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This season on Star Trek: Lower Decks , one of the show's recurring characters was transferred from the show's "hero ship,"...

Midway through one of my political science courses at the University of Alberta, my professor pulled me aside for a chat after class.  "...

This Pulp Figure came with a microphone, so I painted the base as though it were a stage floor. White paint is lumpy here, but not as bad as...

Another Occult Science Reservist. I painted all the minis of this type with speed paints. They are indeed speedy, but I'm not sure I lik...

What eldritch horror compels this man to rend his hair asunder?   

"Just a Motion Away," from Gino Vanelli's 1984 album Black Cars , tells the story of two people in the process of possibly rec...

This happened back in February.   

 

In a rare reversal of fortune, I seem to have done a better job of painting the face than the body of a 28mm miniature. I'll take it.   

A decent face! Huzzah!   

 

 

When the Visitors came to Earth, they pretended to be our friends. But they really wanted our water, and they used these tankers to steal it...

 

One of my better simians. I fixed the yellow bit atop his head after seeing the close-up photo.   

Many years ago, I remember laughing at a commercial for a monster truck show. The highlight was when the announcer screamed "Watch the ...

 

We three visitors from afar Come to leave the Earth clad in scars Water stealing, humans eating We're green lizards in disguise Oh, oh S...

 

Steve and I traded some miniatures, and I painted this one in earth tones. Looks decent, I'd say.   

SAVAGE GILL-MAN STRIKES AGAIN 4 DEAD IN EVERGLADES MASSACRE Florida City--Four are dead in the wake of the latest attack of the so-called &q...

If you want to tour a glacier, see some polar bears, or search for the eldritch artifacts of Cthulhu, you'll need a well-equipped snow c...

Readers of this blog (or readers of Superman comics) will already be familiar with the most common varieties of Kryptonite: green, red, blue...