tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82808371254596812022024-03-12T20:33:27.692-07:00Figures by FaustFaust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-9940391895546907562021-03-14T12:14:00.002-07:002021-03-14T12:14:55.231-07:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ANNOUNCEMENT FROM STRATEGIC ELITE<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi friends, Bob Faust here. I wanted to make a general
announcement regarding my hiatus from the development of several of my skirmish
game products for the remainder of this year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having recently lost a close friend to Covid, I find that my
usually effortless process of writing and designing fun skirmish games has been
dampened severely. Strangely enough, some of you may remember back in 2016 when
we lost another close friend to a tragic accident. Drew & I were under a
deadline to finish writing Scrappers for Osprey Games, and the sudden death of
our friend debilitated us mentally for several months. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here we are again. So as of today, I’m officially suspending
production for the following projects until January 2021:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">From Strategic Elite™<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The Sword Marches: Metal Sword & Sorcery
Skirmish Wargames<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Agents of the Crown: Seven Years War<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Star Guard: Science Fiction Skirmish Wargames<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Brink of Battle: Skirmish Gaming through the
Ages 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Scrappers: Weapons Locker<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">From Fast Food Games™</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->GORE Skirmish – Generic Open Rule Engine: fast
play, rules light, all periods/genres<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Advanced GORE – Expanded rules for Core GORE
game<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Star GORE – Sci-Fi supplement<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Dungeon GORE – Fantasy supplement<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Historical GORE – Historical supplement<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fast Food Games</i></b>™ is a new subsidiary of Strategic Elite:
Skirmish Wargames for the Discerning Strategist and will focus on our new rules
light skirmish games and supplements, primarily the Generic Open Rules Engine
Skirmish game called GORE.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now some of you may be disappointed that I’m pushing these
projects back, especially The Sword Marches which has been 90% complete for
some time. I hope you understand that I’ve been writing and designing my games
for the past 15 years, pretty much every day, and in light of that I need a
break. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In the meantime, please continue to post and participate in
our Facebook pages and groups. If I get some painting or modeling done, I’ll
post pics as usual. I just won’t be actively pursuing design or writing projects.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all of the years of support and community that
you all have built. We will resume with great purpose next January. It will be
a happier new year I hope...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">NOCH WEITER!!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bob Faust<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-13488338516723232932020-06-14T23:06:00.000-07:002020-06-14T23:06:46.073-07:00TOM MEIER FIGURE PROJECTSince my early foray into Dungeons & Dragons in 1982 I've been a fan of Tom Meier as a miniature sculptor. His imagination informed a generation of gamers as to the 'what' and 'how' of Fantasy gaming for decades to come. Here's my tribute to the man whose grasp of anatomy in miniature is unparalleled.<br />
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Middle figure is from Tom's Thunderbolt Mountain company in a Limited Edition set of Kings. The archers are from Ral Partha all figures made in the 80's. God I love painting his work!Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-29120245395465492662020-05-26T20:20:00.000-07:002020-05-26T20:20:16.976-07:00IT'S BEEN A WILD RIDE SINCE LAST POST!COVID-19 has changed our world. Nevertheless and notwithstanding, I've stayed sane during lockdown by painting my figurines. I finally committed to pursuing the Seven Years War as my next historical period, and boy did I fall down a deeeep hole! I'm starting with my Austro-Hungarian Empire army, with a bigger focus on the Hungarian and Croatian Grenzers. Here's what I've got so far...<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">And after that itch was scratched, I had an opportunity to finally purchase my Holy Grail of Tom Meier Elf miniatures. And then this was the result...</span></div>
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And now I'm knee deep in more Tom Meier Elves to paint up for this badass's Retinue, and then back to my beloved Hussars!<br />
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Stay safe everyone,<br />
BobFaust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-67397254999128421222019-12-08T08:59:00.003-08:002020-05-26T19:50:59.953-07:00BRINK OF BATTLE PERMANENT PRICE REDUCTION!You can read the news of this here:<br />
