The Shine Minis

I took this hobby up for the third and most recent time in 2019. I live in a pretty small apartment with my wife. There is little space for a hobby that typically takes up a fair bit of room. Many of my decisions around this hobby are shaped with this in mind.  For example, I've limited myself to fantasy miniatures and games. The reason is that it would take twice as much room to store the equivalent sci-fi-themed (or other, i.e.: historical, modern...) models and terrain alongside what I have. With the terrain in mind, I've opted for smaller, modular pieces that can be stacked and paired together to create a more vertical battlefield without the need for large pieces that require an entire shelf to themselves to store. Many of the pieces I've made nest inside each other to save space.  A sample of nesting terrain. It also affects the types of games that I choose to play. My focus has been on model-agnostic skirmish-style games. This helps keep my model count down as I can ...

 I've been playing with 28mm models since I was a kid in the 80s. I've always been attracted to fantasy-style knights, thieves, wizards, and monsters. My first exposure was through Dungeons & Dragons. Then again a bit later in life with large unit and army games from Games Workshop. Lastly and most recently with more miniature agnostic skirmish games like Frostgrave and Rangers of Shadow Deep and Five Leagues from the Borderlands .  This project is to record my exploration in this third go within this hobby space. From building and painting character models and terrain pieces to exploring and playing various games. Thanks for stopping by.