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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?
Whilst taking some time, relaxing on my holiday, I just want to draw your attention to this great cthulhu-esque beastie from Pure Evil miniatures over on Kickstarter. It's a lovely gribbly monster that would be at home in many settings, and indeed many scales. A real bonus to the KS is the accompanying cultist figures… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: QU-SH-UG Pure Evil Miniatures Kickstarter
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
Just want to let you guys know about a cool little facebook comp from Rovanite (From over on the Board of the living lead forum), the very kind chap from Grekwood Miniatures, who's running a lucky sweepstake to win one of the above miniatures (or 3 if you were to win and choose C, the… Continue reading Grekwood Miniatures Facebook Giveaway Comp!!
The time has come for me to start to think about some more additions to the Oggam, mainly for ideas pertaining to more Empire of Og troops. Sure, I know that there are plenty of light infantry troopers, but with quite a few people asking about how suitable the oggam would be for Duke Nukem… Continue reading Miniature Design: Thoughts on the Oggam Militia
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)
Ok, not so long back I told you about the freebies you can get from artificial grass suppliers in the way of samples, and I promised you that I'd make something with mine, to help inspire you out there with what kind of thing you can do with them when they arrive. Before I start,… Continue reading Terrain Workshop: Artificial Grass field terrain.
Darwin Games new KS is now live, and I for one really dig these great looking mini's. Sculpted by industry veteran Bob Olley, they are highly original and fun. Note to self: add some of these figures to my wish list. I did have a look at these before and thought they were fabulous figures,… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Dawn: Rise of the Occulites Kickstarter
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