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<a href="http://brinkofbattle.blogspot.com/2019/12/permanent-price-reduction-announcement_7.html">http://brinkofbattle.blogspot.com/2019/12/permanent-price-reduction-announcement_7.html</a>Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-61153418570393473072015-05-17T12:45:00.001-07:002015-05-17T12:45:44.602-07:00Goodbye Old World!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unless you’ve been living under a
rock of late, you probably have heard that Games Workshop is gutting the Old
World setting for Warhammer Fantasy Battle and will be reducing their army and
troop selections down significantly. If
you, for some reason, haven’t heard this you can find out more here <a href="http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?405473-Warhammer-9th-Edition-Roundup-Discussion">http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?405473-Warhammer-9th-Edition-Roundup-Discussion</a></div>
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fact, you might be surprised that its tone is more favorable than one might
expect from an ex-GW player and Outrider, and current competitor in the fantasy
wargaming market. Bear with me and you’ll understand why I’m grateful to GW for
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Over the past 28 years since I
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not only a devout player, but a game store manager, an Outrider, and an overall
Champion for all things Warhammer/Games Workshop. Up until 2005 when I purged a significant
amount of gaming figures and scenery and stopped playing WHFB & 40K, I had
been insanely GW-centric. I helped build
the Reno/Sparks Warhammer community from scratch back in the 90’s and from
1999-2002 sold more GW product on a monthly basis than all the other game
stores in the entire state of Nevada combined. It could definitely be said that
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Though I was actually more
Pro-Warhammer Old World than Pro-GW. And Pro-Black Templar, but primarily I was
a Fantasy player. On more than one occasion I would point out that GW basically
repackaged the works of such Fantasy luminaries as Fritz Leiber (the Skaven),
Michael Moorcock (Law vs Chaos), Tolkien (Everything else), and our own
Medieval/Renaissance history. And even with this knowledge, I was still hooked
by the Old World. Warhammer 5<sup>th</sup> Edition was the last version I
played. And yet, The Old World remained a strong hook for me as a gamer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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From the rumors it seems there
are some business and intellectual property reasons for ending the Old World as
we know it. That’s all well and good if they think it’s good for their
business. I’m not going to fault anyone for that or judge them in regard to
these changes since I have no valid information to determine if this is good or
bad for their company. I’ll stick to worrying about my own company and leave
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What I’d rather do is take a
moment to reflect on what the creative types at GW did exceedingly well, and
acknowledge publicly that whether or not you agree with the business practices
over the past years, they really did shape the future of this wargaming hobby,
and also introduced us to new and iconic fantasy troops and monsters that we
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While there was over the years a
goodly amount of concepts borrowed from the aforementioned sources, the
Warhammer creative collaborators, namely Rick Priestly, Jervis Johnson, John
Blanche, Dave Andrews, Michael & Alan Perry, Andy Chambers, Aly Morrison, Jes Goodwin and others, built out the
mythology and scope of the Old World setting with a real eye towards the high
fantasy genre. Over the years they have in turn inspired so many other authors,
game designers, miniature painters & sculptors, and wargamers that we’d be
sorely remiss if we didn’t acknowledge the incredible impact they’ve had on the
genre and the hobby. I thank them and
praise them for all of the inspiration they have given me in the past 28
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Since as a younger man I was as
skinny and agile as an Elf, it was only natural that I was first drawn to the
High, Sea & Wood Elves of the Warhammer World. When I first read my copy of issue 96 of
White Dwarf with the 3<sup>rd</sup> Edition Wardancer rules I was blown away! Here
were some Punk Rock berserker elves that were master acrobats and deadly
warriors. Of course they were some of the first miniatures I painted for my
army and will always be my favorite troop type. Later, when they released the
Harlequins for 40K I was again captivated by these brilliant concepts. <o:p></o:p></div>
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From Ravening Hordes to Warhammer
Armies to each army getting its own book, GW continued to fire on all cylinders
for me. The Swordmasters of Hoeth, White Lions of Chrace, Reiksguard Knights,
Warrior Priests of Sigmar, Chaos Warriors, Beastmen, and a host of Chaos
Daemons flooded my imagination and drained my pocket book. But I LOVED it. To this day I know the
history of the Warhammer World better than the Bible, and could build my army
lists from memory. <o:p></o:p></div>
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portion of that whole milieu will be gone, destroyed in a cataclysmic
conflagration at the conclusion of the End Times story-line. Yes, that’s a tear
rolling down my Sigmarite cheek….<br />
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I left the GW hobby as a whole
after I started writing Brink of Battle: Skirmish Gaming Through the Ages. I
had done my bit for King & Country with my Empire & Black Templar
armies, and was really more interested in something on the level of Mordheim or
Necromunda than on a company level battle game.
