Inspiration: Horror of the Zombies (aka The Ghost Galleon)

Here is one of the inspirations for The Lich Templars of Ossorio, my death knights for the Encounter Critical game. It's Horror of the Zombies (aka Ghost Galleon),the third Blind Dead film by the legendary Spanish director Amando de Ossorio. This is great verson of this movie. Take an hour and a half, and check it out.

Filmation Friday!

The Sleeping Beast rises in "The House of Shokoti Part 2" from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Maybe a beast for Realms of Crawling Chaos....

Happy Birthday Robert E. Howard!

Happy Birthday to Robert E. Howard, the father of Conan, Kull and Solomon Kane, amongst other creations!

You can read many of his pulp stories online on the Wikisource Page for Robert E. Howard. But try to pick up a collection of his work in hard copy format. Good pulp like this is worth the effort.

Filmation Friday: Sherlock Holmes Calling the Lightning (With Bonus Moriarty!)

Sherlock Holmes calling the lightning in a scene from the Bravestarr Episode "Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century, Part 1". Below, a picture of how Filmation animated Professor Moriarty.

Free QAGS First Edition PDFs at hexgames.com

The fine folks at Hex Games have uploaded PDF copies of the 1st Edition of the Quick Ass Gaming System (QAGS for Short) rules and supplements in their download section. This is the edition I first encountered QAGS in, and it is a good introduction to the system.

Their new stuff is good too...

Filmation Friday: The Broncotank

Yes, the Broncotank. A giant mechanical bull powered by arcane spirits summoned to destroy Bravestarr. It made sense in the cartoon...

Happy Birthday Clark Ashton Smith!

Happy Birthday, Klarkash-Ton!

Celebrate one of the Weird Tales Masters by reading some Clark Ashton Smith at The Eldritch Dark website

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Visions of Vanth 4: Video Game Art

Filmation Friday: Lou Scheimer

One of the main reasons for Filmation itself:

The Filmation Wikipedia page is here. It's a good overview of the subject. See you next week.

Crossover Art Part 1

Inspired by the current installment of Jeff Rients Mr. T Tuesday I give you some crossover art.

The artwork below is from my good friend Gene Koch! Check out his artwork at www.feverdreamstudio.com and on DeviantArt

Happy New Year 2011 With Shock Festival!

Just a Happy New Years and a hi to everyone checking out the blog. Back at work today and did some partying on December 31. Right now I'm watching the greatest collection of B-movie trailers (almost 7 hours!) ever by Stephen Romano: SHOCK FESTIVAL!

I'll review the Shock Festival experience later.

Hope you all have a good year!