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Archives for January 2013

Commissioned character art for a D&D game goes viral

January 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

M.S. Corley is freelance illustrator and graphic artist. He runs at blog at mscorley.blogspot.com.au where he shows some of the quality pieces he’s been working on. This month he showed a collection of character portraits commissioned for a D&D game. These have now been featured on Kotaku and Super Punch. It’s a good thing he’s […]

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons

Monsters by Eclectic Method

January 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

And why not? Monsters can star in their own music video if they want too. Eclectic Method have a Tumblr of their own, cool kid like, with a funky background and which is an easy way to keep up with their creative efforts. Fancy a gallery of all those classic monsters? [wooslider slider_type=”attachments” limit=”17″]

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: beowulf, clash of the titans, cloverfield, Godzilla, king kong, men in black, monsters, star wars

Marvel’s phase 3: Ant-Man and Doctor Strange

January 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Josh Wigler of MTV News has an important interview with Kevin Feige, President of Production at Marvel Studios that touches on Phase 3. Just to re-cap, the series of films that include Iron Man 1, Iron Man 2, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor and The Avengers have become known as Phase 1. Marvel are […]

Filed Under: Comics, Movies Tagged With: ant-man, Doctor Strange, Edgar Wright, marvel

Twisted Princesses: Disney princesses as RPG encounters

January 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Back in December 2011 Geek Native posted Disney Princesses as RPG monsters by the talented Jeffrey Thomas. This blog suggested they were scary enough to be used as RPG monsters and the post has been popular. Did Jeffrey stop drawing? Nope. Time for an update as we discover more twisted princesses that could be used […]

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: disney, Jeffrey Thomas, monsters

Two years to build 5 foot recreation of the 300 Battle of Thermopylae

January 26, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

LEGO wizard Simon Pickard spent two years building this five feet long recreation of the Battle of Themropylae. The Battle of Thermopylae is so famous that it story has been prominent throughout history and perhaps most recently in the graphic novel and film 300. This build is 192 studs long by 96 deep. There are […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: 300, lego

An exclusive look inside A Gallery of Rogues

January 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A Gallery of Rogues is a project from artist Eric Lofgren and the game designer Jim Pinto. Pinto created the World’s Largest Dungeon which sells on eBay for well over $100, King for a Day as well 7th Sea material and Legend of the Five Rings material. Logfren has worked for the lives of AEG, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 7th Sea, aeg, cubicle 7, fantasy flight games, goodman games, green ronin, Hero Games, Jim Pinto, kickstarters, Legend of the Five Rings, postworldgames, west end games, white wolf

Judge Dredd might be gay but are fans really threatening to burn the comic?

January 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The news that Judge Dredd might be gay is making the mainstream media. The Independent says; The writers of the legendary lawman Judge Dredd have caused a stir among fans by suggesting he might be gay. The first page from the latest edition of the comic, titled Closet, does show Dredd kissing a punk in […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: 2000 AD, judge dredd, rebellion

This is how a gamer would design a secret door

January 25, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a real life, very modern, secret door. I don’t know but my bunch is that the inventor is a gamer. This looks like gamer design to me. Not only is the secret door hard to see it also locks. Have you noticed how many secret doors are left unlocked? Sure, sometimes you need […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: household

Gruesome zombie teddy bears

January 24, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Created by Phillip Blackman of Undead Teds is this family of rather gruesome teddy bears. They make me think some spoilt brat is going to regret throwing this teddy bear out of the window. The bear returns from the dead and wants dread ted revenge! Via Nerdcore.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: horror, monsters, zombies

8 impressive steampunk top hats

January 24, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As part of Geek Native’s James P Blaylock season, one of the founding fathers of steampunk and author of The Aylesford Skull, here are eight options for skull decoration. There’s bound to be steampunk top hat here that takes your fancy. Steampunk belt, bra and hat [Little Daisy Head at Deviant Art] Raven Gothic Steampunk […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, fashion, James P. Blaylock, steampunk

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