Lewis “Chesty” Puller

This mini is a gift for my brother who was in the Marine Corps. This mini came from Warlord Games with the purchase of the Bolt Action Armies if the United States book. May Chesty Puller watch over you, brother!

Pygmy Mammoth 44111

This is the Reaper Bones Pygmy Mammoth. I bought this at Christmas-time because by oldest son is obsessed with mammoths and ice-age creatures. Now that it’s painted, this one is his. 🙂

Soviets in NBC Suits

Here is a little step-by-step on how I painted up these Soviets in NBC suits from Eureka Miniatures. I tried to match the colors with the middle figure(2). I’m happy with them. Now these boys will be heading to the Zone! Finally, the whole squad in all their glory, ready to enter the Zone. The […]

German Hanomag

Finished (nearly) German Grenadiers

The nearly finished German Grenadiers for Bolt Action! Finally! A total of 40 minis. Enough minis for three 10-man squads, a Forward Observer and his adjutant, a sniper and spotter, and a Lieutenant and his adjutant, and an MMG Team. All that is left is to finish the Hanomag and these boys are ready for […]

Going into the Exclusion Zone

Zona Alfa is a tabletop miniature skirmish game in which you have a party going into “The Zone” to look for loot to sell, complete mission objectives, etc., all while fighting off other Stalkers, raiders, mutants, wild beasts, and other Zone Hostiles. The Zona Alfa rule book by Patrick Todoroff has come out just this […]

Models With the Kids

Here are some “minis” I did with the kids. They really wanted to paint their own and my oldest suggested his army men. I based a few they selected along with a couple of other toys, spray primed them, and we painted them up with some inexpensive paints from Hobby Lobby. It was a great […]