On Saturday morning I drove across the Midlands from Droitwich to the NEC and the new venue for Games Expo. I have previously reported on this event, which used to be held at The Clarendon Suite on the outskirts of Birmingham. This year the organisers …
Ok, maybe not… but Dr Who is cool, in a nerdy kind of way. I first discovered Dr Who as a child in 1974 and managed to start watching with the first episode of Robot – the first of the Tom Baker run as the fourth doctor. This was in the dark days bef…
I was recently directed to this great post and thought it was worth sharing. 26 Reasons why Doctor Who Fans are The Best.For full details click on this link.Tony
I have already written about how I have been looking forward with much anticipation to the launch of the new look Miniature Wargames with Battlegames and not just because there is an article written by me! Over the last couple of months, I have re…
My pal Keir asked me to have a go and paint up these two massive Dr Who figures, his good lady wife glued the figures together, then I put them in my locker at work and completely forgot all about them. Move forward in time far longer than I …
Yahtzee: Dr. Who Release Date: Nov 2012 $ 24.95 The Doctor Who Collector’s Edition of Yahtzee allows fans and collectors to roll custom dice featuring classic monsters from a custom TARDIS shaped dice cup and score through classic Yahtzee game play. Features: •Collectible dice cup in the shape of the TARDIS •Five custom dice [...]
yes, yes, the teaser photodump was the first one. Live with it. The photos are coming in thick and fast – time for another photodump thanks to our roving reporter team. Tonight’s dump include pics from the Press Ganger gathering at the Ram as well as shots from the con floor BEER! Surly Webb is [...]
Work on the Dr Who’s enemies army (counts as Necrons) is going on – this is the first in a unit of Cyberman assassins…A small hole drilled either side of the head with a carefully bent wire threaded round, a tiny blob of greenstuff, a teardrop on eac…
Day one for me – the Friday was something of a non-event as all I did was go and pick up my package. I did take a shot of the outside of the venue. Being a bit too clever, to save batteries, I used the viewfinder on the camera instead of the display s…
Hey Guys, Thanks again for checking us out.. this is what all we talked about General News Dice games from WotC Faction specific dice for MERCS Zman games goes only Diamond and Alliance for distribution Hasbro lays off 170 employees. Effect on WOTC unc…
Greetings all, remember these guys?Well, at the same time I acquired three more to represent the three daleks featured in the ace episode “Victory of the Daleks”, really, spitfires in space? How can you beat that? I did a lot of work on them at the tim…
Not funny Bioware, I want my life back I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for Bioware. Coming from (and still leaving in [err, make that nearby]) Edmonton it was always nice to see a local company do good on the biggest stage. Becoming interested in D&D just in time to catch one [...]
My pal Keir has been moaning and groaning for months, “When are you gonna put my Dr Who figures on your blog!!” So I’ve finally given in and posted them.For his birthday earlier in the year me and Fran, bought Keir, a non-wargaming Dr Who nut, a few fi…
Alright, you endured the pics taken by my little iPhone on Saturday, now let’s see what Boots managed to snap with a real camera. Of note, the ever stalwart Boots was able to spend time in the convention hall pursuing cosplayers *and* in the gaming halls where Warmachine/Hordes was happily putting all the other wargames [...]
Yay, FanExpo time – Canada’s largest geekfest for three and a half days of comics, anime, gaming, horror and sci-fi, with WAY too many cosplayers and a healthy dose of geek celebrities tossed in… As usual, family commitments keep me from geeking out all weekend long, but I did manage to sneak away for a few [...]
Still wading through pics of models, games, and personalities. Looking forward to starting to edit the videos tonight when the kids are in bed, but for now… GenCon 2011 Potpourri! “Welcome to GenCon…” Another angle… And, just in case you’re masochistic, a close-up… UPS tries out a new look? Leatherwear for the discerning gamer The [...]
My mate Keir is a Dr Who freak, he brought in some of the unpainted Daleks that he got free with a Dr Who magazine, the one’s that we’ve all seen floating around various blogs over the last couple of weeks. As I painted up the Tardis for…
If you go down to the woods today you’re in for a big surprise, you’ll find some Anglican League hiding in a shed with some bizarre weapons. These little beauties are Warlord/Bolt Action Brits, but the plastic ones combined with various bit…
There’s been no small excitement amongst British sci-fi gamers from the cover mounted joy of a Dalek army on the front of children’s magazine Dr Who Adventures. Many fully grown men, myself included, rushed to the newsagent to buy several c…
Hey, time for another pic dump! Spud promises me he’ll do something for later in the weeks, but for now, I’m totally barging in on his normal Sunday spot and making you look at pics from Saturday’s shenanigans at Templecon. Now, I didn’t play in the Hardcore event, if only because it would mean I [...]
