It is my great regret that we live in an age that is proud of machines that think, and suspicious of people who try to. Mechanicum - Graham McNeill Thank God it's Friday, and welcome to the Art of Caesura! I had a lot of fun with last week's pos t. It was nice to stroll down memory lane with this old and beloved miniature. I also enjoy doing the instructional posts and hope that some of you found the guide on pinning useful. Through writing the post, I also stumbled across the Inquisitor facebook group - filled with incredibly inspiring miniatures - if you found your way here from there, welcome! I'm always so impressed to see such a loyal fan-base for games even when it's been 10-15 years since they've received official support. As a side note, this was the case with Blood Bowl up until the new edition was released last year...So, will there be a new edition of Inquisitor in our futures? Perhaps not, but that doesn't stop us from enjoying these fan

In ancient times,  men built wonders,  laid claim to the stars and sought to better themselves for the good of all. But we are much wiser now. Speculations on Pre-Imperial History - Lexicanum Salutations friendly people and welcome back to the Art of Caesura! We're going to take a brief interlude from our Conan coverage to bring you something slightly topical for a change.  Today's post is inspired by the release of the new Mechanicus codex  for 40K tomorrow and by this Bell of Lost Souls article. I'm also going to give something of a tutorial on pinning for those interested.  Back when Inquisitor was still a thing (My God, imagine if they brought that back in 54mm scale plastic!) I bought a few packs, stared at them lovingly for years, and then moved to a different country. A lot of my old miniatures have recently re-emerged as my dad clears out the basement. One such figure was Faramir and another is the topic today and next week's post...

There is no happiness for the soul in the external worlds since these are perishable, true happiness lies in that which is eternal, within us. - Egyptian Book of the Dead Greetings friends, welcome to this week's The Art of Caesura! Thanks to everyone who said such nice things on the various social media about my post from last week. It's always a surprise to me which posts spark public interest, so I love to hear from you guys!  More mummies; that's the theme of today! A couple weeks ago we looked at the first half of the mummies from the board game Conan. Those guys had their left arm up as if they were using an invisible walking stick. Today we're looking at the rest of them. I differentiated between them by noting that these guys are holding their sword more in front of their body and seemingly walking with more of a shuffling gait. To come clean, I actually batch painted these guys at the same time as the other ones. So, while my pa

Death and eternal punishment for anyone who opens this casket. In the name of Amon-Ra, the king of the gods. - The Mummy, 1932 It's a mixed bag today on The Art of Caesura! We're in the midst of a few weeks of focusing on miniatures from the Conan board game by Monolith. Last week we looked at the first lot of mummies (to whom we shall be returning next week), but in the meantime we have two other miniatures to break things up a little bit.  The first is a little curiosity that was a lot of fun to paint: a wizard's bookcase! There are a lot of nice little details and textures on this model from the various corked jars and beakers to the skulls and...well I don't exactly know what the other item on top of the case was meant to be, but I painted it like a quartz Faberge egg!  Getting all of the books to look individual without making the whole thing look garish and eye-burstingly poly-chromatic was a fun challenge. I dialed back the highligh