In fact, despite its flaws, Mordheim was for years my all-time favorite
game. It had an atmosphere that was
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if it wasn’t for Mordheim, there would be no Brink of Battle. I was inclined to
using smaller 500 point armies with several players on the board for WFB, and
going to a smaller figure count with more of a role-playing/D&D adventure
party feel had a powerful hold on me. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So when I got into Historicals,
particulary WW2, I was itching to play something akin to those two skirmish
games. Since I didn’t find anything satisfactory, I decided to write my own.
And now, nine years later I’m using my BoB rules and our massive Epic Heroes
fantasy expansion to play skirmish games with the veritable shit-ton of Citadel
and GW miniatures I’ve been recollecting from eBay and gamer flea markets over
the past decade. And while we aren’t necessarily
re-creating the Warhammer World per se, we are getting to breathe new life into
old figures and create great new stories in the original spirit of the Old
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So for those of you who are
looking at the eradication or ‘Squatting’ of much of your current WHFB armies,
take heart! We welcome miniatures from ALL companies or game systems that have
left you feeling lost or alone. ;) You have all of the tools at your disposal
to play skirmish games with our rules and still get the value and use of your
miniatures, regardless of the game system they were made for originally.<o:p></o:p></div>
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using some Jes Goodwin Elf sculpts from the 80’s alongside an Aly Morrison
Marauder Miniatures High Elf champion, and some 5<sup>th</sup> edition High Elf
spearmen and Shadow Warriors to create my Sea Elf Merchant Marines. Could I
have built that force in my Lost Empires of Arkantis setting from the Epic
Heroes book? Sure! But I’m digging the idea of using my rules to also play some
of the rich background and troop types of the Warhammer World with my friends
who love that setting just as much as I do and who also have a gob of
GW/Citadel figures sitting on their shelves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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going to become a skirmish style game like Lord of the Rings or WarmaHordes
doesn’t surprise me. Back in 2006 I saw where the market was going to end up,
and thus far my assessment has been dead on. A shorter game with fewer miniatures is easier
than long games with hundreds of miniatures. Skirmish is here to stay.<o:p></o:p></div>
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made it possible for us to have a thriving hobby today, and for that we all
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Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-2675734094931309822014-05-22T22:19:00.000-07:002014-05-22T22:19:10.591-07:00Wow, so much has happened, and much more to come!Well, I'm now a father of two beautiful babies! Our kids were born April 2nd (making them Aries like their Dad) and we're finally getting something of a regular schedule back in order.<br />
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I haven't painted much since we finished our first wave of miniatures for the Epic Heroes supplement. We are diligently working to get the book to market by month end. <br />
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We will be making more announcements on our website at <a href="http://www.brinkofbattle.com/">www.brinkofbattle.com</a> once we are satisfied with the print quality and such then its off to changing the way people play fantasy skirmish games. <br />
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Noch Weiter!Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-88042076799336666552014-01-28T09:03:00.001-08:002014-01-28T09:03:36.215-08:00Sick AGAIN!Got over the noro virus and came down with an upper respiratory infection. Joy.<br />
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Fortunately, painting miniatures doesn't require much active thinking on my part, as with writing rules, so in my evening hours I've been able to get my Ral Partha Angels painted and will be finishing my Bronze Age Centaurs tonight.<br />
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Drew and I have a veritable shit ton of figures to paint by the end of Feb. <br />
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Thankfully, we are good at getting ourselves on a war footing and punching out projects. <br />
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So with a hack and cough I say,<br />
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Noch Weiter!<br />
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BobFaust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-85777702689369323662014-01-13T10:53:00.003-08:002014-01-13T10:53:51.656-08:00Nurgle's Rot!Yep, my Wife and I had the Noro virus this past weekend. Real treat. More updates soon once I feel better.Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-18322073216137842422013-09-14T22:56:00.002-07:002013-09-14T22:56:56.332-07:00Having fun with Figures!So, I after tidying up my basement and office, I decided to reset our Brink of Battle table with a different arrangement of scenery, this time including my Warhammer Mighty Fortress. <br />
