Mini Dungeon figures...

So I finally finished off making Jim Bowen's papercraft figures for my copy of "Mini Dungeon Adventures".... They were a bit fiddley as they are so tiny - but I'm happy with how they turned out in the end:

Skeletons

Heroes

Lich King with Fire Demon Guards

Zombies

Trolls

 Reaninated Patchwork Monsters

Minions and Guards

Ready for storage.....

You can download everything you need to make your own dungeon and fill it full of monsters here:

http://flipitpapercombat.com/downloads/minidungeonrulesfourthrevision.pdf

Over on BGG - Solitaire Print and Play Contest results....

I've been following this years contest very closely... and the voting results are in!!
Check them out and download yourself some award winning free games!

http://boardgamegeek.com/article/9987637#9987637

Edale. Camping barn.

Romany wins again!!

We had a great weekend camping in a barn at Edale.

5 adults  + 5 kids +1 big dog = good fun, but not much sleep!!

http://www.upperboothcamping.co.uk/bookings.aspx

Some Industrial Inspiration...

We had a family day-trip to "MAGNA" over at Rotherham. It's a huge old Steelworks that has been made into a modern museum of science and industry. It is very dark inside. There is fire and very loud noise. The kids were initially terrified, then excited with an underlying feeling of unease. They did enjoy it in the end... but were very relieved to get outside and onto the adventure playground and water park. A great day out.

http://www.visitmagna.co.uk/

Solitaire Print and Play contest...

Over at the Boardgamegeek, all the submissions are in for the 2012 Solitaire print and play contest.... there are 49 entries!! - And some really good ones too!!... you can check them out and download them all for free at:

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/798184/2012-solitaire-print-and-play-contest/page/1

Details for voting will be up soon. The voting deadline is 3rd September...

2012 Print and play boardgame contest....

I've just been checking things out over at the Boardgame Geek thread for the 2012 Solitaire Print and Play contest, and there are some very interesting things afoot!! - At the time of writting this, there are already 2 games completed and ready to download and play, and 32 others that have all their components downloadable (these are playable - but work in progress...so you can check them out and leave feedback for the designers!). The deadline for entries is Sept 3rd 2012. (So plenty of time to get involved - either designing or playtesting)...

"Shadow Agent" - one of the two completed games

The thread is quite long, but all the downloadable games stuff is easy to find on the first page.
http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/798184/2012-solitaire-print-and-play-contest/page/1

There was a great interview with Chris Hansen (the evil mastermind behind the contest) recently on the 1player podcast - you can check it out here: http://fractaloon.podbean.com/2012/04/09/1-player-podcast-episode-16-raider-16-atlantis/

"The Siege at Dalnish" - the other completed game

15mm Desert Army.... work in progress...

I've finally started work on my next 15mm army. I'm going for a human desert force this time. The little guys are "Sahadeen" warriors from Rebelminis. I've got a couple of light armoured walkers from Khurasan miniatures. Some spider bots, small wheeled bots and a V.T.O.L. gunship and troop carrier from Ground Zero Games, a bunch of vehicles from Old Crow Models... and a couple of chunky dune buggy vehicles which were £1 each from Matchbox! (Not sure how these will be used on the GRUNTZ battlefield - but they look cool!!)

 

As always - I undercoat everything with thinned down Humbrol matt black enamel.

This is my first attempt at painting camouflage - so I tried it out first on the cheapo Matchbox vehicles in case it was a disaster.... but seems to be turning out ok...??

 

The "Sahadeen" guys - skin and hair done. I've swapped a few of the heads with some extra heads I got from GZG for a bit of variation.

 

Old crow vehicles and GZG bots ready for undercoat... The objective marker is also from Old Crow (a Commcen turret on a turret base).

 

VTOL from GZG ready for undercoat.

Sorry Mrs.G I've taken over half the kitchen!!

 

Starting on the camo on the GZG spider bots..

A bit of a rough photo of the dune buggy thing. I spotted these for £1 in the toy aisle in ASDA - I really like the shape and the giant external suspension spring things - thought they would lend themselves nicely to a desert sci-fi army...