Adam Thompson is a graphic designer based in Carbondale, USA. His series Heroic Words of Wisdom is designed to try and bring some of iconic superhero dialogue out from the pages of comic books and to a wider audience. In my mind, one of the most famous pieces of comics dialogue is the oath sworn […]
Archives for August 2014
Explore all articles published in August 2014. This collection covers topics in Art, Tabletop & RPGs, and Geek Stuff.
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Battle for Wesnoth maps
Cartographer “zookeeper” created and shared these maps from the free and open source game Battle for Wesnoth at the Cartographers’ Guild. These maps are the first time Zookeeper has done any cartography and so the results are very impressive. I’m sharing them here as it is rare to get a multi-part map of a world. […]
D&D 5e: Wild magic
The D&D 5e previews keep on sneaking in. Recently, Codename: Morningstar had the preview of the Wild Magic system that comes bundled with the first 5e Dragonborn art to be seen. The table shows the effects that might happen when a Wild Magic cast goes wrong. Codename Morningstar are the folk building the digital tools […]
The Xenomorph Queen
[Product Page] Here’s a model that’s bound to draw attention. This the Alien queen from the 1986 Aliens movie, it has 30 points of articulation and is 15 inches tall. That means if you’ve other aliens from the same series it’ll be 7 inches taller. The tail is pose-able and the model comes with two […]
Photographs of Ents
These trees could easily be treemen. The photographs are the work of Elido Turco, an Italian with an eagle eye for possible faces. Turco uses the simple mirror technique on these naturally occuring gnarls to bring these faces out of trees. Turco publishes a Flickr that’s well worth looking at if you want to see […]
Short film: Black Sugar
Bored teenagers trying a new drug? The name “black sugar” reminded me straight away of “soy sauce” and of John Dies at the End. There is some overlap – and that’s perhaps in a Lovecraftian otherworld sense. This is a really good short film from Hank Friedmann. What starts off feeling like a Steven Spielberg […]
What if Pokemon were kaiju?
Artist and sculpture Yuuki Morita is based at the University of Tokyo and draws Pokemon. In particular, this talented artist draws Pokemon as realistic monsters. Let’s call them kaiju. (Via John Struan at Kotaku.)
Spirit of 77: A review of Cruise Ship of the Damned
Cruise Ship of the Damned is described as a free to download pre-written adventure for Spirit of 77. It’s more than that. It’s actually an introduction for MonkeyFun Studios’ Spirit of 77 RPG. Spirit of 77 is due to launch in Kickstarter in September. What you get with this download is an introduction to the […]
A review of MULP: Sceptre of the Sun
MULP: Sceptre of the Sun is an all-ages anthropomorphic comic from Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton. I thought I knew what I was getting into after reading just the first few panels. Ah, I see; all the characters are different types of mouse. Our hero is being called out to an archaeological dig in Egypt. […]
An AT-AT Walker good enough to eat
Take a look at this AT-AT Walker and consider the possibility it is a cake. Cake AT-ATs aren’t just possible. They’re real. This AT-AT is cake. It was made by Chris the Cook and is very impressive.
