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So, how many Aardvarks is too many? Back in the 1980s Citadel Miniatures/Games Workshop brought out a range of minis called Weird Fantasy or WF for short. This was a small range of unusual figures, a dwarf on stilts, a spaced out druid and others. See the complete range here: https://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Weird_Fantasy_(Citadel) The range also had Aardvarks. Obviously based on the Cerebus the Aardvark graphic novels by Dave Sim. More about Cerebus here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebus_the_Aardvark Several poses were offered in the range including: Aggressive Aardvark with a sword. Aardvark Berserker with an axe. Aardvark Wizard. Angus the Aardvark with a Kilt and Claymore. And the Aardvark Adventurer with Pistol and Whip that was never officially released. Rumour is that the Aardvarks were removed from sale after a cease and desist letter from Dave Sim's Lawyers. The Aardvarks can be found on ebay from time to time and usually go for a...
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A review of the Judges Guild and Necromancer Games Wilderlands Campaign setting for the d20 system

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The Judges Guild Wilderlands Campaign Setting  Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Judges Guild was producing a fantasy campaign world called the Wilderlands. It was an area around 1000 miles tall by 700 miles wide and included many types of terrain.  It was originally designed for Dungeons and Dragons but became part of their Universal Fantasy System when they lost the licence from TSR. In the late 80s Judges Guild closed down and the only remains of the Wilderlands were what could be found in the second hand pile in Games stores and eventually on ebay when it appeared. The d20 licencing changed all that and Judges Guild returned.  Along with Necromancer games they started to bring back the old Wilderlands campaign. They produced three products to cover the Wilderlands Campaign world and the City State of the Invincible Overlord, their most famous product.  Other modules were also reproduced in the d20 system. The production values on these items is excellent, u...
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Doom pimped up board

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 Doom This is for the original Doom boardgame (2004) by Fantasy Flight Games and not the revised Doom boardgame (2016) also by Fantasy Flight Games. This game is similar to Descent.  All I had to make were Doors and Room and Corridor floors. I used the Hirst Arts Sci-Fi Moulds 270-273 for the floors and 301, 302 for the walls/doors. I have yet to paint my figures.  Those in the photos were supplied by my friend Alan Forsyth.
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The Legend of Drizzt Pimped up Board

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 The Legend of Drizzt First of all I painted all the minis for this game.  Then I set about making the board(s). The game has 4x4 inch card tiles that make up the dungeon as you adventure within it.  The usual mechanic is to draw from the prepared deck of tiles and lay them out.  To replicate this I numbered each tile and created a deck of tile cards.  The cards are prepared as per the scenario and then each player draws a card and locates the matching 3D tile and places it. I used the Hirst Arts Water Cavern Moulds (81, 82, 281, 282) as this game is set in the Underdark.
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Descent Pimped up board

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 Descent was fairly easy to do, Hirst Arts has a page which details the moulds, number of casts, and how to build the pieces you will need. However the follow up, Descent 2, started to vary the types of tiles and had a lot of detritus on them, and the killer was multiple levels on one tile.  I made a few but eventually gave up. Tiles for Descent Example of the easier tiles for Descent 2 with the original tiles for comparison
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Space Crusade pimped up board

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 Welcome to Space Crusade! For this I used the Hirst Arts Sci-Fi tiles.  I used their 1" square floortiles.  However this would have been a tight fit for the figures, so I spaced the tile apart by 1/4" and filled the gap with filler. I decided not to create the walls within the each board and just painted the gap between the tiles white, like the card board provided.  I also only created doors and walls for the inter-board walls and docking claws.
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Pimping up my board games

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 Pimp my board game I have many games that use figures and have special boards.  I like dungeon exploration games and have several of the Dungeons & Dragons board games.  As my background is from Wargaming and Role-Playing I don't like playing with basic card boards and unpainted minis. As a basic pimpimg I try to paint the figures before we play with them.  Then I try and build the board. Some games have boards that are multilevel on one piece of card, like Warhammer Quest and Descent 2.  These can't be made to look good in 3D as having two levels on one piece will not sit right with the pieces around them. I started by creating a 3D board for my Space Crusade game and painting all the figures. I used the moulds from Hirst Arts  to cast up the walls and floors in Herculite casting plaster until I had enough.  Then I used XPS Extruded Polystyrene Foam sheets to build the boards from. Hirst arts has many moulds that will make different styles of Fan...
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