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The next thing I knew I was hauling out every model that could be used to play our fantasy supplement, Epic Heroes.<br />
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And I tried some new techniques for shooting photos with my phone's camera. Here's a veritable shit-ton of pics. No rhyme or reason to it. Just put stuff together and snapped a gob of pics. Hope you like 'em!<br />
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Noch Weiter!<br />
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Bob <br />
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Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-72518993960307393832013-08-23T11:03:00.000-07:002013-08-23T11:03:22.386-07:00Sundry murmuringsMy allergies are smashing my brain up right now, but I figured I'd squeeze in a quick post before I head out to my next appointment for work.<br />
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I have been a busy beaver of late. In fact, with so much happening in my work and personal life, I have neglected my blog posts for everything else.<br />
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Latest news is we had a great demo day at Game Kastle in Santa Clara, California this past weekend. Ray's team kicks ass in the customer service and sales categories. Truly an enjoyable experience.<br />
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Drew, Alan, and Dan are currently scrubbing my full 273 Trait master list for editing and mechanical fixes. That's 2/3's of the Epic Heroes book done right there. I'm working on the Spells and then Magic is done. Magic Gear will round it out, followed by the Plug & Play lists.<br />
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I'm almost ready to announce the winners of our Fiction contest. I think I've got it narrowed down, and once I'm sure, I'll make the announcement. So if you submitted, please be patient. :)<br />
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And yes, if you know me well at all, then you'll know that I'm still gasping for air from the horrible news that Ben Assflake is going to be Batman. I'm devastated. That prick killed the Daredevil franchise, and now he's going to screw up my most beloved and first hero. Shit.<br />
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Ok, enough negativity. I'm heading out and then this weekend will be getting the basement tidy so we can start our next massive painting project for Epic Heroes. Gonna be fun!<br />
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Noch Weiter!<br />
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BobFaust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-45180143637306216392013-05-27T09:51:00.000-07:002013-05-27T09:51:03.329-07:00Scrubbing the BasementWell, after 6 weeks of feverishly working on the Ruins of Vanis-Trymno board with Drew, my basement looked like it was hit by a Vorpal Hurricane of Chaos. Except it left the shit in the room instead of sucking it out into the warp.<br />
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For my Birthday my Mother-in-Law, who is the Greatest, gave me some Bday money that I used to heal an old miniatures wound. <br />
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I used to own two of these until I knocked my miniatures shelf onto the floor and broke both of these in places that were not joints. I was devastated and never sought to replace them. Mom's money came in handy at just the right time and I picked this bugger up from ebay for $71 bucks and change!<br />
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Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-50256926768240190982013-04-20T09:36:00.002-07:002013-04-20T09:36:45.755-07:00Brink of Battle turns 7 and I turn 43!Yeah, today marks the 7th anniversary of my initial drafting of the rules which became Brink of Battle. It was on my 36th birthday. It's been a really jam packed seven years. Getting nominated for an Origins Award was icing on the cake. <br />
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I'm resuming my scrivening on the fantasy supplement, and will also be painting up more goodies.<br />
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Thanks to all of you who take the time to read my posts and shre your comments.<br />
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Noch Weiter!<br />
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BobFaust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-63774121215932780512013-02-02T18:17:00.001-08:002013-02-02T18:17:13.368-08:00If you build it they will fight!I've been on the road a lot lately for work, but am finally at a reasonable stretch where I can knuckle down and build some boards.<br />
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Drew and Scott came over to help with concepts, layouts, shopping at Lowe's and in Drew's case risking digits to a box cutter as we measured, chopped, and glued insulation foam onto particle boards.<br />
