Then I learned that there were such things out there called "Plastic Models". These were boxes filled with little plastic pieces, with actual tiny jars of paint you could steal (uh.. I mean buy) from the store, and MOST importantly – instructions to actually MAKE something that actually LOOKED like something (as opposed to the Modern Art I was previously building).
When I first began modelling, I was HUGE into the World War II stuff: tanks, bombers, jeeps, battleships, chariots, space shuttles, wooden pirate legs, robot monkeys, and little teeny-weeny-tiny germans.
Sometime during highschool, I switched from painting the wee-tiny Germans and started painting wee-tiny fantasy figures instead. Ral Partha, Grenadier, Citadel Miniatures: these were all companies that made some really kick ass lead figures of fantasy creatures and characters of ALL kinds. I would save up some extra cash and run to the local hobby store to buy an assortment of orcs, undead skeleton warriors, dwarves with big axes, chaos knights, grim reaper dudes. I thought it was VERY cool. (at least it was to me)
One day, I came across a game called "Hero Quest" that actually USED these little figure guys like the ones I had been painting. Now THAT was SUPER kick ass. It was basically like playing Dungeons and Dragons, but with little dudes and rooms you could actually set-up on a game board and... It was just cool. (at least it was to me)
I decided to write out a bunch of adventures for the game with a big storyline, maps, and dungeon layout breakdowns. You can view them by clicking on the link to the right. It is pretty funny. I got just a LITTLE too into it (as usual). Sooooo... here it is. You can check out my little adventures I wrote out above and you can look at a pic of the figures that I STILL have (stuffed WAY back in the closet). Some people may say, "Hey, that was pretty damn dorky, even for you." and I will have to respond with "Yup, I know. It is. But it WAS pretty cool!!!" (at least it was to me)
