Dollarama Find - Egyptian Monolith

 I found this a plaster Egyptian monolith for $4 at a local Dollarama store. It looks similar to the statues that would be found in the Valley of the Kings.  It should work well as Egyptian themed background in a Pulp game set in Egypt.  

Egyptian monolith with two 28mm Dark Fable Egyptian figures

It will  need some painting, possibly with the Woodland Scenics Yellow Ocher stain that will create a naturalistic sand stone look.

Woodland Scenics Yellow Ocher stain

Unknown Citadel or Marauder Elves - Oldhammer

Three Citadel or Marauder Elf figures

The centre figure looks to be a Citadel C09 female Dark Elf Mace Girl sculpted by Bob Naismith  for Warhammer 3rd Edition from around 1986-1988.  The other two female figures look to be of a later  vintage, possibly made by another company like Marauder (an off-shoot of Citadel) and not  Dark Elves?

Unidentified 28mm Computer type machinery?

I got the resin item in the picture below about 5 years ago in an eBay lot of computer related items (main frames, consoles etc.)  that were made by Scotia Grendel and Armorcast.  However I can't find this one in the Scotia Grendel, Armorcast or Ainsty catalogue.  It is about 1 inch long and Kkind of looks like it could be a  hard drive or a memory bank, any ideas what it is or who made it?

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Things I purchased at Cangames 2019

This year at Cangames 2019, I bought some 28mm scale diecast vehicles at reasonable prices:

Centurion tank by Dinky

Set of three 1939 British Army transport vehicles by Ledo.

Recent finds: King Kong

A couple of items I found on a recent trip to the Merrickville Street Sale: King Kong and a suitable evil temple for 28mm scale.

 The ape was a plastic toy, the temple a Terrarium decoration.

The temple & Kong, houses in background are 15mm

Giant Frogs - Updated

I found this giant painted plastic frog in my favorite Dollar store.

Side view of frog versus 28mm hunter by Antediluvian Miniatures

Bargain priced 28mm scale vintage tanks

Yesterday I bought this LS Laboratory kit of a Type 1 Japanese Medium Tank (aka Type 1 Chi-He tank) at a local Hobby shop for $1 on the discount table.  The kit was first released in 1964 and appears to have an oversized gun  that can fire a projectile.  At 1/50 scale it will work with 28mm figures, maybe for a pulp game or a skirmish level Second World War game. It will be a challenging build as the instructions are missing.

Japanese 1/50 Type 1 Chi-He Tank by LS Laboratory from 1964

Read further to see pictures of some other discount tank kits I found

New Purchase: Plast Craft Post Apocalyptic New Haven state prison

Just purchased the Plast Craft Games Post Apocalyptic New Haven state prison (28mm to 32mm). It requires assembly but comes per-painted.  I think it will work well for a number of potential genres: Pulp, Superhero, Walking Dead/ zombie and a Doctor Who. It would be ideal for a Doctor Who prison escape scenario involving villains like: Davros, the original Master, or Harold Saxon and Lucy Saxon.  Alternatively for a Super hero game the prisoner could be the: Joker, Penguin, King Pin, Electro or any number of other Comic villains.

Coconuts for making African huts

Thanks to a tip from Menelduir @  http://menelduir.blogspot.ca/2018/03/latest-finds.html#more I found some of these plastic coconuts suitable for making Zulu huts at the local Dollar Tree store, they are intended as cocktail glasses / cups.

Ive Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts

How can we discuss coconuts without the Coconut song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldmVaO-IfIU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf670orHKcA

Of course as Monty Python has noted there are other uses for coconuts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHFXG3r_0B8

This Walmart find will make a good 28mm scale water tower (Penguin's or other villains hideoout) once the road is removed.

Thomasville tower & race track.

Found this wooden item in a "Dollar Tree", will work for a 28mm scale garage!