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For what? You ask?<br />
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For two new Demo Table sets for Brink of Battle. The main event is the Ruins of Vanis-Trymno, the fantasy city that has fallen into ruin over the last 500 years in my Epic Heroes game setting.<br />
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The other is a mining operation for Wild West gaming. <br />
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No pics to follow, as we want the initial unveiling to be at ConQuest Sacramento April 5-7th.<br />
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After that we'll post pics and such to show the build progress and the final product.<br />
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Noch Weiter!<br />
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<br />Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-773424610767485612013-01-01T19:18:00.000-08:002013-01-01T19:18:10.460-08:00Meet Starhawk!So a couple of years ago, Drew gave me an out of production Mantis Warrior that is suh-weet. I told him that I'd paint up a two-blade elf ranger from Reaper for him in exchange. Like I said, that was two years ago.<br />
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As I was finishing up my new batch of old school Ral Partha, Grenadier, and Foundry models for our new fantasy project, I decided to finish this guy up too. I call him Starhawk, cuz its kinda Seventies Fantasy sounding. <br />
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Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-57427506282888764082012-12-23T10:50:00.001-08:002012-12-23T10:50:46.887-08:00Swords & BoobiesI grew up in the 70's and was highly imprinted by the fantastic art of Frank Frazetta. I was also inundated with hot women from 60's syndicated television shows like Star Trek & Batman. So my imprint was on shapely women, not Twiggy knock-offs. Women like this:<br />
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So with that in mind, while writing the fantasy supplement to Brink of Battle, Epic Heroes, I was inspired to include some miniatures that captured this stereotype. I mean let's face it, the fantasy genre is rife with sexuality, and is further fueled by the mythological archetype of the Damsel in Distress. <br />
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Now, while I disagree with this premise, and personally don't view women in that way, I thought it would be theme appropriate for the 'era & genre' if I used some nekkid female harem girls as 'Objective' Markers for use with my Epic Heroes games. Yeah, shameless, I know.<br />
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David Soderquist's Dead Earth Imperials range has such figures. I wanted them totally nude, but the metal they are cast in is pretty unyielding, so I'll just paint them in their g-strings. Here's our updated pics of Bob & Drew's Excellent Fantasy Adventure thread on the Lead Adventure Forum.<br />
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I'll get some paint on them soon, but for now the update is just primer. Here's the rest of my bunch and Drew's Skaarsgard Marauders primed up.<br />
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And Drew's Vikings come Skaarsgard Marauders<br />
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Noch Weiter!<br />
Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-32838503331618394792012-12-17T08:52:00.005-08:002012-12-17T08:52:54.240-08:00New Fantasy ProjectRead all about it here! <br />
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Hi guys! We have embarked on a new project for our upcoming supplement to Brink of Battle. You can read all the details and see the pictures here <a href="http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=48872.0">http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=48872.0</a><br />
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Enjoy!Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-66593910241993787772012-12-03T18:03:00.000-08:002012-12-03T18:03:06.315-08:00Rode hard, put away wet...What a whirlwind of activity since I last posted. Got some old Grenadier and Ral Partha figures arriving soon, then its Paint Paint Paint!<br />
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I promise.Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-42508810462953823042012-11-22T10:21:00.002-08:002012-11-22T10:21:09.888-08:00Thanksgiving thoughts<div class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" id="id_50ae6b03ea9b97333843494">
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f your theological or philosophical bent, is a powerful psychological reset.<br /> <br /> And I love gravy, and this is the most gravy laden holiday of the year.<br /> <br /> I am grateful for the love in my life. For the people in my life. For my ability to walk, talk, think, and feel. For the country I live in, and the freedoms I enjoy. I am also grateful for the problems, challenges, sufferings, and pain that I have had in my life, which has given me cause to rise to the occasion and to become a stronger, wiser, and healthier man. And a grizzled old bastard. <br /> <br /> Be grateful for your life, because someone, somewhere is wishing they had what you have, troubles and all.<br /> <br /> Happy Thanksgiving. :)</div>
