Born 125 years ago today.
From the smoking ruins of The Silent Sorcerer's tower, Skullsword sends forth nonsensical artwork and useless gaming tools. He also likes to discuss RPGs, boardgames, miniatures painting, writing, movies, books, and whatever else strikes his fancy. Mostly though, his goal is to provide fun and goofy things to inspire others in their games. Enjoy!
Showing posts with label Tolkien. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tolkien. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Hobbits Invade the Museum!
Last night, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History held one of their After Dark events, and the theme was the Lord of the Rings. There were cocktails, games, sword fighting demonstrations, a costume contest, and a showing of the 1977 Rankin and Bass animated Hobbit film. It was a lot of fun, and I feel very lucky to have a museum that does this sort o thing.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Miniatures Monday: Beware the Barrow Downs!
Since it's Halloween, we will continue with the undead theme and also with a figure from Mithril Miniatures. This one is a barrow wight, which sadly no longer appears to be available. I bought this back when I was in college, but I just never got around to painting it. The paint job was fairly easy, being mostly black with progressively lighter shades of grey as highlights. I was hoping to make the sword look a bit eerie with a light coating of Nihilak Oxide, but that really didn't work out. Overall though, I'm fairly happy with the results.
Monday, October 24, 2016
Miniatures Monday
This week, we keep with the Halloween theme for Miniatures Monday. Here we have a restless spirit rising from its rocky tomb to haunt the living. The miniature is quite an old one and is by Mithril Miniatures. Back in the late 80s/ early 90s, Mithril Miniatures started producing a great line of Tolkien themed miniatures, and at the time, they were some of the best miniatures around. Of course, back then I was in college, so I couldn't afford to buy very many, but I did snag a few and have decided to finally paint some of them. Imagine my surprise to find that Mithril still seems to be in business!
Monday, October 17, 2016
Wandering in Mirkwood (Photos)
Well not Mirkwood exactly, but perhaps as close as one can get in western Pennsylvania. Something about the autumn always makes me want to walk in the woods. Partly it's the chance to experience the fall foliage, but it also stems from my childhood love of the Hobbit. I always feel a bit like Bilbo when I'm out walking, and the autumn always awakens within me a desire to see far-off places and to sing dwarvish songs. So, on Saturday my wife and I packed a picnic lunch and headed up to McConnells Mill State Park to walk the trail to the falls. It was a lovely day, and one could perhaps be forgiven for half expecting to meet some elves along the trail.
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| Following the stream deep into the forest |
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| The water has carved a path deep into the rock |
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| Sunlight on a calm pool |
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| I think there may be a barrow wight in here... |
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| The falls |
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| Mysterious toadstools... |
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| No elves yet... |
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| The stream disappears around a bend. Perhaps that is where the elves are waiting? |
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