War Historical battle reports and some details on my packing and moving! There's still no painting to be done or displayed at this point... perhaps a couple more months! Stay tuned.

It's been a long week... I meant to get this update out Monday, but I just haven't had the time. But for this week, it's back to the east! And back to Lord of the Rings figs. I'm not sure why I've pulled these figs out, but I have a feeling it was a mix of the cave troll and the new Hobbit Movie trailer... that one should be good... but let's get back to the moment. I pulled out a handful of plastic Easterlings and painted them up, check them out in the Rhun Gallery.

Honestly, I haven't painted in over a week... that is pretty crazy for me. I have some figs on the go, but I'm not sure how long they'll take. Also, I have a problem with my paints and figures... I've been packing up and moving, and that's opened up a lot of insanity with moving figures and paints. Packing figs is pretty easy for the most part, but packing multi-base units like my Kings of War figs is a real challenge... My plan is to chronicle the process a bit just in case anyone else might find the process insightful! Also, if anyone has any suggestions, don't hestitate to contact me and let me know ;) Until next time...

I've been sitting on these for just over two years now. I had planned to use them along with The Teenage Visigoth for some Russian Civil War action... his reds vs. my anarchists. But we never got around to it... Anyway, I finally got around to painting them, and they were fun to paint and a lot easier than I expected. Check them out in their new Russian Civil War Anarchists Gallery.

I'm currently painting up some Lord of the Rings Easterlings. I'm also going to try to get my medieval Kings of War Historical supplement done, a battle report, and finally, a year end report! I haven't updated my painted/unpainted sections for a while... until next time...

It's back to the undead again. I took the time to paint up more of those Mantic zombies that I started back in November. This month has flown by for me, and I haven't had a lot of time to update this site... appologies for that. However, the zombies are looking good I think, check them out in the Undead Army Gallery.

In regards to erratic updates, in all honesty it looks like things will get even more spotty in the next few months... Expect erratic updates for probably the next three or four months while things get settled again... Sometimes other things just make it hard to constantly update, what can you do eh?

Also, painting more undead reminds me of the time when I said I was done back in Feb 2011. I got and email from Tim in Saskatoon asking if I was truly done, or if I'd be back to it sooner than later? Of course it will never really be done... But it's still fun to 'complete' a project sometimes... even if it's only and interrim completion! Next up, some Russian Civil War anarchists!

This bloody cave troll has been sitting on my painting desk since at least 2009... Don't believe me? Play a quick game of "Where's Waldo Cavetroll" in this picture of my painting desk. Hint: it's all black! Anyway, I finally decided to get it done! Check it out in the Moria goblin gallery.

It's been a slow time for me lately... a lot of life stuff keeping me busy. I know, I know, you've heard that excuse before! But honestly, going forward it looks like things won't really be changing... I have some stuff on the go though, so I should at least update with pictures of painted figs. I have a battle report in the works, as well as my medieval supplement for Kings of War, so stay tuned for those as well!

Some more of those Mantic dwarves that have been filling up my painting desk for the past year. Well, technically they're in the drawer, but it's certainly full of Mantic plastic figures. So, I finished off a troop unit of Mantic dwarf Ironwatch. I armed them all with rifles (or whatever they are), because why waste time training up crossbowmen when you can have black powder weapons? I only wish they could shoot a bit better... Still, they should add punch to my melee forces! Check them out in the Mountain Dwarf Gallery.

Next up are likely some zombies, although I'm sorely tempted to get into that high elf project... The idea is to use Lord of the Rings elves to make a Kings of War army, but finding Lord of the Rings High-elf spearmen is a challenge at the moment... so far I have a whopping six... Anyone have a batch that they'd be willing to sell or trade for? Until next time.

A few Viking Berzerkers just rolled out to fill out the berzerker option for the Kings of War Historical Viking list. These guys basically play like dwarf throwing mastifs, which works perfectly in my book. They were made using Wargames Factory and Gripping beast figs similar to my previous set of berzerks. Check them out in the Swedish Viking Gallery. This is the last of the vikings for now... Of course, I have plans to double the army, so I'm sure I'll be back to them soon.

I was planning on doing some dwarfs next, but I have a handful of Andalusians sitting around that I might do first. Build them out into a real unit perhaps... Who knows though, the dwarfs are built, I have elves on the painting table too, so tune in next time for whatever happens to come together!