Spoilers for Spider-Man: Brand New Day -- it's very good, I've seen it twice this week! -- follow. In the film, a significant moment hinges on Hulk recognising Peter Parker, and I've been trying to work out how that could be, barring any off-screen "I read about you in the Avengers files" business: In Infinity War, Banner meets Spider-Man before the latter goes into spaaaaaaaaace. In
In 2015 Warhammer: Age of Sigmar was created. This had made some people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. Well, not "widely" as it's turned out to be a bit of a success for Games Workshop, more so than Warhammer Fantasy Battle was before it was scrapped, and is now on its fourth edition. I've still never played it, mind. One thing that hasn't survived the years is the meta
Kev Walker, 1991: Kev Walker, 1997: Kev Walker, 2000: Kev Walker, 2001: (This is the sequel to the 1997 series above.) Kev Walker. 2023: So many styles, all good.
John Blanche died. I first encountered him in Steve Jackson's Sorcery! books. Now that's a wizard! His art had the rubbery weirdness of someone like Erol Otus, but went beyond with a sort of feverish decadence, and a (un)healthy gob of punk. You could feel Blanche's work crawl and writhe, and probably spit, too. Much will be written in the next few days about Blanche and his art by better
It's only taken since 2014, when dipping was the trendy painting technique, but I have finished my Eldar army for Warhammer 40,000. Behold the forces of Craftworld Ad-Hoc! These miniatures are all from the first two editions, aside from a couple of characters, and the Exodites. More on them later. The "command squad". The second character is a Spiritseer from around 2013, and you'll have
People are listing their top ten science fiction films to "celebrate" Star Wars Day. I "celebrated" Star Wars Day in my own way yesterday, but here's my list anyway. I'm discounting superhero films in general, although some of them certainly count as science fiction; I was very close to just sticking Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel in anyway. Ghostbusters also was very close to making it
I haven't watched this yet, so I hope it's favourable. "The special offer: Buy the Terror in the Streets boxed set from the EU webstore, get free shipping on the whole order with the coupon code MOON. Offer valid through May 7 (ends when I wake up on the 8th and remember to deactivate the code)."
Stuart and I have embarked on an optimistic and perhaps naïve attempt to get more regular wargaming done in 2026, and have pencilled in a rough plan to play a game a month. Here's how we've got on so far. January: Oh dear, not the best start. But January is always slow. That's my excuse, anyway. February: We playtested my Stargrave scenario The Enemy Within. March: We got in one game of The
Stuart and I have been trying to get more wargames played in 2026 -- our goal is at least one a month -- and last week we played one that was new to both of us; The Nam (not that one). You can read Stuart's in-depth summary of the game here. I am in agreement with him for the most part; it's a fun enough game that runs well, if a little lacking in specific Vietnam War flavour, and it seems to
Oh, so that's who Robocop was trying to arrest the other day. Good luck, Murphy. And happy birthday Simon Furman! (And Hellboy: Seed of Destruction #1 was released on this day in 1994!) #DrawDeathsHeadDay #KelvinDrawsThings
My quest continues! Here's Blast Off, alongside his 2001 sort-of-incarnation. I have seen some complaints about his weird cup hands, but I think they're a nice nod to the original design, even if they make little sense. As much sense as a Space Shuttle counting as a combat vehicle, for example. Three down, two to go!
We are playing Pendragon! Yay! I love Pendragon. My knight, Sir Moriddig (MOR-i-THIG; it's pseudo-Welsh) is famous for being reckless, which has got him into a little trouble, but it was only after he'd calmed down and got a hold over himself in a recent battle that he took a lance through the noggin. Typical. So I decided to update his character image: Hello, ladies. #KelvinDrawsThings
Here's another Stargrave scenario to try out, maybe for fun, probably not for profit. THE LONG WAY AROUND Ion storms make descent to the surface difficult. If we get separated, rendezvous at the target location as soon as possible. Be careful. SET-UP Set up the table as normal. Place terrain, select board edges, and place loot tokens just as in a standard game. Select a Target Point as normal