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 …