Evil Bryan

3 Weeks to go!

evil bryan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:41:06 +0000

Today marks the 3 week countdown to the greatest drinking event in the nation. I am talking about none other than the Oregon Brewers Festival, July 24-27th. An event where more than 70 brewers supply their sweet nectar to more than 60,000 people over the four day weekend.

As with tradition, my friends and I will be arriving Saturday at noon when they open. We will populate our traditional location, the north end of the southern tent and drink until dusk (it used to be “drink until dark” but we have gotten old.)

To all who may read this, gather your drinking clothes and cash and meet us in 3 weeks. You will have such a good time, that only through
drinking you would forget it (which is why we take pictures!)

Check out http://www.oregonbrewfest.com/

Superdog is not the name of a comic book character

evil bryan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:11:01 +0000

I am instead referring to Superdog restaurant in downtown Portland.

After a healthy walk on a hot day, I had some pretty high
expectations for this place. I can tell you the trek and the sweat was easily
worth it as I had an excellent lunch. For my first time there, I chose the
Double Smokie Dog Texan Style (onions, peppers and BBQ sauce) and an Italian
Dog Italian Stallion Style (peppers and onions, Parmesan cheese and marinara
sauce.) Both dogs were lean, flavorful and served on very well made rolls. The
staff was very pleasant and prepared the order quickly. The cost was nominal
compared to the food received and I would happily return there. Now I just have
to get back to continue to explore their expansive menu. Go out of your way for
a Superdog, it will be worth the trip!

Check them out at http://www.superdogpdx.com/

New Daemons Army

evil bryan — Fri, 23 May 2008 06:23:39 +0000

My hobby ADD has kicked in again, and I have been inspired by the new Warhammer 40K Daemons codex. My inspiration has brought me to start a new army. This army will be a Nurgle force. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Warahmmer mythos, Nurgle is the chaos daemon responsible for death, decay and disease. That theme should be quite clear based on the models.

So here are the completed units in all their glory, starting with two units of Plague Bearers:

Next up is a bunch of Nurglings:

Finally, we have thier fearless leader; The Great Unclean One:

If you are thinking “man, they look disgusting”, then I have done my job!

Not All Terrain Projects Are Unfinished

evil bryan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:19:45 +0000

Here is an example of a simple insulation hill that been transformed with the magic of paint and flock.

Starting with this:

Ending up with this:

All in all, I think it turned out pretty good!

Another Terrain Project - Inn

evil bryan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:15:53 +0000

Here is the second terrain project for the the upcoming fantasy tournament, a simple Inn.

It’s a combination of insulation, foamcore, wood, cardboard and a fair share of hot glue.

Terrain Goodness - Ziggurat

evil bryan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:51:25 +0000

With another tournament season approaching, I have been busy creating pieces for my gaming club’s (www.ordofanaticus.com) Warhammer fantasy tournament. My goal is to creating 4 table center pieces to establish an overall theme to the gaming table.

My first centerpiece was a Ziggurat for a Lizardman table.

Since the terrain making process is collective in my club, most of these pieces will be finished by other club members (hopefully by members who paint far better than I.)

In addition to this piece, I created a couple of spawning pools to accompany it. They are all constructed of Extruded Polystyrene (pink insulation foam) and mounted on 1/4″ hardboard.

Some Pictures Need No Explaination

evil bryan — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:34:48 +0000

Awesome Paint Comparison Tool

evil bryan — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:12:57 +0000

While surfing the ever expanding Interweb, I have come across an excellent tool for comparing lines of hobby paint by color. It seems to be the perfect tool for determining a similar, better or cheaper replacement for any of your current paints. Check it out here.

New Chaos Army - Test Paint Scheme

evil bryan — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:45:22 +0000

Here is the look I’m going for on my new CSM project. This image needs some touch up, basing and a matte finish (I hate the shine it has now.)

The Start of a New Chaos Army

evil bryan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:46:16 +0000

As I continue to play Warhammer 40K, it’s clear that I need a second complete army to vary my experience and playing style. With the release of the new Chaos Marine codex, it seemed like a good place to start. I have a couple of specific goals in completing this force.

The army will primarily consists of troop models, rather than vehicles
The force will represent a Renegade Marine chapter, so I will be avoiding mutations and deamons
Each model will be modeled as uniquely as possible
With the new codex providing Bolter, Bolt Pistol and CCW for standard Chaos Marine, I will work towards modeling all weapons on applicable models
The force will be assembled using a mix of Chaos Space Marine, Space Marine and Khorne Beserkers parts, fully unitizing my bitz box.
I will exhaust as many existing models as I have for this project before purchasing new models

With those goals in mind, I begin the construction of my yet unnamed Renegade force.