We’re back, baby! Several years ago, I made it to the Barrage gaming convention hosted by the HAWKS wargaming club in Havre de Grace Maryland. This was actually the first place I ran a full convention game, my Viking raid game (Viking Raid on Iona Abbey- Scenario Rules). The last couple of years fall has […]
So I found myself in the UK again this summer, excited to go to BOYL at Wargames Foundry again. We had a blast last year and while I’ve shared some pictures, I haven’t done a full writeup yet of that trip! (https://bonespoonminis.io/cons-of-2025/) I’ll get around to it eventually, maybe, probably. Anywho, I was gutted when
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The endless distances of space, pouring out far beyond visible range, stretching endlessly to stars yet unvisited. I had a conceit for a simple diorama scene inspired by the NASA mission New Horizons, which explored the outer reaches of the solar system and took incredible photos of Pluto. I re-envisioned this as a pastiche with
Blank surfaces. I’ve come to see them as nothing but opportunity. Especially given the excellent sticker game at all these cons I’ve been going to. I’ve also really taken to making stickers at the shop at work, and bringing them out to cons- it’s fantastic cuz I can do it for free and bring dozens
So this year, a group of awesome artists are organizing a new miniatures event and show in Texas (in July, woof), called Pigment (https://pigmentshow.us/). They’re aiming for a purely painting and modeling focused show similar to ones found in Europe- something of an art retreat and something of a painting competition. I wasn’t sure I’d
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Sometimes it is fun to connect with history. The last couple weeks I’ve been focused on pulling together some pieces for the MFCA 2026 Annual show, held just outside of Philly. Hosted by the Miniature Figure Collectors Association (https://www.mfcaclub.com/) this show is in its 83rd year! That’s pretty wild. For anyone who got into this
This was our first venture out into the world of conventions for 2026- hopefully we will go to fewer than last year haha ( Cons of 2025! ). We braved the snowcrete and cold of February to drive up to Lancaster. That’s right, this year they moved Cold Wars to the Wyndham on the edge
