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If your a fan of comics, you might want to know that Free comic book day is on the 4th May 2013. It's a regular drive to promote reading for kids to encourage them to read more. Comics are a great medium, and are a bit less daunting than a full book that maybe could… Continue reading Get ready for Free Comic Book Day: May 4th 2013
So, as ever I have been involved in this years World Book night (April 23rd) and my choice this year as a giver, is a collected 2000AD book about the evil deadworld Judges, Death, Fire, Fear and Mortis. This classic collection is what I remember as a kid, eagerly getting my copy of 2000AD every… Continue reading World Book Night 2013 Giveaway: The Dark Judges
I don't get as much time as I would like to watch movies, and this one is one I've been wanting to see for ages, given that it's comic book heritage is straight out of the pages of 2000AD. Yes, I finally got to see the latest movie based on the iconic, Judge Dredd!! Right… Continue reading Grinning Skull at the Movies: Dredd
I decided to follow the idea's over on TMP, here and here , and on the blog: Welcome to lazarus with the creation of horde bases using HO scale model railway civilian figures. Armed with the idea, I went off on my travels to find some on line. I managed to bag a set of 100 direct… Continue reading 15mm Zombies: The HOrdes. HO scale infected!
For those of you who like a little eastern take on your miniature wargaming, Kensei Miniatures have launched an Indiegogo campaign to get loads of great creatures into lead. I saw a few of the greens a while ago and was quite impressed with them, so it's nice to see them finally going down the… Continue reading Kensei Oriental Fantasy Creatures on Indiegogo.
A trip to the local poundland/99p stores turned up this great little pack of "not" micromachine type cars, and as I'm busy putting stuff away ready for when Pendraken's 10mm zombie range comes out, these are going to be a great addition to modern city stuff for my board. As you can see from the… Continue reading Tales from the Poundshop: “Not” Micromachines as 10mm Cop cars!
If your old like me, you'll probably remember the game " Fantasy Warriors" by Grenadier from wayback. It had loads of plastic figures with it of dwarves and orcs, and was ok-ish as I remember (not really my thing, I have to say) Well, over on Indiegogo, the current owners of the old grenadier stuff… Continue reading Fantasy Warriors: Dawn of New Heroes, Indiegogo campaign launched!
I received news about this KS today, so I reckon I should let you guys know about the Oathsworn Dwarves KS that started today. Now I have never been a fan of fantasy dwarves really, although there have been quite a lot of nice looking figures over the years, they never interested me very much… Continue reading Oathsworn Miniatures- Kickstarting Dwarf campaign starts today!
Again, looking through kickstarter does throw up some god awful funding campaigns, lets face it for every one or two good ones, there's going to be many real stinkers. So with that in mind, I've selected a few that my money is on to really fail. Don't get me wrong, it's not a great feeling… Continue reading Doomed to fail: Kickstarters that’ll kick the bucket
Now, fans of the 15mm scifi genre should be all over this, it's been mentioned before on the web, and now finally The Ghosts of Hefei KS is live. Yes, I have backed this one, just for the 15mm miniatures mind you, I'm not sure I need another ruleset, but it's early days and I… Continue reading Ghosts of Hefei: 15mm and 28mm Sci-fi Rules & Miniatures Kickstarter Live
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