Raggy's Gaming Adventures

Vino Cup 2026

2026-04-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

Join us in the heart of California Wine Country for the Vino Cup! This will be a one day tournament with plenty of prize support and an emphasis on fun.TOURNAMENT RULES PACK 2026All rules are based on the current tournament pack: https://www.thenaf.net/naf-recommendations-and-clarifications-for-bb2025/ & https://www.thenaf.net/tournaments/nafdocs/Except as detailed below.June 13th & June

Vino Cup 2025

2025-04-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

SOLD OUTJoin us in the heart of California Wine Country for the inaugural Vino Cup! This will be a one day tournament with plenty of prize support and an emphasis on fun.TOURNAMENT RULES PACK 2025All rules are based on the current tournament pack: https://www.thenaf.net/tournaments/nafdocs/Except as detailed below.July 26th & July 27th, 2025Goblin Bros Games & Gears129 4th StSanta Rosa,

Thankful 2024

2025-01-06T04:40:00.000-08:00

Well it's long past due...I've really struggled to see the bright side this holiday season and as a result I'm a month and a half late in writing this. The first thing I have to be thankful for is my health. The years have been slipping by and I'm at an age now where I see friends pass on, suffering major health set backs and face serious medical issues. The last year and a bit has seen

Vino Cup 2024

2024-03-28T14:11:00.000-07:00

2nd Annual Vino CupSOLD OUTJoin us in the heart of California Wine Country for the inaugural Vino Cup! This will be a one day tournament with plenty of prize support and an emphasis on fun.TOURNAMENT RULES PACK 2024All rules are based on the current tournament pack: https://www.thenaf.net/tournaments/nafdocs/Except as detailed below.July 13th, 2023 at Goblin Bros Games & Gears129 4th StSanta

Another Year on the Farm

2023-12-22T10:26:00.000-08:00

Hello folks!It's been a year! I've not been particularly active on this blog but hopefully as I go through all the things I've been up to it may be understandable as to why!The biggest project for us this year has been getting the house renovation done and although it's progressing well - it certainly is behind where we were hoping it would be (The original timeframe would have had us moving in

Thanksgiving 2023

2023-11-23T12:04:00.000-08:00

Hello all!This year I am doing something a little different for my Thanksgiving blog post.As president of IPMS Santa Rosa - I have been focused on trying to build some strong resources for the new club site and to that end, I am writing my traditional Thanksgiving blogpost on that site. If you'd like to read it - you can check it out on the President's Blotter part of the site: https://

Vino Cup 2023

2023-01-24T15:43:00.003-08:00

1st Annual Vino CupJoin us in the heart of California Wine Country for the inaugural Vino Cup! This will be a one day tournament with plenty of prize support and an emphasis on fun.TOURNAMENT RULES PACK 2023July 8th, 2023 at Outer Planes Comics & Games1901 Cleveland AveSanta Rosa, CA 95401Cost and Sign up!In order to Register for this tournament you must do the following:

Thanksgiving 2022

2022-11-24T13:57:00.002-08:00

Since moving to America, it has become a tradition of mine to write all the things I am thankful for. It is a challenge for me to focus on the good things in life.It's been a challenging year for me and many of the people around me this year, but for all that there are good things to be found and this is the time to acknowledge them.The really big thing for me is my return to the job that first

Month 5 - Back to rank and file

2021-06-30T21:23:00.003-07:00

The penultimate month of this excellent endeavour had arrived and I was feeling cocky. A slight over ordering meant that I had an additional unit of Kharadron Overlords above my initially planned two squads, well no matter - I'll just paint up more models. Why not.I'd kicked off my participation in #taleof5painters with a squad of cutlass armed pirates, and I knew my second squad would take the

The feeling when you've lost a month

2021-06-30T21:11:00.001-07:00

Month 3 of Tale of 5 Painters didn't materialise for me... My focus ended up being on a Lumineth army for the NOVA Open Foundation charity auction that should be going live in a month or so. I also had a lot of customization work that was needed for both the Frigate I was meant to do for month 3 and the Ironclad for month 4.Thankfully this put me in a good place to get the models cranked out

Keeping the hobby healthy

2021-04-20T20:27:00.003-07:00

After a year in lockdown, many of us are suffering failing mental health, isolation and general ennui. Painting has provided many of us with something to focus on but it often spins into unhealthy cycles of competition. Instagram has provided a whole world of competition for likes, followers, engagements. It can become a dangerous cycle and this post really highlighted to me the importance of

You're not painter without a brush, you ain't pirates without a ship!

