My son is now at an age where he thinks superheroes are pretty cool. I’ve been ordering the Tiny Titans Trade Paperbacks for him from Amazon, and they’re a pretty big hit. Especially when I read them and “do the voices”.
So it’s not too surprising that he’s been getting asking about the Heroclix minis I have down in the office and the old Marvel Superheroes RPG box that’s on the shelf. He has lots of question about what kind of games they are and how you play them.
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Tonight my 4 year old son and I made a new custom train for his Thomas the Tank Engine train set. This was a fun project for us to work on together and he gets a new toy to play with now as well.

I spent some time this past weekend working on some more polymer clay miniatures for using in D&D or other tabletop games. After my previous model, I decided I’d try to make one that was a bit smaller – closer to the 28mm used for ‘man-sized’ figures in many RPGs and wargames. I wasn’t sure how much detail I’d be able to get with fimo or sculpey, but I have to say I’m very happy with my progress and the newest figure!
The newest figure, the Phantom Stranger, uses a …

My local gaming store didn’t have much in the way of Heroclix, so I went into Toronto on the weekend and stopped by the Silver Snail. It’s a rather nice and well stocked comic and games store on Queen west. They had a much better selection of Heroclix starter sets and booster packs, and I picked up an Arkam Assylum booster pack. The quality of the minis was a lot higher than what I was expecting (I thought they’d be about equal to the Heroscape figures) and …

Would you like to add a custom miniature to your wargaming army or role-playing game? This article will show you how to sculpt your own dungeons and dragons miniatures using a polymer modeling clay like sculpey or fimo.
Sculpting Tools
We’re going to make a basic fantasy monster, so we won’t need the more advanced miniature sculpting tools – we’re going to use a regular X-acto Knife and our hands to do our sculpting. We’ll also need some regular paperclips to make our wire armature with. You might also find it …