"Scarecrow" Cover Reveal

Behold the official cover of Scarecrow, a speculative fiction anthology that includes my short story, "The Straw Samurai." The anthology is edited by Rhonda Parrish and published by World Weaver Press. The official reveal can be found here along with a Goodreads giveaway, but I thought I'd share portions of the press release below.

Descent 2nd Edition Painted Miniatures, Part 3

In this third post showing my painted Descent: Second Edition miniatures, I'll focus on both big box expansion: Labyrinth of Ruin and Shadow of Nerekhall. Each contains four new heroes and classes, four new monster groups, several new lieutenants, new quests playable alone or in a full campaign, and new game mechanics. As mentioned in Part 1 and Part 2, the paint jobs and pics were done by my brother, whose Etsy store of various geek-related crafts can be found here.

Labyrinth of Ruin

HEROES

Pathfinder Durik (Orc Warrior)

Dezra the Vile (Human Mage)

Ulma Grimstone (Dwarf Healer)

Logan Lashley (Human Scout)

MONSTERS

Goblin witchers

Volucrix reavers

Carrion drakes

Arachyura

LIEUTENANTS / ALLIES

One of the new mechanics introduced in this campaign is the use of allies. Depending on which path the heroes choose, they will receive assistance from either a healer or a scout, with an opportunity to switch later on. Whichever is spurned then falls under the overlord's sway and becomes an evil lieutenant. As with the lieutenants in other expansions, these are represented by picture tokens unless you buy the Lieutenant Packs, which in this case include both versions of the character. The ally version includes a hero sheet, making them playable as heroes in any but this campaign. Both are pictured below, along with the transformed version of Ariad (I don't have the other).

Serena (Human Healer)
(Left: lieutenant; right: ally/hero.)

Raythen (Dwarf Scout)
(Left: ally/hero; right: lieutenant.)

Queen Ariad
(spider form of the campaign's big baddy)

Descent 2nd Edition Painted Miniatures, Part 2

Continuing the series of posts showcasing my painted Descent: Second Edition miniatures, here are the heroes and monsters from two of the all three available small-box expansions. Half the size of full-box expansions, each contains two new heroes and classes, two new monster groups, one new lieutenant, new quests playable alone or as a mini-campaign, and new game mechanics. I don't have the third, Manor of Ravens, but here's Lair of the Wyrm, and The Trollfens, and Manor of Ravens. As mentioned in Part 1, the paint jobs and pics were done by my brother.

Lair of the Wyrm

HEROES

Reynhart the Worthy (Human Warrior)

High Mage Quellen (Elf Mage)

MONSTERS

Hybrid sentinels

Fire imps

LIEUTENANT

Valyndra