(Kickstarter) Space Dwarf Bikers 28mm Sci-Fi Miniatures by Macrocosm

While I'm still waiting for their 7 Dwarves Kickstarter to cross the Atlantic, Macrocosm has wrapped up that campaign and launched their next one, Space Dwarf Bikers, sculpted by Bob Olley and Alessio Cisbani.

I know, I know, I still haven't painted up any of the Dwarf Bikers from Ramshackle Games (... and their Jet Bikes) and that was three years ago, but I love me some short bearded men on two wheels.

And, as an added bonus, if I missed any of the items available from the 7 Dwarves Kickstarter, they're available as add-ons in this campaign.

The Scariest Lair of Them All!

Free Frostgrave PDFs, Compliments From Osprey

Thanks to a post I found over at the Renaissance Troll, Osprey is giving away not only pdf copies of Frostgrave: Dark Alchemy (with 3 solo scenarios, perfect for our current situation), but a pdf copy of Frostgrave itself!

Frostgrave is on my eternal list of games to try, and I already own the hardcover, but a gesture this grandiose might make me add it to the "educational" games we're playing at home.

It's also a great way to indoctrinate the quarantined masses before the 2nd Edition of Frostgrave comes out later next year.

A Nightmare or Two in a Work at Home World

Today wraps up week two of working from home during this Corona extravaganza.  Yesterday was the first real time to venture back into the office, because no one else realized they were still delivering mail to the building.  It's not completely mothballed, but after needing high executive permission  a health survey, and a temperature test just to enter the building, I'm going to reserve my trips to office for Thursday afternoons.

Work from home isn't all it's cracked up to be, either.  With an extra monitor hooked up to my laptop, I've been able to finish up a number of end of month/end of quarter with only some complaining.  With the kids e-learning program, the dogs, and a sense from my significant other that if I'm home I should be doing stuff around the house, I'm usually washing dishes, walking dogs, or generally avoiding my computer after the last conference call of the day.   Six or seven hours split up throughout the day, especially since my wife is a medical professional, working in a potential hotzone location, and when she comes home, there goes an hour while she decompresses and tries to to decontaminate even more.

So in honor of the COVID nightmare, I present a quick paint job of a G-1 Nightmare for Legions of Steel, currently having a Kickstarter for the original figures.

 I'm still amazed how much detail on this figure I keep discovering, even after all these years.  Never took a notice at the device on the Nightmare's sternum, until a few pics on an LOS fanpage turned it into some sort of blinky device.  Gotta touch up the eyes.

Only other thing that got finished was another crate from the Things from the Basement Marketplace set. 

Next Up:  To keep the pandemic theme, the tagline for the next batch of stuff I'm finishing up might be "Shelter in Place."  I've also had a plan to run some games for the girls this week, and by golly, after my 1:30 call, we're breaking out a bunch of games, and some paints before Mom gets home.  

Sometimes a Hoard is a Good Thing.....

(Kickstarter) Legions of Steel Core Miniatures by Raybox Games

After what felt like an eternity, the first Legions of Steel Kickstarter from Raybox Games is live!

That's roughly $42 American....

The first Kickstarter isn't releasing any new minis.  Rather, it's a chance to get the old 90's figures from the original lines to help finance the new edition of the boxed set.  

About $70 American.

Only Machines and UNE are available with the initial launch, but as the video mentioned the Pledge Manager will allow additional purchases of figures plus hopefully an expanded selection for Black Empire, Fantasians, Infrinites, and hopefully t-shirts and actual printed tiles with the latest designs.

S&H will be charged using the Pledge Manager.

Warlord Games Purchased by Sanrio!