Hex Map 2 Released

I'm pleased to say that the next overland map in the 'hex-map' range is now available...

Like its predecessor, Hex Map 2 contains both a labelled and unlabelled version of the map - so that you can use it conjunction with the default setting of the Age of Shadow role-playing game -OR-  use it to detail an area within your own homebrew campaign world* (adding place names of your own devising).

It's also worth noting that this map depicts the area to the immediate west of Hex Map 1 (as shown below)...

...both of which depict a detail view of that particular region of the Northern Kingdom.

Hex Map 2 is available for $1.99 from DriveThruRPG and RPGNow.

*for personal use only

One Mini Every Week #7

Since I've been without an internet connection for the past couple of days (and thus, had fewer distractions than normal), this week I've managed to get two miniatures painted as part of my 'one mini every week' challenge.

These two are plastic ghouls from Mantic Games (though, like the skeletons I painted previously, these come from the Frostgrave 'undead encounters' set I purchased a little while back) ...and one the whole they are very nice miniatures.

However, the only negative thing I have to say about them is that their fingers are very thin/fragile ...and due to my package being slightly squashed in the post, one hand on each of these had damaged fingers.

Luckily, the sprue also comes with replacement hands (clutching weapons) - and so I was able to swap out the damaged ones for the ones you can see here :)

(Oh ...and just in case anyone was wondering, I'll be using these guys to represent 'gaunts' from the 'Encounters in the Northlands' booklet.)

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Mine Geomorph #6 (patreon funded)

After losing a few patrons at the end of last year, things look picking up, and my first milestone has been met again :)

And, as you probably know, that means another bonus 'mine' geomorph for everyone...

So, as always, my thanks go out to all the folks supporting me over on patreon - without whom I wouldn't be able to spend quite so much time creating all this free content ...thanks guys!

And here's the patreon link (for anyone who may be interested in helping me create even more of these little maps): www.patreon.com/csp_kris

...and a G+ album containing all of the bonus geomorphs to date: Mine Album

One Mini Every Week #6

My aim of painting at least one miniature every week (to lessen my unpainted stockpile) continues into February with this plastic Dryad miniature from GamesWorkshop:

The miniature itself went together pretty easily - though I have to say that some of the pieces are a little thin/fragile, so I'm not sure how well it'll stand up to regular use.

Anyway, I quite like how it turned out ...and it will be perfect for a new monster (a 'wood-wight') that I'm planning on using in one of my upcoming Age of Shadow games.

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Dungeon Monthly #38 (February 2016)

It's time for the second  geomorph of the year...

...and as you can see, this time we have a couple of stepping stones across a molten lake of lava (though there's also a more circuitous route to reach the other side).

And, as usual, unlabelled versions of all these maps can be found here...

50 pixels per grid square

70 pixels per grid square

Furthermore, if you'd like to see me create even more of these type of maps, feel free to check out the Dungeon Monthly Patreon campaign.

One Mini Every Week #5

There's been a couple of things on my painting desk this week - the first of which is another of the plastic skeletons from Mantic Games...

...and there's not much to say about him that I haven't already before (aside from the fact that you can never have too many skeleton minis :) ).

The second thing I've been throwing some paint at is an old  (long out of production) GamesWorkshop plastic 'empire' miniature (which I've tried to make look like an old statue)...

However, I think I've probably painted it a bit too dark - so if I do any more of these (as I have several of these guys lying around) I might try a lighter paint scheme.

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Anyway, my aim of painting at least one miniature every week throughout 2016 seems as though it might be achievable... and if you take a look at everything I've managed to get painted in January...

...you can see I've actually got 5 mini's and 5 pieces of 'scatter terrain' finished :)

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One Mini Every Week #4

Since I managed to get 2 mini's painted last time (and thus, I am currently one mini ahead :) ), I hope you'll forgive me if I've strayed a little from the original plan ...as the stuff I've been painting this week might not be what you'd usually think of as 'miniatures.'

Anyway, these are a few pieces that I have cast (in plaster of paris) from one of my Hirst Arts moulds (it's the #85 mould - about half way down THIS page). I've actually had them sitting around for ages (so nothing new there), and so I thought that now would be a good time to slap some paint on them.

However, once I'd got them painted, I was a little unsure about how to base them - as I wanted to glue several pieces to each 'base' (to function as scatter terrain) ...but I didn't want that base to be tied to a specific environment (i.e. if I flocked the bases they would look a little out of place in a dungeon, or if I based them on dungeon tiles they might look a bit odd in a cave, and so on).

Obviously, this is a very minor problem (indeed, some might say that it's not really a problem at all) - but I thought I'd try to address it nonetheless :)

So, in the end I decided to try out some clear plastic bases (I got these particular ones from Hurlbat Games' ebay store) - and  as you can see, basing them this way means that they'll look good no matter what type of map/tile/terrain they are placed upon :)

It's also worth noting that, while Hurlbat Games usually sells their bases in a packet that contains just the one particular size, I simply dropped them a message to ask if I could purchase one packet that contained a mixture of all the different sizes ...and they were more than happy to oblige.

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