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[TMP] ""Double Double"" Topic. This topic over on TMP makes me wonder why so much distain is aimed at the lowly LARPer, sure it's a strange hobby, and it's quite hard for people to understand what the hell is it all about and such like. But this is coming from a site that promotes miniature… Continue reading Hey people, share a bit of love for the LARP crowd…
Although the title of this post, does sound a bit like some kind of medical condition, I can assure you even so my Oggams have been growing, I'm not in any pain!! Seriously though (Well, not too serious...) I just wanted to show you my warbands being prepared for some WAR PIGS playtesting, I still… Continue reading Grinning Skull Miniatures: My growing Oggam warhosts…
I just wanted to reblog the latest news from AA and 15mm.co.uk, a great bit of welcome news for us 15mm gamers especially, with a relaunch of their Ion Age universe. Anyway, I'll let the them explain in their own words rather than me have a go and possibly cocking it up! Today is a… Continue reading Ion Age reborn! Great news from Alternative Armies and 15mm.co.uk!
Since I have a bit of quiet relaxing time to myself tonight, chilling on my hols, I have been musing again over various stuff.This one has been bugging me for ages. No doubt it's a bane of contention for other 15mm wargamers the world over.Why hasn't GW jumped on this bandwagon, since 15mm scifi is… Continue reading Hey GW, Why no 15mm Warhammer 40K?
If you remember a little while ago, I mentioned the Tabletop townspaper models KS on here. I must say that in my previous post, I did actually make a blooper about the price of the set (I said £20 a set, rather than the real price of £10 for the set of 6) Well, anyway,… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Tabletop Towns Castle Kickstarter
Everyone needs a cool place to hang out, and this could be yours. I of course refer to the Rule 32 cafe, a campaign to open the hottest geek chic hang out spot in Worcester! Ok, so they have a fair way to go with their funding, but its a sound idea that could be… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Rule32Cafe Indiegogo campaign.
Totally bizarre news here, it would seem that some scientists would like us to believe that humans are the result of a wild pig breeding with a chimpanzee at some point of our history. Even so this might sound a little far fetched, it would explain why cannibal tribes describe human flesh as long pig… Continue reading Weird Science: Chimp + Pig = Human?
Well, its been a year since I launched this site, so officially its our birthday here at the Grinning Skull, and the oggam too!! It's been an interesting time, I've learnt plenty of new skills in this past year, and I've had a blast with the blog (Which has learnt me to focus and concentrate… Continue reading Happy Birthday Grinning Skull! A year old Today!!
Following on from the last post, in this part, I'm going to show you how to create a really easy, companion set of ruins using a few waste materials that one might have on hand. From this: To this: Lets get started. The foundation of this model is balsa wood, taken from a horse wooden… Continue reading Terrain Workshop: Ruined Houses (part 2)
So I thought I'd share some stuff what I've been up to for my 15mm gaming, if you've read my other articles previous, then you'll know I have plans for a totally ruined board for post apoc, zombie, and modern gaming purposes, and since I was in scratch building mood I'll try and talk you… Continue reading Terrain Workshop: Ruined houses (part 1)
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