2021-03-30T19:22:00.000-07:00

Month 2 is upon us and I have a confession to make - I started this month's project early. Cheating I know but as you will see - there was a lot of work involved and at the start of the project I only had a hazy idea of what I was looking to achieve. I like the idea of sky ships and I understand the in-universe reasoning for giant metal balloons to make it float... but I

It's a Pirate Dwarf for me

2021-02-26T22:20:00.001-08:00

And so I truly begins! February 2021 - Month 1 of A Tale of Five Painters is upon us! Each month, we painters have a target to build up and paint. You can find details of our first month's objectives here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CKvvbaLn6Uj/Essentially we are looking to get a unit and a hero (non-general) fully painted this month... can do!The first thing was to get the models. Out

The Privateers of Barak Baratar

2021-01-20T15:22:00.009-08:00

Barak Baratar in the Realm of Ghur was one of the first ports to be established outside of Chamon, formed by fragmentists and radicals looking to break away from those that wished the code to be too tightly enforced, they embraced the nature of the realm with a wilder way of being.They have long held close trading links to Barak Mhornar to offload their 'acquired' goods as a place they found a

A Tale of 5 Painters

2021-01-13T15:27:00.010-08:00

For those that don't already know. A lot of my hobby updates and even tutorials have moved to Instagram over the last few years for the simplicity, immediacy and wonderful community that exists there. (You can find me at http://www.ragados.com/raggypaints ). At the tail end of last year Ben aka @playtime_paints suggested doing a replica of 'Tale of 4 Warlords' with a bunch of buddies on IG.

2020 year in review

2021-01-01T14:56:00.000-08:00

Well it's been quite the year for all of us. For myself we've been trying to get ourselves set up in our future home, trying to get a job and trying to stay healthy. But through all that, I have painted more minis than ever before, even painting up some other models for Charity and Friends.Going into the year I knew there would be a lot of change, variables and uncertainty having just moved to

Thanksgiving 2020

2020-11-26T10:00:00.003-08:00

This big ball of dirt has rocketed around the fire orb once more and it's time for another Thanksgiving post. For those of you that are new to my blog, this is something I do every year and have done since I first moved to America. For those of you that aren't - skip this paragraph - you will have read the gist of it before. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, and one I only

Painting in a desaturated style

2020-10-13T20:11:00.001-07:00

Regular followers will know that I am generally focused on cranking out models fast to a high tabletop quality. I embrace shortcuts like metallic sharpies, airbrushing, drybrushing and of course Contrast paints. These methods have given me a certain style that is somewhat identifiable and has become habitual enough that attempting other styles can be a challenge. A buddy on instagram @

Painting Zone Mortalis Tiles

2020-09-18T10:36:00.001-07:00

Painting a gaming table is always an intimidating prospect. We're used to painting little 28mm people, although the game boards are at the same scale, they're a different magnitude of project!I'd already taken on a couple of game board painting commissions this year (one for the old Citadel Realm of Battle boards and another for the Sector Imperialis boards). It was time to do a project for

An Exercise in the Study of Light

2020-09-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

I recently picked up a copy of Figopedia by Jeremie Bonamant Teboul. It had been recommended to me a couple of years ago by Caleb Wisenback of CK Studios but I'd held off getting it as the shipping can be a little expensive. A recent group order however made it a lot more affordable and so I splashed out. I quickly worked my way through the first half of the book - the section on Light (my

Call to boycott AK Interactive UPDATED

2020-09-03T11:06:00.005-07:00

This is a public letter I have posted here and elsewhere in response to marketing campaign and product put out by AK Interactive: Dear AK Interactive,"We're sorry you were offended" is not an apology.Profiting off of genocide is not acceptable.Pulling an apology less than a day after posting it smacks of insincerity.A book teaching people how to reproduce genocide in miniature is tasteless at

How to Paint Aeronautic Imperialis - Charity Raffle

2020-07-17T06:31:00.000-07:00

As a last minute addition to the NOVA Open Charity Raffle - I volunteered to paint up an Aeronautica Imperialis starter box. If you'd like to by a raffle ticket they can be found here: https://www.novaopenfoundation.org/product-page/aeronautica-imperialis-gw (That's right - this whole box could be yours for $8.00!!! and you get to help out a great cause, what could be better?).

Citadel Contrast Paints - A Year in my life

2020-05-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

Exactly one year ago today, I posted my most successful blog post today; an initial review of Contrast Paints at the time of writing, it has something like ten times as many views as my next most popular post. Being an opportunistic attention seeker. I figured I would play off of that and build out another post on this 'wonder drug' for our hobby.Rereading the original post, I am kinda

Staying motivated while you're locked down during Coronavirus / COVID-19

2020-04-24T09:11:00.000-07:00

This is a difficult time for many. Some folks are busy and working harder than ever, helping to ensure the rest of us can stay safe and at home. Some of us are out of work and a few are able to work from home. Everyone is adjusting to a different life and many of us feel like we have nothing but time... and yet it can still be difficult to get yourself motivated to knock out that painting

So you want to be a commission painter!

2020-03-29T12:05:00.001-07:00

Welcome, welcome! For those of you reading in the distant future - the world is currently being ravaged by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The result is what seems to be the prelude of a massive depression and a lot of people stuck at home either unemployed or 'working from home'. For many it seems like the perfect time to branch out and try their hand at making some money from their