A Bit of Randomness

This is a stuffed troll head:

 To his left, however, sitting amongst the tiny faux columns and trees, is a small dice bag we use for "guest dice."  As if anyone shows up to game without dice.  Still, it was one of the first dice bags I ever made, and thus has some historical significance.  Sort of.

RPG Painted Mini - Bobcat

These are close-ups of Baelik, faithful bobcat animal companion to Holly, the Druid:

He's kind of small, and thus difficult to photograph. I put moleskin on the bottom of the mini, as we were planning to do with several of them. We've since decided against it, since it doesn't really help in using them.

Here is the unpainted original set he came from, image from Reaper Minis:

Thus far, he's one of three in this set to be completely painted.

When it comes to D20 bad guys, Baelik says: "talk to da butt"

Dice Bag – The Dwarven Adventurer

This bag has a seed stitch between cables, though the yarn makes the cables difficult to see in the photographs.

The outer layer is made from Rehue Multy No. 6, a hand-dyed alpaca/silk/polyamide blend from Araucania Yarns that varies in both color and thickness. The inner layer is Aktion JaWoll Color sock yarn, color 132.0201, which is a wool-nylon blend from Lang Yarns.

The cables and the color are reminiscent of either a red-bearded Dwarf fighter fresh from a dungeon crawl (thus the green part), or fall colors for those who aren’t RPG players. It’s also short and wide in appearance and holds a surprising amount of dice or other things. The bag stands up well on its own, full or empty, and the holes for the drawstrings are reinforced in crochet.

RPG Painted Mini - Ranger-Druid

This is one of those rare moments when I will say I'm darn proud of how this came out:

The folks at Reaper Minis have her labeled as a Ranger, but I used this mini to play a Druid named Holly. Here she is with Baelik, her faithful bobcat animal companion, also from Reaper Minis:

Here is the unpainted original, image from Reaper Minis:

The Eency Weency Yarnblob

climbed up the winder spring...

Today's Mad Knittist Notes

Brought to you by yet another about-to-be overdue baby set: I've got 2 ladies having babies, both due in March, and I've not knitted a stitch. Ooops. Meanwhile, I've got a dice bag 75% complete, a scarf about 60% done, and gloves 0% done. Should I set my sights on fewer projects? Heck no! :-D

RPG Painted Mini - Bard

Here's a mini of a High Elf bard I painted last year:

Here's the unpainted version, image from Reaper Minis:

My Hubby/DM is very particular about which players are allowed to play bards, but I think I could pull it off. Someday. If I ever get bored playing rogues. It could happen.