Night Goblin Shamans are sinister and crazed individuals,  due to their consumption of huge quantities  of the powerfully hallucinogenic fungus  for which the Night Goblins are renowned. - Forge World Greetings and Welcome to The Art of Caesura! Today we're shifting gears from all of the Hellboy: The Board Game coverage that we've had in recent times.  Like any good hobbiest, I have a ton of unpainted models lying around the place. Much of my unpainted collection is made up of Orcs and Goblins (my original love from Warhammer Fantasy, before I joined the Skyfleets of the Kharadron Overlords .  As I said in my post about the new Contrast Paints (which, excitingly has now had well over 10 000 views!), I am looking forward to using these paints to get through my old Night Goblins (Moonclan Grots) from the Battle of Skull Pass box-set. At the time of painting the model the Contrast Paints had not quite been released yet. I also wante

And when it is time, please bring me To the Allfather's hall... Valkyria ~ Amon Amarth Come one and all, back to the safe confines of The Art of Caesura! We're going to abruptly shift gears this week from our look at Hellboy: The Board Game over the past few weeks, to a metal gig that I attended this week. I've attended a few awesome gigs already this year: Flight of The Conchords and The Decemberists. Somehow, I missed cataloging them here - which is a real shame because they were some amazing experiences and I am often trying to expand the blog's breadth. So, I wasn't about to let this one slip by. When I first heard that Amon Amarth were coming to Limerick (a mere two hours away from me), I was pretty much sold. When I heard that the gig was in King John's Castle - the deal was sealed.  Let's take a few steps back. Amon Amarth, for the soon-to-be converted, are a melodic death metal band from Sweden. Their name comes from the Sindarin name

Up the airy mountain, Down the rushing glen, We daren't go a-hunting, For fear of little men -The Fairies, William Allingham Hey gang, welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I hope you've been enjoying our look at Hellboy: The Board Game so far. The models are nice and diverse, and a lot of fun to paint. After the Monkey with a Gun a few weeks ago, today we have another funny / creepy little guy: Iron Shoes.  In the Hellboy story-line, this one takes place right here in Ireland. Hellboy hears about how iron is usually effective against fairies, but some actually gain power from iron. Enter Iron Shoes.   I really love the pose of this miniature, it totally looks like he's having a tantrum, or like a kid stomping around in boots.  There are quite a few minis in this board game so I'm trying to be a bit efficient painting them. That's not to say I want to slap them together, but that I will paint some of them quickly enough to

Welcome all! It's Friday and that means...The Art of Caesura!! We're deep in Hellboy territory this month, and today we're finishing off the game's Clue Tokens. To see what this is all about, check out last week's post ; otherwise, lets dive right in... We'll start with a few dusty tombs - no doubt filled with mystical lore: I had to zoom in super close because these things are TEENSY WEENSY! They're actually so small that I'm going to put them on bases so they don't get lost mid gaming-session. I love the skulls and candles and scrolls, nice and arcane. No creepy Nazi complex is complete without a...generator. This next one is actually my favourite of all the clue tokens! I love the different details and textures. The letter on the table, the clay mortar and pestle and the jars that I've painted as different colours of glass. Next is an antique jar. Surprisingly, this is the one that took