Tagged: painting
Return Of The Hobby Night!
Tim, Wild Thing, Greenfire Brian, and I got together for our first hobby night in a while. This was our first step towards greatly increasing our game and hobby time this summer. Tim worked on painting some WWII soviet troops. There are minis from multiple manufacturers, including Black Tree Designs, and Gaddis Games. Wild Thing ... Read more
Painting the Wreck Age Church of Fun Set
Greetings once more hobbyists and miniature adventurers! Sorry for the bout of blog inactivity; we need to more frequently churn out the ramblings and woo the masses with photos of our wonderful geeky explorations! One thing I truly love about this hobby, is that it lets me make progress way in to the late night ... Read more
Midwest Miniatures Expo Recap
It was time for a club road trip, out in to the mysterious back alleys of Detroit, for The Midwest Miniatures Expo! MMX is a fledgling event, gathering some Michigan area hobby enthusiasts to join in a fun weekend of miniatures gaming. CSW volunteered to run a pretty wide variety of games with our jack-of-all-trades ... Read more
Hobby Night- Bushido Edition
Tim and I got together for a quiet hobby night. Coincidentally, we both worked on Bushido miniatures… I finished assembling and basing these Oni demons for my Savage Wave faction. The bases are green stuff pressed into a stone pattern, and I added some additional random debris, including bricks, broken wood bits, and even some ... Read more
TUTORIAL: The Great Green Elrik’s Hobbies Marble Adventure
Greetings oh ye painters of tiny things! I’ve a fun project, nay, adventure, for those daring enough to deal with messy wet paints and those with patience to let layers dry! Indeed, a fun way of emulating marble that anybody can do with but a few simple strokes of a brush. It’s also a great ... Read more
Adventures in Mini-ing: Painting The Tenth Dragon
As a fun way to end 2017, I entered in to a local painting competition. In this brief article, I’ll offer some insight as to my creative process for this particular piece. It was a bit of a rush as I entered with around 10 days until the submission deadline! But I’m also of the ... Read more
Impulsive Imaginings – Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Islands Step-by-Step!
I will admit, I dig the Frostgrave. Sure, it’s random as heck, there can be a campaign imbalance that develops…but the rules are simple, make sense, and it’s fun because crazy stuff happens. Most of all, however, I love the setting. There’s some about it’s generic simplicity that pulls on the familiarity complex of my ... Read more
Event Recap- Dragon-Fall 2017
This past weekend, I attended Dragon-Fall in St. Charles. I was there with Matt Sears from Hyacinth games, running Wreck-Age demos. We arrived mid afternoon on Friday, and checked into the scenic Pheasant Run resort. There was a 40k tournament going on in the main room, and an Age of Sigmar tournament and some hobby ... Read more
Cancer Benefit for Brian Stuchell- This Saturday!!
Hi everyone! We hope to see you at Greenfire Games, 4811 W, 95th Street in Oak Lawn, IL this Saturday! This post serves as the final official schedule and event details. At the end, there will be a list of our previous coverage, including links to all the raffle prize previews. Our friend Brian, one ... Read more
Goin’ Rogueando. (An adventure with Rogue Stars!)
“So, what’s your favorite sci-fi series?” A common question, I would presume, in this hobby. We probably see and hear a lot of this Star Wars mumbo jumbo being dropped all around us, but how far it extends in to the “science” part is rather questionable. What about the good ol’ Trek? Eh, well, it’s ... Read more