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My Giant Ego
Hello completed-project-town. It's been too long!Hill giants, or possibly ogres. I was never too sure of the difference. They are mostly Tim Mee cavemen, mostly with headswaps from some Warhammer...
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Bugbearable puns
I know these puns bug you, but just bear with me.Here is a small troupe of bugbears. These are various D&D minis and game pieces, modified in various ways. The one mod not mentioned in the linked...
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Big Tree and the Big D
See, I told you I'd pick up the blogging pace. Two posts in one month; it's an Easter-liturgical-season miracle! I've a couple new minis to share, plus some fellow mini bloggers I'd like to spotlight...
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Heartbreaker Next, plus blog blogging
I've gotten into D&D 5th Edition lately, aka "D&D Next," and since I find it hard to encounter a new system without messing with it, I've been doing a lot of homebrewing. So today's...
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Using "Magic Water"
Hey all, before we begin, I thought I'd officially announce something a few of you have already noticed: I've spun off Heartbreaker to its own blog. Now I've got a place all on its own to share my...
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Guards and Bandits and Bondic
No I'm not dead, real life vs. hobby time, etc. Let's move on: I finally got a chance to take some pics of my next project, these bandits and guards.The bandits are a mix of Hat's reissued Airfix...
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New Alliance minis!
We've been awaiting these sets for a while, but Redbox just recently put up previews of many of their new sets. Check out the new "Modern Amazons" and "Cimmerians."The "Modern" part seems to simply...
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More News! (Alliance trolls, Caesar orcs, mystery Strelets)
Here are a few quick news items to complement my last news post. First, Alliance released previews of their first troll set.This earlier preview shows that these will be large enough for scales larger...
View ArticleNew Year review
Hail, loyal readers! Since 2016 was a bit slack on the new CFM content, and since New Year's is a good time to consider the past and look forward to the future, I thought you all might appreciate...
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Alliance Trolls comparison
Slowly getting back into the habit of blogging, starting with some pics of the new Alliance trolls. EY already has a nice review, and new 1/72 fantasy blogger Philotep has a great how-to on painting...
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Fountain and Bridge
Here are some terrain pieces I finally finished painting last weekend. The first is a resin fountain by Airfix, first mentioned here.Sven and Reaper fountain added for comparison.Painting is done,...
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Storage Solutions
[RPG fans: Don't forget that I have a stand-alone RPG blog! I've been putting up a few new posts lately. Some are reposts from when I did RPG blogging on this blog, but there's also new content to...
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Stuff for Sale!
Long time, no blog, but I finally got around to updating my sales page. Check it out, not only for new 1/72 sprues, but for board game pieces from Battlelore 2nd Edition, Shadows of Brimstone, Arcane...
View ArticleTerrain Kickstarters
A few years ago, the hotness in fantasy minis Kickstarters was Twisting Catacombs, a series of resin terrain pieces for dungeons and such by Zealot Miniatures. They are 28mm scale, but I was curious if...
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Bandits
I finally painted something this year!Bandits, or peasant partisans, or village militia, etc. They're a mix of Zvezda peasants and Hat/Airfix Robin Hood figures with a few mods, as I first showed off...
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Bones III for 1/72 scale
Since starting Cheap Fantasy Minis a few years ago, I've gone through 3 Kickstarters expanding Reaper Miniatures excellent Bones line of cheap plastic minis. While they are standard-sized gaming minis,...
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Battlelore Minis for 1/72 scale
Interested in these figures? I'm selling a bunch on my sales page, along with other minis, including from the recently-fulfilled Bones 3 Kickstarter!Battlelore is a tactical minis board game produced...
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Terrain Depot (Twisting Catacombs comparisons)
Last month I mentioned two Kickstarters for terrain projects, one new, one old. The new one is TerrainCrate from Mantic Games, a line of hard plastic terrain in 28mm scale for fantasy gamers. The...
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Crate work, everyone!
Hey, speaking of terrain:Crates! These are a mix of Reaper Bones plastic and Rebel Miniatures resin. Painted up pretty quickly using something like the techniques described in this thread. I use mostly...
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Made-for-scale terrain in 1/72
Obviously I've been on a bit of terrain kick lately. Most of the stuff I've been discussing lately isn't actually made for 1/72 scale, the preferred scale of this blog, but there are actually plenty of...
View ArticleBones IV!
The fourth (fourth!) Kickstarter for Reaper Miniatures popular line of affordable plastic minis has just begun. Anything cool for the 1/72 scale fantasy miniaturist? Let's find out!4:06 update: Okay,...
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Brain in a Jar
While we're watching the current Reaper Bones Kickstarter, here's an item from the previous Kickstarter that I painted up.Just like it says on the label, a mechanically animated jar wired to the brain...
View ArticleLast Day for Bones IV Kickstarter!
It's the final day of the current Kickstarter for Reaper Miniatures popular line of cheap plastic minis. There's a bunch of good stuff that's been unlocked, so if you are interested and haven't pledged...
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New Alliance minis! Trolls and demons and war machines
Via the 1/72 wall at VK.com. Red Box/Alliance keeps chugging along with the new fantasy releases. Check out these preview pics.Disorganized thoughts: We've seen Alliance's blocky Peter-Jackson-style...
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Guards! Guards!
Human guards, foot soldiers, etc.These are mostly from a couple different sets of "medieval knights" from Caesar Miniatures, with a few Accurate "English Men-at-Arms" in addition. I wanted these to be...
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