Sci-fi Adventure Ideas

00 I’ve recently rediscovered my love of Science Fiction after devouring the Expanse novels by James C A Corey. I turned back the clock to my teenage years and started re-reading the Foundation trilogy by Asimov, the Lensman series by E. E. ‘doc’ Smith, and Moonbeast by A. E. van Vogt. It certainly was a […]

Mad Maximilian

00 My friends at Eureka Miniatures recently sent me a few photos of models from their upcoming range “Mad Maximilian” – a 1930s post-apocalyptic world where anarchistic gangs use hotted-up roadsters to battle across the harsh outback of Australia. Sounds vaguely familiar, but I can’t quite put my finger on why. The photos were of […]

On the road again…

00 I finally got around to doing a scenic base for my giant scorpion (see my previous post), the first mini in my collection for Atomic Sunset. I chose to place him on an urban roadway, partially to set the scene for a bug invasion, and partially to give a sense of scale to the […]

Atomic Sunset

00 Ah, the gentle buzz of flying insects on a summer’s day. The coolness of freshly made lemonade, sipped in comfort on the porch while the kids play on the lawn. The roar of engines as the National Guard race past in their half-tracks, on their way to fight a new outbreak of giant bugs. […]

November is Scorpio’s Month

00 I picked up this model from a friend who was clearing out a load of old stuff from his office. It’s an AMT model kit titled “Gigantics – Rampaging Scorpion Diorama” and is a little hard to find these days. They still pop up from time to time on eBay though, so if you […]

Amazing Adventures!

00 Welcome, action fans, to the next instalment in the amazing adventures of Doc Halloway and Polly… A few friends and I are planning a weekend getaway of Pulp Action gaming sometime next year (2013), with rugged heroes, sinister spies, exotic beauties and unscrupulous gangsters, all duking it out to achieve the ultimate prize (whatever […]

Rayguns! cover art

00 While projects like “Atomic Sunset” and the “History of the Runestaff” might have been a little inactive in recent weeks, I have actually been busy helping to bring a new game to completion. A friend of mine has been feverishly producing a ‘pulp-era’ skirmish game based on the matinee serials and dime-store novels of […]

And at a deadly pace…

00 … it came from outer space, and this is how the message ran. Just put the finishing touches on a scratch-built flying saucer model and it’s now ready for invading Planet Earth. I bought enough bits for 4 of these vessels (my youngest has already claimed one of them) at the princely sum of […]

Atomic Sunset Poster #3

00 Just finished mocking-up this newspaper headline about an alien invasion in 1953 to include as artwork in Atomic Sunset. Nothing like a bit of sensationalist press to set the scene!

Atomic Sunset poster #2

00 Well, not a poster as such. More of a magazine advert really. I drew inspiration for this image from the old Green Army Men ads you used to get on the backs of comic books of the 50s and 60s. I was pretty happy with the end result. It will most likely feature in […]