Veni. Vidi. Picti.

Okay, so I only had twelve weeks of Latin in eighth grade... thirty-three years ago... and I'm hoping the title of this post and the new title of the blog are correct... or at least plausible to people not named Horatio or Calpurnia.

I've been posting on a website, The Chronicles Network, for about six or seven years now.  I promised the readers in the G.R.R. Martin forum that I'd show them pix of my ASOIAF minis.  Well here are the first views.

The first two pix are Wildlings Mammoth Hunters and Wildling Warriors (Demonworld).

Here are (left to right): A Dornish Captain, Mace Tyrell, a knight, Eddard Stark, and Ser Parmen Crane. (Mace is AD&D Battlesystem and the rest are Demonworld.)

The Kingslayer.... Ser Jaime Lannister, Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, with his golden hand (Demonworld).

Night's Watch Rangers with bows (Demonworld). Night's Watch Rangers with axes (Black Raven, except for the command figs). Lord Commander Jeor Mormont (Demonworld)... aka, the Old Bear. Night's Watch Rangers with swords (Swordsmen are Black Raven, Knight is Demonworld).

Six of the Kingsguard.

I'll be taking more pix soon.

Sincerely, Boaz

Dragnet.

Ladies and gentlemen, the post you are about to read is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Sooooooo..... I have finished multiple units of Elves and some characters over the last few days... All figs are from Demonworld and Mighty Armies lines. When I only have the MA minis on the table they don't look half bad. But when they are set down next to Demonworld... Oh, boy. Multiple units of Spearmen from Chariot and archers from AD&D Battlesytem are also primed and ready for paint. And I'm waiting for Ral Partha Europe to send me more Demonworld Elves. The reason I'm painting Elves, after only one game with my Kong army, is that our next home cooked Fantasy Piquet battle will be before the year's end. And my partner for the upcoming disaster... uh, battle, Cyborg, will be bringing his noble and puissant elves. Cyborg, does not call them Vanyar, but that is who they are. If you are reading this and you don't know who the Vanyar are, then turn in your nerd card immediately if not sooner. In Professor Tolkien's stories, the Vanyar are the High Elves. They are rarely mentioned even in The Silmarillion. I do not have time to discuss the authorship and the canoniciy (I sure hope that's a word) of The Silmarillion. Anyway, this is Cyborg's favorite army. He painted it decades ago. He's a better painter than me. So we'll field Elves against whichever armies Bad Daddy and The Kid bring. Bad Daddy has everything... I mean almost every army you can think of in 15mm fantasy. Frogs, Lizards, Hindus, Undead, Orcs, Goblins, Centaurs, Fairies, Dwarves, Elves, Demons, Teknowmancers (sic), Ogres, Zulus, Da Vinci, Medievals, and Romans, plus a smattering of every conceivable miscellaneous troop type ever made. Bad Daddy may coordinate with The Kid to give us a themed opponent... and then again maybe not. The Kid will either bring fairies or Dwarves. But he might pull out the Dragonkings or the Atlanteans. But he won't bring the Ratmen because they are undergoing an overhaul.

For the record, I should state that Cyborg, Bad Daddy, The Kid, Azael, and He-who-must-not-be-named are not actually the names that their parents gave them. Mayhaps I should also note that Bad Daddy and The Kid are not related... but paint is thicker than water.

I really hope this post does not appear as one giant paragraph as the last one.

Namarie, Boaz