Once Upon a Time....

In 1979 I purchased a package of miniatures from a  magic and game store in Davenport, Iowa.

      The figures came from a  company called "Ral Partha" and they were orcs from The Lord of the Rings. By today's standards these figures were extremely crude, but the thought of a whole army of Mordor Orcs under my command caught my fancy. A few months later I purchased another pack which had a naughty naked succubus, a werewolf, a death knight and a wraith. At this point I was hooked on fantasy. Soon I picked up the boxed edition of Dungeons and Dragons and a few of my geeky friends and I began having adventures and I made sure that each one featured the few miniatures I had collected. Here is but a small sample from the thousands I have painted since then...