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No Pardon For Billy The Kid

Posted in Wild West / Historical on December 31, 2010 by botwt

(CNN) — Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico will not pardon legendary Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid in the death of a law enforcement officer more than a century ago, he said Friday.

C’mon…he was promised a pardon by Wallace for murder of Sheriff Brady that happened during the Lincoln County War, he should have gotten the pardon. All the whiny people out there in NM complaining that he doesn’t deserve it because he killed others as well…he’s not getting a pass for the other murders, just the one during the LCW.

Sorry Billy, looks like another Governor stuck it to you. 😦

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2011

Posted in Reviews / Uncategorized / Misc. on December 31, 2010 by botwt

Well, the last few hours of 2010 are here and I can now look forward to 2011 and more hobby A.D.D. (it’s not like there is a cure for it anyway). I’m hoping that in the coming year I can finish my hobby room so I can build my old west town of Perdition’s Gulch and another smaller gaming board, I also want to finish my Shire army (have about 12 more hobbits to paint). I also have an entire dwarf army to paint as well, but I know how I get and if I tackle that it will be a miracle…let’s just say I’ll attempt to start that one. I also plan on getting the Star Wars miniatures I have completed (about 22 left assuming that Knight Models doesn’t produce more 30mm miniatures that I cannot resist).

There are so many ideas running through my head, and more keep popping in all the time, so we’ll see just how I progress with this plan…maybe 2011 will be the year I actually stick with a plan. Hehe

Hope you guys have a safe and prosperous new year filled with all kinds of hobby goodness!!

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The Stalker

Posted in Reviews / Uncategorized / Misc. on December 30, 2010 by botwt

Not so much hobby related but thought I’d post a photo of this guy that has been hanging around my place for the last couple of mornings looking to make a meal of my puppy. I think he’d be able to snatch up my 6lb dachshund without much effort at all…good thing she doesn’t go out without me.

This hawk is huge as you can see, the wingspan on this bugger has to be close to a yard wide…he is enormous! He’s definitely the biggest one I’ve ever seen around here, usually they are about half this guys size. I just wish I could have gotten closer to photograph him (he was three doors down when I shot this), just didn’t want to miss getting him. Truly an impressive animal!

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12/26/10

Posted in Reviews / Uncategorized / Misc. on December 26, 2010 by botwt

Well, here it is…the day after all the good food, great time with family visits and of course all the cool new gifts! Nothing new in the lead (and plastic) mountain this year, but I do have $50 leftover to put toward something hobby related. Maybe some new Lord of the Rings dwarves and hobbits, or maybe a few new Star Wars miniatures, or even the Ruins of Osgiliath.

Yeah, I need to spend half my cash on the ruins…now the hard part, what else do I want?!

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Merry Christmas Everybody!!

Posted in Reviews / Uncategorized / Misc. on December 25, 2010 by botwt

Hope all you guys have a safe and wonderful holiday and get everything that a good little hobbyist could wish for this year!

Wishing you guys all the best! 😀

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HK-47 Assassin Droid

Posted in Sci-Fi on December 24, 2010 by botwt

Nothing too special here, just a simple repaint and re-base of the model so I can add him to all the other bounty hunters and nefarious cretins I presently own.

Die meatbag! 😀

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Dash Rendar

Posted in Sci-Fi on December 22, 2010 by botwt

Not that I really know anything about this guy, just thought he looked like fun to paint up. I based him on some bit of plastic from GW’s 40K range and mounted that to a 30mm base…kinda looks like he is standing on part of his spaceship.

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Captain Rex

Posted in Sci-Fi on December 21, 2010 by botwt

I created this custom by taking an ARC Trooper and removing the head and simply adding a bald head, mine was from a Mace Windu miniature that was used in a conversion to create Jedi General Di.

Here is the unpainted conversion.

Before I cut off the original head and glued the new head into place I gave it a basic paint job to resemble this picture from the Clone Wars series in hopes that it would look OK before I ruined a perfectly good model.

The helmet will be saved, repainted and placed on the base next to his feet as if he dropped it. I found a decent photo of someone’s custom clone helmets and used this for inspiration and I followed this picture of his armor to try to emulate the look needed.

And here is the final piece.

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The Predator (Heresy’s Hürn) ~ Completed

Posted in Sci-Fi on December 19, 2010 by botwt

With the base completed I went on and finished up Mr. Predator.

The lighting is pretty harsh in these photos, I think I need a light box to get better and less shiny pictures. I’m really hoping that Heresy brings out more of these guys…would be really cool having two set up on either side of this one in my display cabinet.

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The Predator (Heresy’s Hürn) ~ Part II

Posted in Sci-Fi on December 18, 2010 by botwt

As I slowly work on getting the Hürn painted up, I have also been working on his base. Wanting to display this piece rather than play any kind game with him, I searched for a nice jungle base and found one with Scibor Monstrous Miniatures…their Toad in Ferns 50mm base looked perfect for my uses.

I’m most pleased with the patina on the bronze shield as I used no metallic paints to achieve the look of an old copper penny. Now it’s just a matter of completing the Hürn miniature and it will be all set for display.

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