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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 12h

My “GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK!” game went well! Ghidorah blasted Ramorak, then got frosted by Shimo. Gamera fried Shimo, so her brother (affectionately dubbed “He-mo”), came running in for revenge. Titan X skirted around the edges & made friends with the humans. A good time was had by all!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Happily Forge-of-Icing away at the Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nice day for a drive south. And it’s always a good day for L. Sprague deCamp.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sent to me by a customer today - paintjob by Brusheswithstrokes on a Forge of Ice Xuss-Duhl, the Primeval. I love the purple! (He added the shield, I’m not sure where that’s from, but I dig that, too!)

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My AKRPG games in Wasilla are filling up! The open spots in the Godzilla game barely matter - it’s meant to be a game where anyone can walk by, grab a monster, play a couple of turns, then walk away. That said, people usually end up playing for hours once they join in & knock down a few buildings!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sorting out castings of Thorn, a character from Howie Bentley’s sword & sorcery novels. Painted mini by Patrick Flamion!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/4 Time for a giveaway! I broke one of my Snake Priestess minis, so I rebased her & painted her up as a fallen statue. Suitable for use as a terrain piece or objective marker, or maybe there’s a hidden mystery or treasure there! Or she can just sit on your shelf! I’ll do the giveaway thusly:

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

These are starting to make their way out into the world, so I’ll post about it! The Ophidian Menace boxed set - 6 metal minis, 1 large resin piece, a short Shadowdark adventure on a two-sheet scroll rolled up tight so it fits in the box! $100 + shipping - I’ve got two left! Hit me up directly.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For an account that I set up mainly to talk about and promote my own stuff, I don’t think I talk about my own miniatures here often enough. So, here’s an upcoming new Forge of Ice figure sculpted by Leandro Ventic that’s about to hit my painting table - Katja Giantslayer.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today I made my semi-annual drive up to the 12-mile summit, just to enjoy the view & eat a sandwich. It’s still a nice drive, but sadly the cloud cover & rain meant that there was near-zero visibility, so, I took this pic, ate my sandwich, and went home. Still not a bad way to spend an afternoon.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This old tweet is evergreen, and I was recently introduced to the very useful term, ‘bean soup’. I’m still always slightly flabbergasted when I encounter examples in the wild. In what universe is “Don’t play with people who are aggressively asshole-ish” an idealized fictional scenario?

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

And in Alaskan news, it just barely dipped below freezing last night, so today I’m picking the last of the currants.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Sunken treasure hoard - sculpted by David Cauley, painted by Influxsin. Available from @fenrisgames.com worldwide, or me in the US.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

All set up at TFest in Austin, TX! … it’s very hot. I need to go do a convention in Norway or Siberia or something next.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif! (Hard mode: no Disney, no Star Wars or Trek, LotR, Marvel or Ghibli. Yeah, I know a lot of those are under the Disney umbrella…)

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Excellent!! My only note is that the Ninja’s headband neeeeeeds to say “Ninja” on it 😂

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

An illustration for me by @atomicpaul.bsky.social ! This is “Bloody” Gor-Chak, Ape-Man assassin; one of the pregenerated characters I use in my Azor games at cons & other events. Eventually I’ll have character art done for all of them, then, minis sculpted. Someday!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Hot DAMN. A quick search for ‘old Warhammer 40K round space cactuses’ turned up some INCREDIBLY cool modern takes on the design. I am inspired!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Literally dusting off & re-basing some Space Orks that I first painted waaay back in high school (1990ish). I’m surprised at how excited I am to paint these guys - the sculpts have SO MUCH character. I think I’m even going to mostly preserve my teenage color choices, they’ll be a fun motley unit.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sadly I’ve got no idea about these guys, although the Wizard has a very Dark Sword Miniatures style to him, and the warriors look pretty RAFM-ish. Completely baffled on the little monster guy.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

And those more modern-looking figures are from the Vampire RPG range - Toreador & Brujah.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Looks like you’ve got the contents of the Ral Partha AD&D Dragonlance Heroes boxed set there.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I’m running a little Rogue Trader skirmish game at Tfest in a few weeks, so I figured I’d paint up this Water Seller & his bodyguards for the scenario. I’m not sure how ambitious I’ll get with his tattoos…

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Some of the names on that list are more historically interesting than anything else these days, IMO. But for others, it’s a damn shame that they’ve fallen out of the popular consciousness. The Dying Earth books are wonderful. ‘Worlds of Jack Vance’ may be my favorite short story collection ever.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It’s been expanded and re-shuffled a few times over the years, and some of the authors’ works are VERY dated today (to be charitable), but I’ve found them all to be worth reading. It’s so interesting to me to read the inspiration behind the inspiration behind the inspiration behind modern works.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It was one of the appendices in the original D&D rulebooks; a recommended reading list of books that were foundational for the ideas & concepts of the game. It’s a wonderful pulpy selection of authors who would have been mostly familiar to nerds of that time. Less familiar to readers today.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m looking for recommendations for authors who aren’t listed in the Appendix N who write in what we’d call High Gygaxian. Any suggestions?

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If I ever go to England again, I hope it’s the sort of trip where I can bring a sketchbook.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Working on a terrain piece for the Rogue Trader game I’ll be running at Tfest in a month!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Last day in the UK - ate a traditional Cornish pasty, grabbed some local candy, stopped in to visit some 6000+ year old standing stones at Avebury, walked through a patch of stinging nettles, sacrificed a drop of blood to a thorn bush, and made it back to Heathrow on time. It’s been adventure!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I am going to DESPERATELY miss these steak bakes from Greggs. Hot damn these are tasty.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Despite my railway misadventure, yesterday was FABULOUS! I met @fenrisgames.com , @badsquiddogames.bsky.social , Kev White (Hasslefree Miniatures, Games Workshop), & Des Hanley (GW artist, D&D, Wargods, and many more!). We stayed in Bugman’s at Warhammer World until they closed it down!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

My second ever experience with British rail: Train delayed, then cancelled, then sent to a different train, now stuck in Birmingham New Street. I might have to wait until 5AM for the next one! It’s not ideal, but it’s not the end of the world - I’ve got a sandwich and a book to read.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Apparently, sitting behind a DM’s screen in a British Manor House built in the 1600’s is very much my happy place.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A little behind-the-scenes peek into my super high tech product design progress.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Two bits of news: The new Barbaric Splendor & Ophidian Menace figures are in my online store now! forgeofice.com/product-category/barbaric-splendor/ forgeofice.com/product-category/ophidian-menace/ AND - I’ll be away until July 13th, so please keep that in mind if you place an order.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Printer’s proofs of the hardcover finished book just arrived in the mail - we still need to go thru it with a fine-toothed comb, check all the numbers & editing, but it’s 99% finished.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Just arrived in the mail - the printers proof of the hardcover edition of ShadowSails, which @artofcaustic.bsky.social and I will be launching on KS in August!

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Quite seriously might need to take a nap to rest my eyes for a few minutes after all this crosshatching.

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Forge of Ice 🔜 Alaska RPG Con in Wasilla! @forgeofice.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

When I remember to do it, if I have time, and if I can find a working sharpie, I like to sometimes draw skulls on the orders that I ship out. So, here is today’s envelope skull

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