Friday, June 19, 2026

Armalion DSA Project 01:06 is up! 1980's era Ork-Marodeure Regiment from the Das Schwarze Auge Box Set.

A little bit about The Dark Age and then some pics of the work. 

From The Dark Age Wiki: 

The Dark Eye (GermanDas Schwarze Augelit.'The Black Eye') is a German tabletop role-playing game with a high fantasy theme created by Ulrich Kiesow and launched by Schmidt Spiel & Freizeit GmbH and Droemer Knaur Verlag in 1984. It is the most successful role-playing game on the German market, outselling Dungeons & Dragons and has the largest body of official publications for a single game world of any role-playing game.


There are more Ork Regiments to come shortly (or later, I'm not sure....)

I couldn't find my green shelf liner, or this one would've been even more professional-ish.



The vaunted Ork Leader


We wanted to capture an 80's look and feel for these.




This guy came out really well. Looks like an old German Ork Warboss!



Some of the rank and file:




Some random shots through the process:




The basing process is getting more and more elaborate!








That's it for now. I'll be up here in the cupola with the goblins. Until next time...

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Updates on the Warhammer IIC.... such as they are.

 Not making a lot of headway with this mech, but there is some advancement going on.

He's got some cleanup and washing done after these were taken.


Coming in at 100-tons, the Warhammer IIC Assault Mech is a significantly chonkier mech than the 75-ton Wolverine...




Project 04-26 is complete: A Cyclops named Monster Ballz!

 I give you... Monster Ballz the Cyclops! This model is another giant Giant. He came out very good. I'm getting better at the basing (or at least I have better materials!)














The microwave is now the curing station. I don't know why I didn't think of this a long time ago. It's warm and air tight for when you need the paint or varnish to cure! (Just do NOT turn it on!)


Until next time....








Sunday, May 10, 2026

This War of Mine: A- Timewaster. Not for the feint of Heart.

"In a modern war.... you will die like a dog for no good reason."

Ernest Hemmingway

This War of Mine is a brutal lesson in survival, very tough choices and hope in the face of hopelessness. This game is actually one of the most punishing games I've ever played. You only have to survive around 42 - 45 days in a Baltic like city besieged by modern war. Think Croatia or the Ukraine. You and maybe a few other survivors must learn to adapt to changing conditions along the front lines of a modern city and every day you are forced to make tough choices you'd rather not ever have to make.

But it is brutal. Give it a try - it's NOT for everyone.


Brutal.




But then, one group of your survivors makes it through to the ceasefire.





Timewaster grade: A- 


Go pick it up if you dare...

Bloodborne: Cainhurst Castle is discovered!

 I still haven't killed Rom the Vacuous, but have managed to find and open Cainhurst Castle, The Lecture Hall and Nightmare Frontier.





Sunday, April 26, 2026

*A Warhammer II C is finally on the table.

This was the state of modelling after I had almost already got most of him put together. The top half would not fit with the bottom half, so a LOT of the ball socket had to be cut away and the model put back together again. 

This is one of the hazards of working with old metal.


We're looking pretty sloppy at this stage. No washing or detailing yet though.

Saturday, April 25, 2026

****Bloodborne: Into Byrgenwerth College

 I haven't been playing much lately, but got back into The Nightmare this morning with the express mission to kill these two bosses and claim their bloody prizes today.

The Witch of Hemwick: 

Witch of Hemwick (ヘムウィックの魔女 Hemuuikku no majo lit. "Witch of Hemwick")



"'In the outskirts of Yharnam, the city of gravekeeper witches carved by the sunlight, Hemwick. In its depths, an old, gigantic structure and one Old lady lies in wait. Holding suspicious rituals in the deepest of the night, for that very purpose it is said that she gathers the eyeballs of the living. In the city where unwanted corpses would be gathered and disposed of, her outfit might just be befitting of one such place.


This creature, her mirror and her minions took two attempts. This one likes to suddenly appear next to you and cut out your eyes...




The Shadows of Yharnum:

Shadow of Yharnam (ヤーナムの影 Yānamu no kage lit. "Shadow of Yharnam")



Hard! Took 5 attempts. These guys have three different modes of attack and change characteristics 3 times during the fight. And when only 1 is left, that one gains summon: Giant snakes. And they're GIANT.




Into Byrgenwerth College we go, and we don't have far into this new Nightmare before we are jumped by our first Garden of Eyes. Ohh yes, this will be a whole new level of bad dreams. 

A Garden of Eyes

***The level is cleared and we stand on the top tower (The Lunarium) ready to plunge into the Moonside Lake and fight the level boss: Rom, The Vacuous. It is a giant spider that summons many more 'smaller' giant spiders into the lake... once defeated, the world will advance to a blood moon phase, and all things will be made different again.






The world is not advancing and Rom is still in the lake. I may be defeated!



Until next time, fellow Hunters.