Guilty Pleasures - Loving Terrible Miniatures

We've all done it. All of us. YOU especially. We've all had our heads turned by less than fantastic minis. We've picked up the box or blister, noted the poor proportions, weird hands or crap hat, and fallen instantly in love. 'These are pretty awful.' we muse to ourselves as we walk up the the cashier. Conversely, I've seen some technically just plain beautiful minis that left me cold as yesterday's pizza.

It can possibly be explained by those who delve for lead online via nostalgia. We saw a mini in White Dwarf back in the day, but never owned it. Now though, with the multitudes of old lead online, it's possible to hunt down that model, only to notice the sculpting isn't too great. And then not care and love it possibly a little bit more.

But that's not always the case. The first time I saw the undead of the Witchlands for Slaughterloo, I was taken in right away. They look like Jim Henson zombies, but the very idea of Napoleonic undead frog vampires and skeletal dog-men hits me right in the want. I adore them. So there. Feast your eyes:

28 millimeters later...

Asslessman : There are times when men just cannot escape the prejudices commonly associated with their gender. Not even when these men are some of the finest examples of bearded piles of witty muscles, so certainly not when those men are my brother James and I ...

What is all of this about ? How does it have any relevance with Zombies ? I hear you say ? Well, just stop interrupting us and we're about to tell you.

"- How dare you say I still drybrush ! Take that back !
- I won't sir ! And I will add that YOU DIP !
- I've had enough, this will only end when the first drop of Go Fasta Red falls :"

Captain Crooks : Yes Brother Ass, there comes a time when even the best of friends and even brothers must come to blows and in recent days the gauntlet has been thrown.

Top Olleys - The Card Game for Bob Olley Fans

An affectionate ode to the sometimes challenging aesthetic of master miniature sculptor, Bob Olley.

Introducing Top Olleys!

Top Olleys is a new collectable card game from WIPster Productions, bringing together a selection of some of the all-time best miniature sculpts by the Bob ‘The Wrinkle Master’ Olley.

Owner of a pair of Iron Claw Squats from 1989? Or a squad of Kryomek Nexus Marines? Perhaps you have Bob’s 90mm version of Frodo from the short-lived Shire Evocations range, or maybe your eye was caught by Cavalcade Games’ Samurai minotaurs? With hundreds of figures produced over the decades for dozens of different companies, how could you ever hope to determine Top Olley?

Dragon Metal Tag V - Dragon Rider

Now as you good readers know, there are some right talented bastards on this blog, so when it comes to a tag project it's time to pull the finger out and up your game. As Antipixi, Cheetor, Crooksy and JB were getting there dragon fetish on, I knew at some point it was going to be my turn. But I don't own a Dragon! I've never owned a Dragon! What am I going to do? I trawled through stuff of legends and considered nearly every dragon GW ever made, I thought I could do a Lava dragon twisting round a rock or an Imperial Dragon crushing a knight or a Green dragon chasing a dwarf but none of them floated my boat.

And then one night...

On eBay...

I spotted this Ugly little bastard

The Dorty Double Dozen

What a special treat we have today, fellow creeps. As the first of the battle reports from the amazing Knavecon weekend in Ireland, we are proud to present:

And 'friends', in

Dragon metal tag IV : The Dino Bratt

After Paul tagged me for the Dragon metal tag I had no choice but to man up and come up with something. Consider the previous entries and you'll realise I had to come up with something unusual to stay clear from the paths my WIPster friends had explored already.

That's why I thought of coming up with something new. The Dragon metal tag challenge is here to boost our imagination and creativity so I thought I'd push the limits of the concept a bit.

When it comes to modelling, my heart is always balancing between sci-fi and fantasy and dragons are most usually associated with fantasy...

Fatally Deviant...

Asslessman: "A blonde, an Irish karateka and a monk walk into a bar...".
That could be the start of the best of jokes but it's actually the start of a very serious project that's been worked on in our lounge lately.

There are times when watching a bad movie is not enough.  These are times when you need other people to see it too so they can share the experience with you.  There are also time when those people need to watch it more than once to get the full might of it and there are even times when all those people feel the urge to spend some more time and energy on the subject...

Long story short, some of us WIPsters have watched Fatal Deviation and felt the need to recreate this (unfortunately) unforgettable piece of Irish culture, knowing full well what insanity awaited us on the path...

DERE'S A FEELING INSIDE !!