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Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-66838646693627118372012-09-22T17:09:00.000-07:002012-09-22T17:09:19.214-07:00Prepare to be Judged!!!Drew and I just watched the new Judge Dredd movie starring Karl Urban. Frakking FLAWLESS!!! <br />
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I've been reading Dredd for years, and this movie is a perfect blend of grit, blood, and bullets. There wasn't a weak scene in the whole film.<br />
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I highly recommend this movie, and encourage all of you to see it this weekend so we can have another one down the road.<br />
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Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-63947157394092493392012-09-13T18:20:00.002-07:002012-09-13T18:26:21.879-07:00I'm baaaaaack!Well, my hiatus from all things Brink of Battle came to a close with our excellent trip to Pacificon Game Expo over the Labor Day weekend.<br /><br />Now its back to the marketing plan tonight with Mike & Jim from The Launchpad. Then its on to more work on Epic Heroes, and simultaneously the vehicles supplement. I will make the formal announcements as to our release schedule, etc.<br /><br />In the mean time, haven't done a stitch of painting, but that may also change soon.<br /><br />Noch Weiter!<br /><br />Bob<br />Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-67067853178090110072012-07-19T13:32:00.001-07:002012-07-19T13:33:29.947-07:00BATMASS is HERE!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-40A6sJkUGuU/UAhvEiM_ywI/AAAAAAAABWI/Cuvw0wP0odc/s1600/103365_v1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5766981446539397890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-40A6sJkUGuU/UAhvEiM_ywI/AAAAAAAABWI/Cuvw0wP0odc/s400/103365_v1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-37839669298240905022012-07-10T17:35:00.002-07:002012-07-10T17:47:42.275-07:00BATMASS!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsOO0-DYeU4/T_zKtqHOmBI/AAAAAAAABU0/phOIiW0D1Qo/s1600/Christian-Bale-Workout-The-Dark-Knight.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5763704508874922002" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsOO0-DYeU4/T_zKtqHOmBI/AAAAAAAABU0/phOIiW0D1Qo/s400/Christian-Bale-Workout-The-Dark-Knight.jpg" /></a> For the past seven years I have been observing my own personal holiday: Batmass.<br /><br />It is the one day a year where I practice Unresponsibility. Not Irresponsibility; Unresponsibility. I get all of my duties in order, and have one whole day where I watch Batman movies and eat whatever I want. I don't make plans, I drift back and forth to the theater or have friends over to play Heroclix or Vs. <br /><br />Usually its held on June 15th, which is when Batman Begins was first released. Unless there is a new Batman movie in that year, then Batmass is moved to the release date of that movie. Such is the case this year. <br /><br />I really hope this last Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale film is beyond fantastic. I will go in with no expectations.<br /><br />So next friday, go support the franchise! <br /><br />Happy Batmass everyone!<br /><br />BobFaust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-42805772983160804122012-07-04T09:32:00.001-07:002012-07-04T09:33:40.068-07:00Nothing beats Freedom! Happy Independence Day!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UZ3wwMwynwo/T_RwWPHx1TI/AAAAAAAABTs/ajZ5TTradEM/s1600/captain-america-steve-rogers.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 393px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5761353350632297778" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UZ3wwMwynwo/T_RwWPHx1TI/AAAAAAAABTs/ajZ5TTradEM/s400/captain-america-steve-rogers.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8280837125459681202.post-60037654634253671622012-07-03T18:19:00.003-07:002012-07-03T18:28:13.498-07:00IRONCLAD!!!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A2sm27647wU/T_Oad0L4AOI/AAAAAAAABTc/o036RS6e_Zc/s1600/Ironclad-UK-Poster.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5761118185352331490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A2sm27647wU/T_Oad0L4AOI/AAAAAAAABTc/o036RS6e_Zc/s400/Ironclad-UK-Poster.jpg" /></a> I literally bumped into James Purefoy on the main floor at Comicon 2009. Damn nice guy. Definitely my favorite actor for Medieval/Renaissance movies. While I await the release of Solomon Kane starring Jim, I was nudged by my bro Drew to buy this. Watched it.<br /><br /><p>Fuck. YES!!! I have a soft spot for Templars to begin with. Purefoy is perfect. Add Paul Giamatti, Vladimir Kulich, and Brian Cox and you have a hardass medieval bashfest. Grab your greatsword and stomp the yard!</p><br /><p>Noch Weiter! </p>Faust23http://www.blogger.com/profile/00743648278435764848noreply@blogger.com0